WDJFC Cats News September 2016 Can you believe the home and away season has ended already?! Hope all the Auskickers and Year 4s to 6s had a fabulous time. And for those youth teams who didn't make it to finals well done for a great season! So the first round of the finals were successful for the Year 8 Blues who go straight into the grand final. Well done boys! Commiserations to the Year 7 whites but what a great effort! And we have the big Year 9 derby this Sunday with our boys playing off for a spot in the GF come and watch and support our great club. 11am Sunday 11 Sept Year 9 Whites vs Year 9 Blues at Luketina Reserve In this edition: Youth presentations Dads game photos Cheryl Aitken, 100 and 50 game medals Life members 100 Club meeting Auskick and mums game Sponsors Thank you! Website: https://wembleydownsjfc.tidyclub.com email: wembleydownsjfc@mail.tidyclub.com
Presidents report for 2016...slightly abbreviated Our players across all year groups have displayed sportsmanship that we as a club can be proud of. This year the club had 258 Auskickers, 141 juniors (Y4-Y7) & 127 youth players (Y8-Y12), totalling 547 WDJFC players. Our overall player numbers have increased nearly 20% over the past three years, with this being perhaps our largest player group so far. We fielded 14 modified and age group teams including three Year 4 teams and a standalone Yr 12 team under the stewardship of Paul Peos, Doug Baird & Mark Pope. The WDJFC showed great participation at the District Gala Day at North Beach and City Beach and both Mums and Dads games were played in very good spirit. This year, both Yr 6s and Yr 7 s had fabulous Melbourne trips with the Yr 7s group securing a game at half time at Etihad Stadium being the Western Bulldogs/West Coast Eagles AFL Fixture. Both year groups also played local clubs. The WDJFC 100 club activity continued and was again co-ordinated by past president Garry Budd. The club has a strong financial position and thanks to Treasurer Heather Felton for her great planning and management. Thanks also to all our other volunteers and coaches we couldn't run without you! The WDJFC has an enviable reputation throughout the district as a strong club that does not grade its teams and we hope that you will all come back for the 2017 season. All the best, Rob Prince, President Cheryl Aitken Award Winners 2016 Ky Woodyard Oliver Bridgwood Thank you Youth Coaches Y7 s: David Woolfe (Youth Coach of the Year in 2015) and Glenn Winton/Robert Prince Y8 s: Darren Beazley & Glenn McCallum Y9 s: Kevan Sparks and Campbell McKay Y12 s: Paul Peos Thank you Junior Coaches Y4 s: Evan Hewitt, Gerard Fountain & Greg Hammond Y5 s: Martin McInnes & Troy Wagenaar Y6 s: Matt Beggs and Matt Petritch
WDJFC Youth players trophy presentations 4.00 to 7.00pm, Saturday 17 September 2016 Doubleview Bowling Club All parents and players for Year 7-12 are invited to attend this all important finish to our season. The will be awarded to the player in the open rules teams (Y7 s to 12 s) who polls the most votes in the home and away games of the season. 4 trophies shall be awarded each year to each team in the Y7s and above Fairest and Best Runner up Fairest and Best Coach s Award Most improved Pizza and a drink will be provided for all players The Y12 s finished their junior career with a terrific 18 point win over Swanbourne with our Life Member and 100 club member Doug Baird officiating in his last game for Wembley Downs. Great job Doug and Roxanne!
WDJFC 50th anniversary in 2017 Next year is our 50 th anniversary!! We are planning to celebrate in style at The Ambrose Room at the Wembley golf course on 1 st September. We are also planning some special merchandise and lots of celebrations involving current and past players and families. If you would like to be involved in planning some of the events, please contact our past president, Garry Budd (0420 990 451) 100 game medals Congratulations to Lachie McKay (year 9 Blues) Austin Bradshaw and Josh Foster (Year 12) were also welcomed into this elite group Ben Elliot, Year 9 Whites what an achievement!
WDJFC Community Day and Dads game Our fabulously attired umpire Garry
WDJFC 100 Club Due to the high demand (and great times so far!) we will be holding a 100 club meeting on the 1 st round of the AFL finals. So come down at 5.30pm on Friday 9 th September for the Second qualifying final - Geelong v Hawthorn at the MCG Partners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Wembley Downs have again been awarded the hosting of finals this weekend. This is recognition for our past performance in hosting finals and our high standard of facilities. Any help on these days from 100 club members would be greatly appreciated by the club Cheers Jamo and Garry Congrats Sam Ori 50 games More awesome efforts in the Dad s game
Congratulations to our two latest Life Members!! Liz Quail Liz has been an integral member of the Club for around 15 years. Liz has held just about all the positions at the Club including Auskick coach, Auskick coordinator, Club Secretary and Volunteers coordinator. She has managed teams for at least 7 years and is now a faithful boundary umpire for the Yr 7s as well as fill in manager. We couldn't do without Liz s tireless efforts to organise the trophies New Life Members! and assist with all the events. She is extremely passionate about the club and the focus on developmental football in a community environment. And she is the only club official we know of that has had to climb a tree to rescue a ball mid game. We love you Lizzie!! Vicki England Vicki has been a member of the committee for 7 years, 5 of which as Club Secretary. She has also managed a number of teams and provided a valuable and significant contribution to the WDJFC. Vicki is always willing to help even with 5 children. We don t know how Vicki finds all the time she shares with the Club. Thanks so much Vicki!!
Auskick wind up and Y3 Mums game
The Year 9s give some positive reinforcement to the Y7s!! Thanks to all our Auskick coaches Patrick Carden Ben Cattalini Travis Clohessy Scott Coveney Brenton Downing Matt Farr Ainsley Gifford Grant Godber Trav Gorman Kasey Green Anthony Harris Paul Harris Geoff Hegney Evan Hewitt Scott Hills Adam Irving Dan Kennington Andrew Mackin Kim McInerney Marty McInnes Anthony Muir Dale Newsome Brad Pense David Rogers Brian Rynhoud Mitchell Stevens Benjamin Stout David van Rooyen Troy Wagenaar Stan Wholley Andrew Willis Luke Wundke
Year 9 Blues Vs Whites watch them in action again this weekend Coach of the year nominations! The 2016 Tigers District Awards of Excellence will be held on Tuesday 20th September at the Rendezvous Hotel - Scarborough. Wembley Downs JFC is extremely proud that we had a record number of coaches nominated this year and that two of our coaches have been selected by Claremont to go forward to be finalists at the District awards. They are: Evan Hewitt, Auskick Coach of the Year Campbell McKay, Youth Coach of the Year. We wish them both the best of luck on the night!!
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