Category Archives: Preseason

Announcement of Junior Girls Coach

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Boronia Football Netball Club is very pleased to announce the appointment of Jordan Granland as the Coach of the U12’s Girls Team for 2018.
 
Jordan is a current senior player with Boronia Hawks, debuting for the seniors in 2015 and winning the Reserves Best and Fairest in 2017.  He is a former EFL Junior Interleague representative and has previous coaching experience over a number of seasons and various junior age groups.  He is very excited about the upcoming girls football season.
 
Jordan will be at the Junior Registration Day this Sunday at Tormore Reserve, encouraging all girls who are interested in playing footy to come down on Sunday.
 
PS:  We still have an opening for a Coach of our Women’s Football team – please contact Harry Burgess at harry.boroniafc@gmail.com if you are interested in this exciting opportunity.

 

Jordan Granland

BUZZ IS BACK TO BORONIA!

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Boronia Hawks are very pleased to announce that former captain Matthew Buzinskas has signed with the Club and will return for Season 2018.

Buzz is one of the best performed Hawkers of the last decade, with over 150 Senior games and over 160 Senior goals. A former Boronia junior, Buzz was co-captain with Nathan Allen in 2015 before moving to Watsonia in the NFL where he won their B&F. He spent 2017 with Wantirna South in Division 2, but now comes back home to Tormore Reserve.

Football Manager, Ash Johnston says that Buzz’s strength and experience will bolster our midfield group and that we all know Buzz loves to kick a goal!

Everyone at Boronia is very pleased to welcome Buzz and his partner Karena, their baby Brax and the whole Buzinskas family back home to Boronia. Please get around them all!

Matthew Buzinskas

Volunteers Information Day

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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

Hawks Appoint 2018 Development Coach

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Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Craig Brockley to the role of Development Coach for the 2018 season.  Craig’s strengths are his communication skills; his capacity to form positive relationships with his players; and his capacity to keep his game plans simple and his teams goals achievable.

Craig’s coaching experience is as follows:

  • Under 18 Coach of Upwey-Tecoma Football Club
  • Reserves Coach of Upwey-Tecoma Football Club
  • Reserves Coach of Old Haileybury Football Club
  • Senior Assistant Coach of Old Haileybury Football Club

Craig is really looking forward to working with our young playing list and developing relationships with all stakeholders of the Boronia Football Netball Club. Craig has an incredible passion for football which will be evident for all players when they start working with him. He is looking forward to working closely with Matt, Steve, Drew and Fletch and we are hopeful of announcing Craig’s support in the coming days.

Craig Brockley - 2018 Development Coach
Craig Brockley – 2018 Development Coach

Are you Interested in Playing Netball with Boronia Hawks in 2018?

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Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is now looking for netballers who are interested in joining the club for the 2018 Eastern Football League Netball Season.
 
In the 2017 season the club fielded three successful teams in Premier Division (Premiers), Division 1 (4th) and Division 4 (runners-up).  Any new players would be very welcome to express their interest in joining us for the new season.
 
A registration form can be found by following this link:  Netball-New-Player-Form
If anyone has any queries please contact our Netball Manager, Sherridan Martin on sherridanm@gmail.com or send a message to our Facebook page.

 

Boronia Hawks were 2017 Premiers in EFL Premier Division!
Awards Night: Katy Harper, Mandy Bell and Rhiannon Crompton from Boronia Gold.
Boronia Brown with their Grand Final medals

Preseason Training Kicks Off on 20 November

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Preseason training for all U17’s, U19’s, Development & Senior players commences on Monday 20 November 2017 at 6:00pm sharp and will run each Monday and Wednesday up to Monday 18 December 2017.

Change of venue for Preseason Training – now at the Salvation Army Oval at 2 Liverpool Road, opposite The Basin Primary School.

LIMITED PARKING – please car pool wherever possible and please park at the The Basin Primary School car park.

Junior Star comes Home to the Hawks

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Boronia Football Netball Club is excited to announce the signing of Brayden Bowes from Silvan.

Brayden was a Boronia junior who won the U13 B&F in 2010 and then left the Club to play senior football at the age of 16.   He stands at 6′ 4″ (193cm) and has a strong resume including a Division 4 Senior premiership at the age of 17.   Brayden won two U19’s B&F’s while also backing up playing Seniors in each year.   He won the Senior B&F at Silvan in 2016 and was also selected as an EFL Inter league Squad member that year.

Brayden is excited to put the in the hard work required to help us achieve our goals in 2018 

Welcome home Brayden Bowes!

Brayden Bowes
Brayden Bowes

Matt Clark signs on as Boronia coach in the Eastern Football League

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Toby Prime, Knox Leader  

NEW Boronia mentor Matt Clark says the club’s exciting young list convinced him to continue his coaching career after departing neighbouring Wantirna South.  Clark said he intended to have a year away from coaching in 2018 after a seven-year stint at Walker Reserve.  But the prospect of developing Boronia’s emerging players proved too good an opportunity to turn down.  Clark replaces Peter Brown, whose contract was not renewed after the Hawks missed finals this year despite recording more wins than 2016.

“That was probably my mindset the whole way through to take a year off, but it was such an attractive club that the way they presented, it talked me out of that,” Clark said. “The whole way along I was leaning towards, strongly leaning towards, taking a year off just to reset but when Boronia’s job became available I think it was probably too good (an opportunity) to not take.”

Clark said the prospect of working with Boronia’s young talent, which includes a host of former TAC Cup players, enticed him to take the top job.  “I’ve admired them from afar, just how impressive their whole off-field set up has been and they’ve blooded a lot of kids so credit to the previous coach,” he said.  “I think they’ve got a bit of work to do but they’ve got the potential to get improvement.”

Clark, who will be joined by former Devils assistant coach Steve Teakel, took Wantirna South from Division 3 to Division 2 after winning the 2014 premiership and steered it to last year’s second-tier decider.  He said he was hopeful of achieving similar success at Boronia. 

“I’m confident that what I can bring and support I’ll bring, if matched by their enthusiasm, we’ll get improvement but where that improvement takes us is hard because I don’t know the players,” Clark said.  “I’ve spoken to a few of them on the phone already and I’ve been absolutely impressed with their attitude and willingness to want to go places.”

Link to Herald-Sun Local Footy article

Boronia v Forest Hill – Saturday 1 April at Tormore Reserve

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Senior Squad: Boronia v Forest Hill

Sean Bell, Jess Bolton, Corey Burgess, Brett Castersen, Tom Dodd, Damon Fairchild, Matt Geraghty, Sam Goldsack, Josh Hannon, Luke Hannon, Luke Hare, Ryan Henderson, Luke Johnson, Todd Kenny, Mason Kirby, Jarrod Lake, Brenton McAlpine, Lachie McKernan, Rhys Migues, Jacob Paterson, Brenden Rapisarda, Ben Robertson, Dayne Ruff, Jarryd Rutherford, Jai Sartori, Michael Smith, Ryan Warren, Ryan White.

Development Squad: Boronia v Forest Hill
Mitch Agars, Luke Biddau, Dean Black, Nick Carrodus, Josh Collins, Damian Duke, Jarrod Eccleston, Cam Flanagan, Daniel Gerrard, Michael Goldsack, Jordan Granland, Sam Griffin, Matt Heenan, Matt Leeson, Chris McDonald, Kane Milde, Ryan Miller, Travis Murphy, Caelan Murrihy, Scott Nicholas, Jacob Reddaway, Tom Roleff, Dane Romano, Jesse Rosomacki, Dayne Ruff, Nick Stamatakos, Justin Wade, Lachie Watson, Nathan Watson, Damon Webb.

U19’s Squad: Boronia v Forest Hill
Chris Anderson, Anthony Biddau, Zac Brasher, Connor de Boer, Dylan Dower, Tyler Dower, Zac Dower, Fletcher Duke, Sam Fung, Ben Hohenberger, Brodie Kavanagh, Patrick Kinniff, Oscar Laybourne, Rhys Migues, Jack Mueller, Kyle Notley, James O’Neill, Jayden Purdon, Michael Smith, Jourdon Stamatakos, Tyler Steele, Jake Whitmore.

@boroniahawks Squads for Practice Matches v Wantirna South – Saturday 25 March

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@boroniahawks Senior Squad v Wantirna South: Arrive by 11:30 for 2:00pm start.
Sean Bell, Jess Bolton, Harry Burgess, Brett Castersen, Tom Dodd, Damon Fairchild, Matt Geraghty, Sam Goldsack, Jordan Granland, Josh Hannon, Luke Hannon, Luke Hare, Ryan Henderson, Luke Johnson, Todd Kenny, Jarrod Lake, Luke Leeson, Brenton McAlpine, Lachie McKernan, Lindsay Palmer, Brenden Rapisarda, Jacob Reddaway, Ben Robertson, Jarryd Rutherford, Michael Smith, Ryan Warren, Ryan White, Brayden Wright.

@boroniahawks Development Squad v Wantirna South: Arrive by 10:45am for 12:00pm start.
Mitch Agars, Anthony Biddau, Dean Black, Nick Carrodus, Josh Collins, Damian Duke, Jarrod Eccleston, Cam Flanagan, Daniel Gerrard, Michael Goldsack, Sam Griffin, Mason Kirby, Matt Leeson, Chris McDonald, Kane Milde, Ryan Miller, Caelan Murrihy, Scott Nicholas, Tom Roleff, Dane Romano, Jesse Rosomacki, Dayne Ruff, Jai Sartori, Nick Stamatakos, Justin Wade, Nathan Watson.

@boroniahawks U19’s Squad v Wantirna South: Arrive by 9:15am for 10:00am start.
Zac Brasher, Connor de Boer, Dylan Dower, Tyler Dower, Zac Dower, Fletcher Duke, Damon Fairchild, Sam Fung, Ben Hohenberger, Patrick Kinniff, Oscar Laybourne, Jackson Lech, Rhys Migues, Jack Mueller, Kyle Notley, James O’Neill, Jayden Purdon, Michael Smith, Jourdon Stamatakos, Tyler Steele, Jake Whitmore.