Day: February 3, 2016

South Melbourne FC encourages everyone connected with the club to attend the Kick a Goal for Joey Lynch fundraising night on Monday 15 February.

Joey Lynch is the son of The Age football writer Michael Lynch and has unfortunately been through eight years of treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The 23 year old has been told that all avenues of treatment in Australia have been exhausted but a phase clinical trial in the USA has been turning positive results and can potentially cure his disease. The only downside is that the cost of the six-month stay in the USA will cost Joey $800,000 AUD.

Socceroo Tim Cahill recently donated his entire Socceroos match fee towards Joey’s fundraising campaign and there have been many events held that have raised significant money but the $80,000 target has not been reached yet.

The Kick a Goal for Joey Lynch fundraising event on Monday 15 February begins at 7pm at Stars International Receptions (1C Bell Street, Preston) and will be hosted by Tara Rushton and George Donikian. Tickets are $90 each and include a three-course meal and drinks. All monies raised on the night will go towards Joey Lynch’s fundraising campaign.

Please call the club on 9645 9797 or email multimedia@smfc.com.au if you would like to purchase a ticket and help get Joey Lynch to the USA for his treatment.

South Melbourne FC is delighted to announce that Bob Jane T-Marts has re-committed to the club and will be a Platinum Partner in 2016.

The Bob Jane T-Marts brand has been closely associated with SMFC for many years, with the Lakeside Stadium known as Bob Jane Stadium from the mid 1990s until 2011. The partnership was renewed in 2013 when Bob Jane T-Marts joined SMFC as a Principal Partner and has since been the Major Sponsor of SMFC TV (Channel 31/Aurora Channel) and SMFC TV (online).

Since 2014, SMFC has worked with Bob Jane T-Marts in promoting the Fatality Free Friday campaign and will continue to do so in 2016. As an independent Australian business, Bob Jane T-Marts has a national network of franchised and company owned tyre retail stores, making them Australia’s largest independent tyre retailer.

SMFC Operations Manager George Kouroumalis spoke to smfc.com.au about the exciting news. “I want to thank National Marketing Manager Zsuzsa Zalatnai and her team for their commitment and passion towards what has been and will continue to be a very productive partnership. Bob Jane T-Marts has been a big part of the success of SMFC TV, with their continual sponsorship and support ensuring that we have a quality product for TV and our online YouTube channel. We look forward to working with Bob Jane T-Marts once again in 2016.”

We once again thank Bob Jane T-Marts for the support in 2016.