Former AFL Magpie returns home to Holloways Beach
What started as a FNQ holiday to see family may just turn into a season with his junior club for a former Collingwood Magpie.
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What started as a holiday to see family may just turn into a season with his junior club for former Collingwood Magpie Peter Yagmoor.
The silky utility took his son to Holloways Beach, home of his junior club City Lions, last week just to show him around where his footy journey started and ran into a mate, Lions playing-coach Aaron Davey.
The plan was not to play footy while back in FNQ for Yagmoor as his NEAFL competition had been shutdown following coronavirus while his work at AFL Queensland has been on hold as well.
“All of a sudden, I was organised to play last weekend and I am this weekend as well,” Yagmoor said with a chuckle.
“I just wanted to say g’day to the family, see everyone and head back down, but I am probably kicking myself now that the boys spotted me down there (laughs).
“It was really good to be back at the club though, I remember doing the scoreboard as a kid when Dad played, or kicking goals from the boundary during training, it is a really good family club.”
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Lions started well last Saturday against the four-time defending premiers Port Douglas but fell away as the Crocs grinded into the game.
Opposition coach Brad Cooper declared Yagmoor as Lions’ best player on Saturday.
Now, the task is for Davey to try and secure Yagmoor, who played two games at the highest level with the Magpies, a little more often, once he does return to his home base of Brisbane.
“Flash has spoken about a few of his recruits falling through over the last few weeks with everything that is happening so I think he has some credits there. If there is an opportunity to fly in and out a few times, I would be happy to do that,” the Cairns City Cobras junior, who is now AFL Queensland’s diversity co-ordinator, said. “It is great to play at the old man’s club, in front of the old man and a few other family members.
“Even before the NEAFL stopped, I was not sure if I wanted to commit to that high-level professional footy this year.
“I would have looked at the QAFL, but I just did not want to have that time commitments with my young family.”
Yagmoor’s grandfather moved from Lebanon after World War II, with his father Anthony later moving north to Cairns and playing with the Cobras before they were merged into what we now call them – City Lions.
Anthony met his wife in an indigenous community, Hopevale, 200km north of Cairns, but the family moved away when Peter was three.
Through his work with AFLQ, when he is not stood down, which is expected to end in October, Yagmoor is trying to find the next generation of indigenous and multicultural footballers throughout the state.
Yagmoor will be in Lions colours today as they try and grab their first win of the campaign at Cazalys Stadium against Manunda.
In other Round 2 games, Centrals have their first outing of 2020 as they host Saints.
Originally published as Former AFL Magpie returns home to Holloways Beach