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Season Launch Message from our Senior President

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Dear Players, Members and Supporters,

Well, the 2019 season is now upon us! The behind the scenes planning from our committees and coaching staff will now get tested and as far as we are all concerned, let’s bring it on!

The atmosphere around our club at the moment is just terrific, and so it should be after the success of 2018. We have strategically recruited, having faith in the youthful list of 2018, to ensure we can continue to approach each game with confidence. I welcome all new players to the ‘Hawka!

Our women’s team has gone from strength to strength under the coaching of Ray and “The “Chairman”!  Fletch and Cat’s have been incredible in getting really solid lists in our 17’s and 19’s and to have Clarky and his team steering our senior ship just puts us in good stead to have another real crack at finals glory once again. I’m not allowed to mention ‘back to back’ so I won’t!

Since I took on this role I’ve been staggered by the commitment of our band of dedicated volunteers. These people are the backbone of our club and we just can’t function without them. We have too many to mention for the fear of leaving someone out would be grossly unfair, but to all our volunteers, I sincerely thank you!!

This Thursday evening we have our ‘Season Opener’ event which is an opportunity to thank and acknowledge our sponsors and volunteers. We then have our first selection evening following this event. I look forward to welcoming everyone into the ‘Hawka’ this Thursday night. It will be pumping!

Our major raffle tickets will go out this week and I really wish to thank our sponsors for supporting our raffle and particularly, club great, Greg “Hollywood” Krenn for donating the $5,000 return tickets to Europe once again!

I will also begin advertising our first Chairman’s Luncheon for this year on May 4.  David “Murra” Murrihy will be interviewing Senior Federal Government Minister, and our number one ticket holder, Alan Tudge MP, a couple of weeks before a Federal Election and I’ll have a crack at interviewing two up and coming local Essendon stars in Josh Begley and Dylan Clarke. We have incredible new caterers for this event and for $70 a seat, they will sell out quickly! Check out our facebook page later on in the week to book tickets. I wish to take this opportunity to wish all our players and coaches good luck for season 2019. The entire Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is behind you and even though Clarky won’t let me mention ‘back to back’, I don’t think our club has ever done this before so let’s make the big dance again and bring home the bacon!

See you all Thursday night!

Greg Hannon
SENIOR PRESIDENT
BORONIA HAWKS

Club Update from our Senior President

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Dear members and supporters,

I write to update you all on a numbers of items.
Firstly, I’d like to officially welcome Wayne Preston onto the Senior Committee of the Club.  Wayne has supported the club over a number of years and has a wealth of experience, being involved in community based organisations such as athletics, tennis and netball clubs.  Wayne will assist in a number of areas but developing relationships and managing our ever expanding sponsorship portfolio will be the area in which he will be prominently involved.
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Wayne Preston
Secondly, I am also very pleased to welcome Kathleen McMahon who has joined us as Senior Secretary.  Kathleen was previously a member of our gun Premier Division netball team, winning the premiership in 2017.  Now she is turning her mind to our successful Women’s football team and we look forward to Kath combining with sister Bec in 2019.
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Kathleen McMahon
Local football / netball  clubs survive due to the dedication of our volunteers.  Our Club is most fortunate to have so many people that are prepared to do their bit.  Already committed for 2019 are:
  • Ellen Johnson as our Canteen Manager and Thursday nights meals boss.
  • David Murrihy once again facilitating the running of our Finals Hosting program and Past Players & Supporters Group.
  • Robert Kimmitt, Leanne & Dillio Rech, Steve Green, Dean Collins, Michael Holding and a host of others supporting our most successful Hawks Nest Coterie Group.
  • Mick and Kay Kimmitt continuing to clean the Tormore clubrooms every Monday and Friday.
  • Sandra Bell looking after our Social Memberships and Knox Club memberships.
  • Sam Dunkinson attracting new community partners and sponsors to the Club.
  • Billy Notley and Jason Davis taking care of our bar, with Simon West running the outside bar on match days.
  • Graeme Storr looking after all merchandise needs, both on and off the field.
  • Tim Currie taking care of all things that have to be done on match days.
  • A host of Coaches and Assistant Coaches all heavily involved in the football and netball side of things.
  • Without forgetting to mention the dedicated Board, Senior Committee and Junior Committee members who meet regularly to ensure our club can continue to improve; as we strive to give our players the best of every possible resource so that they can be the best player possible!
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All of these volunteer roles enable us to run in an effective manner.  Gratitude goes a long way, so never be shy to thank one of our volunteers when you see them plying their trade at the Club!
If everyone involved does their little bit, we avoid the too few getting burnt out which has occurred in the past.
Our Club is in a great position: we have an exciting playing list and our off field affairs are solid.  My role as Senior President is to ensure we don’t take our eyes off the ball and look for every available opportunity to promote our Club in a positive manner and to build relationships with key stakeholders to continually improve the facility of the Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club.
This year will see the installation of state of the art lighting.  We are doing our best to fast track the installation, but we are very much in the hands of the Knox City Council and their contractors.  I hope to announce with our Chairman, Scott Nicholas, other exciting new initiatives in the year ahead.
This season we have to build on the success of 2018.  Some may argue we are on a hiding to nothing as how could we possibly top 2018?  The answer is really simple.  Too often I’ve seen clubs reach great heights and then fall apart very quickly.  My job is to keep us focused, keep us stable,  work harder then ever before and strive to make our Club the most respected Club in the EFL!
Go Hawka!
Greg “Flash” Hannon
Senior President
Boronia Hawks
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Greg Hannon

New Lights at Tormore!

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Boronia Hawks would like to thank Kerryn Westcott, mum of Chris, for her terrific work in submitting the formal application for the funding of the new lights at Tormore Reserve.

The funding was recently announced by our Federal Member for Aston, Alan Tudge MP and we are now pushing forward to have the lights up and shining during the 2019 season. Thanks again to Kerryn and Alan!

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2019 Junior Coaching Appointments

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Boronia Hawks would like to announce the appointment of our Junior Coaches for 2019. We are very pleased to have such a great line up to take us in to the next season. Many thanks to our Junior Coaching Coordinator, Andrew Catley who has done a fantastic job, assisted by our Senior Coaching Coordinator, Greg Hannon, in getting our coaches ready to go!

We hope to announce the Coach of Under 12 Girls in the very near future. In the meantime, please help us to congratulate and thank these coaches for taking an active role in our juniors’ football development.

Ellisa Schmidtke
Junior President

2019 Junior Coaches

Opportunities to Help the Hawks in Key Roles

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The Club’s AGM is coming up very soon and we already have nominees willing to stand for many roles. But we also have vacancies where we are looking for Club members to take us forward in to 2019. We seek expressions of interest from all sections of our Club: seniors or juniors, football or netball, men’s or women’s teams. All our volunteers work together to support and guide newbies!

If you would like to become more involved in our great Club please have a word with Kristan Wood, Ellisa Schmidtke or any of our current Board or senior and junior committee members. (Scott Nicholas is off in Nepal right now, so you can contact Dave Nicholas instead).

Roles without any nominees at the moment are:

  • Director, Inclusion / Community;
  • Senior Secretary;
  • Junior Treasurer;
  • Sponsorship Manager;
  • Merchandise Manager;
  • General Committee members for both Juniors and Seniors.

Some of these roles used to be big and scary, but we have managed to share the load and set up processes to make our administrative jobs much easier than they once were.  It is all about TEAMWORK.  We would love to hear from you!

#HelptheHawks

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Annual General Meeting

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All financial members of the Club, including senior players and junior parents, are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club Inc.

Tuesday 30 October 2018 at the Knox Club.  Light refreshments from 7:00pm; AGM commences at 8:00pm.

Presentation of Annual Reports and election of Board, Senior Committee and Junior Committee for 2019.  All positions have been been declared vacant.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS – please direct all enquiries to Kristan Wood

  • Chairman
  • Director, Administration
  • Director, Finance
  • Director, Inclusion / Community
  • Senior President
  • Junior President

SENIOR COMMITTEE – please direct all enquiries to Kristan Wood

  • Senior President
  • Senior Vice-President
  • Senior Secretary
  • Senior Treasurer
  • Football Manager
  • Netball Manager
  • Match Day Manager
  • General Committee – two roles

JUNIOR COMMITTEE – please direct all enquiries to Ellisa Schmidtke

  • Junior President
  • Junior Vice-President
  • Junior Secretary
  • Junior Treasurer
  • Junior Registrar
  • Junior Team Manager Co-ordinator
Some of the attendees at our Volunteers Information Day.

Chairman’s Lunch with Dane Swan

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Mr Kristan Wood, Chairman of Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club, cordially invites all sponsors, members and supporters to join him at the Chairman’s Luncheon on Saturday 11 August.  Our Special Guest Speaker will be former AFL champion and Brownlow Medallist DANE SWAN.

Saturday 11 August from 12pm to 2pm
$60 per head for 2 course meal and drinks (beer, wine and soft drinks).

Tables of ten are available at a discount rate of $500 but must be booked and fully paid by MONDAY 6TH AUGUST.

When booking, please advise if you are using tickets as part of your sponsorship entitlements or Hawks Nest Coterie membership. * PLEASE BOOK AND PAY EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT AS TICKETS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED AND MUST BE BOOKED AND PAID BY NO LATER THAN THURSDAY 9th AUGUST. FIRST IN – BEST DRESSED.

Please RSVP to: timcurrie@iinet.com.au

Payments via EFT to Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club Inc; BSB 633-000; Account Number 133 496 562.

Cash or EFTPOS payments at the door on the day are NOT available for this event due to the high demand for tickets. No exceptions.

 

200 Draw on Saturday 21 July!

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One of the Boronia Hawks’ biggest functions is coming up, the 200 DRAW!

It’s a reverse raffle with 200 tickets sold.  The first number pulled out is not announced and is locked away, then they draw out the rest of the 199 numbers before they reveal who was the first one drawn (the winner).  The tension is incredible!

Also it’s $4,999 for the winner!

Tickets are $130 but that gets two people in, and it’s FREE beer, wine and $3 spirits through the night. Finger food is provided and there is LIVE MUSIC!  Please see Michael Goldsack at the Club on Thursday nights to grab your tickets!