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.
We are very excited to welcome Jenna Basse to the Hawks!
Jenna has recently moved back home to Melbourne after living in WA where she played for Swan Districts in the WAFLW, and more recently with Swan Valley in the Perth Football League. Jenna’s got an elite combination of agility, skills, game sense, football IQ and killer instinct around goals and we can’t wait to see her in action!
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very pleased to welcome Ollie Burgess for 2024.
Ollie will be well known to many supporters as the son of Chris Burgess, one of the greats from the Hawks’ 2000 Division 2 Premiership. Ollie joins the club from South Belgrave Under 19’s after playing his junior football with Lysterfield. We all look forward to seeing Ollie providing plenty of run around the ground and continuing the Burgo story at the Hawka. Please get around him.
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Cleo Smith to Boronia in 2024.
Cleo is an 18 year old currently part of the Eastern Ranges Coates Talent League Squad, and after playing two games in 2023, will be looking to be a consistent performer in 2024. Joining us from Wantirna South, Cleo plays predominantly in the ruck, has great hands and agility for her size, and can play in a number of other roles. We’re excited to support Cleo’s development and can’t wait to see her in brown and gold this season.
We’re excited to welcome Mikayla McNamara to Boronia in 2024!
Mac has an accomplished netball career previously playing at a high-level, and after playing a handful of games with Ferntree Gully in 2022, she is back to give football another crack. An elite combination of size, strength, athleticism and overhead marking ability we’re excited to see Mac develop over the course of the season with the Hawks.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very pleased to announce the third of our new players for the 2024 Senior Women’s squad. After training with the squad last season, we’re excited to welcome Sharna Armstrong to the Hawks in 2024!
Sharna played her junior football at The Basin, before transitioning to coaching juniors at Boronia over the past few seasons. Sharna is already showing great physicality and football smarts at training and we can’t wait to see her in Brown and Gold this season, along with coaching the Under 14 Girls.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very pleased to announce the second of our new players for the 2024 Senior Women’s squad. Please join us all in welcoming Lucy McLennan to the Club.
Lucy has hit the track hard since the beginning of 2024 and we’re excited to see her take her talents from the basketball court to the footy field this season! Welcome Lucy, we’re very excited to have you in brown and gold.
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very pleased to announce the signing of LIAM WHELAN.
Liam comes to Boronia with an impressive football CV to match his 194cm frame. He is well familiar with the EFNL after spending his junior career at East Ringwood, before spending a year in the VAFA with Aquinas. This lead to Liam playing in the Big V for the VAFA on a tour of Ireland. He spent a year with North Melbourne VFL before moving on to Coburg’s VFL list for 4 years. After spending the footy off-season as a “Fly In – Fly Out” player in the NTFL with Darwin Buffalos he played 2023 in the strong Central Murray Football League with Tyntynder.
Boronia Hawks are delighted to have Liam and his family join the club, so please make Liam feel very welcome at his new home.
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Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very pleased to announce the first of our new players for the 2024 Senior Women’s squad. Emily Wellington has joined the club to play with her former teammate Mackenzie Suppa, who has also signed up for the new season. Please join us all in welcoming Em to the Club and thanking Macka for her commitment to the Hawks.
We’re excited to welcome Emily Wellington down to Boronia after last playing with Blackburn in Under 18 Premier. Em has been training the house down before Christmas and impressed with her skills, attitude and training intensity. We can’t wait to see her in brown and gold in 2024.
Macka is back on board for season 2024! One of our most skilled and exciting young players, Mackenzie joined the Hawks in 2023 and showed a great football IQ and goal sense in three games, but missed time due to injury throughout the season. The sky is the limit and we can’t wait to see what 2024 has in store!
Tom comes to the club as a key forward having played for Scoresby between 2016-21 where he was the leading goal kicker in 2019 & 2021.He then moved to South Belgrave where he has played for the past few seasons.
We can’t wait to see Tom providing our mid field yet another target up forward!
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club are very happy and excited to announce to all our supporters that DEAN GRICE has committed to the Club for the 2023 season. We are also delighted to let you all know that Dean will wear his father’s number 13 on his back in 2023.
Dean is a six-time winner of the Bob Henry Medal for senior Best & Fairest at Boronia. He also won four League B&F medals in seniors and one in the Colts. He was named six times in the EFNL Team of the Year. Dean has played a total of 150 senior games for Boronia and kicked 169 goals after a strong junior career for the Hawks with more B&F medals. Dean played senior VFL football with Port Melbourne in 2012 until a serious knee injury in his eighth game.
The Grice family needs no introduction to long time supporters of Boronia. Dean’s dad, Mark, was a stalwart player with the club during the late 70’s and early 80’s and went on to be senior Team Manager for several years when Dean was at his peak. Mark tragically passed away in November 2022. Dean’s mum, Jan, has been a much loved and valued volunteer at the club for many, many years.
Following Mark’s passing, Dean returned to the club in January of this year. He hasn’t missed a session and is keen to continue his legacy at the club. We ask all players and supporters to welcome him back to the club he loves, and to give Dean and Jan all our love and support for the coming season.