PANANIA DIGGERS SOCCER CLUB 2019 YEARBOOK Congratulations to our Premiers for Season 2019 Grade 12 Division 1B Grade 16 Division 1 AALadies Division 3 1 AAMen 7B 2 PANANIA DIGGERS SOCCER CLUB 2012012019201999 COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Bob Bell SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT Jim Carroll Peter O’Shea TREASURER SECRETARY Karoline Shears Dave McFadden JUNIOR CLUB CAPTAIN CLUB CAPTAIN Harrison Walther Drew Smithwick COACHING CHAIRMAN REGISTRAR Jay Smith Greg Williams Ian Loy FUND RAISING and PUBLICITY PLATINUM LEAGUE LIASON OFFICER OFFICER Geoff Amy Paul Edmunds CANTEEN MANAGER EQUIPMENT OFFICER Jodie Lavin Jimmy Bowmaker GROUND’S MANAGER MEMBER PROTECTION & Drew Smithwick INFORMATION OFFICER Barry Morris EVENTS COORDINATOR SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER Julie Parsons Amanda Pollock ASSISTANT SECRETARY, YOUTH CLUB DELEGATES RECORDER Graham Williams Jenny Beddoe Richard Williams GENERAL COMMITTEE GENERAL COMMITTEE BDAFA DELEGATES Mike Millen Jo Ferguson George Pizanis Paul Lavin Damien Shears Doug Walther Jason Williams Guy Serra Daniel Mason Chris Basha 3 4 YOUTH CLUB CODE OF ETHICS 1. While I remain an active member, I shall keep my mind and body active. 2. I shall conduct myself in an orderly manner and treat other members as I would like to be treated myself. 3. I shall, at all times, take proper care of the furniture and property of the Youth Club. 4. I shall respect the principles of good citizenship and encourage my associates to do likewise. 5. I shall endeavour to build friendship with my Club mates because friendship is one of the greatest assets that I can have and it is advantageous to my future welfare. 6. I shall follow my Youth Club leaders and respect and obey my instructors. 7. I shall be loyal to my Youth Club. 8. Finally, I shall remain loyal to my Queen and my country and love and respect my parents. CLUB SPONSORS 2019 MAJOR SPONSORS • ALLIANCE REAL ESTATE • KINGSGROVE SPORTS CENTRE • I-Move Physiotherapy • Laurentide Mortgage Solutions • PKF • RICHARD’S QUALITY MEATS • PANANIA DIGGERS • Double Jay Auto • THE SAFETY DEPOT • Teenie Weenies Learning Centre • Calman’s Pharmacy Picnic Point OTHER SPONSORS • Best Pest Solutions • Charlie’s Liquor Barn, Panania • Excel Logistics • Fitbodz Pty Ltd • Logical Freight Solutions • Inline Joinery • The Loan Wolf • Mike Hughes & Partners • VPH Lawns PANANIA RSL YSC would like to thank all the sponsors for their support during the 2019 season. 5 PRESIDENT’S REPORT It is with pride and pleasure that I present my 11th report as President of this wonderful club. This year we fielded 57 teams, comprising around 800 players and over 100 officials, again by far the largest club in the Bankstown district. We had 24 SSG Teams in Grades 6 to 11; 16 teams in the Junior Grades 12 to 18; and 17 Senior teams. While overall numbers were slightly down on last year, the number of teams reduced by 9 mainly due to concentrating on having full squads. This greatly reduced the number of issues during the season with teams playing short or having to forfeit. Player numbers were not helped by the problems with the registration system at the start of the year, which affected all clubs around Australia. We are advised that these issues have been fixed and improvements made to the software, fingers crossed for a smoother start to next season. Of our 33 competitive sides 21made the semis, of those 4 were successful in winning their competitions and 5 were runners up. Again the fact that we have more than one team in so many divisions limits the number of competitions we can actually win, so overall a good result. More importantly, we had minimal disciplinary and conflict issues which is a credit to all involved with the club. Our Joeys program was run by Mike Millen this year who recruited some excellent helpers to help look after the next generation of Panania soccer, the future certainly looks bright. Your committee held its third dedicated planning session last December where we commenced development of a manual covering all aspects of operations, in order that future Committees have written precedents to assist in the continued successful operation of the club. We will do more work on this in our next session. The club worked closely with BDAFA during the season and we proposed a range of changes to the regulations at the end of the season. Draft changes to the regulations have been issued by BDAFA which incorporate many of our suggestions, in particular having clearly defined dates for the structure of the season and allowing regrading of senior teams. We will advise the final changes when they are through. After the dramas with the state of our fields last year we were very fortunate to have Council oversow the fields at Easter which had a dramatic, positive effect for the rest of the season. However the grounds still need to be dug up and relayed with new drainage, this should have commenced by now and we are very hopeful of having our new fields ready for the start of training next season. We held our annual Sportsmen’s Lunch during the year, again at Panania Diggers, which was our best attended and most successful of the 6 years it has been running. Our Kids’ Disco and Trivia Night were also well attended, special thanks to Julie Parsons for her part in organising all our functions. Our AGM was held in September, combined with the Coaches & Managers Thank You Drinks, I’m pleased to say I was re-elected President so will serve my 12 th year in 2020. Our Treasurer Karoline Shears, who has done an outstanding job for the club and not just in relation to our finances, has decided to stand down, thank you Karoline for all you’ve done. To the committee as a whole, who continue to work together to ensure the club operates effectively, my sincere thanks and appreciation for all your efforts. In addition to our committee there are innumerable players, officials, family members and friends of the club who put their hand up to help whenever asked, and often without being asked. Thank you to all those who have contributed over the year. To everyone who was a part of our club this year, I sincerely hope you enjoyed the season and will be back with us next year. If not, let me know why, we’re always looking to improve. That’s it for this year, see you next season. Bob Bell President 6 7 PANANIA R.S.L. SOCCER CLUB REGISTRATIONS Numbers for the 2020 season are limited, the registration process should be the same – So ensure you get in early. On line registrations will open in January 2020, information and start date will be on our website when available. 2020 SEASON SATURDAY COMPETITION MEN, BOYS & MIXED, 12’s TO ALL AGE, G35’s, G45’s Small sided games for 6’s to 11’s SUNDAY COMPETITION WOMEN SSG’s 12’s, 14’s, 16’s, 18’s, All Age On line registrations start late January. Dates for assistance - to be advised. Copy of proof of age will be required for all new players. Please ensure that you load a current photo. MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE – ON LINE PAYMENT OF FEES IS THE PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT. 8 2019 SERVICE AWARDS 10 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS Tom Lindsay-Eschbank Daniel Aquilina Dion Arfanis Alexander Atme 2018 Graham Black Joshua Collins Anthony Costa Gavin Costello Brett Dingeldei Greg Hassett Liam Hewitt Jamie Pollock Rhys Puckeridge Emanuele Serra Patrick Sharkey Kristie Stevens Thomas Sullivan G14-2 Cassandra Wedgwood Jack Wedgwood 15 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS Mitchell Edmunds Joel Hession Paul King Brendan Ross Daniel Tait Shane Wyatt 20 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD Bob Bell Martin Gallagher Nathan Mulholland Jake Nelson Daniel Reed 25 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS Ian Bell 30 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS Peter O'Shea Checking club records for service awards is protracted and arduous, omissions are easily made. If you believe that you are entitled to a service award and are not listed above, please contact the committee so that your service records can be checked and amended as required. LIFE MEMBERS Ken Anderson Netta Anderson Dawn Norris Keith Norris Frank Bosustow Keith Smith Brian Pearce Ken Judd Rex Cox (senior) Wal Furness Allen Pike Dick Leach Pat Carney Kevin Finnie Ron Trusty Frank Price John Essam Peter Druce Bill Johnson Russell Scott Ray Newbery Geoff Wise Lance Bartley Bruce Petch Graham Williams Bob Brown Val Johanson Mick Blatch Mark Lidbetter Craig Wise Jack Frazer Peter O’Shea Greg Williams Wayne Roberts Glenn Rufford Richard Williams Carolyn Pope Bob Bell Dave McFadden 9 The corner of Tower St and Woodburn Ave Panania (near Chicken Wizard) Phone 1300 ASK TSD (1300 275 873) For all your safety and workwear needs 10 TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS 2019 Position in Grade Team Coach Result Premiership 12 1A Brad Simpson 1st Runners Up 12 1B Anthony Martin 2nd PREMIERS 12 2A Gavin Johnson 6th 12 2B Shane Dunn 8th 12 3 David McFadden 5th Shayne 12L Puckeridge 6th 13 1 Ludwig Rivas 3rd Finalists 13 2 Daniel Tait 4th Semi Finalists 14 1 Josh Collins 2nd Runners Up 14 2 Mark Roberts 4th Semi Finalists 16 1 Anthony Martin 2nd PREMIERS Family 16 2 Wedgwood 4th Runners Up 16L 1 Chad Bentley 4th Finalists 17/18 1A Michael Omeros 4th Semi Finalists 17/18 1B Jay Smith 2nd Runners Up Shayne 17/18 1C Puckeridge 6th AAM 1A Warren Gibson 3rd Semi Finalists AAM 1B Zach Caddy-Kelly 5th Brayden AAM 3A McFarland 4th Semi Finalists AAM 3B Alex Hassett 2nd Finalists AAM 5A Shaun Goodson 6th AAM 5B Sam Dib 7th AAM 7A Simon Masterton 3rd Runners Up AAM 7B Ethan Barnes 1st PREMIERS AAL 2 Jim Carroll 3rd Semi Finalists AAL 3 Brett Lombe 2nd PREMIERS Over 35's 1 Larry Brooks 6th Over 35's 2A Dave McFadden