Raising funds for Breast Cancer Research in conjunction with The National Breast Cancer Foundation Full time and Port Kembla begin celebrating winning 2010 IPL ILLAWARRA MERCURY PREMIER LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 10th October 2010 at Crehan Park Cringila Australia’s Best Credit Union...Again! Love your Team! As a Platinum Sponsor, Peoplecare has something special for IFA football families. Give us a buzz for details. 1800 808 700 Lysaght Peoplecare Limited. A registered private health insurer. ABN: 95 087 648 753 PRESIDENt’s WELCOME It is my pleasure to welcome everyone here today to the 2010 Illawarra Mercury Premier League Grand Final. This has been clearly the most exciting Football Season the Premier League has ever enjoyed and going on this season’s amazing twists & turns, today promises to be one of those great Illawarra Mercury Premier League Grand Finals. For Football lovers, this 2010 Premier League Season has been nothing short of fantastic, it was unquestionably many things but certainly it was very exciting, unpredictable, unexpected, nerve racking and ultimately that final 1 minute of football spread across many Premier League Football fields in the Illawarra Region, was probably the “fitting end” to conclude our Championship in 2010. Today we see 2 great Premier League clubs face-off for the Grand Final Trophy. Historically, Port Kembla has been a Trophy collecting powerhouse of yester year and more recently Dandaloo has swept all before them, similarly collecting every Trophy on offer. As Port Kembla re-emergences from its re-building era, the young, fast and dynamic Port Kembla side comes up against a very powerful, well organised, highly experienced and professional Dandaloo team filled with proven high quality players with a proven football record. Both Teams are superbly coached and professionally managed by their respective great Club Committees in Dandaloo & Port Kembla. Good luck to both Clubs today. We also have 2 other Grand Finals to be decided today; Picton Rangers vs Woonona in the IFA’s 1st Division Competition and an all conquering Tarrawanna team playing a consistent and solid Woonona team in the Youth Premier League Grand Final. All successful organisations need solid Corporate support and my Board & I are really privileged to have a number of major successful businesses that have strongly supported this new generation of Football in the Illawarra. The IFA have developed strong friendships with these iconic organisations and I am proud to say that these businesses are now all long term partners and provide our Sport with immediate credibility and professional status. Thank you; No. 10 Teamwear, Spartan Sports, Edmen Group, Micon, Fraternity Club, Rebel Sports ,Villa D’oro, Peoplecare Health Insurance and the Illawarra Credit Union. Finally, the Illawarra Mercury as our Premier League Major Naming Sponsor for the second year, has provided football with great coverage of our competitions all season and no doubt Joel Ritchie will have a comprehensive roundup of our biggest day on tomorrow. I would like to extend personal thanks to the Illawarra Mercury’s General Manager Ben Marsh and Chief Editor, Stuart Howie for their support this season. We, the football public, all fully understand just how critical the Illawarra Mercury Sponsorship and the coverage is to; our sport, our sponsors, our supporters, our players, our coaches and our sustainability for the future and we thank the Mercury for this opportunity & partnership. The IFA Board, member clubs and the football community have shown a significant commitment to our social responsibility again this season. In August, the clubs rallied behind the Call to Arms, raising money to fight men’s cancer. Today we continue that spirit of responsibility with the National Breast Cancer Foundation. At the IFA we believe in the power of football to help benefit society and we applaud you, the clubs and fans, for getting right behind our efforts. Finally I wish to personally thank my hardworking members of IFA Board of Directors and the management and staff. These people really work hard, they always accept the criticisms and the applause and have really contributed to the success of our year with; our competitions, our commercial corporate performance, governance and social responsibility. Today demonstrates their commitment to our sport. Have a great grand final day and enjoy it. Best Regards. Eddy De Gabriele President IFA ILLAWARRA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS Illawarra Mercury – proud sponsor of the Illawarra Premier League (IPL) Peoplecare – proud sponsor of a District League Illawarra Credit Union – proud sponsor of a District League Dixon Sports – proud sponsor of the Bert Bampton Cup Fraternity Club – proud sponsor of the Youth Cup Spartan Sports – proud sponsor of the IFA Match Balls ASSOCIATE SPONSORS Edmen Group – proud sponsor of the Coach of the Year and Leading Goalscorer of the Year Awards. Micon - proud sponsor of the IPL Grand Final Launch & Grand Final Sprint & Intercity Challenge Villa D’Oro - proud sponsor of the IFA end of Season Gala Awards Evening Lagoon Restaurant - proud sponsor of the IFA Season Launch We would like to take this opportunity to convey our gratitude and sincere appreciation for the support that all our Sponsors bring to Football in the Illawarra. Photos in this program courtesy of Orlando Chiodo at The Illawarra Mercury. GRAND FINAL DAY PROGRAM 8.45am Gates open 10.00am Kick off - Division One Grand Final 11.45am Division One Presentation including Man of the Match Award (on the ground) 12.15pm Kick off – Youth Grade Grand Final 2.00pm Youth Grade Presentations including Man of the Match Award (on the ground) 2.20pm Kazza Jazz Dancers 2.50pm Teams Enter Ground and line up for Introductions 2.40pm Brazillian Drummers & Martial Arts display 2.58pm Australian National Anthem - sung by Jim McCallum 3.00pm Kick off – First Grade Grand Final 4.45pm First Grade Presentations including Man of the Match Award (on the ground) Peter Gaffney goes to ground with Dandaloo’s David Huxley, Ben Price and David Reid looking on ILLAWARRA FOOTBALL Association Board of Directors: Eddy De Gabriele (President), Milco Stojanoski (Vice President), Bruce Cunningham, Paul Mahanidis, Peter Dent, Claude Cuda, John Walker, Tom Clark. Administration: David Naylor (Manager), Heather Rowles. Grand Final Coordinators: Peter Dent, Milco Stojanoski. Edmen Group provides diversified workforce Edmen Recruitment services in specialises in labour hire, permanent and contract niche industry recruitment of personnel sectors. across a broad range of industry sectors Edmen Community Staffing Guardian Training is VETAB Solutions specialises in the registered, offering a diverse provision of Disability range of competency Support and Care Workers based training courses from to Community Service occupational health & safety organisations. to computer applications training. GRAND FINAL FACTS AND FIGURES Head to Head in 2010 Round 11 Port Kembla 1 Dandaloo 1 Round 22 Dandaloo 1 Port Kembla 2 Edmen Group PORT KEMBLA provides Founded: 1965 diversified IPL League Champions: 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 IPL Grand Final Winners: 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 workforce Edmen Recruitment services in specialises in labour hire, Bert Bampton Cup Winners: 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007 permanent and contract Leading Goalscorer 2010 regular season: Matt O’Shea -17 niche industry recruitment of personnel Cleansheets: 4 sectors. across a broad range of industry sectors The Boss: Stuart Beedie faced a new challenge this season when he left Dapto after many seasons at the helm and took up the reins at the Wetherall Park club. Has met with instant success at his new home with the team taking out the 2010 IPL League Championship. Like most of the coaches in the Premier League the League Championship is the one Beedie cherishes the most and winning today would be ‘icing on the cake’ in a possible dream double winning debut season. Star Man: Matthew O’Shea is undoubtedly the one to watch in this young Port side. O’Shea has been a bit of a journey man in his time in the IPL and enjoyed great success as captain of the Dandaloo sides of 2005/2006/2007. DANDALOO Founded: Entered IFA in 2004 – Promoted to IPL in 2005. Won IPL at first attempt. IPL League Champions: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 IPL Grand Final Winners: 2009 Bert Bampton Cup Winners: 2006, 2009, 2010 Leading Goalscorer 2010 regular season: Ilija Prenzoski – 17 Edmen Community Staffing Guardian Training is VETAB Solutions specialises in the registered, offering a diverse Cleansheets: 5 provision of Disability range of competency The boss: Peter Beggs assembled another side full of experienced players when he returned to the fold in 2010. Beggs came back to the Club after two seasons away and was faced with a no win situation after Support and Care Workers based training courses from the club secured an historic treble under the guidance of Rob Birkin. Today just might be a case whereby to Community Service occupational health & safety two out of three ain’t bad after relinquishing the League Title to Port Kembla. organisations. to computer applications Star Man: New Zealand International Chris Jackson has had another stella season in the Dandaloo training. engine room. His work ethic is second to none and he is no stranger to scoring goals also. Expect another solid display from the reigning George Naylor Medalist. PROUD SUPPLIERS OF MATCH BALLS FOR THE ILLAWARRA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION & FOOTBALL NSW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SPARTAN’S PRODUCTS, PHONE: (02) 4297 4700 OR EMAIL: [email protected] WWW.SPARTANSPORTS.COM.AU THE OFFICIAL LICENSEE FOR: GRAND FINAL PREDICTIONS Steve Micevski Albion Park White Eagles Port Kembla 2-1 Should be a close one with only one goal in it. Port Kembla should be fresh and with a youthful strikeforce should be too much for Dandaloo.We have played them three times in the last few weeks and Dandaloo have faded badly in the last 20 minutes of each game.