FOUR new coaches have been appointed to lead St Bedes/Mentone Tigers.
Sam Anstey has been hired as the football club’s new senior coach and will be joined by new assistant coaches Luke Wintle and Anthony Scafidi. Peter Laspatzis who will also have a development coaching role.
Anstey played for the seniors from 2006 until 2011 and contributed to premiership victories in 2006, 2007 and 2008 when AFL Western Bulldogs premiership winning coach Luke Beveridge was at the helm.
He played for Collingwood’s VFL side in 2000, Port Melbourne 2001 -2003 and Frankston 2004-2005 before he moved to the Tigers. He transferred to Mordialloc in 2012 as a player before taking on the coaching role there in 2013 through to 2015.
Mordialloc played in three grand finals during those years and enjoyed premiership success in 2014.
Wintle and Scafidi are also former St Bedes/Mentone premiership players and won several awards during their playing days at the club.
The club’s board thanked previous senior coach Steve Ryan and assistant Adam Acreman for their efforts in lifting the team from third in last year to runners-up this season, earning promotion back to Premier A for 2017.
Assistant and development coach Steve D’Andrea also moves on with the club’s best wishes for his achievements in improving the Tigers.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 26 October 2016
