2019 YEAR 12 TEAM YEAR 9 TEAM Win Grand Final Undefeated all year play in 3rd consecutive Grand Final 150 GAMES Lincoln Kerspien Daniel Morrell KANE LUCAS Ethan Tupuhi MEDALLION Riley Bourne EST. 2004 Chadd Dunscombe Kai Katnich www.kats.org.au 2019 Milestone Games Congratulations to the players listed below on playing their 50th, 100th or 150th game of Junior Football in season 2019. 50 Games 100 Games 150 Games Nate Fogarty Y6 Liam Zanoli Y9 Lincoln Kerspien Y11 Archie Swan Y6 Jack Grose Y6 Liam Piper Y9 Daniel Morrell Y12 Mitchell Atkinson Y6 Fraser Hickling Y9 Jack Perryman Y6 Ethan Tupuhi Y12 Oliver Turner Y6 Kai Griffin Y6 Jacob Gough Y11 Riley Bourne Y12 Jack Headland Y6 Levi Cosgriff Y11 Ryan Bateman Y6 Jack Smith Y6 Joshua Stedman Y11 Christian Bradshaw Y6 Alec Cikara Y6 Lawson Hinton Y11 Ben Jones Y6 Luke Rozman Y11 Lachlan Jolly Y6 Riley Mathews Y6 Rhys Doig Y11 Jez Dunscombe Y6 Jack Pryer Y11 Brandyn Gonsalves Y6 Jacob Pascoe Y6 Cheydon Farmer Y11 Jonas Kessey Y6 Tyson Bartlett Y6 Douglas Farmer Y11 Bailey Emmert Y6 Jack Blurton Y11 Oliver Pike Y7 Zac Carlino Y7 Simon Shipp Y12 Flynn Matkovic Y7 Joshua Harris-Walker Y12 Lennex Muirson Y7 Michael Simpson Y7 Jack Fenton Y12 Cahil Fitzgerald Y7 Zac Spark Y7 Jordy Roberts Y7 Well done to all, a fantastic achievement! Severin Lowe Y8 Lawson Thomas Y8 Youp Brevet Y8 Ben Jenkins Y8 Austin Lamond Y9 Even Niyoncuti Y9 Cameron Santaromita Y12 Jordyn Penheiro Y12 1 President’s Page It is a great privilege to serve as President of the Winnacott Kats Junior Football Club. There are, and have been, many exceptional, Our Juniors continued to grow and develop Our Year 12’s Junior football journey went all talented and dedicated people who have gone against their peers in the district. I’ve enjoyed the way from District Champions, Metro South before me as President and committee mem- following the players (and coaches) move District Champions to the State Junior Club bers and who have achieved some great things. from Auskick and into Juniors. It’s a delicate Grand Finalist. As mentioned, with a really balance for our coaches to work and develop heavy finals schedule with three finals within This year at the KATS has been about Team the skills of our players while continuing to a week the boys performance was really ad- and Club success. I have been continuously in- engage and foster the interest and passion for mirable and something that the players and spired over the season by how our volunteers, footy at what is still a young age. Particularly the Club will cherish. Congratulations again to our coaches, team officials and players have as our kids develop and grow into the game at our Runner-up State Junior Club Champions. gone about their football. different stages. The Winnacott Kats Junior Football Club were The season for our committee starts the year Our Girls teams grew once again this year with unfortunate not to host West Coast Eagles before. As things ramp up with registrations just enough players for 2 teams. An area I know player Luke Shuey at our key social event this and pre-season our hard working committee will continue to improve in popularity going on year however our band night certainly made are flat out preparing and running the season the enjoyment the girls have had this year. up for it later in the year. right up to the end of season awards and cele- brations. Thank you for your support and time League ladders, qualifying for finals or how Congratulations to our players from Pre-pri- for the Club. they go in them is but one way to measure a mary to Year 12, boys and girls, for a great team's success. Having said that, 4 out of 5 of season. Thank you to our coaches, assistant Our Club is all about fun, participation and our youth teams were in finals this year, all of coaches, team managers, runners, first aiders mateship. This combination for our Year 12’s, which were in top divisions. and general helpers. Thank you for your dedica- which started for some 12 or so years ago, tion and support of our players and the time you meant that they were able to achieve the ulti- Our Year 7’s had a great initiation into youth have taken out to make the Club a success. mate goal in Junior football and reach the football by making it into the finals only to ‘State Junior Club Grand Final’. With a heavy bail out in their first ever final after moving up Finally thank you for the support and encour- finals schedule and playing against some ex- into a very tough grade where they finished a agement from so many people. It is you that ceptional teams our boys did exceptionally credible 4th. make this club great, and me proud to repre- well and finished Runner-Up State Junior Club sent it. Champions. Congratulations and well done to Our Year 8’s unfortunately missed out on a fi- all the boys and coaching staff. A great way to nals appearance through other results not finish your Junior Football. going their way. Best Regards Our Auskick numbers continued to be sound Our Year 9’s backed up the past two great Brad Pike this year as we compete more and more each years with simply an outstanding season. Un- President year for early primary school kids against defeated all year and up in the grand final other sports and neighbouring clubs. Auskick with less than half a quarter of footy to go two-point-zero has slowly been adopted by only to go down by just 3 points was real the Club. This is quite a unique initiative by character building stuff. No-one could have the AFL introducing multi-coloured, round or asked any more of these fantastic bunch of dimpled balls, hoola hoops and the like to our young men. Congratulations. Auskick sessions. Putting my traditionalist hat aside, if this can counter the attraction to Our Year 11’s saw luck pass them by this year. other competing sports and open up opportu- In their preliminary final these guys executed nities for growth in our younger groups (as ac- their game plan and had the game in their cording to the reports) then this is a path that hands, getting ahead on the score board and we need to follow. controlling the game, only to run out of time to peg back those couple of points in the dying stages. Best of luck for next year guys. 2 Auskick Report Seeing the four groups set up at the oval on a Sunday morning is testament to the Coaches enthusiasm. What always amazes me is their patience with the kids. Coaching kids of this age is like herding cats and the way they all go about it is a lesson certainly for me when engaging with our kids. There were 73 players registered in 2019 credit to his coaching approach and he al- Thanks also to the parents that take on to play Auskick at the Winnacott Kats ways appears to get the parents involved. the team management roles; I can see with the Pre-Primary and Year 1’s fielding the assistance this gives the coaches. one team each and the Year 2’s having Travis Doye has embarked on his third two teams. successive year coaching the Panthers; if What we do need to ask is for you to there’s a more enthusiastic footy coach bring more friends and relatives along The two Friday night games were as ever I’m yet to see them. Not only does Trav next year. Auskick is the life blood of the popular with the kids; the opportunity to get his team up and at it every Sunday he club and recruiting new players to the play under lights always heightens their also takes them to Optus to meet the Auskick teams underpins the security of excitement. The chance to watch the kids Freo mascot. I’m not sure how he man- teams playing league footy. So if the kids while having a glass of bubbly obviously aged it but he also got to see his beloved have got mates, relatives, next door goes down well with the Mums judging Blue Baggers snatch victory from the neighbours, get them down to a Sunday by the glow Mrs Bridges had on the jour- jaws of defeat from the Dockers….. morning session, we’ll do a come and try ney(s) home. over a few weeks again next year so they Matt Campbell took up the challenge of can experience our great game in a fun, We’ve welcomed Trish Lambrecht and coaching the Year 2 Jaguar team. Matt safe and engaging family orientated en- Matt Campbell to the coaching ranks this picked up the reigns and his emphasis on vironment. Also we are sure that once the year. Matt took over from Lawrie Pettman inclusion resulted in the team games parents have snavelled one of Adrian’s egg at the Year two Jaguars, Lawrie assist- having some impressive ball movement. and bacon burgers they will surely be back!! ing/let me know what to do with regards to the co-ordinating side of things and A great initiative organised by Trav, Matt And finally thanks to my good mate Trish answered the call when we sought and Lawrie was an introduction to junior Lawrie Pettman for helping me all year; out a pre-primary coach before the sea- footy.