Senior Men's & Women's Football and Netball, Junior Boys & Girls Football, Auskick and over 35's Veterans and Masters Football. Affiliated with EFNL. We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the land in Boronia.
All club members are invited to the 2023 AGM on Monday 30th of October at 7:30pm at the Knox Club.
The agenda will focus on a number of items including our Annual Report, voting on senior and junior committee members and board members and voting on proposed changes to the BHFNC Constitution.
All positions are open to nomination by club members via the following form: NOMINATION FORM
Our Senior President, Greg “Flash” Hannon has a message for the club community at the mid-point of the season as we head into the June long weekend.
It’s hard to fathom that we are at the halfway point of the season already. What’s not hard to fathom is that our teams are having great success which is not only due to talent but also hard work from the Board, Committee, Coaches, and the army of Volunteers that continue to support our club!
So – I wish to acknowledge and thank the following:
~ Our players are all just quality people and terrific ambassadors for our club! Keep supporting our functions and keep using your drive, energy, and initiatives to make our club grow and improve.
~ Our coaching staff are not just great coaches but they all build meaningful relationships with their players and care about the wellbeing of each individual at our club.
~ Our Incredible volunteers range from Committee Members to Board Members to the many that just give a little of their time to ensure our club can tick along nicely. Without our volunteers, we just don’t have a club so a huge thank you to you all!
~ To our Hawks Nest Coterie leadership, our Coterie members and to all our supportersthat give our club undivided support on and off the field.
~ Our loyal sponsors. Our sponsors give us the funding that we require to operate a successful club. Thank you to all of you!
~ To the families of our players. Your support behind the scenes often goes unnoticed. You feed, clean, and offer emotional support to your child, husband, wife, partner, parent and we thank you for that. I’m sure our players do!
We are looking for some extra volunteers who would be able to help spread the load of looking after our social media and other communications like email.
Rather than the responsibility sitting with just one or two, we are looking for a few motivated people across the playing groups and supporter base who can commit to taking on specific tasks on a recurring basis each week to ensure we can communicate all the great things going on at our club in a sustainable way as the club continues to grow. Depending on the time you’d like to commit you could take on one of the tasks or maybe a few.
You may already have some skills in this area, be keen to learn more or are just looking for a way to throw your hat into the ring. Any training you would need on the systems we use would be provided and most items are now templated.
Some of the key tasks include:
Women’s Football & Netball Team Announcements
Men’s Football Team Announcements
Game Day Score Updates & Saturday Scoreboard Summary
Sharing relevant updates during the week e.g., Hawka Lotto, posts from junior page
Sharing posts from other relevant pages e.g. EFNL, Premier Data, Media etc
Sharing photos after games
Promoting club & player sponsors, sharing relevant updates
Promoting community partner offers
Promoting club events & news
Managing and distributing an email newsletter (something new)
Replying to messages
We’d also be keen to hear from anyone who would like to volunteer their photography, videography or graphic design skills in any way throughout the season or on a regular basis.
If you are interested in putting your hand up, please email me at boroniahawksfc@gmail.com with your expression of interest!
Players and sponsors, it’s time to lock in your Player Sponsorship Packages for 2023.
There are two levels to choose from which will provide both a discount on the players fees and access to a bunch of value for the business who takes on the sponsorship.
There has been a couple of changes with the Club’s Board of Directors.
Firstly, we farewell Kerryn Westcott, Director of Community & Inclusion. Kerryn is stepping down from the board to focus on her many other volunteer roles. Kerryn has done a phenomenal amount of work for the club, sourcing every grant possible to improve our facilities and offer more to our community. She will be sorely missed but we wish her all the best.
Secondly, we welcome Veronica Rankin into the role of Director of Administration for 2023. Veronica is no stranger to the club, her son has played in our junior ranks and now a member of our Men’s program. Veronica has been a past under 19s Team Manager, one of the most organised, so we are so pleased to have her leading the charge in all things admin this year. Tanya Parkins will step in one last time helping us get Veronica up to speed, we thank her again for her support.
We are still on the hunt for a Director of Finance – if you or you know someone who is interested please reach out to Kat McMahon akathleen@me.com
At this stage, we won’t formally replace the Director of Community & Inclusion, however if this role is of interest to you please also reach out.
Thank you to all of those who took the time to complete our Brand Survey at the end of the 2022 season. The stakeholder survey was in relation to the brand, including the logo, uniform and merchandise colours.
We had a positive level of engagement with approximately 10% of playing members completing the survey, as well as many other stakeholders from across the club.
There were very passionate responses both for and against keeping the logo in its current form and varying opinions about the colours of uniform and off-field items. In the end, it was clear that the logo will remain in its current form.
Confirmation of this allows us to push ahead with other projects like refreshing merchandise and the website.
We encourage all players to register ASAP for 2023. This will make sure you are fully covered with the EFNL injury insurance for all of the 2023 preseason as well as the home and away season.
We encourage all players to register ASAP for 2023. This will make sure you are fully covered with the EFNL injury insurance for all of the 2023 preseason as well as the home and away season.
Senior Men and Women registration is $25 and its $18 for Junior Boys and Girls. This money all goes to the EFNL for insurance, not to the Club. Club membership fees will be payable down the track.
Registration Enquiries for Seniors: Grant Bertram seniors.boroniahawks@gmail.com
Registration Enquiries for Juniors: Carolyn Wood boroniahawksrego@gmail.com
Congratulations to all who have been elected to the 2023 Board of Directors, Junior Committee and Senior Committee at the AGM on 26 October 2022.
We thank Tanya Parkins and David Nicholas who have retired from the Board but will act in their roles until new appointments are confirmed. We also thank former Chairperson Scott Nicholas for his vision and leadership over five years. Scott played an enormous role taking us through the “one club” transition; the founding of our women’s football program; the fostering of an inclusive culture and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. #boroniahawks
The Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is one club; working together for success, on and off the field.
Ahead of our 2022 Annual General Meeting ,to be held at Knox Club on Wednesday 26 October 2022 at 7:30pm, we’re calling for nominations for all Board and Committee roles for the 2023 season.
All roles are considered vacant and returning Board/Committee members must re-nominate. Nominations are due on Monday 24 October 2022.
All nominees must have another club member support their nomination. Nominations will then be seconded by returning Board and Committee members following their submission.
If you would like to discuss any of the roles in more detail please contact:
