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 are very excited to welcome MAX BRASHER to the Club for the 2023 season.
Max joins Boronia from UFTG to play footy with his brother Zack, who enjoyed a break out year in 2022 before injury ended his season.
Max is a decorated junior player with two EFNL B&F’s and one runner-up. He also represented the league in Under 14’s and Under 15’s. Max has won four club B&F’s at junior level and was a premiership captain in Under 11’s and Under 14’s.
He has made a successful transition to senior football in 2021 and 2022, coming fourth in the UFTG B&F in his first full year of senior footy.
We look forward to Max enjoying his football career with Boronia and we have no doubt he will be a great addition to the team. Please make him feel very welcome at Tormore Reserve.
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very proud to announce that Matthew Clark has been reappointed as Senior Men’s Coach for 2023. Please join us all in congratulating Matt and thanking him for his commitment to lead the Hawks for a 6th season.
One of our club’s longest-ever sponsors, GK Travel & Cruise is now back in full operational mode with local, national, and international travel in full swing.
If you plan on traveling soon or your friends or family have that intention, please make sure they contact Greg ‘Hollywood’ Krenn for the best advice and price available!!
Boronia 10.7 67 drew with The Basin 9.13 67. Goals: Nathan Hare 4, Damon Fairchild 2, Ben Robertson 2, Sam Collins, Fletcher Duke. Best Players: Nathan Hare, Damon Fairchild, Harry Burgess, Ben Robertson, Ryan White, Nick Knoops.
Dev Squad Men.
The Basin 11.7 73 d Boronia 11.3 69. Goals: Sean Bramstedt 4, Matt Geraghty 2, Luca Virgona 1, Brayden Wright 1, Chris McDonald 1, Caelan Murrihy 1, Tyler Steele 1. Best Players: Brayden Wright, Tyson Henry, Sean Bramstedt, Matt Geraghty, Nathan Allen, Jeremy Mason.
Senior Women.
Boronia 9.7 61 d The Basin 8.5 53. Goals: Bec Allen 2, Rachael Slater 2, Amanda Davidson 2, Meg McKernan 1, Alex Kufel, 1, Chloe Timms 1. Best Players: Alex Kufel, Chloe Timms, Amanda Davidson, April Glare, Meg McKernan, Steph Phillips.
Dev Squad Women.
The Basin 18.16 124 d Boronia 2.3 15. Goals: Tessa Evans 1, Mel Carpenter. Best Players: Mel Carpenter, Erin Stanios, Gen Lyons, Christina Lange Portelli.
Boronia Gold Netball:
Boronia Gold 25 d Heathmont White 10. Goals: Zoe McQuillen 17, Emily Cahill 8.
Boronia Brown Netball:
Boronia Brown 24 drew with Mitcham Black 24. Goals: Elle Serong 14, Ebony Williams 10.
Congratulations to the Team Leaders and Support Team for Boronia Veterans in 2022: Macey Ryan, Geoff Bell, Greg Joseph, Steven Green, Jason Davis and Samantha Dunkinson.
Goals: Ben Robertson 7, Damon Fairchild 1, Josh Hannon 1, Nathan Hare 1, Nick Knoops 1.Best: Ben Robertson, Nick Knoops, Jayden Collins, Josh Hannon, Luke Hannon
Men’s Dev. Team: Boronia 5.5 35 d Mulgrave 0.2 2
Goals: Sean Bramstedt 3, Josh Baker, Jack RankinBest: Zac Dower, Josh Baker, Bailey Campbell, Julian Rambaldo, Brayden Wright, Matt Manfre
Netball
Boronia Gold 16 drew with UFTG 16 Details not available
Boronia Brown 22 lost to Coldstream 44: Ebony Williams 7, Elle Serong 7, Sam Mellis 4
Women’s Practice Matches v Eastern Devils
Boronia will learn a lot from the two games against a high quality opposition featuring experienced players. Drizzly conditions also made it difficult to show our skills and structures.
With the Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club UP Community Card, you’ll receive a 2 cents per litre discount at participating United service stations and a 2 cents per litre rebate will be provided to Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club. So this means you’ll enjoy great savings on your fuel, whilst supporting Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club when you fill up at a participating United service station.
Both Boronia’s men’s and women’s showed plenty of promise last year and have left the faithful down at Tormore Reserve in a positive mood ahead of season 2022.
After strong 2018 & 2019 seasons which saw them finish with a premiership and a preliminary final appearance, the Hawks had a drop in form in 2021 and finished fifth with a 7-5 record. They started and ended like a house on fire with two three-game winning streaks. However, it was the middle of the season which let them down, losing all games against the likes of Ringwood, Heathmont, South Belgrave & arch-rival neighbours The Basin.
Senior men’s coach Matt Clark told efnl.org.au that preparation is going well ahead of a -hopefully – uninterrupted 2022 season.
Matt Clark
“I’m super pleased that we’re on track and progressing really well,” Clark said.
“The attitude of the guys is back and probably with the knowledge and knowing that there’s going to be a full season ahead, certainly giving a lot of renewed energy to the group as well.”
There’s plenty of familiar faces from recent years at Tormore this year, including Mitch Mellis who returns to his junior club. He comes back having played four games for Williamstown’s VFL side as well as five with Premier Division club Vermont last year and with 33 NAB League games plus an Eastern Ranges Best and Fairest award in 2018.
Mitch Mellis
Clark said that Mellis had already made a strong impression as well as brought a higher training standard to Boronia on return to his junior club.
“To get the standard at training that he delivers is incredible. He’s not afraid, he’s been empowered to talk to the group, make sure that he shares some of his higher-level insights and he’s done that really well.”
They’ve also brought back Josh Hannon from Outer East club Upwey-Tecoma, with the ruck-forward having already played 54 games and kicked 59 goals between 2017-2019 with Boronia.
Josh Hannon
He reunites with brother Luke at Tormore, with Clark also happy that he came back to them.
“He is a very important player as a mobile ruck/forward and will provide us with another good target around the ground and up forward.”
“He was a key player in 2018 and 2019 and we are really happy to have him back at the Hawks with his brother Luke.”
Boronia have also retained most of their playing list from 2022, but they have lost two legends in Lachlan McKernan and Matt ‘Buzz’ Buzinskas who have retired from footy.
Clark said that whilst it is sad, they won’t be playing anymore, it could be a blessing in disguise for others.
“Their experience and the way they went about football would be a loss at any stage to anyone, although it provides opportunities for others,” he said.
“(But) it’s certainly going to be sad to not have them both playing every Saturday.”
And whilst they won’t underestimate how strong each Division Two side is, Clark added that there is a determination among the group to reach their end goal of finals.
“We haven’t lost our hunger and appetite to play, and the end goal is the same as every club, I don’t think there’d be a club that wouldn’t want to play finals and we’re no different.”
The Boronia Women’s program though continues to go from strength to strength. Whilst the reserves side finished last with only one win in 2021, the senior’s finished fourth in a strong First Division and with a 6-5 record.
Ex-Hawks senior men’s star Scott Nicholas will again lead the program, with Nicholas saying to efnl.org.au that everything is looking positive ahead of 2022
“Everyone’s just enjoying being back and having some consistency in life and footy,” Nicholas said.
They’ve picked up a few players this offseason, including Crystal Chinn and Christina Lange Portelli from Blackburn. Nicholas added that those girls have brought a bit to the squad so far this offseason.
“Any time you get some really good, strong, experienced players that’s great. I think with those two they’re really great people and culturally will add a lot to our squad as well and it’ll be great for them to share their experiences with our players,” he said.
They’ve retained 90% of their playing group from 2021 for this season, with Nicholas saying they’ve been mainly focused on retaining that list from last year.
“We’re really excited to have retained pretty much all of our playing squad from our two teams last year and we’ve had quite a few new faces as well come down,” he said.
This season the senior side will be playing in the top tier for the first time in the new Premier B Division. Nicholas said that he is excited that they got to compete against the top sides in the EFNL Women’s competition.
“We started our program four years ago and we won one game in our first season, and it took us five weeks to score,” he said.
“The fact that we’re now playing against the best teams in the league only four years later is really exciting.”
Nicholas also hopes the side can go well in this new and unknown division.
“We’ve improved every season we’ve played and that included moving up divisions,” he said.
“We think we’ve got a really strong and a really connected group of players that for both of our teams we hope to see some improvement again.”
