LostDoggy
29-11-2007, 10:20 AM
Hi guys,
This article is in todays Geelong Advertiser, so I thought I would post it across here so everyone can read it. There was also a photo, but I couldnt paste it across.
I also thought it was interesting that they mentioned his dad, but not the fact that he is eligible for father/son at the dogs.
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2007/11/29/9285_geelong_sports.html
Teenager's Ayce in the hole
Brad Green
29Nov07
OCEAN Grove beanpole Ayce Cordy will head to Canberra this weekend to take part in a week-long training camp with 29 of Australia's best young football talent.
Cordy is part of the next AFL-AIS Academy intake and head coach Alan McConnell said they would spend a week training and learning from some of the game's best players in Michael Voss, Mark Ricciuto, Luke Darcy and Nathan Buckley, who are now all part of the program's coaching staff.
"I know the boys are all looking forward to coming up and working with those guys, who will be their mentors over the remainder of the next 12 months,'' McConnell said.
The 17-year-old Cordy will also split his football commitments next year between the Geelong Falcons and Geelong College.
The 2007 academy graduates included Geelong Falcons pair and top 10 national draft picks Lachie Henderson and Patrick Dangerfield.
Cordy played three games for the Falcons this season.
He impressed with three goals on debut and was one of the side's best with 19 touches, seven marks and seven hit-outs in their loss to Eastern in the second elimination final, which ended their season.
"Ayce is an outstanding prospect,'' Falcons regional manager Michael Turner said.
"He's a great athlete and he's also a state basketballer.
"He's 200 centimetres, but we can play him on the wing he's that agile. He's got the right attitude and has got the football and athletic attributes.''
Ayce is the son of former Footscray defender Brian Cordy, who played 124 games and kicked 18 goals for the Bulldogs between 1981 and 1988 and also coached the Geelong Falcons for four seasons.
McConnell said that the academy aims to support the nation's best underage footballers with their football, personal and education development.
"We did a set of screening tests with all the boys in October and they've each had their own individual program to follow which has prepared them for a week of intense training and learning,'' McConnell said.
"In the case of Ayce, he'll spend a lot of time with the nutritionist and also the conditioning coach so we can bulk up his frame.''
The academy squad will also tour South Africa next Easter.
This article is in todays Geelong Advertiser, so I thought I would post it across here so everyone can read it. There was also a photo, but I couldnt paste it across.
I also thought it was interesting that they mentioned his dad, but not the fact that he is eligible for father/son at the dogs.
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2007/11/29/9285_geelong_sports.html
Teenager's Ayce in the hole
Brad Green
29Nov07
OCEAN Grove beanpole Ayce Cordy will head to Canberra this weekend to take part in a week-long training camp with 29 of Australia's best young football talent.
Cordy is part of the next AFL-AIS Academy intake and head coach Alan McConnell said they would spend a week training and learning from some of the game's best players in Michael Voss, Mark Ricciuto, Luke Darcy and Nathan Buckley, who are now all part of the program's coaching staff.
"I know the boys are all looking forward to coming up and working with those guys, who will be their mentors over the remainder of the next 12 months,'' McConnell said.
The 17-year-old Cordy will also split his football commitments next year between the Geelong Falcons and Geelong College.
The 2007 academy graduates included Geelong Falcons pair and top 10 national draft picks Lachie Henderson and Patrick Dangerfield.
Cordy played three games for the Falcons this season.
He impressed with three goals on debut and was one of the side's best with 19 touches, seven marks and seven hit-outs in their loss to Eastern in the second elimination final, which ended their season.
"Ayce is an outstanding prospect,'' Falcons regional manager Michael Turner said.
"He's a great athlete and he's also a state basketballer.
"He's 200 centimetres, but we can play him on the wing he's that agile. He's got the right attitude and has got the football and athletic attributes.''
Ayce is the son of former Footscray defender Brian Cordy, who played 124 games and kicked 18 goals for the Bulldogs between 1981 and 1988 and also coached the Geelong Falcons for four seasons.
McConnell said that the academy aims to support the nation's best underage footballers with their football, personal and education development.
"We did a set of screening tests with all the boys in October and they've each had their own individual program to follow which has prepared them for a week of intense training and learning,'' McConnell said.
"In the case of Ayce, he'll spend a lot of time with the nutritionist and also the conditioning coach so we can bulk up his frame.''
The academy squad will also tour South Africa next Easter.