Viterra and the Adelaide Football Club recently held the final Country connect event for 2024 hosted at Eyre Peninsula (EP) football and netball club, Eastern Eyre Ranges.
Viterra employees and past and present AFL & AFLW Crows players, Eloise Jones, Brooke Smith, Patrick Parnell, Josh Worrell, Kym Koster and Rob Shirley, assisted with the club’s match day at Cleve on Saturday 29 June, followed by participating in a front bar style event in the evening. On Sunday 30 June, the team hosted a junior coaching clinic for around 100 children at Rudall.
This wraps up Country connect for 2024, following events in Lameroo and Bute earlier in the year. All three events received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the clubs and locals involved.
Bute Football Club President, Josh Gill says it was an honour for the club to host one of the events.
“The weekend provided the local community the opportunity to mingle with past and present AFL and AFLW players, and hear their unique perspectives on life in football,” Josh says.
“The event also brought great exposure for our football club – we’ve had new sponsors come on board thanks to Country connect, and the team is the talk of the town.
“We can’t speak highly enough of Viterra and the Adelaide Crows teams, and we are so thankful for this fantastic opportunity for our club and region.”
Viterra Chief Operations Officer, James Murray says we are proud to continue to support the regional communities where the majority of our employees and customers live and work through the programme.
“Thriving regional communities are essential to our operations, and its great to see the positive benefits the programme has brought,” James says.
“Along with providing an opportunity for the community to come together, the events boost local businesses, draw extra people into town and allow us to support the local club by relieving some of their members of match day duties.”
Viterra is looking forward to the second year of its partnership with the Crows in 2025, where additional events will be hosted across southern Australia.