PROUDLY
INTRODUCING
THE 2024 LEADER NEWSPAPER
afl FOOTball TIPPING COMPETITION
GUEST TIPSTERS
David johnson
barossa nissan
DAY JOB
Sales Manager – Barossa Nissan
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
Keen interest in motorcycles so, Mick Doohan and Toby Price along with Hawks legend Luke Hodge.
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
Seeking lots of advice from others!
What is the most memorable holiday you’ve ever taken, and what made it so special?
Any holidays with family – we enjoy local holidays, Beach or River is the go to.
Premiership prediction
Brisbane
Top 8 ladder prediction:
Brisbane, GWS, Collingwood, Carlton, Sydney, St. Kilda, Adelaide, Gold Coast
Lachy Heinrich
Barossa Lending Services
DAY JOB
Finance Broker
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
Michael Jordan, Leigh Matthews & late Shane Warne.
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
Gut instinct
What is the most memorable holiday you’ve ever taken, and what made it so special?
Surviving a dodgy boat trip in Koh Samui, I get sea sick at the best of times.
Premiership prediction
Brisbane
Top 8 ladder prediction:
Brisbane, Collingwood, Carlton, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, Essendon, GWS
Kerrie-Anne Wager
anytime fitness angaston & nuriootpa
DAY JOB
Owner and operator of Anytime Fitness Angaston and Nuriootpa
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
My husband, Billy Graham, Greg Laure.
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
My game plan has worked now for 8 years so why would I change it
What is the most memorable holiday you’ve ever taken, and what made it so special?
I got to go to Uluṟu in 2018. I was so excited to finally go. Who would have thought that a rock could move you that way.
Premiership prediction
Crows. This is their year.
Top 8 ladder prediction:
Adelaide, Carlton, Brisbane, Geelong, Fremantle, Melbourne, Collingwood, GWS
Darren Robinson
The Leader Newspaper
DAY JOB
Advertising and Marketing Sales
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
My dear late, Nana (she was an enthusiastic Crows supporter and an absolute gem), Rowan Atkinson – a comic genius, and my wonderful wife, Tegan – who continues to tolerate me.
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
Avoid the endless cycle of overthinking the weekly tips.
What is the most memorable holiday you’ve ever taken, and what made it so special?
Gliding in a boat along the Grand Canal, watching the magic of Venice reveal itself as I pretended to be George Clooney for a few short moments. Life is good.
Premiership prediction
It will be Brisbane’s year.
Top 8 ladder prediction:
Brisbane, Collingwood, Carlton, Port Adelaide, GWS, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney
Ashton Hurn MP
Member for Schubert
DAY JOB
Member for Schubert, Shadow Minister for Health
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
Sir Winston Churchill,
Peter Lehmann and Ash Barty.
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
With Shannon retiring from West Coast, I’ll now be able to be more head than heart!
What is the most memorable holiday you’ve ever taken, and what made it so special?
A 2018 family trip to Melbourne to watch the West Coast Eagles win the AFL Grand Final was very memorable.
Premiership prediction
Collingwood
Top 8 ladder prediction:
In no particular order: Collingwood, Carlton, Adelaide, Brisbane, GWS, Sydney, St Kilda and Port Adelaide.
DAMIEN GEYER
Elders real estate
DAY JOB
Sales Representative at Elders Real Estate.
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Clarkson, Shaquille O’Neal.
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
Pick home teams.
What is the most memorable holiday you’ve ever taken, and what made it so special?
As a kid, we had a big family road trip holiday to the Gold Coast (National Lampoons Style). On that holiday, I was lucky enough to beat my Dad at tennis for the first time (as a 12 year old).
Premiership prediction
Port Adelaide.
Top 8 ladder prediction:
Port Adelaide, Brisbane, Collingwood, Carlton, Melbourne, Adelaide, St. Kilda, G.W.S.
Ellen Bull
Terry White Chemmart - Angaston
DAY JOB
Pharmacist
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
Stephen King, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino.
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
Don’t overthink it.
What is the most memorable holiday you’ve ever taken, and what made it so special?
Last year I spent almost four weeks experiencing the USA. It was my first time overseas, and getting engaged at the Grand Canyon made it quite memorable.
Premiership prediction
Carlton
Top 8 ladder prediction:
Carlton, Collingwood, Port Adelaide, Brisbane, Western Bulldogs, Geelong, GWS, Sydney
GABRIELLE MARSHALl
VINE INN BAROSSA
DAY JOB
General Manager
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you invite?
Three of my oldest and closest friends, what more could I want!
This year’s footy tipping game plan:
Start out strong, look at all the stats, then by week 2 I’ll have no idea which teams to tip.
Premiership prediction
Brisbane
Top 8 ladder prediction:
Brisbane, Melbourne, Carlton, St Kilda, Collingwood, Sydney, Essendon, Adelaide.