Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Members statements

Maccabi Football Club

Mr SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (09:37): Connecting people is such an important thing to do, particularly at these times, and there is no better way than through sport. I wanted to recognise Maccabi’s great work, particularly last night’s fifth hall of fame dinner—Maccabi has some 40 000 supporters and 7000 members—with Dylan Alcott as the guest speaker, Cathy Freeman and a list of legends and hall of famers.

I particularly want to recognise Daryl Cohen, Sam Parasol and Ben Sternfield, who have been inducted as legends, along with hall of famers Dr Peter Braun, Peter Kagan, Sasha Kiroi-Bogatyrev, Melissa Maizels, Barak Mizrachi, Jemima Montag, Marco Papo, Ruben Sackville, Dr Gary Zimmerman and David Zuker. These people were inducted last night into the hall of fame and as legends. Maccabi do a fantastic job in the community. They do absolutely build bridges, as we heard from Dylan Alcott last night, particularly what they do in terms of connecting people and the social element of sport. We know Maccabi has a fantastic all-abilities group as well, and they were well represented last night. It was great to actually get out and about at Leonda and see many in the community that had not been able to get out and about for so long—to be present, to be active, to celebrate success, to celebrate those people that have given so much to community support and community sport and to ensure those people are supported in our broader community.