Congratulations to Mitch Mellis from Boronia Hawks who capped off a terrific year in the TAC Cup by winning the Pennington Medal for Best and Fairest with Eastern Ranges.
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Coaching Announcement: Craig McKenzie
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is pleased to announce that Craig “Fletch” McKenzie has once again accepted the dual role as Coach of our Under 17 and Under 19 Squads for 2019.
Fletch’s undoubted talent to develop and mentor young players makes him the ideal person to continue to grow our already successful “One Club” approach and to provide a smooth transition for players as they move from juniors to senior football.
The Club is progressing well with interviews for other junior coaching positions and announcements on the successful candidates will be made in the near future.
Here is a summary of the legacy that Craig has already built at the Club:
~ started playing at Boronia in 2000;
~ first year coaching at Boronia in 2001;
~ played 165 games for Boronia;
~ EFL Team of the Year in 2007;
~ Senior Grand Final in 2007;
~ Top 5 in the B&F five times;
~ Boronia Football Club Team of the Decade nominee for 2000 to 2009;
~ Reserves Premiership 2012;
~ Coached every age group from Under 12’s to U19’s and Reserves;
~ Senior Assistant Coach (spanning across the past 17 years);
~ ERCA Development Coach of the Year 2015;
~ ERCA Youth Coach of the Year Nominee 2017;
~ Grand Finalists 7 times;
~ 2018 U19’s Premiership Coach;
~ BFC “Best Clubman” 2013.
Please join us in congratulating Fletch on his reappointment.
Kristan Wood,
Chairman
BORONIA HAWKS FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB INC.
Hawker Talk – Junior Newsletter and 2019 Registration Forms
Please click on the link below to read the final “Hawker Talk Newsletter for 2018 which includes everything you need to know to register for Auskick and Junior Footy in 2019.
What a brilliant year for Hayden Landy!
What a brilliant year for Hayden Landy! Early in the season he was given the honour of being appointed as captain of the @boroniahawks Under 14’s. He went on to lead the team to a sensational Premiership victory, the Club’s first Under 14’s flag since 2003! Hayden then won the Club’s Under 14’s Best and Fairest, joining an outstanding list of former winners including Deacon Kimmitt, Mason Storr, Harvey Chinn and Harry Burgess. To top it all off, Hayden was last night night announced as runner-up in the Under 14D EFL Best and Fairest!
Congratulations on a great season Hayden. We can’t wait to see you in action for the Hawka in the coming years!
2018 Boronia Junior Award Winners!
Congratulations to all our junior players on completing a terrific year with Boronia Hawks in season 2018! We hope you all played some good footy, learned some new skills and had a lot of laughs with your team mates.
Here is the list of players recognised for their efforts as part of our teams at our recent Awards Nights:
EFL Junior Presentation Night
Congratulations to all the representatives of Boronia Hawks who attended the EFL Junior Presentation Night on Friday 7 September. Our big winner was Mason Storr, who was presented with the Best and Fairest Medal for Under 17B. Hayden Landy also capped off a great season as the runner-up in the Under 14D Best & Fairest to go with with his Club B&F and premiership medal.
You can see all the votes for all EFL juniors by clicking on this link: 2018 EFL Votes
The top 3 vote winners for Boronia in each age group were:
Under 17B: Mason Storr 22 (winner); Cody Eccles 9, Connor Moon 4.
Under 14D: Hayden Landy 13 (runner-up); Beau White 6; Xavier Lech 6.
Under 12D: Cooper Storr 10; Amielle Lech 5; Zac Schmidtke 5.
Under 11D: Bayley Driscoll 9; Kayden Baldock 9; Omar Haroun 8.
Boronia Auskick registrations are now open for season 2019!
BORONIA AUSKICK registrations are now open for season 2019. You can register at the AFL’s Auskick webpage: www.aflauskick.com.au
We are hoping to build on the great Auskick season we had in 2018 and make it even bigger and better in 2019!
Please feel free to share this post with other families who would love to join our Auskick program on Friday night’s at Tormore Reserve.
Boronia Hawks would like to acknowledge the generous support of Knox City Council’s Community Development Fund which assisted with the provision of materials and equipment for our Auskick and Holiday Clinic Programs during 2017/2018.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Auskick Co-ordinator Luke Biddau on 0413 748 477 or check out the Auskick page on the Boronia Hawks website.
Mason Storr wins the Ray Lacey Medal
Congratulations to Mason Storr, the winner of the 2018 Ray Lacey Medal for Boronia’s Under 17’s Best & Fairest.
Mason joins an elite list of winners of this Award including Harry Burgess (twice), Jarrod Lake, Ryan White (twice), Jacob Delrayne and Mitch Mellis. You can see the undoubted talent coming through the pathway from Boronia Juniors and we cannot wait to welcome Mason to the seniors. Please join us all in congratulating a worthy winner.
JUNIOR FINALS ON SUNDAY – presented by Fletchers Mooroolbark
Two of our Junior Hawks teams face off in Preliminary Finals on Sunday. Best of luck to both teams for great games!
Under 11’s: Boronia v North Ringwood at 9:00am at Morton Park (Blackburn)
1 K.Baldock, 10 L.Pietrzak, 24 T.Halligan, 30 B.Halligan, 22 C.Clarke, 25 P.Rose, 28 J.Westerman, 26 J.Ferriggi, 27 H.Knight, 4 B.Driscoll, 3 R.Driscoll, 11 H.Burrows, 23 M.Mactier, 2 J.Mclean, 20 J.Loebert, 16 J.Mitchell, 19 Z.Benedetti, 29 A.Holmes, 6 M.Johnson, 18 O.Haroun.
Under 14’s: Boronia v North Ringwood at 10:00am at Pinks Reserve (Kilsyth)
7 H.Landy, 29 L. Schmidtke, 13 B.White, 2 A.Coccaro, 8 L.Brown, 5 J.Fricke, 15 B.Beattie, 12 J.Steele, 34 T.Relph, 11 R.Egan, 28 L.Marshman, 3 J.Wilson, 14 K.Nye, 16 J. Van Der Linden, 24 T.Pietrzak, 21 B.Tomlinson, 1 X.Lech, 27 M.Lewis, 26 P.Blake, 22 B.Sturdy, 25 T.Watkins, 6 B. Peat, 30 A.Potter.
JUNIOR COACHES FOR 2019: APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSE ON FRIDAY 17 AUGUST
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is now looking for Junior Football Coaches for 2019. Any one who are interested in being an important part of the future of our Club are strongly encouraged to apply. Roles are available for all junior teams for both Coach and Assistant Coach positions. Applications now close on Friday 17th August and must be submitted to boroniajnr@efl.org.au using the form below. Enquiries: Ellisa, Junior President, on 0417 593 884
