By Justin Flynn
Geelong Cats backman Tom Stewart returned to his old club this week for a free junior footy clinic at Belmont’s McDonald Reserve.
Stewart played his junior footy at South Barwon and for the Geelong Falcons, but went undrafted and went back to play in South Barwon’s 2013 senior premiership.
The Cats came knocking in the 2016 draft and took Stewart with the 40th pick where he has gone on to notch 148 senior games including the 2020 premiership.
On Wednesday April 17, he returned to South Barwon as part of the Born and Bred Junior Football Clinic by Red Energy.
Eager youngsters were keen to engage in some training drills with the five-time All Australian and two-time Carji Greeves Medallist along with an autograph session and a Q&A.
“We are delighted to be part of Born & Bred where we are able to bring footy legends like Tom Stewart back to his home club of South Barwon, which creates a lot of excitement for the junior players but also for their families too,” Red Energy general manager business development David Holman said.
Red Energy contributed $1000 to South Barwon to support its junior player development program.
