Heywood meets Collingwood for program launch

MAKING the right choice… Collingwood Football Club president Jeff Browne (second from right) dropped in to the Heywood Recreation Reserve on Saturday as the Magpies launched the Deadly Choices health program with Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation. Mr Browne is pictured here with Winda-Mara chief executive Jason Walker and a trio of Gunditjmara and Collingwood people in Reconciliation Action Plan advisory committee chairman Tony Lovett, vice-president Jodie Sizer and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs manager Debby Lovett, as well as Heywood Football Netball Club president Darren McDowell. Picture: CHALPAT SONTI 220430cs06

By Chalpat Sonti

May 03, 2022 | 10:33 AM

IT’S not often the head of one of the nation’s largest sporting clubs drops by Heywood for an afternoon’s footy, but Collingwood Football Club president Jeff Browne literally went the extra mile to do so on Saturday.

The main reason was the Magpies partnering with Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation in the Deadly Choices program – the first time Collingwood has taken the program outside Melbourne.