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Outside the Locker Room
Boronia Hawks hosted a terrific session on Thursday 6 June with our Outside the Locker Room: Welfare & Education Program.
We welcomed Shane (facilitator) and Cindy (welfare champion) from OTLR to the Club and they were very impressed to see such a great attendance. Cindy commented the she normally gets around all the tables but that it just wasn’t possible last night due to the size of the group.
Congratulations to one of our players who spoke openly to the group last night to share his journey with mental welfare. This willingness to talk about the issues triggered a lot of really beneficial conversations throughout the room. It so often helps to talk to others.
Many thanks to Wayne Preston for his work in arranging the session. We can really look forward to a second session in around six weeks that will cover “Culture and Leadership.
Please join us in thanking OTLR. https://www.otlr.com.au
“Outside the Locker Room” – part of the Boronia Hawks Welfare and Education Program.
Boronia Hawks is dedicated to providing our players access to the best welfare programs available.
In 2019 we have engaged Outside the Locker Room to assist us in our Welfare and Education Program by conducting at least two workshops that are specifically designed for young people involved in sporting clubs, focussing on education and support for facing life’s daily challenges.
The first workshop will be held on Thursday 6 June from 7:30pm to 9:00pm in our Club Rooms at Tormore Reserve.
This is a one of a kind program for local clubs to have players mentored by the team at OTLR over a 12 months period.
All senior football and netball players with the Hawks are expected to attend this first workshop as a show of support for team mates.
Coaches will put in place a revised coaching timetable for the night, with times to advised shortly.
Meals will be available at the Club from 6:30pm as per other Thursday nights.
Please follow this link to learn more about Outside the Locker Room.
Landscaping Work Commences at Tormore Reserve!
Knox City Council has just commenced phase 2 of the Tormore Reserve Master Plan that will see additional landscaping and facilities on the grass area between the main gate and the play ground.
Work will continue for 6 weeks, 6 days a week including Saturdays, with a resulting impact on parking availability.
The landscaping will include a picnic area, a multi-purpose flexi pave area, more trees, more paths and pedestrian lighting to improve the overall amenity of the park surrounding the oval.
Under 16 Girls Team join forces with Knox.
Over the last few weeks we have been in discussion with Knox Football Netball Club regarding low numbers in both Boronia and Knox Under 16 Girls teams. We have now come together in a merger for the remainder of the 2019 Season.
Boronia Hawks would like to welcome all Knox Under 16 Girls players and families to our community and we look forward to a great season ahead. The girls play this Sunday at 12.55pm at Tormore Reserve. Get down and show your support.
A great outcome for the Under 16 Girls, who just want to play footy! Well done by Ellisa Schmidtke and the Junior Committee to get the team up and running, with fantastic support from our Senior Women’s Team.
A MASSIVE Weekend for Boronia Hawks!
This weekend sees lots happening for our Club down at Tormore Reserve. A little run down of the weekend courtesy of Leanne Rech, our fantastic Secretary of the HAWKS NEST COTERIE GROUP!
Friday 5pm-6:30pm sees 100 little Hawka champions in the making at Boronia Auskick whilst the two Netball teams will be in action a little later in the evening at various venues. Good luck to Boronia Hawks and Boronia Brown!
Saturday sees the game day start with the Senior Women’s Team v Rowville at 8:40am followed by our Under 19’s (10:30am) v East Burwood, Development (12:35pm) and Seniors (2:40pm), both against Ringwood. As we have four teams playing, start times are a little altered for the day!
President’s Luncheon hosted by Greg Hannon – if you are attending please be there at 11:30am for an 11:45am prompt start! Alan Tudge MP will be our special guest, along with young AFL stars Josh Begley and Dylan Clarke from Essendon Football Club!
Coterie BBQ and Drinks in the Coterie Marquee 1:30pm-4pm (huge thanks from Dean, Josh and Jayden at Malvern Continental Butchers for our burgers and snags). Coterie will also have a little raffle happening so pop a fiver in your pocket to be in it to win it!
Sunday sees 5 junior games at Tormore Reserve with the fantastic news that our Under 16 Girls Teams has merged with Knox Football Club with their first game together at 12:55pm. Awards night for the Juniors at Tormore to round out a big weekend at the home of the Hawka.
Vets whilst not playing this weekend will be in big numbers around the Club supporting those that are playing as well as managing lots of the very big and some of the little jobs around the Club on game day – thank you gentleman.
A friendly, gentle reminder to head online to pay your Coterie Membership (or see us tomorrow at Tormore please). If you need to get your polo top, membership card or membership pack don’t hesitate to ask any of your Coterie Executive being Bomma, Dillio, Panda, Plugger or myself.
Looking forward to an awesome weekend at Tormore Reserve – the home of the Hawka.
Boronia Hawks announce Senior Women’s Captain
Congratulations to Amanda Cellante on being named Captain of our Senior Women’s Team for 2019! Amanda was runner-up in last year’s Best & Fairest Award and is also our games record holder for Boronia Netball. Congratulations also to Vice-Captains Dee Caiafa and Sam Mellis!
Harvey Chinn selected for Port!
Congratulations to Harvey Chinn from Boronia Hawks upon his debut selection for the famous Port Melbourne Football Club.
Harvey is of course another star graduate from the Hawks’ junior pathway program and is already a senior premiership player with Boronia despite still being eligible for Under 19’s this season!
Harvey will be pitted against Box Hill Hawks on Saturday at 2:00pm at Port and it would be great to see some of the Hawka faithful down there to support him on our day off.
Please get right behind Chinny and wish him all the best for this exciting opportunity!
Senior Captains Announced
The Football Department of Boronia Hawks announced our 2019 Captains and Leadership Groups at the Club’s Season Launch. Congratulations to all appointees and very best of luck for the season ahead.
Senior Men’s Team
- Captain: Lachlan McKernan – appointed for his 4th year as Senior Captain.
- Vice Captain: Luke Hannon
- Deputy Vice Captain: Ryan White
- Deputy Vice Captain: Jake Godwin
- Leadership Group: Ben Robertson
- Leadership Group: Nathan Allen
Development Squad
- Captain: Dane Romano
- Vice Captain: Chris McDonald
Under 19 Men’s Team
- Co-Captain: Bailey Campbell
- Co-Captain: Jake Mellis
- Vice Captain: Liam Parkins
- Vice Captain: Ben Anderson
Veteran Men’s Team
- Captain: Chris Aaltonen
- Vice Captain: Simon Lehman
Senior Women’s Team Leadership Group – captain to be announced for Round 1
- Bec Allen
- Kat Buzinskas
- Dee Caiafa
- Amanda Cellante
- Karen Little
- Sam Mellis
- Courtney Storen
- Candyce Wright
Senior Team Managers for 2019
Boronia Hawks is very fortunate to have some fantastic volunteers. Some of the most crucial roles that needs to be filled each year are the Team Manager, so we are very pleased to announce the appointments of these fantastic people as Team Managers for our Senior Teams for 2019.
- Rob Bell – Senior Men’s Team
- Dane Kinniff – Senior Women’s Team
- Stuart McDonald – Development Squad
- Nicole Fewson – Men’s Under 19’s Team
- Jason Davis – Veteran Men’s Team
A special thank you to Mark McAlpine, our former Senior Men’s Team Manager who is stepping down to enjoy some relaxing Saturday afternoons watching Hammer in action.
