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Four more young guns sign new contracts
<DIV>Hot on the heels of news that young key position players Tayte Pears, Jay Neagle and Cale Hooker have signed new two-year contracts, the Bombers today announced that four more young guns have also been secured. Football operations manager Paul Hamilton today confirmed that the vastly improved Jason Winderlich and Heath Hocking have signed two-year contracts, the exciting Courtenay Dempsey has agreed to a three-year deal and Round 2 Rising Star nominee David Zaharakis has accepted a two-year extension securing him at Windy Hill until the end of the 2012 season. </DIV>
Hot on the heels of news that young key position players Tayte Pears, Jay Neagle and Cale Hooker have signed new two-year contracts, the Bombers today announced that four more young guns have also been secured.
Football operations manager Paul Hamilton today confirmed that the vastly improved Jason Winderlich and Heath Hocking have signed two-year contracts, the exciting Courtenay Dempsey has agreed to a three-year deal and Round 2 Rising Star nominee David Zaharakis has accepted a two-year extension securing him at Windy Hill until the end of the 2012 season.
""These four young men are talented footballers and will play an important role in this club's future success so to finalise their contracts is very exciting,"" Hamilton said.
""They follow the recent signings of key position players Pears, Neagle and Hooker so we are well placed for coming seasons.
""I think the fans will be very happy to see that this group of seven players were very willing to re-sign on the basis of coming through together as a group and being part of our next successful era.
""They want to committ to each other and to the club.""
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Bomber champion Scott Lucas will do a farewell lap of the MCG prior to the start of this Saturday's crunch match against Hawthorn, giving Essendon fans the chance to farewell him in style. The veteran of 270 games and member of the 2000 Premiership side will complete a lap of the ground just prior to the teams entrering the arena.