The Australian Football League and AFL Tasmania extend their deepest sympathies to the families and friends of all impacted by the Sydney shopping centre tragedy, including the family of Ashlee Good, daughter of former North Melbourne player and club director and Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame Inductee Kerry Good.
Ashlee was one of six people killed in the random attack on shoppers at Bondi Junction on Saturday and her nine-month-old daughter Harriet, who was injured in the attack, remains in hospital.
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon said his thoughts and those of the entire football community were with the Good family and all families impacted by the horrific and random attack.
“I know so many people who know Kerry and the family are hurting and the football world is united in its sympathy for the Good family and the many people across our North Melbourne and football community and the wider community who have been affected by this attack,” Mr Dillon said.
“You shudder when you hear the news on Saturday and find it hard to comprehend that an activity that is so normal and so common to every Australian family, could end so tragically.
“As a football person I know everyone across the football family will join the North Melbourne Football Club and their supporters in offering our condolences to all impacted by Saturday’s attack, particularly Ashlee’s partner Daniel Flanagan, Kerry and Dian, Ashlee’s mother Denise, and Ashlee’s extended family and friends.”
Head of AFL Tasmania Damian Gill said that all at AFL Tasmania were sending their thoughts and sympathies to those affected, including the Good family and their communities in the north west of the state and at the Ulverstone Football Club.
“We are all sending our condolences to those impacted by Saturday’s awful events, particularly the Good family and Ashlee’s extended family and friends,” Mr Gill said.
“The Tasmanian football community is a tight knit one, and we know that everyone will wrap their arms around the Good family and those that know and love them.”