BORONIA HAWKS FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB INC.
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.
Congratulations to HARRY CHAPMAN for being named in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Academy Squad.
The National Academy is comprised of 50 of the country’s most talented young footballers who have been selected to take part in the high performance program during their Draft year. Each of the boys and girls squads feature 25 players who were born in 2008 and will be eligible for the 2026 Telstra AFL Draft and 2026 Telstra AFLW Draft.
We’re thrilled to welcome Blair Hudson to the Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club for the 2026 season!
Blair brings a wealth of experience and leadership to the Hawks, having spent nine seasons at Norwood, where he played over 100 senior games in Premier Division. A respected figure around the club, Blair was part of Norwood’s leadership group and served as vice-captain, twice finishing top five in the Best & Fairest.
In 2024, Blair joined Heathmont and made an immediate impact, finishing the season as the club’s leading goal kicker.
We’re excited to see Blair in brown and gold, bringing his strong work ethic, footy smarts, and proven leadership to the Hawks.
Welcome to Boronia, Blair and a warm welcome also to his partner, Madison.
CJ brings proven experience and leadership, having played VFL football with both Williamstown and the Box Hill Hawks, where he’s currently part of the club’s leadership group.
Before that, CJ starred at East Ringwood, where his outstanding 2024 season earned him selection in the EFNL Premier Division Team of the Year, a reflection of his consistency, skill, and impact at the top level of community football.
A composed and versatile utility, CJ is known for his clean ball use, footy smarts, and ability to influence games through the midfield and forward of centre.
At just 22, CJ adds leadership, class, and genuine excitement to our senior program as we continue to build towards success in Division 1.
We’re thrilled to welcome Harrison Kimmitt to the Boronia Hawks for the 2026 season!
“Kimmo” joins us from Old Camberwell (VAFA), where he captained the Under 19s in 2023 and has finished top six in the Development Team Best & Fairest for the past two seasons. A player known for his silky skills, leadership, and drive to keep improving, Harrison is eager to learn, grow, and take his game to the next level in the brown and gold.
He also continues a proud family connection as the son of former Hawks great and life member Robert “Bomma” Kimmitt.
Welcome aboard, Kimmo, it’s great to have you finally at the Hawka!
Exciting News for 2026! We’re proud to announce ALL LIFTING as our Men’s Jumper Sponsor for the 2026 season!
A massive thank you to Jason and the team at All Lifting for their incredible support of our club and men’s program. Partnerships like this make a huge difference, and we’re thrilled to have them on board for the year ahead!
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We encourage all our members and supporters to get behind the businesses that back the Hawks, support All Lifting whenever you can! Welcome to the Hawka family, All Lifting!
We’re excited to announce that Mason Storr is returning to the Hawks’ nest for the 2026 season!
A Boronia junior and Ray Lacey Medal winner as our U17 Best & Fairest, Mason’s talent was recognised early when he also claimed the EFL Under-17 League Best & Fairest in 2018. Since then, he’s gone on to carve out an outstanding senior career becoming a key player in Scoresby’s last two premiership teams, earning Best on Ground honours in the 2024 Grand final
We can’t wait to see him back in brown and gold, where it all began.
Boronia Hawks FNC has hit the off-season signing one of the most exciting young talents fresh from the VFL – but there are several more boxes Boronia must tick ahead of 2026 according to coach Matt Clark.
Recently securing former Eastern Ranges star Jake Arundell, the Hawks’ headline addition joins full-time after three seasons with Box Hill in the state league. A glittering underage career was capped off with the under-17 Eastern league best and fairest, before a stop at SANFL outfit South Adelaide.
It’s understood the 22-year-old’s signature was highly sought-after among local clubs after stepping away from the VFL.
“He’s got connections with (Boronia players) Mitch Mellis and Kieran Edwards, and Jake Mellis too. We got the hint he was thinking about coming back full-time and he was willing to explore that,” Clark said.
“We were able to share a couple of stories on people like ‘Begs’ (ex-VFL and AFL player Josh Begley) who came back to play local footy and fell in love with the game again.
“He’s looking for opportunity to be a midfielder – he’s got pace and skill. He’s a quality person which we look for first and foremost.”
Former junior Matt Barkas has returned after a stint at top-division club East Ringwood.
“He’s a one-pointer coming back and he’s another good ball-user – he’s played across the wing, half-back, half-forward. He’s really keen to get back and get involved – he’s got a lot of mates at the club,” Clark said.
Meanwhile, Eastern league legend and Bayswater great Joel Galvin has jumped on-board as a senior assistant, following three EFNL competition best and fairests, 300 games, five club champion awards and two premierships.
And there could be more recruits headed to Tormore Reserve in the coming weeks. Boronia finished the home-and-away season in fourth with a 9-7 record, before a first-week finals exit at the hands of North Ringwood.
Clark said there were several lessons to learn from the club’s maiden Division 1 season following consecutive Division 2 flags.
“The evenness of the competition, the mindset you’ve got to take into every game and how strong you’ve got to be,” he said.
“We found the year before (in Division 2) you could probably be off by five or 10 per cent and still do enough in a quarter to win it. Just switching off for a moment (in Division 1), you’ll get scored against.
“For us, just having some bigger bodies – not having under-19s for five years, we were really exposed with some players who probably weren’t physically strong enough to play at that level.
“We’ll be really keen on getting our current list stronger, and that was spoken about even after the last game about the need to get into the gym and become more resilient.”
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is delighted to announce that Mitch Mellis tonight won his 3rd EFNL Best and Fairest award at Marvel Stadium.
The Kenneth Wright MBE Medal is awarded for the fairest and best player in Division 1. Mitch won The Paul Edie Medal (Division 2) in the previous two seasons.
Mitch, the son of Cam and Cath Mellis and brother to Jake and Trent, has done his family and club proud, not just tonight or this season, but during his entire footballing career. A tough inside midfielder with electric speed and an almost frightening capacity to keep his eyes on the ball at all times, Mitch is just a consistent ball magnet even though he deals with a tight tag during most games.
Reading Josh Hannon’s taps around the ground with effortless ease, Mitch has the inherent capacity to bring his teammates into the game and make our team better.
Off the field, Mitch is heavily invested in our club. The Mellis family name is very significant. Cam, his father, is a club life member and is still driving our recruiting team. Cath, his mother, continues in the role as our Senior Men’s Team Manager. There has never been a more loved team manager in our club’s history, having the total respect of every player on our list. Jake, his older brother, is an incredibly talented senior player in his own right, and Trent, his other older brother, returned to the club this year to support Luke Hannon in the Under-19s and played the role of 19’s runner for this season. What an invested Hawka family!
Mitch now joins Dean Grice as an EFNL legend. We salute you, Mitch, and wish you nothing but success and good health in your future, both on and off the field.
Greg Hannon, Senior President
Boronia Hawks are excited to welcome JOEL GALVIN to our senior coaching group as Senior Assistant Coach for 2026. Joel is one of the most decorated footballers in the EFNL, with a career spanning over 300 senior games filled with success.
Joel’s experience, leadership, and tactical knowledge will be a huge asset as we continue to build and develop our senior program. He has lived the standards of success and will now help drive those same standards at Boronia.
Boronia Hawks are excited to welcome back Matt Barkas for the 2026 season!
Matt came through our junior program before taking on the challenge at East Ringwood, where he built a reputation as a tough defender/midfielder. His courage and consistency were recognised with the Most Courageous Award in 2023 and 2024. Everyone get around Matt and give him a big Hawks welcome home.