Twenty-five strong Greek Australian Aussie rules players will be hoping for silverware as they take part in the Harmony Cup this Sunday.
The Cup is designed to promote multiculturalism and social inclusion and will see eight multicultural teams challenge for the trophy.
Albania, Australia (a mostly indigenous team), Greece, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Team Africa and Team Harmony will have three games each before the grand final, to be played at 5pm.
Team Greece is up against Israel first at 11am, then Team Africa at 1pm and will finish against Team Harmony at 3pm.
The two teams ranked first and second at the conclusion of the preliminary round of matches will play each other in the Grand Final.
AFL Legend Ron Barassi will present the trophy to the winning team.
There will also be a women’s match with Australian and Ireland fielding teams at 2:00pm.
The Harmony Cup will be played at Royal Park North (McAlister & Ransford Ovals), 750 Park St, Parkville and will start at 10:00am.
Team list:
Coach: Evan Sofianos
Assistant Coach: Stephen Christofakakis
Team Manager: Evan Sofianos
Runner: Harry Sklavounos & Ben Snell
1 Adrian Papamiltiades (C)
2 Evan Sofianos
4 Emmanuel Giannakis
5 Jason Youssef
6 Stepehen Christofakakis (VC)
7 Peter Danatzis
8 Alex Carapetis
9 Robert Kreskas
10 Charlie Athanassiou
11 Kyriako Konstantinides
12 Anastasios Tsiounis
13 Jason Kreskas
14 Zac Konstantinidis
15 James Parthenides
16 Luke Papamiltiadous
17 Christopher Xatziantonakis
18 Peter Theodorakopoulos
19 Timmy Mellos
22 Grigorios Giannitsadis
23 Ang Tserkezis
24 John Bartzis
25 Chris Kalogiannis
27 Vlasi Zafiris
28 Joshua Moody
36 Beau Parthenides
Full timetable:
FIELD 1
10.00am Australia v Ireland
11.00am Team Africa v Albania
12.00pm Team Harmony v Australia
1.00pm Israel v Albania
2.00pm Women’s match – Ireland v Australia
Fastest, Strongest, Longest Man
3.00pm Albania v Ireland
4.00pm Team Africa v Israel
5.00pm GRAND FINAL
FIELD 2
10.00am Team Harmony v Lebanon
11.00am Greece v Israel
12.00pm Lebanon v Ireland
1.00pm Greece v Team Africa
3.00pm Team Harmony v Greece
4.00pm Australia v Lebanon
