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.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very excited to announce that HARRY CHAPMAN will be joining our Under 19’s team for 2025. Harry has a great Boronia pedigree as the son of Nathan Chapman and the nephew of Kane Van Hennik.
Harry has already shown some great form playing with Eastern Ranges Under 16’s and was invited to the Vic Metro trials. He is training again with Ranges and already has a club B&F to his name, along with a top 5 finish in the league B&F. We are very proud of our many father-son players and are now very pleased to welcome Harry and family “Back to Boronia”. We look forward to seeing Harry in the club colours for many years to come.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very pleased to announce the following appointments to our men’s coaching team for the 2025 season. Congratulation to Huddo, Brocky, Cats, Kyle and O’ey!
If you are interested in joining our Women’s Football program, please get in touch to find out more. Our Senior Coach is Sean Buncle, who formerly coached Port Melbourne VFLW. Training is Tuesday and Thursday for the pre-xmas period with excellent training facilities. Come along for a run! (Runners only, BYO water bottle). Enquiries: Scott Nicholas 0403 238 494
We are excited to announce the first of our new recruits for 2025, Cadhla Schmidli. Boasting an exceptional football resume which includes Vic Metro representative at U18 level, Eastern Ranges and Box Hill in the VFLW. Joining us from Aquinas in the VAFA, Cad is a tall, athletic player who can play a number of roles around the ground and brings a wealth of experience at just 21 years of age. We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Cad to Boronia in 2025.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very proud to announce the appointment of four great Boronia people as Assistant Coaches for the 2025 Women’s Football Season.
We’re thrilled to announce that Scott Nicholas will continue with our squad as Senior Assistant Coach in 2025. Scott has been integral in developing the squad since 2018, and coached our Senior Women to the Division 1 Premiership in 2023. Scott will work closely with our new Head Coach Sean Buncle, with a focus on leadership and culture and the broader women’s program.
Assistant Coach (Senior – Forwards) We’re thrilled to have Nicole Guy back on board in 2025 as an Assistant Coach. Working with our Senior forwardline for the past two seasons, Nicole adds a wealth of knowledge, understanding of the game and builds incredible, supportive and fun relationships with the playing group.
Assistant Coach (Senior – Backs). We couldn’t be more excited to announce Bree Watson as one of our Assistant Coaches for 2025. Bree is a natural leader who has begun her Coach Development as Captain of the Senior squad, and has naturally played the role of guiding and supporting our backs over the last few years. Bree will continue her learning taking on more responsibility with the backs this season.
Development Women Assistant Coach – We couldn’t be more excited to announce Tim Cavanagh as Assistant Coach for our Development side in 2025. Tim is highly experienced in women’s football, much loved amongst our playing group and builds incredible relationships with our playing group. Formerly Senior Assistant Coach and Senior runner, Tim moves into a new role this season and is excited to be working with some of our new and developing players.
Boronia Hawks FNC is excited to announce that JAKE GODWIN is #backtoboronia and has signed to play again in 2025, which will be his seventh senior season with the Hawks.
Jake is “one club” player since Under 9’s in 2007, although he moved up to Queensland and played the last three seasons for Morningside in the QAFL. This culminated in the 2024 Premiership, with Jake kicking three goals in the Grand Final. Jake played representative football with the EFNL U15’s, before playing at both Eastern Ranges and Box Hill Hawks. He played in the 2018 Senior Premiership side with Boronia. Jake is very capable either forward or back and will be a very valuable acquisition as we move in to Division 1.
All financial members of BHFNC are invited to the 2024 AGM on Monday 18th November at 7:00pm at the Knox Club.
The agenda includes our 2024 Annual Report, election of Senior and Junior Committees and the Board of Directors. All positions are open to nomination by club members. Please direct enquiries and apologies to Veronica Rankin at boronia@efnl.org.au
EFNL registrations for all our junior players open on Friday 1 November. Make sure you get in quick to secure your spot because 2025 is going to be our best season yet!
