JUhIOR VICE PEESIDEWI ' S Ril ORT
The s ~ason 198~ f~aturtd -a number o f occurrences with spe:·cial siguificancc: for B. B. A. !\ . ?:. C.
'I'he senior- di vis i on o f tht: club which was and I hop e wil 1 continue to b <"' , the p1ayi rig ~xtc ns i on for junior footballers made their dEbllt in the C!ydn€y .Fbotbal:l LLaguL . As WE:ll as acknowledging the- ac:1ievemE nt of 1111e cluo in years past, thE pror.:io tion opened the way to greater int(r u.ction bE tween the two clem1.rnts of Bankstown Sports Australian Rules. ~'ii th thE Seniors pl aying on Sunday ins t ead of Saturday we f ou nd r~newed interest in ~-ach others performar;.ce and a n ew club harmony.
The movement of the Swans to Sydn6y gave Sydney Australian Rul <: s a treml.: nd ous lift. The int Erest engende·red an unequivocal acc E·ptancf. by the Sydneyropulation creatt.·d a climate for develop ment and recruiting that may never c·:>mt again .
Ho wcvE-r , the i mpact on junior football was only l ightly felt in 1982, but , t aking a l inE through the clinic run at J t::nsori ori the first Monday of" the Augus t holidays, with f ou r Swans, two oth~r V.F. L . and eight Bankstown senior players in attendanc c and a crowd o f some 340 h.ids and over 150 parents ths coming s eason aug c1 s well.
Indu~d o n tha t day, we n:c E.: iv E:d indications from s on.s 290 youths, m8inly ·:ip t o 13 yc.,ars, th.at thEy wished to play Australian hul <;, s Dl'.Xt s c: -1son . This i 2 !Jn top uur c;xisting players. v'hil e o ne wou l d only t: xp .... ct a. portion 0 f thO SC' boys to retain their enthusiasm, the ~tcisio n by tne Swans to move to ~ydney and to take up r('side nc E' ps r r:anu1tly in 198 3 will kC-ep the i nterest alive .
Gt=n2ral 1y this clubs :'..tJVi) lvc~(nt in junior Australia~ Rules took two f or:ns , School promotiors du r ing the week and intcrclub compe tition on the wc~k- c nrl.
In the schools c on.p~tl ti on we nad assistance from .hOb €rt D'Orazio (a f ormer m;:mbc.r •Jf tti.::. v WCil')S U/19 ' s and playing with 0 ur s En ior t~am by arranE erne nt with thE bwans) . WE met part of hoberts out of pocket sxpi:nscs invo lvt:d in that activity .
The Sch001.E co~p ·_ t:_ ti crn is run by the schools themselve s but to a~sis t 1r.i e rnau e availahlE' ass is tan ce with co a chi 'Q,g , umpiring and genEral or ganisation . As we ll, during th~ season, we had assistance fro i::i JJC'O Driscoll, Capt./Coach of the seniors , v'/ayne Br1rnpto11 , Me uri c- Podbury, Gord on Ha ncock, Davi d Hancock and Steve Butl er (S.F. L. Umpire).
:l e sponsorC'd a knock- out conp s tition for Primary Schools run on a handicep basis , '.Ni th a do natio n being made to the School library fund . This con.p<:= tition was r lcr:iVE'd with great enthusiasm .
As it turn ed out, tht: .Primary School Championships and Handicap Knock- out were both won by Bj rrong , while the High Scho ol competition was wa n by Picr; i c ·i:-':: int .
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This year the Swans promoted the Lions Cup (Knock- out Competition for--High--Scbu...als-·tbruuf•ho ut the State) . By far the most successful p0rfo r manc e and the surprise of the competi tion was Benilde High of Bankstown winning through to the quarter - finals . A tribute to their coach as wFll as t o their determination and school spirit as only one playe r is a cur r ent weekend playe r .
In the t>atur day inter club scEne the Cl ub was quite succ~ssful , both on the field as outlin(d at the Annual Presentation andoff, with a number of social ~ vents f or players and parents .
We L' tartt:d the seaso n with tbc:. potenti a l to r aise two teams in l.'.·a ch of th e ages U/9 , U/11, and U713 and with excess players in U/15aid U/17 which might have b(en Exploited had all rEsources be.en nvailable . As it was we were not able; to get a ground in the.: ,/est- South area of ti1E: City until hal f way t hroue:,h the se:·ason and by that time -Ne naa ' l o:= t ' t hos<:: (Gr een) U/ 9 1,
who can't trav~l from Picnic Puint- .East Hills to bt:ftun for trainin~ The GrEen U/13 1 s suffered si cr•ilarly and whil r we cuu ld have; got by we di:cided to amal eair.a te bJ th U/13 tc ac s who wc>re struggling with numb e: rs .
The ground we were able to get finally was formed by the utilising 0f two rugby rectangl es to form a small ground , suitable: f or r:odifiEd rules . It will not bE: available in 1983 , so we believe, and steps are being takEn to have the Kelso ground commissionEd for ntxt yea r .
Administrativc:ly , we now m0ve ontJ the s econd phasE o f a most vital stage in our deve:-lopm.:nt . This year and next , a large numb(r of the parents who have guided the club along over t he past d<:cad E' and more will graduate , to gc ther with th eir sons , to S€niors . Last yEar we star tEd the transiti on . Thi s y(ar we must look t o d~veloping mor e , thE tal ents of our 1 youn~er ' p . ..i r<:nts .
1ne coming E:lections provide the opportunity f o r par en ts who have SOl.'i£ little ti~e -w take up exE'cutive position whi le thos e who are rriu r e "on the field " oricnt(d , will , we hope. , take up the op t i ons f or t eas mana6Ewcnt, assistant coaching and the like next yr:n.r .
Attendance at mee t inE,s during the yEar has been ])ar ti cularly good (tho ugh i 11 th£· cola of mi d wi nt2r the numbers di d drop bt:: l ow 20 L.1ewbers) this was rcall / t.nc0urabing, .
The y~ar bought sowc disabr ctwents and disappointments but a credit to the maturity 0f all , not on e contentious matter continued past ~ g €ncr a l m~eting.
In my long associ ation with voluntar y organi sations I have r a r £ly come accross an idea or s olution to a probl~m put f orward that did not have some- merit . '.I'he secret in managing a clu of this natur <: i s in being able to identify whtc r e in th e. overall plan a mum ' s or dads ideas can best be pl aced .
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On present &tion night wi:: sai d &,oodb-yc· to-. a . numbc:r of footbDllen:: who lc:.<vE: the: junio:r rank.s. On this occasion we also extend our thnnks to thE parents for thisir involvrmr nt, especially f1r.:i n~ e and Io1 rairn.; Freese , BrrtFi tzgerr'.11' , •Tj 1 ·:-i and Terry Gle-nnan our outgoing Vic\: J>rE. sident and a long tim E f ootbal l fri~nd to t~is club ana t o m~ p~rsonally. StcvEn Pate e,o ES into the senior ranks bu't wc. still have ano thE:r ?ate r ei;iaining and we. keep the services uf lhurif' and Ray.
1982 sr cs the- loss to this Club and Bankstown Sports g<:ncrslly o f an outstanding sporting ad111i nistrator and men tor - Emile IYJcTunald, 8f.'cn: tary and 8. found er of Banks t own ])is tri ct Spor ts Club Ltd . Emile ha.s rE tired ana goe-s with our sinc(re thanks and best wishe s after 25 y~ars se l fless devotion to sports people young Gnd old.
4e must not overlook thE efforts of Council and the Alderman of th0 South end .kst Ward Alan Ashton and Phil Boul ton . In particular Phil Baulton ' s efforts were appreci ated in the diplomatic ex~rcisc ne cessary to obtain th€ use of Killara Res e: rv c: .
I n closing I ~uu ld t Xt(nd my thanks to the whole CXl.?CUti VE fo r Q C1) - Up € rati-ve 8rl0 frui tfUl SE2SOD with Vf.T}' special thanks to Jc-nnj' H2ncock th e 11 H2 ncock Ht ·USEhold " and t
Sue Emir - kEept-r of thE. pu:"c:c. .
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ltl e:h~rtl Urton Junio rs .President .
'.!1le-at<:d 18 yt~ar old .PE-nnant nills wingE.>r Terry Thripp has be 0n sign0a by the Swans for 1983 st.~ason .
TE'Try ' e f e thE· r Bi l l i s a fomer Collingwood play~r 2n d that club ba d shown a lot of intEr ~st i n the boy .
All of the t;ydn ey football comruuni ty will wish Terry e v~ry succ i ss in the V. F.L.
Statement of In co CJe and Expcnd i tur c 1982 SE'ason
J unior Sub- Committee
Exp enditure BalancE 1981 beason
Pr esentation $312 . 00 A. G. r . 231 . 80 U/15 JackPts 682 . 00 l , 225 . 80
AdvEr tisi ng 915.00 Regn . & Levies 490 . 00 First Aid Equip . 124 . 94 Umpires Fet:s · 310 . 00 bta~ps & Postage 218 . 86 Stati onery 323 . 06 Prtsent~ti on 1982 240 . 00 Teams Equipment 168 . 21 Birthday Cards 11 . 40 Socks, Shorts & T. Shirtsl,795 . 92 Mtdical .Expenses 100. 00 CompEnsntion 90.00 Flower s 41.00 Football Jumpers 845 . 80 Wollong:rng Bus Hire 225 .00 Cupboard for Canteen 161 . 00 Birth Cert ificates 28 . 00 P::>otb2lls 941 . 10 Rep . TEam LEvies 810 .00 Padlock _ 5 . 95 Schoo l Organiser 770 . 00 Fxpenses School Corr:p . -543 . 67 T~achers Dinner 337 . 45 Grand Final Party 190 . 00 U/9 Jackets 303 . 90 P€anut ~rittle 2 , 407 . 54 Photos 614 . 25 Team Funds Expenditure 461 . 80 C&.mp RavE·ta 704 . 00 Cheque Books 10. 00 Miscel laneous 6 .00 State Bank 593 . 68 ~ebenturc s 520. 00
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Inco1Li:
State Bc::n k
Debentur es IntEr<: st
2 , 765 .82
520. 00 78 . 91
Balance 1981 Season . Pr esentation Admissio n
281 . 00 Goal- A- Thon 12 . 60 293 . 60
B' twn Dist . Sp . Club ~td . 1 , 953.50 Cant Een 761.14 Presc~tation Admiesion 296 . 00 Regn . FCES 560. 00 Playi n5 Fees 833 . 51 Socks,Shorts & T. Shirtsl, 201 . 00 Surveys 280 . 00 Adv Er tising 65 .00 Social s 83 . 91 V. F.L. Jumptrs 370 . 00 Bu::> Fc..;.:r-: d...>l~:rnwng 118. 00
Peanut Brittle Photos · Team Funds Camp Haveta
3, 631. 82 812 . 80
1,686 . 33. 221 . 99
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Statement figur E:s arE· as YE. t un- audi tEd . Hawevtr the books ar€ currently in thE hends of Lec- Va.n Dyhc anc.1 Herrick our Auditors .
Sue Emir 'Iri: c.!SUr er .
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Under 9
COACH; Ray Louth l'ilil.bAGER: Kaye Bi thell
.11.; :SI S'I . .Ji '.I 00., CH : Paul lVJo s s YEAR FORMED: 1972
Beet and Fairest: Mo.st Co n~i s tent: Best Team t~ian: Beet Ut~lity Player: Most Improved~
1982 '.IEAM AdARDS
Steven Bithell Rlan Douglas Brent Mieszkuc Craig Kelly David Pollock
This year has been a most successful year for our U/9 's. ·Ni th budding new tal€nt, ability and willingness to train hard and to learn combining to give u:_. a team of ambitious , dedic>ated and successful footballers who would ~ake any club proud .
Gur new talent this yesr saw two of our ' iggE-st boys , Alan Douglas and Craig Kelly become househo l d names in other clubs for their Ricking ability and det~rmination to get the ball . de also saw Matthew Jiley ~ Paul Ayo'ub, Brett 1V1aning, Shannon Abbott , Brent Mieszkuc, Neill Levine and ·Adam Jones all of whom in their first year I am proud to say , always managed to !Jet the ball at some stage and effectively contribute t o the team effort . Towards the ena of the season we had a late corr.er in Rick.y Boss , who, with a full se:ason to look forward to · next ye:a r has shown ne has speed and ability with a v ery kee:n eye· -r;hat g,i ves him a lot of pro mise regards nis · futt. re in the game • . ·
Now to our o ld er boy~ who too had a great season . Steven Bi thell, Herbert Love, Damian Zar:mi t, David Pollock , Michael .Aldridge, .Andrew Louth , Jason Bzado.uch, Brett E.obin son , and Brendan Wal tou all of whom have shown that the con.iiaence gained from a second season and for some a third , has 6iven tnem the abi lity t o go for the ball with a determination tnat has resultEd in moves
. that one would have tbought beyond most U/9 1 ~ . Allour U/9 1 s .have been interchanged through most ·positions during the season an d this has dEveloped a team of confident centre field runners who have made many other coaches rBmark on the ability of our team in general.
Australian Rules Football is an extremely energy consuming sport and often a teame fitness to carry on for a full game can mean the difference betweEn two teams< Our U/9 's have
·shown in 1982 that they wer e not only fitter but they played a code of football that lef t other teams talking and paved the way t o t,I1eir being Undefea ted in all matches for the. season . ·
I would like to e~y that our season this year has been a credit to all who have been part of it and thanks to the many parents for their willing support and assistanc e through the season .
To have been able to coach a team where par·t.:nt participation has beEn nothil'.lg short Of excE·llent and the keermE:SS Of the fuys has gi ven mE the fondest memories and left me truely proud .
Last but far fro m l east I would like to thank my Manager Kaye Bi thell and Assistant Coach Paul Mo::os for their t r emendous support during th6 season in helping make the U/9 1s as strong of f the fi eld as they were on • ..
Sen i ors in 1983
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Ray J . Louth Coach.
Bdnkstown Sports Aus tralian Rules (Senior) Football Club has compl ~tcd its fir s t y~ar in thE Sydney Football Leagut 1st grade comp2tition .
During the season they w0n only 4 games . One against Newtown , one against C:mpbelltown and both gamGs against Liverpool.
Results in thE sEcond r ound were much improved over thEir early games against expEriencEd clubs like North Sydney &J'Jd St . Geurgc;.
Two things stood out in the- B~nk.s town li TIE up - one was the lack of a tall ruclcman and thE other was the absence of a clase f orward .
PEnnant Hil ls play Ed in the 1982 Grand Final and agairist us tht:y l oo ked very ordinary . Bankstown had the ball in i ts f0rwar·d lin e for much more of t hE 100 minutEs than th€ opposition did. But we could not scur~ goals. The PrEsi dent of Pennant Bills gave a very t:,ood speech after that garue , saying that i n his opinion WE had won a moral victory.
Moral victor~es a r e hollow onEs and do not get the 4 points .
A ~::> od gr oup of jm1iors is being promoted next season and another good group 5o~s up i n 1984 .
The club is cJnfid~nt 0f its future, bas ed mainly on the class of its juniors , bo l ster ed by one or two playrrs to fill spc_:cial needs . 111e predict big things after 1985 .
UNDER 11 GOLD
COACH : John Magner
AS~IS'.I'ANT COACH: · No e l Mos s
MANAGER: Mary Hardaker Pam Hod ges
YEAR .FORJ.\IIED : 1972
1982 TEAM Arl..:i.RDS
Best and Fairest : Niost Consistent: . Best Uti lity Playe~ : Best Team Man: Most Improved :
.Peter Brooks Snaun rtdraaktr Peter Birch .Andrevv Hod ges John .Magner
At thE start of the season we f ound that our t eam consi sted of 10 n<.: 1·1 boys to our code , and six buys who had play~d b e f o r e , so a l o t of work had tJ bl done t o get the boys playing f oo tball and mo re ir;.portantly playing as a side .
Aftc£ many t r aining ni ghts and a bit o f e ffort, the boys soon began to c utc ho n to th(:' rules , and they start ed to play a s a side , and as .:i r eeu l t of this , the team won a few matches, which hGlp ed· to lift th8ir confidEnce an d ~ore importantly they seemGd to be enjuyin g playing their fvotba ll.
Q::' the gan:t- s w<:: played we were getting a l o t o f uur d riv~ fro~ th€ centrEs, which NE r e Bhaun Hardaker , Andrew Szafr a nski, rucks P€te r a nd Hod no y Brovks nnd John MagnEr who were our i o vers. On many uc casions these buys wuuld send us into attack pcssing the ball t o f o rwards , Andrew rlodges, full forward .Adam B2t1.0n,an d.nd Andrew ,',.yo ub for ward po ck~ ts , Pc. ter Birch, Chr .J. Stian .Pe troff and ?e t t: r R•)uda, Half Fo rwards and we would scorE: so Lnabli n& · us t o win a f ew guwe s.
~/hEo ri we found that we were defending our capabl( ba ck line stoo d iirm on many occasion s anu hElp €d repell mnny attacking mo\rt=tiit= nts by our opponc.nts . The back lin€ consisted o f Steven Breeze, Tyson Rex, Not·l ,/ortl t-y , half backs, IVJ.ichael O' Brien , Jason King , back poc.k l ts , ..:.mil o ur twu ruckmGn were the r Es ting full back .
D~ring the ytar we p lay(d 18 games , with o ur t eam winning 13 gar:ies , and b'eing defEa ted 5 timE' s • .Ae: coach I am vr::ry happy the way the boye play ( a. The·y t.ri ed their very best and this shows up in, t he succr:- ss we had on the fie l d .
Ano thEr bi g fac tor for this success , was the inter est of the parent s thi s yr:ar . .?e had many parents at our tra inin g nights, but on the we~kGn d gamE ~ we would have many more turning up t o watch the boy s p lay, a nd I _am su r~ this hElped ·the boys p l a y be tt er in t he ir games .
On the r epr es entative scene this year we had five o f our pla y er s p~~kEd to play for U/11 G~orge s River side Sha un tlardakEr, PctEr a nd Rodney Br0oks, John Magn Gr and Peter Birch , The s e boys were part of e side who w0r e und ef eated, but lost 1st placE on ptrcentabe to Pen na nt Hills.
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Ont: thing tnat was nu t icL d about this representative side was that our club fi e lde d half o f the sice picked which shows just how strong tb~s club is g1::tting.
At . this tim e I wuuld likC:: to thank the poplc who h( lpEd IDC; during the yEar, Noel Moss assis ting me to coach the boys , Pam Hodgi:s and lV1ary Hardak <::-r who spen t · many long hours looking aftE.r the managers tasks and t o Michael 0 1 Brie:n and :N or m Bruoks who hc- lpc u mt: :::m.ny times at training nighte and n a tch~ s .
~ic:ll no w that th1.. season is over all we can do is wait and 10ok forward t o anotht:r good year on the f i Gld next yE c r .
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FIVF DAY LIVE -IN
John MagnEr Cuach.
AUSTRAII AN RUL1?S 00 11 CHil~ G c ;..w;p FOR 'BOYS
January 9th t a 14th 1983
l'~arranE: Coll e ge University of New oou th · .. /ales
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·The camp is f or bvys between· the at es of 13 & 17 yrs .
Opens Sunuay Jan. 9 a t 8.00 p.m. Closes Frida y Jan . 14 at 4 . 00 p.m . Supervisiun A Epecial teaffi 0f cacp counsellors , indep(nden1 of the coacnin~ ttaa will provide c0 illpletc supervi sion of all asp Ects .
The: Can. p Pr'.) vid Es .
Intensive coachinf fr um currtnt VFL coaching st2ff . lnstrucTuJn in thE techniques · and s~ills of the garue by VFL staff from the Gwans and fr·0u: .ll'.ti.:lb•.JUlnc . Ta lks and instructions '.) n fitness, train1n~ ano the treatQent o f injurie s al ~ ng with practical s essions .
Films an d video repla ys o f top f Rrn Es . Talks by expErts on motivation , character & sportsmanship. Early morning swimming 8nd beach running .
Ac ti o n packe: d pror;ra11 m€ of evening a c tivitie s .
Single ro om acco mmodati on .
COST IS ~150 . 00
Gordon Hancock has applicathrn fo r t!ls. ning hi m on 771 3065 during business hours . 0 r at hume on 772 1101 .
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COACH : David Hancock MAN AG ER~ Annmarie Young_
ASSI ~T.11NT C0ACH: Glenn Saada YEhR :FORMED : 1981
1982 TEAM A !ARDS
Best and Fairest: Most consistent: Be~t Team Man: Best Utility Player: Most Improved :
Seo tt McTunald PE:ter Orton Ross Janes Paul Campb e 11 Gerard Cebrell e
Je s tartE:d off loeing gawes but by the t.nii of the season had beaten every teaE excEpt c~mpbelltown . de got to wi ttlin 5 points of them, closer than any othfr team . This shows thE tremendous in~roveDent of thE players .
. fr: h2d the bE: st .Mi:.:na5er in Armmari e Young. She had the boys under control most :if tne ti1!i€, supplying us a l l with notts of gam~ timE:e and rneesages fro~ tnc pr evi ous weeks action . Thanks very much .
At f irst Glenn &nd I didn ' t expEct to be accepted ?.s coaches , being only ~ y ears older tban most of the players, but W€ all got on well . They are a great bunch of kids .
Thanks very ~uch to thE parents , and kids , who helped out with our " c8nteen '' at Killara , also with o ur .. goal umpi ring and the transporting Of kids. ·
'i'le eo ld mo T"E' p e-2nut brittle than any ot}J.er team . · ·congratulations to the players vvho took out the prizes . and to MatthLW Clei.ncy on his :ii-100 prize . .Mrs .. Jam~s di d a great j o b a nd deserved her ·prize for the team organisers award .
Paul Lenz: of l ootball Ht: did show th€S E wht: r E:
Paul being only young and not 2s yet thinking S€r iously ld.ck12d the need to win, or fv r that matter even pla,y . certein shills wi th the ball but does nr-ed to apply it is L.ost nu:dcd, on thE field .
·daynr.: w'hi te : :vc:. yn C;. hns tute.](;.d 38 e:,ame s to the End of last season and if hdlf of thEt:. hcd hev€ been as good as this yt:ars pc;rformalSJce hE ' e had a good career . ~_is 0nly probl~m is thn t he is goal hun5ry a bad thing to have wh.:.-n b..::ircE, such :i young player. The dc:sp era te style is good but more tE;.:.L play is need Ed , c V ( n thou[s_h he pla.ytd• full forward, he found hh·self needing to puss , but shot blindly at go<:.l . 1'11:.xt eEason \iayne should proe:,r1..ss to be: a le-ading part of any team.
Sean Thomas: This was his sEcond ytar. Ht lack~d in all departments but forcEd him~ clf t o .his c-r .:c.d i t, to bc::-t what many people can ' t, that is hir.1sclf. furn trice ae:spEr2te-ly Rll year and managed to s e cure sev~r-21 good games.
- 1 0 -Terry Lines: Started the y~ar vEry strongly but gradually l a cked the same determination later in the year . vn ly once did we see the same Terry again and that was his l as t game . Terry being very tall will have to be considered in a more dernnnding position in 1983 • . A~drew Keys: This is Andrews first season but has shown a want for the bal l and a good understanding of the game . He plays a good centre- mans game , defending and attacking a t the right times . Andrew was the first person I have ever seen who could kick both feet at this age without any teaching what- so - ever . I am l ooking forward to seeing how he will go in 2 years with the tackling side of f ootball comi ng in . Keep up this improving Andrew to become a (FEY) playe r in next years side .
Mark Young : Mark won Bes t Team Man in 1981 a:nd went close this _ year but was just nudged out . He f ound it har d to get inter es t ed this year, unfortunate ly it was obvious both at games a nd training. Hopefully he will become more involved next year .
Robin Zimme r mann: This was Robins 1st year of football. He p l ayed many goo d game:s often again st the strongest tean.s . Ro bin cont r olled both back and forward lines wel l , but in the·long run will d~finitely be a forward line player because of his want to attack .
Peter Orton: Peter won the B0st Utility Player in 1981 . Ther e is so much to say about Pete:r but mainly he is the 'meanest bugger ' I have ever seen . No one will ever beat him without paying dearly. He played well all year in the centre position after several tal ks from mor e experi enced players . Peter has mor e than eno ugh deter -mination ana now needs to find the skills . This year he won the ~ Most Consistent Trophy .
Sco tt McDonald: He had play0d 67 games ut the b eginn ing of this s easo n . 1978 Best 'Iearri Man - 1 980 Best Utility Player .
This yEar was said1 by many to be his best year ever . Scott play·ea on the half back line ~ wher e he managed to destroy many forward line mo ves fro n: the oppositi on . He is fast , very elusive and contro ls the ball well . Now after a well performE'd 1982 he has managed t o tuck a Best and Faires t und er his belt .
Ross Janes: Ross has great skill fo r such a small f e l l ow . In 1980 f or the U/9 ' s he t oo k out the Most Improved trophy and l as t year wone Most Consistent as a first year U/11. He is a strung mark and do es have a surprisingly long kick . He will not look bef ore he kicks and often kicks wildly to the opposition .
He just recently made the Regional School Boys side and definitely wi 11 take out more r epresentative titles .
This year he started off on his 26th game. He is presently playing c entre half forward but will find hiTuself too small in later years . One t hing goi ng for him is that he is not goal hungry, but instead fEeds the full f orward . Ross this year won the Best Team Man awar d. Good l uck next year Ross .
Petor Free ~ Peter like his brothE:r and fatht.r is going to be a brilliant player . He has adopted the forward flank brilliantly . He has a knack of g~tting alone and ie very deadly in front of goals . tlvwEvEr, ht. is lc::cking in knowin t::. when he should go i n aftEr the ball o r l c-a ving it to thE. otn1;.r& . .1i ta his sid e stEp , which I ~a.eyct t o st-c equalled and nis confide:·nt kicking a nd marking h~ cou ld g:; p l aces .
Damon Griffin : Damon li k~ bis mate Gr rard is improvin~ stro ngly . He did show tha. t he was touchy about {"etting the ball but he quickly curFd that. He is now getting r egular kicks but does nE.'ed a big confidenc e booster . He is a very big boy f or bis age but doc-s nE·ed to throw himsE'lf a.round a lot mo re sor.ie thin g wany ar c, looking f o rward to SE·f:-in e; . Hop(. t o SEE Th:mo n cun tinuing next yEar p r obably wi tb a mo.rkEd i l!lprovcment on this sEason .
Denni s Donal d: Li!{e so many this is his fi r st ·year . He is showing gr eat devel opL1ent of all skills , definatE·ly not tak:ine; aft er his ido l (Barry Round the Footscray reject to the Swans) . Dennis has been us ed all over the ground but shows most enthusiasm on thE forward flank . If hG keeps on with his football will dcfin tely i11,prove .
Br adley Fulle r : The dEsper atc Brad startEd with us in 1980. He won thE &:st Utility Play (:T in 1981 , playing 20 5amc s up to t he start of this s(asQn . Ht did start on the back flank but showed such ketnnEss fo r th~ ball and such hate f or · watchin g a man thErc was no alter~ative but t o play him on the ball a move whi ch has not failed. Brad unfo rtuna tr ly trios to run too far with the ba ll and so oft en finds himself gEt ting caught ,
Brad is very acti Vf. at training and g ames and will only improve: in f0 l lowing y c.:·ars. ttis on ly o thc:r fault is that h <:. f o llows tlawthorn . Good luck ..dr ;;i.d .
Matthew Clancy~ Matthew likr many others is playing his first s Ea son this year. Matthew is sh0wing i!;-provcr.::ent in training but needs to apply this in games . ·Matthew captained the side aga inst l\lli nto and put in E-a si ly his best game= .
HE- i s showing pler.ty of dedication , which is unfortunat~ly, so often , missing with youn g play ers . Matth ew is dcfin·itely o n the upward r oad f o r seasons to come .
Michael Fost<:-r: Thi s is iVJichaE' l ' s sEccmd year of f ootball, but onl y hi s fir s t with BcJnkstown . Michael had pr e: viously played f or ror t Kembl a f o r thE. 1981 seas0n . Michael is havin g no troubl es with hie king skills but does nt.ld tu spend time on marking . He doE s ne~d a couplE o f l t ctur es on po sitiona l play . It d epends o n what mood Michael is in t o whErc hf plays . Somet i mes hF is ke en to get in aftEr the ball or he might want to watch a man. This f;'Jakes it hard to positio n him . !Vlicha El is a handy back.Gan mainly bE"cause hE can us e his wc:ight, and do es think what hE s hould b0 doing and he is usually right . Michael this y~ar did th~ beet piEcc o f U/11 f ootbo.11 , fro m the backline I hav € e vEr s0En .
Paul C'..tmpbell: Ht: started playing in 1979 and had playt:-d 35 game s up tothc st8rt of the 1982 season . For the U/9 ' s j_n the 1980 season Paul took off the Moet Consist£nt Trophy. This yEal Paul has continued with b i s strong marks and long l ef t f oot kicking~ The centre half back position has found a perman ent owner , despite Pauls objections . All he needs to realise is thE so1teonE: has to do it, and he was the only one that could .
If Yaul continue-s with a bit more pushing from himsE lf he cou l d take out some r epre sentative positions .
Paul won our Blst Utility Player this y rar .
Gc:rard Cabrellc: Gerard first camE: t o us in 1981 when he playe-c his f i rst 10 e:.amEs . This season with his early rnatch.s s he showed considerabl~ improvernE.nt on l ast year . Gerard has discovE.rEd thE wondErs a f wanting the ball and is now getting r egu l a r possE:ssion of th( ball in th6 forward pocke t position .
ThE skills of kicking both fEet and mark ing have come just ;recently and arE still dc:velop ing str0nii:).y .
ifr: can only hope Gerard wi 11 cuntin UE' to play on with us i n fu turE y£ a r s . After takin es out the lliost Improved this y~ar I think he might .
Philip ChalmE:rs~ Philip on ly startGd this yu1r and needs to coni;:entrate rrorc at t r aining if he wishes to succeed. However Philip di d show i mprovcr::ient during the year a.nd on on e occa sion kickEd t h e winning goal.
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Swans Eponsor 1983
J)avi a Han co ck Coach .
You will have seen in the pap ._ rs that "The Swans " hav E 10st th<:·ir fll , G00,000 :::po nsur - 1/ards Transport.
:.le undc:rstand that th e y have piched up 12 n Gw sponsors each for smal l am0unts but in t o tal ~ore than they w~re to recEive f r om ~ard s .
The ;:wans say they have 1Jn L u f thE: vt' ry top f Jotba= na1~ : es signl'd up for 1983 and n te.rrific seasJ 11 is in stor e f or them .
COACH : Glenn Forman Glenn Hoddy
CAPTAIN: Craig Ev£ns
Best and Fairest : IVlo st Consi s tent : Best Tt.'aI!i Man: Best Utility Player: Most Improved:
MANAGER~ Ruth Forman Bev Al lie
YEAR .FDF1; ED: 1969
FINJ~LI~'TS
Michael Barri gan Craig Evans Sean Emir Mathew Penny JE:s Bernal
Although we h8d im~ense problems after the ini tial sp litti ng our team (we had thE problem af having on paptT too many pla.yETS for one team and not enough for two tc:ams) . Our players both grEen~ and gold show 0d thecse lvEs t o be exactl y what footballur s should be·, d edi cc-i te;d and tnth usias tic . Unfortunately this alon u does littlE when yo u hav ~ only 10 or 11 p lay Er s . After half of the s eac-·Jn it was E:vid c:nt that the t eam must be onc e again amalg,aniottd . FroB that r;:ror;,0nt on undtr the 1 12adership of Craig Evans they ia,p r ovcd out of s-ight . Jason .Allie provt:d to b e an aese"t t o the c i::ntre l in e and along wi th Bobby Donnelly started our attackin g game. Our ruck team of Evans/Pel te/Pc: nny/Ha rrigan/ht'Jir/Dursun w€r c. on top tnro ugh0 ut the year only r 2rely b€ing bc.atc n for the ball. Rob(rt .Brown was rock so lid as fu 11 back and on so e1€ occasion E> would no t touch the: ball for a whol t: q uartcr and whc n the ball got through our d E- f E:nc c he quickly hawwe:red it back to the:- flanks wher e · our small men Busch/ Baxter/Ernir/Evr-rns wou l d p ick up thE crurr1 be and feEd our ~/in5er s O ' Co nnor an d Boyd . From the side- lin€ it m~a~ m~ pruud to sec tne amount of heart that thes E s oia ll p l r...: y t; rs showed Ingo l d/Brown e/ O'Connor. uur forwards wErc IYJnnolly/~tr~ll0w/Doolan/tejE:s/Butler Berne.I - fro r:i arno n ff..st thESf I can s€·C' sor,i'- eUJi o r playc:r· s of. the future .
·.'fhen I l oo k b8ck et the y i·:ar ta}. ing into consideration the numbtr of first ye a r play c-rs Wf: had along with the early pr obl (;wE , I a:n still amazEd that th e tl:ar:J played and t r ained so well . Rather than having star p l ayi:.rs we had a group of Experienced tall playQrS who l oo k Ld after th~ small ~r i n experi ence• players. This was prov en by thE c l oseness o f vot Es for the ma j o r awar ds. Tahv my word for it , in futur e yo u'll see quite a few of o ur 1 £82 U/13 players p laying both f or B_, nhstown Gi:niors and for repres ~ ntativf tea~s .
G. Forman . Coach .
COACH : Gordon Han co ck Arthur Fiddler
CAPTAIN: ~.-Glenn Brown
Best and Fairest~ Most Cons i stent: Best TEari; 1v1an: Best Utility Player: lYlo st Improved:
MANAGER: Phyllis de ll s
YEAR FORt:ED: 1S6S
GRi-UIJD FN1~I.ISTS
.vayne Hol li s Gle:nn Brown ~co ti 1vt:lls JEff Mitchell Niic ha(;l Bauer
11 FOOTBALLER OF THE Yl!;J·~R "
Way':Je Hollis
The 1882 Under 15 ' s wer e about 2.s nice a group o ~ kids as you will ev0r find,
Oh ~ we had our villians , but they Ner E of the likEabl e kind anyway . Their behaviour at teal<.; parties and pie nigh fs was ('Xcrnp lr;.ry .
Arthu:r I'idd l Er has bEcn coaching f ootball tta111s for a l ong time and hie c-xperienc~ etood us in good stead a ll yEar. He rarely miss e d training and nr::ver ri:iesed a game in spit1 o f one s E'VE r ·f.' bout of fl l~ , i!E decided E: arly thn t WE would d i sagree soffietices 1 but wh~n we did W( would say so and not run around brhind each other 's back .
I d0n 1 t know about Arthur but I wou l d willingly renew thE partnErship.
At tne start of the sEason Arthur and I sat down and had a good look at the team .
de hall sevE-ral talle11ted footballers and a large group of unknown quali ty with sev~ral beginners who had no ek i llf at all.
The team r ecord in previous years had not bE:"en good a nd onl y 4 of th~ players had pluytd in the U/15 ?remiersbiI team of 1981 a lso the side was vtry small over al l .
At a tEam rr.eeting before t he season got underway WE set our goal s for -clu: season. '.I'he iEaw de=cided that in view of all the:: circumstances we should try to u.ake th€ f our . tre set about a p r ogram to go through a ll thG basic ski l ls with the team conc entrating a l ot or tinie on .the nsw players . This v.ould not have been possible had we not had two coaches on the job. One oj us took the team through gr oup ~xErcises whilst the oth c: r gave personal co acni ng.
The early gart.es wErE virtual walk ovC;rS and we began to Se~ the t tht t Ear: Nas going to cev€1 op into a good con·bination and that our initial aicu of making the four was going to be too easy a nark . After our first round win against Campbell town - our only dEcE:nt opposition, WE had to aiu· at the Premiership as a realistic t~am goal .
fi~ lost a g&me to second l&st placed mt . Druitt when WE: had so n.. any of our tear. away during the May ~chool holidays, and in the second round Cumpbelltown showed their class by having us down 35 points at three quartC::r time . Th<:; tE-aTL r an all ov~r them in the last quartEr but lost in the end by 5 points .
efnen Glenn Brown , Darren DyE:r , Wayne tlollis and J eff Mitchell W€re all :?E.lE:ctE:d in the _c,ydncy teani to contes t the intra- state c&rni val fro1:. whi ch the statE U/15 teaiiJ is selected for the Shell Cup, we; we r e all very proud of th em, but we a lso thought that the weEkend they werE away in BrokEn Hill would be a disaster as WE we:rE. again I1lay i ng Mt . Dru i tt .
The- boye rose to tnE. occadon and in a e_ r t:a t team performancE. r .. an8.ged i:o ;,hump Mt . Drui tt c0r,vincingly .
That was a good WE.ekend for whilE: wt: wert: vlinning so too was the Sydn~y team who won the car nival for the first time in 20 y~ars .
;IE finie;b.t:d tht: ho11e and away sErie:s with 15 wins and 2 losses in se:cond place behind Cau,pbElltovrn .
The finals sew us lo s0 to Can.pb{;llt o wn in the 2nd Semi - Final then thrash l~~leburn 98-14 in th~ fi~al only to lose th€' Grand Final to Campb€lltown ' e vc.ry talc:ntEd tt:aw .
~e got nost satisfaction from loohing at the improvernEnt in the playlrS like Michaol Bauer wno during the year b~came a player of major importance in the club or Mick Vecerka who dEvelope:d into potenti ally the best ruckman the; club ha~ ever had - he still has a 10t to learn but he won ' t have to play any better than he did in thE grand final to be a good player 2nd his marking i n.proved out of si~ht .
Frank Abas has dEvelopEd a l ot of ball skille, he has to ltarn sprinting ti:·chniouEs . He has a · future in football if he wants to have one and is prt=pared to work at it .
Phillip Bc:-lld('11 iE a first year ¥layer who has come a l ong way in ont: year . He is tall ana wi 11 continue to develop if he sticks with it .
Darren Dyer is part HE is t a ll, rune like a d~Gr , kicks is a great mark and is not selfish. in not too lliany years.
of the GE: or t:-1:·s Hall mafia . a long way and straight, he
He will pl2y f or our Seniors
Glcm· Br:> 1Nrt ri1so :1c...il: • !~ : t. •~. 1 Ccor g--::s Hall. He: was good in last yEars tea!i1 and bctterthis yt:a r. He is v1:. ry shillfull and took major part in our victori es this year . . Glenn was elected Captain for the finals.
Nick Dimou is a s<::cond yt:.ar U/15 who has not quite realised his potent ial . He does· so me very good things but rarely puts together a whole game of good football . I expect him to deve:lop n ext season. He proved he ca.n play well i n the finals when he tried hard.
Robert FiddlEr i s smal l , cheeky , persistent and polisht: d . His favourite occupation is conning umpires in to gi ving him free kicks . He is deadly around ~oals .
Mark Fisher is one of ny favourite kids , he is a big occasion player who has played for :nc- bcforE - this is our third season togethe r . 1982 has b•en his best year - he has got over the fumbles and got bettEr as the year pr ogr essed . He he ld thE Canpbc; lltcwn f ull f orward to only t wo goals in the Grand Final and one of tho se was fro ffi a free ~ ick up fiE ld, we could not have asked more of him . Another Geo·r ges Hall boy .
Russell Franck€ i2 also part of that group even though he doesn 't live there . He was a real bonus a first year player-with all the skills . Brown , FishGr and Co . had been coaching hiw - there wasn ' t much l eft for us to do . Russell, is a superb ct.ntre fie l d runner, ver y popula·r which his tEJaru mates .
Fernando Ge la is a very so lid and fit young man -a s tate champion swimmer . HE is v~ry ~ Ell liked . A f~arl ess footballer with an i lliproving, but still suspect kick - next season we will work hard at perfecting his kick.
Peter Hearnden goes up into th€ Under 17 ' s where he will pull his weight - what therE is of it . Peter is like gold - a little piece is worth a great deal. Peter please grow .
h e was Wayn e. go f ~r
Wayne Hollis i:!ade the State U/15 t eam (Shell Cup) elected Vice Cupiai.n. I hav e rcr 0ly seen a bett f:! r mark than
He probably has had too muc h fcotball this ytar . He will if he cah overcome his bursts of tewperctmc nt .
Vasco Jo tevski h?,s i •ripr o ved gn:atly over the season . His best game" was in the final again st Inglc:burn where he did thing that would not have been possible 5 months ago . He should continue to develop . . -
David lYlich<:lson was born with a clightly i u!perfect right foot . A series of operst i ons have ovErcome hi s p r oblem but l eft him with a barely noticc_ablE-· limp and about 75 % o f normal top pa c E' . Ifo runs as hard as h E cnn all the ti me and never stops trying . His pErsist encE and OEdicati on should b( a l (s son to all of us .
His ability to handle a ball wil l have largEly co~p€nsated fo r his lack of pace . He has a quality that I wish I could inject into all the team .
· · ... ~ : . .,.~ ..... (. . .. ·cJ'~ff!,.·Mi_tchell is a bei:il:.' l'.}t:m:] e r .. , · He l~.vE;s :- . -football ,aria wou l d walk 1,000 ·yards ban:· foot t-d through a pa1<1·acn·:-ie "· c. •• · '· .; ·
of bindi- i f o r a game . Villians make tne b~st playEre vEry often and jEff is botb .
Christian PlacEncia played many good games , he has good ti·11i ng and is very tough. HE: handles the ball well . More attendanc€s at training would have bEnEfitEd hiw .
Craig Roberts was so raw when he- firet caUJe to us that it wo uld have b~~n possible for many coaches to writ e him off as of no potential. He worked hard at evErything we to ld him to do and in the Grand Final was one of our better pl ayers . He picks up a l oose ball beautifully and later this year learnt to dispose of thE ball quickly and now rar~ly gives away fre e kicks .
Bradl<:y .ttynan is a de:li!:,ht t..:· w&tch plaj -·· ru·iti+.b~·1. 1 · .. ·h.£:V16p~s:t;~·so ... ~r ~n:\l'tl!-,g~··nd .. 1~hi ng-s.. .H~na~ ... t!~.,,11~·, sinw· a bili t~K . 1 ...... . · "t"-~'1.:r-41' _.,.~.il'.1.t.- : · · .tllil&JJ.:ir.·. •·· it.~~·'.l·.. . w11;.:,t1 ·'. h~" t 1.t.. 11:.:J· ·~~i;- .. ,~ . f ;r..if\. _,,,;t ,, 1.'· '!!!it .. . •• , .. ~ • -:.·r·-.~!::I"~: ..... ,~ iir o aJ.ways OE" a wa y on :::> ow a.U - • t: gi:· s •rr c:rp-S" et ·:R±· s ·~_.1c ...... .t\_~mi-Yr1 t.... . ..:. 1.1:a. ..... ut1.v \..~..:
qui €t, boy he is universally liked; he will become a very talented football er . His dicposal is illimaculat~. His handball is probably hi s ~ne weakness - work o n it Bradley .
Matthew bhaw (I ctlwaye c~ll him Jamie) is like hobE:rt Fiddler in sta ture. I nliv€ nev£r SEHJ a bett(;r short pass - all a forward ne~ds to do ie run - ~etthEw will hit him on the chest with the football a t 30 y~rde . Matthrw is a South Australian a noel find for us . Hr. nee de t o prow about 30 inch~s b~forE next April .
Nenad VesE linovic bas just compl eted his first y .- ar in football . He tri t.>S" e.s hard as he 'Ir.no ws how to . If he keeps go i ng then on~ day it will all click into place .
Sc0t t #ells is great . de played him everywhere; he n e ver fiv c e up and always plays 80 minutes flat out . He startEd the season slowly but found cv nfid fn cE ns the season wore on to be one of our best et the closE . "'hat a pO\HT he will be in U/15 ' s in _1983 .
Craig ilinfield has r eal abi lity, but lacks dE'dic <.;ltio n . He i s more intE.rested in othE:r things . He occasionally shows burste of talent th~t makE IDE r~alise that he can become a good player if h e wants to (no t just if I want hiillE to) .
T(·rry .iE'll s was our runnEr, we didn ' t work him t oo hard but lJavid Grace in U/17 ' s did . Terry rnrEly mi,ssed ~;ra,~ ning and wcis . c;t EVEry g.ao.E. The whulE Wells farrii ly took par:t
. i •n ... _our. ·s~®n· .f,~~~;,;_ c;r.g_nri yqvlib. :.~~.shed out (lr,r.ink~ ,:~4 .qtan~f:S ~nd ~ , :.:r.;.i1i .. ::,k· kept thE training rt.> cords to Phylli s w(1o · ruan'agecr· our· tc~fu st;' we·11-.
I lost count of the goal u~pir cs we had a nd al 1 the pe·ople who r an boundary for us .
ThOs€ parents who regularly attcndEa the gamEs were; tc:rrifi c - it helps when the re is a good followin g at gamfs and when there is some work to be clonf like cil!arettE
machines rost ers or manning the canteen .
~i{e were- sorry to lose Sam '.I'appa whosE father manages a Rugby club and who would not let Sam play .
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Una er 15 I s NewnE·S c .~nj pi ng 1-leek1md
Gordon Hancock Arthur F'iddler
Only 6 of the Under 15 ' s made the trip to NewnFs, in the Wolgan y ,=1lley.
Newnes i s an old histurical site which was once the scene o f the largest i~dustrial undertal~ ing in Austral ia emp l oying over 15 , 000 people= in its l1E Y day frum shale mining and oil rEfinery .
The high point of th ~ W(E:kEnLl was the 23K h i ke t o the blow ~worm tunnel and r8turn al unt th€ uld rail right of way.
Poor pare:n ts suffered bac l ey from the hik~, but the kids did it edsily.
On our r eturn to camp we found that the l ocal horses had raided our camp - but we wc::r e lucky as they only ate part of a chicken and our sugar but coul~ hav e done more damage t11an thEy oid.
During the night they ca~e in again but Gordon Hancock 3 times put them to flight. Arthur Fiddler was asleep in bis V N Campervan when one startled animal r an into thf bullbar rocking the VB.n violently . .Arthur swEars he had 3 hC'art attacks in 15 sEconcis .
Phil Be:llden ,, o ld experiE·nc i=d hi kc-r (he said) showed lit tle sign of it - 1'.\.rthur rEck0ns that Phil's experience is limited to hitching up and down th~ highway .
Sleep only came with Exh2ustion as our own early _r i sers - (like 5 . 00 a . w. with blaring radi os) and late ni gh t drinkers fro~1 the pub half a :::ii l e away were enough t0 r ouse the aead .
Footsore and wc 8.ry but. se:lf satisfied and content we returned home on Sunday night .
COACH: David Grace
C.AJ?'l';~fN: .Pete~ Dedes
· MANAGER: Je·ony Han co ck
Best and Fairest: Most Con s i s teri t: B.sst Te::am Man: Best Utility Player: Most I rriprovea :
YEAR ID RM ED: 1969
Glenn Saada .vaynG '.I'utty 11ony Freese David Hancock Richard F'i tzgerald
II CLUBl.'.1A..N OF THE YL.d. h II
David Hancock
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It was svident from the start of the season that the attitude and skills of each player were to p lay a major part in the fina l s . Throughout the p leyi ng sea son each player made major contributions to the eucct:ss of the team. -tie coo.rnE:nced the yc:ar on a good note by winning the first three matches. As we progressed into the S(cond half of the draw we fell into a midseaso11 .slump losing two important matches , however, to the teams credit they overcame these losses . During this period we had two playe rs playing in State teams . The desire to finish as lEaders at the End of the home and away n,atches was evident in the last three matches as consEquently we achieved that goal.
<;• Our Second Semi was p l ayed again st Croydon Par!}, which was the hardest match we had to play. All aspects· ·0f ,"' ~- -; _ 1\.ustralian Rules were shown in thi s mc:tch, high marki1?J?,., ... ..J-On~C kickingr flowi ne:, play and hard phys i .cal tac.~Jj.A.+g . .rlt the half time brEak WE had -a heal th;y lsad. Graydo n Park s.t1owed during the third quarter that they int_~,nded t o.-win this match and by thE third brenk had shcrte.n-ed'"-our l eJd a5ai n . The l ast quarter was a last man s t anding affair both Bankstown and Croyaon Park tnrew all energies into the ma tch . To the credit of Bcinkstown they withheld all attack~, met all challenges during this quarter and ran out victors by two points and i illm~diate entry into the Grand Final.
Grand Final - Bank.stown play!::d their rivals Campbel l tow-a and during the first (luart€'r showed th1:y wEre going to repeat the effo r t of our previ oue two encoun~e rs . At the first break we were leading by 17 points . The same pattern of play by Bankstown , fast play on football was again the reason for Bankstowns lead of 35 points at half time .
Our third quart er was our poorest perf ormance and Campbel l town dwindled ·ou r l ead down by son:c 24 poiY1ts, leaving us with an 11 point lead. During the fourth quarter they out-
played us and took the lead for the· fir st time. It was to Bankstown players crcdi t that thEy fought the match ou t and at tbe final siren they were in attack again . unfortunately Carr.pbell town r an out winners .
Each player had gi v en his all durin g the match and th~y can be proud that their effo rts have bee n recognised by all supporters of the Banke town J\us tralian Rules Football Club .
Peter Dedes : Played the majority of the season iri the centre or roving division . To Peters cr~dit he played three Senior matches during 1982, as they (Seniors) r E·cognised his abilities as a football e r . BE~t of luck in 1983.
¥Vayne- 2:utty: dayne played the majority of the season as our firs1 rover . He is fast, kicke ci th er foot effecti vcly and has a nev€r say die attitude. His perforlliance throughout the· y ear won him thE lVlost Coneiste,nt ,1ward.
DciVid .danco ck: David 1 s approach to this particular r o le on and off the fi el d at training or playing is excellent . On the field D<:tvid i B dcirinb y fast (.;(fl a has a win at all cos ts attitude . He playc:d i n many posi t i on.:: throughout the yr:: ar and performed well in ea~h winning our Best Dtility ~lliyEr award .
Richard FitzgErald: Richard won our .Most Impr·ovt..d award . tle: played early in the season on the wing and throu~b hs consistent good r:ames fi nishEd playin~ as our second rover . rte played sever .al rna tc.i1e s with the U/19 ' s ·~n d this EXJ.H::rien ce undoubtedly had an impact on hilli as he continued to improve each match .
John MEaling: It 1 s not the siz.e of thc- dog in t he fight but the size o f tne- fight in the dog . This saying epitomizes John. Each week he gavt: away height to hie opponi:ont but this did not stop him from t r :.ing and succet'ding . SE-"e you in "83",
D2vid 'I'arbert: Dav~d played thE bulk of thE season in the f orward poclut and shar€d a r oving berth . He- has the ability to kick ri t.bEr foot trucly and his forward po ch et play and positioning result in hir.., kicking goale tbat wE did not expect .
Glen McDonald: Glen joined us mid season and played several good matches. He made pr ogress as the season continued .
Steven Pate: St eve 1 e strong, ba~d tac~ling manner ensured any ·opposition player knew he hed played against h im and B<lnkstown. Steve was our csntre nalf back n posi tion hE filled with excell en1 results. He al ~o play Ed many r.iia t.che s with the U/19 's . This experience also i nflu.:r1cld his pls.y with. ·the U/17 1 s, as he gaine d confidence.
Darren Pae,e: Darren was our fir2t ruckman wht>re he maintained a constant performance throu6hout the:- year . Had. Darren attended training on a more frequ ent pattern his performa nce woul d have been far better. He show€d on several occasions he is a match
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:efforts WEel>ly. ~IE kno.w hE has abilities not yet seen and look forward to his domination of thE grulie in 1983 .
Alan ~lil lmor e: f or ward fl.j,nk . that position . play~r .
Alan played tbf bulk of tht sEason on thE half Through constant good performances he maintained His t.asy going naturE madE him a very li1'eable
.Paul .Moss: Paul not only playu) for th€ U/17 ' s but was Assistant Coacb to the U/9 ' s side. His con1111i tment to thE Club is extr emely nigh ~nd We can loo~ forward to a long association with Paul cithfr as a playt:r or a Coach .
Paul hnfi€ld: Paul played Eith~r in the forward pocket or full forward. tle is fast , a 5ood m~rk and knows how to play the for wa r d pocket . UndLubtEdly if h~ contiru~s to play hE will devel op into an extreQ~ly efficient player .
~obert Evans: RobErt played maiLly at full forward or rsliEf ruckman. His accurate kick, good marKln6 ~nd unctlnny positioning of his bouy in rucking have i:neurE:d rtODLr-t will bL a playc.r of the fortncorring season. As he gains t XPEriLnCE hiE Rll round gawe will improve .
Craig Evans~ The ruck work wa~ sbnrtd by CrAig and he did a workman lih G job . He hRs all th£ abilities to bE an cxc~llent play<=r, fast, strong , long ~ick and gooC.: {!jarJ. . . Howc-vi:r thc-se abilities will be want)ng, unless a norE rcguler attendance at training is forthco~ing . Providing he trains re~ulurly he could hold down a r egular berth in the Senior£ durin~ s~ason 1983 .
T.) aa Stii th~ Todd ' 8 contribution tu thl siC!t wa~ 11ie continued good per f :.>rr:ianc-:: e. i tbcr on th c. l"linE ur b-tck .l-'vc!h. t . Todt! with 5ut~cr training ebould dcv~l;p int0 ~ str-n~1r pleytr in lS83.
To~d ~an~ers~n: Grnerally pl3y~rt o~ the hRlf back flank and wa~ cxc' l lcnt eupport to the c< ntrc h9l f b~ck . Todd progressed rapidly each £2n€ anc wa~ r.n (XC~llEnt aesct ~o our back lin€.
Des Butle r : Des wEnt abvut the game in a workman lik~ manner , his spec.·d he:.ight and quick dis_orisal will (nsure that he will enj-Jy an exciting fo ".J tball carclr in 1983 .,vith the U/19 ' s .
Nick Constantin;:; : Join€d B ,n~ ~t0wn Tr?id St'B~Gn and for a playt:r who has never pl ayed thie cOdi.. pn--vio usly, his pLrf Jrrranccs through-0u t the s€as0n wc:-re w~ll above the stanu~rd uf a first yLar play~r
Javier Dc>rnal: Ht:.ld c1·)Wn a r ee;ular positi on as our bac.b. pcicket wni ch h~ fill ed capably .
Jami E ~haw: J~mi E' tr-avL· llcd long dis tune 1.. s t'.J a t tend tr~i ning and lilatchE:-s . His constant attendances shows an attituue which is a crEdit to hin . Such deJic~tion in our y~ur pEoplr will ensure Dunkst0wn will bE a forc l in Junior F:J tball .
-;1ar.r· Hollis: ·/o.ync whilst an U/15 playtr -vas asked to play 1 n U/ 7 ' s wher e he perf·:.> r n·EC1 to the standard of the senior U/17 ' s. ~ayne is aseured of an outstand i ng football care er . Keep the
. _goqd w9rk e}.>ing .
Tuny Freese: Tony showe:d through the e€ason improvt-n..ent each week . His rr-gular att~ncances at training 0nsur ed his abilities uf l o ng kicks , strong marking were:: 1:1.n asset t ·) thE": t eam . Tony played thl ~Bjority of th~ s0asun at full back wherc he had no equal i11 the U/17 cun.pc titiun . '.lony proe_r esses tu the U/19 in 1983 and with n hearty effort shou l d force his way into the f irst c. ie;.ht een.
Glenn SaaC.:.a: <Henn w.:>n the. B..ink~ town U/17 ' E and .iYiacarthur Comp . Bt:st and fairt:st Awards . His robust strai ~ht forwar d , har d tackline, .approac h tu t hr €/:tr.1c {::ave Bdnkc-town &ports re5ular opportuniti tE to attack. Glenn ' s pr0bl~u now is be has reached a standLlrd of e:xc El ltmcE which he: c£inn:l t Except c:ny l E- ssEr performanc € .
Te,rry 1/C lls: Terry r an for the U/15 ' s tlrnn butttrea up f or U717 1 s . ---r'wish t o than.h Terr y f ::i r his SLrvic<.s llurine: the seasun as thie poeitiun ie the cost unrc~2rcing position associRtcd with football . Thnnk you Terry.
Jenny Hc:tnc•Jck: '·.'as tb e: U/1 7 ' s tE"a 'Jl m?.nagcr and as like the runner this capacity goes unn0ticE<l by player and coach alike .
• Items as tea~ eh~ets, jumpFrs, t~a~ memos an~ first aid rEguirecents seen to apptar with0ut any problrn. HJwevc r thes e items arc the r~ sul t of Bn c: ffi ci eri t e.nd cn.pablE tea TI. managrr , which in the case cf U/17 w8.s J enny .::nd both players and coach thank you .
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David Grace Coach .
~he Under 17 ' s acc0Lpdnico by parbnts and ~irl f r-i t::nds went on a cruise 0n tn<.. "Ge •Jr~t.s luv t r Queen" .
Thr:ir bchavi0ur was (:. Xcmpldry . Daviu Grace had a good time and Gl~nn Baad2 moved quicK.tr than I have <::vcr sct:n hir ~o ve on a f0 otball field, wh~n h£ was intr 0d uc GU to a bEautiful blonac n?m€d Alla .
Most •J f the aaul ts danced all nitsht and soli!e o f th~ y0unEstErs did too .
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CAMP HAVFTA
by R~Louth
Camp Haveta this year started off with a great deal of enthusiasm and finish<: d on a fine not<? J f no t having had any major problems , with everyone c:rijuying themselv es to the full . ·
The first night EJtarted o ff with the all originul ruckas ana t o rment that always gots with the start J f any camp with pillow fights , hut chan6cs and raids making f o r most of the: f un . Th€ 0n ly sore. po int of tht. whol e ordc::al was the fact that s o m~ny wcrE still full "Jf bco.ns at aruund 3 . 30 in the murnin g . ~ot many uf the phrents wanac~d ouch sleEp that night . It d i d pro ve that our f 0utball crs wt:re certainly tht: fitter bt:causc to much CJ i sappoint1:JE:n t, tnosc parents tbat did fal tE.:r l aid ~idt: up1_·n to tonic.nt f r om ttie: clan whEn attf:mpts wEre made to btd down early . At first li~ht the parents came back with vGngeanc ( and there W£ r e ruany soµr faces when it was d(£Wcd that i t wae D nc: up all up to start the new day . It was n0 ti ci:d however that one pE:reon r:mnag<:d to slip thro ugh anu was a vEry late· starter for.breakfast . Beauty t::liip she callcJ it, but could it be tJ1at our U/13 ' E' managEr was C•ne of thL ni1=.ht owls that stayed awake all night at the E' Xpt;nSt: o f 0tnc::rs .
After breakfast ~c WEre al l off tJ th~ range f or an appointrr.E nt with thr;; h'JrsFs anc n f'Tf.nt timt: was had by a ll. David Hanc0ck tJa c e an attempt to cfvcl:.:>p a nc'N etyle Jf side sa dd lE howEver, after biting the dust and having to track down his horse all will agree that tui ti:rn is i n o rder . BrE tt Robinson also tried new techniques tc which the score was Horse 1 Brett O. Still the; overall picture was that e v e ry•Jn E W·'J uld rather play AussiE' Rules than Polo .
On arrival back at th~ camp we tucked into a light lunch and every effort had to be oad~ tJ keep the night owls fro!!. makine, thEir way tu thc:ir bunr_s for the r.'iuc h neEdEd sli ip that they forfiE:ted thE night before . Scot t M.cD:mald proved t o be this onE c: xcEpti on , he was c0rtplc tc:;ly •JU t for th~ c0unt and not EVE:n a hurricane ccrnld have disturbc,::J hio. fr-Jm what was a t u tally Exhausted state that t oo k him tu the land uf nvd f v r the whvlE afternoo n .
de th en went auwn t0 thG river for what turned out tu be a major Exercise i n ste~11ina to nef:vtiatc the 10ng haul back up th~ hill and th~ €xtrewely c0ld watGr of the r ivE r . On~ majo r dev t l opmcnt was the finding uf a pair of mens undErpant~ vn the f a r bank . · J~ftEr rJucn d(libcrati:)n it was f o und that one dad in qu0sti on may have b~En o n a bnck t o nature kick , hJwev~r , he a id c ome to his s €nse: s C'lnd stand t ·J r e turn t .J the la.nd of the livinb, to the cheers of a f',O od football auuit=nc1:. .
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Our tvcning meal saw many tuck into a hrarty f cast while one l ady was still rcc~ivin~ tuition in the art of potato mashj_ng which , duE t·:.. public demand , fi nished up on the brc:;akfast table the nc.xt. day as tri0~ ..a1.l tuo fa~iliar Bub'ble: and Squeak , wPll done; Ruth. ·; . ··;¥ • ·
With.the mt.al uv<::r we.·c:ifi .. ~.t.:: nt duwn t o indulge in the Car.i.p Fir€ which . turm.d 0ut to '·be. a bunc!le of fun . ilc haa tu ' at 1.>n ( statE' 10 ok .for a s tr£tnge nati vc: i.b Herb ~ rt Lov e whu appE'arcd to cnjuy, t~'.1£,yutdo~rs "'s;;.-· ~ ffi~ih that he wEnt bush at such a rat€ he l(=ft li tt1~ 9.uubii~~tne::t l1c ~as ·c;rcs.:tined f ur the outback . HErbie has since dEciaed · that· thE ~~~Ef the blanh~t g§.~-~2-s a once bi ttcn twice shy aff~j.r . Aftt:r sor.ie freshly cook€d .. pop ·corn i-n-·--t·ht: .. --c-!.LJ.mp _fi~c it wr::is up tu th C; mess hut fur som~ dE lici:.>us hot IVJilj . ThE:n i fwas all uut ·for a ~u-Od-.. oie:,ht.s. _ .. sleEP and nJt surpri sint it wae u~ad quiet at midnifht that nignt . ~here was however ~ne tXCLpti~n wh~rE a nu~btr of would bt card sharps darEd thEir t a lents in a · fri~noly gamb of cards .
Be in g s•J f2r fr .:i1i1 th -: eca it wa~ h<1rd to undc:retnnd why th e U/9 1 s cr)ach c ·:rn.pl;::..inrd "bitt('rly by calling s hark when bnth he e.nu his pnrtn c r ·'H rc bcatEn by '~bnt cvuld only be drscrib0d as n technicallity just sh0rt of a s laubhter .
Aft~r a e0od ni ghts sleep all hLll broke 1 01..1sE when J:;hn DJuglas and his team ,· f dieturbers b!.:'gan the day by ensuring tha t all we r e ~ ut of bed even i£ i t m(ant th~ Y E-
• sh~ping ·Jf ct:·rtain pcrJpl e$ bcde to the: e:xtcnt that thty d idn't want to el EEP any tu0re 2ny1my . BrEakfnst saw tht' start of the new day with thE· s.Jund of that C·J nf..,unu~J whistlt' that was becu!Ling a borE tu mr.:my but a TI LCL:.:-si ty nll tht: san.11 ... .
After br Hi.kl 8 st we W(;rE all CJ ff to find our way in the bueh un what turned out t._, bt a ecrt:.:...t hike uown rivfr . '.r'he U/13 ' s t:c.incd the priv 10ge ~,f btling first tu find thE flying f ox acr'-1 ss the ri VL r and as a rE su l t th(rE· were a f ew whc dared the: cold water to t e.h1.."' th l' !Jlune_( fr.:,,r.-1 wE: ll abjvc the riv er s bnnh . I t was found thut this wes in fact a VLry sc~nic s~ot ana all agrc ed th.at •) n e:~ wnrw cl r>.y it 1nay be no tl1in e stiort of paradis c .
On our arr ival back nt th~ ca~p preparations WEr<: madE t.o t:l: t thL BBQ dinner 1:.0ing Whtn tht first rain i n nJ:Jnths start0d to put d1..)ubts intJ the o in d of the· Chtf , but h<= was very <.lctcri.:,incd nnc dcspi tE' tht.· C0Wnpvur iJf et~!::H.!y rain t.lOSt Of the m(?at w:::s cvo k t:d outdoors . iiftEr d innt.r tn1:: cawp was all 1:::-ut ~)vcr ~nd all #l re ~ lad t hat the rain hau hLlC Jif lunt En~u6h as to maki the ca~p a success .
C0n~ratulati~ns must fO the ladiLS for their soli d a~a ic ation to the duty of tnsuring that th 0 rnrals were of top clnss and a lways availabll t (> us a l l . I ar-i sur c- that no one could say that the m~als could havE b~~o better .
In 8U~~ing up the caop was a great way to l Et off steam a ft e r a trucly @r 0at s~ssan by a ll and what better way of doing it than all LCttinf t~gcth~r anu having a ~God time .
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J UNIOR SUB- COMMITTEE REPORT
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Junior Vi ce Pres i dent :
Secretary:
'Ir ea.s.ur er :
Equj.pment Qffi~er :
Registrar :
Assis tarrt Se cretary:
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Jlf.lr . Ri chard Or ton
IVlrs . Jenny Hancock
Mrs . Sue Tui r
Mrs.. Lois IV1oss
l.Vl..r . Kevin Smith
Mrs. Nel], .51lli th
