TIGER NEWS South Bunbury Football Club Monthly Newsletter

VOL. 2, ISSUE 2 FEBRUARY 2021

Senior Football

After a little hiccup with the 5-day Lockdown our Men & Women have been out there putting in the extra miles to prepare for an exciting 2021 Season. The numbers at training have been fantastic and the enthusiasm has been great.

Scratch Matches have been organised for the 20th & 28th March in preparation to start the Home & Away Games commencing on the 10th April. If you would like to be involved in any way on game day please contact the Club at [email protected]

Player Signings

Tom Gorter comes to us from the East Football Club, Tom is originally from Kojonup and has played 56 WAFL games since his league debut in 2015. Gorter was selected by West Coast in the 2016 rookie draft.

Tim Sutherland comes to us from the Railways Football Club in Kalgoorlie, Tim has played 11 League Games with Subiaco & West Perth, 2 carnivals at State 18s, WAFL Colts Team of the year in 2012 & a Subiaco Reserves Premiership player in 2018.

Club Events

AFTERNOON WITH JOHN WORSFOLD To be held on the 27th March. WA Football Icon John Worsfold is coming to the South Bunbury Football Club Time: 2:00pm Tickets: $50 Tables of 8 to 10 people are available for purchase RSVP to Functions & Events Director Amy Howard Email- [email protected] Buy your tickets online at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afternoon-with-john-worsfold-tickets-140968172599 Can purchase table of 8 to 10 people

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#ONECLUB Around the Club The new Carpet has been laid in the Constantine Lounge. A HUGE shoutout to our playing group especially the great man Sam Oliver who volunteered to put it down for nothing. He had some fantastic helpers in Michelle Oliver, Holly Bilcich, Kevin Chitty & Rhys Crawford.

Awesome work guys & girls.

A HUGE Congratulations and Love to Anna Kennedy & Matt Giacci on the arrival of their beautiful daughter Gianna Jae Giacci

Vale- Fredrick Mountford Condolence to the Family of Fredrick Mountford Fred played League for us in 1953, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 and 59 that’s 7 seasons with 5 Premierships! That’s a pretty good record! Premierships in 53, 54, 55, third in 56 Premiers, 57 Runners up, 58 Premiers and 59 played in our “Golden Era” after WW2 from 1948 till 1959 in which the Club won 9 Premierships. Also, the period in which the Southway Ballroom was built by the Club. He was a rugged, solid player who gave us great service!

C. your tickets online: Smart Casual & Events Director Amy Howard

SWNFL Netball

2021 Team Selections have been finalised and we have 5 full teams ready for a big season ahead. We are looking forward to having a 16’s & Under team for the first time in 2 years, with newly recruited coach Vikki Merritt finally coming over to the red & white. Vikki and her assistant coach Carie Williams are taking a team of 11 players and are eager to show the other clubs that we’re back!

Our 18’s & Under team has a new coach Ruiha Bishop. The coaches & selectors have picked a very strong group of girls for the 18’s team this year with a lot of new faces. The girls are already working hard to prove themselves in the 2021 season.

The Masters 35+ team are looking to have 12 players this season. We’re hoping there won’t be as many injuries this season to allow us to get back to the top of the ladder with our solid South Bunbury blood players.

Reserves and their returning coach Jodie Testrow are set to go with 11 players. After being knocked out the first round of finals last season the girls are hungry for a spot in the in 2021. Jodie is running some intense fitness sessions and preparing to get us all into shape by the opening round.

Our league side has Vicki Wood returning as our head coach once again with 10 strong & talented players selected, 6 returning league players and 4 new recruits and club transfers. The team is looking to really shake up the competition this season.

South Bunbury Juniors

Start Training Dates: Year 3’s: Thursday March 11th 4:30pm at Hay Park Year 7’s: Thursday March 4th 4:30pm at Koombana Beach Year 8’s: Thursday February 25th 4:30pm at Koombana Beach Year 10’s,11’s & 12’s: Tuesday 23rd February 4:00pm at Koombana Beach

The remaining teams start dates will be available in the near future so make sure to keep an eye on our Social Media Pages & Website.

South Bunbury Juniors Netball

Despite a recent Covid lockdown we were still able to get a strong interest and turnout for the junior trials and NET SET GO over the past two weeks. Our 2021 season is looking positive with 9 teams lining up this season and new dresses which will be arriving in the near future (thanks MGIB). We are looking forward to our first game at Bunbury Netball Association on Saturday March 20 where there will be a field of Red & White dresses with our 3 extra teams! Exciting times.

If you would like to be involved with coaching, umpiring, playing or providing help in any way please contact Ludita McLean by email [email protected]

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Bunbury Sharks (AFL Masters) This year the Sharks returned to training on the 14th January, unusually early but due to many of the lads enjoying the festive season the need to start earlier was unanimously called for. The first couple of training runs are more about getting the lads together for a beer after a few gentle run throughs and a bit of a kick. The first night saw good numbers turn out and an opportunity for the fines master to get some early fines into the log from the shenanigans undertaken by some players during the break!!

Valued Partners of South Bunbury Football Club SBFC Partners are a key to our ongoing existence. We sincerely thank them for their ongoing support of the club. Please support our Partners who have been fantastic in supporting our great club. If you know of a Business that would like to come on Board, please email the Club at [email protected]

To view all our Valued Sponsors, please click here: South Bunbury Football Club Sponsors

We now have an electronic Membership form on our website.So click on the link below and become a Tiger Member

Our members are the heartbeat of our club. So, become part of the Tiger Family and buy a membership

2021 is going to be an exciting year

http://sbfc.com.au/2021-membership/

Our door is always open. Please let us know of any concerns or suggestions. Email: [email protected]