New Boronia Auskick Co-ordinator

Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very pleased to announce that Luke Biddau has been appointed to the role of Auskick Co-ordinator for 2018.  Luke will lead Boronia Auskick Centre to a new era as it moves to Friday nights at Tormore Reserve for the 2018 season.  He will also play a very active role in implementing a series of footy clinics at local schools to open up the opportunities for boys and girls to learn their footy with the Hawks.

Luke is actually a former Auskicker himself, developing his skills up at Chandler Park before moving on to Boronia Juniors.  After a stint in the hills with Olinda-Ferny Creek, Bidds returned to Tormore Reserve as a senior player in 2013.  Known as a dangerous forward, Luke has kicked 42 goals over the last few seasons, which would have been many more except for the curse of nagging injuries.

Luke is a great match-up for the role of the Club’s Auskick Co-ordinator given his working background with Knox Leisureworks and as a youth leader at summer camps in the U.S.A.  Bidds has also been an assistant coach with Boronia Juniors in recent seasons, working closely with Craig “Fletch” McKenzie.  In 2018, Luke is once again working hard from the sidelines as Assistant Coach for the Boronia U17’s.

Please join us in congratulating Luke on his appointment that will lead to an exciting new phase for Boronia Auskick and will underpin the successful footy pathways with Boronia Hawks.

Luke Biddau: Boronia Auskick Co-ordinator

Welcome back to Andrew Catley!

Boronia Hawks are very pleased to welcome back Andrew Catley, who will work with the Colts once again as an Assistant Coach with his former sidekick Craig McKenzie.

Cats is Boronia through and through, but stepped down from our Under 19’s coaching role for 2017 due to increased work commitments.  At that time, Andrew had been a part of our U19 coaching panel for the past 6 years and fast tracked the development of a lot of our talented young players.  A perfect example is that 15 of the 22 players in our Senior final appearance in 2016 had played under Andrew. 

Andrew Catley – U19’s Assistant Coach

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Successful Volunteers Information Day

A very big thank you to everyone who was able to come along today for our Volunteers Information Day.  We had a great representation from the juniors and seniors and it is really encouraging to see our One Club coming together so well.

Thanks to Greg Hannon, Matt Clark and Steve Teakel for talking to the group and giving us an insight into their own backgrounds. They also talked about the great pathway they see at the Hawks in bringing our talented juniors through to senior football as One Club.

Thanks as always to Ellen Johnson for her catering and to Boronia Cricket Club for the use of the rooms during the off-season.

Some of the attendees at our Volunteers Information Day.

Left to Right: Harry Burgess, Carolyn Wood, Craig McKenzie, Nikki Alexander, Rob Bell, Mick Kimmitt, Matt Clark, Maria Magic, Stacey Peril, Bill Notley, Debbie Rouse, Andrea LeMarquand, Ellisa Schmidtke, Kay Kimmitt, Samantha Dunkinson, Kristan Wood, Cam Mellis, Brett Smith, Ellen Johnson, Greg Hannon, Neil Fogarty, Ash Johnston, Nathan Allen, Tim Currie, Scott Nicholas, Steve Teakel.

Assistant Coaches for Hawks Squad

Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is pleased to announce the panel of Assistant Coaches to support Craig McKenzie with the 2018 Hawk Squad – our combined U19’s and U17’s teams.

We are particularly excited to welcome Brayden Bowes to the coaching team. The big fella brings some great experience as an assistant coach for Rowville Knights who won the U17A premiership in 2017.  Big Ben Robertson, Luke Biddau and Damon Webb have worked with Fletch over the past few seasons and bring a wealth of playing experience to help guide the 17’s and 19’s.

Please join us in congratulating Fletch and his team!

Craig McKenzie
Brayden Bowes
Ben Robertson
Damon Webb
Luke Biddau

Welcome to Fletchers Real Estate Agents

Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is delighted to welcome Fletchers Mooroolbark  – Real Estate Agents as a new GOLD PARTNER for Season 2018.  The Club is very grateful for the long term commitment offered by Fletchers and their particular focus on supporting our junior teams.  Please join us all in welcoming the team at Fletchers to the Hawks.

Former Boronia player and junior coach Daniel Bolton is the Director and Auctioneer at Fletchers Mooroolbark.  Daniel is a long-time local and has worked in real estate in the area since 2011 and is delighted to offer the premier Fletchers service to Boronia members and supporters. Dan was recently recognised as Fletchers’ 2017 Senior Auctioneer of the Year and “has an excellent track record of exceeding client expectations by offering the highest level of service. Professional and honest, Daniel supports his vendors through every step of the sale process, from listing and presentation through to the ultimate sale result”.


Dan has recently been joined by current Boronia champion Jess Bolton, who has left North Melbourne Football Club to take up a position as Property Consultant with Fletchers Mooroolbark.


Volunteers Information Day

Boronia Hawks will host an informal get together from 11:00am to 2:00pm on 3rd December for all members and supporters who want to support the Club as volunteers for the 2018 season.  The venue is Tormore Reserve, with catering by one of our most valued volunteers, Ellen Johnson.
 
There are lots of volunteer roles around the Club for a variety of different people! From committee positions and specific roles around the club throughout the season, to smaller jobs on game day.
 
It doesn’t matter if you have lots of time, or only a little. It doesn’t matter if you’ve volunteered before or not.  We’re here to support everyone and make it easy, flexible and fun for you to get involved.
 
We’re proud to have a strong network of fantastic volunteers, but we’re always looking for more to spread the load.  So if you’re keen to help out, or have some more questions about the different roles on offer, please contact Kristan Wood on 0411 605 203.
 
We cordially invite all members of the Junior and Senior Committees and the Board, as well as anyone already with a volunteer role, or just interested in helping out in other ways during the season and on match days to join us for the information day.

 

Adobe Spark Volunteers Day
Volunteers Day

Coaching Appointment

Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very pleased to announce that Andrew Wright has been appointed as Assistant Coach for the Development Squad in 2018.
Wrighty was of course our Under 19’s Coach in 2017, and with a number of top age boys moving up, will work closely with them as assistant to the recently appointed Development Squad Coach, Craig Brockley.
Andrew has played over 200 games of senior football at both FTG and Forest Hill and coached at Junior level for 7 years. He has intimate knowledge of our overall football program, strong communication skills and undoubted enthusiasm for developing young men.
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright

Appointment of Board and Committees

Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club are pleased to announce the following appointments to the Board of Directors, Senior Committee and Junior Committee.

 

BHFNC 2018 Board Announcement
BHFNC 2018 Senior Committee Announcement
BHFNC 2018 Junior Committee Announcement