THE Campbells Creek, Castlemaine and Bendigo Pioneers football clubs will be all watching on with pride on Saturday afternoon when Dustin Martin plays his 300 AFL game. or signup to continue reading Campbells Creek is where Martin first played junior football; Castlemaine is where Martin got his first taste of senior football; and the Pioneers is where Martin was drafted to Richmond from. Now one of the most revered names in the history of the VFL/AFL, Martin, 32, will play his 300 AFL game against Hawthorn at the MCG at 4.
35pm. While Campbells Creek has done it tough on the field in the Maryborough-Castlemaine District for an extended period of time, including twice going into recess for a season in 2021 and 2007, the club has two claims to fame. Firstly; the Creekers are in the Guinness Book of Records for kicking the highest score in a senior game of football - 100.
34 (634) - against Primrose in 1990; and secondly, they will always be linked with Martin as the club where he took his first steps to football stardom. "Back when he was just starting Dustin was the sort of player who used to handball the ball off to his team-mates so that they could kick a goal," said Steve Adamson, one of Martin's former junior coaches at Campbells Creek. "And that's a trait he still has in the AFL.
.. how many times have you seen him pass the ball off and allow his team-mates to be part of the glory.
"He was always the first kid to get to training and after he had played his junior game in th.
