St George
Australian Football Club Inc
(Affiliated with AFL (NSW-ACT) Commission Ltd.) Founded 1928
EIGHTY-FORTH ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEASON 2012
Presented to members of the Club at the Annual General Meeting. Held at Olds Park Clubrooms on Saturday,17 th November 2011. Football Ground Location OLDS PARK, Forest Road, Peakhurst, NSW 2210
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LIFE MEMBERS
Andreski Rod Kadziela David Rose R Atkins J * Kazaglis William [Bill] Ryan Chris Barnett Vic Kelso Warren Ryan Tom * Baxter Gregory Kemp Graham Ryan William [Bill] * Blacklaw Graham Kemp Ronald Jnr Shaw Neville Bolitho William [Bill] Kemp Mavis (Mrs) Shields Edward [Ted] * Boyd William * Kilpatrick Andrew Shipp Bradley Browne Jack [Bomber] * Lawler Matthew W Simons Eddie Burdon Rod Lawler William [Bill] * Shineberg Jon Smith Clare (Mrs) Butler George * Leedow Robert [Bob] Smith Kenneth Cairnduff Ashley Liddell Tony Smith Edward [Ted] Carey Anthony [Tony] Lindfield Andrew [Ghost] Sterling Robert [Bob] Castieau George [Cas] Lindsay Paul Stoneham Eric * Christian David Lloyd Harold Symons Percy Clift Julianne (Mrs) Lynch S * Taylor Allen Clift Michael J MacDonald Aulay * Taylor Cath (Mrs) * Coffey Greg MacDonald Colin Taylor Eric Creighton Daryl Magrath Mark Taylor Jim Dalton Dale Magrath Ken [Chalky] * Taylor Peter Dalton Todd Marchant Steve Tegg David Dalton Troy Mayne John * Tegg Michael Demir Shane McConnell RM [Bob/Apples]* Tegg William [Bill] * Duff Steve * Dwyer Graham [Danny] McCourt Patrick J Townley Brian * Elvish Charles [Rex] * McGrane Patrick* Travers Michael Felstead Cyril S [Syd] * McIver Greg [Slippery] * Trotman Jack * Fletcher David McKenzie Gary Tunbridge Scott Ford Jack * McKenzie Patricia (Mrs) Turner Frank * Foster Chris McKenzie Ron [Keg] * Ward K Freake Arthur Mitchell Jim * Watkins Garry Gibbons Alan * Moore Robert [Bob] * West David Gibson Matthew Murfitt Fay (Mrs) Wicks Alan * Glass Andrew * Murfitt Gary Wilcoxon Keith C * Green David Murfitt Patrick Willats William [Bill] Green Geoffrey Onions Les Williams Fred * Hanrahan Michael Orton Peter Williamson Lance * Harris Colin * Prendergast Fred * Woods Trevor Hayes Audrey (Mrs) * Quinn Anthony J [Tony] Heenan Terry Quinn John Herman Eric * Raper Chris Janssen J Raper Gavin Richards Alan * Johnston George * Richards Graham Johnston William [Billy] * Rogers Wayne * Denotes Deceased
HALL OF FAME [Brackets show year of induction]
Browne Jack (2006) * Harris Colin (2005) * Symons Percy (2010) Clift Michael J (2010) McConnell Bob (2005) * Taylor Peter (2006) Dalton Dale (2005) McCourt Patrick J (2009) Trotman Jack (2007) * Felstead Syd (2005) * MacDonald Colin (2009) Watkins Garry (2009) Fletcher David (2009) Quinn Anthony [Tony] (2007) Graham (Danny) Dwyer (2011) Glass Andrew (2006) * Shaw Neville (2006) Green Geoffrey (2006) Sterling Bob (2005) Updated – 8 November 2012 St. George Australian Football Club Incorporated – 2012 Annual Report 2
OFFICE BEARERS
PATRONS Darryl MELHAM MP Mark COURE MP Steve McMAHON, The Mayor of Hurstville
No 1 TICKET HOLDER Danny DWYER
PRESIDENT Brendan DONOHUE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Danny DWYER
JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT Derek WATERS
HONORARY SECRETARY Richard ORTON
TREASURER Gavin RAPER
ASSISTANT TREASURER Vacant
FOOTBALL MANAGER John ADDISON
SPONSORSHIP & FUNDRAISING Vacant
CANTEEN MANAGER Richard ORTON
GENERAL MANAGER Bob STERLING
PUBLICITY OFFICER Vacant
CLUB HISTORIAN Pat McCOURT
REGISTRAR Gavin RAPER/John ADDISON
AUDITORS Stuart ORR
SOLICITORS Vacant
BUILDING C’TTEE CHAIRMAN Peter ORTON
FOOTBALL OFFICIALS
FIRST GRADE SECOND GRADE UNDER 18
COACH Terry MUDGE Gavin RAPER Derek WATERS
CAPTAIN Declan DONOHUE Rick TALBOT Ben HODGSON
MANAGER Kev WILSEN Alan PANDELIS/Ian FORD Eugene STEK
TIMEKEEPER Bob STERLING
TRAINER Jessica CALDERARA Jim KAZAGLIS Brett LIU
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Many thanks to our two sponsors without whom this club would struggle to survive, viz. Enid and Danny Dwyer and the St George Masos. The single biggest action for our club is to diversify and enlarge our income stream.
The season has been very difficult off the field. We all can appreciate the long term benefits that the drainage of the ground will bring but the short term pain of having no home matches, no training venue for a few weeks and then a training venue with lighting that had to be put up and taken down each night really tested the patience of many of the committee. But they came through this and the many other trials exceedingly well. Thank you to each of you.
The development of our players is easily measured. On many occasions we had more than 70 at training. This only happens when players are happy, when they are learning and when they know that their dreams are within reach. All 3 sides in the finals, equal 5 th in the club championship and a premiership for Ressies is a pretty good result. Thank you to our Club and First Grade coach Terry Mudge and his coaching panel of Gavin Raper, Derek Waters and Jason Saddington.
Behind these men are the dedicated group of team managers, Kev Wilsen, Alan Pandelis and Ian Ford and Eugene Stek, physios Jessica Calderara, Brett Liu and Jim Kazaglis and team, Football Manager John Addison, the canteen women & staffers organized by Richard Orton and Pat Jones, timekeeper Bobby Sterling, “Every-thing Else” Manager Richard Orton and volunteers who keep the boys looked after. Thanks you to all who have worked so hard to keep us on the field at a semi- professional level.
Every home match a small band of canteen ladies led by Pat Jones take over the canteen and somehow manage to provide a great service to our club and our visitors. This was also testing as every home match was at an away venue.
We have a senior group of players including Scott Richmond, Jon Shineberg, Kieran & Declan Donohue, Pat McBride, Steve Wilsen and the one and only Greg King who organize, volunteer and chase whenever I ask. Again many thanks. They have been joined by our young guns in David Lycakis, Ben Hodgson and Alexander Wynn.
Also to the players and your partners and families. I am sure that you would have felt an increased demand on your time and effort. I am sure that this will continue as we strive to win the Premier Division flag in season 2013.
Mention must be made and thanks given to the Chairman of our Building Committee Peter Orton who has single handed progressed the redevelopment of the Olds Park dressing room facilities. This also will be a terrific facility for our club. Thanks also to the generosity of the NSW Government, Hurstville Council and AFL NSW without whom our ground improvements and Clubhouse refurbishments would not of happened.
Brendan Donohue President
VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT The 2012 Season was a successful for the club with all 3 sides playing finals for the first time since 1997. With the Ressies winning the flag and the 18’s finishing 4 th and the seniors finishing 5 th , the club is heading in the right direction.
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We again planned for the back to the junior’s night again only to be rained out for the 3 rd year in a row. We did manage to have a night at Bankstown, Ramsgate and Bangor. We can only hope that the weather will be kinder to us in 2013.
The most exciting thing for 2013 is the club establishing the St.George under 16’s academy; this has been driven by Andrew Wynn who has done and great job. The feedback from the junior clubs has been positive and this will give players outside the Swans Academy a new way of developing as players. The introduction of our own academy will now help us to build stronger relationships with all of the junior clubs.
During the year there was a re-introduction of the GSJ junior carnival for under 13’s, 14’s and 16’s. We as a club were directly involved in both the 13’s and 14’s. Blake Guthrie and Nathan Kenny coaching the under 13’s Sydney south side, I also was involved coaching the under 14’s Sydney south side. This again shows that we as a club are committed to our juniors.
In September the club was again represented at the State under 13’s carnival in Albury with four members of the club involved with the under 13 Sydney Swans South Academy Team, Kieran Donohue, Blake Guthrie and Nathan Kenny joined me in Albury with the team.
As a club we are building the relationships with our junior clubs we have a lot of work still to do but we are heading in the right direction. After all these are our future dragons.
Derek Waters Junior Vice-President
SECRETARY’S REPORT
There are three (3) components to the running of St. George AFC: Management, Football Operations and Administration. The reports of each of these components appear separately in this Annual Report.
The primary role of the Administration is to give effect to decisions of the management Committee through-out the year and support the Football Operations during the term of its training and playing programme. In the execution of these duties there has been liaison and interaction with the AFL, Hurstville Council and the local community, as well as schools and Junior Clubs in the Southern Area. The cooperation of those bodies is acknowledged and has been greatly appreciated.
STATUTORY OFFICER
All statutory requirements and those of the AFL have been met within the scheduled procedural and time limits.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
With wet weather and delays in the preparation of OLDS Park #1, our “home ground “ matches were all played away from the Club facilities, a fact that had considerable impact on Club finances and administration during the year and stretched volunteer resources to the limit.
To complicate matters the serious illness of a family member took me out of the State for a number of weeks in two sessions.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
While the position was not filled at the beginning of the season, in the middle of the season when I was out of Sydney, Ian Ford stepped up to the plate and the administration hardly missed a beat: My thanks to Ian and his wife Maureen for that support.
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It is clear that when we take-up residency in the new facility, that position of Assistant Secretary must be filled.
LIQUOR LICENCE
The Club continues to hold a Limited function liquor Licence, which permits the sale for the onsite consumption of liquor during and after home games and on occasions specifically listed with the Liquor Administration Board. St George’s acceptance of and introduction of the AFL and community’s principles on social and legislated responsibilities as well as its standard of administration, has led to this Club becoming the first senior Club in NSW to achieve Silver Level in the AFL’s ranking, while at the same and for the same reason the Club has achieved a similar ranking in the NSW State Good Sports programme.
MEDIA
Relations with the local media, in the St George and Sutherland Leader, has been good and productive, but at the same time less effective than might have been wished, caused in the main by our inability to prepare copy and accompanying photo’s in time to meet the Monday morning closing time for copy. Most of the general copy is prepared by Kevin Wilsen, the Manager of First Grade and little local editing is required. Support in this area is sought for the coming year,
REGISTRAR
The function of Registrar was again “shared” among a number of the Committee, particularly on the operation side. Most of the work load is in the early part of the season and with on-line registration now operating the duties are becoming more a “keyboard exercise” rather than a “paper chase”.
PROPERTY OFFICER
This role again fell to the Secretary with the help of the Team Managers, particularly Kevin Wilsen and Eugene Stek . With their and Ian Ford’s help, we hardly missed a beat.
VOLUNTEERS
The majority of non playing volunteers, as usual came from the parents of UI8’s and my thanks go to all. During the year, as in the past, we used a four (4) internal team structure, to provide a roster of labour for weekly duties: Each year this system improves.
CANTEEN
With “home games” spread all over Sydney through the unavailability of Olds Park this, usually key element of Club fundraising and social activity centre was severely restricted. The success it achieved was largely due to Patricia Jones and her group of helpers. In the coming season we will need to “raise the ante” in this area to help pull back the short fall in our cashflow projections.
CLUBHOUSE MANAGEMENT
Our thanks again to Bobby and Marcia Sterling for their regular rehabilitation of the Club Rooms.As mentioned earlier, the facilities were underutilised in 2012 as the ground was not in commission, but there were ongoing needs to accommodate other users, particularly the Library’s Children’s programmes. Bob’s corporate knowledge of the drainage and other services has been of considerable help in the coordination of the services as we move to integrate the new facilities into the existing buildings.
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RELATIONSHIP WITH STAKEHOLDERS
NSWAFL
Our relationship with and ready availability of NSWAFL staff during the year, has again been excellent, as has been their support in our “away/home” scheduling and support with the associated logistics. The Clubs thanks go to all the “head office staff” and in particular Garry Burkinshaw and Joe La Posta for their support in this area. With Garry’s resignation and departure at the end of last season sees the NSWAFL lose a large slab of its corporate knowledge and energy: We await the replacement process to see which two (2) people will be appointed to take-over his role.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
While each year a new batch of U18’s parents /taxi drivers are “introduced” to the Club, this falls away as quickly as red “Ps” appear on the family’s 2 nd car and this year the condition became more noticeable due to the vagaries of grounds and scheduling. This is just another area where we hope to have significant improvement with the new facilities.
PAST PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS
Without a home to host the Annual “Back to St George” day this function was abandoned for 2012. However with the institution of the “Club playing number “ and “Club Tie”, we expect 2013 to be BIG.
COMMUNITY
As in past years I have made myself known to and interested myself in the activities of other users of Olds Park, be they active sporting or passive users and as has been the past have continued our support for Peakhurst Branch of Hurstville City Library, particularly with their ‘overflow” and childrens activities.
COUNCIL
With the ongoing issues surrounding the new facilities, we have received great support and cooperation from Council’s professional staff, a matter matched if not bettered by Rob Casey, the Manager of Parks Operations and Christine Irwin the Sport and Recreation Officer while at the coal face Chris Anderson has, as for years past , continued to support Bobby Sterling and others in our daily activities at the ground.
RELATIONSHIP WITH JUNIOR CLUB
There are seven(7) junior clubs in the Southern Sydney zone, our designated area of responsibility. .St George has and will continue with its policy of not establishing a tie with either of those separately, but rather to provide the opportunity for any junior in the zone, who so aspires, to test themselves at the top. Each year this Club holds a training evening with each of the junior clubs and beginning with pre-season for the coming season St George will be introducing a St George Academy Programme: Details of this are in final stages.
CHALLENGE FOR THE COMING YEAR
At the time of writing this report all Sydney AFL Clubs are awaiting the outcome of the Review conducted during the past year over the structure and direction for Sydney Football. St George, as with other Clubs were given the opportunity to meet with the Review Committee led by Tom Harley and in brief our approach, in general terms, was that;
• There are too many teams in the existing Premier Division. • The existing structure is too City centric • Sydney Football should be based on junior zones. • There should be a minimum of eight (8) Clubs and six (6) U16’s for each zone. • Only one (1) Premier Div. Senior Club per junior zone. St. George Australian Football Club Incorporated – 2012 Annual Report 7
• Where more than one (1) Club currently exists and no joint agreement the AFL should decide • Divisionalisation might equalise competitions to a degree, but is destroying homogeneity of Clubs..
It is the experience of some members of St George that reviews of this nature generally have a board agenda of their own and this is not to say that the review process was unnecessesary, but rather that it was an appropriate strategy (environmental scanning) in the strategic management process.
We await the result as the basis for Club management.
Richard Orton Club Secretary
TREASURER'S REPORT Income in 2012 suffered due to a lack of a home ground which resulted in lower canteen takings as games were relocated to various venues across Sydney. Significant additional expenses were also incurred in hiring lights to train under as ground works forced us onto the poorly lit Olds No.2 Oval.
The Club’s income and expenditure figures are heavily inflated due to ground redevelopment work but if these figures are removed the Club made a small loss over the year. The Club’s financial position has been steadily improving over the past three years and most of the committee’s energy in 2012 has been devoted to managing the ground and club house redevelopment. A small loss for the year is not a major setback considering the challenges the Club faced and the committee expects this to be a one-off event. At present the club has a large bank balance though this is budgeted for the club house redevelopment.
St George received large grants from the NSW Government, Hurstville Council and the AFL to upgrade the ground and club house. The club house remains an ongoing project, is being effectively managed by Peter Orton and looks likely to come in slightly under budget. This will be a fantastic achievement and any saving will go to the Club’s bottom line. To think a little over three years ago the Club was uncompetitive on the field and in dire financial straits. In 2011 the remaining debt to the AFL was repaid, in 2012 all teams made finals and by the end of 2013 St George will be completely clear of debt and be the beneficiary of $350,000 worth of upgraded playing facilities. It is a great achievement.
There remains one final challenge. St George is no different from most sporting clubs which live each year hand-to-mouth, continually chasing funds to support its activities. St George needs to address its low sponsorship base and develop an income stream as we are heavily reliant on our Major Sponsor St George Masonic Club and the benevolence of Danny Dwyer. Without either the club would not operate. Broadening the sponsorship base and seeking ways to build an ongoing income stream will be a focus for 2013.
Gavin Raper Treasurer
FOOTBALL MANAGER'S REPORT With three competitive young teams all playing finals football, the St.George DNA is so very strong. Mixing the desire to play a better brand of football and enjoying it along the way is a dream come true for the playing group. The coaching staff of Terry, Gadget and Derek should be proud of the way they were able to prepare the boys every week both on the training track and on match day in the dressing rooms.
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Terry’s “master plan” is a combination of education on the track and in the clubroom. His Tuesday night addresses were an opportunity for not only the players, but the “elder statesman” of the Club to learn about modern day football techniques. He is not only teaching our young boys how to prepare for, and play football correctly, but how important it is to believe in themselves. This is a skill that they will take into their personal and business lives. For the playing group to put this into action efficiently the body has to be in A1 condition. The decision by John Hupfield to join the Club this year was like winning the lottery. He taught he boys about pre- and post-game hydration (using weight loss indicators), pre and post-game food selection, fitness drills and indicators (yo-yo test), videoed kicking for one on one analysis, etc... His input this year has been a major factor for our huge step in the right direction.
It could be said that Gadget reluctantly accepted the Ressies coaching position two years ago, but he took on the challenge the same way he did when he was playing Senior footy for the Club. He lives and breathes football and the boys responded to his enthusiasm. They started playing the structured game about mid-season and apart from the one disappointment against Camden steamrolled the competition to become Premiers. They repaid Gadge for his belief in them with a Playing Coach Premiership. He enjoyed the chance to play with a young squad and sharing it with his old teammates Shiners and Rick Talbot will stay in his memory forever.
FORDEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New to the Coaching ranks but not new to the Club is Derek Waters. He was part of the 2011 Game Day Coaches, but he applied for the 2012 U/18’s Coaching position because he wanted ensure the boys moving into Senior footy were taught to play Team Football. His game plan was in keeping with Terry’s and the team improved incredibly as the year went on. Derek’s game tactics were team specific and his knowledge of the opposition players was invaluable.
It is difficult for boys coming from U/16 to get their heads around “Team Football”, because they are essentially the best two or three footballers from all our junior clubs playing in rep squad every week. Derek achieved this remodelling and must be licking his lips at the chance in 2013 to take it further in the U/18 competition, but also proudly see some of his boys move into Senior footy.
This whole Dragons renaissance has had a lot of contributors, but none more important than Brendan Donohue. Under his management the St.George AFC has been transformed into a stable organisation that is debt free, boasts the best Coaching Panel of any Sydney AFL Club, has an upgraded playing surface at Olds Park with drainage, has brand new club and dressing rooms that have doubled in size, attained Silver Level Accreditation in The AFL Quality Club Program, has a sound Business Plan and players Code of Conduct, number one Senior Club in the St.George and Shire areas, good relations with all our Junior Clubs, doubled the numbers at presentation night and footballers playing football for the “CLUB and TEAM MATES”.
Congratulations Brendan we are moving in the right direction.
John Addison Football Manager
BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT The Development Application was approved 0n 14 th of December 2011. Detailed Design was finalised from January 2012 to April 2012. Our Architect for the project is Steven Donaghey of sd architect and our engineer is Greg Haggett of ACOR. Greg is an ex player, Centre Half Forward playing in the nineties.
Works started on site in May with excavation. This was followed quickly by installation of in ground plumbing. Plumbing works are being completed by SJM Plumbing, Steve Marchant. Marcho is
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another ex. Player: a Ruckman, Centre Half Forward who played in the last First Grade Premiership in 1993. Concrete Slabs were poured in June. These works were completed by Alpene Concrete a subcontractor recommended by Brendan Donohue. Brickwork occurred during July and August. Bricklaying was completed Jag Building a local builder from Peakhurst.
I have engaged a carpenter through Jag Building to install the roof trusses. These works are due to start late October. Roofing works are due to begin late November at which stage the building will be waterproof. Building fitout will hopefully start prior to Christmas and should take 4 - 6 weeks to complete.
Peter ORTON Building Committee Chairman
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
At the Annual General meeting held in November 2011, 2 members were appointed as Life Members under Clause 2 subclause 6 having played 10 seasons of football for the Dragons. The career of each play was recorded and is presented below:
Rick TALBOT
Rick joined the club in season 1998 and apart from season 2007when he was overseas he has played with us for 13 seasons. In that time Rick has played 192 senior club games of which 169 were in First Grade and 23 were in Ressies.
Rick played in the 2004 First Grade Grand Final.
Rick has been a quiet supporter of the club and a mentor for the younger players.
Scott” Scooter” RICHMOND
Scooter joined the club in season 1999 and has played with us for 11 seasons being overseas in 2005 and 2006. In that time Scoot has played 149 club games of which 138 were in First Grade and 11 were in Ressies.
Scooter has played in 3 Grand Finals captaining the Under 18’s in 1999 and as a member of the First Grade Grand Final teams in 2004 and 2007.
Scoot has also been in the leadership group for a number of years. He has been a major organiser of social events for the club over the years and is presently a member of the Historical Committee.
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HISTORICAL COMMITTEE – ANNUAL REPORT 2012
This is a voluntary body working behind the scenes to; research, collect and record overall history of St George AFC, to the best of its ability. The members of our committee have not changed during season 2012, and comprise:
* Bob Sterling 02 9771 6729 * Scott Richmond 0410 534 122 * David Green 0408 882 757 * Patrick McCourt 0418 273 594
During 2012 we continued actioning matters reported in 2011 annual report – {I have not devoted as much time during past 12 months, when compared with previous years, due to business and personal situations [one being my health]}. However; we made progress:
1 Book recording first 50 years of St George AFC – 1928 to 1978 – still being compiled by David Green – [refer details in 2010 & 2011 Annual Reports] – David and I met a few times during 2012, to progress. Completion date of book is still in pipeline.
2 Recording Overall History of St George AFC – as advised in 2011 report; until David Green completes his writings, mine is on hold. David’s research forms part of my works.
3 Scott Richmond – continues gathering information, collecting any data he can from 2001 to present, covering any aspect of Club and Football activities for this period
4 Historical Recordings on St George Web Site – I have prepared a number of items, and player profiles to place here. I am waiting direction from executive committee [Gavin Raper] as to how this is to be placed on St George web site.
Our esteemed St George colleague, Percy Symons – St George Hall of Fame Inductee – in August, was the guest speaker at NSW Historical Committee’s, annual, Austin Robertson Lectures on early history of Teal Cup in NSW. Percy coached this team on two occasions in mid 1960s.
Once again, thanks to Ian Granland and members of NSW Historical Committee, for providing historical data of St George AFC, to assist our research.
Seeking Information - there are many voids to be filled, on Club’s history; period 1928 to 1960. We welcome hearing from any colleague who holds the smallest piece of ‘Historical Information’ relative to St George AFC. Please contact any one of the above mentioned, committee members.
Congratulations to the Club Committee, coaches, players and supporters for its progress and achievements during season 2012. The premiership won by Reserve Grade is testimony to this progress. Well done to all!
Patrick J McCourt Club Historian & Life Member Email – [email protected] 8 November 2012
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SENIOR COACH'S REPORT
From the outset the values & vision that Brendan & his team have installed off field in 2011/12, allowed the playing & coaching group to tackle season 2012 with a vigor not seen in many of years. Preseason commenced early November 2011 with strong numbers in all grades & was conducted at various venues. The effort & costs to have portable lights at training sessions from Brendan & his team was overwhelming. This showed the true meaning of the St. George AFC – DNA.
2012 produced several hurdles to overcome with the refurbishments at Olds. We didn’t play a game of football at Olds though-out the year, which made playing 18 away games a challenge for the playing group & we were also faced with the hardest draw, playing all top 5 teams twice.
That being said, the senior group really knuckled down & built on & exceeded in some cases, our over-all objectives from 2011/12. We were only 8 quarters away from playing in a grand final & a further 4 quarters away from realizing our ultimate goal. It took our opponents in the elimination final to kick the highest score of the 2012 finals series to defeat us by 14pts.
Statistically in 2012, the premier division team was ranked 4 th for points for (1905) & 5 th for points against (1232) we had a % of 154. 2011 we were ranked 7 th for points for (1358) & 8 th for points against (1610) with a % of 84, a solid turnaround. We won 12 games in 2012, losing to both grand finalist though-out the year by less than 3 goals. UNSW-5pts – Balmain-2x14pts. We did defeat Balmain (R/up)-40pts, P/Hills (3 rd )-20pts & UTS (6 th) 120pts &30pts
Offensively we had kicked 7 or more goals in a quarter of football 16 times though out the year, our highest being 2 x 9 goal quarters in R7. Defensively we held our opposition goal less &/or scoreless in 9 quarters of football.
Our loss in the elimination final was bitter as we had our chances to win the game in the dying minutes! Opposition clubs have to play at their best to defeat St. George now, as our DNA won’t allow for anything else.
Our rise in 2012 has been a direct result of the support the playing group & I have receive off field.
I wish to thank Kevin Wilsen, Greg King, Derek Waters & John Addison for their tireless work. Every step we took as a group, you all were there helping, organizing & assisting what needed to be done for the betterment of the team first. Your kind words of wisdom & encouragement each week was greatly appreciated. I sincerely thank you all.
To John Hupfeld & Jason Saddington, your energy, positive persona & drive is infectious. You brought another level of professionalism to the club that has never been seen before. I can’t wait for 2013 & what we can achieve together.
And finally Brendan Donohue & Gavin Raper thank you so much for your guidance, patience & friendship throughout the year. “WE ARE ST.GEORGE AFC”
Terry Mudge Senior Coach
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RESERVE GRADE COACH'S REPORT
Firstly, a big thank you to Kieran Donohue for his assistance in coaching on game days, Alan Pandelis and Ian Ford for taking care of the management duties, Terry Mudge and Derek Waters for their coaching advice and all of the St George Committee for their support. I think I speak for the team when I say it was a very satisfying season and I’m glad Danny Dwyer, Bob Sterling and Billy Kazaglis were there to enjoy it.
With a group of talented under 18s (Ben Carroll, Alex Brooks, Harry Brooks and Chris McGinley) graduating to senior football it was hoped that 2012 would be an improvement on the 5 games won in 2011. Of most concern was the loss of height with Nathan Smith and Adam Pearsall both moving to Newcastle. Not solving the height problem but arguably our best recruit was Daniel ‘DK’ Lim, a slight, speedy, left footed midfielder who would spend the season racking up possessions despite opponents trying to knock him out of the game.
No sooner had pre-season started than injuries began to inflict their toll with long term injuries to several players. Nevertheless the season commenced well with a narrow win over Sydney University who had inflicted heavy losses on the team the previous year. Round two against Auburn was an infamous affair where we walked away with the points and few cuts and bruises for our troubles.
Confidence was up but so was the injury count and we found ourselves at 2-5 after such a promising start. Despite the losses attendance at training was a marked improvement on 2011 with numbers above 20 a regular occurrence. Two of those regular attendees were new recruits Daniel ‘Ziggy’ Annor and Michael Townson who turned up simply wanting to play AFL. Raw in talent, each bought athleticism and a desire to compete, and as the year progressed each would play an increasingly key role in St George’s rise. They also solved our height problem.
If standards are high off the field it will, sooner or later, be reflected on field and having lost to Balmain by a goal we finally got a narrow 10 point win up against Nor West. Pity Andrew Herne who, having driven 90 minutes to the game, injured his ankle two minutes in and subsequently sat out the entire match. In Round 9 an Auburn forfeit robbed Captain Rick Talbot of a 200 th game to remember. We trained instead.
A loss to Camden in the mud at Maroubra hid the sudden injection of talent into the team as Ben Maddern (broken forearm in pre-season requiring a plate), Vinny Stephens (pre-season knee), Matt Mackney (new recruit) and Dylan Taylor all made their season debuts. After 10 rounds St George was 4-6, equal third last and averaging just under 10 goals a game.
With players returning from injury, a new appreciation on the importance of kicking thanks to Mick Clift and the general improvement which comes from training consistently St George were ready to turn the corner. Third placed Balmain were the first to fall reversing the earlier one goal loss. Nor West followed and when early season leaders UNSW were held to 3 goals in a win without league leading goal kicker Jon Shineberg a serious run at finals seemed more than a possibility. Confidence grew again with the defeat of leaders Sydney University but a 1 point loss to Camden reminded St George of the importance of discipline and playing to a plan. It would be the last defeat and against Manly and Illawarra we kicked our highest scores of the season and headed into the finals with confidence.
The revival was best exemplified by Captain Rick Talbot. A seven goal output in the first half of the season was tripled on the run home. Daniel Lim, Harry Brooks and Jon Shineberg were stand outs in the first half of the season and they would be joined by Vinny Stephens, Andrew Herne, Adam
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Buttling, Alex Brooks, Adam Bennett and Matt Mackney. Defensively St George leaked goals in 2011 but in the final six games of 2012 opposition sides averaged less than four goals per game.
Thirteen U/18s played twenty three games in Division Two whilst Harry Brooks, Adam Bennett, Ben Carroll, Daniel Lim and Matt Mackney made their Premier Division debuts. The continued development of the U/18s paid dividends during finals series and in the Grand Final Matt Jones, Ben Hodgson and Jacob Stek made telling contributions. Tragically Mick Townson (knee), Adam Bennett (ankle) and Adam Buttling (knee), all missed the grand final through serious injuries and all three would have been starting players in the side.
In the second half of the year St George’s dominance of games increased the longer they went. At 14 points down with 10 minutes to go in a low scoring Grand Final it was looking bleak but the team had simply worked too hard for too long to give up. If you’ve cancelled an overseas holiday for football (James Do Canto), recently torn the long head of your bicep off the bone (Vinny Stephens) or are playing your 19 th year of football without a title (Rick Talbot) you just have to find a way to win. Whatever the challenge in life persistence eventually wins out and so it was that John Ford, probably the most consistent trainer over the past two years, ran onto a Jon Shineberg kick and slammed home the winner in the dying minutes of the game.
Other highlights for season 2012 included: • Jon Shineberg’s banana in the last quarter of the GF and torpedo goal in the mud v Camden • Harry Brook’s boundary line goal on the run into the wind v Manly • Michael Townson’s 75m goal v Manly (with the wind) and • Jackson Claridge’s mark v Camden • Matt Mackney’s preliminary final goal from 40m on the boundary line v Sydney Uni
In closing, it was great to play with and coach a group of players who had to work for success, to see new players learn the game, watch those new to senior football gradually improve as a result of training and a couple of veterans get justly rewarded for many years of faithful service.
Gavin Raper Reserve Grade Coach
UNDER 18 COACH’S REPORT
When I look back at what we achieved this year I can summarise it in one word - Fantastic. The group of players need to be congratulated for their commitment and dedication to our plan for the year. When you consider after round 5 we were in second last spot with 1 win and 4 losses, if somebody said to me we would play finals I would have said you need to go see a doctor. I said to the group at the start of the year we would be better in the second half of the year than the first half. In the end we played finals and achieved so much as a group.
We beat every team during the year except for Sydney Hills Eagles; our goal during the year was to win 7 games of footy in the end we won 11 games including the elimination final by 50 pts over Pennant Hills. It would be one of the highlights of the year along with wins over Sydney Uni and Illawarra at Wollongong, and we kicked 34 goals against Penrith during the year.
I was well supported by my leadership group of Captain Ben Hodgson and Vice Captains Dan Cullen and Harry Roach. Like most season injuries played their part like all teams. We managed to overcome them and put a team of 22 on the park every week. Guys like Matt Jones, Matthew McDonald, Mitch Edwards and Adam Whatley were great leaders all year with the younger guys.
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Every player in the group developed through the year and every player contribute at various stages during the year. David Watts, Dean Gilbert, Matt Jones, Dan Cullen, Mitch Edwards and Ben Hodgson all played first grade and Ressies. Jackson Claridge, Riley Orr and Jacob Stek also played Ressies.
We used 38 players during the year including getting some games into next year’s under 18’s when we had injuries. None of the under 16’s looked out of place when they played games for us. I must thank Eugene Stek who did an outstanding job as team manager every week he was well organised and wrote the match reports every week. I’m looking forward to working with Eugene again next year. Thanks to all of the parents for your support during the year and helping out when we needed you to do jobs.
A huge thanks to Jess and Brett for looking after all of the injuries during the year and making the tough calls on some guys. Even if the players did not agree with them at various times.
To Brendan, Addo, Kev Wilsen and Richard thank you for all of your support during the year it was appreciated by me and the players.
To all of the senior playing group thank you for the true Dragon DNA you showed all of the new players to the club. We are a true Football club in every sense of the word.
To Gadget, mate thank you what can I say but you embody everything that is St.George. You are a legend of the club and you have a great football brain.
Mudgee, well it is like this you are the man that helped me come to the Dragons this year. You are a great mentor and a great coach you are only too willing to share your knowledge of the game and I became a better coach this year because of you.
To my own family who live through the season with me you are amazing, Darcy coming to training every Tuesday night and helping out on pasta nights thank you. To Riley only getting to watch you play a few times this year was tough on both of us but I know you see the big picture.
To my wife Kate thank you for your never ending support of me and working with my crazy football life that I live.
Finally to the players I want to thank you all for a great season of football you are the guys that made it enjoyable, you are the guys that worked so hard and came so far during the year. In a few years time when I have had enough of coaching it will be a year that will hold a special place in my memory for what we did.
Derek ”Muddy” Waters 2012 18’s Coach
I look forward to 2013… GO THE DRAGONS! DRAGONS DNA IS IN ALL OF US!
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HALL OF FAME [HOF] COMMITTEE REPORT - 2012
Background and Guidelines - St George established its ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2005. Guidelines were set by then Club Executive, to assess nominations for HOF induction, one being a limit of two inductions per year.
Requests for Nominations - A posting was made on Club’s web site, inviting St George members and colleagues to submit names for assessment and consideration for induction for 2012. This request was also advertised weekly in the Club’s newsletter.
Outcome - following matters were actioned or initiated:
* A couple of names were verbally suggested [to HOF committee]; we requested some background and details be submitted in writing for assessment. No formal details were submitted to HOF committee for official assessment * We believe there should be an initiating document [from a colleague], outside of our HOF charter as. We do not want to favour a colleague, on a verbal instruction * We have had a few names under consideration for some time; we are still reviewing these names and others as we work with Historical Committee reviewing history of Club, to assess persons who may qualify for induction to HOF * We believe HOF committee should not induct for induction sake, to meet annual criteria. It is a special honour to be inducted into a Club’s H O F, and * With benefit of historical research, guidelines applying in some instances in past decades to bestowing “Life Membership” on a colleague were sometimes too liberally applied. We cannot allow a similar situation apply to HOF inductions [opinion of the P J McCourt] * No names or details were submitted directly to Club Committee for HOF assessment. We made our recommendation to Club Committee ; there be no induction to our HOF for 2012. This was endorsed by the committee.
Since 2005 and conclusion of 2012; there has been 19 inductions into “Hall of Fame”.
Structure of our 2012 committee , three of which are HOF inductees:
• Tony Quinn – President contact # 0421 057 741 • Bob Sterling – Member contact # (02) 9771 6729 • Gavin Raper – Member contact # 0424 232 467 • Patrick J McCourt – Secretary contact # 0418 273 594
We continue to review, assess St George colleagues for HOF induction, as we research and record History of St George AFC. We invite and welcome any colleagues to submit nominations, who they feel, should be considered for induction.
For and on behalf of – HOF Committee Patrick J McCourt Email – [email protected] 8 November 2012
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Premier Division 2012
Ladder After Round 20 POS TEAM P W L D F A % PTS 1 UNSW/ES 18 15 3 0 2152 1006 213.92 60 2 NORTH SHORE 18 15 3 0 1991 1012 196.74 60 3 PENNANT HILLS 18 15 3 0 1806 1018 177.41 60 4 BALMAIN 18 13 5 0 2009 1219 164.81 52 5 ST GEORGE 18 12 6 0 1905 1232 154.63 48 6 UTS 18 11 7 0 1493 1331 112.17 44 7 SYDNEY HILLS EAGLES 18 5 13 0 1094 1788 61.19 20 8 ILLAWARRA 18 4 14 0 1043 1859 56.11 16 9 WESTERN SUBURBS 18 4 14 0 997 1837 54.27 16 10 CAMPBELLTOWN 18 4 14 0 944 2130 44.32 16 11 SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 18 1 17 0 926 1928 48.03 4
Division 2 2012
Ladder After Round 18 POS TEAM P W L D F A % PTS 1 SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 18 14 4 0 1160 831 139.59 56 2 UNSW/ES 18 12 6 0 1376 935 147.17 48 3 NOR-WEST 18 12 6 0 1383 960 144.06 48 4 ST GEORGE 18 11 7 0 1199 823 145.69 44 5 CAMDEN 18 11 7 0 1438 1114 129.08 44 6 MANLY-WARRINGAH 18 10 8 0 1252 966 129.61 40 7 BALMAIN 18 10 8 0 1146 1161 98.71 40 8 MOOREBANK 18 6 12 0 1032 1160 88.97 24 9 ILLAWARRA 18 3 15 0 863 1434 60.18 12 10 AUBURN 18 1 17 0 506 1971 25.67 4
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Under 18’s 2012
Ladder After Round 20 % POS TEAM P W L D B F A % Won 1 SYDNEY HILLS EAGLES 16 15 0 1 4 1867 536 348.32 96.88 2 ILLAWARRA 16 12 3 1 3 1359 802 169.45 78.12 3 PENNANT HILLS 15 10 5 0 4 1112 752 147.87 66.67 4 SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 15 10 5 0 4 1264 910 138.90 66.67 5 ST GEORGE 16 9 7 0 4 1213 845 143.55 56.25 6 UNSW/ES 16 9 7 0 3 1116 939 118.85 56.25 7 NORTH SHORE 14 5 9 0 4 1008 894 112.75 35.71 8 ST IGNATIUS, RIVERVIEW 15 3 12 0 4 810 1012 80.04 20.00 9 WESTERN SUBURBS 15 3 12 0 4 514 1413 36.38 20.00 10 PENRITH 16 0 16 0 4 269 2429 11.07 0.00
Club Championship 2012
FIRSTS RES U18/ Womens TOT MANLY 108 40 22 - 170 STHN POWER 90 40 30 - 160 BALMAIN 78 40 24 - 142 UTS 66 44 30 - 140 UNSW/ES 90 28 18 - 136 ST GEORGE 72 44 20 - 136 PENNANT HILLS 90 24 20 - 134 NORTH SHORE 90 32 10 - 132 CAMDEN 66 48 - 11.4 125.4 SAINTS afc 75 44 2 - 121 PENRITH 60 60 0 - 120 NOR WEST 72 28 18 - 118 HOLROYD-PARRA 72 20 6 - 98 SYDNEY UNI 6 56 22 - 86 SYDNEY HILLS 30 20 33 - 83 MACQUARIE UNI 30 24 18 - 72 ILLAWARRA 24 12 25 - 61 MOOREBANK 36 4 16 - 56 CAMPBELLTOWN 24 20 - 4.4 48.4 WESTERN SUBURBS 24 8 6 - 38 AUBURN 6 - 5 1.1 12.1
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CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS
PREMIERS First Grade 1937-38-43-64-93
Reserve Grade 1951-56-58-75-78-86-97-12
Third&U/18 Grade 1961-62-68-69-70-72-73-74-75-76-77-83-85-89-92-95-2004
RUNNERS-UP First Grade 1935-39-46-65-66-87-97-2004-07
Reserve Grade 1955-62-69-73-89-94-2001-02
Third&U/18 Grade 1978-79-81-88-91-93-99-2009
MINOR PREMIERS First Grade 1960-64-97
Reserve Grade 1987-94-97-2002-2012
Third&U/18 Grade 1961-62-63-68-69-70-72-73-74-75-81-83-92-95
KNOCK OUT COMPETITION WINNERS 1963
PRE-SEASON COMPETITION WINNERS 1966-68-69-70-71-74-93-95
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 1956-58-59-60-61-62-75-93-97
PHELAN MEDAL SANDERS MEDAL KEALEY MEDAL (FIRSTS) (RESERVES) (THIRDS&U/18)
1931 George Jenner 1940 Jack Mullaney 1962 John Preston 1932 Len Harris 1941 Allan Willats 1968 Laurie Monaghan 1965 Noel Reading 1948 Steve Duff 1970 Terry Timeaputa 1977 Dale Dalton 1973 Geoff Green 1972 Gary McKenzie 1991 David West 1974 Geoff Green 1973 David McVey 1992 Darren Oates 1977 Colin MacDonald 1975 David Fletcher 1993 Anthony Quinn 1978 Colin MacDonald 1979 Mark Brown 1997 Simon Wilson 1983 Bob Cooper 1982 Matthew Ansell 1994 Stephen Nash 1989 David Costigan 1996 Andrew Lindfield 1991 Peter Thiris 2000 Andrew Lindfield 1993 David Stewart 2004 Morgan Hudson 2007 Jack Scully
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CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS
SFL LEADING GOAL KICKER SFL LEADING GOAL SFL LEADING GOAL (FIRSTS) KICKER (RESERVES) KICKER (THIRDS & U/19’s)
1935 Stan Powditch (80) 1956 Harold Lloyd (56) 1968 Gary Baglin (49) 1937 Stan Powditch (117) 1978 Colin MacDonald (64) 1969 Paul McCarthy (67) 1939 Stan Powditch (74) 1993 Greg Baxter (50) 1970 Paul McCarthy (82) 1946 Des Donkin (80) 1994 Andrew Hillas (68) 1974 Neville Sullivan (90) 1964 Don McKenna (77) 2001 Todd Dalton (54) 1976 Alan Baldry (121) 1966 Don McKenna (71) 2004 Brett Hoskins (51) 1977 Alan Baldry (150) 1969 Emmanuel Kerinana (93) 2007 Chris Windle (53) 1987 Chris Ansell (57) 1993 Michael Clift (119) 2008 Chris Windle (51) 1990 David Costigan (46) 1994 Michael Clift (95) 2012 Jon Shineberg (58) 1999 Jon Shineberg (77) 2003 Peter Dugmore (58) 2002 Tim Laws (61) 2003 Daniel Rixon (72) 2007 David Williams (56)
300 SENIOR CLUB GAMES 200 SENIOR CLUB GAMES
1946-65 Colin Harris (347) 1964-80 Colin MacDonald (277) 1958-76 Geoff Green (328) 1963-81 Neville Shaw (276) 1973-96 David Fletcher (310) 1946-62 John Trotman (264) 1968-87 Garry Watkins (307) 1947-65 Aulay MacDonald (255) 1950-66 Peter Taylor (301) 1948-65 Patrick McGrane (240) 1960-75 William Willats (237) 1988-02 Matthew Gibson (237) 1947-65 Percy Symons (235) 1933-58 John Browne (232) 1982-98 Kenneth Smith (222) 1972-87 Michael Tegg (216) 1959-74 John Mayne (211) 1965-85 Patrick McCourt (208) 1982-97 Michael Clift (205) 1969-82 Kevil Ward (204) 1966-77 Dale Dalton (200) 2000- Jon Shineberg (224-) 1998- Rick Talbot (213-) 1994- Gavin Raper (201-)
MILESTONES During the 2012 season the following milestones were achieved:
200 Senior Games 150 Senior Games Rick TALBOT Gavin RAPER Steven WILSEN
150 First Grade Games 100 First Grade Games St. George Australian Football Club Incorporated – 2012 Annual Report 20
Steven WILSEN Pat McBRIDE
CLUB AWARDS
FIRST GRADE
BEST & FAIREST (DWYER MEDAL) Nick RYAN/Steven WILSEN RUNNER- UP BEST & FAIREST David LYCAKIS PLAYERS’ PLAYER Ben JONES LADIES AWARD Pat McBRIDE COACH’S AWARD Alexander WYNN MOST DETERMINED Michael MILNER MOST CONSISTENT David LYCAKIS FIRST GRADE GOAL KICKING Nick RYAN (65 goals)
RESERVE GRADE
BEST & FAIREST Harry BROOKS RUNNER-UP BEST & FAIREST Rick TALBOT COACH’S AWARD Adam BENNETT PLAYERS’ PLAYER Daniel LIM RESERVE GRADE GOAL KICKING Jon SHINEBERG (58 goals)
UNDER 18’S
BEST & FAIREST (FELSTEAD MEDAL) Matt JONES RUNNER-UP BEST & FAIREST Jacob STEK/Ben HODGSON COACH’S AWARD Adam WHATLEY PLAYERS’ PLAYER Ben HODGSON UNDER 18 GOAL KICKING Jacob STEK (29 goals) UNDER 18 ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD Billy KATSIRIS
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Ron Kemp Memorial Trophy – Club Person of the Year Kevin WILSEN Donated by Mavis Kemp and Ron Kemp Junior in memory of their husband and father who was a prominent player of the Club. The Kemp family were hard workers of the Club with both Ron Senior and Ron Junior having successful careers.
Bill Lawler Memorial Shield – Rising Star David LYCAKIS Dedicated to the memory of former President and Life Member. Bill was very prominent in the promotion of junior football in the St George and Sutherland districts and a tireless worker for the St George senior club. Bill passed away suddenly in January 2001. If the player is in their second senior season they must have played no more than 7 senior games in their first year.
John Bester Memorial Award – Encouragement, Endeavour David WATTS & Commitment Dedicated to the memory of a fine player and leader of our First Grade side during the 1970’s and 1980’s. John was always respected by his teammates especially the younger players because of the encouragement he gave them. Unfortunately, he lost a hard battle with a terminal illness and the Club lost a great player and teammate.
Colleen J Wadling Memorial Award – Courage Ben MADDERN Donated by a former President, John Wadling in memory of his wife. John presided over the extensions to the clubrooms and contributed significantly towards the raising of funds and gaining development approval. Colleen and John’s son David was a fine First Grade player in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
R M McConnell Memorial Award – Best Playing Club Person Gavin RAPER Dedicated to the memory of one of the Club’s greatest stalwarts. Robert “Apples” McConnell was Mr Football of the Sydney football scene. A Life member of the St George Club, he worked tirelessly for St George for 36 years in many official capacities, donating many untold hours to his beloved Club. Bob was honoured with the Merit Award of the National Australian Football Council in 1976. He was also made a Life Member of the NSW AFL the same year. In 1977, the NSW AFL recognised Bob’s contribution by naming the Bob McConnell Club Championship Trophy for competition by all clubs in the Sydney Football League and Sydney Football Association. For many years Bob was the timekeeper for the Sydney Swans at their SCG matches. Bob’s photograph hangs above the clubroom door as he still proudly watches each batch of new dragons grow.
Bob McConnell Memorial Trust Award – for Junior Development Ben HODGSON Established when Bob passed away in 1995 by the caretakers of his trust fund. It was agree at this time that the Club would honour this award towards the development of local juniors with significant representative achievements.
Chelsea Phillis Award for Outstanding Junior Daniel TOMLINS Donated by Darren & Lisa Phillis and the Adelaide Crows Football Club. Dedicated to the memory of Chelsea Phillis, who as a two year old succumbed to an illness, the cause is still unexplained by medical science. The family chose to donate Chelsea’s liver and kidney’s to the organ transplant unit to assist in saving the lives of others. Chelsea’s short life would not be in vain as a result. St. George Australian Football Club Incorporated – 2012 Annual Report 22
St George AFC First Grade History
Year Position P W L D Coach Captain Leading Goalkicker Best & Fairest 1929 7th 12 2 10 1930 6th 16 1 15 1931 6th 19 1 17 1 1932 6th 17 3 14 Jack Hayes 1933 6th 19 3 16 Jack Hayes 1934 3rd 20 7 13 Jack Hayes 1935 Runners-Up 18 13 5 Jack Hayes Stan Powditch – 80* 1936 3rd 20 12 8 Fred Davies 1937 Premiers 21 17 4 Jim Phelan Fred Davies Stan Powditch - 117* 1938 Premiers 20 14 6 Fred Pendergast 1939 Runners-Up 21 13 8 Fred Pendergast Stan Powditch – 74* 1940 4th 18 10 7 1 Fred Pendergast Stan Powditch – 61 1941 4th 18 8 9 1 W Spry 1942 5th 14 4 10 L Ellis 1943 Premiers 20 16 2 2 T Edmonds T Edmonds Stan Powditch – 67 1944 4th 19 8 10 1 Phonse Kyne 1945 5th 18 7 11 Steve Duff A Strong – 39 1946 Runners-Up 21 11 10 Jack Browne Des Donkin - 80* 1947 6th 14 4 8 2 H Mallett 1948 6th 16 6 10 G Butler 1949 7th 18 7 11 Jack Browne Bill Bartling – 25 1950 7th 17 6 10 1 Roy McGlynn Roy McGlynn Bill Bartling G Mason Roy McGlynn – 24 1951 7th 18 7 11 Roy McGlynn Roy McGlynn Col Harris – 39 1952 5th 17 11 6 Bill Bolitho/F Boyne Bill Bolitho John Vizard – 29 1953 4th 19 14 5 Jack Browne Jack Browne L Green – 60 E Jacobs 1954 4th 19 11 7 1 Peter Taylor – 44 Patrick McGrane 1955 5th 18 10 8 Kevin Allen Kevin Allen John Vizard – 60 B Andrews 1956 3rd 20 15 5 Brad Boyden Brad Boyden Bill Bartling – 27 J Dullard 1957 8th 18 6 11 1 Keith Schow M Jennings Peter Taylor 1958 4th 19 12 6 1 Keith Schow G Richards Terry Heenan 1959 5th 18 9 9 Wally Wallis Wally Wallis Ellis Noack J Vizard - 22 Ellis Noack 1960 3rd 21 14 6 1 Col Harris Col Harris Ellis Noack – 42 C Harris/Peter Taylor 1961 6th 18 10 8 Col Harris Col Harris Brian Townley – 42 Geoff Green 1962 3rd 20 13 7 Col Harris Col Harris Brian Townley – 54 Ken Ward 1963 5th 15 9 6 Ken Ward Ken Ward Bob "Doctor" Serich 1964 Premiers 20 18 2 Ken Ward Ken Ward Don McKenna – 77* Bob Sterling 1965 Runners-Up 20 16 4 Col Harris Peter Taylor Col MacDonald - 58 Bob Sterling 1966 Runners-Up 21 16 5 Col Harris Danny Dwyer Don McKenna – 81 Dale Dalton 1967 7th 18 7 11 Danny Dwyer Geoff Green Dale Dalton – 39 Bob Sterling 1968 7th 18 11 7 Geoff Green Geoff Green John Hoggett – 67 Dale Dalton 1969 5th 18 12 6 Geoff Green Geoff Green Emanuel Kerinaiua - 93* Bob Sterling 1970 4th 22 14 8 Morrie Causley/Col Harris Geoff Green Emanuel Kerinaiua - 90 Bob Sterling 1971 4th 21 13 7 1 Ken Craig Ken Gibson Bob Patterson 1972 3rd 21 16 5 Bill Stein Geoff Green Alex Konjevic – 80 Ken Hughes 1973 4th 19 10 9 Bill Stein Dennis Pegg Kevil "Barney" Ward 1974 3rd 24 12 11 1 Kevin Pearson Kevin Pearson Dale Dalton 1975 3rd 24 16 8 Kevin Pearson Kevin Pearson Russell Skuse 1976 3rd 24 15 9 Kevin Pearson/Dale Dalton Russell Skuse Steve Rixon 1977 4th 23 11 11 1 Bob Bell Bob Bell Robby Hill 1978 3rd 24 14 9 1 Bob Bell Bob Bell Brett Francis – 49 Brett Francis 1979 7th 20 3 17 Bruce Lucas Mark Newcombe Mark Newcombe - 29 Anthony Brain 1980 6th 21 5 16 John Bester John Bester Andrew Evans – 37 Anthony Brain 1981 6th 21 5 16 John Bester John Bester Peter Stillman – 63 Anthony Brain 1982 4th 19 10 9 John Tuckwell John Tuckwell Mark Ryan – 53 Michael Travers 1983 4th 17 8 9 Ian Rainbird Ian Rainbird Steve Bird – 35 Anthony Brain 1984 6th 16 7 9 Ian Rainbird Ian Rainbird Bob Vardenega - 32 Michael Bailey 1985 3rd 20 14 6 Chris Foster M Travers/M Tegg David Travers – 37 David Wadling 1986 4th 18 12 5 1 Chris Foster Steve Harper Mark Magrath – 33 Graeme Fromberg 1987 Runners-Up 21 13 8 Steve Taubert Mark Magrath Mark Magrath 1988 5th 19 13 6 Steve Taubert Mark Magrath Mark Magrath – 45 Michael Condon 1989 3rd 16 10 6 Steve Taubert Mark Magrath Chris Ansell – 47 M Travers / A Quinn 1990 6th 16 4 12 Steve Taubert/Paul Lindsay Peter Siebels Chris Ansell – 56 Peter Siebels 1991 6th 18 6 12 Chris Foster Peter Siebels Andy MacDonald - 34 David West 1992 5th 17 8 9 Chris Foster P Siebels/Anthony Quinn Michael Clift – 54 Peter Orton 1993 Premiers 18 14 4 Grant Bartholomaeus Anthony Quinn Michael Clift - 119* Anthony Quinn 1994 4th 19 13 6 Grant Bartholomaeus Anthony Quinn Michael Clift - 95* Anthony Quinn St. George Australian Football Club Incorporated – 2012 Annual Report 23
1995 7th 18 8 10 Grant Bartholomaeus Anthony Quinn Michael Clift – 49 Anthony Quinn 1996 3rd 20 12 8 Grant Bartholomaeus Anthony Quinn Greg Coffey – 63 Grant Bartholomaeus 1997 Runners-Up 18 13 5 Grant Bartholomaeus Greg Coffey Matthew Brewer - 38 Simon Wilson 1998 4th 16 8 8 Simon Wilson Greg Coffey Mick Ryan – 25 Matthew Gibson 1999 5th 21 12 8 1 Simon Wilson Greg Coffey Mick Ryan – 33 Matthew Gibson
2000 3rd 18 10 8 Simon Wilson Greg Coffey Haydn Reid – 49 Greg Coffey 2001 3rd 18 11 7 Craig O’Brien Greg Coffey Craig O’Brien – 39 Gavin Raper 2002 3rd 18 12 6 Craig O’Brien Craig Tognolini Adrian Seccull – 40 Mick Ryan 2003 3rd 19 12 6 1 Glenn Garner Glenn Garner Peter Dugmore – 58* Aaron Langsworth 2004 Runners-Up Glenn Garner Ryan Underwood Glen Coleman Todd Featherstone 2005 Glenn Garner/Todd Dalton Brett Bedwell Peter Dugmore Rod Craig 2006 4th Todd Dalton/Damian Hall G Raper/Declan Donohue Peter Dugmore Steve Wilsen 2007 Runners-Up 18 15 3 Craig Tognolini Gavin Raper/Declan Peter Dugmore - 63 Declan Donohue Donohue 2008 4th 20 14 6 Craig Tognolini Declan Donohue Peter Dugmore - 75 Dwain Watkins 2009 8th 18 6 12 Brad Pullin/Shane Demir Declan Donohue Jon Shineberg -22 Declan Donohue 2010 6th 18 6 12 Shane Demir Declan Donohue Bryce Addison – 29 Steven Wilsen 2011 7th 18 8 10 Terry Mudge Declan Donohue Nick Ryan - 34 Steven Wilsen 2012 5th 18 12 6 Terry Mudge Declan Donohue Nick Ryan – 65 Steven Wilsen/Nick Ryan
••• * Indicates SFL Leading Goalkicker for season ••• Games played includes finals matches, from available records ••• Club founded 1928 – played first premiership match in 1929
Note – if any person has details to assist compile outstanding items, please contact Patrick McCourt – [email protected]
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St George AFC Reserve Grade History
Year Position P W L D Coach Captain Leading Goalkicker Best & Fairest 1933 6th 19 1 18 1934 3rd 17 10 7 1935 4th 16 7 9 1936 5th 18 8 10 1937 5th 19 8 10 1 1938 4th 18 6 12 1939 3rd 20 8 12 1940 3rd 17 11 6 1941 3rd 17 10 7 1942 1943 3rd 20 14 6 1944 3rd 19 9 10 1945 6th 18 4 14 1946 3rd 20 9 11 1947 4th 15 8 7 1948 3rd 18 10 8 1949 8th D Butler – 17 1950 5th 17 9 7 1 A Rennie – 12 1951 Premiers 21 15 6 S Dyson – 29 1952 8th 17 5 12 J Frost – 12 1953 4th 18 10 8 Syd Felstead M Jennings – 13 R Hooker 1954 3rd 18 14 4 E Jacobs Harold Lloyd – 23 Arthur Freake 1955 Runners-Up 21 13 8 K Allen M Jennings – 24 M Badans 1956 Premiers 20 16 4 Vic Barnett Harold Lloyd - 56* G Richards 1957 5th 18 8 10 Mick Barnett H Lloyd, A Barclay – Arthur Freake 13 1958 Premiers 21 16 3 2 Alan Richards H Lloyd, W Clark – 21 N Clarke 1959 5th 18 11 6 1 Alan Richards Herb Stringer – 17 Harold Lloyd 1960 8th 18 5 12 1 Aulay MacDonald Herb Stringer – 19 C Clear 1961 8th 18 3 15 J Shaw D Rowe – 15 L Bloors 1962 Runners-Up 20 14 6 Vic Barnett John Mayne 1963 3rd 17 12 5 Vic Barnett Bill Bolitho 1964 3rd 20 13 7 Percy Symons Percy Symons – 50 Bill Bolitho 1965 4th 19 13 6 Percy Symons Percy Symons Percy Symons – 49 Gus McKernan 1966 3rd 21 16 5 Maurie Northey Percy Symons Herb Stringer – 48 John Mayne 1967 7th 18 7 11 Maurie Northey Brian Townley Ian Porter – 16 John Mayne 1968 6th 18 8 9 1 Brian Townley ? Bob Serich – 17 Peter Kilmister 1969 Runners-Up 20 16 3 1 Bill Stein Bill Stein Peter Kilmister – 27 Geoff Bull 1970 8th 22 8 14 Danny Dwyer Danny Dwyer Craig Smith – 17 Fred Puntatameri 1971 4th 21 11 10 - Neville Shaw Neville Shaw Kerry Cooke 1972 4th 22 12 10 Les Onions Bill Kazaglis Alan Ward 1973 Runners-Up 17 5 2 Geoff Green Geoff Green Geoff Green 1974 3rd 21 16 5 Geoff Green Geoff Green Geoff Green 1975 Premiers 25 21 4 Col MacDonald Col MacDonald Geoff Green 1976 3rd 24 19 5 Col MacDonald Col MacDonald Col Macdonald - ?? Peter Manna 1977 3rd 24 15 9 Col MacDonald Col MacDonald Col MacDonald - ?? Peter Manna 1978 Premiers 24 19 5 Allen Taylor Col MacDonald Col MacDonald - 64* Greg Rowe 1979 7th 20 5 15 Allen Taylor Wayne Rogers Phil Taylor 1980 5th 21 7 14 Allen Taylor Wayne Rogers Col MacDonald 1981 6th 21 8 13 Allen Taylor David Tegg Michael Fitzsimmons 1982 3rd 20 16 4 Allen Taylor Eddie Simons Mick Hanrahan 1983 4th 17 11 6 Wayne Rogers Wayne Rogers Bob Cooper 1984 3rd 18 12 6 Bob Vardanega Garry Watkins Peter King 1985 4th 19 15 4 Eric Taylor Noel Hopkins Tony Carey – 65 Kenneth Smith 1986 Premiers 19 17 2 Eric Taylor Allen Taylor Chris Ostapanko – 26 Andrew Millican 1987 3rd 21 15 5 1 Eric Taylor Allen Taylor Scott Wolstenholme 1988 4th 20 13 7 Steve Harper Rod Burdon David Fletcher 1989 Runners-Up 16 13 3 Steve Harper Rod Burdon David Fletcher 1990 4th 17 10 7 Steve Harper/Rod Burdon Rod Burdon Glen Erskine 1991 3rd 20 10 10 David Fletcher Rod Burdon Scott Wolstenholme 1992 5th 17 8 9 R Burdon/David Fletcher Rick Barry Murray Sanewski 28 Andrew Hyde 1993 3rd 18 13 5 Rod Burdon Matthew Lawrence Greg Baxter 50* Anthony Vial 1994 Runners-up 20 16 4 Andrew Lindfield Glen Erskine Andrew Hillas 68* Steve Fisher 1995 5th 18 8 10 Andrew Lindfield Andrew Lindfield Andrew Lindfield 22 Merv Harbinson 1996 3rd 20 11 8 1 Andrew Lindfield Kenneth Smith Andrew Hillas 40 Andrew Lindfield 1997 Premiers 18 15 3 Mark Siely Kenneth Smith Vlad Ristevski 21 Murray Widdeson 1998 5th 14 4 9 1 Andrew Lindfield Rod Andriske Troy Dalton 15 Troy Dalton 1999 5th 21 12 9 Andrew Lindfield Rod Andriske Troy Dalton 24 Todd Dawson 2000 5th 15 8 7 Phil Richmond Rod Andriske Andrew Lindfield 35 Ben Harper
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2001 Runners-up 18 13 5 Tony Monaco Ben Herden Todd Dalton 54* Shane Demir 2002 Runners-up 18 15 3 Tony Monaco Todd Dalton Jon Shineberg 26 Troy Dalton 2003 6th 17 5 12 Andrew Kilpatrick Gary Murfitt Brett Hoskins 10 Andrew Hine 2004 Tony Monaco Nathan Allen Brett Hoskins 51* Kane Blacklock/Karl McGrath 2005 Phil Richmond Tim Hills
2006 Phil Richmond Brett Hoskins Adam Santarossa 2007 4th 18 10 7 1 Kevin Wilsen Marc Barry/Kieran Donohue Chris Windle 53* Tom Heath 2008 5th 19 10 9 Todd Dalton Marc Barry Chris Windle 51* Marc Barry 2009 10th 18 1 17 Kevin Wilsen Jim Do Canto Dylan Taylor 9 Matt Nichols 2010 7th 17 5 12 Vincent Stevens Brendan Harper Paul Sain 14 Adam Pearsall 2011 9th 17 5 12 Gavin Raper Luke Maunder Ric Talbot 25 Luke Maunder 2012 Premiers 18 11 7 Gavin Raper Rick Talbot Jon Shineberg 58 Harry Brooks
••• * Indicates SFL Leading Goalkicker for season ••• Games played includes finals matches, from available records ••• Club founded 1928 – played first Reserve Grade Premiership match played in 1933
Note – if any person has details to assist compile outstanding items, please contact Patrick McCourt – [email protected]
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St George AFC Third Grade/U18’s History
Year Position P W L D Coach Captain Leading Goalkicker Best & Fairest 1958 5th 16 8 8 #1 team - W Boyd Geoff Green 7th 11 3 8 #2 team 1959 5th Rod Wales Keith Bowman 1960 4th 18 12 6 Rod Wales Michael Waterworth 1961 Premiers 15 12 3 Val Green Bill Willats – 41 Bob Sterling 1962 Premiers Wally Walliss John Preston 1963 3rd 16 13 3 Rod Wales Neville Shaw 1964 3rd 14 9 5 Rod Wales Ron Bradd – 18 Laurie Denneman 1965 4th Rod Wales Laurie Clarke – 10 Paul Trotman 1966 6th 14 4 10 Aulay MacDonald Phil Crowe – 11 Paul Trotman 1967 3rd 20 14 6 Val Green Greg Robson Geoff Bull – 34 Kerry Cooke 1968 Premiers 17 17 0 Ken Craig Kerry Cook Gary Baglin - 49* Don Kannard 1969 Premiers 20 19 1 Ken Craig Garry Watkins Paul McCarthy - 67* Robert Brown 1970 Premiers 21 20 1 Ken Craig Laurie Monaghan Paul McCarthy - 82* Ken Hughes 1971 4th 19 15 4 Percy Symons Lee Ridoutt Brian Gammell 1972 Premiers 21 19 2 Dale Dalton John Stewart Ian Taylor – 31 Steve Bird 1973 Premiers 17 15 2 Dale Dalton David McVey Brian Sinclair – 28 Ian Taylor 1974 Premiers 23 23 0 Dale Dalton Chris Ryan Neville Sullivan - 104* Mal Robson 1975 Premiers 21 19 2 Dale Dalton Greg Rowe Laurie Axford – 58 Laurie Axford 1976 Premiers 21 19 2 Chris Foster David Lilly Alan Baldry - 121* Steve Argus 1977 Premiers 21 20 1 Chris Foster Greg McKay Alan Baldry - 150* Greg Zuber 1978 Runners-Up 21 18 3 Chris Foster Eric Taylor Peter Delamonte – 48 Mark Magrath 1979 Runners-Up 20 16 4 Mark Siely Mike Fitzsimmons Marc Brown – 42 Michael Fitzsimmons 1980 3rd 23 17 6 Patrick J McCourt Brad Shipp Glen Taylor – 35 Graham Gale 1981 Runners-Up 23 19 4 Patrick J McCourt Mark Taylor Troy Thornton – 55 Jeff Warner 1982 3rd 20 15 5 Patrick J McCourt Stuart Thompson Scott Midgley – 37 Troy Thornton 1983 Premiers 19 18 1 Chris Foster Brian Taylor Mark Roberts – 40 Kenneth Smith 1984 3rd 16 11 4 1 Kevin Pearson Jim Cooke Tony Heron 1985 Premiers 20 18 2 Kevin Pearson Robert Kelso Chris Ansell – 28 Matthew Lawler 1986 3rd 18 13 5 Noel Hopkins Greg Hatfield Andrew Erlick – 68 Matthew Lawler 1987 3rd 18 12 6 Noel Hopkins Greg Howard Chris Ansell - 57* Scott Wolstenholme 1988 Runners-Up 22 16 6 Paul Lindsay Matt Walmsley Matt Walmsley – 65 Scott Wolstenholme 1989 Premiers 18 14 4 Paul Lindsay Paul Barnett David Costigan – 49 Andrew Druery 1990 3rd 18 12 6 Norm Hyde/Phil Brown Peter Stelzer David Costigan - 46* Jarrod Pearson 1991 Runners-Up 21 15 6 Phil Brown/Paul Lindsay Andrew Kilpatrick Brad Harrington – 74 Andrew Kilpatrick 1992 Premiers 18 15 3 Paul Lindsay Andrew Kilpatrick Peter Thiris – 25 Andrew Kilpatrick 1993 Runners-Up 19 13 6 Michael Clift Daniel Sheedy Chris Dalton – 29 Steve Fisher 1994 3rd 18 14 4 Michael Clift Darren Crossley Chris Dalton …………….. 44 Gavin Raper 1995 Premiers 20 19 1 Mark Siely Gavin Raper Todd Dawson ………….. 51 Todd Dawson 1996 3rd 23 17 6 Mark Siely Anthony McCabe Brent Middleton ………… 45 Matthew Brown 1997 3rd 21 14 7 Minnie Demir Adam Demir John Prothero ………….. 25 Aaron Grant 1998 4th 18 11 7 Phil Richmond Andrew Yanitsas Jon Shineberg ……. 47 David Barber 1999 Runners-Up 20 15 5 Phil Richmond Scott Richmond Jon Shineberg ………… *77 Scott Richmond 2000 4th 16 10 6 Mark Siely Stephen Turner Andrew Hine ……………. 28 Michael Ibbotson 2001 4th 17 11 6 Mark Siely Vincent Stevens Tim Laws ………………... 72 Michael Ibbotson 2002 3rd 19 13 6 Mark Siely Leigh Rogers Tim Laws ……………….. *61 Tim Dickson 2003 5th 16 9 7 Todd Dalton John Barry Daniel Rixon ………… *72 Daniel Rixon 2004 Premiers Todd Dalton Morgan Hudson Morgan Hudson 2005 5th Peter Baudinette Kieran Donohue Chris MacDougal 2006 Kevin Wilsen Josh Woods 2007 3rd 16 9 7 Steve Haberley Jack Scully D Williams ……………. *56 Jack Scully 2008 7th 16 4 11 1 Rodney Craig Ethan Crowney Troy Mutton Ryan Bennett 2009 Runners-Up 21 16 4 1 Geoff Axford Paul Sain Nick Ryan…………………42 Daniel Cooper 2010 4th 14 9 5 Geoff Axford Lachlan Perris Ben Sharp…………………47 Ben Jones 2011 8th 18 4 13 1 Geoff Axford Sean Bowen Alex Brooks………………..36 Sean Bowen 2012 4th 16 9 7 Derek Waters Ben Hodgson Jacob Stek……………….29 Matt Jones
••• * Indicates SFL Leading Goalkicker for season ••• Games played includes finals matches, from available records ••• Club founded 1928 – played first Third Grade Premiership match played in 1958 ••• U/19’s changed to U/18’s in season 1996
Note – if any person has details to assist compile outstanding items, please contact Patrick McCourt – [email protected]
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WOMENS AFL HISTORY
Year Position P W L D Coach Captain Leading Goalkicker Best & Fairest
2007 Sixth 12 2 10 Greg McKay Kristie Sharpe Chris Coles Erin Burns 2008 Fifth 15 2 13 Lancelot Yu Chris Coles Ashlee McClure (13) Clare Crewdson 2009 Sixth 12 3 5 Gary Slowgrove Chris Coles Ashlee McClure Clare Crewdson
* Indicates SFL Leading Goalkicker for season Games played includes finals, from records available.
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CLUB EXECUTIVE HISTORY
Year PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER 1929 P COPEWELL C MALONEY Andrew GLASS 1930 Andrew GLASS A E STONEHAM Bill RYAN 1931 Andrew GLASS W DONALD Bill RYAN 1932 Andrew GLASS R K ROSS Bill RYAN 1933 Andrew GLASS R K ROSS Bill RYAN 1934 Andrew GLASS R K ROSS Bill RYAN 1935 Andrew GLASS R K ROSS Bill RYAN 1936 Andrew GLASS R K ROSS Bill RYAN 1937 Andrew GLASS Joe BURNS Alan WICKS 1938 Andrew GLASS W A CLARK 1939 Andrew GLASS W A CLARK 1940 Andrew GLASS Bill BOYD Keith WILCOXON 1941 Andrew GLASS Keith WILCOXON 1942 Andrew GLASS 1943 Andrew GLASS R E PEELGRANE 1944 Andrew GLASS 1945 Andrew GLASS 1946 Andrew GLASS T WILLIAMS 1947 Andrew GLASS Jack RANDELL 1948 Andrew GLASS Jack RANDELL 1949 Andrew GLASS Jack RANDELL 1950 Andrew GLASS Jack RANDELL Col HARRIS 1951 Alan WICKS Jack RANDELL Col HARRIS 1952 Frank BOYNE Jack RANDELL 1953 Jim CAMPBELL Geoff MILLER Syd FELSTEAD 1954 Jim CAMPBELL Bert LUDLOW Col HARRIS 1955 Syd FELSTEAD Bert LUDLOW G MILLER 1956 Syd FELSTEAD V C MASON Les GRAY 1957 Syd FELSTEAD Frank TURNER C JOHNSON 1958 Syd FELSTEAD Frank TURNER Col HARRIS 1959 Syd FELSTEAD Les GRAY Jack TROTMAN 1960 Syd FELSTEAD T HENNESSY Jack TROTMAN 1961 Syd FELSTEAD John BURKE Wally WALLISS 1962 Syd FELSTEAD John BURKE Wally WALLISS 1963 Syd FELSTEAD John BURKE Carl SHIELS 1964 Syd FELSTEAD John BURKE Carl SHIELS 1965 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Steve TUOHY 1966 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Steve TUOHY 1967 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Steve TUOHY 1968 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Alan WICKS 1969 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Rex ELVISH 1970 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Rex ELVISH 1971 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Rex ELVISH 1972 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Rex ELVISH 1973 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Rex ELVISH 1974 Syd FELSTEAD Bob McCONNELL Pat McCOURT 1975 Ron McKENZIE Bob McCONNELL Pat McCOURT 1976 Ron McKENZIE Greg McIVER K MACHERONIE 1977 Ron McKENZIE Greg McIVER Dale DALTON 1978 Ron McKENZIE Greg McIVER Gary WATKINS 1979 Ron McKENZIE Greg McIVER Mick TEGG 1980 Ron McKENZIE Greg McIVER Neville SHAW 1981 John WADLING Greg McIVER Neville SHAW 1982 Greg McIVER Neville SHAW 1983 Greg McIVER Ron KEMP Neville SHAW 1984 John WADLING Allen TAYLOR Neville SHAW 1985 Neville SHAW Greg McIVER Ron TRAVERS 1986 Neville SHAW Jim WOODS Ron TRAVERS 1987 Neville SHAW Ray BRENNAN Wayne ROGERS 1988 Neville SHAW Ray BRENNAN Wayne ROGERS 1989 John WADLING Ray BRENNAN Wayne ROGERS 1990 John WADLING Wayne ROGERS Wayne ROGERS 1991 Bill LAWLER Richard ORTON Wayne ROGERS 1992 Bill LAWLER David FLETCHER Wayne ROGERS 1993 Bill LAWLER David FLETCHER Wayne ROGERS 1994 Bill LAWLER Fiona TUNBRIDGE Wayne ROGERS 1995 Bill LAWLER Fiona TUNBRIDGE Wayne ROGERS 1996 Bill LAWLER Julianne CLIFT Wayne ROGERS
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1997 Chris RAPER Julianne CLIFT Gary WILTON 1998 Chris RAPER Julianne CLIFT Gary WILTON
1999 Chris RAPER Julianne CLIFT Gary WILTON 2000 Chris RAPER John GAITANIS Gary WILTON 2001 Chris RAPER John GAITANIS Gary WILTON 2002 Chris RAPER Rick LAWS Phil DICKSON 2003 Brian LANGTON Chris RAPER Phil DICKSON 2004 Brian LANGTON Julianne CLIFT Frank TUOHY 2005 Andrew CUBITT Stella WYLLIE Stella WYLLIE 2006 Andrew CUBITT Stella WYLLIE Stella WYLLIE 2007 Andrew CUBITT Jason COWLAND Donna JEFFREY 2008 Andrew CUBITT Jason COWLAND Donna JEFFREY 2009 Brendan DONOHUE Jon SHINEBERG Gavin RAPER 2010 Brendan DONOHUE Richard ORTON Gavin RAPER 2011 Brendan DONOHUE Richard ORTON Gavin RAPER 2012 Brendan DONOHUE Richard ORTON Gavin RAPER
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SYDNEY AFL RISING STAR AWARD Representing St George’s young talent was the nomination of Jordan West for the Sydney AFL Rising Star Award. They were:
Round 15- Jordan West
The AFL Sydney Rising Star Nominee for Round 15 is Jordan West from St George. His nomination is as reads below:
Jordan, son of legendary Dragons’ player and 1991 Phelan Medallist David West started playing at five years of age in Auskick, and by the end of primary school Jordan was playing both AFL and basketball.
Jordan started to achieve representative honours in basketball at 15 and AFL (Pigeons- Talented Player Program) at 16.
Jordan attributes his improvement in skills at both sports to his dedication to fitness, and with his Dad‘s guidance he learnt to use these skills to his advantage.
During 2011 and 2012 he made the NSW All Schools Basketball Team and in January 2012 toured the USA with Australian Schoolboys Team.
St.George Senior Coach Terry Mudge has been literally stopped in his tracks by the performances of Jordan.
"Jordan has great endurance, loves a contest and has a great set of hands. At 18 years of age he has stepped straight into a key position and performed every week at senior level,” Mudge said.
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PHELAN MEDAL & TEAM OF THE YEAR
Nick Ryan on 14 votes finished 5 th in the 2012 Phelan Medal. This complemented his selection in the AFL Sydney Team of the Year in which he was joined by Jason Saddington.
ST GEORGE Votes in Phelan Medal Nick Ryan 14 Stephen Wilsen 8 Reuben Bajada 7 Paul Sain 7 David Ryan 5 Daniel Napper 5 Declan Donohue 5 Jordan West 4 Patrick McBride 4 Daniel Rixon 3 Jason Saddington 2 David Lycakis 2 Michael Holmes 1 Ben Sharp 1 Lachlan Perris 1
In addition Jon Shineberg won the award as the leading goalkicker in Division 2.
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