EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE. BACK TO THE ERN SPECIAL EDITION. SATURDAY 5 th JULY 2014 CELEBRATING THE 1994 DEMON DOUBLE AND A CLUB LEGEND

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1 PENNANT HILLS FOOTBALL CLUB BACK TO THE ERN SPECIAL EDITION CELEBRATING THE 1994 DEMON DOUBLE AND A CLUB LEGEND SATURDAY 5 th JULY 2014 EVERY HEART BEATS TRUE.

2 PRESIDENT S ADDRESS; PHIL HARE As I mentioned last week, it's what happens off the field that separates good clubs from great clubs and after last week's incredible turnout at the Old Penno vs. The World game, this Friday's Sportspersons Lunch and the touching celebration that is to take place this Saturday at the Ern - there is no doubt we have a GREAT community AFL club. As you'll read, this Back to the Ern special bumper edition features some fantastic pieces on the Senior, Reserve Grade and Under 19 teams from John Acheson has done a fantastic job of pulling together recollections from the 1994 season, player anecdotes and some great photos. This week we also celebrate the unparalleled contribution Bill Carey has made to our great club, and also the development of junior and senior football in the north-west suburbs of Sydney. Included in this edition is a feature on his life and the profound influence he's had on local footy in Sydney. A true club legend. I hope you enjoy this edition and I look forward to seeing you at this Friday s Sportspersons Lunch, and then at the Ern for 4 big games of footy and some traditional Penno comradeship! INTRODUCTION JOHN ACHESON On Saturday 5 July 2014, the Demons return to the Club s traditional home, Ern Holmes Oval, in the annual Back to the Ern day. All four teams will feature at the Ern, which promises to be a feast of football for all involved. In 2014, the Club is dedicating the day to an important milestone, the 20 th anniversary of the Demon Double premierships won by the Under 19 and Reserve Grade sides in 1994 and to the memory of a Club legend, Bill Carey, who passed away earlier this year. Included in this edition, readers will find a story on each of the Grand Final victories as well as a season wrap for the Senior Side which did not fare as well as the lower grades. In 1994, the Finals series was played at Macquarie Fields (aka Monarch Oval), the Grand Final on Sunday 11 September. The Under 19s (Baby Dees) lined up against long time Hills rivals Baulkham Hills Falcons while in the Reserve Grade match, Pennant Hills were underdogs against minor premiers St George. The Rezzies went into the Grand Final having lost both its home and away contests against the Dragons, however, were on a roll of good form having put to rest the other two contenders, Campbelltown and North Shore, in the first semi and preliminary finals, respectively. St George were clear favourites for the Flag, but woe-betide if they took the Demons too lightly. The odds for the Under 19s were evenly balanced with Baulko finishing minor premiers ahead of the Demons by a mere half game. The teams were one and one coming into the final series, although Penno had run-away with the second semi-final a fortnight before. The Demons would have been confident, maybe even enjoying slight favouritism, but nothing is more unpredictable than a clash between the Hills rivals. In the Premier Division match today against Manly, players will be competing for the inaugural William Bill Carey Medal, which will be awarded to the Pennant Hills player judged best on ground in the annual Back to the Ern match. The medal is dedicated to commemorating the contributions of the Club legend who passed away earlier this year. The Bill Carey Cup will also be played for in the Division 1 match between Pennant Hills and Balmain. Bill was a veteran player of the Club and was one of the founders of Pennant Hills Junior AFC with over 40 years of voluntary service. He made an unrivalled contribution to the development of junior and senior football in the north-west suburbs of Sydney. Honouring Bill s memory in this way is a mark of the deep respect with which this genuine Club legend is held.

3 BABY DEES GO BACK-TO-BACK; James Elliott, U19 Captain, raises the premiership trophy with Steve Barro Barratt, U19 Coach, looking on The 1994 Under 19 competition featured only 9 teams, as Western Suburbs were unable to field an under-age team. Unfortunately, a number of other clubs had difficulty from week to week fielding any side at all or, if they were able to make up the numbers, the side was far from competitive. The odd number of teams and the difficulty for some clubs even fielding a team, meant for a very disrupted season for those clubs like Pennant Hills that were able to regularly field an under-age side. Regrettably, byes, forfeits and blow-outs were a feature of the 1994 season. From the previous season, 1993, Pennant Hills were backing up as reigning Premiers... Oops, seems the Club forgot to mark this milestone s anniversary last year! In fact, this victory was the Club s first Flag, in any grade, since its promotion in 1977 to the First Division, as the top grade of Sydney football was known at the time. The score from the 1993 Grand final made for an easy victory: Pennant Hills defeated St George However, with the annual churn of players in the under-age competition, nothing is certain from season to season and the 1994 team would need to forge a new path to create its own history. Fifteen players from the 1993 Premiership side were ineligible to play again so season 1994 should have been a tough year. Thirty-one players pulled on the Demons jersey for the Under 19s in For 21 of these, 1994 was their first time in the team and included a number of local lads returning to footy after taking a year off to focus on their Higher School Certificates Darren Friedrich, Cameron Colville and Andrew McLellan. There were two new recruits from interstate James Mooney and Brendon Jack and ten players were backing up for a second season. James Elliott, playing his third season in the 19s, was Captain in 1994 and Nicholas Seddon was his deputy. Veteran player, Steve Barratt, was Coach in 1994, backing-up after the success in Steve joined the Club in 1987 and was Club Captain for five straight seasons between 1989 and Tony Burnett was Team Manager and former Senior player, Gary Spillane, was the team Runner. Under 19 Season Review For the Under 19s the 1994 season started with 9 straight victories (including forfeits by Sydney University and East Sydney), beating all opposition teams in the first half of the season. At the half-way mark, Penno were the only undefeated side, ahead of St George (7 wins, 1 loss), Baulkham Hills (6 & 2) and North Shore (5 & 3). At this stage the team s for and against percentage was 404.5%. The second half of the season started with a 120 point demolition of North Shore. In all, the team had 5 winning results with a margin in excess of 100 points 120 (vs North Shore), 136 and 161 (vs Balmain), 147 (vs Holroyd-Parramatta) and 206 (vs East Sydney). However, this perfect record received its first blemish in Round 11 when Penno went down by 3 points in an away game to Campbelltown. Round 12 was a bye and then in Round 13 the team had its worst result, losing by 4 goals to St George at Olds Park.

4 The turnaround in the team s fortunes was put down to the loss of players to shore up the Senior team s stocks, which left the Under 19s under-manned particularly against the stronger opposition. As a consequence, the team lost three games out of four a month out from finals, however, Coach Barratt was not disappointed or concerned, as the stars would return for finals. In all, six Under 19s played a total of 36 games with the Seniors and/or Reserves James Elliott (7 Snr), James Mooney (6 Snr/2 Res), Matthew Daykin (7 Snr/ 1 Res), Alan Guild (3 Snr/2 Res), Simon Harrison (2 Snr/2 Res) and Stephen Brown (4 Res). Notably, Matthew Daykin was fourth in the goalkicking tally for the Senior side, with 21 goals scored from his seven games. Eventually, the team finished second with 13 wins and 3 losses, half a game behind Baulkham Hills at the end of the home and away season. Pennant Hills finished with a points for and against percentage of 454%, more than 100% greater than the minor premiers. St George was third on equal points with Penno and North Shore was fourth, a further two games back. Pennant Hills third loss was to the minor premiers, narrowly by 9 points in Round 16. Ultimately, it was this result that relegated Penno to second spot, but better things were still to come. The Finals Series In week 1 of the finals played at Macquarie Fields, St George were comfortable winners over North Shore in the 1 st Semi-Final. St George defeated North Shore In week 2 of finals, Pennant Hills met arch rivals Baulkham Hills in the 2 nd Semi-Final. This was the third meeting of the two teams with the standings currently at one win and one loss each. Penno had won the first meeting by 19 points and Baulko the second by 9 points. So, there clearly wasn t much separating these two teams. In the opinion of the Coach Barratt, Penno played its best footy for the season in the 2 nd Semi-Final against Baulko, winning by eight goals and advancing to the Grand Final. For the coach, best players in the semi were three sixteen year olds, Andrew Clarke, Nicholas Seddon and Chris Mahar. Ian Wheatley kicked 3 goals. Baulkham Hills backed up the following week in the Preliminary Final against St George. The match was very close for three quarters, although Baulko led at every change. Four goals to one from the Falcons in the final term booked Baulko a place in the Grand Final. Baulkham Hills defeated St George Fittingly, the Grand Final would be between the best two sides in the competition, the local Hills rivals. The Grand Final Coach Barratt said: The Grand Final was a great deal tougher for us than some of our players expected. Baulkham Hills kept the game right up to us to three quarter time and we were only in front by a goal, however in the last quarter our class, strength and fitness were superior and we won by five goals. Best players in the Grand Final were Simon Harrison, Alan Jones and Daniel Kenny. In the final quarter, Penno kicked four goals and kept the Falcons pointless, confirming the Demons as the premier side of the Under 19 competition. Demons icon, Gus McKernan, was a spectator on Grand Final day and recorded the following quarter by quarter scores in his copy of the Grand Final edition of the Football Record: Scores ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time FINAL Pennant Hills Baulkham Hills Goals: S Brown 3, I Wheatley 3, S Harrison, M Daykin, G Broderick, B Jack Best: S Harrison (BOG), A Jones, J Elliott, D Friedrich, D Kenny

5 Reflecting the ongoing fierce rivalry between these two Clubs, the Coach for the Under 19 Premiers remarked at that time: What a team to beat in a grand final, Baulkham Hills. Victory couldn t be sweeter (if anyone has a better cliché let me know no swear words). It seemed to take the baby D s a long time to break away, but what a way to finish with a runaway last quarter. Players who stood out for the Demons included Daniel Freddo Fredericks (sic), Ian Buckets Wheatley, Simon Harrison who took the footy home, and Alan Fuzz Jones who cut their attack to shreds. As noted by the coach, Simon Harrison was adjudged best on ground and was awarded the match ball in recognition. Pennant Hills Ian Wheatley was the leading goal-kicker in the Under 19 competition with 66 majors, including 3 each in the Preliminary and Grand Finals, respectively. The nearest rival was Christopher Dalton from St George with 44 goals. Stephen Browne s 40 goals placed him equal third. For his part as Premiership Coach, Steve Barratt shared the President s Trophy with winning Reserves Coach, Kim Klomp. The 1994 Kealey Medal was won by Jason Benson of North Shore with 13 votes. Pennant Hills Matthew Daykin was joint runner-up with 11 votes. We can only speculate as to whether Matt would have won the medal, if not for his senior team commitments. Others from Pennant Hills that polled votes were Stephen Browne with 9 votes, James Elliott, Ian Wheatley and Andrew Clarke with 6 votes each and 8 others that polled between 1 and 3 votes. Simon Harrison and Matthew Daykin were both selected in the NSW Under 17 Teal Cup side in Award Winners Best & Fairest Runner-up Best & Fairest Most Consistent Coach s Award Best Team Man Ian Wheatley Alan Guild Cameron Colville Nicholas Seddon Grant Broderick Player Recollections Daniel and Tim Kenny Daniel Kenny played in the 1994 Under 19 Premiership side on the half-back flank. Daniel, along with team-mates Grant Broderick and Alan Jones, joined the Pennant Hills Senior club after finishing their junior football at Westbrook. Not much success was had in the Westbrook Under 15 and Under 17 teams and finals appearances were rare. He recalls that Baulkham Hills were the strongest of the three Hills Clubs during his time in junior football and the rivalry developed as boys definitely carried through onto the paddock in the senior ranks. The combination of Westbrook and Pennant Hills juniors that graduated to the senior club in 1994, formed a very good Under 19 side which, from Daniel s perspective, finally put us in a position to challenge Baulkham Hills and playing in a Grand Final in my first year at Pennant Hills Seniors was a big deal along with other ex-westbrook players Grant Broderick and Alan Jones.

6 Daniel doesn t recall much of the 1994 Grand Final, but as usual it was hard fought with many spot fires and flare ups over 4 quarters. When the final siren went I remember seeking out my old Westbrook teammates, Grant and Alan, straight away, as coming from Westbrook we never thought we would ever achieve an AFL Grand Final at any grade. Later that night we went back to Pennant Hills Hotel for celebrations which went well into the night. Daniel s younger brother, Tim Kenny, also played six games with the Under 19 team as a 16 year old. He was playing Under 17s with Westbrook at the time, but was coaxed to Penno by his brother Daniel. Tim played in the 2 nd semi-final victory over Baulko, but missed selection for the Grand Final, making way for Andrew McLellan, who had played most of the year. Stephen Barro Barratt (Under 19 Coach) Thirty-four year old Steve Barratt was coach of the Under 19 side in Five time Club Captain ( ), Barro s coaching success in 1994 paved the way for his elevation to the Senior coaching position the following year, a position he held for 3 years ( ). During this period, the Senior side made consecutive Grand Final appearances in 1995 and 1996, but failed at the final hurdle in both matches. As a player in 1994, Steve recalls that he started the season as my last but hurt my hamstring a few games in and tried to come back too early and re-injured myself. I then tried to officially retire but numbers were short so decided to fill in in Reserves. Coaching U19 and playing Reserves was difficult and was having an effect on pre-game preparation of the U19s so I told Klompy that I would not play in the [Reserve Grade] finals. The club then offered me the last game in seniors as a send off which I happily accepted. Barro kicked 3 goals in his final game with Penno. Reflecting on the 1994 season, Barro noted that the back-to-back Flags won by the Under 19s in 1993 and 1994, is the only time consecutive flags have been won by a Demons side since the Club was elevated to the top grade, although this feat was previously achieved when playing in 2 nd division in 1975 and Steve also noted that Andrew McLellan is the only player from the 1994 Under 19 side that is still at the Club. Andrew is the 2014 assistant to Senior Coach, Chris Yard, who coincidentally played with the Senior side in Steve also gave an insight into the Adelaide connection at Pennant Hills: OK I came to the club in 1987 transferred from AMP Adelaide office to Sydney office. Trevor Clisby transferred from Westpac Adelaide office to Sydney in We played against each other [in the SANFL] and with the help of Tony Yard (president at the time, who worked for Westpac) we enticed him to play for Penno. Kim Klomp and Peter Bennett both played with Trevor at North Adelaide so they also ended up at Penno. Phil Moraitis started at the club in 1988 but I did not know him before he played at Penno but like me, we ended up at Penno because it was the closest club to where we lived.

7 SUCCESS IN THE SECONDS; The 1994 Reserve Grade competition featured 10 teams. From the previous season, 1993, North Shore were Premiers, defeating Western Suburbs by 4 points in the Grand Final. Pennant Hills finished seventh, winning only 5 matches. Remarkably the team still finished the season with a percentage of more than 100, indicating there had been some very lopsided results, both for and Despite the disappointment of the previous season, winning the 1994 Flag was firmly on the radar for the Reserves from the outset of the season; particularly for Captain, Steve Monahan, and Vice Captain, Phil Moraitis, who had both announced that 1994 would be their last season of competitive football. As things turned out, Phil did finish his footy career at the end of 1994, but Steve played on for several more seasons. Senior player Kim Klomp took on the role of Reserve Grade coach. Kim was a former North Adelaide premiership captain who joined Pennant Hills in 1993, after retiring from the SANFL. Unfortunately, a hand injury and broken arm meant for an interrupted season and he only managed one and a half Senior games. The Senior s loss, however, was the Rezzies gain as Kim played 8 games in the Seconds including the Grand Final. Making up the numbers As is fairly typical for a season of Reserve Grade footy, there was considerable churn of players through the side as team selection was dependent upon the week-to-week demands of the Senior team and the fickle availability of many part-timers who come to the Club with a wide range of fitness and aspirations. Forming a team from week to week can be a challenge in itself and this would seem to have been the case in 1994 when a total of 56 players fronted for the Rezzies during the season, including 8 who made single game cameos. Despite this, the team seems to have been blessed with a good mix of experience and youth. Kim Klomp, with over 200 games of experience in the SANFL, no doubt combined a wily ability with a steady influence in his role of Coach and late season player when injury cost him his spot in the Senior team. Other regular Reserve Grade players with more than 100 games experience included the Captain, Steve Monahan, Steve Barratt (also Coach of the Under 19s), Grant Croese and Trevor Daykin. A number of others were on the cusp of regular spots in the Senior side, including Daryl Vella, Jason Clarke, Justin Kerley, Craig Hartley, Ben Rouvray and Anthony Landahl. John Murray, a Seniors player from 1993, was unable to train throughout most of the 1994 season, making him generally ineligible for selection in the Senior side. This was great news, however, for the Reserve Grade side, as John was the team s leading goal-kicker with 42 for the season, including a run of 6 and 4 goals in the semi and preliminary finals, capped off with another 4 vital goals in the Grand Final. In his end of season report, Coach Kim Klomp made special mention of Trevor Daykin, one player who put on a guernsey to help make up the numbers. He enjoyed it so much that he kept at it and played in our Premiership side. Trevor first played in 1973 and had played 179 games for the Club when he retired in He played 10 games in 1994 at the age of 38. No doubt inspired by his son s burgeoning senior career, it was nonetheless a sterling effort by Trevor pulling on the boots again after a decade s absence. His son, Matthew, played with all three teams during 1994, including 7 matches for the Senior side, where he kicked 21 goals including a bag of 6 in a match against Holroyd-Parramatta. Matthew was also a member of the Under 19 Premiership side in 1994, making this the first occasion in the Club s history that a father and son were dual premiership players. It would be another 19 years before this feat was repeated

8 when, in 2013, current Club President Phil Hare won the Division 4 Flag the week before his son, Jesse, played in the triumphant Under 19 Premiership side. Reserve Grade Season Review From a distance of 20 years, Pennant Hills Reserve Grade appear to have had a solid year in 1994, with 13 wins, 5 losses and a percentage of Finishing ahead of the Demons were St George (Minor Premiers), North Shore and Campbelltown. The season started well with three consecutive wins, including a six goal victory over the 1993 Premiers, North Shore, and a 67 point thumping of Campbelltown. Beating Sydney University by 92 points meant the team was on quite a roll after the first three rounds. Round 4 provided the first reality check. Playing St George at Ern Holmes Oval, the home team went down by 34 points; not disgraced, but brought back to earth nonetheless. With the Dragons game put behind them, the team bounced back onto the winner s list in Round 5, the start of a five game winning streak which included a 139 point annihilation of Western Suburbs. At the half-way mark of the season, Pennant Hills sat in second place on equal points with both St George and Campbelltown, 8 wins and 1 loss each. North Shore was fourth on 6 wins, 3 losses, but would not lose another match in the home and away rounds. Round 10 saw the Demons second meeting with North Shore, this time at Ern Holmes Oval. In what appears to have been a closely contested match, North Shore reversed the previous result, defeating the Demons by 22 points. The team s third loss came the very next week, with a 2 point nail-biter against Campbelltown. Penno had now shared the home and away honours with each of these two Flag contenders and still had its second meeting with competition front-runner St George ahead of it, two rounds later. These consecutive losses were put to bed with a rollicking demolition of Sydney University in Round 12 in which the locals recorded a season-high winning margin of 181 points, restricting the Students to one paltry behind! This must have been quite a spectacle for the home supporters at the Ern. In spite of the rampant form of the previous week, the return match against St George at Olds Park was the proverbial wake-up call for Penno. The Rezzies had met their match it seemed and were slaughtered by 85 points, managing to kick only 4 goals, 6 behinds for the day. This must have put shockwaves through the team and maybe some niggling doubts had crept in. Penno had now lost both its home and away contenders, North Shore and Campbelltown... not the most solid of foundations to mount an attack on the Flag... but five rounds remained to lift their game. Penno s remaining home and away games were all against sides placed below it on the competition ladder. Everything went to plan except for the Round 17 hiccup against fifth placed East Sydney who pipped the Demons by 2 points at Trumper Park. One can imagine that this may have been a timely loss... a reminder of not getting too far ahead of things! To get things back on track, the Rezzies finished the home and away season with a 179 point walloping of Balmain in front of the Demons faithful at Ern Holmes Oval. The team recorded its highest score for the season, to Balmain 1.1-7, which

9 The Finals Series Coming in at fourth place meant that the Rezzies, to take the Flag, would need to win every match in 3 straight sudden death contests. What s more, against the three opponents they had a 2 and 4 win/loss ratio. Against the Minor Premiers, St George, Penno had been well beaten in both home and away meetings. In the 1 st Semi-Final versus third placed Campbelltown, played at Macquarie Fields on Sunday 21 August 1994, Pennant Hills dominated proceedings and dumped the Blues out of the race as the Demons ran in a 12 goal win. The Demons gained the ascendancy in the opening stanza, kicking 6 goals to 2. Thereafter, Penno continued to increase its lead quarter-by-quarter, eventually running out big winners by 71 points to Campbelltown John Murray s bag of 6 and 3 each to John Rakic and Kim Klomp were the major goal-scorers. One down, two to go! In the Reserve Grade 2 nd Semi-Final, St George easily accounted for North Shore, to ; meaning that Penno would play second-placed North Shore in the Preliminary Final and, with a win, faced the prospect of meeting St George in the Grand Final; the only team that the Demons hadn t beaten yet in In the Preliminary Final, played on Sunday 4 September 1994, Penno Seconds played North Shore, runners-up in the minor premiership. On the rebound from the previous week s disappointment, North Shore were no doubt a daunting prospect. Penno had lost its last encounter with North, but the Demons were running hot after a big win over the Blues in the 1 st Semi. The first half was an arm wrestle with Penno edging ahead by around a goal at half-time. Four goals each in the third quarter had Penno still ahead by 8 points at the final change. In the final quarter, the Demons held North goal-less, added four more goals and ran out winners by 34 points. Two down, one... the Big One... to go! The Grand Final In the Grand Final, Penno Rezzies came up against an opponent that had the wood on them throughout season St George had beaten Penno twice by 34 and 85 points, respectively. Clearly, the psychological advantage must have been with St George, however, one senses that the boys from Pennant Hills would likely have been quietly confident given the good form they had developed through the final series. As the Grand Final got under way, early indications pointed strongly to a likely St George win as Penno were wasteful by inaccuracy. Progressive scores indicate that St George had the better of the scoring for the best part of three quarters. Four goals to one in the first term became five to two at half-time in what had become a tight arm-wrestle - St George by 19 points. Penno s inaccuracy continued into the third quarter, kicking 3 goals, 5 behinds to St George s 3 straight goals. At least the margin was being gradually eroded St George by 14 points at the final change. Simon Lawrance opened the final term with a goal for the Saints, repeating his similar effort in the first and third quarters. Finally Penno responded with three surprisingly rapid goals from Kim Klomp, Stuart James and Justin Kerley and with their momentum overran the too coolly confident Sainters. However, the final finish was a nail-biter with John Murray potting two final quarter goals to sneak his side ahead. In the dying minutes, with the Demons ahead by 11 points, an unforced error in the backline let St George in for another major and they threatened to steal the match back right up to the final kick, moments before the siren confirmed victory for the Demons Pennant Hills, Premiers by five points.

10 Club icon, Gus McKernan, was a spectator on Grand Final day and recorded the following quarter-byquarter scores in his copy of the Grand Final edition of the Football Record: Scores ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time FINAL Pennant Hills St George Goals: J Murray 4, J Kerley 2, J Clarke, A Landahl, K Klomp, S James Best: A Landahl (BOG), J Clarke, D Vella, P Matthews, J Rakic Tony Landahl was adjudged best on ground and was awarded the match ball in recognition. We just let St George have the first three quarters for purely entertainment value! The ressies really took a long time to find their stride, and after injuries to Mark Collings, Blair Hatherley and Jackie Willson, the two s looked to be in serious poo. However, halfway through the [final] quarter the Demons began to find their way after several positional changes that seemed to spark life into the Demons. The Demons had the crowd screaming, and after gaining 11 point lead, and then seeing it dwindled to 5 points, players and spectators were beside themselves until the siren went after the kick. The final score was Demons to Saints The day saw Tony Landahl take the honours, ably backed by the likes of Patty Matthews, Craig Hartley and Trevor Daykin. In his end of season report, Coach Kim Klomp praised families and fans who vocally supported the team, particularly, during the last quarter of the Grand Final, when the greatest support was needed, you really lifted the side. Thank You!! Most importantly, the players had honoured their commitment to each other and fulfilled the team motto Winners don t Quit and Quitters don t win. From only 12 Reserve Grade matches, Jason Clarke narrowly won the team Best & Fairest award by 2 votes from Steven Fitzpatrick, despite suffering a broken collarbone and playing 5 matches with the Senior side. For his part as Premiership Coach, Kim Klomp shared the President s Trophy with winning Under 19s Coach, Steve Barratt. The 1994 Sanders Medal was won by Stephen Nash of St George with 22 votes. Best for Pennant Hills were Patrick Matthews, Daryl Vella and Trevor Daykin with 9 votes each, Phillip Moraitis (7 votes), Steven Fitzpatrick (5 votes), Jason Clarke (4 votes) and 15 others who polled 1 to 3 votes Award Winners Best & Fairest Runner-up Best & Fairest Most Consistent Coach s Award Most Improved Best Team Man Jason Clarke Steven Fitzpatrick Craig Hartley John Murray Ben Rouvray Patrick Matthews

11 Player Recollections Leo Browne (Senior s coach 1994) 1994 was Leo s second season as coach of the Senior team. Before that he was Under 19 coach in 1992 and had been coaching junior football since He had two sons, Peter and Paul. Paul played centre half forward in the Under 19 premiership side in 1993 and 9 games in Reserve Grade in 1994, but was unfortunate when he narrowly missed out on selection for the Grand Final team. Paul s father, Leo, in his capacity as Senior team coach, was a member of the selection committee. At the Grand Final selection meeting, Leo recalls Kim Klomp having high praise for Paul who had trained the house down and Kim was inclined to pick him for the squad. Steve Barratt, however, felt that experience was more important than Paul s youth and height and this argument won the day and Paul missed out. Leo had abstained from the decision given his conflict of interest. Ironically, the Reserve Grade side lost three players to injury during the Grand Final, including Blair Hatherley who, Leo thinks, went down early with a twisted ankle suffered at cricket the day before. Paul s height and speed could have been invaluable under these circumstances but, fickle are the ways of the footy gods! Glen Wombles McKernan and Angus Gus McKernan Glen was a backman and played mainly with the Reserve Grade side (15 games) in 1994, although he did make three appearances with the Senior side as well. A former Baulkham Hills junior, Glen played five seasons with the Pennant Hills Senior Club (59 games), before transferring across to Balmain after a couple of years in the wilderness playing the round ball game. Glen has the following recollections of the Grand Final and Season 1994: The 1994 Grand Final was a great come from behind win. My memories are of the day and the year are: Before the first bounce my opponent took a real interest in some strong arm tactics on me until Trevor Daykin came in quietly from the side and swung him to the ground with force and seemed to settle him down. Kim Klomp kicking a goal from 50. Did not know he could kick that far and wow what a major positive influence he had on me personally and on the Club as a whole with Trevor Clisby. John Murray kicking 2 or 3 late with style. My switch kick to Harts that missed its target and St George kicked an important goal to get them back in front, I think, in the last quarter. Having had a great year and polling well I still felt terrible about that switching kick but hey I was having a go and trying to play attacking footy and honouring a lead from a teammate. Silver and I trained very hard in May and used to reward ourselves with a few May Madness dollar schooners at the Baulko sporting club after training. The Grand Final was Glen s last game with Pennant Hills as he went on to play for Balmain after having spent my whole childhood being around Penno in some way, from ball boy to canteen to Best & Fairest winner in Under 19 s and Reserve Grade. So many good people and players at Penno including the young guys like Yard, Gooley, Kerley, Mimmo from my vintage who got pushed up to A grade from a young age and did exceptionally well given the standard of players / men they played against. Glen s dad, Club icon Gus McKernan, described the Demon s come-from-behind win as a barn-storming finish and recalls the unforced turnover by Glen late in the last quarter. There is some conjecture over the exact sequence of events surrounding this incident, but suffice to say it made for a nail-biting finish as St George were able to get back within striking distance of a victory. Glen recalls that, prior to the turnover, he had taken a very handy low down chest mark to cut off a St George pass to their forwards. The adrenalin was pumping, Penno had hit the lead and Glen figures it must have been a rush of blood to the head that

12 made him get up and pull the trigger on the attempted switch to Harts (Wayne Hartley, he thinks, who was a very handy player.) On another matter, Glen has a good recollection of Kim Klomp breaking his arm playing Holroyd- Parramatta at Gipps Road Oval as it happened right in front of me as he laid a good bump on a Goannas player. Klomp was playing in the ones at the time and Glen was spectating on the sidelines. Most people knew Glen around the club by his football nickname 'Wombles', which stuck from junior footy and he suspects that some people may not have known his real name. Gus McKernan recalls that, once the Demons hit the lead, a crafty Silva Monahan was encouraging his team-mates to kick the ball into the adjoining school-yard to kill the minutes on the clock, as there was no time-on in the Reserve Grade Grand Final! John Hound Rakic Hound started the season in the Senior side but only played 3 games there and played most of the season (9 games) in the Reserve Grade side, including the Grand Final. Broken arms to himself and Kim Klomp meant that Klompy and I did not play enough senior games and could play reserves together and qualify for finals, and we did. It was great having a guy like Klompy leading us in reserves and I have no doubt he won us the first ever senior premiership in the SFL that year. The other highlight was Trevor Daykin playing as an old experienced hand and his son Matty played a few games that year with us and his Dad, which is hard to forget. The GF was out at Campbelltown and we came back from the dead in a great last quarter and this was a day where a TEAM EFFORT was definitely the case. I recall having some great parties at my place I used to share with Danny Ryan at Lamorna Avenue, Beecroft that year and all the Under 19s including Barrow [coach Steve Barrett] came to one which was a massive party. Great memories and hard to believe it was 20 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Justin Kerls Kerley Apart from 4 games played in the Senior team mid-season, Justin played most of 1994 in the Reserve Grade side, including three finals matches, culminating in the Grand Final. Playing half forward, he kicked two goals in the 1 st semi final against Campbelltown and two more in the Grand Final including one vital major in Penno s barn-storming last quarter. Here are his recollections of the Grand Final: It was a close encounter all the way between the two top teams. Kim Klomp was our inspirational coach and trained us hard insisting on discipline and commitment for the weeks prior. The team had a good blend of youth and experience, with the likes of Trevor Daykin, Phil Doc Moriatis, Jacki Wilson, Kim Klomp and Steve Silva Monahan The wide open spaces at Campbelltown gave our running players space to move and this worked in our favour with the great running players like Klomp, Hound, Hartley driving the ball out of the centre. John the Fridge Murray was our spearhead at Full Forward who gave us a couple of great goals in the final term. There was never anything in this match between these two teams. In the end we held our ground and finished with a narrow victory, inspired by Klompy and his courageous leadership running out of the centre.

13 On Kim Klomp, Justin remarked: Klompy was not a tall player, but stocky and super fit. I have never seen a more courageous player than Klompy- he would run through a wall if needed. He was hard at the ball and an inspirational player and was a key driver to us winning the premiership in He was a strong mid fielder. Phillip Doc Moraitis Doc s enduring memory of the Grand Final seems to be Coach Klomp giving his inspirational pre-game revup from astride the can (toilet)... although Phil offers no reason for Klompy adopting such a posture at this critical moment! Phil said: I was lucky to play that day because in the first final I had my nose almost ripped off when kicked in the face, but with some quick surgery and a week s break, I got to play my last game of footy for Pennant Hills and a winning Grand Final. Go Penno!! So, the 32 year old retired on a high. He has a framed guernsey with the Premiership medallion and team photograph in his house, to commemorate this very special occasion. John Fridge Murray Work commitments prevented John from attending training sessions in 1994, so he played most of the season in the Seconds due to his restricted training schedule. He played mostly at Centre Half Forward playing in jumper no. 24. John recalled that the 1994 side was a mixture of the previous year U19 guys (who won the Demons inaugural premiership since joining the first grade competition) and some old hands like Kim Klomp and Trevor Daykin, rounded out a strong side. Steve Monahan, the Sanders Medallist from 1993, played in the middle to drive the ball forward. He remembers the team being behind at the end of the 3 rd quarter and after a bit of a rev up at three quarter time I had the sense we were in for something special. In the last quarter, I remember Harts and Justin Kerley having big quarters and we got over the line. It was John s first and only Grand Final win, although in later years he would play in another four losing teams. It was a great day as the 19s won again and the Club celebrated 2 wins - which was the start of rich vein of success for the club - (not so much for winning 1st flags until 2000), but we were very competitive in all divisions throughout the 1990s. In fact, 1993 had been the start of great things, with the Under 19s winning the Club s first premiership since joining the first grade competition. We know that in 1994, the Under 19s went back-to-back and the Reserves made it a double. Both these teams repeated this feat in 1996 and the Under 19s won again in The Under 19s were also runners-up in 1995, making it four consecutive Grand Final appearances The Rezzies were also runners-up in 1999 and in 2000, when the Seniors peaked, the Rezzies and Under 19s were again runners-up. Given the success of the seconds and thirds throughout this period, it s no surprise that it all eventually culminated in a break-through for the Senior side in The Senior team was also runners-up in 1995, 1996 and In all, between 1993 and 2000, the Club won 7 flags and were runners-up in 7 other Grand Finals... a rich vein indeed! Back at the 1994 Grand Final, John modestly recalls that, I think I kicked a few goals in the game - think I missed more than I got though. The record doesn t tell us how many behinds John kicked, but we do know that he kicked 4 goals in the GF, including 2 vital ones in the final come-from-behind quarter. It was also this year that Jason Clark nicknamed John, Fridge, and he s been known by that moniker ever since. Fridge was known at the Club for his loyalty and passion for the game Love the Grand Old Flag "

14 SENIORS STRUGGLE IN 1994; The 1994 Senior competition featured 10 teams, including the Balmain Club, newly promoted to the Big Time after success in the Sydney Football Association in Adding to the interest in 1994 was the coaching appointment of former Sydney Swans players to three SFL clubs; Neil Cordy to East Sydney, David Murphy to Campbelltown and Michael Byrne, who also played with Melbourne and Hawthorn, to North Shore. For Pennant Hills, Leo Browne was reappointed Senior coach, building on his association with Pennant Hills football stretching back to 1979 when he was assistant coach of the Under 11 side in the Junior Club. Kim Klomp (pictured), former North Adelaide premiership captain, was appointed captain of the Senior team with local youngster Peter Dixon his deputy. From the previous season, 1993, St George were Premiers, defeating North Shore in the Grand Final. Pennant Hills finished third after the home and away season but were bundled out of the finals in the first semi. For the 1994 season, early expectations were that most of the 1993 team would return and the Club was hoping for an improved performance. Unfortunately, this turned out to be wishful thinking as many experienced players from the previous season were unable to play in 1994 due to injury, retirement or inability to attend training. Notably, only 16 games collectively were contributed by the following 11 players from 1993, many of them key position players Steve Barratt (Full Back), John Murray (Centre Half Back), Kim Klomp (Centre), Stefan Carey (Centre Half Forward), Trevor Clisby (Forward Pocket), Russell Stimson (Back Pocket), Mick Coen (Half Back Flank), Paul Whelan (Wing), John Rakic (Ruck Rover), Wayne Hartley (Utility) and Tony Regan (Rover). A total of 42 players passed through the Senior team list during the season. Although hardly a measure of future success, Pennant Hills failed to win a match in the 1994 pre-season eleven-a-side Trumper Cup which was taken out by Campbelltown, in this case perhaps an indicator of things to come in the season-proper. The Senior team had a poor start to the 1994 season losing its Round 1 match to North Shore by 51 points and then losing its first three home games. Ironically, in the North Shore season-opener, former Pennant Hills and Swans player Terry Thripp was unstoppable, kicking 8 goals against his old club. After the results for Round 1 were in, it was remarked that the season looks like being a big year for some clubs, and a cold winter for others. It seemed there was already a chill in the air at Ern Holmes Oval! A casualty of the season-opener was the captain, Kim Klomp, who suffered broken bones in his hands. He returned to the team four rounds later, but former teammate, John Rakic, recalls that he broke his arm in the Round 5 match against Holroyd-Parramatta at Gipps Road Oval. This turned out to be Kim s last Senior game for Pennant Hills, however, after recuperating from the broken limb he returned to play 8 games with the Reserve grade side, and became a premiership player/coach with the win in the 1994 Reserve Grade Grand Final. Klomp s extended absence from the Senior side meant the responsibility of captaincy fell to 19 year old Peter Dixon. Coach Leo Browne commented: Both Peter s playing performance and his on field leadership, for one so young, was outstanding. After the team s shocking start to the season, Peter offered to resign the captaincy, but this was refused by the coach and selectors as not in the best interests of the team. For his selfless commitment to the team, Peter was awarded the Best Team Man award in The team s first victory came in the Round 3 meeting with Sydney University, by a margin of 69 points, however, this remained the only positive result in the first seven rounds. From this point on, however,

15 performances improved significantly with the team registering a further seven wins, including winning performances over all but the top three teams at their home grounds. The poor start was largely attributed to the loss of experienced players from the previous season and the improvement in the second half of the season was put down to the development of so many young local players by the Reserve Grade and Under 19s coaches, Kim Klomp and Steve Barratt. Five under-age players had the opportunity to play with the Senior side during the 1994 season, for a total of 25 games. Tim Hall was the only player from the 1993 Under 19 Premiership team who played the full season with the Seniors in The team finished in sixth place with 8 wins, 10 losses and failed to make finals. The best period was a run of three consecutive victories from Round 8 to Round 10, which included a 124 point demolition of Balmain, to , in Round 9. Despite high hopes at the start of the season, Balmain failed to win a match in 1994 and were the competition whipping boys. Remarkably, Pennant Hills repeated its Round 9 shellacking of the Tigers by exactly the same margin 124 points in Round 18, to Future Swans recruit Stefan Carey made a cameo appearance in Round 17, kicking two goals against East Sydney in a losing team. Former Swan and Fitzroy player, John Ironmonger, was another name player who pulled on the Demons jumper in 1994, kicking 7 goals in 7 games including a bag of 5 in the Round 10 victory over North Shore. John won the Sandover Medal in 1983 when playing with East Perth. To mark his final game in senior football Steve Barratt, also coach of the Under 19 side, took the field in the team s final match against Balmain. Fittingly, Steve kicked 3 goals in the 124 point belting of Balmain... a fantastic last hurrah! This final round of footy against Balmain was an absolute goal-fest for the Pennant Hills club. Each of the three teams kicked 27 goals and had winning margins well past the 100 point mark. The Demons kicked an aggregate of to Balmain a total winning margin of 464 points for the day! Here are the match scores: Seniors Pennant Hills to Balmain Reserve Grade Pennant Hills to Balmain Under 19 Pennant Hills to Balmain What a bonanza for our players and spectators on what must have been a most memorable day! Campbelltown were the powerhouse side in 1994, only losing one game during the home and away season and winning the flag by seven points in a tight affair against fourth placed North Shore. As the Blues progressed through the season with win after win, they earned the reputation of the Grim Reaper of the competition. Pennant Hills was out-classed in both matches against the Blues, losing by healthy margins of 79 and 57 points, respectively. The 1994 Phelan Medal was won by Chris O Dwyer of East Sydney with 28 votes. Pennant Hills best were Paul Gooley (15 votes), Gerard Mimmo (8 votes), Michael Carey (6 votes) and 10 players who received between one and three votes each. Gerard Mimmo won the Senior team s Best & Fairest award with 141 votes, almost twice as many as the runner-up, Michael Carey (76 votes). Randal Green was the team s leading goalkicker with 58 goals, 37 behind the competition leaders Michael Clift of St George and Mark Sanson of Western Suburbs who both kicked 95 goals. This surpassed by three Randal s 1993 tally of 55. Anthony Brawn kicked a season high 11 goals in the Round 9 rout of Balmain and David Brown bagged 8 goals in the first meeting with the Students.

16 Three players were nominated to the Sydney Football League s All Stars Team Paul Gooley, Anthony Brawn and Gerard Mimmo, rating these men amongst the best and most consistent across the competition. In his end of season report, Coach Leo Browne summed the season up as only an average year for the Senior team, but a great year for the Club with two magnificent Premierships Award Winners Best & Fairest Ern Holmes Trophy Runner-up Best & Fairest Most Consistent Coach s Award Most Improved Best Team Man Best First Year Local Ken Macrae Shield Pennant Hills Footballer of the Year Gerard Mimmo Michael Carey Paul Gooley Tim Hall Anthony Brawn Peter Dixon Matthew Daykin Gerard Mimmo Player Recollections Stefan Carey (Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions ) In 1994 Stefan Carey was a regular player with the Swans Reserves, however, he made a cameo appearance with Pennant Hills Seniors in Round 17. He provided the following recollections about his time when at Pennant Hills: That 1994 year that you ask about, I was all over the country. I was drafted to the Swans at the end of 1993 and played mostly in the Swans reserves in Ron Barassi and Ron Joseph then sent me and another youngster, Dion Myles from Baulko, to Darwin to play a whole season during the AFL off season to gain further experience as they play during summer. We went to St. Mary's and were undefeated champions, winning the GF by 97 points. I used to kick the footy with a 4 year old Cyril Rioli whose father was a champion at St Mary's. The talent was already oozing out of that kid. I was injured with hernias and osteitis pubis for all of 1995 before making my Swans senior debut in That one game for Penno in 1994 was because the Swans reserves had a bye, so a few of the young players went and played in the SFL for just that week. So Leo's memory is correct. Leo [Browne] still remains one of the greatest influences of my sporting life. He kept pushing me up in ages from when I was 15. He played me in the U 17's in 1991 and then in the Under 19's in All of 1993 I played in the seniors so didn't play a game with the U 19's. I also knew Bill [Carey] for that entire period because his son Michael and I played a lot of football together in 17s, 19s and seniors. I think he had to answer a million questions as to whether Michael and I were brothers with us both obviously sharing the same surname. I think because Michael was such an amazing junior footballer, it helped me because Michael and Bill were trailblazing the path through all the representative sides a year before I had to. Bill was always very generous with his advice and encouragement. Bill is probably Pennant Hills Junior Club's greatest ever figure. A wonderful man and a wonderful family.

17 John Hound Rakic Hound only played 3 games with the Senior team in 1994, but in the Round 5 game against Holroyd- Parramatta he witnessed Kim Klomp break his arm. Hound recalls stirring him up saying he was softboned and Kim not appreciating the teasing. Karma got me as a week or two later, I broke my arm against Baulko Klompy gave it to me with all barrels. Leo Browne (Senior s coach 1994) Leo was a 56 year old business CEO at the time and describes himself as a bit of an accidental coach as, both in juniors and seniors, he seemed to be the Johnny-on-the-spot when the Club needed a coach. Commenting on Senior s Captain Kim Klomp s season in 1994, although it was interrupted by injury, Leo recalls that he would have been more than happy to have Kim in the Senior team after recovering from the broken arm suffered in Round 5. However, Leo remembers that Klompy had a growing interest in coaching and it was decided that Kim would see out the season as player/coach of the Reserve Grade side.

18 CELEBRATING A CLUB LEGEND, WILLIAM BILL CAREY; Bill was a legend of our club. Tom Woodrow, Former President Pennant Hills Junior AFC On Saturday 5 July 2014, the Demons return to the club s traditional home, Ern Holmes Oval. In the Premier Division match today against Manly, players from Pennant Hills will be competing for the inaugural William Bill Carey Medal, which will ground in the annual Back to the Ern match. The medal is dedicated to commemorating the contributions of the Club legend who passed away earlier this year. Bill was a veteran player of the club and was one of the founders of Pennant Hills Junior AFC with over 40 years of voluntary service. He made an unrivalled contribution to the development of junior and senior football in the north-west suburbs of Sydney. Honouring Bill s memory in this way is a mark of the deep respect with which this genuine Club icon is held. Bill Carey was co-founder and inaugural coach of the Pennant Hills Junior Australian Football Club way back in He is the longest serving member of the Club, having achieved over 40 years of continuous service, variously as coach, President, ground manager, Committee member, father and barracker. Throughout his time at the Club, Bill made a vital contribution to the growth and development of the Club and more generally to Australian Rules football in the northern districts of Sydney. In January 2014 Bill, 72, passed away after a battle with lung cancer. He had a lung removed in 2013, but when the cancer returned he contracted pneumonia and unfortunately was not strong enough to recover. His loss is felt deeply, not just by his family and friends, but by the Pennant Hills football community. He is sorely missed and the atmosphere around the Club is not the same. Right up until last year, Bill was still taking on the role of ground manager every Sunday, in winter, straight after he had been to church. This was a job other people feared to take, as at some point during the day it would inevitably mean having to deal with a highly strung coach or an overly enthusiastic parent. Bill handled these situations with complete calm and experience, employing just the right amount of diplomacy or authority as required. Although well known around the senior club, as both a veteran player and a devoted barracker, his connection with the junior club was deep and he was always concerned about its welfare. Never one afraid to voice his opinion, Bill challenged us to ensure that the club always stood for the values it had when he founded it, that is, it catered to players of all abilities and the goal was to ensure that they all enjoyed their football. These values are now enshrined in the junior club s constitution and are just one part of Bill s extraordinary legacy at the club. Pennant Hills proudly proclaims itself the Family Club, but this is not a hollow epithet, having been built upon the principles originally espoused by Bill and his co-founders almost 50 years ago. Make no mistake though, Bill was a competitive person and did not suffer fools gladly. Sometimes ironically referred to as the umpires friend, simply because he was forever giving umpires a mouthful either as a player, official or spectator. He knew best and gave it to those whom he thought were not playing it fair or by the rules. He touched the lives of many people in Sydney football and was what could

19 be regarded as somewhat of a colourful character, with a dogmatic disposition but one that stood for honesty and getting the job done. Governed by a strong Christian ethic, Bill selflessly and unreservedly gave of his time, experience and wit to the local football community and for this we honour his contribution and memory. A little of Bill s life story Bill s first footy memories were as a seven or eight year old growing up in rural Wangaratta in the late 1940s. His favourite local club was the Wangaratta Magpies. Aside from school footy, Bill did not recall much in the way of organised junior footy being played in his early youth. His first opportunity to play the game competitively came when attending high school at Albury Grammar School (now The Scots School Albury). Bill admitted that he didn t start out a great fan of Aussie Rules and he was much keener about cricket. He said that he just grew into the game over his schooling years. By the time his schooling finished, Bill reckoned he d played less than 20 games. In his final years of high school, Bill s family moved to Sydney when his father was transferred with the Commonwealth Bank. After school finished, Bill joined the bank himself while waiting for an opportunity to enlist with the Army. Unfortunately, a career with the Armed Forces never came into being and he stuck with banking for 3 ½ years before he switched to teaching in 1964, which he did until he retired 38 years later in While still at school, Bill had holidayed in Sydney one year and got to go to a local Aussie Rules match at Erskineville Oval. He recalls one of the teams was Balmain because they were playing in black and white striped jerseys, the same colours as the Wangaratta Magpies. It was this sentimental attachment to the jersey colours that lead Bill to join the Balmain Australian Football Club in 1959 as an 18 year old. His footy career almost ended before it started, as he didn t get a game for several weeks at the start of the season and he seriously contemplated switching to Rugby League before an older head put him straight and suggested he stick it out and prove himself. Putting his pride aside, Bill persevered with it and soon after was selected to play in the Reserve Grade side. By season-end, he was playing in First Grade. Balmain First XVIII. Bill Carey sitting 4th from LHS. Year unknown. During the 1960s the Balmain Club struggled for players and for most of that decade were unable to field a Third Grade (Under 19) side. Bill recalls playing 27 matches one season, slogging it out with the seconds and then backing up for the First Grade side on a number of occasions. It was this lack of an Under 19 side and more broadly the paucity of junior clubs in the local area that motivated Balmain officials to start up a junior competition in 1966, the Balmain-School at the time, ran with this idea and of course played a pivotal role in the formation of the Pennant Hills- Normanhurst Junior Australian Football Club. of the first Under 13 side. In 1967, Bill was transferred with his job to a school in Darnick, a small country town in central west New South Wales; half way between Ivanhoe and Menindee and 1,000 kilometres from Sydney. He played footy in Broken Hill while on the Darnick posting. A year later, in 1968, he was put on relief staff based in Dubbo. Despite the long drive, Bill was able to resume his footy career in Sydney and was a regular player for Balmain during his years in the bush. After an absence of four years, Bill returned to Penno Juniors in 1971 and was coach of the first Penno side to win a Flag, the Under 11s. He coached at the Club for eight seasons. As a teacher, he also coached the Western Metropolitan Primary Schools Team for three years.

20 Bill played 201 games with Balmain Australian Football Club from In 1973 he switched clubs, joining Pennant Hills Seniors where he played 141 games for the Firsts and Reserves. He retired as a player in Pennant Hills Best & Fairest (from left) W. Carey, D. Lenaghan, J. Goswell, 1977 Remarkably, Bill s footy career as a player in Sydney spanned 4 decades from As to personal highlights, he rated the following amongst the best: Placing 9 th in the Phelan Medal in 1966; Runner-up Best & Fairest for Balmain in 1966; and Winning his first Best & Fairest award at Pennant Hills in 1977 at the age of 36 and then going back-to-back the following year in 1978, age 37. He was on the Pennant Hills Junior Club Committee for over 25 years, including a stint as President in Bill obtained life membership with the Balmain AFC (1995), Pennant Hills AFC (1981), Pennant Hills Junior AFC and Northside Junior Football Association and was awarded the National Football League s Merit Award in 1984 for his outstanding contribution to the code. Throughout his distinguished career Bill served as: Member of the Board of Management of the NSW AFL; Delegate to the NSW AFL for the Balmain AFC; Member of the Balmain AFC committee; President and Vice President of the Hills-Hornsby Junior Football Association; President and Vice President of the Pennant Hills Junior AFC; Member of the Pennant Hills AFC committee; Team Manager for Pennant Hills AFC senior grades; and Member and Vice President of the NSW Australian Football History Society. For more than 45 years the Club was blessed with Bill s continuous and ongoing involvement. His role in sustaining the new Club through its infancy and harnessing its growth make his contribution the most influential factor in the culture and character of the Club, its players, officials and supporters. Bill s two sons, Michael and Peter, were junior players with the Club and both also went on to play with Pennant Hills Seniors. Stefan Carey, former player at Pennant Hills, Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions recently remarked that Bill is probably Pennant Hills Junior Club s greatest ever figure. Nothing more be said!

21 From The Football Record #1 In the 1966 season, Bill polled 8 votes in the Phelan Medal, finishing 9 th. The Football Record carried several stories regarding Bill s on-field exploits. May 28 th, 1966: A well kept secret of Bill Carey, N.S.W. League Board of Management member and winger for Balmain, slipped out this week. Bill recorded two points in the Phelan Medal competition in the opening match against Southern Districts at Rosedale Oval. But it was not learned until this week, that Bill, who wears contact lenses on the football field, lost one of his lenses in the last quarter. It must have been quite a sight to see Bill down on hands and knees looking for his lense. My spy tells me Bill played a real blinder. August 6 th, 1966: We told you earlier in the season about Balmain winger Bill Carey who received two votes in the Phelan Medal after losing one of his contacts in the last quarter. From The Football Record #2 June 4 th, 1966: Balmain winger Bill Carey reaches an important milestone in his football career when he runs on to Erskineville Oval this Saturday to play against South Sydney. It will be Bill s 100 th consecutive first grade match for the club. To play 100 matches in First Grade is quite a feat but 100 straight is something out of the ordinary. Bill has been with Balmain for eight seasons now. He explains that he was in and out of first grade in his first season but then settled down to a grand run that makes it 100 in a row this Saturday. It is good to see players like Bill stick with the club through good and bad times. Well, Bill was voted best on the ground against University last Sunday. His second lot of votes in the competition. This goes to prove that Bill can play just as well when he can see the ball. ON THE PENNO RADAR; AUGUST NETBALL CHALLENGE, SATURDAY 2 ND AUGUST Further details to come. LADIES DAY & SPONSORS DAY, SATURDAY 16 TH AUGUST An important day on the Penno calendar where we celebrate the contribution made by mothers, sisters, wives & girlfriends The Pennant Hills Ladies Day! And it is this day that we will also acknowledge the incredibly important contribution that our sponsors have made to the success of this great club. Mark it on your calendars, further details to come.

22 OLD PENNO VS. THE WORLD; I ve never seen so much walking on the football field in all my life. SATURDAY 28 TH JUNE A game fought with heart and courage (and at least 50 men on the field at any given moment), the Old Penno vs. The World match was a (some-what) fast paced battle for ultimate bragging rights. After an impressive turn out on Thursday night for training, pasta and a couple of beers, the boys, who were well fitted out, fought triumphantly on Saturday afternoon sending sales for both the bar and the physio through the roof! Ron Barassi made a special appearance as the Old Penno coach only to be yellow-carded in the second half for running on to the field. Who do you think you are Barass, Paul Roos?! And a hard-fighting Glenn Gunstone showed more promise than the current St Kilda list. Proving that AFL is a sport played only by true athletes, the game had it all high marks, long kicks, snaps for goal, blokes selling the candy, umpire abuse, a turtle on his back the game bought everyone to their knees (just ask Cambo?!). Looking forward to another sell-out crowd next year!