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Boronia Hawks support Mental Health Awareness

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Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very conscious of our role as an important community hub, with a large number of players, members, families and friends.  The diversity of any community group invariably means that mental health is something that touches us all in some way.

The AFL has recently announced that it will be creating a new role of head of mental health to oversee the rising number of elite footballers experiencing difficulty with anxiety, stress and depression and to promote a greater awareness of wellbeing amongst the Clubs.  This article from The Guardian Australia provides an insight to the nature of this issue in AFL ranks.  Click here.  Alternately, you can click here to read the about the AFL’s approach to Mental Health.

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Love Me Love You – our focus of support for this weekend

Boronia Hawks will contribute to the conversation about Mental Health Awareness within the Club by supporting “Love Me Love You“, a non-profit charity designed to help young people navigate the challenges of mental health. This organisation was founded by former Hawthorn player Lance Picioane, as a result of his own struggles during and after his football career.

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Lance Picioane, founder of “Love Me Love You

This year alone the group has presented to 4000 young people through schools, football clubs and professional organisations. Picioane’s team include people with first hand experience on drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders and depression.

The Club has chosen to support this particular cause because of the enormous support provided by “Love Me Love You” to one of our own at a time of tragic loss.

As a result, we ask you all to take the time to think about Mental Health Awareness over the weekend of the 10th to 12th of May.  The AFL is recognising the issue with the Beyond Blue Round, and Boronia Hawks has also registered to support that cause, along with the Fight Motor Neurone Disease round in early June.

“Love Me Love You Cup” Match this Saturday Night

Boronia Hawks Senior Women’s Team will play Ferntree Gully this coming Saturday night at 6:00pm for the “Love Me Love You” Cup.  Both Clubs have been touched by  tragedy in recent years and we come together now, and in the future, to help young people to know that they are never alone.

Our senior teams will be wearing the light blue arm bands as a demonstration of the Club’s commitment to creating awareness of mental health problems in our community.

We will also welcome your gold coin donations to the cause at our home games over the next few weeks.

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If you have any questions or suggestions on how Boronia Hawks is approaching the awareness of Mental Health, please speak to Karen Little ( our Director of Community & Inclusion) or Scott Nicholas (Chairman, Boronia Hawks FNC).

SUPPORT SERVICES

Boronia Hawks Club Chaplain: Rick Castricum on 0418 375 377

Lifeline Phone 13 11 14 Visit www.lifeline.org.au

Kids Help Line Phone 1800 55 1800 Visit www.kidshelp.com.au

Beyond Blue Phone 1300 22 4636 Visit www.beyondblue.org.au

 

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Rick Castricum with Craig McKenzie.

Boronia Hawks announce Senior Women’s Captain

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Congratulations to Amanda Cellante on being named Captain of our Senior Women’s Team for 2019!  Amanda was runner-up in last year’s Best & Fairest Award and is also our games record holder for Boronia Netball.  Congratulations also to Vice-Captains Dee Caiafa and Sam Mellis!

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Amanda Cellante: 2019 Captain

 

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Dee Caiafa: 2019 Vice-Captain
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Samantha Mellis: 2019 Vice-Captain

 

Senior Captains Announced

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The Football Department of Boronia Hawks announced our 2019 Captains and Leadership Groups at the Club’s Season Launch.  Congratulations to all appointees and very best of luck for the season ahead.

Senior Men’s Team

  • Captain: Lachlan McKernan – appointed for his 4th year as Senior Captain.
  • Vice Captain: Luke Hannon
  • Deputy Vice Captain: Ryan White
  • Deputy Vice Captain: Jake Godwin
  • Leadership Group: Ben Robertson
  • Leadership Group: Nathan Allen

 

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Lachie McKernan

 

Development Squad

  • Captain: Dane Romano
  • Vice Captain: Chris McDonald

 

 

Under 19 Men’s Team

  • Co-Captain: Bailey Campbell
  • Co-Captain: Jake Mellis
  • Vice Captain: Liam Parkins
  • Vice Captain: Ben Anderson

 

Veteran Men’s Team

  • Captain: Chris Aaltonen
  • Vice Captain: Simon Lehman

 

Senior Women’s Team Leadership Group – captain to be announced for Round 1

  • Bec Allen
  • Kat Buzinskas
  • Dee Caiafa
  • Amanda Cellante
  • Karen Little
  • Sam Mellis
  • Courtney Storen
  • Candyce Wright

 

 

Senior Team Managers for 2019

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Boronia Hawks is very fortunate to have some fantastic volunteers.  Some of the most crucial roles that needs to be filled each year are the Team Manager, so we are very pleased to announce the appointments of these fantastic people as Team Managers for our Senior Teams for 2019.

  • Rob Bell – Senior Men’s Team
  • Dane Kinniff – Senior Women’s Team
  • Stuart McDonald – Development Squad
  • Nicole Fewson – Men’s Under 19’s Team
  • Jason Davis – Veteran Men’s Team

 

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Rob Bell

 

A special thank you to Mark McAlpine, our former Senior Men’s Team Manager who is stepping down to enjoy some relaxing Saturday afternoons watching Hammer in action.

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Mark McAlpine

BORONIA HAWKS NETBALL TEAMS FOR 2019!

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Boronia Hawks Netball Manager, Sherridan Leeson, is pleased to announce our two EFL Netball teams for 2019!!

Boronia Hawks (Requesting Division 1)
Carla Alexander; Madison Barrie; Rhiannon Crompton; Mandy Bell; Ally Forrest; Mel Hutton; Ellie Ingwersen; Georgia Himmelreich; Leanne Fredericks & Kellie Newton. A BIG welcome to new player Georgia who is joining the Hawks from Blackburn.

Boronia Brown (Requesting Division 4)
Rylee Krenn; Chloe Timms; Alex McKaige; Courtney Krenn; Breanna Martin; Dani Kemp; Lauren Bevan; Sherridan Leeson; Mollie McMahon & Lizzie Akesson.  A BIG welcome to new players Chloe (one of our footballers), Rylee and Lizzie!

Lets have a huge, successful 2019 season – on and off the court!! GO HAWKA

 

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Thank you to the Hawks Nest Coterie Group.

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Boronia Hawks is extremely fortunate to have enjoyed outstanding support over recent years from our independent coterie, the Hawks Nest Coterie Group.   The Club is delighted to announce that the executive committee of the Hawks Nest has just agreed to generously sponsor the Club once again in 2019.

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Some very proud members of the Hawks Nest Coterie Group celebrating after the historic Triple Premiership in 2018.

The Hawks Nest has three main objectives:

  1. Fund the recruitment and retention of players;
  2. Fund Club improvements;
  3. Support Junior development.

Sponsorship from the Coterie is a privilege, not a right for the Club and we work together to ensure that these objectives are met.

We thank the entire membership of the Hawks Nest Coterie Group once again for supporting the Club in a way that contributes to development of our young playing group.  The Coterie’s contribution sends a powerful message to all members of our Club that the Coterie stands firm in keeping our best young talent wearing the ‘Hawka’ jumper!

Particular thanks to Robert “Bomma” Kimmitt, Chair of the Hawks Nest and a Life Member of the Club; and to Leanne Rech, the Group’s Secretary.  We are most grateful for your on-going support and fund raising initiatives and we hope to be able to continue to support your efforts in growing the Coterie Group in the years ahead.

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Robert Kimmitt (on the right) addressing the Hawka faithful at the Season Launch in 2016.

 

 

 

Boronia appoints High Performance Manager

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As part Boronia Hawks commitment to talent development, we are very excited to announce the appointment of Mitchell Wright as our High Performance Manager.

Mitch is a practicing Exercise Physiologist at Inspiro in Lilydale and will have the key responsibility of implementing the Club’s investment in the Playertek GPS Player Tracking System.

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Club Chairman, Scott Nicholas, and Club Football Director, Ash Johnston, welcome former team mate Mitchell Wright back to Boronia as our High Performance Manager.

Boronia’s Football Director, Ash Johnston, said that Mitch is a perfect fit to manage this program that will take the Club to the leading edge of performance analysis in local football.  The use of this software will allow the Club’s Football Department to better analyse and manage our young playing group and shows the Club’s strong commitment to developing the in-house talent coming through our junior pathways.

Mitch played over 200 games with Boronia Hawks through juniors and seniors, starting at Boronia Auskick many years ago with current players Luke Leeson, Nathan Allen and Scott Nicholas.  He was a fast and clever wingman, with terrific skills and a great leap.  Mitch recently played in Olinda-Ferny Creek’s 2017 premiership.

The Club is absolutely delighted to welcome Mitch and his family back to Boronia.

Mitch Wright dominating the member's wing in 2010.
Mitch Wright dominating the member’s wing in 2010.

 

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Mitch Wright with Senior Coach, Matt Clark, and Club trainer / physiotherapist Gabriel Qi.
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Mitch Wright with former team mates Ryan Henderson and Matt Buzinskas and rising stars Tyler Steele and Josh Hannon.

Boronia Hawks welcome aboard Captain Kebab!

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Boronia Hawks have a brand new Community Partner in Captain Kebab at Boronia Junction!

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Go along to see the team at Captain Kebab and save 10% on your order when you present  your Boronia Hawks Membership Card!

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There will be more Community Partners bobbing around the Boronia shopping centre in the near future so please support these businesses that are proudly displaying our sticker in their window!

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Any enquiries for Community Partnership or Sponsorship opportunities with Boronia Hawks may be directed to Greg Hannon on 0438 616 130? or Samantha Dunkinson on 0419 502 633?

 

 

 

 

Hawks Sponsor Mitch Mellis at Eastern Ranges

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Boronia Hawks are very proud to be the official 2019 Player Sponsor for Mitch Mellis at Eastern Ranges for the upcoming TAC Cup season.

Mitch won the Eastern Ranges Penington Medal for Best and Fairest in 2018 as a bottom-age player and we are very excited to support him again this year.

Mitch Mellis from Boronia Hawks in action with Eastern Ranges in 2018. (Picture: Thanks to Valeriu Campan & Herald-Sun)
Mitch Mellis from Boronia Hawks in action with Eastern Ranges in 2018. (Picture: Thanks to Valeriu Campan & Herald-Sun)

 

The Hawks are committed to supporting our elite young players as they move through our development pathway and up to higher levels of football. Very best of luck for 2019 Mitch!

Mitch passed on this message of thanks to the Boronia Hawk’s volunteers, members and supporters:

“I would just like to thank all of you for the constant support you have given me with my footy and I am really proud and lucky to be associated with such a great club!
Cheers, Mitch”

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