June Roache and Louise Small seek election on SA Football Commission
June Roache created history as the first female on the SA Football Commission and she is among seven nominations for the Commission election.
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June Roache is to seek another stint on the SA Football Commission.
The sister of football legend Malcolm Blight is among seven nominations for the three vacant spots, with a vote of eight club delegates plus community football league director Brad Busch to be held on Wednesday night.
In 2015, Roache became the first woman appointed to the commission since its formation in 1991, but lost her seat last year.
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John Olsen, commission chairman for the past 10 years, won’t be seeking another term, while Dion McCaffrie and Tom Zorich are up for re-election.
The other nominations are former Woodville-West Torrens chairman Kurt Slaven, former premier Rob Kerin, Louise Small and former North Adelaide and Glenelg chief executive Glenn Elliott.
Kerin has stood down as community football league director and Slaven as a league director to be eligible for the commission election.
Former Adelaide Thunderbirds assistant coach Small, appointed a member of the commission for a one-year term in 2019, has opted to seek an elected position.
An alteration to the SANFL constitution means commissioners must stand down after three terms, each of three years.
McCaffrie has been on the commission since 2004, while Zorich was appointed in 2011. If successful in retaining their spots, they can serve just one more term.
The other constitutional change was the term of appointed commissioners being doubled to two years. Small and Jason Neave were appointed last year.
The new chairman to replace Olsen will be elected by the commission with its first meeting on March 15.
The other commission members are Philip Gallagher, Richard Allen, Peter Lindner and Bill Moody.