By Sumeyya Ilanbey
Melton will turn maroon for the Bloods this weekend.
The Melton Football Club senior men’s team has made it through to the Ballarat Football League grand final for the first time in 13 years.
Club president Greg Davis said it had “been quite a long time coming”.
Of the 22 players in the team, 21 have come up through the ranks, playing with the club’s juniors.
“It’s been three-and-a-half years in the making to get the Bloods out to a grand final,” Davis said.
“We’ve been bringing the boys up, coaching them and holding on to them for the senior’s team.
“These guys have stayed around and they’ll hopefully get their grand win this weekend.”
Davis said the Bloods, like football clubs everywhere, were the heart and soul of their community and involved in a range of philanthropic work.
The Melton Football Club holds numerous fundraisers, including one for cystic fibrosis research this year that raised more than $13,000.
“And through the football clubs a lot of young men and women get jobs,” Davis said.
