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.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very fortunate to have many great people who are willing to volunteer for offical roles on our Board of Directors, Senior Committee and Junior Committee. We express our gratitude to all these volunteers who will be leading the club forward in 2025. We also wish to thank Veronica Rankin and David Nicholas, who are now stepping down from board roles, for their past contributions.
Boronia Hawks FNC is very proud to announce the appointment of four great Boronia people as Assistant Coaches for the 2025 Women’s Football Season.
We’re thrilled to announce that Scott Nicholas will continue with our squad as Senior Assistant Coach in 2025. Scott has been integral in developing the squad since 2018, and coached our Senior Women to the Division 1 Premiership in 2023. Scott will work closely with our new Head Coach Sean Buncle, with a focus on leadership and culture and the broader women’s program.
Assistant Coach (Senior – Forwards) We’re thrilled to have Nicole Guy back on board in 2025 as an Assistant Coach. Working with our Senior forwardline for the past two seasons, Nicole adds a wealth of knowledge, understanding of the game and builds incredible, supportive and fun relationships with the playing group.
Assistant Coach (Senior – Backs). We couldn’t be more excited to announce Bree Watson as one of our Assistant Coaches for 2025. Bree is a natural leader who has begun her Coach Development as Captain of the Senior squad, and has naturally played the role of guiding and supporting our backs over the last few years. Bree will continue her learning taking on more responsibility with the backs this season.
Development Women Assistant Coach – We couldn’t be more excited to announce Tim Cavanagh as Assistant Coach for our Development side in 2025. Tim is highly experienced in women’s football, much loved amongst our playing group and builds incredible relationships with our playing group. Formerly Senior Assistant Coach and Senior runner, Tim moves into a new role this season and is excited to be working with some of our new and developing players.
Learn more about our Women’s Football Program.
Boronia Hawks FNC is thrilled to announce the signing of TOM GASPARRONI for the coming seasons. Tom played most of his junior footy at FTG, where he won a club B&F and was part of a premiership side. He also represented the EFNL in Under 14’s and Under 15’s interleague. Tom played seniors for FTG from 2021-2023, having a breakout start to the last season before being sidelined with osteitis pubis. He took this year off from footy to recover from the injury, in the hope of making a full return for 2025. Please make Tom feel very welcome at Boronia!
Boronia Hawks FNC is very excited to announce the signing of TYSON SPURR and MITCHELL SMITH for the 2025 season.
Tyson played A grade junior footy at Wantirna South and The Basin, playing in multiple final series. He took the past 18 months off to focus on an opportunity to play in the senior basketball team at school and competed in two Australian School Championships. He is now very eager to get back into footy and ready to covert his basketball IQ onto the footy field. Mitch has played all his junior career at Knox and can play good footy down back or up forward as a flanker.
Please join us all in welcoming them to our 2025 Under 19’s.
Boronia Hawks FNC is thrilled to announce the signing of DANIEL HOUEIX for the coming seasons. Daniel brings a wealth of experience from his playing and coaching roles within the EFNL, most notably as a member of the 2023 Mitcham senior premiership team and as an assistant coach for the Mitcham U19.5 team. His playing background also includes time with Eastern Ranges.
On the professional side, Dan is currently with the EFNL in the important role of Junior Football Manager. He “spent the last 6 years working at the Collingwood Football Club across several roles, including Member and Fan Operations Coordinator and Consumer Operations Manager as well as assisting in the Collingwood VFL and VFLW operation teams”. That’s a great resume.
Daniel’s leadership and knowledge of Division 1 will be a fantastic addition to the Hawks. As Daniel said “The opportunity and fresh start with a good bunch of lads really excites me, and especially after speaking with Clarky last week, I’m excited with what we can achieve in Division 1“.
Please join us all in welcoming Dan to the Hawks.
Boronia Hawks FNC is extremely happy to announce that JAYDEN PURDON has signed to return to Boronia in 2025, which will be his fifth season of senior football with the Hawks.
Jayden played 40 under 19’s games with Boronia, winning the David Murrihy Medal for B&F in 2016 and runner-up in 2017. He also played in the back to back Reserves premierships in 2018/19. He spent the last two seasons at FTG, his original junior club, and played both seasons in the one’s. With great skills and balance, we are delighted to welcome Purdo back to Tormore.
Boronia Hawks Football Netball Club is very happy to be fielding three teams in the upcoming EFNL Winter Season. A big thank you to our Netball Manager, Alisha Clark, for getting everyone organised.
We are welcoming back a lot of regulars from last season, but also a lot of former stars to our Division 1 side. We also have quite a few crossovers who have played both footy and netty for the club. Round 1 starts on Friday 19th April for Hawks, Gold and Brown. Please get right behind them all!
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.