On the 9th of July we celebrated Shane Van Seters playing his 300th game for Monbulk Football Netball Club!

Shane first played with the Senior football club in 1999 when he started out in the Under 18s while still an Under 16s player.
His 300 open age games consist of 213 with the Seniors and 89 with the Reserves.
Shane also played 44 games with the U18s (giving him 343 Senior club games to date) and 33 with the Monbulk Junior Football Club between 1997 and 1999.
Horse was a member of the 2006 Division 1 senior premiership win over Upwey-Tecoma, in which he kicked the opening goal of the game.He captained the Reserves in 2018 and 2019, which included winning the inaugural AFL Outer East Division 1 Reserves Best & Fairest in 2019 (top left photo).

Get to know Shane
Nickname
Horse
Position
Ruck
What year did you play your first game at MFNC?
U14s in 1996 & First seniors game was 2000
What do you love about MFNC?
The community feel and how we make the whole family feel included
Which players do you look up to?
Back in my early days at the club it would have been my older cousin Josh Hellema and then being able to play with him for his last few years.
Your proudest moment during your time at MFNC?
Winning the 06 premiership
Injuries you have faced throughout your playing career?
I’ve been pretty lucky and haven’t coped too many serious injuries

Congratulations to Shane (or maybe better known as Horse) on your 300th game, Monbulk FNC are lucky to have you!