The AFL's David Matthews writes to Asian Clubs

The AFL’s General Manager National and International Development writes to the Asian Clubs to congratulate all for the staging of the 2010 Asian Championships in Shanghai.

All, congratulations to you on the staging of the Asian Championships in Shanghai. As discussed at our get together, we were most grateful that you worked to schedule the event as part of the weekend. Thankyou.

Well done to Will Abbott and his group for their work is hosting the event, and for speaking at Friday’s welcome function. I am sure you guys also appreciated the work of Andrew Sawitsch and the involvement and attendance of Andrew Cadzow amongst others. Congratulations to Dubai for taking the title.

It was unfortunate that our bus driver had great difficulty finding the venue so between a late arrival and an early Expo function our time was limited. However, I can assure you that the AFL Commissioners and AFL staff in attendance really enjoyed the carnival atmosphere and were very impressed by the setup.

Well done and as discussed keep the constructive suggestions re international development coming as we partner to spread the word about Australia’s best invention.