Edition 6, 8 September 2017 News Update Marist Football Club AGM Wednesday 13th September Venue: Marist Clubrooms, Newman College Sports Complex Date: Wednesday 13th September Time: 6.30pm The club needs to fill the following positions for season 2018: - Merchandise Sales Manager - Marketing and Communications Coordinator - Social Secretary - Sponsorship assistants Nominations can be made directly to John/Jack Penniment at john@rudirooster.com.au Marist Seniors Awards Night. Venue: Marist Clubrooms Date: Friday 15th September Time: 6.30pm Marist Year 5 Blue Team enjoying the awards night Marist Juniors wrap up season Marist Junior teams ended the footy season on a high note last week, with their Annual Awards Night held at the Clubrooms. Team trophies and photos were handed out to all players in the Junior age group, with everyone very happy to be going home with a momento of their season. A special presentation was made to Jack Penniment who coaches the Year 6 team alongside Jaxon Creed. Jack was given the Price Medal for playing 150 games for the club, which will serve as inspiration to the Juniors as they move through the ranks. The medal was presented to him by Club President, John/Jack Penniment, who happens to be his Dad. There will be more presentations to people who have played a significant number of games for the club during the Marist Seniors Awards night on Friday 15th September. (Full Juniors report on page 4) John/Jack Penniment presenting his son, Jack with the Price Medal.
Support our teams in the finals. Marist Black Year 8 V Carine Cats Preliminary Final Sunday 10 Sept - 10am A.S Luketina Reserve The Year 11s playing Wanneroo Finals fever abounds for the Youthies Congratulations to the Yr 8s, 9s and 10s for their qualification into the finals rounds. Last weekend saw the Yr 10s continue their rampaging year with a great win over North Beach in their 2 nd semi final to move straight into the grand final. The Yr 8s and 9s went down in the their respective 2 nd semi finals and will play this week in the preliminary finals. Be sure to give all the support you can to both teams. To our other teams who have finished for the year, well done on completing another season of our great game. Our Yr 11 team narrowly missed out on making the finals, with the Yr 7s and 12s having a hard fought season without a great deal of success. As this will be my last newsletter I would like to thank everyone who has helped make running the youth division so easy. I am not going to name everyone as I will miss someone for sure. To all the coaches and managers thank you once again for your commitment. I still remember all my junior football coaches to this day and I am sure you have created a lasting impression on your teams. To all the parents thank you for your assistance every week to make sure we have someone for all the jobs required to make the day happen. All the best Dave Creed - Vice President - Youth Marist Year 9 V Claremont Tigers Preliminary Final Sunday 10 Sept - 11am Claremont Oval Marist Year 10 V TBA Grand Final Sunday 17 Sept - Time TBA Claremont Oval Marist coaches in the running for top awards All but 3 coaches and assistants (who are in finals) are now putting their feet up wondering what they are going to do with their spare time and Sundays. A rest well deserved by all of our coaches. The passion and leadership shown by coaches at the junior trophy night shows the Marist spirit is in safe hands for the future. Four of our coaches are also finalists in the district Coach of the Year Awards. We wish Josh Murphy (Auskick), Amy Woods (Girls), Scott Prentice (Youth) and Jaxon Creed (Young Achiever Award) all the best when the winners are announced on Friday 22nd October. Grant Hankinson Coach Coordinator - Juniors Jaxon Creed nominated for Young Achiever Award
Wright Real Estate/ Bob Taylor Volunteer of the Month August Pam Benetti West Coast Eagles stars putting the Marist Girls through drills was definitely a season highlight. Marist Girls celebrate a successful year The girls footy season was capped off on Friday 1 st September with the end of season windup. This was great recognition for the players, parents, coaches, managers and helpers of the junior and youth girls teams following another successful year of Marist Girls footy. Pam Benetti has worked tirelessly for the club for many years, and filled a number of roles. She s currently the Club Manager Co-ordinator on the Marist Committee, and was responsible for putting together a user-friendly Team Manager Manual. This has proven very beneficial as the role can be quite complex and technical. Pam is no stranger to the issues of Team Manager and has experienced them first hand as the Manager for her son, Jake s team (Yr 11). She s filled that role for three years. In addition to this, Pam is also the Club Secretary, and has been a great support to President John Penniment over the last year. We thank Pam for the many hours she has dedicated to the club since her son was in Auskick! Congratulations on your award. The night included trophy presentations to all the girls followed by the very first presentation of Best and Fairest and Runner(s) up in the Youth Girls inaugural year. Big congratulations to Anastasia Berti who was named Youth Girls Best and Fairest player; congratulations also to joint Runners Up Mikala Tutungis and Jayne Danaher. Well done to all the junior and youth girls for doing the club proud in 2017. Big news on the Marist Girls footy front; the coaches of the Junior and Youth Girls teams, Amy Woods and Scott Prentice respectively, have both been named as finalists in the 2017 Awards of Excellence for the Claremont District! Amy is nominated for Female Coach of the Year and Scott for Youth Coach of the Year, they will both attend the Metro North Region Awards of Excellence presentation night on 22 nd September. All at Marist wish them both the best of luck and congratulate them on their tireless contribution to girls footy. With the girls footy over for another year we are all ready looking forward to continuing the great momentum at the club into 2018. If you are keen on being a part of girls footy for 2018 please express interest to Dale at dales@advocateprivate.com.au
Fun at Auskick Awards Day The end of the 2017 season for Auskick was a fantastic day with players dressed up in team coloured costumes. Coaches also got into it with some unique outfits for the day, a great way to finish the season with fun, laughter and some great footy! Marist Juniors end the season a high note. The Junior Trophy night was held on Friday 1 September, where all players from Year 3 to 6 celebrated the end of season. It was a great opportunity for everyone to get together and talk over the season that was and to acknowledge the players. All teams across all year levels showed exceptional development throughout the season and the club and coaches are looking forward to next season for this to continue. On behalf of the club I would like to thank everyone who committed their time and effort to make 2017 another successful season. All our coaches and managers committed numerous hours behind the scenes, at training and on game day to ensure teams had a wonderful experience. A huge thank you to all our committee for their tireless work and to our parents for volunteering their time to run the canteen, goal umpire, run water and all the other jobs required to make game day happen. To our Year 6 teams, all the best in your transition to Year 7 and Youth Football and playing for premiership points in 2018. To all players and parents, enjoy the break from early Sunday mornings while you can because before we know it, it will be footy season again! Matt Mazzuchelli Vice President Juniors As part of the wind up festivities, appreciation was extended to the boys Adam Raas and Jason Afflick for manning the BBQ all season, they did an incredible job in cooking around 400 sausages each week with the help of volunteer parents. Including the Friday Gala Day and wind up where all the kids got a free snag and drink from the club, the boys cooked a whopping 6000 sausages for the season. We sincerely thank you. Josh Murphy received the Peter O Dea Volunteer of the Year trophy, for his amazing effort as a committee member and for his great assistance to me in my role as Auskick Coordinator. The Spirit of Marist award this year went to the Year 1 Giants, all dressed to impressed in orange, including the coach. This inaugural award recognises the core values of Marist Mates Always Respect Inspire Strive Team. The Year 3s moved into Junior Football this year across the district, with modified rules and home and away games each week. Learning game plans, skills and positions rather than three zones, tackling and a bigger grounds were a lot of changes for them to take in, but they all did extremely well and loved the experience. I was very proud of all the players for their efforts and skills they have shown this year. With the end of my time with Auskick - after coaching for four years, coaching coordinator for two years and Auskick Coordinator this year - I want to thank all the parents, players, committee and the club for their amazing support and time they all put in to ensure Marist is the most successful Auskick club in WA. All the best for 2018! David Bornmann Auskick Coordinator
Farewell from the President Time to say good-bye We ve had another successful season which has been reflected in the the number of players in Auskick, Juniors and Youth. Here are some highlights.. John/Jack Penniment President 0439 988 533 Auskick Numbers in this age group are very strong and I d like to thank David Bornman and his team for their fantastic efforts in coordinating Auskick. The Year 3 competition has also started its transition into junior footy and will be fully incorporated into juniors in 2018. Juniors will then be Years 3 to 6 for 2018. And congratulations to our Yr 2 Auskick coach, former West Coast Eagle Darren Glass (pictured below), who has got the job as assistant coach at Hawthorn. We must be doing something right at Marist for coaching pathway!! Footy Champs Footy champs had another great year for our special needs players. While the rain got in the way of a few nights, we all had fun. Thank you to my assistant coaches Oliver, Matt, Joel and Chelsea. And a special mention to Nicole Milne for her assistance as manager. We are looking forward to another fun year in 2018. Youth Footy Youth footy has been a very successful year on the park, with Years 8,9 and 10 all making finals. All of these teams were promoted to higher grades, and to make the finals is an outstanding effort by all, vindicating the club decision to promote our youth coaches policy. Juniors We ve again had strong numbers in Juniors, with special thanks to Grant Hankinson for his outstanding work as Coach Coordinator and writing the coaching manual handbook. A mammoth amount of work that will be our yardstick for coaches for many years to come. Thank you again to all the coaches and managers who put in many hours to encourage our juniors to play and enjoy our great game. Girls Footy Girls footy, continues to grow, with the expansion from one to two teams this season. The Club now has both Junior and Youth teams competing in girls football. The youth girls had a fantastic season making the Grand Final, but unfortunately not quite making the final hurdle. Well done again to coaches Amy and Scott and their assistants. And of course Dale Scally for his tireless efforts in running and promoting the girls competition and maintaining our link with Maddie Riewoldt Vision which raises awareness of bone marrow cancer. Special Thanks I have many people to thank. Firstly, David Creed, who s been Vice President Youth for the last three years. He has often been there for counsel and has been a great back up as part of the executive committee. Matt Mazzuchelli has also been great support as Junior VP this year along with the help of Treasurer Russell Roberts, Property Manager Jarron Maisey and the rest of the committee. Matt has picked up the ball on many football operations. The club is in good hands, and I wish Matt the best for future seasons. Pam Benetti continues to work tirelessly, not just as Team Manager for the Year 11s but as Club Secretary and Club Managers Coordinator. Pam has written a manager s handbook as a guideline for all managers.
Also thanks to our wonderful Registrars, the forgotten job! But to Sue Spyvee and Maria Manning, without your dedicated effort the club could not operate. Thank you also to Anthony Deans who organises the team photos and Hilary Sitas for looking after St John s and our First Aid kits. Phil Kavenagh has done a fantastic job with sponsorship for a number of years now, and we do require an assistant for him. The season enjoys the Club Sponsors, Life Members, Past Players and Officials Night as a highlight on our social calendar. Well done Kav, without the sponsorship dollars revenue, we would struggle to be the club we are. Congratulations to our newest life members Gemma Hoyne,Esme and Adam Prentice well deserved for many years of tireless service to our club. For all of you whom I have been on the journey with, thank you. There is a fantastic dedicated group of volunteers already working together to continue the success of this club into the future. Please consider joining with them on the committee to maintain and improve our MARIST Club. It is difficult to put all my thoughts and experiences into a few words and I am sure that I have forgotten some, but going back to our early days of planning 5 Year Plans to make Marist a destination club have materialised. I think we are on our third 5 Year Plan. To all of you, and to those lifelong friends, thank you for being a part of it. Also my family, thankfully they are a FOOTY family, thank you for your support and your input. It is not a single individual that makes a difference at a club, it is a team effort, thank you to all my teammates. There is no I in TEAM John/ Jack Penniment President 2017 Adam and Esme Prentice, Gemma Hoyne, John Penniment This will be my last year as President and committee member. I have had a fantastic journey over my time with the club both as coach and in administration. It has had its challenges, but the positives have always far outweighed the negatives. The installation of the lights and the electronic scoreboard, are just two major projects that have materialised. The amazing growth of numbers and retention in our club is the envy of all clubs across the district and beyond. I have enjoyed watching many players starting in Auskick and progress through our ranks, not just to become good footballers, but more importantly good people and now great contributors to our community and society. Melbourne's Jesse Hogan returned to Marist last year for a special presentation - pictured here with Jack and John Penniment