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FLOREAT ATHENA Floreat Athena FOOTBALL CLUB vs. Sorrento SC Round 8 Kick-Off Saturday, 08/05/2021 3.00 PM

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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME On behalf of the newly elected board at Floreat Athena FC we would like to welcome all players, coaches, officials and supporters for today’s games against Sorrento FC. I would also like to extend the warm welcome to Sorrento President Derek Harnwell and Secretary Kerry Slater, two individuals who have one of the longest tenures of being involved at board level of any football club in WA.

The past few months have seen the club hold both an AGM and SGM. I would like to thank the efforts of those involved in the previous board as well as the work done by the Interim Board in keeping a "business as usual" approach to running the club’s business during the interim period. Thank you to Dimitri Pantelias, Lauren Spenceley, Dimitrios Felekis, Kim Macpherson, Andrew Kailis, George Tiniakos and Steven Belk.

The new board has to move quickly to progress and finalise the scope of the $3 million federal government grant to construct new change rooms and renovate the FAFC Clubrooms. We also have had confirmation by the City of Vincent that it has been successful in applying for a $750,000 much needed upgrade to the floodlights on Britannia Reserve which will enhance our training facilities.

I would like to thank all of our amazing sponsors for their continued support and whom without we couldn't operate our club as we do.

All the best to all teams and I hope you all enjoy the day and the club’s hospitality.

Con Poulios President FAFC COMMITTEE

Peter Kapsanis Nick Farrell Kim Macpherson Sam Albanis Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Committee Member

Andrew Kailis Gabriel Tana Lesa Thomson Steven Belk Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member FAFC NEWS Bogan Bingo Night 2021 Bringing the best out of our Athena family! Come down and join us for a night of air guitar, bingo and groovy tunes until late! Event is 18+, held at the FAFC Clubrooms on Friday, 28 May 2021.

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Juniors Matches Report Our juniors had a great Sunday afternoon, 2 May 2021. While our U14s and U16s Div 2 teams were hit with a loss, our U13s, U15s and U16s NPL teams won their matches 5-0, 2-1 and 5-1. Well done juniors! Keep doing your best and have fun on the field.

Credit: Matt Dudarz FIRST TEAM COACH’S WELCOME

I would like to welcome Sorrento SC players, sponsors, supporters and officials to Litis Stadium. The last two weeks have seen us continue our good form and remain undefeated for the season. The Round 6, 2-0 victory against Cockburn was a business like performance against a quality side desperate for points. In Round 7, we travelled to Gwelup and dropped our first points of the season with a 1-1 draw. After conceding against the run of play I am proud of the way we were able to remain calm and continue playing. We played some great football and deserved more as we squandered many clear cut chances. Despite missing out on the three points, we know that the performance warranted a resounding victory and we will look to continue playing at that level. Today’s clash will see us face a rejuvenated Sorrento SC, who have started the season well after a poor night series. Jamie Harnwell’s teams is always tough competition and his boys will make it difficult for us. We need to be at our very best to continue the undefeated start. Finally I would like to thank the club, volunteers, sponsors, and fans for the their ongoing support. Hopefully, we can celebrate another victory tonight.

Vas Vujacic Head Coach FIRST TEAM SQUAD Home Sorrento SC 1 Jason Saldaris 1 Connor Campbell 2 Marco Santalucia 2 David Stokoe 3 Cameron Murray 3 Daniel Fiachney 4 Ben Steele 4 Shaun Kilkelly 10 Nick Ambrogio 5 Scott Robertson 11 Dennis Galan 6 Chris Jackson 12 Jawad Rezai 7 Alex Morgan 13 George Festa 8 Scott Witschge 14 Ludovic Boi 9 Billy Quincroft 15 Chris Saldaris 10 Ollie Annie 16 Kyle Murray 11 Timothy Hill 17 Dean Evans (C) 12 Joe Tweats 18 Phillip Arnold 15 Tristan Stevens 19 Liam Murray 16 Ryan McLaughlin 20 Andrew Palmer 17 Dean Cummings 32 Robert Harding 18 Jordan Brown 40 Wesley Casimir 19 Jaxon Temata 41 Joshua Hunter 20 Jordan Roberts 23 Neil Gilles LEAGUE STANDINGS

POS CLUB W D L POINTS 1 FLOREAT ATHENA* 6 1 0 19 2 ECU JOONDALUP SC 5 0 1 15 3 PERTH SC 4 1 1 13 4 SORRENTO FC 4 1 1 13 5 BAYSWATER CITY SC 3 0 3 9 6 GWELUP CROATIA 1 4 1 7 7 INGLEWOOD UTD 2 0 4 6 8 BALCATTA SC 1 2 2 5 9 ARMADALE SC 1 2 2 5 10 PERTH GLORY 1 2 3 5 11 ROCKINGHAM CITY SC 1 1 4 4 12 COCKBURN CITY* 1 0 6 3 *Teams have played one game more than the rest. UPCOMING MATCHES

ROUND AGAINST LOCATION DATE TIME ECU JOONDALUP 9 ECU JOONDALUP SC 22 MAY, SAT 3:00PM FOOTBALL STADIUM 10 ARMADALE SC HOME 29 MAY, SAT 3:00PM SAFERAD 11 ROCKINGHAM CITY SC 5 JUN, SAT 3:00PM STADIUM

U20s COACH’S WELCOME

Firstly, I’d like to welcome Sorrento Football club to Litis Stadium for what should be a good day of football. With all the COVID-19 concerns floating at the moment, we are so fortunate to be able to play the game we love. We are coming off the back of an away defeat to Gwelup Croatia SC where our performance was disappointing to say the least. As a squad, we set goals during pre season and if we are to reach those goals, we must start to turn things round today. Sorrento will pose a challenge, they always do. Here’s hoping for a competitive game played in the right manner. Good luck to the U18s and the first team. Zack Morgan U20s Coach U20s SQUAD

Josh Hunter Wesley Casmir Theo Sarris Rob Ferrante Filip Minic Laat Mathiang George Norton Yared Nedew James Nixon Dimitrĳ Blazeski Msrvin Abdipanah Mou Marial Elĳah Haas Mwansa Changewe James Nixon Ayouba Kanneh Jethro Haas Raphael Kanzi Ethan Anthony U18s COACH’S WELCOME

Welcome to our Round 8 clash with Sorrento FC. We welcome players, coaches, and supporters to Litis Stadium. Today’s opponents have been playing well and we will have to be at our best to compete with them. Last week, we played against Gwelup Croatia and it was a poor performance from the boys. We were well beaten, I trust the boys will not put up another performance like that. We look forward to the challenge of testing ourselves against a quality team. Good luck to Vas and Adrian and our first team, and to Zack and Ryan with U20s. Looking forward to seeing you all on the day. Frank Mariano U18s Coach U18s SQUAD 1 Matthew Webster 11 Ethan Schimfe 2 Riggyan Kurran 12 Caleb Meleca 3 Mitch Dudarz 13 Shay Natalotto 4 Baillee Takoniatis 14 Luca Piffaretti 5 Daniel DeLore 15 Lukas Stambelos 6 Matthew Holmes 16 Augustine Niyonugabo 7 Andrea DiCiano 17 Anton Uvarov. 8 Nicholas Boudville 9 Flynn Gilson 10 Louis Fairhurst FAFC SPONSORS FAFC would like to thank our sponsors for making our club activities and social outreach programmes possible. Matchday Programme Sponsor

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