Was told by someone in the know at EP a few years ago RL that you've got a rich vein of talent coming through Coolbinia Yokine so there's a bit of a rejuvenation of a couple of your old junior zones and he said your south west zone was booming. Yokine was probably West Perth's zone previously but I know Coolbinia was part of the EP zone in my junior days.
Wish we could say that about the Avon Valley. Heard from Perth sources that Lathlain primary school was heaving so maybe some of our old zones might start bearing fruit in the near future.
Coolbinia Yokine has always been a Royals zone,and wearing the identical Snt Kilda strip never gave me a lot of confidence in the room’s before a game DD,as you always used to see that jumper on the wrong end of a result on the Winners replay we all used to watched religiously every Sunday night.My young fella finished up at Coolbinia a couple of years ago in the under 17s,and although the numbers on the playing list were pretty sound,the potential league quality was scarce,and only 2 from that side have graduated to the East Perth colts,so hopefully in the grades below we have a couple of likely types,but unfortunately the goal of playing league football in the Royals jumper isn’t a big motivator for kids of today.
