Lockdown won't derail Gamble's plans

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propertyHome/Sport/FootballLockdown won't derail Gamble's plansBy Alex FairUpdated August 19 2020 - 9:36pm, first published 6:17pmBy Alex FairUpdated August 19 2020 - 9:36pm, first published

6:17pmFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopyGYM TIME: Ellyse Gamble in her "home gym" in Maribyrnong with metropolitan Melbourne in lockdown. Picture: Ellyse Gamble She might be living in

lockdown, but that won't be any sort of excuse for Ellyse Gamble heading towards the 2021 AFLW season.

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Wynyard had her place on the Western Bulldogs' list confirmed last week as the club locked in the majority of its 2020 playing stocks for some stability after the player upheaval before

that.

Gamble, who said being an "original" Bulldog from their first season in 2017 was a badge of honour, though will be doing things differently in the build-up with COVID-19 wiping out the VFLW

season and metropolitan Melbourne locked down.

But the two-time Burnie Dockers TWL flag winner said she was embracing that challenge, with running three times a week and a "home gym" replacing being out on the footy field.

"It is challenging, but you have got to see the light at the end of the tunnel and remain positive and just lean on each other for support,'' she said.

"We are all going through the same thing as all Victorians are and it is a struggle for everyone, but for me it is university and myself and my classmates supporting each other and it is the

same with footy and touching base and supporting each other to try to improve ourselves as athletes during this time where it is a bit more challenging right now.

"It is about trying to find a way and we have looked at this opportunity as a chance to continue our development and the staff at the Bulldogs have been really good in helping us as

individuals and players in helping continue our development."

Gamble played four matches in 2020 to take her career tally to 13, taking up a position as a key defender she said she found comfortable and enjoyable.

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