St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Amateur Football Club ANNUAL REPORT 2016

Annual General Meeting Wednesday 30 November 2016

at the Mentone Recreation Reserve 7.00pm

CLUB FORMATION & HISTORY

The Mentone & St Bedes Old Collegians Amateur Football Club (St Bedes / Mentone Tigers) was formed in 1992 from an amalgamation of three clubs.

 Mentone Football Club  St Bedes Old Collegians Football Club  Mentone Junior Football Club

In the first season of the merged club the Senior team won the VAFA D Section Premiership against Old Geelong, capping off a memorable year and has year by year built on these foundations to become the largest AFL club in the City of Kingston.

Senior premierships in 2006, 2007 and 2008 propelled the club into Premier A Section VAFA which has been classed by Football Victoria to be the highest ranking Victorian League outside the VFL.

The origins of the Mentone Football Club stretch back to the nineteenth century when a team represented the district in a match against Frankston in 1890. However, by 1904 a more developed infrastructure was in place and as such our club celebrated its centenary during the 2004 season. Mentone was a member of the Southern Football League from 1982 to 1992 and prior to that it was a founding member of the Federal Football League which was formed in 1909.

Mentone Football Club won Senior premierships in 1928, 1935, 1956, 1967, 1968 and 1976.

St Bedes Old Collegians Football Club was formed in 1963 and competed initially in the YCW League before joining the VAFA in 1972 and playing continually in the Amateurs through to 1992.

St Bedes Old Collegians Football Club won Senior premierships in 1968, 1970 and 1977.

The Mentone Junior Football Club was formed by the Mentone Football Club in 1979 and competed in the Chelsea District Junior Football League which later became the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League.

The amalgamation occurred with the help and perseverance of the following people who should be acknowledged for their foresight.

 Michael Atherton St Bedes Old Collegians Football Club  Dale Collins St Bedes Old Collegians Football Club  John Meyer St Bedes Old Collegians Football Club  Peter Davis Mentone Football Club  Michael Follett Mentone Football Club  Phil Sierakowski Mentone Junior Football Club

In 1993, its first year, the club fielded Senior, Reserves and Under 19's in the VAFA and six junior sides in the MSJFL. The Under 13 side won the combined club's first premiership in the MSJFL. The MSJFL is now known as the South Metro Junior Football League. SMJFL

The leadership of John Meyer as the club's inaugural president and Mark Tyquin the Senior coach laid the foundation for the future.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CLUB OFFICIALS 5 WOMEN OF ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS 7 SPONSORS 7 PLAYER SPONSORS 9 LIFE MEMBER AWARD 11 BEST CLUB PERSON AWARDS 11 MEMORIAL AWARDS JUNIORS 11 CLUB LEADERS 11 ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS IN AFL 11

ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS PLAYERS IN 11 VFL & TAC ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS PLAYERS IN TAC 12 ACADEMY & SQUADS ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS PLAYERS IN 12 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS VAFA REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS 12 VAFA PLAYER AWARDS 12 SMJFL REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS 12 SMJFL PLAYER AWARDS 12 VAFA PLAYER GAMES MILESTONES 15 SMJFL PLAYER GAMES MILESTONES 15 CLUB PLAYER GAMES MILESTONES COMBINED 16 LIFE MEMBERSHIP RULE 16 LIFE MEMBERS 17 HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE 19 CLUB LEGENDS 20 HALL OF FAME MEMBERS 21

PLAYERS KILLED IN ACTION SERVING AUSTRALIA 23

CORBOY CLUB 24

CORBOY CLUB CUSTODIANS 24

CORBOY CLUB MEMBERS 25 CLUB BEREAVEMENTS 25 BOARD CHAIR’S REPORT MARK TYQUIN 28 BOARD SECRETARY'S REPORT PETER DAVIS 29 FINANCE DIRECTOR'S REPORT ANDREW PETTINELLA 35

HOUSE DIRECTOR’S REPORT SHAUN NAPIER 36 PRESIDENT VAFA REPORT MAL GARSIDE 37 PRESIDENT SMJFL REPORT TIM BEASLEY 38 SPONSORSHIP REPORT FIONA LAWRENCE 41 MENTONE RESERVE BUILDING PROJECT REPORT MARK TYQUIN 45 DIRECTOR OF COACHING REPORT BRAD BERRY 47 WOMEN OF SBMT REPORT FIONA LAWRENCE 55 SMJFL SEASON LAUNCH REPORT CAROLINE GOODCHILD 56 CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PHIL SCOTT 56 JUNIOR REGISTRAR REPORT PETER LANNAN 57

PERPETUAL TROPHY DEDICATIONS 61 PREMIER B SENIOR COACH'S REPORT STEVE RYAN 65 PREMIER B RESERVE GRADE COACH'S REPORT STEVE D'ANDREA 68 PREMIER C THIRD GRADE COACH'S REPORT LUKE PORTER 69 UNDER 19 DIV 2 COACH'S REPORT ADRIAN LANE 70 UNDER 19 DIV 5 COACH'S REPORT DYLAN COUSINS 72 UNDER 18 GIRL'S REPORT AL GAILEY 72 UNDER 17 RED COACH'S REPORT JAMES TYQUIN 78 UNDER 17 BLUE COACH'S REPORT MARK GECHKE 81 UNDER 16 COACH'S REPORT JAMES COLYVAN 85 UNDER 15 GIRLS COACH'S REPORT NATALIE CORRIGAN 90 UNDER 14 COACH'S REPORT BEN HODGES 93 UNDER 13 COACH'S REPORT TIGHE CHANDLER 96 UNDER 12 RED COACH'S REPORT ADRIAN HALE 100 UNDER 11 RED COACH'S REPORT MARK LOMAGNO 104 UNDER 11 BLUE COACH'S REPORT ADAM BURFORD 106 UNDER 10 RED COACH'S REPORT DAVID JENNINGS 109 UNDER 10 BLUE COACH'S REPORT PETER SVILAR 110 UNDER 9 RED COACH'S REPORT LEE PRINCE 114 UNDER 9 BLUE COACH'S REPORT SAM HECKER 116 UNDER 8 COACH'S REPORT SHANE GARDNER 119 ELECTRONIC VIDEO SCREEN/SCOREBOARD PROJECT 122 PREMIERSHIP REUNIONS IN 2016 ROB HESS 123

CANCER COUNCIL RELAY FOR LIFE 129

CLUB OFFICIALS – BOARD

CHAIR MARK TYQUIN (Resigned May 2016)

BOARD SECRETARY PETER DAVIS

DALE COLLINS (Resigned Dec 2015) FINANCE DIRECTOR ANDREW PETTINELLA

HOUSE DIRECTOR SHAUN NAPIER

PRESIDENT VAFA MAL GARSIDE

PRESIDENT SMJFL TIM BEASLEY

MARKETING & WOMEN IN FOOTBALL CAROLINE GOODCHILD

STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT LUKE BEVERIDGE

CLUB OFFICIALS – SENIOR VAFA SECTION

PRESIDENT MAL GARSIDE

SECRETARY TOM BRAIN

TREASURER PETER O’BRIEN

SPONSORSHIP FIONA LAWRENCE

DIRECTOR OF COACHING BRAD BERRY

TOM BRAIN GENERAL COMMITTEE JENNA ROSS STEVE WATSON

FOOTBALL OPERATIONS / REGISTRAR TOM BRAIN

VAFA REPRESENTATIVE TOM BRAIN

VAFA TRIBUNAL REPRESENTATIVE MAL GARSIDE

MERCHANDISE JENNA ROSS

COMMUNICATIONS / NEWSLETTERS DYLAN COUSINS

DYLAN COUSINS SOCIAL MEDIA JENNA ROSS MICHAEL ATHERTON WEBSITE ADMINISTRATION DALE COLLINS

SENIOR JUMPER COORDINATOR TOM BRAIN

CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT PHIL SCOTT COORDINATOR JOHN MEYER CANTEEN MANAGERS PETER DAVIS

GROUND PREPARATION MENTONE RESERVE PETER O’BRIEN

GROUND MARKING MENTONE RESERVE MAL GARSIDE

PETER DAVIS KINGSTON COUNCIL LIAISON TOM BRAIN

HISTORIAN ROB HESS

PETER DAVIS ANNUAL REPORT COORDINATORS BRAD BERRY ROB HESS

HONORARY AUDITOR BRENDAN BUCK

HONORARY SOLICITOR RAY PURCELL

CLUB OFFICIALS – JUNIOR SMJFL SECTION

PRESIDENT TIM BEASLEY

SECRETARY VANESSA MICALLEF

TREASURER KATRINA WIERINGA

FOOTBALL OPERATIONS COORDINATOR GLENN GOODCHILD

REGISTRAR PETER LANNAN

DIRECTOR OF COACHING BRAD BERRY

TEAM MANAGER COORDINATOR JOSEPHINE O’GORMAN

SMJFL REPRESENTATIVE TIM BEASLEY

SMJFL TRIBUNAL REPRESENTATIVE ANDREW WHITELAW

MERCHANDISE OFFICER ERIN NAPIER

NICK MOODIE GENERAL COMMITTEE STEWART WARD

GROUND MARKING SOUTHERN ROAD TIM BEASLEY RESERVE STEVE HOULT

CLUB OFFICIALS – HOUSE COMMITTEE

HOUSE DIRECTOR SHAUN NAPIER WOMEN OF ST BEDES / MENTONE FIONA LAWRENCE TIGERS HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE VAFA JENNA ROSS JENNA ROSS SOCIAL COORDINATORS JOCELYN MOODIE

BAR SUPPORT PHIL VAWDREY TIM BEASLEY HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES SMJFL ANDREW WHITELAW STEVE ZAGAMI PAVILION MAINTENANCE CHRIS DEE

WOMEN OF ST BEDES /MENTONE TIGERS - COMMITTEE

JANINE BECKWITH FIONA LAWRENCE DEB O’KEARNEY

WENDY GARSIDE NATALIE MITCHELL JENNA ROSS

LISA HARRIS STACEY MURRAY

SPONSORS – MANY THANKS

SENIORS / RESERVES JUMPER SPONSOR

CLEARCUT HAIRDRESSING MENTONE – RON & MARGARET GORDON 9583 2555

UNDER 19’S JUMPER SPONSOR

HUNT HEATING KEYSBOROUGH – BRETT & CHERYL RANDALL 9798 5133

MAJOR PACKAGE

BUXTON REAL ESTATE – WESLEY BELT 0418 310 753

GOLD PACKAGE

BENDIGO BANK PARKDALE & MENTONE EAST BRANCHES – PETER WOLFE 9587 6500

SILVER PACKAGE

SPONSORS SOUGHT

JUNIOR PREMIUM

MENTONE TOYOTA – TOM ROCKS 9524 2000

SENIOR PACKAGE

ARMBRO INSURANCE CAULFIELD SOUTH – RAY QUIRK 9572 0155

BEAUMONT TILES MENTONE – NEIL GILROY 9584 6620

CPC HEALTH CHELTENHAM – MICK BEASLEY 9583 4000

LIFECARE CHIROPRACTOR MENTONE - KINGSLEY 9585 4044

MARK DREYFUS QC MP – FEDERAL MEMBER FOR ISAACS 9580 4651

MENTONE TOYOTA – TOM ROCKS 9524 2000

RYDER COMMERCIAL MELBOURNE - MARK RYDER 9600 1188

STEPHEN L RICHARDS ACCOUNTANTS & CO MELBOURNE – STEVE RICHARDS 90880400

JUNIOR PACKAGE

BAYSIDE BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS MENTONE – EDDIE JUNEJA 9583 4316

BEAUMONT TILES MENTONE – NEIL GILROY 9584 6620

BETTER FEET PODIATRY PAKDALE - DANIEL CARROL / NAOMI ROWLINGS 9588 2388

FOUR COUSINS PARKDALE – PAT COUSINS 9580 0591

HUFF BAGELRY MENTONE– JAZZ TYE 9585 4131

MENTONE TYRE & AUTO – CHRIS 9583 5599

MOODIE BUILDERS – NICK MOODIE 0400 812 095

OPTICAL OASIS MENTONE- MICHELLE MILES 9585 7669

PARKDALE FREE RANGE CHICKEN – NICK AND SAM 9588 1477

PARKDALE PHARMACY – ZOLTAN AND LYNETTE 9580 1891

RHINO THE WRECKER – HAYDEN O’LEARY 9580 4890

SOUTHBEACH HANDYMEN – MATT WORSNOP 0421 045 795

STRAIGHT ORTHODONTICS MENTONE - DAVID PETERS 9585 8000

THE CORNER STORE MENTONE – AABHAS BIRLA 9583 6462

TIM RICHARDSON MP – STATE MEMBER FOR MORDIALLOC 9772 4544

ENTRY LEVEL

CALTEX MENTONE – FIONA & PAT BARTUCELI 9583 5537

CCS LAWYERS - CHARMAIN STOTHARD 8516 3974

DESTINATION HQ – BEAUMARIS & MENTONE 9589 3294

HOME BUYERS PROTECTION SERVICE – PAUL O’TOOLE 0411 325 949

LA PORCHETTA MENTONE – ANTHONY 9585 5888

MARPHA NEPALESE & INDIAN RESTAURANT MENTONE – KESHAV KADEL 9584 8242

MENTONE BAKERY – BILL FULLER 9585 0391

PETER KNUPPEL – PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP

MURRAY THOMPSON MP – STATE MEMBER FOR SANDRINGHAM 9598 2688

SUDS CAR WASH MENTONE – AABHAS BIRLA 0457 130 766

TOBIN BROTHERS FUNERAL SERVICES – PAUL REYNOLDS 9583 0644

SUPPORTERS PACKAGE

CM LANDSCAPES – CHRIS MANGONI 0438 365 340

SIMTEC ELECTRICS – SIMON RICHARDS 0403 556 024

PLAYER SPONSORS – MANY THANKS

ANGLERS' CLUB MAL GARSIDE RICHARDS LOAN SOLUTIONS

BRAD BERRY MIKE GESCHKE (2) JENNA ROSS (3)

BERRY'S GYM ALDO MANGONI STEPHEN RYAN

TOM BRAIN TIM MCCOLL (2) GERALD STUTTERD

CHRIS DEE MENTONE CRICKET CLUB MARK TYQUIN (3)

MICK FOLLETT STEVE NICOLL PHIL VAWDREY

FUSION WORKFORCE PALMLAKE WORKS DAVID WALSTAB

GAFS ANTHONY PICKELS WOMEN OF SBMT

( ) Denotes number of players sponsored

LIFE MEMBERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT

NO AWARD 2016

BEST CLUB PERSON AWARDS

GEORGE ALEXANDER MEMORIAL TROPHY MERV KANE / KATRINA WIERINGA

ROD BRYANT AWARD TIM BEASLEY

MEMORIAL PLAYER AWARDS JUNIORS

RUSSELL LOGAN AWARD TOM DENNY

SAM BLACK AWARD CURTIS HOWE

CLUB LEADERS

SENIOR PREMIER B COACH STEVE RYAN

SENIOR CLUB CAPTAIN SIMON RICHARDS

RESERVES COACH STEVE D’ANDREA

THIRDS COACH LUKE PORTER

UNDER 19’S DIV 5 BLUE COACH DYLAN COUSINS

UNDER 19’S DIV 2 RED COACH ADRIAN LANE

ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS – AFL CLUBS

WESTERN BULLDOGS LUKE BEVERIDGE PREMIERSHIP COACH

JAMIE MADDOCKS OPPOSITION WESTERN BULLDOGS ANALYST / DEVELOPMENT COACH

WESTERN BULLDOGS ROB HESS HISTORIAN

ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS PLAYERS - VFL/ TAC CLUBS

COLLINGWOOD VFL JACK HELLIER (CAPTAIN)

FRANKSTON VFL LACHLAN MIRAMS / ALEX SMOUT

SANDRINGHAM VFL ROBERT IUDICA

SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS U18 TAC CUP SAM BEASLEY

ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS PLAYERS - TAC ACADEMY & SQUADS

SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS YOUTH GIRLS BRIDIE WINBANKS

JAMES BANFIELD SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS U16 ACADEMY BAILEY BERRY CALEB MILLAR SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS U15 CHRIS JACKSON COWDEN JUDD SQUAD SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS U15 GIRLS CHELSEA BOWEN SQUAD CHLOE SAULTRY

ST BEDES / MENTONE TIGERS PLAYERS –NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

UNDER 18 GIRLS VIC METRO BRIDIE WINBANKS

UNDER 16 GIRLS VIC ALL NATIONS ANGIE ANDUNGA

VAFA REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS

CHRIS MANGONI VAFA PREMIER DIVISION JARYD ROBERTSON

VAFA UNDER 19 BEN DANCE (VICE CAPTAIN)

VAFA PLAYER AWARDS

NONE RECEIVED 2016

SMJFL REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS

JACKSON COWDEN UNDER 15 BOYS INTERLEAGUE 3RD YEAR SELECTION IN A ROW

CHELSEA BOWEN UNDER 15 GIRLS INTERLEAGUE CHLOE SAULTRY AMELIA STORY

SMJFL PLAYER AWARDS

UNDER 18 GIRLS BEST & FAIREST LAURA SUMMERS 21 VOTES

UNDER 16 DIV 3 BEST & FAIREST JACKSON CROWDEN 12 VOTES

UNDER 15 GIRLS DIV 1 BEST & FAIREST CHLOE SAULTRY 20 VOTES

UNDER 11 DIV 1 BEST & FAIREST JACK TYSOE 11 VOTES

UNDER 11 DIV 1 EQUAL RUNNER UP ADRIAN COLE 9 VOTES

UNDER 18 GIRLS DIV 1 GOAL KICKING MADDISON WILSON 35 GOALS

UNDER 15 GIRLS DIV 1 GOAL KICKING KATELYN INGRAM 31 GOALS

UNDER 13 DIV 2 GOAL KICKING GAVIN BOYD 32 GOALS

Laura Summers SMJFL Under 18 Girls Best & Fairest &

Chloe Saultry SMJFL Under 15 Girls Div 1 Best & Fairest

Jackson Cowden SMJFL Under 16 Best & Fairest

Jack Tysoe SMJFL Under 11 Div 1 Best & Fairest

Adrian Cole SMJFL Under 11 Div 1 Equal Runner Up

VAFA PLAYER GAMES MILESTONES

250 GAMES DAMIEN WATERS 150 GAMES SIMON RICHARDS PATRICK TYQUIN 100 GAMES NICK SEEBER 50 GAMES MATTHEW CAIA DARCY HOLDEN FIN NEAVES

JOHNATHAN DAWS PAT HURST BRAYDEN O’TOOLE BRETT DENTON MITCH KENT THOMAS TYQUIN MARK GESCHKE CHRIS MANGONI

SMJFL PLAYER GAMES MILESTONES

150 GAMES CAMERON DUFFY 100 GAMES JACKSON COWDEN AUSTIN LAM CHASE KELSO RYAN VAUX 50 GAMES ROSE ALONZO HERVEY GARDNER AARON NOWLAN CHELSEA BOWEN DEVON GERRAND JAKE PALMER LYNDON BULMAN WILL GRAPEL ETHAN PATE KOEN CHANDLER SEAN GRELLA CHLOE SAULTRY FINN CHANDLER DARCY HIGGINS ANDREAS STEFANAKIS ALANA D’AQUINO MAX HOLT ALEX WARD JACK DAVOREN JOSH KINNA CHARLIE WILKES LUKE DEVOREN TOMMY LOMAGNO GEORGIA WILSON BEN EDDY WILLIAM LOMAGNO MADDISON WILSON JOSHUA EVANS CALED MILLAR JACKSON YATES LACHLAN FERGUSON TRENT MEAKINS MAX ZALAKOS SIOBHAN GAILEY SAM MURPHY

CLUB GAMES MILESTONES VAFA & SMJFL COMBINED

350 GAMES JAMES TYQUIN 250 GAMES DALE FOLEY 200 GAMES MITCHELL COEN 150 GAMES JAMES COLYVAN GEORGE ROWLANDS DANE HEVERIN JAKE TOWNLEY 100 GAMES JOSHUA HERON JOSHUA WHITE THOMAS WYND 50 GAMES KIERAN ARTHUR TIM JEANS

LIFE MEMBERSHIP – CLUB RULE 90

(1) Nominations for Life Membership shall be made: (a) by the Board; or Rules of the St Bedes/Mentone Tigers AFC b) by the nominee playing a minimum of 200 games in either reserves and / or seniors or a combination thereof, and also receiving the approval of the Board; or

(c) by recommendations for Life Membership to the Board from a member of the Club and seconded by an additional member of the Club. (2) Recommendations for Life Membership shall be received by the Board not later than 28 days prior to the end of the financial year. (3) A member nominated for Life Membership must have been a member of the Club for at least ten (10) years and to have either:

(a) served on the Board or Committee(s); or

(b) have (in the opinion of the Board) contributed significantly to the development of the Club.

(4) Any nominations for Life Membership shall be advised to the members by the Board at least fourteen (14) days prior to an Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting.

(5) The Board shall nominate no more than two members for life membership in any year, with the exception of nominees qualifying under sub-clause 90(1)(b).

(6) A simple majority of members present and entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting may elect a Life Member.

(7) Life members shall automatically be afforded Honorary Membership.

(8) Life Members of the St Bedes Old Collegians Football Club Inc, the Mentone Football Club Inc and the Mentone Junior Football Club Inc are automatically Life Members of the Club.

LIFE MEMBERS

MENTONE FOOTBALL CLUB

P WARD* S KELLY* D LEWIS*

DR SUTHERLAND* J LANDER* N MCGANN

MRS S SHAW* C LEWIS* W TEMPLETON

H PETERSON* D MECKIFF I MOATE*

J FURMEDGE* A MENNIE R MURRAY

N COVENTRY* N MCDONELL J O'NEILL

MRS BECKWITH* P MULVOGUE* J SCANLON

D PATTERSON* T MULVOGUE* J SMITH

A BODY* P CORBOY* MRS L TRIBE

J COUTTS* R POPE P VARNEY

S BREW* N PROFITT A WENKE

M DALGLEISH* R SHORT* D BURKE*

MRS I HARVEY* A SUTHERLAND* K BOSTOCK

L JAMES* G TRUSCOTT P DAVIS

G SOPPETT* J WALLACE* M FOLLETT

R BANFIELD* MRS I WEEKES S FULLERTON

A BECKWITH* J BALDOCK B MENNIE

W BIGNELL N BIGNELL MRS M OSBORNE

J BLANCHE* P BROMLEY P DOHERTY

G BROWN W BROMLEY* W EARLE

L BUCKLEY B COCKBURN MRS B EDWARDS*

S BURKE L COX* W FORT

B CHESTERS* G FORT R HESS

W NEWLAND R FOY M JONES

J CROZIER* W GROVES* V L'HUILLER

J EDDELBUTTEL* MRS W GROVES* B MARCHANT

C FOSTER D GROVES G MARCHANT

A GATFORD D HOLMAN L O'BRIEN*

T GRAHAM R HORE J ROBERTSON

B KEARNS A LAVEN P SPYKER

ST BEDES O. C. FOOTBALL CLUB

G ALEXANDER A VAUGHAN G KELLY

N KNUPPEL G SHANNON M ROBERTS

P MCCORMACK J HAND* M CALLAGHAN

P MULAVIN N HAND D COLLINS

T KURTH J ELMORE M ATHERTON

MENTONE JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB

A ROBERTS A LAW B FIRTH

J ROBERTS B EDWARDS* J SCULLIN

B WHITSON J MEYER H GROVES

V WHITSON F TESERIERO V RYAN

B WILSON

MENTONE & ST BEDES O.C. AMATEUR FOOTBALL CLUB

G FOOT-CONNOLLY P LANNAN M LOMAGNO

F KEAN* M B BEASLEY M TYQUIN

MRS M COLLINS* C PARKS F BARR

R BRYANT* M MCCRAW B BEASLEY

B DUNSTAN J DICKINSON L WINTLE

M F BEASLEY A WHITELAW V BOAG*

D MARSHALL P KERR* P WINTLE

D SMITH P NEWPORT B BERRY

T BEASLEY S NAPIER

* Deceased

HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE

As part of its commitment to fostering Australian Rules football in the local community, the St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Football Club seeks to recognize and honour the significant achievements of its players, officials and supporters by inductions to a permanent Hall of Fame.

In season 2004 the Hall of Fame was launched at a gala function where 100 persons were inducted, including ten legends. Since that time, 75 further inductions have taken place at a range of different, smaller club functions.

On 22 August 2014, an additional set of inductions were made in order to honour those associated with the 1993 premiership team.

The Hall of Fame Committee is responsible for receiving, evaluating, and recommending nominations for the Hall of Fame. Written nominations, with some brief background material concerning the nominee, may be submitted to members of the Committee at any time. Criteria to be considered will include:

Length of Service  [Note: Ten years of service shall be the accepted minimum guideline for the nomination of officials, sponsors or supporters. One hundred Senior and/or Reserve games shall be the accepted minimum guideline for the nomination of players or coaches, although junior games may also be taken into account where appropriate].

Significant Achievement  [Note: Important contributions to the culture, welfare or success of the club that fall outside of Length of Service may also be taken into account. For example, this might include significant individual achievements such as club or competition best and fairest awards, outstanding goal kicking records, representative football, subsequent achievement at a VFL/AFL level or elite sport level and/or involvement by individuals, or groups of people, in premierships, junior development, or community service].

Legend status will be conferred by the Hall of Fame Committee on those individuals considered to have made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the culture, heritage and development of the club. It is recommended that no more than 10% of the total number of Hall of Fame inductees shall be designated as Legends.

Current members of the Hall of Fame Committee include:

 Mark Beasley [email protected]  Rob Hess [email protected]  Brett Marchant [email protected]

Nominations for Hall of Fame Subject to the criteria stipulated above, anyone may be nominated to be a member of the Hall of Fame. Persons, either alive or deceased, may be nominated by a group or by individuals, or nominations may be made by the nominee themselves. Nominators may be anonymous, and persons do not need to be a member of the club in order to submit a nomination. However, the more 19 complete the information provided, the easier it will be for the Hall of Fame Committee to check information and finalize their deliberations.

Persons only need to be nominated once, but extra supporting or supplementary information concerning the nominee may be submitted in subsequent years by the initial nominator or other persons. It is understood that all information and material provided by nominators may be used for the purpose of publicizing and promoting the Hall of Fame.

Nominations must be submitted to a member of the Hall of Fame Committee in written form, either electronically or by means of a typed or hand-written note. Nominations by telephone will not be accepted. The nomination must include the following information:

1. Full name of person being nominated

2. Name of nominator and contact details (optional)

3. Category of nomination (either ‘Length of Service’, ‘Significant Achievement’, or ‘Both’)

4. Criteria satisfied (i.e., precise number of games, or exact years of service, if known)

5. Other information (i.e., a brief summary of information or achievements that should be taken into consideration, such as trophies awarded by the club, participation in finals or premierships, personal anecdotes or relevant biographical information. The availability of any personal memorabilia such as photographs or medallions that could be used for future display or publication purposes should also be noted)

The profiles of all inductees have been featured either in the inaugural Hall of Fame booklet or in one of the five subsequent premiership reunion booklets (1956, 1967/68, 1976, 1977 and 1993), all of which are available in PDF format on the club’s website.

Submitted by the Hall of Fame Committee:

Mark Beasley, Rob Hess and Brett Marchant

CLUB LEGENDS

INDUCTED 2004 (100 YEARS CENTENARY)

TIM BEASLEY PETER CORBOY* H P PETERSON*

NORM BIGNELL BRUCE GATFORD RICK PROFITT

BARRY BREEN BRETT MARCHANT GARY RASMUSSEN

DALE COLLINS

HALL OF FAME MEMBERS

INDUCTED 2004 (100 YEARS CENTENARY)

KEN ANSELL STEVE FULLERTON LEO O'BRIEN*

MICHAEL ATHERTON JACK FURMEDGE* CRAIG PARKS WILLIAM 'BILL' MATTHEW BEASLEY GALLAGHER* DOUG PATTERSON*

ROSS BESLEY FRED GATTUSO ALAN POORE

JAMES 'JIM' BAIRD* TOM GRAHAM* RAY POPE

RON BOMBER BANFIELD* WILLIAM 'BILL' GROVES* MICHAEL ROBERTS ALBERT 'MICK' BECKWITH* DAVID GROVES JOHN SCANLON

NEIL BESANKO JOHN 'JACK' HAND* PETER SCHOFIELD

WILLIAM 'BILL' BIGNELL SEAN HANRAHAN GERRY SHANNON BARRY 'HOOKER' STAN BREW* HARRISON* PEGGY SHAW*

PETER BROMLEY LEN JAMES* SAM SHAW*

WAYNE BROMLEY* MARK 'MAD' JONES ALAN SIERAKOWSKI

BOB BROOKER* FRANK KEAN* BRIAN SIERAKOWSKI ALAN 'JOE' FINGERS CARR* GREG KELLY PHILLIP SIERAKOWSKI

PETER CERATO JIM LANDER* GEORGE 'SOL' SOPPETT*

BRUCE COCKBURN PETER LANNAN JAMES 'JIM' TARBOTTON*

JOHN COCKBURN COLIN LEWIS* ADAM THOMPSON

NORMAN COVENTRY* VINNIE L'HUILLIER JACK THOMPSON

JOHN'TINY'CROZIER* STAN KELLY* ANTHONY'TONY'TRUSCOTT

ROBERT CROWE PETER MCCORMACK GERALD 'GERRY' TRUSCOTT

MORRIE DALGLEISH* MATTHEW MCCRAW BILL TURNER

PETER DAVIS TONY MACGEORGE EDWARD 'TED' TURNER*

WILLIAM 'BILL' EARLE KEVIN MCGUIRE JOHN TURNER

BETTY EDWARDS* NORM MCDONNELL MARK TYQUIN

DAVID EVANS DON MECKIFF EDWARD 'TED' VALE

DEAN FEBEN IAN MECKIFF VASIL VARLAMOS

MAURIE FIDDLER ALAN MENNIE TONY VAUGHAN

MICHAEL 'MICK' FOLLETT BRETT MENNIE JOHN WALLACE*

GREG FOOT-CONNOLLY JOHN MEYER PETER WEEKES*

WARREN FORT CROFTON MUDGE* FRED WEST*

INDUCTED 2006 (1950’S ERA)

PETER BARBER CLIVE FORSTER NORM OLDHAM

JACK BESWICK* MRS I HARLEY JOHN O'NEILL

JIM BLANCHE* GAVIN HOARE* JOHN RILEY

NEIL CHAPPLE R E 'BOB' HOYSTED* STAN RULE

BRIAN CHESTERS* GEORGE LE FEVRE KEVIN SCOTT

CLEM CHESTERS* EDWARD MCGOWEN KEVIN SHARP*

ALF CLARKE* WARREN MERCER REX SHORT*

JOHN EDELBUTTEL* STAN MOSS W 'BILL' WALDRON

NORM ELLINGSEN*

INDUCTED 2006 (1970’S ERA MENTONE)

DES ANTHONY MAK CULLEN NICK MCKENZIE

DICK BURKE* JEFF HOPGOOD* STEVE MATTHEWS

RAY BESANKO ROGER HORE JOHN SMITH

KIERAN BREEN STEVE LATCHEM ANDREW SUTHERLAND*

JIM COUTTS GLEN MCDONNELL PETER VARNEY

LINDSAY COX*

INDUCTED 2007 (1960’S ERA MENTONE)

GARY 'TARPAN' BAIRD ROD FOY KEITH SEDDON*

JOHN BALDOCK JIM KELT NEIL SHERRITT

GREG CROZIER PETER KERR* JOHN STEIN

GARRY DOWNIE NORM RYAN KEVIN WYLD

INDUCTED 2007 (1970’S ERA ST BEDES O.C)

GEORGE ALEXANDER* PETER FOGARTY MARK LOCKWOOD

RAY BOYCE DOUG HENDERSON BOB MULAVIN

JOHN BRADBURY MICHAEL HUYSMANS GERALD MULCAHY

DANNY CECCHI BRIAN IRVING BILL RHODEN

GLEN CLOUGH NORB KNUPPEL PAUL ROBINSON

KEN DUNN TIMM KURTH GEOFF TERRELL

JOHN 'JOCK' ELMORE MICHAEL LADDS BOB TURRA

INDUCTED 2013 (1990’S ERA)

FRANCIS BARR DEAN EDWARDS MICHAEL KINSELLA

MICHAEL BEASLEY ANDREW GOLDBERG SIMON MARKHAM

BRAD BERRY MARGARET GORDON STEPHEN MCCARTHY

ROBERT BILOS RON GORDON PAUL NEWPORT

VERN BOAG* SEAN GREY ROBERT PARSONS

ROD BRYANT* BRENDAN HAMBRIDGE JUSTIN SEBIRE

DALE DIGGINS BLAIR HUTCHINSON BRAD TOMLINSON

HEATH DONNELLAN DREW JOHNSTONE ANTHONY WALSH

BILL DUNSTAN MICHAEL L'HUILLER ANDREW WHILELAW

* Deceased

PLAYERS KILLED SERVING AUSTRALIA

WORLD WAR 1

SMITH, A.J.R. PENNY, W

WORLD WAR 2

ADDLINGTON, N.C. LARSON, L. NICHOLLS, T. FIDLER, S. STAFF, R. MEAGHER, J. GRAHAM, W.H. SPUNNER, R.L.

CORBOY CLUB

For more than 100 years the St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Football Club has been involved in sculpting our youth from the Mentone and surrounding areas into adults. We are a family orientated not for profit, volunteer based organisation, run purely with the philosophy “for the love of the game”

Peter Corboy was a man that dedicated much of his adult life to ensuring that as many young people in our wonderful community had an opportunity to participate in regular organised sport while developing life skills and forging lifelong friendships in the close knit environment of a community sports club.

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers are now looking for a group of like-minded supporters that, unlike Peter, might not have a lot of time to contribute but would like to help mould the youth of our community into upstanding young adults.

To honour Peter Corboy’s lifetime of volunteering, St Bedes / Mentone Tigers are seeking regular monthly financial contributions which will be dedicated into keeping the cost of playing football to a minimum and ensure that every young footballer in our community has an opportunity to participate in a wonderful team sport in the most professional and safe club environment we can offer.

Each member of this Club will be identified with a unique “Corboy Club” scarf, given a ticket to a dedicated function and rewarded with a drink card to use at any of our post game or tiger talk sessions throughout the year.

If you are interested in supporting this fantastic initiative please complete the contribution slip or for more information please reach out to any of the club’s committee members.

Thank you for your support and ‘Go Tigers’

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Board

In Memory of Peter Corboy 31 August 1937 – 11 July 2013

CORBOY CLUB CUSTODIANS

DAVID KINSELLA (CHAIR) JON KANE

DALE COLLINS ANDREW PETTINELLA

CORBOY CLUB MEMBERS

BERNIE BEASLEY MERV KANE MARC MIFSUD

MICHAEL BEASLEY GREG KELLY ANDREW MURPHY

TIM BEASLEY MICHAEL KINSELLA JOHN MUTTON

LUKE BEVERIDGE DAVID KINSELLA SHAUN NAPIER

TOM BRAIN OWEN LALOR DAVE O'BRIEN

DALE COLLINS TIM LAMB ANDREW PETTINELLA

DEAN EDWARDS PETER LANNAN STEVE RICHARDS

DEAN FLOWER RYAN L'HUILLIER MARK RYDER

TAMARA FLOWER ADAM L'HUILLIER PHIL SCOTT

WENDY GARSIDE MARK MCCOLL MARK TYQUIN

PAUL GROVES MATT MCCRAW PETER WALKER

ANDREW HAYES MICK MCGETTIGAN LUKE WINTLE

MARTIN HODGETTS CHRIS MEYER MICK ZAHRA

DREW JOHNSON

CLUB BEREAVEMENTS 2016

VALE PETER KERR

The club was saddened to report the passing of Senior Team Manager Peter Kerr who passed away on 7 January 2016 to an aggressive cancer which was diagnosed in mid-2015. Peter's involvement commenced as one of the premiership team mascots in 1967 and 1968. Then he not only went on to play junior and reserves football, but provided fantastic off-field service to the club.

As well as coaching roles in the Juniors, Peter has also been a Team Manager and bench assistant for more than 20 years, including the 1993, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Senior Premierships and Reserves Premierships in 1997 and 1998. A true Tiger with the nickname of ‘Nobby’ he is one of a group of unassuming people who have formed the backbone of the club with their tireless and largely unrecognized service. A former Secretary in 1987, Committee member, Life Member, Hall of Fame Member and winner of the Best Clubman award in 1997, Peter has been involved with the club in some official capacity for almost forty years. One of Peter’s last messages was to request club supporters to consider joining the Corboy Club via a monthly direct debit of an amount to fit your budget. Funds raised by the Corboy Club go to reducing subs for players. RIP Peter 'Nobby' Kerr, passed too young at 58 years of age and spent more than 50 seasons at the Mentone Recreation Reserve, first attending with his dad Bill who was also a volunteer for the Tigers.

Peter Kerr Mascot 1968 – Front Row Right

VALE PAUL BRENNAN

The club wishes to record the sad passing of our 2006 & 2007 Senior Premiership player Paul Brennan and offer our deepest condolences to his mother Ann, Brother Neil and extended family members. Paul walked into our club in 2006 and quickly became part of our family. Our Senior Coach Luke Beveridge 2006 - 2008 offered the following beautiful tribute and is a true testimony to how we at St Bedes / Mentone Tigers feel about 'Breeze' 'Paul was much loved by all of us. 26

“His team first and 'do anything for my mates' mindset helped everyone walk taller on the field. His personality was infectious and he was such an influential person on the Club's unified and caring off field environment”. “We are all effected by his loss and his passing is another reminder to us all to take care of those around us who have a mental illness or are effected by the pressures of modern society'. Rest in Peace Paul. You will always be remembered by all at our club”. A donation to beyondblue in memory of Paul would be appreciated. www. beyondblue. org. au

Paul Brennan Premiership Pic 2006 – Top Row Middle

VALE BETTY EDWARDS

The club wishes to express its deepest condolences to sons Darren and Dean Edwards and their families on the passing of their mum Betty. Many people new to the club would not know Betty but she was a tireless volunteer from the early 1980's when sons Darren and Dean commenced their playing careers at the Mentone Junior Football Club. Betty's involvement started when junior football commenced from Under 9 level.

Dean was our first player to play through the grades to reach senior level and was a member of our 1993 Premiership Team. Betty took on the Assistant Secretary role for years when communication was all done via the mail with typewriter at the ready and forms processed in triplicate.

Betty also operated the canteen and afternoon teas for junior Sundays and then senior Saturdays plus a myriad of other jobs including Team Manager and jumper washing. Betty was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2004 and below is our dedication from the booklet.

Betty Edwards: During the 1980s and 1990s Betty was a key administrator in both the Mentone junior and senior clubs. She was instrumental in consolidating the Mentone junior club, as well as being assistant secretary, canteen manager and team manager of several teams.

Betty was a winner of the Best Club Person award for both clubs and her devotion to the Tiger cause was recognised by her receiving Life Membership awards from both the junior and senior Mentone Football Clubs. She is the only person in both clubs to achieve this feat.

Over the past several years Betty would venture up to the club once or twice each season from her home in Rosebud and was in absolute awe of the club's continued growth and the standard of footy.

She was always full of praise for 'today's' volunteers due to the pressures on our hectic style of life compared to the 1980's when people just seemed to have more time to help our kids enjoy learning and playing the game we all love.

Betty was one extremely proud mum when Dean kicked that final goal in the 1993 Premiership victory over Old Geelong but was even happier when grandson Harrison commenced AusKick with the Tigers this sea

Betty's celebration of her life was held at Tobin Brothers Chapel 39A Boneo Rd, Rosebud on Friday 9 September. Rest in Peace Betty and thank you.

BOARD CHAIR REPORT MARK TYQUIN

I started 2016 as chairman of the board with high hopes of developing the initiatives the club had undertaken in the last couple of years as espoused by the board of directors including:  Developing an inclusive Club for all members  Development of sustainable business model  Improving club communications by developing our website & social media  Developing a player’s network strategy linking into the club as a whole  Develop long term vision with the master plan process with city of Kingston

Over the Christmas break & the lead up to the season, I did not accept the direction the newly elected VAFA committee were heading and felt the most appropriate action for the club was for me to resign just after the season commenced.

It was a privilege & honour to represent the club as the chairman of the board for the previous two years and sincerely thank all the people who supported our vision.

BOARD SECRETARY REPORT PETER DAVIS

From a Board and governance perspective 2016 has been quite trying year. Firstly we had the resignation of Finance Director Dale Collins which took some time for the Board to find another dedicated person to not only fulfil the role but to really analyse every section of the club from finance prospective, to constantly asked questions, offer sage advice and point us in the right direction.

Dale needs to be acknowledged for his dedication over decades of service to the club. Dale of course continued in the role until a replacement was found and has continued to offer guidance moving forward and has accepted other roles during the year to better the club. Dale is one of our 10 Club Legends and I thank him for his assistance.

Our new Finance Director Andrew Petinella has brought another new dynamic to the club which should he continue to be part of will hold us in good stead in future years.

During the season our Board Chair Mark Tyquin also resigned which was a real blow as he had given the club exceptional leadership and was steering the club in a direction to ensure continued success.

Unfortunately the club could not find a replacement for the Board Chair and as per the rules the Board Secretary also holds the position. Whilst I manage many other roles at the club, roles I really enjoy doing on Senior match days, assisting our players and all our great volunteers, I could not devote the time to step up in this area due to my extreme work commitments.

Mark of course continued on assisting our Senior Development Team as an Assistant Coach to Steve D’Andrea and really took the lead with the pavilion building project which I will write about later in this report. Mark has also provided a report on the building project.

The Board was also faced with not being able to fill the position of House Director at the 2015 AGM and it took some time to fill this important position.

Our 2015 VAFA President Shaun Napier stepped up even though his work commitments saw him travelling extensively but he was able to build a strong group around him to complete this job admirably.

Our newly elected 2016 VAFA President Mal Garside stepped up to the task and ensured that the playing group committed for the year and greatly assisted with the recruitment of players which ultimately saw us make the grand final and earn promotion back to Premier A.

Managing Senior footballers is not an easy task and the VAFA President’s role will always need a person who can stop work at the drop of a hat and be available to respond quickly to issues that arise.

It is imperative that we build a stronger VAFA committee to tackle a constantly challenging environment to ensure that our Senior and Under 19 Coaching staff and players have every opportunity to defeat our weekly opposition.

Our 2016 SMJFL President Tim Beasley is an extremely well organised individual and our junior teams ran like clockwork week in week out. Tim is a passionate individual and a duly recognised Legend of our club and contributed greatly to the growth of our juniors and to the club as a whole.

This is another position that requires serious time devoted to managing a large volunteer base over 10 age groups and the club should applaud his efforts.

Board member Caroline Goodchild completed another amazing year for the club. Caroline took on the role of linking the Under 17 and Under 19 playing group, organised the Under 19 dinners throughout the season, the Season’s Launch amongst other jobs but more importantly offered different perspectives at board meetings and this small acknowledgement does not do justice to Caroline’s contribution throughout the year.

Board Member Luke Beveridge also offered valuable advice on important issues and wise guidance when required. Luke also raised the level of interest in our club by continually promoting us when given the opportunity in his role of Western Bulldogs Coach and this is much appreciated.

His achievement this year in guiding the Bulldogs to the AFL Premiership is nothing short of amazing however all the wise heads of the club who were involved with Luke during his time as Assistant Coach in 2005 and Senior Coach 2006, 2007 and 2008 know his commitment and football knowledge would bring success as was his other roles at Collingwood and Hawthorn Football Clubs.

The report should also note that our former Triple Premiership player Jamie Maddocks is part of Luke’s coaching team as an Opposition Analyst / Development Coach at the Bulldogs so congratulations are in order and another Triple Premiership Player Paul Groves will be their Women’s Coach in 2017. On top of this our Historian, Associate Professor Rob Hess, is also a member of the Bulldogs Heritage Committee, helping to set up their museum at Whitten Oval and assisting with the club’s bid to have a team in the inaugural national women’s league.

The Board faced some challenging issues; some which we need to continue to work on over the summer season ready for 2017.

First would be to further analyse our insurance requirements to ensure we are adequately covered should issues arise beyond our control. I use this report to put a callout to our members and supporters who have expertise in this field to assist.

Secondly, we must boost our sponsorship efforts by seeking out and recruiting club members and their business contacts who can offer advice and assistance to grow our base.

Fiona Lawrence is an outstanding advocate for our club as was ably assisted by Steve Richards and Merv Kane in growing our sponsors list, not just to pull monies into the club but to offer true value in return with brand recognition and sales by our growing player and member base.

Thirdly, we need to ensure that our communications and marketing of the club is first rate. This year our Under 19 Division 5 Coach Dylan Cousins stepped up and greatly assisted in this role and members enjoyed reading his weekly newsletters.

Dylan has now moved on and taken a senior assistant coaching role elsewhere and has handed over his expertise to Laura Knipe for 2017.

There is no doubt that Laura will do a great job however the size of our club dictates that we need a marketing parent in each team to constantly be sending back information on match days so there is a steady stream of news and pictures on our great club so again I am calling out for people with expertise in this area to devote a small part of their weekly life to assist Laura so she can craft our stories and messages to the Mentone community and beyond.

Behind-the-scenes Life Member and Hall of Fame Member Michael Atherton has been trying to maintain our antiquated website and at the same time build a new one for the 2017 season.

This project is well underway and will be launched in coming months but again the website, our app, newsletters, Facebook, Twitter at all social media can only be required reading if you our members and supporters take on the role of reporters, information gatherers and photographers and send onwards to Laura.

Fourthly, we need to set up a small dedicated group to grow our membership income base by turning supporters into members.

Moving on to the football side of the club we have outstanding volunteers in every age group and would take pages to thank all of them for being part of our Tiger Army. They have been acknowledged throughout the coaches’ reports.

The club also has two volunteer Operations Managers for the VAFA and SMJFL sections and a huge thank you to Tom Brain and Glenn Goodchild for their countless hours of service to make sure each team runs like clockwork.

As a person who has been around the club for 50 years except for when I’ve been working elsewhere I would just like to acknowledge our volunteers’ importance no matter how big or small.

Their efforts in ensuring that we maintain our one club policy and provide the best possible pathway for our players from AusKick upwards throughout their sporting careers and continue to assist them of the field in their working and / or family lives in valued.

The fact that every one of our teams from Under 11 upwards (where finals commence) except our thirds made the finals is a great testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved and our thirds coach Luke Porter took on that role knowing that it was a throw together team just based on extra numbers but understanding that it would assist our reserves and under 19 teams by keeping guys together who could step up if required.

I also wish to acknowledge our Coaching Director Brad Berry for his efforts who has turned his passion into reality. It is no small effort on his part to see the fruits of his energy commencing some years ago start to come to fruition.

Brad has been invited to complete a Level 3 Coaching Course with the AFL, a course that you cannot register or apply for and wrote our club’s grading policy which has been taken up by the SMJFL as a guide for other junior clubs.

Volunteering is a great life experience, be it at a kindergarten school committee, an arts group or a sporting club. I understand that many people are time poor but all I am asking is the small efforts or commit to one fundraising event to keep us financially viable.

The biggest challenge for our club is to grow our revenue base year on year to keep up with our coaching programs, registration fees and associated costs.

Our current social and training facilities are inadequate, have been for many years and we are now at a point where we cannot contribute further funds to develop these facilities by ourselves.

This is not a new argument, I could see this coming around 12 years ago and it is a great credit to past club officials and volunteers who worked tirelessly to raise money for the social room, kitchen, toilet’s and a new clubroom, the Peter Corboy Pavilion.

Our growth in player numbers back then forced the City of Kingston to agree to our request for a second playing oval, the Southern Road reserve which is also a training facility with a poor playing service but it has served its purpose allowing us to grow our numbers.

Football is constantly evolving and the only way for us to continue to compete in the highest level of the VAFA is to build numbers through our Under 8’s, 9’s and 10’s so that we have a minimum of two boys’ teams from Under 11 upwards.

The success of our two girl’s teams and the AFL’s decision to take an active role in creating a proper sporting pathway is welcome.

Our club has embraced this and is working towards fielding junior teams in Under 10’s, 12’s, 14’s, 16’s and 18’s in the SMJFL plus a Women’s team in the VAFA.

This is quite an exciting phase. So far Vanessa Micallef and Chris Dee have stepped up to drive this but again we will need further assistance from members or supporters who have been active in girls’ and women’s football to make sure we do this correctly.

Logistically, this will be an issue and we will need to work with the City of Kingston for a third venue at some point and possibly extra lights at Mentone to play some matches at night.

The City of Kingston should be acknowledged for stepping up in late 2015 when the training lights at the Southern Road reserve went past their use by date and they allocated $160,000 for four new towers and 16 lights which was completed at the end of April this year.

This ground of course is prone to waterlogging and club members, particularly in our juniors should be lobbying their ward councillors for this to be fixed.

However, if I return to 2008 when we first made it to Premier A, the club has really struggled to raise funds over and above our costs which in turn doesn’t allow us to provide the coaching programs necessary compared to most other VAFA Premier A clubs and this may well have been one of the reasons why we dropped back to Premier B in 2015. Whilst our time there was brief and we will return to Premier A in 2017 we are still locked into this catch 22 situation.

The two areas I am passionate about are obtaining better facilities and not just for our club but for the local community in general be it sporting or cultural or disability services.

The club is slowly making progress towards what we call stage one of a sporting/community hub but the Council will not commit to the masterplan which they commenced more than 2 years ago.

Mark Tyquin, Shaun Napier, Fiona Lawrence and I head up the Mentone Pavilion project working group and we have been meeting with Council Officers on a fortnightly basis since August.

The cold hard reality is that our club does not really rate in the big scheme of things for a building upgrade at the Mentone reserve beyond a football / cricket model although they accepted our view that the Mentone Mustangs Basketball Club and the Mentone Clovers Netball Club need a home base with an office and a merchandising area.

Council officers struggle with our trading name and would prefer our official club name as they have a history of supporting clubs attached to suburbs.

Some years ago St John Vianneys / St Bedes Cricket Club was similar to us, growing in numbers but could not break into the queue for building funding let alone a masterplan for the Walter Galt reserve even though Mordi-Braeside Junior Football Club was thriving.

St Johns and St Bedes CC took the bold move and changed their name to Kingston Saints and magically a masterplan materialised and new facilities were funded. They have now moved on to become Kingston Hawthorn CC and compete in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.

St Pats Football Club (the Vultures) was another example of not being able to attract council funding for building upgrades at Southern Road reserve in the early 2000’s. They changed their name illegally to Mentone Amateurs and secured $150K for a small upgrade and were working on substantial facilities when they were directed by Consumer Affairs after my legal challenge to change their name back.

The funding for extra facilities then evaporated but an opportunity arose to merge with Parkdale which they did and are now known as Parkdale Vultures.

It may surprise members but Kingston is currently moving ahead with a totally new building at Parkdale of $2.6 to $3M with no masterplan and up until last year was not even in the queue.

This club has 5 teams, Seniors Reserves, Thirds and 2 x Under 19. Mordialloc FC has 5 teams, Seniors, Reserves, two Masters and a Ladies teams and their masterplan which commenced at the same time as ours is completed and a total of $6.8M is being allocated over the next 2-3 years.

To put this in prospective, our club of 20 teams and growing have an indication of council contributing $1.8M on top of the $1M from the State Government although the Officers seem to have accepted the reality that they need to complete stage 1 and part of stage 2 for the project to work which will require a funding increase to $3M.

My view and the project working group’s view is that a stronger base of supporters which will become volunteers and members in future years will only be achieved if we can link in with these two clubs plus our summer tenants, the Mentone Cricket Club and provide a working facility that people want to come to, stay at and be part of across the four codes.

Our club must continue to advocate to the City of Kingston for the closure of Remo Street and invest in sporting and community infrastructure on the Remo Street properties to include multipurpose courts and a community activity centre that we can all use and be also available to other local groups.

We must also continue to push for the widening and lengthening of the oval to ensure that we are competitive against all clubs when we play away and we play finals on larger grounds.

There is no doubt that the only reason we are making progress is the $1 million commitment made by the then Opposition Leader, now Premier Daniel Andrews who saw merit in our vision through the advocacy of Tim Richardson MP for Mordialloc.

Ward Councillors Geoff Gledhill, Ron Brownlees and Rosemary West should be acknowledged for pushing the Council Offices along to the point we are at but the proof will be in the pudding once a cost analysis is done and the required funds are allocated in the middle of 2017.

I am positive that the new Council make up following the elections in October will take up the challenge for stage 1 however my belief is that further stages will only be funded if we remove our trading name and be known as Mentone and St Bedes Amateur Football Club or Kingston Tigers.

Please stay tuned to the website leading up to season’s launch 2017 for updated on stage 1.

The other project that I am passionate about is building electronic video screen/scoreboards for both grounds.

Given the above, our club just does not have the funds to provide the screens but they are an important tool for us moving forward. The screens are not just for giving us the score line, they will become a new advertising stream for the club, can promote us and our players on match days.

The reality here is that it took one of our Life and Hall of Fame members Peter Kerr who was a lifelong volunteer who loved the club to offer a dedication after he passed away from cancer on 7 January 2016.

We are still to receive his monetary gift but it will be forthcoming in the coming month. Peter’s gift however allowed us to apply for funding from Mark Dreyfus MP for Isaacs of $20,000 in respect to the Mentone reserve and from Clare O’Neill MP for Hotham of 16,000 in respect to the Southern Road reserve. The $16K has been banked, the $20K is due in coming months.

Whilst we have been successful in obtaining those 2 grants however we still need a top up to make these a reality. The club has set up an Australian Sports Foundation facility where tax-deductible donations can be made.

To give you an idea of size, what we are looking for is a 10 pixel rated 6 m x 3 m panel on the Mentone scoreboard and a 4 m x 4 m panel on a stand-alone frame at Southern Road reserve. The stand-alone frame has quite a significant cost and we appear to be around $8000 short a time of this report.

To date donations from members has been poor despite constant requests but hopefully this project can be fulfilled prior to the start of the 2017 season. https://asf.org.au/make-donation/electronic-scoreboards-project/

Club sponsor Ron Gordon from Clearcut Hairdressing has taken up the challenge to tackle the City of Kingston on the condition of our playing surface at the Mentone Reserve.

The summer grass that was installed during the drought times back in the summer of 2007 / 2008 was considered the right way to go and in water uses terms of a reduction of up to a million liters of water and grass on a sandy base seemed to be the way to go.

Unfortunately over a number of years the grass cover in the summer has insufficient thickness through lack of understanding on maintenance, watering and fertilizing and we end up at the back end of the season with a growing health and safety concern for our players who report much more body soreness after games requiring a longer period of time to get back to normal weekday training and to come back up in top condition for the following week’s match.

Ron is obtaining all the science and horticultural expertise to present to the City of Kingston and the club appreciates his efforts.

Finally, the club needs to attract more people both on the Board with strong governance experience that just complete this task and we need to update our committee structures and club rules to keep pace with constant challenges.

Again, I call on members to work on how best you can help out and offer your expertise, big or small to ensure that the club continues to be a great place for families, fitness and fun.

Roll on 2017, I carn't wait for it to commence.

FINANCE DIRECTOR’S REPORT ANDREW PETTINELLA

Our financial figures along with supporting documentation have been presented to the clubs auditors, Brendan Buck & Paul Adams. In their opinion, the Financial Statements represent fairly, in accordance with applicable Australian Auditing Standards, the financial position of St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Amateur Football Club Inc for the year ended 31 October 2016.

I joined the St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Board this year as the Finance Director. I was last Treasurer about 20 years ago, which was a few years after our merger. The Club has come a long way since then. My focus was to understand what it costs to run the club, implement some financial controls and review the revenue sources of the Club.

I can report that we achieved an operating profit of $41,789 before depreciation and the car raffle for season 2016. After depreciation of $4,573 and other income of $23,144, being a profit of $7,144 on the car raffle and a grant of $16,000, the final result for the year ended 31 October 2016, was a profit of $60,360. The Club acknowledges with thanks the grant of $16,000 from Clare O’Neil MP, the member for Hotham to enable the Club to upgrade its scoreboard facilities at the Southern Road Reserve.

Our improved performance can be attributed to;

 The increased income of the Corboy Club from season 2015. This has increased by about $10k from last year. We need to add more members and see this revenue stream increase to offset Affiliation fees.  Sponsorship has increased by another $13k  Better control over the Bar Facilities. There has been a better margin on bar trading and revenue increased by $10k and costs fell by $5k. Its contribution to revenue increased by $15k

 There was a concerted effort in collecting senior player subscriptions in a timely manner and having a third Senior team and second under 19’s allowed player subscriptions to increase this year.

Expenditure did increase over the period. VAFA expenses increased over the last 12 months by around $26k. Having extra teams meant more medical tape and medical resources. We still need to control expenses in these areas. We need to harness volunteers where possible.

I would like to thank all those that have the energy and enthusiasm to contribute to the Club and in particular;

 Fiona Lawrence and her team in the management of our Sponsors. Without her team, I don’t know how we could manage to get all our teams on the ground. Fiona wants to take a back seat role next year, so as a Club, we need to actively attract more people to the sponsorship team.  Katrina Wieringa for her role as the SMJFL Treasurer. Katrina has assisted with all the data entry, payment of invoices and recording of revenue etc.  Shaun Napier for taking over the management of the House. Better processes have been implemented to manage our bar facilities and is reflected in our better financial position  Peter O’Brien and Carolyn Goodchild for managing the collection of VAFA subscriptions. Peter also approved VAFA expenditure and monitored a Budget and reviewed revenue raised from VAFA activities.  Tim Beasley for taking my calls and hearing me out with my ideas and issues I have encountered.

With the pressures of competing in A Grade, the increased costs of running football and the popularity of women’s football, we need to continue to grow the revenue sources of the Club. This needs to be a focus and this is something you will continually hear me mention in discussions.

HOUSE DIRECTOR’S REPORT SHAUN NAPIER

I took on the role of House Director early in 2016 after the position was vacated at the last AGM.

I set a goal early to reduce our spending, introduce better stock control measures and ultimately increase profitability in the key profit centre of the house.

With the introduction of regular stock takes, monitoring of purchasing patterns and reviewing the stock lines carried the profit margins in the bar were almost doubled from last year.

This coupled with some very successful functions throughout the year meant an overall increase of $41K in revenue for the House and Bar areas of the club whilst only increasing the expenses by 18K.

A huge thanks needs to go to all of those that helped during the year especially the following:

 Phil Vawdrey for his volunteer work behind the bar on Thursday nights  Tim Beasley, Glenn Goodchild, Andrew Whitelaw and Caroline Goodchild for their help with the bar and feeding the Under 19’s  Jocelyn Moodie and Jenna Ross for their outstanding work in coordinating functions  Fiona Lawrence for her tireless work with sponsorship  Steve Zagami and Chris Dee for their maintenance work around the club

 The Junior Team Managers and teams for their fantastic contributions to Tiger Talk  The crew in the kitchen on Thursdays preparing food for our Senior teams; and  Last but not least the countless volunteers and support staff that helped with ensuring we could deliver a good service to the club during the year.

Thank you to all.

PRESIDENT VAFA REPORT MAL GARSIDE

Season 2016 began with many challenges in our pathway. We had spent the previous season competing in Premier B and this was the year to earn a promotion back to Premier A division.

The year began with a decision to field a Senior and Reserves team supported by the inclusion of a Thirds team. Two under 19 teams were formed – one in Section 2 and another in Section 5.

Preseason began under the guidance of newly appointed coach Steve Ryan assisted by Adam Acreman with Steve D’Andrea again committed to the Reserves and Luke Porter took control of our Thirds. Our Under 19 boys had Adrian Lane and Dylan Cousins in coaching roles.

Preseason games against Rye, Cheltenham and Mazenod provided us the opportunity to plan our season ahead. A weekend training camp to Birchip provided important time together as a group with a good mix of training and leisure. Thanks to all our volunteers who supported our coaches and players over the preseason.

Our playing season finished with both Under 19 teams playing off in finals, Reserves reaching the Preliminary Final and our Senior team being defeated by Beaumaris in the Grand Final.

Importantly 2017 will see us competing in Premier A Division thanks to the hard work and dedication of Senior Coach Steve Ryan, Steve D’Andrea, Adam Acreman and our players and all support staff who make game day possible.

Moving forward to the 2017 season we are now in a position engage with our competitors in what is considered by many as the premier football competition in Victoria outside the AFL and VFL.

We must accept this challenge as a cohesive and well-structured outfit both on and off field coupled with hard work and self-belief to give ourselves every opportunity of success.

Women’s football has been scheduled into the VAFA competition for 2017 and we have committed a Senior team to compete in what will be an exciting time for our Club. As a pioneer in the extension of the VAFA we must be prepared to work hard and focus on developing the Women’s football department this coming year and into the future. A strong and viable Women’s competition will send many rewards our way.

As we leave 2016 behind there are many people who have assisted in making the season a success.

Thanks to our coaches Steve Ryan, Steve D’Andrea, Adam, Adrian, Dylan and Luke for your hours of dedication ensuring we were competitive on field.

Thank you to our Medical staff led by Kristylee for your fantastic efforts throughout the year looking after our ‘wounded’. Thanks to the volunteers that give their time for the love of our Club.

Phil Vawdrey and Steve Zagami and others for their invaluable assistance on Thursday evenings. And Peter Davis leads a magnificent group of volunteers making game day enjoyable.

The support of our sponsors is acknowledged and a huge thankyou to all sponsors who support us with their generosity. The revenue stream from our sponsor group is vital to our continued success as a Club in an ever increasing diversity of sporting codes competing in our neighbourhood.

Our VAFA committee has worked tirelessly with a focus on getting the job done. Thanks to Peter O’Brien (Treasurer), Tom Brain (Secretary/Football operations), Jenna Ross (Events/Functions) and Steve Watson (Player management/welfare).

Thank you to Carolyn Goodchild for her work with the Under 19 group. I must thank all committee members for their efforts and in particular the focus on increased revenue and controlling expenditure with the expansion from three teams in 2015 to five teams in 2016. The financial position for the Senior division of our club is encouraging (see our financials report being present at the AGM).

Benchmarks have now been established and we need to fine tune these and aim for improvement that will ensure our financial viability moving forward.

There were many who received individual awards at our Presentation evening (see individual awards in this Annual report document). I would like to make special mention of two awards presented to members of our club by the VAFA.

Paul ‘Rat’ Wintle received his award in recognition of 300 VAFA games consisting of a mix of club games and representative games with the VAFA. Well done ‘Rat’ and thank you for your service to St Bedes /Mentone Tigers and the VAFA.

I am sure everybody has been entertained by ‘Rat’ during his journey. ‘Rat’ has now retired from playing and will commence overseas travel with his family.

Tom Brain has been awarded Life Membership of the VAFA for his many years of dedicated service to the VAFA competition. Tom has served with numerous clubs in a range of roles and is a former member of the VAFA Board. Thanks Tom for your past and ongoing service to the VAFA and importantly your dedicated hard work with St Bedes / Mentone Tigers.

What would our club be without the entertainers? Thank you to every player who took to the field in 2016. No matter how many games played or what division you competed. Each week you choose to represent our club and in many individual cases accepting amateur status to play with your mates.

This is your club. It is about you. We work for you and thanks for the entertainment you provide.

Thank you for your assistance in 2016 and take care over the summer season.

PRESIDENT SMJFL REPORT TIM BEASLEY

With another junior season commencing some significant changes to the committee occurred. Joining the committee was Nick Moodie, Josephine O’Gorman and Steward Ward. As a result the 2016 committee was:

Bob Bilos was unable to continue on due to various reasons. We appreciated the effort and time Bob put in and the value he contributed to the group discussions, planning and his role as Tribunal

38 delegate. As a result of the three ins and only one out the committee numbers grew. Given the effort required to run the junior club each year, the increasing expectations on sporting clubs to run more professionally and the reliance on volunteer’s it is paramount that the load is shared. In order to do this high numbers on the committee is a must.

Prior to the season commencing the first challenge of the season was getting advertising boards up to grow awareness of the coming season and increase player numbers. In the end the challenge became too big for various reasons and as a result this didn’t occur. However after another successful season launch awareness grew, pre-season training commenced we were almost ready to start the games.

Unfortunately a low light of the season was us not being able to field a team in the Under 15’s. It had become increasing hard to get a team up over the last few years as this team progressed through the age groups despite the efforts of some quality people and the players that did their best each week.

On a positive side our girl’s football program grew from one team to two. We also managed to field two U17 teams again for the second year running and this resulted in our total number of teams remaining at sixteen for the second year running. Another great achievement was the increase in involvement of senior players coaching at junior level.

There has been growth in this area over the last three seasons with this growing to around 10 in multiple teams. This shows a strong level of commitment from the senior playing group into the development of junior players. I don’t believe there would be any other local club that would have anywhere near this level of commitment from their senior club.

After some significant work from the Coaching Director and his team of age group coordinators/ coaches all teams were trained up, graded and ready to go. One early season problem was the lack of lighting at Southern rd. While new lights were going to be installed by the council they were on a slow ship from China and as a result wouldn’t be installed until mid-season.

The season commenced and there was a real excitement about what the season would bring. After some mixed results and the early challenge of having two u17’s in the one age group regrading occurred and resulted in all teams playing in grades that suited their capabilities.

Throughout the season there were some on field challenges along the way. This at times significantly impacted on the time that committee members had to give to their roles. Unfortunately there were also some significant injuries that occurred along the way. While some of these are unavoidable given the nature of the game there were some in particular that occurred as a result tackles that were not legitimate and could/should have been avoided.

The mid-season social was held again with Michael Wintle engaged to entertain the junior and friends. While the attendance levels weren’t at the peaks of a Captain Spalding night it was a very enjoyable night and the music provided was very entertaining.

After it seeming like the season had only just started we were on the verge of finals. It was looking very positive with only a couple of teams having to win in the final rounds to secure a spot. Lightning carnival commenced for the u8’s, 9’s and 10’s.

There was some really positives results over the two weeks of the carnival with two teams winning there group level. The older age groups commenced their final series with the added bonus of all teams making the finals. This was a fantastic result for the club and what I believe is a first.

What following was a very exciting finals series that resulted in 4 teams making the grand final with two of these being successful on the day.

With finals out of the way it was all about the team presentation awards and SMJFL awards. Many of our players received invitation to the league awards with a couple of worthy recipients worthy winners.

I would personally like to recognize the special efforts of some club volunteers that this season I believe have gone above and beyond in regards to the time and effort they have put in for the betterment of the club and its members.

Board Members

 Peter Davis. Without Peter’s passion and commitment to this club we wouldn’t be on the verge of approval for what will be a fantastic new club facility at Mentone Oval. Also pivotal in the club obtaining numerous grants for various items.  Mark Tyquin for agreeing to take on the role as Chairman of the club 3 years ago and really being a driving force behind the club facility redevelopment and also the club returning to financial strength.  The finance team led by Andrew Pettinella. Andrew bought a more strategic outlook to the role this year and assisted by Katrina the heart and soul of the team. Kate’s effort should not be understated. The return to financial stability for the first time in 4 years is a credit to their dedication and that of others over the last three years that have put in the hard yards.  Shaun Napier, Glenn Goodchild, Caroline Goodchild and everyone else that assisted the House in ensuring this massively important function of the club run effectively and efficiently.  Fiona Lawrence and her sponsorship team. Again this season all junior teams were sponsored which was a ripping result. Sponsorship grew to new heights which contributed significantly to the positive financial result this year.

Junior Committee Members – Special mentions

 Vanessa for all her efforts over many years as initially a committee person and then her efforts as club secretary. This is a pivotal role that needs a hands on approach and a lot of sacrifice  Pete Lannan for continuing on in his role as Registrar even though his son had transitioned from junior to senior football.  Brad’s team of coaching coordinators and coaches. What a great effort by them all for proactively promoting the club values and develop the junior players that they were responsible for.  Andrew Whitelaw as tribunal advocate. At the beginning of the season all was going well and we thought it was going to be another quiet season. As the season went on the incidents that our club were involved in grew immensely however fortunately the majority of these related to the actions of players from other clubs. As a result the time Andrew put into collecting info, advising club members and attending tribunals was high and he handled this role exceptionally well.  Erin for again not being willing to say no to her big brother and taking on the merchandise role. This is a key role especially early in the season ensuring that all players are fitted out.

 Josephine for stepping up to coordinate/assist all the Team managers. As there is normally a big turnover of volunteers in this area each year to have one person that is there to support this group is a great support for the club.  Nick and Stew for assisting in many areas throughout the year in the football development/operations area and being a voice of reason at junior committee meetings.

Volunteers

 Those volunteers that don’t hold official committee roles but without who we couldn’t continue to support our junior players. Especially the team managers that put their hand up at the beginning of the season to coordinate all the team activities throughout the year. Also the coaches that take on such an important role in the development of all their players.  Last but by no means least I would like to thank all the junior players and parents for their support this year. The club is in a great financial position now due to the efforts of all. This puts the club in a very strong position next year and allows the club Board and committees to strategically look at what needs to be improved around the club leading up to the redevelopment of the Soppett/Corboy facilities and the growth in junior football.

2017 Season planning

With some of the 2016 junior committee members stepping aside to take on another pathway it is imperative that volunteers are willing to give up their time to continue to grow the junior program and build the club into a local football powerhouse. This can only be achieved by a strong junior committee willing to take on this challenge.

While it does take some level of commitment to do this the rewards are great as you see the smiles on all players each week and hear the club song sung with great pride.

If you are looking to make a difference then please be willing to step up.

SPONSORSHIP REPORT FIONA LAWRENCE

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE

FIONA LAWRENCE STEVE RICHARDS MERV KANE

2016 saw a 12% increase in Sponsorship thanks to new sponsors and existing sponsors increasing their previous commitment such as Buxton to Major Sponsorship. There was a loss off four sponsors, one being Chappell wines $5k but that was never to be relied upon per se.

If the outcome of the car raffle is to be included the increase can be reasoned to be a 20% increase, I am not sure how the club has chosen to report these funds. This increase moves towards a desired level of comfort, to financially run Junior and Senior Club and be the desired Football Club in the local area for members to play and participate in our local community while supporting local grass roots football. Sponsorship plays a small but congruous role in this.

Figures include the ‘Supporter packages’ where in kind goods services and vouchers have been turned into $ via fundraising activities:

2017 currently confirmed $40,500 2016 $70,085 rebates to be confirmed to the actual dollar value including the car raffle $78,110 41

New Sponsors in 2016:

Hunt Heating as Under 19’s Jumper Sponsor Suds Car Wash CCS Lawyers Peter Knuppel Simtec Electrics CM Landscapes Better Feet Podiatry Optical Oasis The Corner Store

New Sponsors for 2017

Sportsafe Australia Potential sponsors are in progress over the next few months

Exclusivity precedent

Sponsorship over the last 3 years has been based on single category with the belief that businesses that look after SBMT can receive reciprocal benefit. Sponsorship has steadily grown on the understanding that there are enough categories to do so. It has been the ethos to build a long -term sustained relationship with trust, rather than short turnover business. Some categories can exist side by side because of a point of difference that does not conflict and other businesses not threatened by same industry and give the blessing to add more of the same. The current sponsorship team maintain this program is the better option

This year saw a sponsorship request conflicting with another long- term sponsor. Such was the testament for inclusive sponsorship the request escalated to the Board for the final decision. The Board discussed the request and deemed exclusivity could only be attained by a Major sponsorship package, a Major sponsorship package was taken by the current sponsor and the second category request was denied.

Requested by the sponsorship team during this process was for the Board to set policy on exclusivity and sponsorship, to clearly set parameters on exclusivity. The above has now set a precedent leaving little autonomy for the sponsorship team.

Sponsorship dollars are fundamental to the running costs of the club so a clear long term plan needs to be in place with clarity not only for the incumbent holding the position but as a template for future office bearers in years to come. This precedent now leaves the door open to cross category sponsorship leaving current sponsors without assurance of a long term relationship to rely upon.

Long term strategy

 Long-term direction- SBMT sponsorship $100,000 , this is continuing a 10% increase is required each year to reach the 2020 goal  Portfolio retention of long -term returning sponsors establishing business and community relationship with the club, steadily increasing each year toward the target. Target year 2020. Currently approaching 5 businesses in the area. Assistance is required to expand on this from members of the club.

Change in direction – Outcomes for 2016

 Supporter package – 2 year life then must convert to a $ contribution Destination HQ converted. Destination converted to an Entry level packages and added a rebate, this added an extra $600 to the overall sponsorship outcome  Loyalty Card will continue to have the Senior fixture included. With an increase to the list of sponsors, this card will need review to a 4-fold card or a design change. This continues to be one of the most popular marketing tools in the packages  Junior teams to allocate a Sponsor delegate in each team (not the Team Manager), this did not occur in 2016 as a result some junior teams poorly represented and looked after their sponsors. Most junior teams failed to relay information back on how they connected with their sponsor even when directly asked, despite continued efforts from the Junior committee to collect this information  Supporter’s package will be discontinued in 2018 allowing current sponsors to see out their 2-year term. This package unless paid prior to the season start proves difficult to monitor and maintain in a meaningful way.

Sponsorship areas for improvement:-

Needs a new approach and review, whilst the Loyalty Card, Roller Banner and Magnet are highly regarded by the sponsor there may be a better and smarter way to promote the business.

Categories unsponsored – A sampling

Trades –carpentry, cabinet making, glazing, Bricklaying, Concreter, Plastering, Tiling, Painting Decorating, Air conditioning, Blacksmithing, Draftsperson, Hydraulics, Locksmith, Printing, Welding, Arborist, Agricultural – Chicken DE sexer, IT services, Pool installation and service, Medical Surgery, Trade Supplies, Leisure industry, Sports Management

Member’s acknowledgement – to be improved by use of local business and or letting the local sponsors and more remote sponsors know they are from SBMT. Members providing information of use of Sponsors e: g car, holiday, haircut, dinner

Internship opportunity

To be developed in 2016 for 2017. This initiative will be advertised by the end of the year by the Board and the concept extended out to additional categories such as IT, Marketing etc. This is an opportunity within our community for any student in final year studying Commerce marketing/Sporting degree or similar to work for the club whilst gaining valuable experience for their CV.

This opportunity is ideal for any player not currently employed hoping to enter the sporting industry in a corporate sales marketing role. Hours per week will be up to 10 hours.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:  Manage and maintain lists and client databases  Assistance with 2017 presentation and partnership packages and strategies  Assist in planning and execution of sponsor-related events  Assist in creating/monitoring social media campaigns to support sponsor-related initiatives  Aid in sponsorship activation at special events  Interact professionally with both clients and club members throughout the season  Manage contracts and support sponsorship fulfilment

 Be willing and available to work all 2016 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers A.F.C. home games and special events as requested  Post season review with existing sponsors  Liaise with the Board, Senior and Junior committee when needed  Attend occasional meetings when required outside normal office hours

Special thanks

I would like to thank Steve Richards for his unwavering support as always, enthusiasm and most of all his help on the practical side. I thank Merv for being my legs when I could not get to sponsors and giving up his house to help run the raffle and all of his admin help along the way

2016 Car Raffle

This was the first time a car raffle was run by the club. Overall, the raffle could be viewed as a success and should become a regular fundraising effort by SBMT. Support from both the Junior and Senior Clubs was overwhelming and long serving members of the club proved their support over and over by selling multiple books.

The project was organised and well set up from the beginning with targets set and a pragmatic approach to selling. A detailed spreadsheet was set-up with progressive formulas providing on going cross referencing. This program has been saved and can be found in the files on the cloud

The target of $10k was not reached, but could be achieved on the next attempt because the club would be familiar with the concept and what was expected. Target sales of books would need to reasonably assessed

Special thanks goes to Merv Kane for maintaining the spreadsheet, banking the money and being an ever presence encouraging the Seniors to return books. Special thanks also must go to Tim Beasley and Josephine O’Gorman who completely supported and involved themselves on the junior side. Special thanks also go to Caroline Goodchild who never gave up collecting from the 68 Under 19’s on the list.

Always in hindsight there are lessons learned, these are listed 1. Ticket book printing look at reducing costs 2. Have multiple prizes on the ticket it gives the punter more to hang there hat on and more to draw out on the big day. 3. Alternate between the car and a travel holiday each year ( travel will earn a rebate from Destination HQ) 4. Keep a separate bank account 5. Luke Beveridge training session encouraged junior teams to close out their sales 6. The job is a lot of work but best kept to a very small team, 3 maximum 7. Junior teams should delegate a ticket captain 8. Close off the due 1 month early 9. No raffle and each family donate $50 to fundraising.

MENTONE RESERVE BUILDING PROJECT PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE

SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIR MARK TYQUIN PETER DAVIS PROJECT MEMBERS FIONA LAWRENCE SHAUN NAPIER

In 2014 when the City of Kingston commissioned a master plan for the Mentone Reserve and surrounding areas our club proposed a sporting & community hub to be enjoyed by the football & cricket clubs’ members together with the wider community.

Early in 2016 we submitted a concept plan with cost plan which was put up to the council for consideration. The previous council (prior to the October elections) approved the concept to progress to the town planning stage with a financial commitment by the new incoming council.

In August 2016, we were invited to be part of a council working group with the cricket, basketball & netball clubs to determine the building brief for the project. We submitted our requirements that we believe we need for the future operation of our club. Council appointed an architect to develop plans for the proposed town planning application based on the working group discussions.

The parameters of the working group have been limited to the existing fenced boundary of the site in Remo Street and does not include extending out into that street as per previous schemes submitted which was accepted by council as far back as the 1980’s when the former City of Mordialloc commenced buying the properties for sporting recreational use by our club and the Mentone Cricket Club.

The proposals we are presently working through include the following areas:  Existing social room with break out area into entry foyer for expanded use on Sunday nights & larger luncheons/functions -recessing bar & removing steel columns to provide additional space in existing social room  New kitchen & bar area servicing social room  Toilets servicing social room & spectators through foyer  New kiosk  Administrative wing providing separate offices for 12-month access to football, cricket, basketball & netball clubs with meeting room.  New home change room with gym, medical, warmup, office, first aid & laundry  New away change & umpire facilities  Refurbishment of existing grandstand  Undercover viewing areas

Once the proposal in developed to our acceptance, we will submit to the board and request approval in principle for the process to progress. We are hoping that we can engage the whole club early in the New Year on this most exciting project.

Mentone Reserve & Pavilion first opened in 1928 Stay tuned for news in 2017

G.H. Soppet Pavilion

During the land boom of the 1880s Developer Matthew Davies designated this area for sports and amusements. At considerable cost the swampy paddocks were drained and a recreational hall, skating rink and tennis courts were established.

In 1926 a committee was formed to raise £1200 to build the grandstand. It was opened in 1928; the same year the Mentone Tigers won their first premiership in forty years. The celebrations lasted for weeks.

The pavilion was named after Sol Soppet in recognition of his involvement with the football club. Of typical design, the grandstand is comprised of elevated seating under a simple gable-ended roof, and set with pressed metal ends and a smaller traverse gable.

1928 Olympic Year Premiers & 1st Premiership

DIRECTOR OF COACHING REPORT – BRAD BERRRY

STEVE HOULT COACHING CO-ORDINATORS MARCUS MOONEY NICK MOODIE

GIRL'S FOOTBALL LIAISON ANNIE CAMPBELL

The 2016 season saw the club engage my services for the fifth successive year which expanded the role from coaching coordinator for the SMJFL section of the club to Director of Coaching across the entire club which encompassed all coaching coordinators, coaches and assistant coaches of teams from U/8 thru seniors, 20 sides all up, including the U/15 and U/18 girls’ teams. The role was intended to report directly to the board and took at least twenty five hours per week across most of the calendar year.

This has now evolved into a massive role that needs to be understood and completely supported, across the board and various committees of the club. The role carries a modest remuneration package, which indicates that our club is now taking the next step with regards to running our organization as a professional business.

I am a club person first and foremost, but to put it all in perspective, one of our opposition clubs, offering a similar pathway employs both a SMJFL and VAFA director of coaching, with a budget of $40K !!.

I take a huge amount of pride in assisting our club in its pursuit of industry best practices across its coaching and delivery of the curriculum. Responsibility for advertising/sourcing best available coaches, recommending VAFA coaches to the board for appointment, appointing SMJFL coaches, senior and U/19 coaching contracts, coaches’ code of conduct, coaching a preferred game style across the age groups, coaching competency, coaching resources, grading at club level, grading at league level, play up requests, SMJFL and VAFA representative football, TAC football, full talent pathway, coordinating and liaising with the various the football academy and high performance programs in the market place, coaching coordinators’ discussion group, assisting in bringing other clubs to the table and facilitating mergers to enable kids a game of footy on a weekly basis, reports to committee, junior / senior club liaison, several hours daily on the telephone / email plus various other tasks don’t leave many spare hours in the week.

Putting all that effort in, a lessor person would crawl under a rock when committee members commented, “oh, one of Brad’s reports, I read director of coaching report at the top, and then skip down to regards, Brad.” I find that the more professional we become, the more difficult it is to get volunteers to follow your lead. Some wag at a BBQ in October of 2014 made a “ground breaking” suggestion to basically get rid of my role and throw it back to the coaches!!! For a start, how would they be appointed and what processes would be in place? For the first time ever, we had the senior and U/19 coaches sign off on a proper contract in October / November of 2015. I then had phone calls from senior committee in March of 2016 saying they “couldn’t believe” the coaches didn’t have a contract in place. To quote Luke Beveridge, “everyone with a role in the club, do that role and only that role to the very best of your ability.”

Immediately following the 2015 VAFA finals series, the then senior coach, Mick Dwyer announced that he would be stepping down from the role, so at the direction of the board and VAFA committee, I put together a sub-committee of suitably experienced and qualified football people and the process to source, conduct interviews and recommend for appointment the 2016 VAFA

47 coaches. The following is an extract from the letter I presented to the board at the completion of this process. (For those interested, this was virtually a full time role for two weeks.)

1. Short list of six applicants selected to be interviewed by the selection panel, comprising Brad Berry (chair), xxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxx and xxxxxxx. So as not to delay the process, it was agreed, a minimum of three panel members be available for any one interview. Most interviews had four panel members attend. 2. Each applicant was contacted by either xxxx or Brad and informed of the format. The format allowed one hour per applicant, consisting of the potential coach’s presentation, followed by questions and answers from the panel and vice versa. 3. A short meeting of the panel was carried out after each presentation. This was just to identify strengths and weaknesses, whilst the verbal part of the presentation was fresh in the panel’s minds. 4. The selection criteria document, as is and should be required in this type of process, was made available to each member of the panel. The individual members of the panel then went away and did their grading’s after each round of interviews. There was no discussion between panel members with regards to the grading’s they submitted. These were then emailed to me (Brad) within 48 hours. 5. Further observations and comments regarding each interviewee were emailed through from members of the panel, and have been recorded for reference and to support the recommendation if required. The letter continued, but I am so very disappointed to put on record that the confidentiality of the process was compromised and the ratings of some of the applicants became a discussion point at the various watering holes throughout Mentone and surrounding areas. To quote my late father, “you will spend a good deal of your life associated with football clubs, and of all the people you meet, you will be lucky if you can count the ones you can trust on one hand.”

For the 3rd successive year I sourced reliable and above all, trustworthy SMJFL coaching coordinators to work alongside me, to 1. Ensure a constant and consistent point of direction at an age group specific level, 2. Provide the coaches with all the advice and resources they need throughout a junior footy season. The coaching coordinators work under my direction and therefore all communication is uniform and consistent, not open to interpretation.

We had the tireless Steve Hoult, Marcus Mooney and Nick Moodie and between them and I, most games of every week had a representative from the club other than coaches and parent supporters to assist in the delivery of our curriculum. This extended to training sessions, and the now club policy of having all teams in the one age group train together, again put a consistent message and consistent delivery of the age group specific coaching curriculum to the coaches and players of the SBMT AFC.

I was recently asked what the director of coaching did. For the purposes of our AGM and to ensure this role keeps growing, here is a summary in a job description format.

Job Title: SBMT AFC Coaching Director Reporting to: SBMT AFC Board Key Stakeholders All Coaches from Senior coach progressing down through age groups to and including U/8s. All playing groups. VAFA Committee. SMJFL Committee. Job Description

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Coaching Directors role is a pivotal role within the SBMT AFC. The role focuses on providing industry best practice to our players and supporters alike while maintaining a developmental culture across the entire on and off field membership. Implement and oversee full development pathway for both players and coaches alike. Facilitate the full development pathway from junior to senior football. Continuous communication with and direction to the senior coach, with a particular focus on the U/16, U/17 and U/19 age groups. Coach the coaches to coach the players to reach the highest standards that they are capable of, collectively and individually. Assist the coaches using knowledge, expertise, experience and resources with teams and individual players. Representative Football including communication to and from TAC, VFL and AFL organizations. Oversee grading teams within SBMT AFC as per grading policy Grading of SBMT AFC teams within the SMJFL and U/19 VAFA. Advertise for, source, interview and appoint the best available coaches. Advertise for, source, interview and appoint the best available age group coordinators Organize accreditation for coaches and assistant coaches as per AFL regulations. Continue to develop coaching handbook, policies and procedures. Conduct meetings to foster development and review coaching practices internally and externally. Observe and evaluate coaching at training, match day and performing duties at and on behalf of the club. Maintain a positive coaching culture at SBMT AFC. Continuously source information and tools to assist the coaches in their roles. Roll out and supply coaches with an age group specific and progressive Australian Football curriculum as per the AFL’s Stages of Development. Measure the coaches’ performance using criteria set in place by the club as per AFL’s Stages of Development framework, club coaching philosophies and most importantly role modelling / code of conduct. Assist the club to further develop links with primary and secondary schools in the area. Further develop and manage both the SBMT AFC Football academy and the SBMT AFC High Performance program. Succession planning.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

A long term involvement in Australian Rules football at any level and a minimum Level 2 AFL Coaching accreditation is required. Vast coaching experience at both senior and junior level, preferably with VAFA and SMJFL affiliated teams. Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, across a wide spectrum of demographic.

PREFERRED SKILLS

Involvement within an amateur sporting environment is desired and involvement within the VAFA and SMJFL is highly desired.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Role is expected to consume a minimum of 20 hours per week across most of the calendar year. RENUMERATION

$ xxxxx payable in three equal amounts of $xxxx on 1st March, 1st July and 1st November

You will note that the role is expected to consume a minimum of 20 hours per week. I am tempted to increase that to 25 or 30 and am proud to acknowledge the efforts of the coaching coordinators with their time commitment. In particular, Steve Hoult, who is committing huge chunks of time, time away from his business for his energy and passion.

The 20 hours a week is going on for 48 weeks, not just April 1 through September 30, as is the misguided perception of the football community at large. Without Steve’s assistance, guidance, patience, expertise and friendship, there is little chance that I would have bothered to continue with the role in 2016.

The task of getting a group of remunerated staff and an army of volunteers all on the same page with regards to Coaching curriculum, philosophy, player development, etc., etc. can be very rewarding, but is not without its many, many frustrations. I recently spoke with SBMT Board member and current AFL Western Bulldogs premiership coach Luke Beveridge about this, and he relayed his story about when he first got the job at the Bulldogs.

He called a meeting for every person involved at the club from the C.E.O all the way through to the person that fills the water bottles. There were two main messages. 1. Treat all and sundry with respect. 2. Stick to exactly what your job description is and perform it and only it to the very best of your ability. To get this to work in an organization that is primarily made up of volunteers may be difficult, but until we can get a SBMT / Bulldogs model working, good people will continue to just run out of energy, and step back or worse still, away from the club altogether.

As most coaches for seasons prior to 2013 had been appointed through very loose or non-existent screening processes, resulting in some unsuitable coaches, one of the most important facets of this role is the pursuit of the best available coaches for all of our VAFA and SMJFL sides for season 2016 and beyond.

All coaching positions become vacant as soon as the season is completed and an advertisement goes to the entire club database and beyond. Regretfully and unfortunately advertisements for 2017 girl’s / women’s footy and disastrously advertisements for 2017 senior coaches were placed across various media without my 1. Consent or 2. Knowledge.

The girls’ footy situation was quickly resolved, but the placing of an advertisement for a senior coach was deplorable. As this report is regarding 2016, a more detailed report with regards to events relating to the preparation for the 2017 season will be contained in my 2017 report, should I be still in this role. Applications were rec’d, formal interviews were conducted, based on 9 key selection criteria, and as a result most coaches for season 2017 are in place as of end of October, 2016.

It is interesting to note that the club had multiple applicants for numerous coaching positions across several age groups. Instead of telling applicants, thanks but no thanks, if they are not the coaching sub-committee’s successful applicant, we are structuring coaching partnerships and succession plans. On the other hand, across a couple of age groups, we are finding it a little difficult in finding a suitable coach. I take this as a positive, as people within the club are now getting the message about the levels of commitment (both time and professionalism) we are now demanding of individuals that want to coach at SBMT.

The director of coaching role and junior coaching coordinators’ roles were generally very well accepted and the power of work that goes into it was understood and acknowledged by far too few, but the rewards were great with a gradual and ongoing shift that started in 2012 towards achieving

50 our club coaching philosophy across all current and future coaches of the young men and women of our club.

That philosophy reads as follows; “The SBMT junior coach is an educator, role model and facilitator first and foremost. Secondly, he / she will play a pivotal role in junior / youth sport, and will have a significant influence on their players' social, personal and sporting development. SBMT junior coaches will fully understand that success is not synonymous with winning, and failure is distinctly different to losing.”

It is essential that this role and others like it are supported to the hilt by the club and its committees. We need to continue getting stronger as a club in enforcing our coaching code of conduct, not only when coaching, but in all interaction with our club or its players. It is worth noting that the only negatives towards the roles were from people who were quick to point out that they were volunteering their time, and found it difficult to take and/or follow direction, especially when that direction wasn’t suitable to their agenda.

I write this report and reflect on the journey since 2012. We commenced grading at U/13 level and above in 2013 and then U/11 and above in 2015. I wrote the grading policy for the first time in 2012 for the 2013 season. Not everybody embraces change is an understatement and I know there was lots of chatter from those that have plenty to say, but never put their hand up to do anything, that we would continue to lose players to neighbouring clubs and “what is Brad doing, we don’t have any division one teams.” Well, fast forward to 2016.

Every team from seniors down to U/11s including our 15s and 18s girls’ teams played finals. (U/8s through U/10s don’t play finals). The 12s and 16s brought a flag back to Brindisi, with the 14s and seniors runners up for 2016. In 2017, we will field VAFA Premier A seniors and reserves, VAFA Premier A U/19s, VAFA section 3 U/19s, U/17s SMJFL Division one, U/15s SMJFL Division one, U/14s SMJFL Division two, U/13s SMJFL Division two, U/12s SMJFL Division one, U/11s SMJFL Division one, senior girls will be a new team, U/18 girls division one, U/16 girls division one, U/14 and U/12 girls will be new teams.

Our U/8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 17s will field more than one team. You have all heard me say it, but I will write it. Our club now provides a full pathway from U/8s through to premier division VAFA (the elite suburban competition in Australia.), as well as better than ever exposure to representative and talent pathway programs all the way to AFL and Women’s’ AFL.

As in previous seasons, Steve, Marcus, Nick and myself threw ourselves at the roles, and attended anything on offer from the AFCA, SMJFL, Sandringham Dragons, AFL Victoria and the AFL to up skill and gain access to resources for the coaches of the SBMT AFC across all levels including the senior coaching staff in the VAFA section of the club. Nick, Steve and I attended the National Coaching conference, where we attended the session presented by Level 3 High performance coach, Dr Jason Berry.

Jason’s presentation was based on Individual development + team development = Complete Player Development. A uniform coaching philosophy and style relevant to the age group across the entire club is the desired outcome ongoing. Coaching stints for the School Sports Victoria program, Sandringham Dragons U/16 Academy, Sandringham Dragon TAC U/18s premiership team and our VAFA Premier B side (runner) complimented the role by me being able to gain more knowledge and exposure for our club.

I thoroughly enjoyed the role alongside senior coach, Steve Ryan when my TAC Cup commitments allowed. I congratulate Steve on his achievement of coaching the senior team back into Premier A, and wish him every success in his future footy life. Steve is one of the better blokes that you

51 would ever meet along the journey of football and life. I hold a level 2 coaching accreditation which provides even better resource and knowledge for our coaches. Level 3 high performance coaching is my objective, with level 2 a pre-requisite, and working within the TAC or VFL system also a pre- requisite. My level 3 High performance application for 2017 has been approved by the AFL, which will bring further expertise to our club.

In February 2016, a meeting of all appointed coaches and assistant coaches was called at the Mentone RSL. A one hour long extensively detailed power point presentation was jointly delivered by Steve Hoult, Evan Ryder and I. This was a major step forward in our pursuit of a uniform coaching philosophy and style relevant to the age group across the entire club.

All coaches that attended left at the end of the evening with SBMT polo and jacket, but more importantly a USB containing a full age group specific “coaching toolbox”. (Over 250 pages) It has also being flagged that senior players coaching within our junior talent pathway cannot be chased for or be paying subs to play senior footy at SBMT. This included detail all the way through to header and footer templates for club email communication.

It is worth noting very well that the only problems that arose from Coaches for the season were from Coaches that found an excuse not to attend this presentation, or others like it that were offered throughout the season. We again purchased 20 logins or licenses for “coach assist.” This enables us to equip every coach yet another resource. All junior coaches and senior coaches had logins and passwords. Coach assist also is your online coaching diary, so you can produce a record of your full season.

In 2015, we ran an Academy program for the U9, 10, 11 and 12s. Steve Hoult coordinated and ran the four week program, concentrating on one skill per night. Six iPads were used with a specific coaching app, which gave the players real time video feedback. The improvement in the basics was terrific, and the use of technology really had an impact, especially on this age group, as they are surrounded by it in their day to day lives. The night on goal kicking was conducted by VAFA all time goals record holder Adam Acreman. A projector and screen were set up before each session, where players and parents could watch AFL players demonstrate the technical aspects of the specific skill of that session.

We could not run this program in 2016 due to the lighting situation at the Southern Road Reserve but we will go ahead with a further refined program again this coming season of 2017.

The most important aspect was that this program was offered free to any player from these age groups that wanted to attend. Other clubs in the area are charging out $300 per player for similar programs!!

Another reason that should attract players and families to the Tigers. Steve and I are trying to source some more resources or coaches to conduct these sessions, as we just cannot be at the club 24 / 7. We also need fresh voices delivering the same and consistent message.

There are multiple “Academy or higher performance” fee paying programs on the market for the older players from U/13 and above. We will re-introduce our own branded high performance program in season 2017. We had it ready to go for season 2016, but after discussions with the SMJFL President and his committee, it was decided that the most productive and beneficial time for players would be at the start of the season.

This will be a fee paying program, but IS NOT a revenue raiser for the club. The fees cover the cost of the coaches that will conduct the program. In short, I will facilitate the program, but it will be delivered by level 3 high performance coaches working in the TAC, VFL or AFL system.

The best and fairest voting system was into its fifth year for uniform use across the SMJFL section of the club.

An example as follows; standard best and fairest voting is as follows; U/8 up to and including U/17, two sets of votes per match. Preferred voters are the coach for one set and an unnamed/ unknown person that usually attends training (except to the team manager and coach) for one set. The system allows 18 votes to be given per vote card. The maximum that one player can receive is 5 votes. Please indulge yourself in the following example.

Dale (outstanding game) 4 votes. Andy (running with opposition jet) 3 votes. John (4 goals from a wing) 3 votes. Brad (held his position and followed coach’s instructions.) 1 vote. Tim (beaten by his opponent, but did not give up, and smothered a ball late in the game to influence the result) 2 votes. Ron (outstanding ball use from half back, setting up scoring chances) 3 votes. Patrick (despite a sore knee, provided a great marking target and finished with 2 vital goals.) 2 votes. Total 18 votes.

In another game you may have three x 5 vote players and three x 1 vote players equal 18 votes. Ongoing annual practice games versus Edithvale – Aspendale were locked in ongoing. After 2 x U/11 games in 2011 and a full complement of games from U/11 through U/16 in 2012, the same was repeated in 2013 and 2014. This is now an annual round of practice game between the two clubs. The winner of most games for the day takes the “Berry Fitness Cup” as a perpetual trophy. The SBMT currently hold the cup. Between the two clubs, we give 700 kids a game of footy each week during the season.

Caroline Goodchild was marvelous in her role as 17s / 19s coordinator, plus everything else her and her husband “Snowy” do. This allowed the coaches and players to concentrate on the job at hand, and things such as registering in both the VAFA and SMJFL for 17 year olds just happened in the background. Each of the younger junior teams also had the opportunity to form a “guard of honour” at a senior home game. We gave all junior coaches that option of whether or not they wished to take part. Roster was drawn up and communicated to all junior coaches that wanted to participate. Very well rec’d especially by the coaches of the younger teams.

The decision to further the “one club” concept has also assisted me in attracting senior players to apply for coaching positions within the junior program. This takes a massive amount of work in the background, and I want to acknowledge James Tyquin for his vision and heavily promoting the benefits of getting involved in the junior program as coaches to his senior team mates.

Unfortunately, it seems the full talent pathway and “one club” concept is not understood by some members of the club / committees. 2016 season saw five “non-Dad” coached teams (including the U/16s premiers and 14s runners up). The U/14s Ben Hodges, U/16s Jim Colyvan and Alex Smout, U/17 Red, James Tyquin and U/17 Blue, Mark Geschke, U/15 Girls, Nat Corrigan. Former TAC and VFL players also assisting with the 17s, therefore helping fast track the players’ transition to U/19 / senior footy.

They were Pat Tyquin, Tom Tyquin, Michael Barnes, Brett Denton, Ben Dance and Chris Mangoni. The intention is to head towards all “non-Dad” coaches from above U/13s in future years. This helps us deliver a talent pathway for Coaches, in addition to just our players.

In 2012 I re-visited the Principles of the AFL Junior Policy and prepared a report to the committee. This document is now policy when reviewing applications from players to play in particular teams. This will also assist in providing the basis for educating the age group coordinators and coaching staff in the younger divisions as to SBMT expectations, coaching philosophy and coaching code of conduct.

We have also discussed the revision of the current junior handbook to include new policies, such as grading, etc. I am of the opinion that a sub-committee needs to be installed to drive this important project. That way, the handbook, policies, etc., etc. would be all available to players and parents via the website. Currently, there is a lot of misinterpretation, simply, because the information is not readily available to club members.

I was thrilled to learn recently, that there is discussion that a board member will facilitate the sub-committee to undertake the painstaking process of updating the handbook. This will assist in reducing the number of emails and telephone calls rec’d by the coordinators, coaches and team managers, as the query will usually be able to be answered by clicking a link online.

I entered into discussions with Mordi-Braeside as far back as June 2012, and we have put together a joint initiative involving SBMT, Mordi-Braeside, Beaumaris and Cheltenham Panthers. It was a round robin series of matches under lights giving our best U/12’s the chance to play on quality opposition. This has nothing to do with grading, and should be viewed as a bit of a reward for the players that have shone and followed coaching direction throughout the year. 2016 saw the four clubs able to commit on the night. The venue Walter Galt (home of Mordi-Braeside), hosted the round robin finishing under lights. Top quality games were played and the coaching coordinators from the three clubs coach the teams on the night.

Grading policy for 2013 and beyond, (applies to teams u/11 and above where we have more than one team in the same age bracket). An evening (yes, another one.) to present the policy to parents was offered and very well rec’d. The only grumbles ongoing were from parents that did not bother attending the evening or bothering to request a copy of the policy, as the document is approved by the SMJFL, and therefore is transparent.

Actually, the SMJFL make available a guideline grading policy for clubs that don’t have one nor are not sure where to start. It looks like our policy, with a new letterhead on it. A great compliment, to our club. Unfortunately, an ill-informed and selfish mentality exists with some parents, where they won’t register their child to play until they know if there is going to be one or two teams in a particular age group. Go figure!!

One of my more important roles is also placing teams in the most appropriate grade in their respective SMJFL competition. This was done correctly in 2016, as teams were placed in a grade where they were challenged every week, but also where they would have maximum opportunity for development and a degree of success.

In 2017, I will again take input from both the coaches and age group coordinators to prepare our grading submission. Remember, success breeds development, and one finals game is the equivalent of four regular games when it comes to player development. For example, if a player can play in a team that consistently plays finals; he or she could play 14 or more finals games throughout their junior career. That is the equal of playing another full season of games at finals intensity, under finals pressure, or 56 extra games of development into each player! One of the most important parts of the role is the high performance or development pathway through our club for players and coaches. It is the desired outcome that players get every possible opportunity to take their football as far as they want to take it, without having to leave our club.

That is, we are again becoming the destination club, not a stepping stone to get to somewhere else. Clearer and more concise relationships have been established from SMJFL U/13 Interleague through to top age TAC at Sandringham Dragons and beyond to VFL alliances with Sandringham, Casey and Collingwood.

With the assistance of the coaching coordinators, the director of coaching is the central point of contact for representative, SMJFL Interleague, Sandringham Dragons and VFL clubs. It is the preferred method of communication from these organizations. This will assist greatly in getting our players and coaches the talent pathway opportunities they deserve.

Finally, is and how is all this measured the casual observer may ask. Again, with the encouragement, assistance and spreadsheet skills of Steve Hoult, we conducted mid-year and end of year coaching reviews. Positive and constructive feedback was given, all with the objective of making our coaches better, therefore ensuring “Individual Player Development + Team Development = COMPLETE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT”

We also measured the performance very carefully of each SMJFL team, where we tracked some detailed data. Call it SBMT AFC champion data if you will. It follows this page and shows that win / loss ratios are of secondary importance, so long as the development of player and team is getting better along the journey. Better has many meanings in football, and could mean, more accurate goal kicking, more behinds by the opposition which indicates our defenders are forcing the opposition forwards wide, etc., etc.

WOMEN OF ST BEDES MENTONE TIGERS

Membership

WSBMT continues to grow and increase its profile throughout the football Club.

Season Launch – 23 March 2016

The WSBMT launch event was held on 18 March at The Corner Store. We are delighted to report that 80 people attended, with many new members joining SBMT on the evening.

Ladies Lunch – 28 July 2016

The Ladies’ Lunch continues to be a huge event for WSBMT and the Club as a whole. This year’s event was the very successful with 100 women attending and over $2,300 takings for the day (memberships, tickets, bar takings, silent auction and raffle). A very big thank you to the Tradesmen who donated their services, all the donors of goods and services and to the hardworking team at In For A Penny promotions who transformed our Club Rooms for this event.

Finances

Full financials will be presented with the Annual Report. The current WSBMT balance is $7198.

SMJFL SEASON’S LAUNCH CAROLYN GOODCHILD

EVENT ORGANISERS

CAROLINE GOODCHILD MARTIN HODGETTS STEVE WATSON

Despite a horrendous day, the Season Launch went ahead and the turnout was just amazing. Huge thanks to everyone for all their efforts on the night, from Steve Hoult and his team in running the Brindisi Boot Sprint, through to the VAFA and SMJFL committees who ran raffles, bar and food outlets, along with Johnny Meyer in the canteen – it really was a team effort.

The merchandise team did not stop all night. Rohan Bale attended with a great Q & A session plus the car raffle was launched. Fantastic to see some of our club sponsors in attendance with Ron and Marg from CCH along with the Straight Orthodontics team.

Our local state MP's Tim Richardson and Murray Thompson happily mixed with the crowd. It was just a shame the jumping castles were not in operation, due to the weather. Patto and Engine provided some awesome music which created a nice relaxed feel. Congratulations go to Ryan Gray who was this year’s winner of the Brindisi Boot Sprint. Many thanks to all the players from U8 through to Seniors who made the effort to come down.

To have made a profit on the night is credit to all those that attended, but the real win, was the whole club coming together and the "One Club" feel.

I am looking for a new team to run this event next year, please contact me at [email protected] if you can help.

CAREER & EMPLOYMENT SERVICE NOTICE

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers offer a Career and Employment Service.

Phil Scott is one of our long term club members and an employment specialist who provides assistance to our players seeking employment opportunities and to employers looking for staff.

Our goal is to not only provide our players a great environment to play football, but to also leverage on their behalf personal opportunities that will benefit the career and/or study development into the future. We also hope that importers see our club is a great resource to support their business.

If you are aware of an employment opportunity that may be suitable for one of our players, please email Phil: [email protected]

JUNIOR REGISTRAR REPORT PETER LANNAN

Season 2016 saw the SBMT registrar role process 335 junior playing registrations (almost identical to 2015, 339). The bulk of these were taken during the pre-season and early season periods when most registrations are initiated and when most of the many transfers in and out are completed. There were ongoing but less frequent requests throughout the season along with continued ongoing communications and support for team list management.

To better streamline the registration process, continued improvements were made to 2015 enhancements such as the setup of registration payment products with an Early Bird option (increased discount in 2016), a junior registration web page on the club website (more comprehensive and covering all registration types and an updated Q&A), and consistent renewal emails (now a message to ALL renewing members as an email graphic linking them to the web page). We retained processing of discounts for Auskick participants as merchandise credits, and made use of temporary registration products to offer discounted registration fees to late registrations.

There are and will continue to be further improvement opportunities, as retraining in aspects of the registration system and process is continuous (as updates are made by Sports TG – formerly Sport Pulse - to the Footyweb system), and we will continue to monitor how other clubs manage their communication, registrations and advertising, and receive suggestions from other committee and indeed our members.

The bulk of registrations were again renewals from the previous season, but there were also many new registrations – made up of first year players, transfers and local interchange permits for boys from other clubs. A further breakdown of registrations by age and teams is included below, and a further reconciliation to the Sports TG 2016 members by age is available on request.

A negative for the club was lack of a team at U15 level in 2016. An exodus of further players from the 2015 U14s meant there were only a handful of registrations for this age group. Once the decision was made to not enter an U15 team, these players were transferred to other clubs.

On a brighter note there were some 40 transfers into the club across the age groups with the U16s reaching 25 players, U18 Girls reaching 20 and the U17s reaching a playing list of 56 across 2 teams.

Total Players Sports Pulse FootyWeb 2016

Total Playing Total Duplicates Transferred Registered but Registered Registrations Season out after Transferred out but Age End Playing early before playing ineligible Active games (inactive) (inactive) Records (inactive)

335 335 0 0 3 0

(339 in

2015) (338) (1) (2) (3) (1)

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Players by Age Group 2016

Age Total Players Notes Groups Assigned

U8 22 (25 in 2 playing up in u9s 2015)

U9 37 (42) 2 playing up from u8s

U10 36 (39) 2 playing up in u11s, 1 playing U15G

U11 38 (35) 2 playing up from u10s

U12 31 (35) 1 playing down from u13s, 3 playing U15G

U13 22 (26) 1 playing U15G

U14 24 (14) 1 playing down from u15s, 5 playing U15G

U15 - 1 playing up in U16

U15 24 (22) 1 from 10s, 3 from 12s, 1 from 13s, 5 from 14s, 14 15s Girls

U16 25 (28) 1 playing up from u15s, 2 playing up in u17s

U17 56 (50) 2 playing up from u16s, 17 eligible U17 ½ (2 primary team 17s, 15 primary team U19s VAFA)

U18 20 10 from 16s, 8 from 17s, 2 18s Girls

TOTAL 335

Highlights

 Online registrations and compulsory payments. This has again made registration simpler and ensured in almost all cases payment is made at time of online registration. The system was even more reliable in 2016 – there were less “system glitches”.

 Registration Fees: The increase of the Single ($200 -> $230) with Early Bird unchanged ($190) and Family ($300 -> $330) with Early Bird unchanged ($290) was well received. An early bird saving of $40 (up from $10 the previous season) saw a much larger update of early bird registrations. This could again be updated with a review of the fees (see recommendations).

 The enhancement of the junior registration/information page on the website meant that up to date information on the registration process, Q&A and contacts could always be accessed from one location. The Sports Pulse login process was updated between seasons and it was decided instructions on different registration renewal types (single, families) and new members (NEW, transferring) would be best served in one place rather than developing different email templates. Prospective new member parents were able to be directed to the page by coaches and TMs in advance.

 Updated simpler custom Registration renewal emails for renewing members. These contained a registration graphic with a link to the website Junior Registration Page, replacing previous part custom / part FootyWeb Communicator system generated registration emails.

 Season Launch Night attendance with Information Desk. Although the night was impacted by the weather this seemed to go well and was an opportunity for new families to ask questions, provide proof of age and visit the club. Having information on hand about the registration process and link to website, transfer information and merchandise, was well received.

 56 registrations, 12 Transfers IN and 2 teams at U17 level (understanding that 15 of these intended to play primarily U19s football).

 25 registrations, 9 Transfers IN at U16 level.

 20 registrations, 10 Transfers IN at U18 Girls level.

 The 17 ½ rule enabled the 17s group to welcome 2 new players from other clubs and allow 15 U17s from 2015 to stay at U17 level or play a mix of games between U17/U19.

 The introduction of the U17/U19 Liaison Officer, filled by Carolyn Goodchild, was extremely beneficial to smooth processing of transfers and transition of players between U17s and U19s. This also helped address one of the areas for improvement in last year’s report (“U17/U19 policy gap”). Well done, Caroline.

 40 transfers into the club from other clubs.

 On the flip side we had some 24 transfers out, but this is not an extraordinary number considering the size of the club and the number of teams. Note that 7 of these were players that had previously registered with our U15s but were left without a team this season, and so we encouraged their move to another club to continue their football. We really hope to see all these families again in the future.

 The registrars at most clubs were very accommodating and responsive in the transfer process.

 2 Player exemptions to play in a younger age group:

o Mattias Valenzuela (15s to 14s) o Jack Davoren (13s to 12s)

 The use of merchandise credit continues to be a great way to refund over payments and deliver Auskick rebates and avoid EFT where possible. We are still trying to find the best way to make auditing these payments simpler for the merchandise and registrar roles. 59

 The role of age level coordinators continues to help alleviate the need for a registrar to be involved in team assignment at the young age groups.

Opportunities for improvement

 The footyweb system has had continuous updates between seasons, and requires attendance at an SMJFL session and optional online seminars. As it was last year the updated training is required in order to make recommendations on the best way to setup registration products/processes.

 Along with Erin in merchandise we are still trying to find the best combination / number of merchandise/information sessions in the lead up to the season. We need to review how many sessions are conducted in addition to the Season Launch and the timing of them.

 It was valuable to have the registration/information page on the website to supply up to date information during the early part of the season. Unfortunately it is not easy to update the content without calling on club website administrators, who were very responsive but often asked at such short notice (thanks, Mick Atherton).

 There is a role / knowledge gap in the area of keeping club playing records up to date.

Recommendations

 Registration Products: Certainly I think retain the single and family products, and an early bird pricing for those registered by a certain date.

 Registration Fees: I think there needs to be an even more significant saving (more than the 2016 season $40) on the early bird price, in order to entice even more families to sign up earlier. This could be offset by an increase to the standard price.

 For late registrations we were able to use “temporary products” in the footy web registration system. We implemented a gradual reduction in fees over the second half of the season, but the club needs to formalize policy around late registrations – acceptance and fees.

 Auskick rebate: I think we should continue with the $30 merchandise credit incentive to continue at Auskick. In order to make this easier for the merchandise role to audit it is suggested that on presentation of the Auskick receipt it is signed “junior merchandise credit received” or similar and the player names noted and passed on to the registrar to record.

 Re-registration renewal email: This season we used one size fits all email to renewing members with a link (in a graphic) to the registration page. This page contained detailed information about the process instructions on how to register for returning (single, or 2 or more, NEW and transferring players). I think pending any major change to the login process from Sports TG we should continue with this strategy.

 Advertising/Renewal planning:

o Renewal email – In 2016 this went out on Feb 14, with an early bird date of March 6, with a reminder 2 week before. These dates would be acceptable again, depending on the Season Launch and start dates. Last year Sports Pulse allowed registrations to begin in November, and at time of writing this was being checked for season 2017. Depending on any footyweb system updates, we could consider opening up registrations

earlier. This has been discussed in previous seasons and it has generally been concluded that families do not consider registering for football until well into the New Year.

o In 2017 we should again target the primary school and St Bedes College newsletters and consider the Girls’ colleges. The local Leader newspapers (Moorabbin and Mordialloc-Chelsea) can be considered also. These tasks should be performed as a separate role to the registrar.

o As we have not engaged 2016 Auskick as yet, we should at least email them separately. This, as it has on occasion before, may be performed by team officials.

 As new registrations come in to any team, they need to be contacted ASAP by their teams. Coaching staff should provide contacts and training times to the registrar as soon as they are decided so that families can be informed with a welcome email. This is a carryover item from last year.

 The ‘Proof of Age’ documents have been gathered with all good intentions, but this still needs to be audited to confirm any gaps. Presently they are stored locally on the registrar’s computer and need to be moved somewhere central, possibly on the Footyweb registration system attached to the player record. This is a carryover item from last year.

PERPETUAL TROPHY DEDICATIONS

GEORGE ALEXANDER – BEST CLUB PERSON PERPETUAL TROPHY 2016 Recipients – Merv Kane & Katrina Wieringa The Best Club Person trophy was struck in George Alexander's honour to commemorate his outstanding personal values.

George had been President of the St Bedes Old Collegians FC for five years, when he died suddenly at the age of 35 in 1978.

Interestingly George’s first association with local football came through his friendship with Dave Evans who played with the Mentone Football Club before transferring to the Old Collegians. George who had studied pharmacy with David Evans and Dave Price, another St Bede's player, owned a Pharmacy in Brunswick. He was not an Old Collegian and yet travelled to and from Beda Park to support the Beda’s.

During his years as President, George made everyone feel equal regardless of their ability on the field. He was genuine, he loved life, and he loved people. George was also extremely generous in his financial support and worked tirelessly for the success of the club. The Best Club Person trophy could not honour a better person.

WILLIAM ‘BILL’ GROVES MEMORIAL TROPHY CLUB CHAMPION BEST & FAIREST 2016 Recipient – Chris Mangoni

Bill was a long time committee member and helper of the Mentone FC from the early 1960’s through to 1976. A Vice President of the club for many years, he played a major part in ensuring the financial security of the club through his work with the finance and social committees.

Bill won the Best Club Person award in 1965 and was honoured with Life Membership of the club in 1970 in recognition of his services. 61

The Mentone FC Senior Best and Fairest trophy was awarded in his honour after his death and this tradition was continued following the formation of St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC in 1993.

E.J. ‘TED’ TURNER MEMORIAL TROPHY – MOST COURAGEOUS PLAYER 2016 Recipient – Dan Garside

Ted played with Mentone in the late 1930’s and had his football career interrupted with enlistment for service in the Second World War. Ted returned to play 16 games for North Melbourne between 1944 & 1946.

Suspended by the VFL for crossing without a clearance, Ted had an outstanding career with Brighton in the VFA, playing the 1948 premiership side and as captain-coach of the club in 1954 he won the J.J. Liston medal as the Best & Fairest player in the VFA.

Ted was vice captain of the VFA representative team in the Australian Football carnival and in 2000 was named centre half back in Brighton’s team of the century. This is barely a snapshot of the entire football career of Ted Turner Snr.

Ted's family has subsequently had a strong influence in the club’s history with Bill a premiership coach with St Bedes O.C, John a premiership player in the same team 30 years ago and Ted (Jnr) a player and senior coach with St Bedes OC & St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC and the family involvement goes on even further.

MICHAEL HECKER TROPHY – MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER 2016 Recipient – James Tyquin First awarded at the completion of the 1999 season, the Michael Hecker Trophy was struck to remember the contribution made by the cheeky, diminutive & full of life character Michael ‘Bewick’ Hecker who had been tragically lost to us at a young age.

Michael played juniors with St Bedes OC before playing the first of 57 Under 19 games in 1990. He played the first of 10 senior games whilst still in the U/19’s for St Bedes O.C. FC in 1992 and played twice in the senior team in the 1993 Premiership season, the first for the now amalgamated St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC.

Michael displayed a great desire for to play for his team mates and the No. 11 club jumper he wore in his 148 games for the Club.

Tragically taken from us at a young age, it was only fitting that the trophy for the most consistent player in the senior team, based upon the most number of games in which a player is awarded votes by his peers in the Best & Fairest Award, is awarded in memory of the player who week in week out tried his best to win for his team.

DOUG PATTERSON PERPETUAL TROPHY – BEST TEAM PLAYER AWARD 2016 Recipient – Tom Garside Doug Patterson had a long and distinguished career as a player and administrator at the Mentone Football Club. A local boy, Doug was a diminutive rover, playing initially for the juniors during the 1920s, and then eventually breaking into the seniors, where he played in the 1st Mentone FC Premiership team in 1928.

He became a regular senior player featuring in the club’s losing Grand Final team in 1932, the senior Premiership team in 1935, and won the Club Best and Fairest player award on two occasions.

A Life Member, patron, and generous benefactor to the club, Doug also served on the Committee and was a regular attendee at matches and social functions until well into his eighties. Doug is fondly remembered by all who knew him, as he personified the team spirit of the club he loved so much.

DAVID BUTTS PERPETUAL TROPHY - RESERVES BEST & FAIREST 2016 Recipient – Dale Foley

The Reserves ‘Best and Fairest’ award is named in honour of past player, David Butts, a dedicated and courageous Backman who played 97 games for Mentone during the 1980s.

‘Buttsie’, a no-nonsense, slimly-built, left-footed defender, made his debut for the Mentone Third Eighteen, under Coach Warren Fort, in 1984. He played all sixteen games in his first season and subsequently won the ‘Best Team Man’ award.

Especially noted for his dedication on the track, David went on to win the ‘Coaches’ Trophy’ in his second season with the Thirds. In 1986, David made his senior debut for the club, playing nineteen games for the Reserves and becoming a member of their premiership team.

In the following season he won the Reserves ‘Most Consistent’ award and in 1988 he again had a solid season playing eighteen matches. Despite only managing fourteen games in 1989, David polled an impressive 24 votes to finish runner-up in the ‘Best and Fairest’ award in what was a Reserves premiership year. David, a member of the Victorian Police Force, died in tragic circumstances during the following summer. At the annual meeting in 1990, the club acknowledged David’s stalwart service throughout the previous decade by re-naming the Reserves ‘Best and Fairest’ award the ‘David Butts Memorial Trophy’ in his honour.

ROD BRYANT MEMORIAL AWARD – OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER JUNIORS 2016 Recipient – Tim Beasley

Rod Bryant passed away in March 2013 and was well known to many generations of players and members of the St Bedes / Mentone Tigers as well as the general football and local community.

Rod first came to the club in 1982 as a St Bedes O.C. player, playing 163 games for the club. During that time he was captain coach of our reserves side for five seasons and played 31 Senior games.

He was also one of a band of great workers that the club had to rely upon during those years. He played, served on committee and helped out where he could. In 1997 he was duly recognised with life membership.

In a fitting tribute, the Club wishes to honour his memory by striking the Rod Bryant Award for a volunteer in the junior grades of that signifies an outstanding volunteering effort during the season.

RUSSELL LOGAN MEMORIAL AWARD OUTSTANDING PLAYER UNDER 8 TO UNDER 17

2016 Recipient – Tom Denny

The award is in honour of Russell Logan who went to St Bede’s College and passed away in his early 30’s. Russell was a champion student and footballer, as a junior at the college and playing amateurs at Ormond. After that he went back and coached junior football at St Peter’s.

A number of dads and ex-players of St Bedes / Mentone Tigers knew Russell and were all shocked at his passing and created this award to honour his memory commencing in 1992.

The award recognizes the total journey of a junior footballer from Under 8’s to Under 17’s.

It’s not only about the awards he has won along the way but also about his contribution to the Club as a leader via his participation in Club events. Helping out when the need arises, showing maturity and supporting coaches and contributing to the club’s broader activities off the field.

Candidates are nominated from coaching, team management and parents and take into account the player’s total journey at the club.

PAST WINNERS

1992 GERARD WILSON 1993 DANIEL BAULCHER 1994 MICHAEL O’BRIEN 1995 ADRIAN RYAN 1996 MICHAEL LOCKE 1997 GREG STRACHAN 1998 TIM MCCOLL 1999 SIMON DOUKAS 2000 JON KANE 2001 NED WORSNOP 2002 JAMES TYQUIN 2003 LLOYD KELLY 2004 DANNY GOODMAN 2005 BRETT COLLINS 2006 PAT TYQUIN

2007 TIM MAVRIC 2008 DALE FOLEY & 2008 JUSTIN NORMAN 2009 SAM AMON 2010 PATRICK MALONEY 2011 AARON HODGES 2012 DAN BOVA 2013 ANDREW WATTERSON 2014 JOEL SAUNDERS

2015 JAKE GOODCHILD SAM BLACK MEMORIAL AWARD 2016 Recipient – Curtis Howe

Sam Black arrived at the club in 2001 commencing in our Under 9’s.Sam greatly enjoyed being a tiger cub, playing all 14 matches of the season and his team-mates loved playing with him.

A medical emergency occurred during the summer season and Sam tragically passed away.

The Under 9 Coaches award a trophy each year to an Under 9’s player whom they believe fits Sam’s attributes in his memory.

VAFA PREMIER B SENIOR COACH’S REPORT STEVE RYAN

ASSISTANT COACH ADAM ACREMAN ASSISTANT COACH MATCH DAY STEVE D’ANDREA CAPTAIN SIMON RICHARDS VICE CAPTAIN DANIEL GARSIDE DEPUTY VICE CAPTAIN MICHAEL BARNES TOM GARSIDE LEADERSHIP GROUP CHRIS MANGONI JARYD ROBERTSON TEAM MANAGER STEVE WATSON TIME KEEPER ROBIN MUNTING KRISTYLEE CLARK DAISY CONNOLLY MEDICAL DAN EAST LAUREN MCINNES MATCH DAY GROUND MANAGER MICHAEL ATHERTON MATCH VIDEO PAUL NEWPORT PETER DAVIS COMPUTER STATS JAMES DAVIS SCOREBOARD ATTENDANT PETER MCLEISH CLUB CHAMPION WILLIAM GROVES MEMORIAL CHRIS MANGONI TROPHY RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST (DUEL WINNERS) MICHAEL BARNES JARYD ROBERTSON MOST COURAGEOUS E.J. TURNER MEMORIAL DAN GARSIDE TROPHY BEST TEAM PLAYER DOUG PATTERSON MEMORIAL TOM GARSIDE TROPHY MOST CONSISTENT MICHAEL HECKER MEMORIAL JAMES TYQUIN TROPHY MOST IMPROVED BEN NICOLL MOST VALUABLE JARYD ROBERTSON BEST FIRST YEAR PLAYER BEN DANCE COACH’S AWARD BRETT DENTON LEADING GOAL KICKER - 43 GOALS MICHAEL BARNES BEST FINALS PLAYER SIMON RICHARDS

Report as read out on Presentation Night

Well I stand here in a completely different position to what I thought it would be. Instead of celebrating a great year, a year of nearly reaching the ultimate success and looking forward to the next year in Premier A grade, I still think to myself has this really happened. (my non- reappointment) yes it has.

Firstly, thank you to the St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Football Club for giving me the opportunity to coach in the VAFA. It has been an interesting year to say the least. They say a week is a long time in football which is true but a year can be made of many twists and turns.

To originally miss out on the coaching job 12 months ago and then 2 days later after that disappointment I get a phone call to see if I was still interested as the coach they had appointed had decided he was no longer available. Of course I said yes as it was the job I wanted and therefore started my journey of my goal of getting the Tigers back into A grade. This was a goal I was determined to set myself as I knew the disappointment everyone had from not achieving it in previous years.

A few weeks into the preseason after trying to establish myself amongst the players, coaches and club I have an unexpected major health scare. A big thank you to my wife to give me the support and encouragement to decide on continuing to coach as I was going to resign, as I was not aware of what might be. I am glad I didn’t.

So after Christmas to finally get back into the football side of things and start to concentrate on being a major threat for the year in Premier B and earn a promotion back into Premier A was pleasing.

The year consisted of 14 wins / 4 loss record then a great 2nd semi-final win which promotes us into Premier A, something the club has not been able to achieve since being relegated back in 2013 and only the 2nd time in the Club’s history. The other time being back in 2007…..the goal has been achieved now a Premiership to cap it off was next.

Not a bad effort considering there was no game plan according to some.

Unfortunately on the day of the Grand final we did not play to our standard or potential and the result ended in a hard fought loss. Not disgraced, but still I could not get my head around what could have been.

To the players, well done on your season. I was disappointed for you in that the Premiership did not happen but again it shows how hard they are to win.

To see the development in players and be able to give them the opportunity to know and believe they can be Senior players and see their improvement was very gratifying. An example of this is someone like Mitch Kent and Nick Seeber playing their first senior games for the club after being labelled reserve players and to see the Under 19 players come through. Not only getting a game but actually having an impact on the team’s performance was terrific.

To hear that there was unrest amongst the players was disappointing considering I am an approachable person and had an open door policy. As I said throughout the year that you might not agree with my thoughts or decisions but respect the position I hold and the decisions I have to make, just like I did when I listened to your comments and feedback. You can never please everyone and you never will or will I try to.

To the supporters, families and friends that I have come across and become to know well thanks very much. Your support and to welcome Vanessa, Madi and myself into the environment and make us feel welcome was very comforting. Some good long term friends have been made which is a benefit of being around football clubs. I look forward to keeping in touch with the ones that have stood by me and supported me. Thanks on behalf of my family.

To my coaching staff and trainers, the training staff under Kristie Lee thanks for your professionalism and support. It was refreshing to know that my players were in such good, trusting and organized hands. Also thank you to Steve Watson as my Team Manager.

Adam Acreman for helping out in giving me the support in what a senior coach needs when things are going ordinary. Also giving me an insight on how the VAFA worked and on VAFA clubs and players. It was interesting and something I am the wiser for now.

To Steve D’Andrea; Mate a huge thanks for your support. I know we had to get through a few awkward situations once I was appointed. Then you decided to say no to a Senior position, then to agree to help me out, I will never forget and appreciate the professionalism you showed through all of that.

I believe now that it has made both of us better people and coaches. I wish you all the best on your appointment at Old Mentonians. I am so glad that you have been given the opportunity to coach a senior team in your own right. I don’t have any doubt as I know you will be successful. After 14 years of being a loyal and great club person for St Bedes / Mentone Tigers throughout the grades with success you deserve it. Congratulations and the Tigers loss is the Panthers gain. Good luck mate.

When taking over the coaching position you get judged on your win/loss ratio, but sometimes coaching is much more than just win/loss. It’s the development of players, coaches including junior, the promotion of the football club and also developing a culture.

Something not always easy to measure but when you walk into a new club and competition for the first time I can stand here with my head held high with what we have achieved.

Considering many within the club and outside said to me when I took over the group that the list was not as strong as previous years. I said well that was for me to decide and if it was true what people were telling me then we as a group have performed well.

For the year I played 39 players, 12 first game players for the club in which consisted of 3 first game players for the club, the other 9 consisting of first time ever Senior players and 6 of these being eligible for the Under 19 teams. This is something that will hold the club in good stead.

My pledge to the club when I was named Senior Coach was 3 things I would focus on:

1. To make sure that the Football Club was one from the Juniors through to the Senior Team. So we had a one club policy so it made it easier for juniors to be able to come through and feel accepted and not intimidated. 2. To develop the players from the junior and reserve teams into senior players and make sure they were given every opportunity as this was part of my job. Also to develop players in positions rather than the ones they always been in to give them more flexibility and opportunity 3. The main one I always like to hang my hat on is that I will leave the club in a better position than when I took it over.

This can be either in player improvement/development or as the club. Well I can stand here proud that I have done all 3 and especially the last one in that I leave the Club now with you back in Premier A.

Unfortunately I could not taste the ultimate success with the players with a Premiership but I know I have developed players along the way to help you achieve this in the coming years.

Am I disappointed….yes I am but I can hold my head high and look anyone in the eye as with the lack of resources I was given, I have achieved what we set out to do. To the incoming coaching group…..GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES.

To all the good people in the Club I have come across I do not know when I will see you or where next but Thank you.

The Club is always bigger than the individual but it is how you treat the individuals which determines on how the Club is perceived.

GOOD BYE AND GOOD LUCK.

VAFA PREMIER B RESERVE’S COACH REPORT STEVE D’ANDREA

ASSISTANT COACH MARK TYQUIN

TEAM MANAGER CHRIS SEEBER

RUNNER MICHAEL SEEBER

TIME KEEPER ROBIN MUNTING KRISTYLEE CLARK DAISY CONNOLLY MEDICAL DAN EAST LAUREN MCINNES

BOUNDARY UMPIRE CHASE KELSO GOAL UMPIRE CHRIS SEEBER

MATCH DAY COORDINATOR PETER DAVIS

SCOREBOARD ATTENDANTS PETER MCLEISH BEST & FAIREST DAVID BUTTS MEMORIAL DALE FOLEY TROPHY RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST BEN NICOLL

MOST CONSISTENT LEWIS STUTTERD

MOST IMPROVED JOHNATHAN DAWS

BEST TEAM PLAYER JOHN PATOUNAS

COACH’S AWARD LUKE TERRELL

BEST FINALS PLAYER TRENT PASTURA

LEADING GOAL KICKER - 43 GOALS MATTHEW CAIA

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VAFA PREMIER C THIRD’S COACH REPORT LUKE PORTER

CAPTAIN COREY MICHAUD

TEAM MANAGER ANDREW WHITELAW

RUNNER DANIEL FOOT-CONNOLLY

TIME KEEPERS ARI INNOUA BREANNE CLARK MEDICAL DAN EAST BOUNDARY UMPIRE ANDREW WHITELAW

GOAL UMPIRE TREVOR LAWRENECE

MATCH DAY COORDINATOR TOM BRAIN

BEST & FAIREST JOEL STEWART

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST LIAM BELL

MOST VERSATILE SHANNON EMMERTON

BEST TEAM PLAYER DALE MCARTHUR

COACH’S AWARD COREY MICHAUD

It was 2016 that saw the return of Thirds football at SBMT, it is a team that is always presenting challenges including player numbers, volunteers, supporters and scheduling, but the rewards for the club are definitely significant enough that it is something they should be maintaining and growing, as it will benefit the greater SBMT community in the long run.

There weren't a lot of wins on the park, however the team was a success with a great core group of players and a few ring in's each week, we only missed one game and this one game was only forfeited due to 7 of the thirds players being called up to the Development Team to ensure they had the numbers.

This was part of the success of the team in 2016, its ability to retain and gain several good players who otherwise would not have been playing football at all. Key examples of this were Joel Stewart who won our B&F while managing to also play the last quarter of the season in the Development Team including finals.

Other players to play extremely well in the Thirds and be rewarded with games in the Development Team were Liam Bell (Runner Up B&F), Liam Feather, Shannon Emmerton (Most Versatile) and Corey Michaud (Coaches Award) and Liam Murphy. All of these guys have committed to play in 2017 which is a great result for the club.

Along with providing a team for guys who can't always commit to training but still want to have a run around on the weekend, the thirds team also provided playing opportunities for our abundance of youth with both under 17's and 19's having so many players guys would have been missing out on playing each week without the thirds team.

These young guys provided another great core group of players who really helped make the team a success. A few guys who deserve a mention for their commitment this year include Dale MacArthur (Best Team Player), Harry Lawrence, Andrew Innaou, Josh Fisher and Corey Burl.

As with every team it's not just the players who make the team a success it’s also all the volunteers who give up their time to help week in and week out. So a massive thanks must go to

Andy Whitelaw who came down every week and either helped set up, run the boundary, goal umpire, run water, pack up or just about any other task that needed doing on each different week, this was all without any direct connection to a player in the team, Andy just put his hand up to help out a SBMT team who needed help.

Andy we can't thank you enough we wouldn't have got through the year without you. Other great helpers included Bree Clark (Trainer), Trevor and Fiona Lawrence, Ari Innoua and Daniel Foot Connolly.

Although the thirds team didn't get too many "W's " in the win column it was an extremely successful year in terms of bringing in some great new people to the club, providing greater playing opportunities for more players at the club and maintaining greater player depth for all of the senior teams.

With this said the club must do all it can to ensure the Thirds team continues in the years to follow so that it can provide these benefits and continue to make SBMT the best football club in the area.

Thanks for another great year!

VAFA UNDER 19 DIVISION 2 COACH’S REPORT ADRIAN LANE

ASSISTANT COACH PAT KENNEDY BRUCE LUNDY TEAM MANAGERS ROB MAHY RYLEE COOK MEDICAL CHANTAL D’ANDREA DAN EAST CAROLINE GOODCHILD SELECTION NIGHT MEALS COORDINATORS GLENN GOODCHILD CAPTAIN SAM BARCA ZAC CALVEZ LEADERSHIP GROUP RYLEY KENNEDY REGAN MADDAFORD BEST & FAIREST KIERAN ARTHUR

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST REAGAN MADDAFORD

3RD BEST & FAIREST ZAC CALVEZ

MOST COURAGEOUS SAM BARCA

GOLDEN FIST BEST DEFENDER REAGAN MADDAFORD

COACH’S AWARD LACHLAN WIGNEY

LEADING GOAL KICKER – 28 GOALS LACHLAN PALFREY

The journey for the U/19’s began in November 2015 with an arduous pre-season undertaken with the senior squad and through the summer the boys worked very hard, playing practice games Vs Hampton Rovers and Mazenod.

Although the squad looked very promising there were some serious setbacks, including Lachlan Wigney having his collarbone broken by Daniel Herron in a collision and also Daniel Tocher returning to training with stress fractures in his back. Matty Lannan also went down with glandular fever. 70

As a coach, I was interested to see how these players would respond from their setbacks and all of them demonstrated a great strength of character which was most impressive and the team took everything in their stride and continued on the march to Round 1.

The hard work put in over summer was rewarded in Round one where they overcame Fitzroy by nearly 100 points. Top age 19’s such as Mitch Johnstone dominated in the clinches and they were well supported by the bottom age players such as Zac Calvez and Sam Kappler.

A lot of confidence was gained from the Round one victory as they had beaten a side that had finished above them the year before. Furthermore, the top age 19’s knew that the players who had come through from the 17’s were outstanding footballers and excitement began to grow within the group.

This excitement was further enhanced with the Tigers beginning their season with a 6-0 start and an average winning margin of 100 points beating opponents such as Caulfield Grammarians, Old Brighton, Whitefriars, Old Carey and Old Trinity.

It was an amazing run and there was genuine belief around the group that something special could be achieved this year. With the run of James Mangoni and the hardness of Bernard O’Meara, the team was extremely well balanced. Brandon De Zilva was very dominant through this period and Sam Lundy’s run through the wings was brilliant.

In round 7 we played Parkdale. With the TAC having a week off, the Parkdale squad was strong and they beat us by four goals at home. Although we had suffered our first loss for the season, there was still genuine confidence among the boys, that on our day we could overcome Parkdale as we hadn’t taken all of our opportunities.

However, this confidence was hurt in the following round when we lost to Old Melbournians. Having a small lead at halftime, we failed to score a goal in the second half and went down by 10 points. To make matters worse, our champion Full Forward Lachlan Palfrey was sent to a hospital with a suspected fractured wrist.

Now 6-2, the team had one game to play before the break, in wet and wild conditions at Carey Grammar. They responded like champions and played a tough, in-and-under style of game that reiterated the message that the boys were willing to get their hands dirty. Antonio Barba came in as Lachlan’s replacement and was sensational in the wet. Ben Mahy, Kieran Arthur and Reagan Maddaford rebounded hard off the Half Back.

The only major setback was Courtney Wedderburn going down with a shoulder injury which would plague him for the rest of the season and see him miss playing in the finals.

After steadying the ship, the boys got through the winter grind and had some good wins but were unable to knock over an opponent of substance. This included an unexpected loss to Fitzroy; an injury plagued loss to OM’s and a heartbreaking after the siren loss to Parkdale. However as the season drew to an end, the boys were quite certain that they would be playing finals.

Coming into the final round with 3rd mathematically still possible, the boys played sensationally and beat OM’s at home with an outstanding game from the captain Sam Barca. With results not going our way we finished 4th and played Caulfield Grammarians AWAY. In a hard fought final, we lost by 4 goals and our season was over.

There were many people who have been supportive throughout the year and assisted in the getting the boys onto the field. First and foremost thank you to all the parents who have taken on roles throughout the season.

In particular I would like to thank Caz & Glenn Goodchild, Pat Kennedy, Rob Mahy and Bruce Lundy as your input and assistance has been invaluable.

To the players, I have been honoured to coach you this year, you are a fantastic group of people and I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

To Tom Brain, thank you for all your assistance in preparing jumpers and team sheets. To St Bedes /Mentone AFC, thank you for the opportunity in allowing me to coach this year and the support I have been given as a whole.

VAFA UNDER 19 DIVISION 5 COACH’S REPORT DYLAN COUSINS

ABDULLA NASSER ASSISTANT COACHES ROSS THOMPSON

TEAM MANAGER MAURIZIO BARBA RYLEE COOK MEDICAL DAN EAST MICHAEL NGUYEN CAPTAIN BILLY PICKLES THOMAS LACAVA VICE CAPTAIN ADAM THATCHER BEST & FAIREST JOEL SAUNDERS

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST DANE HEVERIN

3RD BEST & FAIREST WILLIAM SEDGWICK

MOST IMPROVED ALEX BROWNE

BEST FINALS PLAYER THOMAS LA CAVA

SPIRIT OF SBMT AWARD CAMERON CLARK

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UNDER 18 GIRLS COACH’S REPORT AL GAILEY

ASSISTANT COACH DARREN STORY

CAPTAIN GEORGIA WILSON

VICE CAPTAIN MADDISON WILSON

DEPUTY VICE CAPTAIN BELLA MCCONVILLE

TEAM MANAGER INGRID STENHOUSE

RUNNER MATT WILSON

MEDICAL CHARLOTTE WILSON SIMON DALTON BOUNDARY UMPIRES TONI SHARP GOAL UMPIRE CRAIG RICARDO

UMPIRE ESCORT SEAN MCCONVILLE

TEAM SPONSOR O’BRIEN REAL ESTATE TIM RICHARDSON MP FOR MORDIALLOC BEST & FAIREST LAURA SUMMERS

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST JEMMA OWEN

COACH’S AWARD ELIZA DALTON

MOST CONSISTANT GEORGIA WILSON

MOST COURAGEOUS OLIVIA STEINFORT

MOST IMPROVED ZOE RICARDO

MOST DETERMINED EMILY WHITEHOUSE

BEST TEAM PLAYER SASHA LONG

LEADING GOAL KICKER MADDISON WILSON

PLAYERS PLAYER LAURA SUMMERS

Round 1finally arrived and for the newly formed U/18s there was plenty of excitement as we took on Brighton Beach (BB) at the BB ground on South Rd. A big thanks to the girls and parents and to everyone that has supported us getting to the 1st game of the season. It had been a long pre- season and it was great to get the 1st game out of the way. Final score SBMT defeated BB 9 goals 13 points (67) to BB 1 goal 2 points (8)

Round 2 and after a good week on the track we took on the Highett Bulldogs at Brindisi Street. The girls were ready to go and this was demonstrated on our attack on the ball. It was another successful outing but we knew that tougher games were ahead of us. Scores: Tigers 11 goals 10 points (76) defeated Highett 0 goals 2 points.

Round 3 and our biggest test yet the girls headed north to Toorak Park to play Prahran U/18s. Undermanned due to injury and illness, despite under manned with only 14 players on the field to Prahran 20 we won the game and showed enormous spirit. One of the many highlights was Jemma’s check side goal from the pocket!! Final score: SBMT 5 goals 6 points (36) defeated Prahran 1 goal (6).

Round 4 The Girls played Beaumaris lady Sharks, we got off to a great start kicking 4.3.27 to 1.06 in the first quarter, and we never gave Beaumaris a look in as they didn't score for the rest of the game. Main goal kickers, Maddie Wilson with 5 goals and Jemma Owen 2 Final score SBMT 11.11.77. Beaumaris 1.0.6

Round 5 and in great conditions for footy we took on the Bentleigh Saints at Packer reserve. Both teams played hard and aggressive football. Despite Bentleigh efforts we took away the win with our greatest winning margin for the season. Highlights included 7 goals scored by Georgia R. Final scores: St Bedes / Mentone Tigers: 18 goals 15 behinds 123 defeated Bentleigh Saints Nil

Round 6 our biggest test to date, we played St Peters at centenary park, both sides undefeated it was a tight tussle with the scores locked at. 2.5.17 a piece at 1/2 time ,we kicked a goal into the

73 wind keeping St. Peter's goalless which set up the game for us eventually running out winners. Main goal kickers Maddie Wilson and Bridie Winbanks. SBMT. 4.9.33. St Peters 2.5.17

Round 7 we played East Brighton Vampires ,who gave us a good run for our money ,with only 6 points separating the 2 teams at 1/2 time ,with our girls in front. After 1/2 time we steadied and pulled away to a 33 point victory ,keeping the Vampires scoreless in the second half Main goal kickers Georgia Ricardo 3 and Maddie Wilson 2

Round 8. We played Highett at home , we played steady football increasing our lead each quarter to lead by 24 points at 1/2 time ,51 at 3/4 time and running out winners by 61 points Highett didn't score after 1/4 time. Main goal kickers, Maddie Wilson 2, Frankie Stenhouse 1 Eliza Dalton 1 SBMT 9.13.67. Highett 1.0.6

Round 9. Our first loss, we played St Peters at Centenary Park in. A 1st V 2nd on the ladder clash, we got off to a flyer kicking 2.5 before they got a sniff, we should have been 5 goals up but for some loose kicking, to their credit St. Peter's fought back to lead at 1/2 time, a good third quarter gave us a 2 point lead,, but the bigger bodied St Peters skipped out to a lead we couldn't overcome. Goal kickers Maddie Wilson 3 Jemma Owen 1. SBMT 4.7.31. St Peters 6.4.40.

Round 10 On this day we played the Beaumaris Lady sharks at the home of football Brindisi Street Mentone. After coming off an unexpected lose in our last game, we needed to make amends to keep our position on top of the ladder, we knew today's game wouldn't be easy as we were missing a number of girls due to holidays and that Beaumaris form of late was pretty good as they were 4th on the ladder. Despite playing 3 players down in the first quarter we had a solid win to remain on top. Final scores SBMT 4.22.46. Beaumaris 0.1.1

Round 11. Prahran jumped to equal first on the ladder when they defeated our gallant Tigers, despite playing with 1 on the bench our girls took it right up to Prahran. Both sides started the match off well with a goal apiece, with one behind the difference as St Bedes/Mentone took the one-point quarter time lead. Prahran would take the lead in the second quarter, as we were held scoreless and conceded a single goal to trail by five points at the major break.

Both sides again kicked a goal each in the third quarter as we reduced the margin to four points. But in the final quarter St Bedes/Mentone ran out of gas, and two Prahran goals saw the final margin reach 18 points. Two goals both came from Georgia R.

Round 12 we returned to the winners list as they came from behind to defeat East Brighton by 12 points at the Mentone Reserve. East Brighton started the game at a fast pace and jumped out to a 15-point quarter time lead. We woke from our slumber and held the Vampires goalless and adding three of their own to lead by two points at the major break.

East Brighton then took their turn to hold the dominance of the ball, holding us scoreless allowing the Vampires to take a 14-point lead into the last quarter. It wasn’t enough as the Tigers finally took control in the last quarter and their 4.2 to 0.0 for East Brighton proved the difference as the siren went with St Bedes/Mentone 12 points ahead. Jemma was the major goal kicker with four.

Round 13 the matchup of the top of the table teams was a thriller, as we came from a three quarter time deficit to defeat St Peters by two points at Centenary Park. Both sides started on the front foot with a goal apiece, but three behinds for St Peters gave them the three-point lead. The second quarter saw our Tigers wrestle control with a two goal to one quarter to take a four- point lead into half time.

The lead would change hands again in the third and one goal for St Peters. St Peters’ pattern of a goal a quarter continued in the last but it wasn’t enough as two goals for our girls proved to be the difference. Jemma was our leading goal kicker with two. This was without doubts our best win for the season. I am not sure if the coaches and parents have recovered from that game!!!

Round 14 and we kept in touch with top of the table Prahran as we defeat Highett by 82 points at Highett Reserve. We were on from the start as we held Highett to two behinds and the margin sat at 29 points at quarter time. The margin jumped out to 42 points by the half despite the Bulldogs getting two goals on the board. Highett would only add one goal in the third and were scoreless in the last, as seven second half goals by our girls pushed the margin out to 82 points at full time. Jemma was dominant up forward with four goals for the Tigers.

Round 15.In a back and forth game at the Mentone Reserve, our girls fell to third on the ladder as we lost to Prahran by four points. Neither side could take advantage of scoring opportunities in the first quarter, with Prahran taking a slender two-point lead into the first change. We scored the 1st goal in the 2nd quarter and led by four points at the long change.

Prahran awoke from the attacking rut of the first half to bang on three goals to one to overturn their deficit and lead by eight points with a quarter to go. We dominated play in the final quarter but couldn’t convert to take the game. Jemma was the major goal kicker with three.

1st Semi Final. In the do-or-die First Semi Final, we defeated East Brighton Vampires by 48 points at King George Reserve. Our girls got off to a flyer as they held East Brighton to one behind and added three goals of their own to lead by 19 points at the quarter time break. The second was a more even affair as both sides kicked two goals, but we extended our lead to 22 points.

After half time the game was put beyond the Vampires’ reach as they again were held goalless while giving up 3.3 to see the margin balloon to 42 points. Maddie was the major goal kicker on the field with four goals

Preliminary Final. The two sides have played in two tight matches in the regular season and this match started in a similar fashion. Both sides kicked one major in the first quarter, with St Peters taking a two-point lead into the first change. St Peters would take control of the match in the next two quarters as they would win the second quarter one goal to none and the third to one to lead by nine points at half time and 22 points at three quarter time respectively.

The Tigers roared home in the last with three goals, despite playing one good quarter we couldn’t breech the gap on the score board.

What a great season by our girls, I know I talk on behalf of the club, coaches and parents that we are all very proud of the efforts of every girl that represented the U/18 youth girls for SBMT. I saw not only great improvement in the girls as a team and individuals; I also witnessed a great amount of growth and maturity in our team. It was a great pleasure to have coached these very talented young women.

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UNDER 17 RED COACH’S REPORT JAMES TYQUIN

PETER DUFFY ASSISTANT COACHES TOM TYQUIN TEAM MANAGER TIM CHAMBERLIN

RUNNER PETER DUFFY

MEDICAL TIM BEASLEY CAPTAIN ETHAN SWAIN

TEAM SPONSORS MENTONE TYRE AND AUTO

PARKDALE CHARCOAL CHICKEN BEST & FAIREST LUKE GODDARD

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST LACHLAN WILLEY

COACH’S AWARD ROBERT HESS

MOST CONSISTANT CAMERON DUFFY

MOST COURAGEOUS CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

MOST DETERMINED ETHAN SWAIN

MOST IMPROVED JONATHON FOONG

BEST TEAM PLAYER JACK WHITELAW

The reason behind long term sustainable success for a senior football club in the VAFA environment stems directly from the ability to develop and retain junior members. The next challenge for the club and their members is to provide a smooth transition into the next phase of their footballing lives into the senior environment. Knowing the difficulties faced with recruiting new players to the club with the ever present threat of local paying leagues having the ability to provide monetary gains for playing a game we all love, makes it so important to provide an environment and home for our junior players.

To have a place that the boys love being around and a place where they can really enjoy their footy and the people of the club is so important for the future successes of our footy club.

I have been a long time member of the SBMT football community and felt that this was an area that we could improve upon moving into 2016 and beyond. I also thought it was a good time to give some time and commitment back to a club that has provided so much to me from the age of 5 when my association with the club started when my Dad became senior coach of the then St Bedes Football Club out at Bangholme. Luckily for everyone we have moved away from the wonderful facility that is Bangholme.

Once I made the decision to jump into the coaching role, it became very clear that there is a lot more to coaching a junior footy team than organizing a few drills at training and moving a few magnets on game day.

78 To have the season we did requires a lot of effort and commitment and it would not have happened without the following peoples efforts. To them I say thank you –

THANKS:

The initial and ongoing help and support I received from Tim Beasley and Caroline Goodchild was invaluable and they were both great sounding boards for ideas and getting all the information I needed try and make this season a success. Both are great SBMT club people and the club is better place for having them involved.

My major job I wanted to fill early doors was the role of team manager. I am happy to say that we made no mistakes in our choice of team manager in Tim Chamberlain. Everything that needed to be taken care of was with minimum of fuss and a smile on the dial. I t was great to have a guy like Tim involved with a very balanced and sensible point of view which is required when dealing with a large group of 16/17 year old boys.

It was great having such a genuine character involved with our journey this year, and again another fantastic person to have involved with the club.

When the two sides became a very real proposition I made the phone call to the Gesshhhkkk. I was more hopeful than anything else in getting the Geshk on board as I knew the demands and responsibilities he has with his work life coupled with his playing commitments.

When I got a favourable response initially I was more hopeful, and when he finally said yes it was great news for me, but more importantly the boys. Everyone that meets the Geshk loves him and he was definitely a favourite of the boys with his unique style and personality.

The boys and parents loved the time and effort he put in and sometimes it is a thankless task coaching a side that you have to scrap and scrape to field every week. Geshk not once complained and set about moulding his team into a very tight and successful team.

To come from where they did at the start to where we finished at the end is a credit to Mark and his team for buying into the journey. A special mention his trusty stats man (lady) Kelly, who was there week in week out to help Mark with everything he needed.

To my two trusty assistants – Tom Tyquin and Pete Duffy – Thank-you.

Tom has a 40 hour week at university studying physiotherapy and is also a very important part of the senior playing group, so I was probably lucky that I was the older brother with the threat of violence hanging over his head when he agreed to be part of the coaching group. But in all seriousness, for him to commit to the boys for the season was fantastic for me and the boys.

He has played at a high level and has great knowledge of football and importantly a great love for the footy club. A very mature 21 year old, he sees the benefit in putting time and resources into the junior club and nothing will give me more enjoyment than watching Tom play with the 17s in the future. Like all of the coaches, I think Tom gained great enjoyment from being involved with the group and got as much out of being involved as the boys did having him as a coach.

Now I’m not sure how Peter would go with a 40 hour week at Uni, but he was also a great help to have involved with the group. Coming through the rank with the boys he had a lot of background information on players, but was also very good at not being over bearing and let the other coaches come to their own conclusions.

79 Week in week out Peter was there at training and at game day and in the months of June and July when it seemed to rain every Tuesday night at 445, and was always pushing the boys and coaches when thinks turned into a slog. We managed to get him back on the park as runner near the end of the season which was invaluable to have a coach out on the field. Some of the bigger grounds in the finals series made Peter earn his money.

A fantastic member to have involved for the season and a great man to have a beer/baileys/whiskey within the man cave.

The other boys who gave up their time to help out across both sides – Luke Terrell, Pat Tyquin, Chris Mangoni and Mick Barnes. All senior players who also train hard and play hard.

The goal was to have senior plays involved with the program for a) their footy knowledge and b) give the boys a relationship with senior players of the club to keep them involved for years to come. I think we can give two ticks for those goals. I’m sure these boys will continue to show the way on the footy field and off in the coming years.

To all the parents – When I took on the role of coach I naively thought it would be coaching footy. I didn’t really think too much about all the other stuff that comes with being involved in the junior club. Having such a large group of boys involved was always going to have its challenges, especially to keep everyone happy.

Not everything worked all the time, and it was a steep learning curve for me, but the support and help shown was great to see. All the parents that helped with all the assorted jobs, tiger talk, and the breakfasts that were put on at finals time was most appreciated by me and the boys.

Finally to the boys – unfortunately we didn’t go all the way, but you can’t ask much more that to get to the big dance for a chance at the premiership. Grand final day didn’t fall our way, but that shouldn’t take away from what we achieved this season as ONE GROUP.

To finish up last year on the bottom, to getting two sides the following year into the finals should be something to be really proud of. That didn’t happen by accident – it happened because the group decided to buy in and commit to the cause. We trained hard and we got the results on the field. More importantly I think a really strong bond was formed between the 45+ players and I personally can say I had a really enjoyable year being part of this group.

It would have been really easy to throw things in at the end of last season, but the response the club got from the players from 2015 to all front up again and to really drive the recruiting of the new players to the club is something that other clubs in the area would crave. Without the drive and commitment of the whole group, we would not have had the season we did.

The boys made the time and effort the coaches and parents put in made it such a worthwhile journey and to watch the improvement and development throughout the year was a pleasure to watch. We can only hope that the boys all continue to stay involved with this great club and really become important parts of our efforts to become the most envied club in Victoria. Judging by the numbers at pre-season training already, the future well and truly looks very bright!

Also a big thank you to my partner Sarah who gave her full support in me committing to more “footy stuff” without a word of complaint. Our Sunday schedule revolved around the ‘boys’ on Sunday and she spent far too much time listening to game plans and ‘footy stuff’ to last her a lifetime. Southland well and truly benefitted from me coaching the boys this year.

80 When I first took on the coaching role my definition of success did not revolve around the win and loss scoreboard – sure it makes things a lot more enjoyable to be winning but that was an enjoyable by product of setting up a footy program for the boys and doing it the right way.

The real success that we wanted to see as a coaching group was developing our boys as footballers but also being good fellas too – which I think we have achieved both. But the major thing we wished to achieve was to start building stronger relationships between the under 17s group and the senior part of the footy club.

It took a lot of work and effort from a large number of people but to get two sides up and going and to both be successful throughout the year was a real achievement for the club. This resulted in 45+ boys playing under 17 footy in 2016 and hopefully keeping as many of these boys involved in 2017 and beyond. It gave me great enjoyment to see a large number of 2016 17s boys at senior training on the week of Nov 21 for the start of pre-season for 2017.

It shows that we have had achieved what we set out to do at the star of the season.

These boys are the future of our club and I look forward to following their progress and development over the coming years and also maintaining the relationships I have made with the boys and all their parents.

UNDER 17 BLUE COACH’S REPORT MARK GESCHKE

ASSISTANT COACHES MICHAEL BARNES TEAM MANAGER TIM CHAMBERLAIN RUNNER PATRICK TYQUIN CAPTAIN JOSH WHITE TEAM SPONSORS MENTONE TYRE AND AUTO PARKDALE CHARCOAL CHICKEN BEST & FAIREST JOSH WHITE RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST JOSH STEVENS MOST IMPROVED JOSH WHALL MOST CONSISTENT NED COMERFORD BEST TEAM PLAYER BEN EDDY MOST DETERMINED JACKSON DENTON MOST COURAGEOUS HARRY BLACKIE COACH’S AWARD HARRY FREEMAN

I was appointed to the coaching role after some very exciting discussions with James Tyquin and Brad Berry around February when it started to look like we would really push for two sides. It was tough going early on from a coach’s perspective as I did not know any of the players and basically took on the coaching role heading into Round 1.

Our team came a really long way. Round 1 at St Peters I had to ask the player their names and the positions they had played in recent times. Some of the boys were playing their first games ever!

81 After losing our first 6 or so games we then began stringing enough wins together to make the finals which were amazing. Individual players and the team as a whole were almost unrecognisable by the end of the season.

The passion the boys had for one another on the football field is what St Bedes/Mentone Tigers is all about to me. Whether we are not playing the best on the day or not, we never ever dropped our heads. We stuck up for each other and encouraged each other and sticking fat when the times were tough is what made the wins more enjoyable later in the year. We had a handful of games during the year where we were starting the games with 17 players and finishing with 15-16 on the ground. We certainly did it tough at times!

The most amazing game we had during the year was with our season hanging on by a thread, needing to win to keep our finals hopes alive. Only 16 players on the ground, legs cramping, but we were still crashing in hard. Giving it a little bit more when we should have had nothing left. When it came down to it we were able to hang on to a 2 point victory out at Waverly in the darkness.

Even though I thought we were going to be able go all the way during the finals it just wasn’t our day in our final and with hearts breaking ended up getting done by a few goals. I think we learnt a lot from the season. A lot of players realised they are actually very capable footballers and I expressed my feelings on that after the final against Ormond and on presentation night.

One of the proudest moments of the year came during a game the week after our chat with the playing group following a physically tense game the week before. We were getting done a little bit and I could sense our player’s frustration out on the field, however in this instance a number of our players went in and broke up the scuffle and told our other players to get on with the game. This was very mature and smart and showed that our players were listening and willing to grow for the good of the team. This is what it’s all about.

A big shout out to the U19s boys who were available as 17.5s this year. Without the commitment of them we would have been unable to field a team every 2nd or 3rd week. They would play Saturday and double up Sunday and while completing the year 12 studies they were invaluable and helped stamp their professionalism and attitude on the group.

I can see every player that played with me during the season to go on to be long term St Bedes/Mentone Tigers players. I hope each and every one of them continues their football journey at the club going into U19s. U19s was an extremely enjoyable couple of years for me at St Bedes even though it seems like a while ago now! I loved getting to know you boys over the course of the year. I will be always happy to have a chat with you if need about anything. You all know how to reach me. I hope I have managed to have an impact on your lives this year even if it was small. I am definitely looking forward to seeing how you boys develop through the ranks of the club over the next few years.

The team made my season very worthwhile in the end. I was only able to play 3 senior games for the season before having to admit my shoulder needed surgery. Working with the 17s has really given me a great outlet for that competitive enjoyment this year; I reckon my year could have felt like a disaster without it. You kept me focused and kept me motivated. And I thank you for that. It has been a great experience for me to develop my coaching skills and certainly inspired the prospect of coaching again in the future.

82 A few people that were invaluable help to me during the year were without a doubt all the parents. They were supportive and were always willing to help out with whatever role they could. They were all very generous and always good for a chat. I think they all enjoyed the year. I appreciate the efforts. I also wish I had more times at Duffy’s man cave. Although I am sure we will be able to enjoy a few beers over summer in there!

The Senior players who helped me on the sidelines during the year and committing to the U17s for training and on game day was a big commitment for a 21-22 year old to do. You young fellas gave us a lot of enjoyment and I know you learnt a lot from the year from the likes of Michael Barnes, Patrick Tyquin, Luke Terrell, Chris Mangoni and a few others that chipped in during the year.

A big thanks to James Tyquin who over the course of the year took on all the pre-season training and did a majority of the Tuesday and Thursday trainings as I struggled to get there for a 4.45 start most nights. We both loved the year and almost didn’t know what to do with ourselves when the season finally came to a close. Till Next Time.

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UNDER 16 COACH’S REPORT JAMES (JIMMY) COLYVAN

ASSISTANT COACH ALEX SMOUT GERARD KELLY CO-CAPTAINS JACKSON COWDEN

TEAM MANAGER JACQUI BANFIELD BRIAN VAN DEN BROEK RUNNER BRAD BERRY

MEDICAL SHANE ANTONIE TEAM SPONSOR MENTONE TOYOTA

BEST & FAIREST JAMES BANFIELD

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST JACKSON COWDEN

MOST IMPROVED CONNOR MURRAY

MOST CONSISTANT THOMAS WYND

MOST DETERMINED CALEB MILLAR

MOST COURAGEOUS LUKE BURKE

BEST TEAM PLAYER BAILEY BERRY

COACH’S AWARD BEN VAN DEN BROEK

GRAND FINAL BEST ON GROUND AWARD JAMES BANFIELD

After Alex and I took on the job as the coaches we had high expectations of this group. Hearing that the boys were already training together doing running sessions by themselves told us they were hungry for success. The pre-season was very good; we always had string numbers and new faces down. We gained about 10 kids that played at different clubs the previous season and that gave us great confidence that this group was ready to challenge.

Early signs were good we didn’t really care about if we won or lost but cared more about the way the boys played and if they were buying into our game plan. We knew that early on would be a struggle as we were trying to really fast track their development. We gelled really quickly as a group and surprisingly the boys adapted really well to the new game plan and strategies we were bringing in.

In Rounds 1 to 4 we had the face grading games which we played pretty well in winning 3 and losing one to a team that went up a division. Sitting on top of the ladder after 4 games really gave us hope that we could potentially win a flag. After this early stage in the season the boys played some really good footy and show classed how good this group was going to be in season 2016.

Throughout the whole season the boys dominated winning most of our games by over 70 points. Even though the boys were playing really good footy they still wanted to get better. These boys put in a lot of effort and were really deserving of these results. Playing a brand of footy that was really attractive to watch and a brand of footy that would make any coaches proud.

85 To put it simply during the regular season our boys were far too good for all opposition as we went the regular season undefeated. On paper it looks easy but I can promise you the boys put in so much work and effort to get the results they were achieving. Even though the boys were winning, Alex and myself were still pretty harsh on the boys demanding that they lifter their intensity in all aspects of the game. We were a quiet group and that something we really tried to change.

We went through the grand final with 2 really good wins behind our belt but we knew that Prahran we going to be our toughest task. The boys turned up nervous but really excited and ready to go. They feeling in the change room even before the siren started was amazing.

At half time we didn’t go into the change rooms with the lead which for this group was a bit different. Urging the boys we needed to lift and not get intimidated by bigger bodies, I’m glad I can say we did lift but only to cut the margin to a draw at 3qrt time!

The boys played one of the best last quarters of footy imaginable and we were lucky enough to hold the cup at the end of the day. We are so proud of the boys and couldn’t compliment them more; they worked so hard and deserved every bit of success they received

I would really like to thank our parent group because the support they showed Alex and myself every week was unbelievable. I would also like to thank our Team Manager Jaquie Banfield for a fantastic effort every week.

To the boys, thank you. As first year coaches we couldn't have asked for a better bunch of young men to walk into. We feel as if we have made some great mates this year and hopefully we have helped you in some way. I can’t wait to see how we go again next year.

Go Tigers.

Under 16 Div 3 Premiers 2016

UNDER 15 GIRL’S COACH’S REPORT NATALIE CORRIGAN

ASSISTANT COACH ANDREW SAULTRY

TEAM MANAGER NICOLA SAULTRY AL GAILEY RUNNERS BERNIE HARRINGTON BRUCE HAWKER DARREN STORY MEDICAL ANNIE CAMPBELL

CAPTAIN SIOBHAN GAILEY

VICE CAPTAINS CHLOE SAULTRY ROSE ALONZO DEPUTY VICE CAPTAIN CHELSEA BROWN BOUNDARY UMPIRE STEVE CAMPBELL

TEAM SPONSORS HUFF BAGELRY MENTONE

O’BRIEN REAL ESTATE BEST & FAIREST CHLOE SAULTRY

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST TAYLAH TYSOE

MOST IMPROVED EMILY HAWKER

MOST CONSISTANT ISABELLE SCOTT

MOST DETERMINED CHLOE VANCE

MOST COURAGEOUS HOLLY TYSOE

BEST TEAM PLAYER CHELSEA BOWEN

COACH’S AWARD AMELIA STORY

LEADING GOAL KICKER KATELYN INGRAM

Season 2016 was my first season as Coach of the U15 girls after spending 2015 mentored by Al Gailey as an Assistant Coach to him with the 2015 U15 girls’ side. I was lucky enough to retain nine players from the 2015 side, had three girls return from the 2014 side after a year away from football, and debut eleven new players, including three 11 year olds that I hope to retain to begin the foundations of an U14 side in 2017.

We put in quite a big pre-season with the girls who were very keen to work on their skills and fitness early on in the year. A week before Round 1, we lost our star full forward from the previous year to a nasty quad tear, and then found out that we were to have a bye in Round 1, much to the girls’ disappointment. The next 3 games were grading games of which we won 2 and lost 1 which gave us a Division 1 place.

Our first graded game of the year was played at Brindisi St against the local Cheltenham Panthers girls who were a new team and in their first game together as a team for points; the mighty Tiger girls thrashed the Panthers by over 100 points. This gave them a lot of confidence heading to the

90 Peanut Farm the following week, but sickness and injuries plagued us and on a cold blustery 8.30am time slot, the girls struggled to score, winning by only 17 points.

The following week we were at home again against the strong St Peters side and we were only able to field a side of fourteen girls, but although we found it hard to score, the girls played it out until the end, a trait that followed each of the three St Peters games throughout the season.

In Round 5 we launched the fantastic brand new girls’ football jumpers that we were so lucky to have made for the two girls teams. We played a new Port Melbourne Colts team at Brindisi Street and again fronting a brand new young side, the girls had another 100 + point win. Our captain was to fall to a mid-air collision but the girls were able to stay focused on putting together what was fast becoming an amazing brand of football.

Round 6 was an eagerly anticipated meeting with the local Mordi Brae girls, and there was a lot of hype before the game! The Tiger girls struggled to score in the first 3 quarters of the game, but showed their true fighting spirit in the last quarter to run away with a 28 point win. The girls lost the next 2 rounds against their benchmark teams East Malvern by 1 point, then a loss again to St Peters by 50 points. They followed up with 3 great wins against Oakleigh, another big win against Port Melbourne Colts, and then thrashed the Mordi Brae girls by 93 points.

I unfortunately succumbed to illness that saw me in hospital for 2 weeks, and my assistant Andrew was able to take the reins for the next 4 weeks coming away with a 2 win/2 loss ratio. One of the losses was a 3 goal loss to St Peters, the closest the girls have ever come to the reigning premiers, which was a great achievement given they lost to them by over 100 points in the first half of the season.

The girls then played in and won their first ever Semi Final defeating Port Melbourne Colts by 27 points, a huge thrill for the girls, the coaching staff and the proud parents and supporters! Unfortunately they were unable to replicate their great form the following week against East Malvern with several girls falling to injuries and lost the Prelim Final by 39 points.

I could not have been prouder of their achievements for Season 2016, given the youth and inexperience of the squad overall. To cap the season off, Chloe Saultry our Vice Captain was named Best and Fairest for the SMJFL U15 Division 1 girls, an amazing achievement for Chloe. She was also a member of the SMJFL U15 Interleague squad.

UNDER 14 COACH’S REPORT BEN HODGES

KEVIN MOONEY ASSISTANT COACHES MARCUS MOONEY TEAM MANAGER PAULA ALEXANDER

RUNNER ARRON HODGES

MEDICAL DAYLE UBERTI BAYSIDE BUSINESS TEAM SPONSOR ACCOUNTANTS MENTONE BEST & FAIREST DAVID GOODMAN

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST BENJAMIN MURPHY

MOST IMPROVED JOSHUA EVANS

MOST CONSISTANT DECLAN DAWSON

MOST DETERMINED MATTIAS VALENZUELA

MOST COURAGEOUS JACK DAWSON

BEST TEAM PLAYER JAMES COLLIER

COACH’S AWARD FLYNN MORLEY

After a tough 2015, the boys were looking to improve and prove that they were a top 4 team. With the inclusions of Casey Lawrence, Tom Burn and Seve Stefinakis, the boys looked to become a stronger unit.

As well as the introduction of new boys, we also welcomed in a new runner. Aaron Hodges to become a part of the team and the boys loved it. Having someone with TAC and VFL experience to join the team and assist the boys with learning new skills, it was fantastic.

As I was in Canada until Round 4, it was up to Aaron, Kevin and Marcus to get the boys ready and prepared for a successful season. The boys were looking strong early on in the season, however returned to their old ways when they played early games. Despite being one of the best teams in the competition, the boys would give the opposition head starts and try to catch up in the second half, however they would fall short.

It wasn’t until the round 7 clash against AJAX that the boys really showed how good they were. Despite coming away with a 4-point loss, the signs were there, with David running rampant, Lucca kicking goals from the cricket nets and Declan dominating the backline.

After the game, the boys were extremely disappointed and we could feel amongst the room that they wanted to make amends for the rest of the season. From that game on, the boys lifted their attitudes and intensity and pushed forward to overcome their disappointments.

After the AJAX game, the boys were travelling along nicely sitting in fourth position for most of the season. However, in round 11 came one of the best wins for the season. The boys came out

93 against second placed Bentleigh and when they found themselves down by 32 points at three quarter time, they rallied to win by 1 point.

The win sent the boys into the top two, and almost guaranteed a finals birth. The team was led by Shilo and Matty Bamfield up forward, while Myles, Flynn and Andrew Goodman constantly repelled Bentleigh’s attacks. It was an outstanding result, and typified our boys will to win and compete against the very end.

The season finished with the boys on second with 9 wins and 2 losses. This meant we finished with top two, gaining the double chance. Unfortunately, we were up against the formidable South Melbourne side that had only lost 1 game since coming down from Division 1. We knew the finals were going to be tough, but if we gave ourselves every opportunity, we believed we could make an impact.

Unfortunately, in the second semi-final, the boys were unable to get the job done against a much bigger and stronger outfit. However, the boys did show real fight to keep South Melbourne to one of their lowest scores of the season. There were some fantastic efforts in the game which included Andrew and Declan tag teaming down back, James Mooney playing an extremely important role all over the ground and Ethan Murray saving certain goals with fantastic tackling pressure. The loss meant we had to play Prahan in the Preliminary final to have another chance against South Melbourne.

The boys came out ready for the fight against Prahan and with a number of role changes, the team as prepared for their next challenge. The game seemed to be going in Prahran’s favour as they looked the better team early, with their bigger bodies and quicker defenders seeming to do things as they please.

We spoke to the boys at half-time about being better and smarter than their opponent and in the second half, which is exactly what they did. With Mattias running like a mad man, James Mooney and Collier gathering the ball and disposing of it like Gary Ablett and Will Corrigan constantly applying pressure, the boys were able to push Prahan to their limits and push further than them to come home with the win.

The last quarter proved that we were the fitter, stronger and better team on the day and that we deserved to have another shot at South Melbourne.

Unfortunately for the boys, we weren’t able to back up our form from the week before and went down to South Melbourne by 58 points. The score-line flattered South Melbourne as it did not show just how much effort was put in by all 24 players.

Despite being down by 57 points at three quarter time, the boys showed their fight right to the final siren, keeping the opposition to two behinds. We proved to ourselves and the rest of the competition in that quarter why we deserved to be there and the other teams didn’t. Declan was outstanding throughout the day down back and in the ruck, while Mitch provided plenty of run, Mattias showed his ability to win the ball at both ends and David kicked our only goal for the day.

Despite not coming away with a premiership, we as a coaching staff still believed that the season was a great success. Having finished 6th in 2015 to become runners up in 2016, is an incredible achievement in what was an extremely even competition. We could be more proud of the group as they grew into a fantastic team.

I look forward to 2017 as we look to strive for the ultimate goal of a premiership. Congratulations again and a huge thank you to all the players and parents for a successful season.

UNDER 13 COACH’S REPORT TIGHE CHANDLER

ASSISTANT COACH EVAN RYDER

TEAM MANAGER MATHEW O’HARA

RUNNER EVAN RYDER

MEDICAL MARTIN BEECH

UMPIRE ESCORT JEFF DENNY

BOUNDARY UMPIRE MATTHEW SHEPPARD

GOAL UMPIRE MARCUS MITCHELL

TEAM SPONSOR BETTER FEET & BODY PARKDALE

BEST & FAIREST JAKE RYDER

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST LYNDON BULMAN

MOST IMPROVED JACK WYND

COACHES AWARD ANDREAS STEFANAKIS

BEST TEAM PLAYER GAVIN BOYD

MOST DETERMINED TRENT MEAKINS

MOST CONSISTANT CURTIS GERRAND

MOST COURAGEOUS WILLIAM LOMAGNO

At the conclusion of season 2015 the Under 12’s had two (2) teams playing in Division’s 1 & 3 of the SMJFL with approx. 31 players.

We entered the start of the season losing 13 players from the previous year which in turn meant we would only have one Under 13 team for this season but were lucky to have three new boys join our club from Beaumaris (Gavin Boyd) and Mordi – Brae (Zack Allen & Jackson McNamara) and welcomed back Trent Meakins after having a year away from football last year. While Andreas Stefanakis decided to play up a year level which allowed us to have a squad of 22 boys for Season 2016.

We commenced our pre-season on the 1st February and continually had good numbers each Sunday morning which allowed us to work on our running style game plan and to improve the skill deficiencies which had been evident from the previous year.

Our first practice match vs Edithvale Aspendale in March did provide a “wake up” call for the boys with the size and body development of the opposition at a similar age & year level which they had not experienced in the younger year levels.

Based on our previous year finishing top of the ladder in Division 3 at the end of the season our team was elevated to Division 2 which in the early Rounds did look a far better standard than what our boys had been used to.

96 We opened the season with a 6 point loss to Dingley in Round 1 after a kick with 2 seconds left on the clock by the opposition to score a goal and broke the deadlock of the tied scores to leave the boys devastated, with games against Waverley Hawks and South Melbourne Districts in the first four weeks (back to back week games) we were on the end of 67, 75 & 64 point losses.

To the boys credit they stuck together after some heavy losses in the grading period and remained in Division 2 as new friendships developed with the majority of the boys now all going to school together their confidence in one another and within themselves started to shine through.

The boys were starting to play more as a team with some good wins over Ajax & St Peters in Rounds 5 and 6 with the highlight vs St Peter where our new recruit Gavin Boyd had a stand out game kicked an amazing 10.1.

Our Captain Jake Ryder & Vice Captain Curtis Gerrand led from the front and were consistent through the year which was reflective with the Best & Fairest results with the opportunity to lead the team for the year both boys showed maturity to encourage and get the best out of their team mates.

More importantly each boy individually was starting to show the improvement in their own games the Coaching staff knew and believed was capable with all boys having their moment in certain games to shine and gain the respect & confidence from their team mates and peers. Lyndon Bullman & Jack Wynd showed huge improvement from the previous years both took their games to another level this year at Full Back with Lyndon rarely beaten in the last line of defence and Jack playing a mobile Ruck role.

Our general game style was to create space and try to generate run with handball backwards when in doubt or danger and spread up the field to provide options rather than continually kicking the ball down the lines to packs. This did take a few games but the message through specific training drills allowed this to become part of the boys natural game as each week individuals would take a risk by feeding the ball backwards and looking to switch the play but more importantly putting themselves in the positions to have the ball to feed to or being the switch kick option.

At the conclusion of the season the Under 13’s finished 3rd on the ladder in Division 2 with 5 wins and 7 losses and to the boys credit they had the opportunity to play finals football.

Our Semi Final was against Dingley who we had lost throughout the year to by 6 points and 23 points and leading into the week we were confident we could match it with the Dingley team if everyone played their role and beats their direct opponent but more importantly takes the game on when the opportunity presents.

Unfortunately the boys were overawed in a very physical encounter and were rushed with their decision making and ultimately our disposal and general skills suffered. We appeared flat throughout the game and didn’t have too many positives on the day going down 12.10.82 to 2.3.15.

As expected the boys were extremely disappointed to bow out of the finals but can hold their heads high as what they had achieved not only this year by playing finals but the gradual improvement of the playing group who each year have taken the rise in grade in their step from Under 10’s Division 5, Under 11’s Division 4 (Premiers), Under 12’s Division 3 (finishing top of the ladder at seasons end) and Under 13’s Division 2. This is a brilliant effort as each week our motto

97 has always been to play as team and to always work hard for their team mates and the success will follow.

This playing group has so much improvement & development in them as they will all have their own growth spurts which will allow them to become more confident within themselves and their skills levels to start to be competitive against stronger opposition teams as some clubs did to us this year.

A massive thank you to my Assistant Coach Evan Ryder for all of his contact support and the many roles he fulfilled this year and to Matthew O’Hara & Bruce Allen for taking on the Team Managers role throughout the season. And to Steve Gerrand for helping out at training on those cold nights.

Also to such a fantastic parent group for always helping out with Match Day roles to make things run so much smoother I cannot thank you enough.

1956 Olympic Year Premiers

UNDER 12 RED COACH’S REPORT ADRIAN HALE

ASSISTANT COACH HAYDN O’LEARY

TEAM MANAGER SEBASTIAN RITTER

RUNNER RON GRASSO

MEDICAL ANDREW PATE BAYSIDE BUSINESS TEAM SPONSOR ACCOUNTANTS MENTONE BEST & FAIREST LUKAS RITTER

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST JAXON HOWE

MOST CONSISTANT XAVIER HALE

MOST IMPROVED BOYD WIERINGA

MOST DETERMINED TIMUR KAAN GUNEYSU

MOST COURAGEOUS ETHAN PATE

COACH’S AWARD JACKSON YATES

BEST TEAM PLAYER ZACHARY WINTER

BEST FINALS PLAYER LACHIE FERGUSON

This was my third year coaching the boys and I was looking forward to the challenge of Division 2 footy. There was about half a dozen new players that came to the club as a result of some recruiting, but unfortunately there were some players from the Under 11 Blue team from 2015 that were not going to play in 2016.

This meant that in the end, we had 31 players registered. As a result, one player decided to play up in the Under 13’s, so we had a list of 30 players. After a meeting with the parents, a decision was made to only field one team, which meant players would have to be rotated out every week.

As a result of this we started in Division 3. There was a significant difference in the talent of players in the team. The Red team from last year would have been competitive in Division 2, however the Blue team from last year was in Division 5, and although they improved under Hayden, a majority of players from that team, were not up to playing Division 3. Also a majority of the new players had not even played footy before.

After a few rounds it was evident that some players weren’t up to Division 3. We then decided that Division 4 would be best for players’ development in the team, instead of getting soundly beaten each week.

6 players were rotated out each week. Hayden and I would meet every Saturday to discuss the team. Rotations were made within the team, so each player would play in different positions throughout the year, to enhance their development.

100 Steve Hoult was a massive help, developing a program which assisted in rotations of the team, both their week they were being rested, and also the positions on the field. Without his help, I would have been lost!

The boys were competitive for the year, losing 3 games in the season proper and finishing 3rd on the ladder. The signs were there though from about midseason, that they started to jell as a team, and playing to the game plan adopted by the club, and taught by us as coaches.

Because the team was changing every week, player wise, and new players were brought in, it took a while for them to work out each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and to work as a team. That is one thing I harped on all season, was the importance of working as a team.

The first semi-final came around and we were playing 2nd placed East Malvern. Given to way the boys had played the last few rounds, I was quietly confident, but never made this known to the boys. They started slowly, but ran away with the game in the second half.

After they realised the way we as coaches wanted them to play, it became apparent to them scoring was easier! The boys were wrapped to be in another Grand Final, and I could tell they wanted to wipe away the disappointment of last year.

The Grand Final came. We were playing St.Kilda City, who had only lost one game for the year, and had beaten us a few weeks before. They had the best defence and attack for the year. It was a dour struggle for the first half, with our backline holding them to only one goal for the first half, after being under immense pressure.

I knew the Saints had given it all, and going into the second half, I told the boys’ quick goals were needed, and that would break the Saints. The boys blew away the Saints in the second half, playing fast flowing direct team orientated football. We ended up winning by 6 goals.

I couldn’t be more proud of the way the boys handled the season. How they accepted that they couldn’t play every week and knowing they had to share game time each week. It is a testament to their character and enforces the team first policy.

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Under 12 Div 4 Premiers 2016

UNDER 11 RED COACH’S REPORT MARK LOMAGNO

ASSISTANT COACH ASH WILCE

TEAM MANAGER SHANE DAVOREN

RUNNER MICHAEL KINNA STRAIGHT ORTHODONTICS TEAM SPONSORS MENTONE

OPTICAL OASIS MENTONE BEST & FAIREST MAX HOULT

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST TOMMY LOMAGNO

MOST CONSISTANT ADRIAN COLE

MOST IMPROVED JOSHUA KINNA

MOST DETERMINED HERVEY GARDNER

MOST COURAGOUS CHARLIE WILCE

COACHES AWARD JACK TYSOE

BEST TEAM PLAYER GABRIEL UBERTI

Finally, 2016 season came around and the boys would, for the first time play without modified rules, collectively and individually everyone was looking forward to playing ‘real’ footy

This season also was the first time that we had graded teams at the under 11 age group. With any change there is always the risk that people would not be supportive, however I can gladly confirm that all parents and boys were committed to making the two teams work as well as they did. To have both teams playing final is a testament to the hard work of the administration and coaching staff, not to mention the players, who you could see visibly improve as the weeks went by.

The red team kicked off the season in Division 2 by winning all grading games, while not all games were easy, it was evident that the boys could play at a higher grade and were rewarded with a promotion to Division 1 at the end of round 4. The team continued on its winning way in Div 1 by defeating Prahran and East Sandringham in great style. The boys definitely lifted and were starting to play the way we had been training for the last couple of weeks.

There were some fantastic passages of play where the boys were able to switch across the ground and hit up leading forwards. Switching direction and handballing to running players was a particular focus that was starting to be seen in our general play. Although the natural tendency for the boys to get the ball and boot long straight down the field was still strong in many of them.

By round 6 we were still undefeated at were coming up against the next best side on ladder position which was Hampton. This proved to be a tough and intense game of football. All of a sudden the space that the boys had been used to in previous rounds was shut down. Tackling was fierce and clean ball handling was required. Unfortunately the team went down narrowly in a very low scoring game. The boys were brave in defeat and gave all they could and now had a better understanding of the pressure they would be playing under against the better teams.

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The next game was against Brighton East in slippery conditions and after kicking the first goal the boys were off to a good start. However Vampires fought back quickly hit the front. They’re running game and marking ability took over and they got out to a lead of a few goals by three quarter time. Unfortunately our running game wasn’t as strong as in earlier weeks and while the boys fought out the game we were unable to peg back the lead.

Things didn’t get better the following week against Brighton Beach. On an extremely muddy surface where skilful play was difficult, Brighton were able to kick a couple of goals where we only kicked points, we had a lot of the ball but couldn’t convert. We only lost by a handful of points, but the boys were disappointed. By this stage our numbers were being tested across both teams. Most games we were topping up with under 10 players and where we could, we gave a few of the under 11 Blue team a run when games didn’t clash.

At this stage we tried to settle the team down and started to play boys for longer periods in set positions. This gave them the chance to learn how to play the position rather than being moved around. From this point things started to work for the team, the game style started to become more instinctive for more of the boys. We were now looking for players running past and switching direction rather than just bombing the ball long down field. The boys were lowering their eyes and finding targets and players downfield were presenting as marking options. The boys had their confidence back and we started to win again.

In the coming weeks we played all the teams that we had lost to and we turned the tables on all of them. We defeated Hampton, East Brighton and Brighton beach and all other teams.

It was a great effort by the team, they were playing strong contested football and their attack on the ball had gone up another notch. In the final home and away game we were comfortable winners against Prahran and were ready to take on the East Brighton in the semi-final the following week.

Unfortunately things didn’t go well for our knock out final, Vampires took an early lead and the boys struggled to counter their running game. By half time we were 4 or 5 goals down and confidence was low. Our running game and ability to take the game on had diminished and we were reactive rather than proactive. To the boys credit they dug deep in the second half and played much better and outscored the Vampires in the last half. However the deficit was too great and the Vampires ran out winners by a few goals, they then went on the following week to win the GF against Hampton.

It was an absolute pleasure to coach the boys and it was a fantastic achievement by them to play the way they did. It was pleasing to see the boys mature and develop and they will be well placed to challenge for finals again next year.

I would like to thank all parents from both teams for the support and encouragement that they provided to both Adam and myself. It was going to be a difficult year transitioning to grading, but everyone respected the process and put the boys ahead of all else. In addition I would like to thank all parents who supported the team each week, without time keepers, boundary umpires, umpire escorts and the many other roles parents play, we wouldn’t be able to field a team.

Finally a special thanks to the Under 11 Red Match Committee. Michael Kinna, as team manager you ensured that my focus remained on the boys, you were efficient, calm and a great support for me. To our assistant coach, Ash Wilce, you were always there to provide insight and ideas on how to develop the team, your perspective and football knowledge was greatly needed and your support at training and match day were very much appreciated. To Shane Davoren, our runner, when my

105 messages and emotions were unintelligible you found a way to translate and simplify so the boys could understand. And to Steve Hoult, our age coordinator, again you took on the thankless task, your support and efforts allowed me to focus on what was important, the boys.

UNDER 11 BLUE COACH’S REPORT ADAM BURFORD

ASSISTANT COACH ANTHONY ZALAKOS

TEAM MANAGER KATHERINE PAROZ

RUNNER JOHN MUTTON

TIME KEEPER ANNE GRAPEL LISA HARRIS MEDICAL TERRY PAROZ BOUNDARY UMPIRE CHRIS HIGGINS

GOAL UMPIRE JUAN HARRIS MARK GRAPEL UMPIRE ESCORTS TIGER PILLAY TEAM SPONSORS OPTICAL OASIS MENTONE STRAIGHT ORTHODONTICS MENTONE BEST & FAIREST TYSON SCOTT

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST JEROME FIGREDO

MOST CONSISTANT EDEN PILLAY THOMAS MARANI MOST IMPROVED MAX ZALAKOS MOST DETERMINED CAMPBELL PAROZ

MOST COURAGEOUS DYLAN MARANI

COACH’S AWARD WILL GRAPEL

BEST TEAM PLAYER RYAN MURRAY

The start of the season for U11 Red and Blue was challenging as we launched into the first season of grading, this meant particularly for the Blue team we could not determine support staff until there was confirmation of which boys would be in which team. The grading process itself went smoothly thanks to a great communications plan and execution driven by Steve Hoult and a consistent message by both coaches and key support staff. Following confirmation of the teams it was pleasing to see parents stepping up to take-on roles for the season. Especially the impact and support of Kath Paroz in taking the Team Manager role meant I could focus on coaching the boys knowing everything else was in hand – many thanks again Kath.

The first four weeks of the season were difficult as the grading process took place, 3 heavy losses and one massive win made it hard to know where we stood – it would be nice to think there might be a quicker way to grade the boys at the start of the season, maybe a short “lightening carnival” type event, over one or two Sunday’s rather than full games over 4 weeks which tend to end up very one- sided.

106 Once we settled into the season proper the boys started to build confidence in playing together and understanding more their role in the team structure. Unfortunately, there were only 5 teams in our division and so each team had to have a bye twice during the season. This sometimes worked to our advantage as it also gave some boys a chance to play-up in the Red’s.

Whilst we waited some time for our first win of the season (excluding the grading games), against Hampton, the boys were steadily improving their skills, endeavour and team work. Although the team messages did not evolve largely throughout the season (1st into the footy, Back 7, No spectators, etc) the boys started to execute and the flow of the footy was getting more and more efficient and exciting to watch.

By the back end of the season there was a growing confidence that we could match it with all of the teams and not be blown away early, so it was the semi-final against the undefeated East Sandringham team that presented itself as our last chance to proof how much we had learnt during the year and prepare for bringing that forward into the following season.

We had never got close to East Sandy….and they knew it, but at half time after the best endeavour and gutsy performances that we had seen all year we could sniff a possible amazing upset. It wasn’t to be in the end, but recognition from their coach at the end of the game as to our efforts and his concern at that half-time interval was something all of the boys should be very proud of – the TIGERS roared and gave them a real scare!

My thanks to all of the parents who helped every week, and also to Mark Lomagno for his constant support throughout the year, I think we worked hand-in-hand which made it easier for the parents and the boys.

Thanks to all the kids, parents and families for their support during the year. I am really proud of the development of the kids during the year and more importantly the spirit in which they played the game.

Hunt Heating Keysborough – Brett & Cheryl Randall 9798 5133

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UNDER 10 RED COACH’S REPORT DAVE JENNINGS

ASSISTANT COACH GLENN MCLEAN

TEAM MANAGER DAVE MORGAN SHAUN NAPIER RUNNER NATHAN MCCOLOUGH MEDICAL GOV ROBERTS TIM HONEY FIELD UMPIRES TONY KOUCHAKDJIAN MICK ZAKIC TEAM SPONSORS CHEMART PHARMACY PARKDALE 4 COUSINS SUPERMERCATO PARKDALE BEST & FAIREST ASHTON ROBERTS

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST NOAH MCCOLOUGH

COACH’S AWARD RHETT FERNANDO

MOST IMPROVED ISAAK RICHARDS

MOST CONSISTANT NIALL HAYES

MOST DETERMINED OLIVER MOODIE

MOST COURAGEOUS WILL ZAKIC

BEST TEAM PLAYER VALENTINO BERTUCCI

Under 10’s footy 2016. For many it was their third year as a Tiger whereas for some they were making their debut on the field of battle. The excitement levels are never in question with this age group so as a coach you don’t have to worry about getting them up for a game, it’s more about harnessing that passion and energy to a level that will enable the group to learn and focus on improvement at each training session and within each game.

We started the year with 19 players on our ‘Red Team’ list and given they were all available we could play a very good standard of footy. However throughout the season it was a rare occurrence to field a full team and only on one occasion did we have anyone on the bench. This provided challenges but importantly also great opportunities for players to step up and lead from the front when their team mates needed them most.

Early in the season I asked the players to ask themselves, ‘Who is the most important player in this team?’ To a man they all had our most gifted and talented player in mind. So I suggested we just send out that one player and see how he goes. We had a re-think and on that day the Under 10 Reds decided that each and every one of us was equally important and we needed to support and encourage each other so that everyone was playing at their best.

109 This group of players were keen to improve, keen to listen and keen to learn. Now, having said that, we are talking about ten year old boys so there’s always room for improvement in the listening etc….but some of my favourite moments this year came when the group was sitting in front of me listening and you could just start to see the penny drop for all of them at different stages throughout the year.

Being heavily influenced by their AFL heroes this group started their own tradition each time they were fortunate enough to sing the club song after a game. Every time they circled up they found a reason to put one of their team mates in the middle to celebrate an individual in particular.

Early on it was those new to the club who copped the Gatorade (water) shower but as we progressed they would throw a boy in who had kicked his first goal or filled in from another team. Being somewhat of an emotional being I did take to having sunglasses on hand for these occasions. This was a group of kids who understood and embraced what it means to be part of a team.

Particularly at a young age the focus has to be on enjoyment and improvement. There is ample opportunity for instruction and feedback at training, before games and in the set breaks in each game.

As a coach I have tried to support the kids as much as possible in these times and then……just let them play. I don’t believe that instruction from the boundary line helps a kid enjoy his footy and I have seen players’ second guess themselves and get caught with the ball because they have listened to voices in the crowd rather than follow their own instinct.

I will continue to encourage my support team and parent group to just let the kids play. If needed a message can be sent out with the runner. Footy is an exciting and passionate game but these are 10 year olds most of whom probably still believe in Santa and the tooth fairy………we’ve just got to let them play and enjoy themselves. If they enjoy being a Tiger now, they’ll be a Tiger for life.

Our team was very competitive all year against all opposition. If we got a bit of a touch up in a quarter or half we never gave it in. The players loved a challenge and always fought hard to be tough to beat in the contest. Other coaches often commented about the link up play that we were able to show.

It was an important focus for us to bring our team mates into the game wherever possible, making each other better obviously would make the team better. These boys became smarter footballers. They started to look for targets; they started to position themselves well when they didn’t have the ball. They improved as individuals and as a team.

Most important of all, these boys enjoyed their footy in 2016.

UNDER 10 BLUE COACH’S REPORT PETER SVILAR

ASSISTANT COACH JAY OLIVER

TEAM MANAGER DAN CASEY

MEDICAL ROD NOWLAN

WATER CRAIG BLANCHETTE GORDON JENKINS UMPIRES TONY LEARD TEAM SPONSORS CHEMART PHARMACY PARKDALE

110 4 COUSINS SUPERMERCATO PARKDALE BEST & FAIREST HARRISON OLIVER

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST RORY JENKINS

COACH’S AWARD OLIVER ETIENNE

MOST IMPROVED THOMAS STACEY

MOST CONSISTANT CHARLIE PALMER

MOST DETERMINED LIAM GALJAR

MOST COURAGEOUS JONATHON SVILAR

BEST TEAM PLAYER LIAM CASEY

WOW !!! What a year it was for the U10 Blue team.

I have to admit that I had no intentions of coaching this year. I have never coached a team in anything before this year, but after reading an email that Jay Oliver sent out to all the parents in our team, I obliged to put my hand up and take on the role.

I have to thank Jay for that because if he had not sent that email, I probably would not have put my hand up for the role and would have missed out on experiencing the enormous pleasure of watching 18 young boys grow as individuals and as a team through the whole season.

I took on the coaching role about 2 weeks before the start of the season and was frantically writing emails to all the parents looking to fill all the support roles for the team. After a lot of coercing and bribery, I had assembled a great support team that enjoyed the ride throughout the season.

I was very lucky that the U10 Red coach David Bomber Jennings and Glenn McLean were well organized and shared the same philosophies about how we wanted to teach the boys. Both of these guys as well as Jay Oliver, Shaun Napier and Nick Moodie and other parents were a fantastic support each week at training throughout the year.

We were also privileged to have the current AFL coach of the year Luke Beverage come down and take training one night and share some coaching tips which I am sure contributed to both our respective teams premiership wins this year !!!!

At each week we would concentrate on skills for the first half of each session before breaking out into 2 groups and focusing on skills execution drills and game sense set plays. It was very satisfying watching the boys slowly learning our game sense drills and then putting what they learnt into practice on game day.

The year started with 3 heavy defeats in the top grade and I was wondering if I had made the right decision taking on the role.

We were regraded down one level and we were more competitive and I could see the boys were starting to enjoy playing again and when we won our first game for the year the roof nearly come

111 off the clubrooms as the boys sang the club song with great passion. From that game on we hardly looked back. At the start of the year I spoke to all the parents about how I was going to rotate all the players through all the zones each week no matter whether we were winning or losing so that they all had equal time in each zone and that I would start playing players in set positions the last 4 games so they could start to understand their roles leading into the lightning premiership.

This decision proved invaluable as the improvement in all the players individually, as a team and their style of play was amazing compared to the start of the season.

Leading into the lightning premiership I was quietly confident that we would perform well but I did not think the team would go to another level and absolutely dominate each of the games the way they did and win the flag. It was one of my most memorable moments of the year watching this group of fine young boys come together as a team and play the way they did on the final day.

I must thank Jay Oliver, my assistant coach and runner who was a great sounding board and support for me on game day throughout the season.

A big thankyou to my Team manager Dan Casey, who took care of all the behind the scenes stuff that allowed me to concentrate on coaching the boys.

To Rod, Craig, Gordon and Tony, I really appreciated all your support throughout the year and hope you all enjoyed the ride as much as I did.

And finally, I would like to thank all the parents for their support throughout the year and allowing me the privilege to coach their sons.

1976 Premiers

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UNDER 9 RED COACH’S REPORT LEE PRINCE

ASSISTANT COACH CRAIG HOWE

TEAM MANAGER BRENDAN LENARCIC

RUNNER LEE GRIFFIN

MEDICAL RALPH WALKER

UMPIRE JOE GALATI

TEAM SPONSORS BEAUMONT TILES MENTONE

SOUTH BEACH HANDYMAN

BEST & FAIREST FLYNN WALKER

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST OLIVER DONAT

MOST IMPROVED ANGUS FERRIS

MOST CONSISTANT MAX WORSNOP

MOST DETERMINED CHRISTIAN RITTER

MOST COURAGEOUS OLIVER GRIFFIN

COACH’S AWARD ADDISON NOLAN

LIGHTENING PREMIERSHIP MVP OLIVER PRINCE

The year started off with only 17 players. Tough ask from the start.

The first 4 grading games our boys (and Alysha) were playing out of their skin.

Their hard attack at the footy, positional play and their overall ability to be there for each other was amazing to watch.

I still remember Game 3 like yesterday. We played East Brighton Vampires away.

The result of the game was done and dusted by quarter time. Our kids were so physical at the ball the other team appeared to be scared to go near it. At the end of the game their coach came up to me and said’ “That’s the most impressive team performance I’ve seen from a junior footy team. Well done.”

I felt ten feet tall. “A very proud coach”

After game 4

The grading games were over and our team was put into the top division.

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Here we go!!!

From game 5 to the Lightning Carnival every single child played in every position.

I even challenge the kids when we played against East Sandy away. We only had 15, due to holidays. I told their coach to play with 18. He thought I was mad. Little did he know we had a secret weapon. “Belief” Would you now it we did it again.”Go Tigers”

Then came the Lightning Premiership. It wasn’t going to be a walk in the park as we knew the teams we were playing (Hampton Rovers, Prahran and our arch nemesis South Melbourne). Tough group

Game 1 we played our arch nemesis South Melbourne. The ground at Bentleigh was amazing, so there were no excuses. We had already played them twice during the season and it was 1-1. Our kids were ready from the start as this was the one they wanted. South Melbourne never stood a chance. We were always first at the ball, hand passing was crisp, and there was plenty of talk. They were up and about. Our defence was especially good, keeping them goalless. Great win!!!!

Game 2 we played Hampton Rovers in the first half Hampton came out hard with most of the ball in their 50. To our credit the defence once again held out and did not concede a goal. The second half it was our turn with most of the play. We kicked 3 goals to 0. Another great win!!!

Game 3. This was the deciding game against Prahran. Which, ever team won would take away the Lightning Carnival. We’d played them once during the season, going down by 8 points at home. We owed them a pay back.

The first half it was end to end footy. No goals were kicked until the last 2 minutes were we managed to slot one through the middle.

Second half and last 12 minutes of the year.

Our kids played those 12 minutes like they were never playing footy again. In every tackle and every contest. We finally managed to get the ball forward and slot a steadier. 2 goals up. It was getting tight and I could tell the boys were nervous. Lucky for us the ball came into our forward line and we slotted a third. The Lightning Carnival was ours.

Siren went we were the champions. Go tigers!!!!

The most impressive things about the carnival weren’t the amount of goals we kicked but the fact we did not concede one goal. Super impressed with our defence.

I would like to say Thank you to our team manager who always kept the group informed, jovial and united. From the outset Brendan has been a great back board for dynamics, direction and a great mate. Craig’s’ commitment to the boys was unquestionable; his balance to keep it fun and developing is a credit to his nature and understanding of the game. Lee always has a smile and his acknowledgment of all boys’ efforts especially the 1%’s was major cog in the machinations of our unity. Joe doing the umpiring each week, regardless of the other umpires inclination called a fair game every time, without question. Ralph for his training on and off the field. They set a template that I’m positive other clubs will admire and appreciate.

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Parents who helped out game day with duties and those who generated the best takings for the club at a Tiger Talk is something you all should be really proud of. All families are setting the bar high, we want the best and acknowledge that without a little effort nothing ever comes without some application.

Could I be prouder of these boys-Never! They continue to meet my expectations and raise the bar. For 2 years I have coached most of the boys in 8’s and 9’s, I have got just as much if not more out of the group than I’ve put in.

Thanks to all the kids, parents and families for two fantastic years.

This truly was a year to savour and their improvement was enormous. I can’t wait until next year. Bring on under 10’s.

UNDER 9 BLUE COACH’S REPORT SAM HECKER

ASSISTANT COACH DAVE PARR

TEAM MANAGER MARTY HODGETTS ANTHONY BURTON UMPIRES TY ROBERTS TEAM SPONSORS BEAUMONT TILES MENTONE

SOUTH BEACH HANDYMAN

BEST & FAIREST JAMES SALISBURY

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST LARRY KONDOS

MOST IMPROVED OSCAR WILLEY

MOST CONSISTANT LACHLAN HECKER

MOST DETERMINED JAKE FRANKLAND

MOST COURAGEOUS KAI MITCHELL

COACH’S AWARD ZANE SCHULTZ

BEST TEAM PLAYER ANGUS JACKSON

LIGHTENING PREMIERSHIP MVP ROBBIE HODGETTS

The Under 9 Blue Team had a very enjoyable season and you could see the improvement in all the boys by the end of the season.

They also started to understand the game a lot better and realised that setting things up in the backline is just as important as kicking the goals.

We had some great results during the year when the boys were up and about and switched on.

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I hope all the boys continue their development next year.

I would like to thank Dave Parr for being a great help as assistant coach also our Team Manager, Marty Hodgetts for doing a great job for not only our team but the whole club plus our two umpires Ty Newman and Anthony Burton for giving up your time to umpire the boys.

I would also like to thank all the other parents who helped out as runner, time keeper etc. but most of all I would like to thank the players who entertain us on a Sunday in their own special way.

I would like to congratulate our trophy winners and well done to the entire Under 9 list.

See you next year,

Senior Coaching Group 2017

Peter Laspatzis Development / Assistant Coach

Sam Anstey Senior Coach

Luke Wintle Assistant Coach

Anthony Scafidi Assistant Coach

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UNDER 8’S COACH’S REPORT SHANE GARDNER

ASSISTANT COACH PETER BEVERIDGE

TEAM MANAGER TIM NOLAN

GALE GARDNER MEDICAL LUCIA LETTINI TERRY PAROZ TONY CORCORAN FIELD UMPIRES GORDON JENKINS

GOAL UMPIRE BRAD MUIR

4 COUSINS SUPERMERCATO TEAM SPONSOR PARKDALE

BEST & FAIREST FLETCHER GARDNER

RUNNER UP BEST & FAIREST ORAN JENKINS

MOST IMPROVED AIDEN FERNANDO

MOST CONSISTENT CASH CORCORAN

MOST DETERMINED THOMMY CURRAN

MOST COURAGEOUS WILL PAROZ

COACH’S AWARD JOSH SCANLON

BEST TEAM PLAYER LEO CARTWRIGHT

LIGHTENING PREMIERSHIP MVP TOMMY BEVERIDGE

What a joy it was to coach this young group of boys and a girl. I watched each of these children develop, not only as footballers but as team players. This saw their character develop throughout the course of the year, and to watch that from close quarters was a personally enriching experience.

There was something very pure about watching competitive football at a youngest age level. In addition to this we had a fantastic parent group this year which made it a pleasure to coach on every level. We had an incident free year where no child was injured in playing, and off the field we had no dramas. This was fantastic as not only did this mean there was never an issue when someone was asked to help and fill one of the variety of roles including water runners, umpire escorts, trainers and timekeepers, it also lead to a great sense of camaraderie at all our social functions.

119 As players, I watched each child develop skill and confidence throughout the course of the year. By years end we were able to transfer the ball the length of the field through consistent handball and kicking to leading players, bringing teammates into the game. We witnessed some great acts of teammate ship which indicated the kids were playing with good values and fierce determination.

A quick summary of each player (reproduced from the LP footy record) read as follows;

Fletcher Gardner - wins his own ball, knows where the big sticks are Jackie Terrell – Roving machine Cash Corcoran – The Money Man and hates to get beaten Ollie Clifton – Vastly Improved, each game getting better Aiden Fernando – Athletic, straight at it with poise Will Paroz – Tackling machine and he never gives up Oran Jenkins – Steam Train, great appetite for the contest Jonas Nolan – Contested ball winner Josh Scanlan – Lives, eats, breathes football - gun Tommy Beveridge – Dependable, athletic, and strong Patty Devlin – Strong mark Jamison Jones – Great Mark and Kick Robert Proudfoot – Good skills, building in confidence Matty Bergin – in and under gun Leo Cartwright – Ball winner, great work rate Thomas Curran – Second efforts fantastic, he sets up the play Lachie Lettini – Strong mark saves goals Connor Norman – Good Skills, good runner Maddi Ryan – Strong mark good athlete Cooper Armistead – Skillful, stylish Gus Muir – Pacy, goal sneak .

Throughout the course of the year ( even though you are not meant to keep score -memo to AFL wake up and smell the roses) we won seven games and lost five. We started 4 zip up and then got graded to the top echelons of the league which saw us challenged but hold our own. Unfortunately we did not bring our “A´ game to the lightning premiership day, but that can happen in football.

In signing off I would to thank everyone for being involved in the team and thanking my wife Gale for her assistance and patience without the year. Tim was an amazing TM, unrivalled for his efficient and sensible approach. Pete was a very dedicated Assistant coach, and neither he nor Matt T missed a training session which was an outstanding support for me. To out umpires Gordon and Tony, who handled the job with aplomb, I would also like to acknowledge your wonderful contributions.

I’m looking forward to coaching again next year (if appointed) and hopefully we see more improvement, and we can keep the fabric of the group together.

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ELECTRONIC VIDEO SCREENS / SCOREBOARDS PROJECT

What will our new electronic screens and scoreboard functionality look like?

The Club is close to choosing the size of the screens and the supplier however we are still a bit short for our preferred options and the Club would love a small monetary gift from each family and the bonus for you is that its 100% Tax Deductible. The tax deduction is also applicable to businesses.

The Club is reaching out to all families to donate $25 and make these projects a success. Tax deductible donations can be made with a few clicks at our webpage on the Australian Sports Foundation website:- https://asf.org.au/make-donation/electronic-scoreboards-project/

The Club also needs assistance with purchasing the frames for these projects and I am positive that we have a club member with expertise in this area.

Call Peter Davis on 0417 357 634

Buxton Real Estate Mentone – Wesley Belt 0418 310 753

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PREMIERSHIP REUNIONS IN 2016

This season the club celebrated Premiership reunions for senior teams from 1956, 1976 and 2006. Brief reports, statistics and photographs are below.

1956 and 1976 Premiership Reunions

The clubrooms were packed when almost 100 people gathered for lunch prior to the Old Haileybury game in order to celebrate premiership successes of the Mentone Football Club in 1956 and 1976.

Surviving members and officials of both teams re-lived their respective clashes against Mordialloc and Cheltenham, with Don Meckiff and Neil Chapple interviewed about the 1956 triumph and Kieran Breen and Ross Besley reflecting on the 1976 victory. David Groves, coach of the 1976 team, also spoke and provided fresh insights into the premiership-winning season.

Premiership player Brett Marchant acted as master of ceremonies, and was later interviewed by Channel 31 for ‘The Local Footy Show’ program. Rare colour footage from the 1956 game was screened at the luncheon and a recently uncovered photograph of the Olympic premiership victory celebrations was circulated.

Previously unseen images of the 1976 grudge match, which resulted in 11 reports, were also featured in a booklet commemorating the reunions. Thanks to all those who assisted behind the scenes to make this such a great event.

Part of the crowd at the 1956 and 1976 premiership reunion function

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Brett Marchant (Club Legend, Life Member and 1976 Premiership Player) interviews 1956 Premiership Players Neil Chapple (left) and Don Meckiff (right)

Celebrations at the 1956 Olympic Premiership dinner (Courtesy of Don Meckiff)

1956 Premiership Team and Club Officials

Backs: Gatford, Beckwith, Thomson Half backs: D. Meckiff, Gallagher, Short Centre: Scott, Banfield, Riley Half forwards: Chapple, Barber, Moss Forwards: I. Meckiff, McGowan, Shaw Rucks: Profitt, Oldham, Clarke Captain / Coach: W (Bill) Gallagher

124 Scoreboard Mentone Mordialloc 3.0 5.5 1st Quarter 7.3 7.7 Half Time 7.6 9.9 3rd Quarter 11.8 9.11 Final

Goal Kickers Mentone: Ian Meckiff 6, E. McGowan 2, Scott 1, Proffit 1, Shaw 1.

Mordialloc: C. Hailes 3, G. Lynch 3, Stanton 1, Ashman 1, McLorinan 1.

Committee President: S. Kelly Secretary: M. Dalgleish Treasurer: G. Le Fevre

The goal umpire attempts to break-up one of the many tense scuffles in the 1976 premiership battle. Mentone players (from left to right) are Ken Ansell, Steve Latcham, Ross Besley and Norm Bignell (Courtesy of Lee Skaftouros)

1976 Premiership Team and Club Officials

B M. Cullen J. Scanlon S. Fullerton HB W. Earle G. McDonnell R. Besanko C N. McKenzie A. Sierakowski N. Bignell HF M. Follett J. Hopgood (C.) K. Breen F K. Ansell B. Marchant S. Matthews RR S. Latcham R. Besley P. Cerato

19th D. Anthony 20th D. Groves (Coach)

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Squad: P. Bromley, J. Grattidge, L. Bostock, S. Watson, D. Curtain, J. Smith Chairman of Selectors: R. Hore Runner: N. Beavis Team Manager: T. Webb

President: S. Kelley Secretary: B. Hope Treasurer: A. Grikis

Scoreboard Mentone 12.17.89 def. Cheltenham 12.11.83 Goals: Breen 3, Besley 2, Latcham 2, Matthews 2, Hopgood 1, Ansell 1, Sierakowski 1. Best: Breen, McKenzie, Matthews, Hopgood, Besley, Ansell Played at Springvale Reserve

2006 Premiership Reunion

Scoreboard St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 21.12 (138) defeated Ajax 21.11 (137). Played at Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringham.

Brad Beitzel, ‘Tenacious Tigers Bag the Flag’, Mordialloc-Chelsea Leader, 18 September 2006, p. 28.

‘They’ll be talking about this grand final for years. St Bedes /Mentone Tigers has another flag to fly after it won the VAFA C Section decider by a point at Trevor Barker Oval on Saturday. In front of 4000 fans, the Tigers overcame Ajax, the team that defeated them by a goal in the second-semifinal.

Playing-coach Luke Beveridge who played 116 AFL games, was ecstatic. “This is the best win I’ve ever been involved with” he said’ … It was the brilliance of Paul Groves, who kicked the winning goal, experienced marking by Beveridge and a dazzling mark by Aaron Sawers, son of AFL Grand Final Umpire Rowan Sawers, that sealed the victory.

During the presentation the Tigers gave a 23rd medal to John Kane, who hurt his knee in the second-semi and missed the finale after playing most of the season’.

Paul Amy, ‘Greatest Day in Tigers’ History’, Mordialloc-Chelsea Leader, 25 September 2006, p. 31.

‘… Reflecting three days later on his team’s win, Beveridge said: “you feel pretty humble to be part of something like that. To win a grand final in those circumstances … it was just so exciting and you feel so proud of the players. Sensational” …

It will be logged as a golden season for St Bedes / Mentone Tigers: they also won premierships in the Reserves, Under 19s, Under 17s, Under 15s and Under 13s. “It had to be the greatest day in the history of the club” president Matt Beasley said’.

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Committee President Matt Beasley Vice President - Seniors Shaun Napier Vice President - Juniors Steve Zagami Treasurer Mal Garside Secretary Peter Davis / Ralph Blaich Secretary – VAFA Mark Beasley Secretary – MSJFL Darren Fisher Minute Secretary Marg Pritchard

General Committee Tim Beasley Jonathon Kane Blair Hutchinson Kevin Lynch John Meyer Mario Misso Shane Rayner

V.A.F.A Member Michael Atherton M.S.J.F.L. Member Darren Fisher Honorary Solicitor Ray Purcell Honorary Auditor Chris Falkingham

Club Leaders Senior Coach Luke Beveridge Club Captain Luke Wintle Reserves Coach Tim Lamb Reserves Captain Shaun Napier Under 19s Coach Owen Lalor Under 19s Captain Robbie Swayn

2006 Coach Luke Beveridge 2006 Team Manager Peter Kerr

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RELAY FOR LIFE – 16 / 17 SEPTEMBER 2016

21 November 2016

Mr Peter Davis Board Secretary St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC

Dear Peter,

Thank you for your support of the 2016 Kingston Relay For Life

With the support from the St Bedes /Mentone Tigers Amateur Football Club, over $33,000 has been raised by the 2016 Kingston Relay For Life to support Cancer Council Victoria’s important work in cancer research, prevention programs and support services.

Thanks largely to the work of Cancer Council Victoria, the five year survival rate is now 67%, just 2 decades ago, this number was 48%. These figures are incredible considering in 2014, 872 people in the City of Kingston were diagnosed with cancer.

On the 16th and 17th of September, over 250 participants relayed in the overnight team fundraising event, which brought the community together to provide support and hope for those touched by cancer. Loved ones are remembered, cancer Survivors and Carers are celebrated and all participants took steps to fight back against cancer.

The Kingston Relay For Life has progressed since the inaugural 2013 Relay where 201 participants helped to raised $30,311.55. 2014 brought 221 participants together to raise $36,002.41 and 2015 Relay For Life had 287 local residents raising $43,345.05.

This has brought the 4 year total to $142,000 - an incredible achievement! This is due to the amazing support that St Bedes /Mentone Tigers Football Club provided to the Relay For Life volunteer committee.

We couldn’t do it without support from those in the community like you. So thank you!

We look forward to continuing the partnership into the future. With your support, Cancer Council Victoria can continue to work towards a cancer-free future for all Victorians!

Kind regards,

Kingston Relay For Life Organising Committee Cancer Council Victoria