Welcome to edition 21 of 2012 of the Tuggeranong Hawks Football Club Newsletter “Hawk Talk” which is produced periodically throughout the season to advise all members and supporters of current club news and events. ______Morningside v Tuggeranong – Esplen Oval Morningside sent club stalwart Jarrod Price into retirement in perfect style with a drama-charged come-from-behind win over Tuggeranong at Esplen Oval on Saturday iced by their best quarter of the season. The Panthers trailed at each of the first two changes and led by five points at three-quarter time before kicking 10 goals in a spectacular final term to ensure that a double injury blow didn’t spoil a fairytale exit for the four-time premiership hero. The 29-year-old regular fullback, playing his 150th senior game for the club, kicked an unlikely five goals at full forward including the first and last goals of the match as Morningside beat the Eastern Conference battlers 22-15 (147) to 15-12 (102).

Tuggeranong, at the tail of the NEAFL Eastern Conference has been an improved side since ex-Richmond ace Marc Dragicevic took charge recently, had the better of the early exchanges in especially heavy conditions following Brisbane’s recent big wet. They led 4- 4 to 3-5 after a first quarter highlighted by a stunning goal from ex-Redland player Matthew Ghirardello in which he turned his opponent inside out and split the big sticks from 40m. A double disaster hit Morningside 10 minutes into the second quarter when No.1 ruck man Peter Mollison and co-captain and leading goal-kicker Kent Abey went down within 60 seconds of each other. First Mollison, one of the big improvers in the competition this year, rolled his ankle when he landed awkwardly at a centre bounce. As the trainers were attending to him Abey, coming off 11 goals in his two previous games, took the next centre bounce and suffered a fractured cheekbone. He was taken to hospital and according to Rogers will miss the next six weeks.

The Panthers, battling to regroup, trailed 6-10 to 9-6 at halftime and even local stalwarts were starting to wonder how they were going to kick a winning score without injured spearheads Abey and Shaun Mugavin. But in a fitting tribute to Price and an appropriate reward for the tireless efforts of Coach Rogers, they found heroes all over the ground as they kicked 6-4 to the visiting Hawks’ 3-3 in the third quarter to hit the front. Will Wolbers, a 203cm stripling in just his fourth senior game, stepped up to take charge in the ruck and more than erase the disappointment of being left out of the State U18 side for their last two games in Melbourne. “He (Wolbers) rucked the last two and a half quarters on his own and did a fantastic job for us,” said Rogers. “He took it as a real challenge and stepped up big time.” Up forward Price, centre half forward Jason Elliott and goal sneak Sam Faure combined for 16 goals. Given that they’d kicked 15 goals in a combined 27 games through the first 13 rounds it was an improbable return. Best afield Elliott worked tirelessly in a superb four-goal performance while the opportunistic Faure bagged a career-best seven goals to complement Price’s five as the Panthers registered 20 goals for the first time this season and bettered their previous highest score by 44 points.

In the second half Morningside scored 101 points – the second-highest in the Northern Conference this season and 43 points more than their previous best second half in a Round 11 loss to Mt.Gravatt. The senior trio of Shelton, Upton and Adam Spackman were other standouts in a Morningside midfield which took charge in the second half, but Coach Rogers was just as pleased with the effort of 19-year-old Ben McNiece. “He’s been improving every week,” said Rogers. “He’d been playing mainly up forward but we put him into the midfield group this week and he had his best game for the club.” Blane Delbridge, too, played strongly, while Rogers was also full of praise for his defensive group. But Rogers revealed it wasn’t until late Thursday that Price, a wingman in the Siders’ 2003-04 grand final wins before playing at fullback in the 2009-10 flags, had accepted an invitation to play one last game and become the club’s third 150-gamer of the season behind Upton and Mugavin. It wasn’t a total stab in the selection dark. Although Price had kicked only two goals in 56 games since the start of 2009 as he patrolled the defensive goal square, he was at times a most effective forward in his earlier days and once kicked seven goals against the Suncoast Lions ( Reserves) at in 2007. “He (Price) is just a good footballer and he obviously learned a few tricks playing on some pretty good forwards over the years because he did a good job for us,” Rogers said. But it was a game plan which took a little while to kick into gear before setting up Morningside’s second NEAFL win of the season and giving the Panthers fresh hope of avoiding the wooden-spoon. “We took a while adjusting to the conditions and the foreign opposition and when a couple of guys (Mollison and Abey) went down we were under the pump,” said Rogers, whose side is now only one win behind eighth-placed Aspley and ninth-placed Mt.Gravatt. “It was great, then, for the guys to be able to come out and really dominant an opposition like we did in the second half. To finish the way we did in the last quarter was pretty special.” Hawks Memberships Now Available Tuggeranong Hawks Memberships are now available for season 2012; the club has a variety of membership packages available including:  Full Adult Membership $40.00 (Admits to all home games)  Full Family Membership $80.00 (2 Adults & 2 Juniors, admits to all home games)  3 Game Adult Membership $20.00 (Admits to 3 home games only)  Junior Hawks Membership $20.00 (Juniors aged 17 and under)

All financial members are eligible to win $500 cash by being in attendance at one of the 3 CASH BONUS home games in 2012 (This will be the round 13, 16 & 21 games of the NEAFL season) Not won in round 13 so Jackpot now $1000.00

Membership forms are available for download on the clubs website or email [email protected]

Support those who support us!

Support the Hawks this weekend

Sunday 8th July 2012 at Bruce Purser Reserve NEAFL V Hills Eagles

Saturday 7th July 2012 at Amaroo Oval Rising Stars 9U/18 at 9.30am v Gungahlin. Reserves (Div 1) at 2.15pm V Gungahlin.

Saturday 7th July 2012 at RMC Oval Community Football (Div 2) at 2.15pm v ADFA.

Tuggeranong Hawks Players – Physiotherapy Clinic (Mondays 6.00pm-7.00pm)

The Tuggeranong Hawks have a service agreement with Performance Edge Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic, this agreement provides Tuggeranong Hawks players access to a free injury assessment clinic every Monday evening at Performance Edge Physiotherapy in Anketell Street Tuggeranong (next door to Canberra Connect).

Players simply need to call the clinic on (02) 6293 4355 and request an appointment for the “Hawks Injury Clinic” by 2.00pm on a Monday afternoon to secure a free injury assessment, all follow up treatment is at the cost of the player and health insurance is recommended by the club, Performance Edge Physiotherapy will provide a discounted consultation rate.

Let’s get to know Tony Greenwell

Nickname? Greeny.

Playing Number? I no longer play I am the Junior Committee Chairman.

Age? 56.

Favourite Food? Curry.

Favourite Drink? Red Wine.

Which club do you support in the AFL? Essendon Bombers.

If you were the CEO of the AFL what new rule would you introduce or remove? Umpires must enforce the rules not interpret them; just let them play the game and not impede the flow of the game.

If you could be the Prime Minister of for a single day what changes would you make? I would be bewildered and probably do nothing and suffer stage fright.

What is the best thing about playing or being involved with the Tuggeranong Hawks Football Club? Local players are given a go, good people around the club.

The Canberra Southern Cross Club in Tuggeranong has now obtained a subscription to the new Fox Footy Channel and will be showing all AFL games lives (subject to Fox Footy Programming)

Please do not forget to tell them you are a Tuggeranong Hawks Member should you be attending to watch the football so that we can ensure this new initiative continues throughout season 2012.

Sportrition was founded with the vision of helping to fuel sporting achievement and to provide effective advice for body composition manipulation (weight loss, weight gain).

Erica Stephens (BAppSc, MNutrDiet) is the Director and Owner of Sportrition. Erica earned her Bachelor degree in Applied Science from the University of Queensland and completed her Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics at Griffith University. Erica is a Sports Dietitian, Accredited Practicing Dietitian and has had extensive experience as an athlete in a number of sports. Erica is a member of Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA) and Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA).

Sportrition attends the most renowned international sports nutrition conferences each year, such as the American College of Sports Medicine, to bring you the latest and most effective means for achieving your goals. Erica’s Masters research was accepted for a poster presentation at the European College of Sports Science Conference in 2011. Sportrition will work with you or with your team to create an optimal nutrition and supplement plan for your ongoing sporting success, or your weight related goals.

For more information, please contact Sportrition call 1300 667 244 Player Sponsors The Tuggeranong Hawks Football Club wishes to thank the following player sponsors for 2012.

Ajay Graham & MASE CONTRACTORS Ajay Graham A & S PRINTERS Marc Dragicevic Marc Dragicevic & LEGITIMATE SOLUTIONS LEGAL BEMS SERVICES Malcolm Fernie Callum Phillips James McCabe & PAT MCLINDIN BEYOND PLUMBING Alex Lawder David Smith Nathan Wood & ANNETTE ELLIS CROWLE ENTERPRISES Marc Dragicevic Daniel Johnson ARMAGEDDON PEST CONTROL Alex Lawder LOW INTENTIONS Nathan Costigan

SPENCER ROOFING Jake Whyte CLEAVER BUILDING P/L Lachlan Monger

SAM WEBSTER Ashley Pocock PAM MCCORMACK Ben Cleaver

JOHN ROGERS P/L Alex Lawder RAY WHITE TUGGERANONG Callum Phillips

ACTEW CORPORATION Daniel Green J & A GEOTECH TESTING P/L Ben Hancock

ACTEW CORPORATION Robert Knee DATATRAX PTY LIMITED Nathan Costigan

PRECISION TURBOCHARGERS Nathan Edyvean CAPITAL ASHPHALT Jake Whyte CANBERRA HAWKS SUPPORTERS Ben Hancock THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR Daniel Green GROUP AM & DM ROOFING Chris Bodsworth MASA CONSTRUCTIONS James McCabe

AUSTRALIAN UNITY FINANCIAL Michael Wren SNP SECURITY Ashley Pocock

Merchandise Available. The club has the following merchandise available for sale.

Hawks Hoodie $50.00 Hawks Winter Tracksuit $99.00 Warm Up Tee $30.00 Playing Shorts $25.00

The club also has limited stocks of the following

Brown & Gold Media Polo Shirts $50.00 Blue Baseball Caps $20.00 Blue Winter Beanies $20.00 Blue Gym Towels $20.00 White Gym Socks $11.00 Brown Gym Shorts $35.00 Various Colours Training Singlets $10.00 (Discontinued - limited sizing in stock)

2012 – TFC Club Game Milestones:

Congratulations to the following players who have reached personal milestones so far in 2012:

25 March 6 April

Nathan Costigan – 75 Club Games James McCabe – 75th Senior (1st Grade) Game. Ben Andreatta – 50 Club Games Michael Stevens – NEAFL debut Zane Litchfield – Tuggeranong and NEAFL debut Marc Dragicevic – Tuggeranong and NEAFL debut

14 April 29 April

Alex Lawder – 175th Club game Ben Symons – 50th Club game Will Prowse – 125th Club game Rachel Colbert – 50th Club game Cody Kickett – 75th Club game Ben McCrorey – NEAFL debut Chris Robinson – 75th Club game Jeremy McDonough – NEAFL debut Dave Nolen – 50th Club game James Willoughby – NEAFL debut Heath Cameron –NEAFL debut

5 May 19 May

Sean Wilkinson – 100th Club game Phil Lovett – 125th Club game th Marc Maloney – 125 Club game

26 May 3 June

Nathan Smith – 100th Club game Robbie Knee – NEAFL Debut Michael Wren – 50th Club game Ashley Pocock – 175th Club game th Eugenie Hickey – 100 Club game Anthony Sexton – 75th Club game Peter Clarke – 50th Club game

9 June 17 June

Tim Cleaver – 100th Club game Angela Ballerini – 100th Club game Callum Phillips – NEAFL Debut Nathan Wright – NEAFL Debut

The Hawks Trivia night is on again.

14th July Canberra Southern Cross Club, Tuggeranong

Get your friends, family, co-workers and random guy off the bus who is always doing the crossword to come along and support your club!

There will be raffles, lucky door prizes, heads and tails and of course trivia!! We also have a limited number of beer wenches up for auction - you give them the cash and they hit the bar for your table all night long!

Tables of 10 are $130 (pre booked) or $15 per ticket (pre booked) tickets will be sold at $20.00 each at the door on the night but no guarantee will be made that you can get on the table you want or even be permitted entry as full capacity may have been reached.

Tables are limited so please rsvp to [email protected] to reserve your table.

The team that gets the most tables to trivia night will get a cash reward towards their footy trip. If you get friends/family etc. to book a table make sure they let us know which team they are associated with.

If you know anyone who wants to sponsor the night either via donation of goods/services or paying cash to have the naming rights of a round please contact Daniel Dwyer, Wendy Bennett or Jess Lang

Club Supporter Biography – Nicole Lawder

Originally from a military family, Nicole arrived in Canberra in 1988 when her children were young and has lived here ever since. Over that time she has worked in business and the public service and over the past 7 or so years she has been the CEO of two different national not-for-profit organisations – in disability and more recently the homelessness sector.

Nicole has a deep commitment to the community sector and to improving services for families in Canberra. Her public sector experience has encompassed Medicare, FaHCSIA, Defence, and Workplace Relations. She started her working life in Canberra as a partner in a small business, and then worked at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex at Tidbinbilla.

Nicole graduated from the ANU with a degree in Psychology and later went on to post-graduate study and gained a Master of Business in eBusiness and Communication.

She and her husband have 5 children between them, all of whom live in Tuggeranong with their families. They and their partners include a tradesman, a stay at home mother, a doctor, a fire fighter, a financial planner, and several public servants. They all attended schools in the area and now Nicole’s grandchildren are attending schools and childcare in Tuggeranong.

Last year Nicole was honoured to receive the President’s Award for service to the Tuggeranong Football Club. Her son Alex “Alba” Lawder is the Captain of the Tuggeranong Hawks NEAFL team: he came up through the junior AFL system and has played for the club for over 20 years, through Lions, Bulldogs, Cowboys, and more. Similarly, her daughter started playing basketball as a child and still plays locally.

Nicole has been in the past, and is currently, a member of a number of boards and government advisory committees, including in the areas of disability, aged care, and transport for people with disability, and telecommunications. She is committed to looking after the most vulnerable members of our community and is doing that each day through her work in homelessness and disability.

Over the time she has lived in Canberra, Nicole has been a volunteer for a range of different community service agencies, and strongly believes in giving back to the community. Over the years she has been a Red Cross Telecross volunteer, a collector for the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, the CEO Sleep out to raise funds for homelessness, and a range of other activities supporting our community.

Nicole tweets for the footy club and helps organise Pink Footy Day. She is well known for her cooking for social committee meetings. You will see her at the footy most weeks supporting her son Alex and the team generally, in company with her daughter Catherine and two granddaughters, yelling “Go Hawks” and walking around the oval to keep the granddaughters happy. Nicole Lawder, a Tuggeranong Hawks stalwart whose son has played for the club for over 20 years, is standing for election in the ACT Legislative Assembly in October for the Canberra Liberals in the seat of Brindabella.

Malkara Special School and Hawks Unite for Footy Clinic

Tuggeranong Hawks’s players and coaches with students from Malkara Special School.

The Tuggeranong Hawks went to the Malkara Special School to conduct a football clinic with the students as part of the clubs community partnership program. The clinic was designed to meet the special needs of the students and get them involved in something they don’t normally get to do.

The clinic was well supported with 13 Tuggeranong Hawks’s players (ranging from NEAFL through to the Women’s team and even some coaches) involved in the football clinic. The students interacted well with our players and got to experience Australian Football.

The Tuggeranong Hawks are proud of its community partnerships and giving back its community. Tuggeranong Hawk’s director of Football Kieran Johnson said “The Malkara School provides a valuable service to its community meeting the needs of education for children with special needs. The staff at the school have a very rewarding job, and their lives are enriched with their interactions with their students on a daily basis. The Tuggeranong Hawks are pleased to provide this opportunity to the school and allow the students to experience Australian Football”.

Tuggeranong Ruckman Matt Channon said “It was a great experience and opportunity for the players to give back to the community, it was very rewarding to see the smiles on the kid’s faces when they got to tackle, kick, handpass and take a mark, they really enjoyed it and we as players enjoyed the experience just as much.”

The Tuggeranong Hawks will return in September to the school to take part in a big AFL day for the school and look forward to the range of activities planned that day including a big parade.

The Lake Tuggeranong Lions club is participating in Cupcake Day for the RSPCA 2012. We will be selling cakes at the Tuggeranong Homestead Market on Sunday July 8th or you can donate via our fundraising page. Your support will be greatly appreciated so please come along to the market and buy a cake or sponsor us. Please spread the word.