Issue No 17 27 August 2011 1991 PREMIERSHIP DVD FOR SALE. OVER 3 HOURS OF ACTION, AWARDS AND AFTER GAME CELEBRATIONS. DUAL-LAYER SO QUALITY IS GREAT. AVAILABLE FROM BAR FOR $10. RE ARE ONLY 8 COPIES LEFT SO GET YOURS NOW. Kris Shore 2011 Seniors B&F Jamie Cruickshank 2011 Reserves B&F
Graham Reynolds President s Pen They say bad news come in threes! Ladders AFTER ROUND 14 They say bad news comes in threes and it certainly has been the case over the last fortnight or so. Firstly we were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Piggy Benham, then last week we were saddened to hear of the passing of past player Allen Black who has been ill for some time, and then on Thursday, life member Greg Whelan has a serious heart attack in Chirnside Park Shopping Centre. Fortunately he was able to be revived and we last heard from son Andrew that he is making a recovery in the Box Hill Hospital. We had a memorial for Piggy in our clubrooms and our club was strongly represented at Allen s funeral last Monday. We also have a tribute to Allen on page 6 of this edition of the Flanker. I am sure I speak for everyone at the club when I say Get Well Soon to Greg Whelan, a champion bloke who always has a smile on his face. Let s hope that s all of the bad news. As you are aware, the vote count was held in the social rooms last Saturday after the last home and away game. Once again the presentation of the votes on the overhead created by Gerry Toohey was a huge success with the only hiccup in the night being the microphone failure due to dead batteries. I would like to pass on my personal congratulations to the winners in each grade. Kris Shore in the Seniors, Jamie Cruickshank in the Reserves and Sam Horsley in the Colts. I would also like to extend my congratulations Graeme Donald and the Junior Club on its outstanding season with a premiership to its credit. Wehave all the junior award winners for you in this edition of the Flanker. Finally, I would like to wish the Senior and Colts sides the best of fortunes in their respective second semi-finals at the East Burwood Reserve on Saturday 27 th August. The winners of these games go straight into the Grand Final and a crack at the flag and I am sure Simon and John will be doing all they can to make sure that their respective sides are best prepared for what will be their toughest challenge of the season so far. Graham. Page 2 The Flanker is prepared and edited by Gerald Toohey (aka Fathertoosa) email lilydale@efl.org.au Page 31
Ladders AFTER ROUND 14 MATCH REPORT Round 18 Seniors LILYDALE Q I Q I2 Q 23 Q 43 Q 4 6.4 10.7 13.8 18.9.117 DONC EAST 3.1 6.4 12.8 16.9.105 Simon Rourke Club Coach BEST : Nathan O Keefe, Jake Taylor, Daniel Ferry, Daniel Baldwin, Ashraf Davies, Dean Carswell. GOALS: Nathan O Keefe 7, Marcus Baxter 2, Matt Lawrence 2, James Shore 2, 1 each to Andy Preston, Jake Taylor, Ryan Breese, Daniel Ferry and Dean Carswell. Great to finish the home and away season with17 wins and top of the ladder. Great effort by Nathan to kick 7 goals. Now the season starts again. AWARDS: 1 st: Twisted Vine Award: Nathan O Keefe 2 nd: Warburton Golf Award: Jake Taylor 3 rd : Olinda Creek Hotel Award: Daniel Ferry Rocco s Raffle: Player: Nathan O Keefe Winner: TBA Calcutta Player: Nathan O Keefe Owner: Craig Stewart NEXT WEEK S GAME V SECOND SEMI FINAL AT EAST BURWOOD Page 30 Page 3
Reserves MATCH REPORT Round 18 Ladders AFTER ROUND 14 Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Stephen Cruickshank Reserves Coach LILYDALE 6.1 11.3 18.6 20.14.134 DONC EAST 2.0 2.0 4.1 7.3.45 BEST: Michael Horsley, Jamie Cruickshank, James Munro, Michael Ward, Josh Mende, Josh Barrett. GOALS: 3 each to Josh Mende, Stephen Cruickshank and Cam Noy, 2 each to James Munro and Shane Butler and 1 each to Tom Herbert, Jamie Cruickshank, Josh Barrett, Rhys Barker, Sam Meyers, Leigh Carswell and Ross Ansaldi. Today we were focussed on finishing the season on a high and not just go through the motions and play out the year. We felt we had more to prove. It was a great 4 quarter effort. We tired a little in the last quarter but the game was very well fought out. Thanks to all the players for the season. Lets ensure we stick together and come back stronger next season. AWARDS: 1 st Darren s Flower Award: Michael Horsley 2 nd Stockland Award Jamie Cruickshank 3 rd Cafe Kinetic Award: James Munro Calcutta Player: Michael Horsley Owner: Adam Mowat Page 4 Page 29
Ladders AFTER Round 18 MATCH REPORT Round 18 Colts LILYDALE Q I Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 8.0 11.2 16.7 22.8.140 DONC EAST 0.1 3.2 4.5 7.6.48 John Gordon Colts Coach BEST: James Whelan, Billy Gardner, Kyle Maher, Ben Stephens, Matt Wierzbicki, Sam Horsley. AFTER ROUND 14 MATCH GOALS: Marcus O'Donohue 4, Reece Bedggood 3, Kyle Maher 3, Matt Wierzbicki 2, Aaron Rowe 2, Luke Thomas 2, Ben Stephens 2, Matt Fotia, Richard Wyles, Jake McInnes, James Whelan. What a great way to finish off the home and away season with a 15 goal win and winning 17 out of 18 games. The hard work starts this weekend against Donvale. We need to stay focused and play the way we have been playing. AWARDS: 1st: Mooroolbark and Mt Evelyn Bendigo Community Bank Award: 2nd: The International Award: 3rd: Stockland Award Calcutta Player: James Whelan James Whelan Billy Gardner Kyle Maher Owner: Rod Mitchell Page 28 Page 5
Vale Allen Black Everyone at the club was saddened to hear of the passing of past player and keen supporter Allen Black on 17 th August. He loved to come to the game and watch with his mates Graeme Shaw and Monty Phillips on the wing in front of the John Plante Pavilion. Allen has not been well for some time. Allen was a premiership captain in the Reserves at Lilydale and was born and lived in the town all his life. He had no desire to travel the world because he reckoned Lilydale was the best part of the world. He will be sadly missed. Allen s funeral was held last Monday at the Lilydale Uniting Church, of which he had been an active member all his life. A large crowd were in attendance including the Lilydale Fire Brigade of which Allen was also an active volunteer. The Lilydale Football and Cricket Clubs were well represented at the service with Allen being a life member of the Cricket Club which he captained to a premiership at the tender age of 19. The President, Committee, players and supporters of the Lilydale Football Club extend their deepest sympathy to his wife Dorothy, daughter Debbie, son Greg and all the family. AFTER Round 18 Ladders 161 Main Street, Lilydale VIC 3140 Phone: 03 9735 1622 Fax: 03 9739 6600 Email:olinda.creek.hotel@alhgroup.com.au Website: www.olindacreekhotel.com.au Page 6 Page 27
Vice President in charge of merchandise Luke Ewart advises us that there is still some available for supporters to purchase especially with the finals coming up and the need to be flying the club colours. If you can t find Luke just ask at the bar and they will organise your purchase on the spot. Every sale assists the club with finances and the more our brand is seen out and about the better so why not update your wardrobe with our new look. See the complete range on the website. A Unique Award With all of the hype this year regarding the EFL 50 year celebrations, there have been a few service awards presented to very deserving recipients including our own Hector Cruickshank and Don Cruse who received their awards from EFL Chairman Graham Halbish on Anzac Day. Well a very special event happened last weekend when Don s daughter Sharon Nied also received one of the service awards for her involvement in the EFL football Sharon Nied, daughter of Don Cruse, receives fraternity for over 25 years. her service award last weekend from Rod She commenced her Cordwell, the EFL s Manager Junior Football involvement at the Lilydale Football Club in the early 1980s as manager of our canteen and running Thursday night teas as a teenage for several years. She now serves as the Secretary of the Ferntree Gully Eagles Junior Football Club where her 3 sons and daughter have played. You will agree that this is a very unique and special achievement for a father and daughter to receive such a prestigious award. Well done to both Sharon and Don from all at Lilydale Football Club. Page 26 Page 7
There was no lunch in the rooms before last week s game due to lack of interest. As a matter of fact, only one booking was received by Gerry by Thursday and that was from Bob and Merle Brown. Bob and Merle love the club and love sport for that matter. Bob is a keen walker and a member of a walking club and would put most blokes 20 years his junior to shame with his fitness. Well their love of sport led them into town to see Tour de France winner Cadel Evans do his lap of honour. And guess what? They popped up on the television coverage of the event with a close up of both Bob and Merle singing the National Anthem. They also popped up at the Olinda Creek Hotel for lunch on Saturday where the club had a full table organised after the lunch in the rooms was cancelled. And they were also there at the Vote Count on Saturday night. A great couple of Falcon Supporters. Every year Rocco Pompei runs the Falconian Big Bucks raffle and this year was no exception. Rocco would like to announce the winners of the prizes in this years draw are: #100 Perc Ruscitti $3000 #57 Simon Rattray $1000 #6 Ron Fotia $500 #91 Pam Shore $300 #92 John Corran $200 One Anzac Day this year you will recall that we had 2 long standing and long serving members of our club receive 50 year service awards from the Chairman of the EFL in Hector Cruickshank and Don Cruse. Well Don was not the only member of the Cruse Family to receive the award as his daughter Sharon Nied received the award for her work with the Ferntree Gully Eagles Football Club. The full story and picture of Sharon receiving her award from the EFL s Rod Cordwell is on page 7. Last Thursday week, Joffa Carswell gave an inspirational talk to those in attendance at selection about the fortunes of football clubs including the successful dynasties of football clubs such as Vermont, and what is the secret to their success. Joffa reckons it all boils down to having a core of good players sticking with the club. He also reckons Lilydale is on an upward spiral and if we keep our core, we can be a successful dynasty in the EFL. Page 8 Page 25
The vote count was a great success again last Saturday except for the clash with Nathan O Keefe s 21 st birthday party. The whole vote count for all 3 grades took less than an hour and kept the crowd entertained and in suspense until the final round. Congratulations to Kris Shore, Jamie Cruickshank and Sam Horsley. It was good to see Dobbo at the vote count having a few quiet sherbs. He may not reckon he can play football but he still reckons he is a super hero judging by this picture of him in the rooms on Saturday night. Note the absence of any six pack. We did mention the fact that Nathan O Keefe celebrated his 21 st birthday last week. Well it apparently went to his head and he lost it for 5 minutes or so. Good thing medical assistance was on hand to look after the lad. What would the coach have thought if he was there to witness the incident? Well that brings us to some other birthday wishes which have slipped by over the past weeks including Shane Beckwith (48), Sammy Meyers (20), Garry Skelton (59), Billy Gardner (18), Josh Hill (24) and Nick Sargent (18). FS hopes you had a great birthday and have many more to come. If you have someone coming up with a birthday or other milestone, let Fathertoosa know. The President has asked that we extend an invitation to all our supporters to come down on Thursday Selection nights during the finals to show support for the teams. So all you girlfriends, mums, dads, brothers and sisters come on down and show the boys that we are right behind them. The team photos were taken last week and will be posted on the website and available for purchase over the next few weeks. See Gerry Toohey. Juniors Coaching positions Invites applications for the following Coaching positions for season 2012 Under 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 17 NEW PLAYERS WELCOME All applications to be marked to the attention of The Secretary, Lilydale Football Club Juniors Inc PO Box 179, Lilydale, 3140 Applications close on Friday 28 October 2011 If your child is looking to develop and be a part of a team then Lilydale is the place to be. All new players / parents welcome. Come down and help continue to make Lilydale a strong and successful Club Further information please contact our President Graeme Donald 0418148010 or lilydalejnr@efl.org.au Page 24 Page 9
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Date: 27/08/11 Issue No 17 Senior Training Shirt Sponsor for 2011 Juniors AWARDS Awards Under 9A Marc Massarotti Runner Up Samuel Hodgett 3 rd Runner Up Nicholas McKenzie Most Consistent: Taylor Reinecke Coaches Award Jacob Milsom Most Improved: Jye Price Most Courageous: Liam Cox Best Backman Award Baxter Best Player in Lightning Premiership Taylor Reinecke Lilydale Auskick Encouragement Award: Jack Bates Awards Under 10A Kyle Appleby Runner Up Beau Tennant 3 rd Runner Up Joshua White Most Consistent: Daniel Schleuter Coaches Award Riley Baxter Most Improved: Jackson Singer Jack Woods Most Courageous Best Backman Award Brandon Hempel Best Player in Lightning Premiership Connor Wishart Lilydale Auskick Encouragement Award: Jack Bateman Perpetual Shield U10 Kyle Appleby Awards Under 11B Lachlan Cox Runner Up Macauley Beckwith 3 rd Runner Up Mitchell Gordon Most Consistent: Kobey Hardie Coaches Award Luke Willemsen Most Improved: Daniel Kelly Daniel Styles Most Courageous: Best Backman Award Jesse Ebert Lilydale Auskick Encouragement Award: Daniel Robson Perpetual Shield U11 Lachlan Cox Marc Massarotti Kyle Appleby Lachlan Cox Page 22 Lilydale TIMBER & HARDWARE 64 Cave Hill Road Lilydale 9735 5134 Page 11
Date: 27/08/11 Issue No 17 Juniors AWARDS Awards Under 12A Joshua Serci Runner Up Kyle Skewes 3 rd Runner Up Best & Bayley Sciortino Fairest: Most Consistent: Blake Hughes Best Team Man: Trent Davison Most Improved: Josh Gray Most Determined Shaun McMillan & Joel Koger Best Backman Award Baxen Valoa Best Player in Finals n/a Perpetual Shield U12 Best Joshua Serci & Fairest: Awards Under 13B Riley Powell Runner Up Anthony Gentile 3 rd Runner Up Jordan Gallucci Most Consistent: Harrison Goss Best Team Man: Anthony McLachlan Most Improved: Luke West Coaches Award Nick Hill Best Backman Award Thomas McLean Leading Goal Kicker: Jordan Gallucci Best Player in Finals: n/a Perpetual Shield U13 Best & Riley Powell Fairest: Perpetual Shield U13 Leading Jordan Gallucci Goal Kicker: Joshua Serci Riley Powell 50 Games Daniel Baldwin This week we have another player who reaches the 50 game milestone with the Lilydale senior club. Daniel Baldwin played his 49 th game last week and if he is fortunate enough to be selected this week for the second semi final, will reach the 50 game milestone. Daniel is a product of our Juniors and played in the Colts with Matt Lawrence, Trent Tesoriero, Andrew Whelan, Ashraf Davies and Marcus Baxter to name a few. Daniel works hard on his game and it is a credit to him that he has been playing in the Senior side consistently this season. Congratulations Daniel and lets hope there are many more milestones to come with the Lilydale Falcons. Page 12 Page 21
Fathertoosa s Outafocus Fotos X Juniors AWARDS Awards Under 14A Corey Berntsen Runner Up Patrick Klep 3 rd Runner Up Jye Sciortino Most Consistent: Fraser Dell Best Team Man: Joel Toohey Most Improved: Jye Sciortino Coaches Award Jason Mansfield Most Determined Ben Wood Leading Goal Kicker: Jake Gilbert / Jayden Wilson Best Player in Finals: Corey Berntsen Perpetual Shield U14Blue Corey Berntsen Perpetual Shield U14Blue Leading Goal Kicker: Jake Gilbert & Jayden Wilson Awards Under 15C Tom Leech Hines Runner Up Billy Lawrence 3 rd Runner Up Ben France Most Consistent: Josh James Best Team Man: Patrick Kovac Most Improved: Tom Fitzmaurice Most Determined Dan Woods Corey Berntsen Best Backman Award Leading Goal Kicker: Best Player in Finals: Perpetual Shield U15 Gold Best & Fairest: Perpetual Shield U15 Gold Leading Goal Kicker: Jikola Whyman Jordan Marsh n/a Tom Leech Hines Jordan Marsh Tom Leech Hines Page 20 Page 13
Date: 27/08/11 Issue No 17 Juniors AWARDS Awards Under 15A James Holmes Runner Up Alex Edmonds 3 rd Runner Up Oliver Smith Most Consistent: Matthew Burt Best Team Man: Liam Koger Most Improved: Fennell Most Determined Lochie Wilson Fathertoosa s Outafocus Fotos Best Backman Award Leading Goal Kicker: Best Player in Finals: Perpetual Shield U15 Blue Best & Fairest: Perpetual Shield U15 Blue Leading Goal Kicker: Brenton Birtchnell Ryan Harvey Hugh Skate James Holmes Ryan Harvey Awards Under 16B James Holmes Luke Porter Page 14 Page 19
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