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Tim Shaw-Josh McMillan Memorial Match

The Toronto Dingos & Toronto Rebels will honour a couple of club legends this Saturday when they take part in the annual Tim Shaw-Josh McMillan memorial match at 1pm at Humber South.

Last year was the first time the memorial had been played since 2019, with the reincarnation of the event seeing a name change to include the sad passing of Rebels stalwart Josh McMillan; who similar to Tim Shaw was another larger-than-life character gone too soon.


Tim Shaw passed away unexpectedly in 2018. He was a Dingos president, player, Hall of famer, life member and was part of the early wave of Dingos that contributed in defining the club’s DNA and fabric that still exists today.


Shawry's son, Zach, who has been a mainstay in the 2024 Dingos squad, soft launched his Toronto Dingos and AFLO career last year in the "Old Boys" game honouring his dad. Talking about the event last year, Zach said, "It was really special. I wasn't expecting to play that day, but when I got there the guys were like, 'you can put a Jersey on'".


"It was really cool to see how how much he meant to not just my family but everyone around him as well."

Zach is now experiencing first hand the culture and community that his father played a huge role in building, and was surprised. "I wasn't really expecting to see how close everyone is, not just on the field, but off it too."


"The guys are always doing stuff together and it's really cool to see how how close everyone is because of the sport and it's so nice to be around everyone."


When asked about this weekend, Zach says that he is excited to play it in the Div 1 game this year and perhaps even lend a hand to the old boys if they need him.

The memorial kicks off at 3pm on Jul 20 following the Dingos v Rebels match, and we encourage all Dingos & AFLO fans to get down to Humber for a couple of cracking games of footy, and to honour a couple of great men.



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