2015 East Coast Eagles Year Book.

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EAST COAST EAGLES AFL FOOTBALL CLUB – 2015 YEAR BOOK
CLUB MANAGERIAL HISTORY
YEAR
PRESIDENT
CHAIRMAN
GENERAL
MANAGER
ADMINISTRATOR
FINANCE
SENIOR
COACH
1976
Ray Johns
N/A
TBA
TBA
N/A
77-79
John Morris
80-81
Kevin Hall
N/A
TBA
TBA
N/A
N/A
TBA
TBA
N/A
1982
Brian Ginger
N/A
1983
Ian Fraser
N/A
TBA
TBA
N/A
Glenys Reed
John Mitchell
N/A
1984
Grahame Willis
N/A
1985
Grahame Willis
N/A
Glenys Reed
Andy McPhee
N/A
Prue Daffy
Andy McPhee
N/A
1986
Bill McLeod
1987
Bill McLeod
N/A
Jill Turbill
Andy McPhee
N/A
N/A
Jill Turbill
N/A
Bill McLeod
N/A
Jill Turbill
Andy McPhee
Jim Pascoe
Jim Pascoe
1988
1989
Grahame Willis
N/A
Pam Johnson
Jim Pascoe
David Grace
Bruce Johnson
Bill Willington
1990
Grahame Willis
N/A
Pam Johnson
Jim Pascoe
Doug Scholz
1991
Grahame Willis
N/A
Henry Yeates
Jim Pascoe
Doug Scholz
1992
Jim Pascoe
N/A
Henry Yeates
Jacki Toy
Mick Toy
1993
Tony Hill
N/A
Henry Yeates
Ian Fraser
James Walton
1994
Tony Hill
N/A
Henry Yeates
Jake Armstrong
Doug Scholz
1995
Tony Hill
N/A
Henry Yeates
Lou Zivkovich
1996
Peter Physick
N/A
Henry Yeates
John Spring
Dennis Dunstan
Garry Hutchinson
Kevin Allen
1997
Peter Physick
N/A
Henry Yeates
John Spring
Matthew Frost
1998
Peter Physick
N/A
Henry Yeates
John Spring
Craig McGrath
1999
Peter Physick
N/A
Jan Frost
Craig McGrath
2000
Peter Physick
Andrew Bence
John Evernden
Bob Wynne
Bob Wynne
Jan Frost
Tim Jones
2001
Peter Physick
Andrew Bence
Richard Lee
Bob Wynne
Tim Jones
2002
Peter Physick
Andrew Bence
Richard Lee
Bob Wynne
2003
Peter Physick
John Evernden
Sarah Campbell
Bob Wynne
Andrew Baxter
Gus Seebeck
Michael Knuppel
2004
Peter Physick
Bob Wynne
N/A
Bob Wynne
Michael Knuppel
2005
Peter Physick
David Ralston
N/A
Andrew Baxter
Rohan Graham
2006
Peter Physick
Wally Gallio
N/A
Andrew Baxter
Rohan Graham
2007
Peter Physick
Anthony Dignan
N/A
Andrew Baxter
Rohan Graham
2008
Gus Seebeck
Anthony Dignan
N/A
Phil Bester
Glenn Garner
2009
Gus Seebeck
Anthony Dignan
N/A
Phil Bester
Glenn Garner
2010
Gus Seebeck
N/A
Rowan Bilkey
Tony Moran
Glenn Garner
2011
Gus Seebeck
N/A
Tony Moran
Glenn Garner
2012
Gus Seebeck
Tony Moran
Craig
Abercrombie
Tony Moran
Craig Abercrombie
Glenn Garner
2013
Gus Seebeck
Gavin Lawrence
Gavin Lawrence
Gus Seebeck
Marc Dragicevic
2014
Gus Seebeck
Peter Physick
(from 27/08/14)
Peter Physick
Gavin Lawrence
Gavin Lawrence
Michael Sankey
N/A
Richard Lee
Gus Seebeck
Jon Gawley
(from 27/08/14)
Jon Gawley
2015
SECRETARY
The Club played as The Baulkham Hills Falcons from 1976 -1992 in lower grades.
The Sydney AFL Premier League teams played as the Baulkham Hills Falcons during 1993 -1999
The Sydney AFL Premier League teams played as the East Coast Eagles during 2000 - 2011
All grades, including NEAFL played as the Sydney Hills Eagles in 2012, 2013 & 2014
The Club changed its name in 2015 and returned to AFL Sydney as the East Coast Eagles.
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Michael Sankey
INDEX
Club Managerial history………………………………………………………………….
Board of Directors....................................................................................................
Club Life Member Honour roll ………………………………………………………….
2015 Annual General Meeting.................................................................................
President’s report.....................…...………………………………………………….....
Financial report.........................................................................................................
Our most valued Sponsors......................................................................................
Our Most Valued Sponsors ……………………………………………………………..
Facilities ………................………………………………………………………………..
Catering.....................................................................................................................
Coterie Club..............................................................................................................
Eagles Extravaganza................................................................................................
Coterie Club………................….…………………………………………………………
Life Members …......………………………………………………......…………………..
Player Life Members.................................................................................................
Acknowledgements..................................................................................................
Special Achievements……………………..…………………………………………….
President’s Award……….…..……………………………………………………………
Club Person of the Year Award………………………….…………………………......
Clubman of the Year …….…….….…………...…………………………………………
Volunteers report / Volunteer of the Year..............................................................
Club Champion.........................................................................................................
Leading Goal kickers ………………….……………………………………………….
Club Records….…..................……………………………………………………………
Best and Fairest history.....................………………….................................….……
Rising Star............................................…..………………………………….………….
Junior Club partnerships.........................................................................................
Season wrap up........................................................................................................
Under 19........... …..............……………………….………………………….…….…...
Third Grade (Division Three)...................................................................................
Reserve Grade (Division One) ............……….………………………………………..
Premier Division......................................…..…………………………………………..
Player Milestones.....................................................................................................
Club Senior match statistics............……………………………………………………
Premier Division (Club Champion) voting..............................................................
Reserve Grade (Division One) voting.....................................................................
Third Grade (Division Three) voting.......................................................................
Under 19 voting........................................................................................................
Premiership ladders.................................................................................................
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4
4
4
6
8
10
10
14
15
16
17
16
18
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
31
32
33
35
36
37
39
41
46
52
58
66
68
73
74
75
76
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EAST COAST EAGLES AFL FOOTBALL CLUB Inc.
PO BOX 6029
ROUSE HILL NSW 2155
ABN 13 731 963 684
Tel: 0419 264159
[email protected]
www.eastcoasteagles.com.au
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BOARD of DIRECTORS - 2015
Peter Physick
Jon Gawley
Paul Meyer
Rodney Frost
David Arndt
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT / FINANCE
FACILITY MANAGEMENT
SPONSORSHIP / MEDIA / LIST MANAGER
FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT
CLUB LIFE MEMBER HONOUR ROLL
1984
Glenys Reed & Doug Reed
1986
Ian Mercer
1988
Grahame Willis
1990
Ian Fraser & Bill McLeod
1991
John Payne & Rob Stone
1993
Kath Fraser
1994
David Grace
1995
Pam Johnson & Anne McLeod
1996
Arthur Frost, Bruce Johnson, Warren Quintrell, Henry Yeates
1997
Graeme Merkel
1998
Greg Crosby
1999
Ross Abercrombie, Graeme Bleus
2000
Laima Physick, Peter Physick
2001
Alan Brotherston, Paul Madden
2002
Craig Abercrombie, Scott Abercrombie, John Evernden,
Les Jarjoura
2004
Rudi Bylsma, Richard Lee, Bob Wynne
2007
Mike Pilkington
2008
Trevor Hangan
2010
Steve Gawley
2015
Rodney Frost, Jon Gawley
Life Members listed above received their recognition under the separate Constitutions which governed the Baulkham Hills AFC
and East Coast Eagles AFL Football Clubs up until November 2007. The East Coast Eagles were formed in 2000. At the 2007
AGM, a revised East Coast Eagles Constitution was adopted which varied the qualification terms.
2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
EAST COAST EAGLES AFL FOOTBALL CLUB INC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE
Monday December 7th 2015 at 7.30pm
The Greenway Room – Mean Fiddler Hotel
Cnr Commercial Road and Windsor Road, Rouse Hill: NSW
Notice is hereby given that the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the East Coast Eagles AFL Football
Club Inc. will be held at the address above on Monday December 7th 2015.
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The main purpose of the AGM is to elect nominating Club Members to the positions to be filled on the
Club Board and the various committees to be outlined on the night.
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All positions are declared vacant and elections will be held to form the 2016 Executive Board.
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All candidates for such election must be financial Club members and must be proposed and
seconded by financial Club members.
•
Financial Members can lodge written nominations with the Club seven (7) days prior to the
Annual General Meeting and shall be eligible for election to a vacant position. Nominations can
also be called from the floor on the night if required.
Details of positions to be filled are as follows:
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Five Board positions (minimum) comprising:
President
Vice President / Finance
Football Operations
Administration
Sponsorship / Media / Player Liaison
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The appropriate form to nominate for a position on the Board of Directors will be available on the Club
website.
Please complete and e-mail the signed document to [email protected]
In addition to any other business which may be transacted at the Annual General Meeting, the business
of an Annual General Meeting shall be:·
To confirm the minutes of the preceding Annual General Meeting and of any
Extraordinary General Meetings held since that meeting.
·
To receive from the Directors, reports upon the activities of the Club during the preceding
financial year.
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To elect office-bearers of the Club.
·
To receive and consider the statement which is required to be submitted to members
pursuant to Section 26(6) of the Association’s Incorporation Act 1984:
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To receive and accept a copy of the Club’s Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss statement and
Auditor’s Report (if applicable) for the preceding financial year.
We look forward to seeing all interested Club Members on the December 7th 2015 at the Fiddler to
ensure that the 2016 Board is supported by committed and energetic people.
All members who attend and wish to vote must be financial Club Members. Membership applications will
be available on the night and prior to the night via the East Coast Eagles website.
Peter Physick
President
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Peter Physick
Not sure just where one starts to describe the last 16 months.
The 2014 Year Book did not carry any commentary as to the
difficulties the Sydney Hills Eagles Football Club found itself in
midway during last year. In short the Club was deeply in debt
and continuing to compete in the NEAFL was clearly
unsustainable. In fact, whether it could continue to trade at all
was yet to be determined.
The AFL were informed and a working party was quickly put
together to determine the full extent of the damage. The people
who comprised that initial group were genuinely shocked as to
how bad the situation appeared on the surface, but once the
full extent of the problem had been evaluated and analysed,
some serious soul searching was needed. The footy club,
regardless of what it was called, was near death and the
easiest path to take was to simply close it down.
However that would have brought separate complex problems
into the equation, both legally and morally. The latter, to be
honest, carried more weight than anything else. Sure, the club was only 15 years old but it had been
such a labour of love by so many people to get it to where it had won three successive premierships,
that to destroy it now would border on criminal neglect. Besides AFL footy needed a strong senior club in
our geographical region.
After many deep breaths and meetings the decision was taken to give it a go. The following were the not
negotiables in order to make it work:
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The existing Board must stand down
The Club would return to its founding name of East Coast Eagles
The Club would withdraw its First Grade side from the NEAFL and seek permission to return
it to the AFL Sydney Premier Division competition
A commercial loan of $150,000 would be sought, 100% of which would be used to pay back
37.5% of the existing debt
Long term payment arrangements must be secured with those creditors whose debts could
not be paid in one hit
The income budget must rise by 250%
The expenditure budget in 2015 would reduce by 70%
New corporate sponsors must be found. Their income would be used to fund all operating
expenses for season 2015 and to meet the ongoing debt reduction program.
Quite a list of massive self-imposed conditions. A new Board was elected at an Extraordinary AGM held
on 27/08/14 comprising of three people who were utterly committed to the cause and resurrection of the
Eagles. The Club should always be indebted to Jon Gawley and Richard Lee who willingly accepted
my request to join me in forming the new Board, which was assisted at that time by Chris Baddock as
our advisor. In early January, once some business hurdles had been overcome, the Board was
honoured to welcome Rodney Frost to the team and then in the months to follow, David Arndt and
Paul Meyer.
Thousands of hours were spent by this group in the precise planning of how the whole transformation
would occur and the subsequent ongoing execution of those plans. Although Richard strategically
stepped down from the Board at the AGM in March to allow succession planning to commence, he was
not lost to the club as you will read on page 25 in this Year Book.
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Our sponsor partners are well documented on page 10. These companies provided the financial lifeline
the Board needed and we are truly indebted to each and every one of them. Importantly, the people
behind these companies are now personal friends and they have learned to love the Eagles and AFL
football. Many had never seen a game of our code before in their lives. Of all the stories in the saga of
the Eagles, the acquisition of our new sponsor partners is perhaps the most heart-warming.
To have a footy club, you must have players. We are indebted to the work done by Michael Sankey,
Rodney Frost and Jon Vlatko who set about the task of retaining as many of the NEAFL playing list as
possible. Given the parameters set by the Board it would not be easy, but to the credit of these three
men, 11 of the top 25 NEAFL players stayed with the Club. Of these, seven were East Coast players
anyway who played in one or more of the 09, 10, 11 Premierships. To players in all grades, I say a
heartfelt thanks for the manner in which you played your part in the restoration of East Coast.
The Board had no set targets for any on field results from any of the grades. We were just thrilled that
there were four teams playing footy. The Premier Division side excelled throughout the minor round, but
as we now know they fell at the last hurdle on Grand Final day. A crushing blow? Not at all. Certainly
one which hurt at the time for everybody, but to get to where we did was truly remarkable.
Our Volunteers and supporters …. What can I say! You rallied to action when the trumpet sounded and
pitched in like never before. Rodney Frost has written a wonderful story about you that begins on page
28 and you deserve every credit imaginable. Our “Back to Baulko” day was an extraordinary success
with 2,000 people, maybe more, at the ground. The catering folk were run off their feet, but as always
“Dickie’s team” held true. He talks about that on page 15. A very special mention from me goes to a
group of guys who have a foot in three camps. They play footy for our team in Division Three, they
volunteer for anything that’s going and once they populate the Eagles’ Nest at home games next to the
scoreboard, they become legendary supporters for Premier Division.
2015 was a year where the objective was purely for us to stay alive and compete in community footy
again. Given the circumstances, I’m of the view that we did that pretty well. But it was at the expense of
attention being given to future development. We have now addressed that shortcoming for 2016 and
beyond. Michael Sankey (Premier), John Hupfeld (U19), Matt O’Connor (Reserve grade) and Matty
Mack (Third grade) have already been appointed to their coaching roles. In addition Peter Steer
becomes our Director of Coaching to oversee all coaching activities with special concentration on our
revamped U19 program with John and his staff. An enormous effort has already been put in over the last
three weeks to ensure a constant influx of talented juniors to the Eagles over future years.
Our 2016 sponsorship program is all but complete with six of our seven premium sponsors locked in,
plus we are talking to other companies who wish to partner East Coast in our continuing quest to regain
former glory. When the 2016 fixture is finalised we will very quickly build our social program around it
and advise all members and fans through our Social media outlets. The events we held this year were
outstanding and you can be assured that with your help they will be bigger and better across the next 12
months.
When I walked around Kanebridge Oval on match days, it was so evident that our initial decision to give
it a go was the right one. To have not made an attempt would have been negligent. It wasn’t only my
eyes that told me what was happening; I could feel the atmosphere and excitement, in fact almost reach
out and touch it. Even the Eagle burgers just smelt better. People were smiling, they were happy.
Crowds were way up. Simone Francké, our delightful grounds person from Council, kept the complex in
better nick than ever before. Everything worked. We had people to fix them if they failed. It was just so
cool to be at the local footy on the best ground in Sydney football. I just couldn’t imagine what I would be
doing otherwise …….
Judging by everyone’s input this year, I just may not be alone in those thoughts.
Laima ….. thank you for your eternal support and encouragement for me to do what I do, day in day out.
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FINANCIAL
Jon Gawley
I will start this off by saying what a difference a year makes. There are still some final movements to be
made for this Financial Year which actually ends tonight, October 31st.
The 2015 Financial Year saw the new Board come into action with a major problem which was a
massive loss from the previous year that had to be carefully managed. During the early months of
planning , careful and constructive thought was given to provide the Club with not only a budget, but an
accurate budget which we could aim for.
A lot of positives have come from the 2015 season with the canteen in particular coming back in with
numbers not seen since back in the old East Coast years of 2009-10-11. These figures have been truly
remarkable and a credit to the Catering team led by Richard and Colleen Lee. Turnover from the
canteen before expenses exceeded the $40k
mark and this was aided again by the
dynamic, never aging duo of Ron (who turns
80 next year) and Barbara Heathcote who
manned a BBQ which, as per always, was “fit
for a king”. Between the above people
budgets were managed and targets beaten,
so a great effort there.
Sponsorship revenue has come back with a
bang as well following the rebranding back to
East Coast and some great team efforts by
the Board. New and old sponsors were
targeted from whom we have got a great new
source of actual income to support the day to
day operations of the Football Club.
Another exciting initiative has been our
Fighting Fund where much needed funds
were required to pay off our 10 year
commercial loan. Some great support has
been given here which resulted in us being able to pay year one of our debt early in the season and well
before the due date. This source of income is vital and allows other revenue streams to cover the week
to week running expenses of the Club.
The NAB Introducer program has been heavily promoted this season allowing members and supporters
to be able to take a mortgage with NAB and also give funds back to the Club. This has resulted in above
budget targets being met and an extra income stream generated. There is already a strong pipeline of
new support for the 2016 season which is encouraging.
With income coming in at a lot better rate than in the previous NEAFL era, one thing which we have
done is manage expenses carefully. Some tough calls have been made which understandably at times
raised queries. It has been a very challenging 12 months where the expenses have had to be managed
and we will continue to do so on an ongoing basis. Special credit must go out to the playing group who
stuck by the footy club when massive reductions were necessary. I was very proud to complete all owed
payments on time during the season, unlike the year prior.
Whilst we have come a long way, there is always room for improvement. One thing is for certain support is way up, and the Club has a club feel about it again. Things will get better and better with
continued discipline and planning in the years to come.
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2016 is another season, with its challenges and hard work still required, however we are in a much
better position now than 12 months ago. We have a club and we will get better again.
I urge all members and supporters to come to the AGM on December 7th at the Fiddler where a
comprehensive report on the financials and where we have come from will be tabled.
A special thank you too must go out too Carolyn Canda who is our book keeper. She has been with us
right through this journey and is truly amazed by what we have done. I thank you Carolyn for sticking
with us and your continued support of our club.
Lastly I need to really thank two special ladies. My beautiful Kristy and my daughter Summer. This last
year has been very taxing on time. My wife has had a very tough run with her health, but she has been
nothing other than supportive of my goal to make our club strong again. There have been so many hours
away and time on the phone speaking, texting or emailing the other Board members, or the AFL. It
really takes its toll and you need family support, so thank you Kristy for allowing me to have my dream,
outside of our dream.
To Summer, who waves bye to me when I put on my Polo to go to “Putball” as she calls it, thanks for
being a special girl. I will hopefully have another 20-30 years left in this club too now as “Little Jonny”
will be with us before the start of 2016 season.
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OUR MOST VALUED SPONSORS
Jon Gawley
2015 has seen the rebirth of the Eagles. Coming back to a name which was branded and envied in
Sydney football has certainly helped garner the support of new sponsors and past ones from prior years.
And 2016 has had a great start with most, if not all 2015 Partners committing again for next year, which
is just brilliant.
This year the Club undertook some massive transformations on
the field which you can read about in the various reports within
this Year Book. Big changes occurred off the field too and in
2015 we welcomed the following:
Vesta Homes, led by owner and founder Joe Satar and Sam
Ahvazi, were not only brand new to East Coast, but to the
game of AFL football as well. The boys from Vesta have fitted in
so well with the Eagles including being initiated to the Nest!!
They love the game day experience and we thank them
sincerely for their support and look forward to having Vesta
Homes on the back of our football jumpers for many years to
come.
Kanebridge Oval…. Does it ring a bell?
Kanebridge Limited came on board in
2015 by signing a three year agreement
to become the first ever ground naming
rights sponsor of the oval within Bruce
Purser Reserve.
Managing director
Marwan Rahme, a local developer and
passionate sports follower jumped at the
opportunity when asked to become
involved. This year would have been so
much harder without Kanebridge’s initial
support. Marwan raised the stakes even
further during the year when he took the opportunity to promote The Hugh, their new Apartment complex
in Withers Road at “Back to Baulko” day. Several units were sold on the day and additional funds were
donated back to the Club as a result. Marwan still has some years on his deal and Kanebridge will be
around for a lot longer he assures us. Thank you Marwan, Thank you Kanebridge and your team for
your partnership with the Eagles.
www.issd.co / Paper Rolls Australia are our front of jumper
sponsor. It saw PMA Solutions return to the Eagles using
their issd.co brand. Phil Okill and PMA were long time
sponsor partners with East Coast prior to the NEAFL era and
their return was very welcome indeed. This sponsorship was
co-supported via Rodney Frost and the team at Paper Rolls Australia through Rodney’s passion for the
club. So thank you to both Phil and Rodney for your support and sponsorship of our jumpers.
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Mansfield Corporation came on
board straight away and with no
hesitations. Bruce and Kathleen
Mansfield have been strong
supporters of our club and have
already committed to a renewal
of their 2016 shorts sponsorship.
We thank you Bruce and Kathleen for your support of the Eagles and look forward to having you as part
of the East Coast family for many more years.
KFC came back and supported us this
season with the help of Greg Fisher.
Seeing the red and yellow KFC branded
Sherrins flying around at Kanebridge Oval
matches was spectacular and a great
privilege for every grade to get to use new
footballs each and every home game.
Whenever the football is in a photograph
you’d be amazed how often the KFC logo is visible. One of Greg’s KFC restaurants is the one adjacent
to the Fiddler, so get down and say thanks for already re
re-committing
committing KFC to the 2016 season.
Jatec Transport has come back on board
supporting the Club as our primary outer clothing
sponsor. Troy and Jane Barlow have been long
term partners with the Eagles (and the Kellyville
Magpies) and we are very grateful that they
chose to stick with the Club through
throu tough times
as we regrouped throughout the 2015 season.
After a few years away we were delighted to agree a deal with an old friend
for season 2015 and it was great to be able to call The Fiddler our “home”
again. Their support was quick and fast and they were a great addition to the
club with some wonderful functions being held there with great food, drink
and service. After match gatherings at a local venue was a great addition to
the end of our home match experience. We’re delighted to announce tha
that
General Manager Sara Belling and East Coast have already agreed that The
Fiddler remains as our home again in 2016.
The NAB introducer program was back in action
this year with the Club. There have been a
number of loans completed and more are filtering
filterin
through the system. It’s a fantastic way to get
funds back into the Club and already Daniel and
Jennifer Cicciarelli, along with Jared and
Bianca Madden have concluded loans through
Jon Gawley and provided kind testimonials
showing their support for the program.
The 2015 season brought back the Match Day sponsor experience which offers local businesses the
opportunity to entertain their clients and gues
guests
ts at the footy, toss the coin and enjoy the hospitality of the
Eagles. Thanks to Tony Moran for hosting these days and a special thank you goes to PPC Moulding
Services, Samways Building and Construction and The Insulated Roof Panel Company. We hope
to see you back again 2016.
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The Player Sponsorship program continued for the 2015 season and it saw a good uplift in support with
22 players finding their own sponsor. Special mentions and thanks to the following companies.
Jamie Vlatko
Outback Jacks
Trent Baker
Paper Rolls Australia
Blake Anderson
KFC
Jared Madden
Castle Hill Hyundai
Jack Dimery
Outback Jacks
Rodney Frost
Stuart Turner
Bennett Precision Tooling P/L
James Regan
Samways Building &
Construction
360HR
Daniel Spiteri
BMG Air Conditioning Pty Ltd
Cameron Arndt
Jatec
Jon Vlatko
Upstream Print Solutions
Peter Vlatko
KFC
Andrew
Browning
Andrew
McConnell
Aaron Savage
Girvan Waugh
Jared Patira
KFC
Commercial Industrial
Contractors
Storit Self Storage
Jimmy Delaney
Insulated Roof Panel
Company
Baseplan Software
Aaron
Drinkwater
Josh Cutting
The Supervets
Nathan Thomas
Outback Jacks
Jacob Rowley
Ben Carey
G&G Prestige
Constructions
Paper Rolls Australia
This season also saw a BBQ sponsor come on board to help out the Club. A & I Auto Group via Ian
and Andrew Heathcote chose to kindly assist their Mum and Dad Barbara and Ron. With their
financial assistance the famous East Coast BBQ rolled into Kanebridge Oval on every home match day
to keep the great Eagle Burger traditional alive.
We also have another group of benefactors to the club who have willingly contributed to the Eagles
Fighting Fund which was set up to help the footy club through its hard times. Donations were accepted
and many players and supporters willingly chipped in with regular payments through their bank account,
or on an adhoc basis as finances allowed. We wish to acknowledge and thank the following group of
people who have supported the club with income outside its regular revenue streams. Chris Baddock,
Paul Stewart, Tracey Stewart, Michael Sankey, Richard Lee, Jon Vlatko, Mark and Peta Pinchen,
Laima Physick, Peter Physick, Jon Gawley, Trent Stubbs, Jackson Ferguson, Stuart Turner,
Eugene Kruger, Kenny Ewen-Chappell, Josh Cutting, Jordan McPherson, Cameron Arndt, Will
Bradley, Aaron Drinkwater, Dean Costello, Andrew Browning and “Mr Dickens” who won the East
Coast Footy tipping and donated the prize money to the big red football that sat in the canteen. Many
anonymous people also contributed to that footy and we thank them as well, plus anyone we have
missed. Our apologies if we have. Your donations allowed us to completely pay off our year one
repayment for the commercial loan mentioned in the Financial Report on page 8.
Our fundraising this year was excellent with some well thought out plans and events which were well
supported and will only get better. The annual golf day at North Ryde was a good fun day and it is on
again this year on December 4th, so keep that date clear in your golf diary. Thanks to Andrew Turner
for his organisation. Our match day raffles wouldn’t have happened without Tracey Stewart finding the
prizes and Rudi Bylsma who has secured his role for next season as the chief raffle book seller.
Back to Baulko day was enormous, thanks to the unbelievable energy of the Media Man Rodney Frost.
Frosty got the attendance to a level that was the biggest crowd I have ever seen at an AFL match in
Sydney. There were jumping castles, face painting, Kanebridge apartments being sold, merchandise
stands to name but a few. But above all it was a day where it was evident the club had been reborn.
Jumper Presentation night started off proceedings at the Fiddler in March, followed Big AB’s
extraordinary Trivia night in May, which somehow morphed into a fancy dress party. The atmosphere
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was truly wonderful. Ladies Day was a great success as was the Mid-Season Black Tie Ball with
hypnotist Greg Hudson. And lastly our Club Champion Night at the Castle Hill RSL was well supported
by players and supporters to watch Trent Stubbs take his third B&F in succession.
PS
We haven’t seen the last of Andrew Browning’s unique MC skills...
2015 was a great start to the resurgence of the East Coast Eagles. There have been massive inroads
made, none of which could have happened without the cooperation and support of everybody mentioned
above. There have been many to say thanks to, but if you have been missed it, was not intentional. We
are truly lucky to be able to exist again and your backing and encouragement is entirely the reason.
2016 will be better, it will be improved, and we are always open to ideas and help, so should you have
some thoughts, please speak to us. This is our Club and we are back!
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FACILITIES
Paul Meyer
Firstly a bit of an introduction. I’ve been around the club
for approximately two years now but stepped up to join
the Board mid-season. I am currently the treasurer for the
Northwest Redback Masters and was previously on the
committee (General and Treasurer) or in coaching roles
for the Kellyville Magpies juniors. My son played in the
inaugural U15 Division One Joint Venture Eagles team
and could be seen helping out the Div Three Eagles
running water, boundary or assisting as Team Manager.
Kanebridge Oval was in high demand this year. The four
Eagles teams, Masters, AFL9’s, Kellyville Magpies
academy in its inaugural year, 18 Kellyville Magpies
Junior teams, Auskick, numerous school sports bookings
and GWS Giants school programs thru the week. We will
continue to plan and work with the respective bodies to
ensure no conflicts and availability. With all that use I
believe the ground held up really well.
Our special thanks as always go to Simone Francké
who, as Council’s full time grounds person, maintains the venue in such terrific condition. Without
question Simone deserves all the praise we can possibly heap upon her.
Around the ground
•
Many new club sponsor perimeter fence signs boards went up, as well as those on the Coaches
boxes and the scoreboard. With the resurgence of the Eagles Nest, a new permanent sign was
purchased and erected between the scoreboard and southern goals. We expect the convocation
to be bigger next year.
•
After many weeks of love and care prior to the commencement of the season, the scoreboard
seemed to hold up pretty well. More work though will be required prior to the start of next season.
The PA system was brought back to life and aided in the pre-game music, sponsorship
announcements, winning song and canteen menu. (Although Dicky can be louder at times!!)
•
•
Security sensor lights were put up around the coaching boxes and ground facilities which seems
to have reduced the number of graffiti attacks.
•
Ground lighting. While the council is aware that some lamps are not working, it’s obviously not a
simple job to replace the faulty ones. We are in ongoing discussion with them on ways, means
and timing to fix the wiring and globes.
•
The council is continuing with the earthworks to extend the hill around the northern goals and to
the opposition coaches box.
•
We are in discussion with cricket to commence pre-season training on the ground in late
November.
Looking forward to a great 2016 season where we can go one better.
Roosy
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CATERING
Richard Lee
Looking back on the 2015 season from a Canteen perspective, it
was a good year. The budget was met, there were no injuries and
no one was poisoned. We catered for all of the home matches, one
Kellyville Magpies’ event and one Masters’ event.
Once again Ron and Barbara Heathcote were the backbone of the
operation, providing the world’s best BBQ trailer and food, cooking
thousands of hamburgers, sausages, eggs, a hundred or so kilos of
bacon, hundreds of hash browns, many, many pancakes and one
thousand ton of onions. Through all of this activity there was never a
cross word and you could always be guaranteed a smile. Jon
Gawley must also be congratulated on his efforts on the BBQ. If it
was going, Jon would be cooking while at the same time performing
the duties of Ground Manager or any other job that needed a fill in.
The Division Three boys did a fantastic job of serving and ensuring
that the demands from the customers were fulfilled. Their dexterity
with the serving tongs was a beauty to behold. Well done and many,
many thanks boys. If these blokes were not serving they would be
contributing to the Club through the purchase and consumption of
their favourite product in the Eagles’ Nest under the ever watchful
eye of Paul Meyer.
On match days this season we decided to try and raise some extra funds by running a match day raffle.
Tracey Stewart did a marvellous job of sourcing items for the raffle and Rudi Bylsma made himself
available to mingle with the crowd and sell raffle tickets. Thousands of dollars were raised through these
match day raffles which went a long way to supporting the Fighting Fund.
As well as helping out with serving in the canteen, Tracey also organised the “Football Money box” that
was on the counter at each game. This donation box raised a very healthy $500 for the Fighting Fund.
Your help this year
Tracey was fantastic.
Thanks heaps. It was
also great to have Tony
Moran involved with the
match day sponsors.
Tony hosted the guests
and ensured that their
lubricants were kept
stocked and that none
of the sponsors’ guests
left Kanebridge Oval
hungry.
We also engaged Paul
Eastman and his coffee
truck this year. It seems
to have been a big hit
with the patrons. High
standard coffee on a
cold day at the footy is a
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real bonus. Well done to all of the Eastos.
Special thanks go to my wife Colleen. She was at the ground early each match day sorting out the
canteen, cutting bread rolls, tomatoes, lettuce and onions, offering me advice and serving the patrons all
day. Fantastic job Colleen.
A special mention needs to be made in regards to our Back to Baulko day. What an event! It was great
to see so many old faces back at the footy. The canteen, BBQ and drinks outlets were run off their feet.
It was a busy and fantastic day. To all those who helped or contributed on this and Ladies Day (another
major event), thank you and very well done.
All in all I’m very happy with the canteen’s contribution to the Club this year. Some of the comments
were marvellous. “The best catered AFL ground in Sydney”, “I love coming to this place for the
pancakes”, “Pasties!!! Fantastic”, “You have to have an Eagle Burger, they are the best”. These
comments came from opposition supporters and players.
Well done Colleen and Tracey, a fantastic effort from Ron, Barbara, Jon and the Division Three boys.
Thanks Tony, Rudi and Paul. To those who I have not named, I thank you as well. Many folks assisted
in many ways in ensuring the off field success of the Club this year.
Thanks to everyone who contributed and I look forward to a bigger and better 2016.
ECE COTERIE CLUB
Richard Lee
“Many years ago there was what most called “the little white bag”. This
bag accumulated money from various activities, most of which was
sharing a few beers at training amongst die hard Falcons, now Eagles’
supporters. Each year the bag covered the expense of small items on
behalf of the Football Club.
In 2009 the “little white bag” was suitably formalised into the Eagles’
Coterie Club and although the bag is still traditionally used to collect
money at each event, the Coterie is now much more structured in its
support role to the Football Club.”
The 2015 Season was a quiet one for the Coterie Club. To have a
successful and meaningful Coterie Club you first need to ensure
that the supporter base of the Football Club is in a healthy state. Given the attendance at games this
season and the involvement and support of people through the season I feel that the Coterie Club can
be revived and made more relevant in 2016.
We will be seeking membership early next season, our fund raising will continue through the sale of Dim
Sims and refreshments at training sessions and at least one “Members and Friends” social event will be
organised.
Details of the revived Coterie Club will be available early next season, so get on board and show your
support for our fantastic East Coast Eagles Football Club. The ECE Coterie Club is “The Friends of the
ECE” so we are all eligible to join and help the Footy Club.
Our next ECE Golf Day will be held at North Ryde Golf Club on Friday December 4th so all you
golfers out there, please put this date in your diaries now and await further info and updates.
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EAGLES’ EXTRAVAGANZA
The following table shows the Player Groupings, the highest bidder and the price paid, plus minor round
return. In the case of a known syndicate, the group name is shown.
#
PLAYERS 1 & 2
PLAYERS 3 & 4
BID
OWNER
1
Charleston / Crowe
Jones / De Rooy
$300
Ryan Fitton
2
Bourke / Madden
Frost / A Tumminello
$600
3
Eastman / Trewin
Baddock / Egbenoma
4
Pierce / Je Cass
5
Minor
Round
Return
% tage
Return
$40.00
13.33%
Laima Physick
Nil
0.00%
$800
Greg Thomas
$180.00
22.50%
Gordon / Waterhouse
$600
Jon Gawley
$120.00
20.00%
Spiteri / Regan
D O’Connor / Physick
$700
Laima Physick
$220.00
31.43%
6
Kruger / S O’Connor
Stewart / Lambert
$1,500
Alan O’Connor
$45.00
3.00%
7
Savage / Mindham
May / D Berger
$500
John Samways
$305.00
61.00%
8
Costello / A Stubbs
Lewis / S Berger
$1,100
Marwan Rahme
$335.00
30.45%
9
Bradley / Johns
Pinchen / Jo Cass
$700
Rodney Frost
$245.00
35.00%
10
Drinkwater / J Steer
Campbell / Simpson
$700
Eugene Kruger
$45.00
6.42%
11
Jo Vlatko / Skuse
Bond / Henri
$520
Laima Physick
$175.00
33.65
12
McConnell / Joynson
Dwyer / Murfitt
$800
Captain’s synd
$840.00 105.00%
13
Browning / Arndt
L O’Connor / Austin
$1,000
John Samways
$720.00
72.00%
14
Ja Vlatko / Ford
Carey / S Tumminello
$850
Frost, Reed,
Bourke synd
$585.00
68.82%
15
Dimery / McPherson
Cicciarelli / Fisher
$1,700
Greg Thomas
$295.00
17.35%
16
Turner / Fitton
“Any Other Player”
$2,300
Rodney Frost
$1,160.00
50.43%
17
Emery / Cutting
Patira / Mack
$600
Trent Stubbs
$105.00
17.50%
18
Reed / Scholz
Cox / Whales
$1,200
Jon Gawley
$230.00
19.17%
19
T Stubbs / Baker
“Any Eligible U19”
$1,410.00
58.75%
$7,055.00
37.40%
Totals
$2,400 Jon Gawley synd
$18,870
YEAR END RESULTS (not included within the totals on the accompanying table)
Premier Division
Best & Fairest
Runner Up
Third
Best U/21
Trent Stubbs (Lot 19) owned by the Jon Gawley syndicate
Jack Dimery (Lot 15) owned by Greg Thomas
Andrew McConnell (Lot 12) owned by the Captain’s syndicate
Stu Turner (Lot 16) owned by Rodney Frost
$2,453.10
$ 754.80
$ 377.40
$1,320.90
Division One
Best & Fairest
Runner Up
Third
Ryan Fitton (Lot 16) owned by Rodney Frost
Cameron Arndt (Lot 13) owned by John Samways
Peter Vlatko (Lot 16) owned by Rodney Frost
$1,132.20
$ 377.40
$ 188.70
Division Three
Dan O’Connor (Lot 5) owned by Laima Physick
$ 377.40
Fund raising of 25.6% of the pool retained by the Club was $4,833.10
(The rules and full details for Eagles Extravaganza can be found on the Club website.)
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LIFE MEMBER - 2015
Life Membership will only be conferred upon any member who has 10 years active involvement with East Coast Eagles AFL Football Club Inc.
and has rendered outstanding service or has displayed exceptional, unusual, or distinguished merit to the club.
Rodney Frost
Unusually, Rodney’s first sporting foray was not
AFL footy. He played soccer as a little tacker and
was allocated the job of goal keeping. An
interesting role, given Roddy’s later outlook on
life in general. Goal keeping is all about defence,
rather than attack and we all know that any task
Frosty takes on in adult life is attacked with a
frenzy that doesn’t dissipate until the job is
completely done. Usually to perfection.
Back in those soccer days Roddy reportedly
used to sit down and cry if he ever let a goal
through, such is his dislike of losing. But
eventually in 1989 at 10 years of age he followed
the family tradition, started by brother Matthew,
of playing Australian Rules football. His first year
was with the U11 Hawks at Baulkham Hills. Many
people still with the Eagles will remember the
intense rivalry that existed between the Hawks
and the Kookas at Baulko.
The realisation that it’s all over
His first coach Chris Sharpe had this to say about young
Frosty in the 1989 Year Book.
“A first year player with a big future in the game. Has a
great pair of hands and a penetrating kick. Proved to be
a dominant force in the centre and set up many forward
thrusts with clever use of the ball by hand and foot.
Represented Hills & District U11’s. A great start in
Aussie Rules, Rodney.”
Five years later at age 16 he was playing Senior footy for
the Falcons in 1994 and in fact remarkably played 35
games that season across U17s, U19s and Premier
Division. His elevation to the seniors came off the back
of kicking 10 goals one week against Westbrook U17s
while in a tagging role!!
In 1997 he won the B&F at the Falcons and still holds
the honour of the youngest Club Champion amongst
many other great footballers for the Falcons and the
Eagles. Being a member of the NSW RAMS squad took
him away from local footy for a lot of 98 & 99, but he
returned in force in 2000 when the Eagles were born and
where he has remained forever after, reaching a total of
159 Premier Division games of which 82 were for the
Eagles and 77 for the Falcons.
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Running out for his last game
Just one more Eagles
And this is the one
As is the nature of the man, Roddy kept playing for the Eagles after he realised that Premier Div was out
of reach and another 105 games were notched up in the blue & gold in the lower divisions. The
culmination of which came in R18 this season against Holroyd Parramatta in Div One. The masses
turned out at Kanebridge for the final game of a marvellous career and they were treated to three Frost
goals, one of which was a drop kick, just to remember the days of old at Charlie McLaughlin. 362 games
across his career is something to be proud of.....
But he didn’t stop there. When the “you know what hit the fan”
in mid-2014 following our NEAFL experience, Rodney was the
first to put up his hand to swap to a management role and
assist with the enormous task of rescuing his Club from the
brink of collapse. He took on the dual roles of List Manager for
Michael Sankey and as an advisor to the Board, eventually
taking on a Director’s position several months later.
Considering everything he has on his plate as Group General
Manager at Lamson Paragon, he threw himself into anything he
was asked to do, or alternatively if he decided that something
needed to be done, he simply went and did it. The Club has
never had as much Media activity as in 2015 after Frosty
formulated a long overdue database and began broadcasting
Eagles publicity across any form of social media he could find.
The enormous success of the Back to Baulko day this year can
be credited to Rod and his endeavours to ensure the event was
the triumph it was. Combine that with the role he played in
assembling the group of coaches for 2016 demonstrates that
those days spent in the soccer goalmouth taught the man a lot
about not wanting to lose.... anything.
He is intensely loyal, dependable, trustworthy and generous
with his time as can be seen with his enthusiastic support of St
Vinnies’ with their CEO Sleep out and BBQ’ing in Martin Place
for homeless people, plus riding hundreds of kilometres to raise
He’s still got it!!
money for Cancer Research.
Congratulations Rodney for becoming the 15th Life Member of the East Coast Eagles.
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LIFE MEMBER - 2015
Life Membership will only be conferred upon any member who has 10 years active involvement with East Coast Eagles AFL Football Club Inc.
and has rendered outstanding service or has displayed exceptional, unusual, or distinguished merit to the club.
Jon Gawley
A “Sandgroper” by birth, Jon was born in Perth
where he spent his childhood years barracking
for Claremont and the mighty West Coast
Eagles, following in the footsteps of his uncle
Steve Gawley, also an East Coast Eagles Life
Member from 2010.
Jon didn’t excel at footy so decided to take
another path in order to satisfy his passion for
sport of any kind. Athletics took his eye and in
particular the discipline of Walking. In between
going to Subiaco Oval to watch the Eagles, Jon
became a very accomplished walker winning
numerous State Titles at all distances and age
levels in WA. In 1997 he and the family decided
he should move to Sydney, as to do so would
enhance his Walking career and give him a
greater opportunity to qualify for the Australian
team and the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
For the next two years or so Jon put his heart
and soul into walking every day of the year in
order to achieve everyone’s dream of competing
in an Olympic Games. He was billeted out with
various families across greater Sydney,
eventually finding his niche in North Parramatta where he became heavily involved with the Parramatta
City Track & Field Athletics Club.
With his delightful daughter Summer
In March 1999 Athletics Australia ranked Jon 4th in
the 3,000 metre walk, 3rd in the 5,000, 2nd in the
10,000 and 13th in the 20km road walk. Unfortunately
there wasn’t a 10,000 metre walk in the Sydney
Olympics; otherwise Jon would today have been a
past Australian Olympian. In April 1999, Jon flew to
the UK in an attempt to qualify for the English
Olympics 20km team through his parentage, but when
in a position to succeed in that endeavour during the
qualifying race, he ripped his Achilles to shreds and
his walking career ended on the spot there and then
forever.
He returned to Australia and to the North Parramatta
Athletics Club and took up coaching junior athletes
and put his hand up for the committee, eventually
rising through the ranks to President in 2002. But it
was still AFL footy that gnawed away at him and
although he spent a year supporting Balmain, it was
in 2004 that he joined Uncle Steve at the East Coast
Eagles.
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Circa 2006 with a Sun Corp Hat
“How good is this”, he said to himself. “My beloved Eagles play in the Sydney comp”. That season and
next he took on any task he could
d by running water for every grade, every match, helping out at training
and generally made a friendly “nuisance” of himself as he learnt the craft of how a local footy club
operates. In 2006 Rohan Graham appointed Jon as the Premier Division Team Manager, a role he held
for the next six years through five Grand Finals and three Premierships.
In the 2008 Year Book, Glenn Garner described Jon as follows. “He rides the game like he is on the
favourite at Randwick, adding special remarks for each umpiring de
decision
cision or commentating on mistakes
from both sides.” There’s no doubt that our Jon enjoys his football.
It was also in 2008 that Jon introduced Ron &
Barbara Heathcote to the Club. Ron of course has
gone on to hold legendary status within the Club
for his culinary abilities on his mobile BBQ. From
2009 when we moved into what we then knew as
Bruce Purser Reserve, Jon would ttoil away tirelessly on the BBQ with Ron until his Team
Manager duties kicked in. From 2012, when Jon
retired from Team Management, he could be
found on the BBQ happily cooking away all day
with Ron and always with a great smile on his
face.
But it was in mid-2014 that Jon Gawley really
stood up to fight for his beloved East Coast
Eagles when the Club was literally on its knees.
When the reality of what we faced was clear, Jon
immediately put up hand to take on the
extraordinary task of trying to get to the bottom of
our financial situation and then once we were
Now at the NAB in 2010
given a lifeline, he took control of the finances as
we fought our way back from oblivion. Not only did he watch expenditure like a hawk, he was absolutely
and directly responsible for introducin
introducing
g Kanebridge Limited and Vesta Homes to the Eagles. Two
partnerships that will stand the test of time at East Coast.
The amount of hours Jon has devoted to his Directorship in the last 18 months would easily number in
the thousands and his contribution
ribution to our re
re-build
build is simply beyond measurement. And he did all this
whilst at the same time becoming Australia’s the #1 Business Banker in the NAB for their year ending
Sept 30th!!
Congratulations Jon on becoming the 16th Life Member of the East C
Coast
oast Eagles AFL Football Club.
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EAGLES’ PLAYER LIFE MEMBERS
2008 onwards
Players of the East Coast Eagles AFL Football Club shall be entitled to Player Life Membership
after playing one hundred and fifty (150) Premier Division (including NEAFL) games for East
Coast Eagles, or two hundred (200) games in any East Coast Eagles grade.
2010
Ben Physick
2011
2012
2014
Jason Duss
Ryan Fitton
Tim Physick
Jon Vlatko
PLAYER LIFE MEMBERS – 1989 to 2007
1989
Sean Fraser, Michael Payne, Guy Place
1990
1991
1992
1993
Steven Brown, Alistair Jackson, Mark McLeod
Jason Crawford, Scott Fraser, Craig McLeod, Adam Stone
Hugh Stone, Matthew Courts, Todd Cuneo
Brett Baker, Doug Baker, Simon Bishop, Peter Bleus, Brendan Courts, Robin
Drew, Simon Hammond, Adam Turbill
Scott Abercrombie, Craig Armstrong, Matthew McPhee, David Reed
Trevor Hare, Matthew Hayman, Anthony Horner, Scott Jones, Stuart Wynn
Greg Driscoll, Matthew Frost, Daniel Graham, Ryan Meldrum, Lachlan
Pascoe, Nathan Scott-Rogers, Gerard Thripp
Jason Duss, Josh Harvey, Steve Merkel, Dean Nankivell, Heath Sharpe
John Burt, Tim Delaney, Rodney Frost, Luke McLeod, Greg Thomas
Craig Abercrombie, Jay Brotherston, Rory Cormican, Jarrod Crosby, Paul
Eastman, Troy Eastman, Michael Faulkner, Mark Harrison.
Chris Cottee, Liam Madden, Ryan Madden, Tim Physick
Scott MacLean, Daniel Murrell, Michael Murrell, Ben Shiel.
David Bleus, Sam Brotherston, Tim Coakley, Quentin Ellis, Brett Jackson,
Daniel Madden, Jared Madden, Ben Physick, David Walsh.
Luke Austin, Stephen Bilkey, Chris Coakley
Trent Goodrem, Alex Wynne
David Hook, Jayden Pendleton, Chris Wynne
Brad Ure, Rowan Bilkey, Scott Logan
Damian Gatte, James Gordon, Nathan Gordon, Tim Kear, Ashley Loxton,
James Mann, Chris Moore, Travis Thripp
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Player Life Members listed above (1989 to 2007) received their recognition under the separate Constitutions
which governed the Baulkham Hills AFC and East Coast Eagles AFL Football Club up until November 2007. At the
2007 AGM, a revised East Coast Eagles Constitution was adopted which varied the qualification terms. See the
top of this page for full details of the rules which have applied from and including 2008.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We acknowledge and thank the following persons and organisations for their support during 2012.
•
The Board of the East Coast Eagles for their unwavering support of our Football Club.
•
All East Coast Sponsors who have provided their wonderful support in 2015.
•
Darren Simpson, Sam Graham, Matt Graham and Scott Burkinshaw and latterly Lauren
Bunting at AFL Sydney for their guidance and support in our return to their Sydney competition.
•
CEO Trevor Nisbett, the Board and the staff of the West Coast Eagles for our relationship and
their unwavering support of East Coast in 2015.
•
The Councillors and staff at the Hills Shire Council. In particular John Dean for his help and
guidance throughout some initial troubled times.
•
Simone Francké the grounds person at Kanebridge Oval who looks after it with loving care as
though it were her own.
•
The AFL Sydney Umpires Association headed up by Graham Glassford who continues to
provide significant input into the growth and development of our competition.
•
Frank Kalayzich who umpired
his 500th game in Round 10
between East Coast and Manly
along with Ray Chamberlain
and Hayden Kennedy.
•
Mark Spiteri, Tracey Stewart,
Les Cass, Michael Vettas and
Leigh Gazzard for their
generous
approval
to
reproduce selected photographs throughout this season
on the ECE website, Facebook
and in this Year Book.
•
Peter Physick for his 21st compilation and production of the Year Book.
•
Rodney Frost at Paper Rolls Australia for yet again printing this Year Book.
•
Paul Stewart for his compilation of all player statistics for the Year Book.
•
Carolyn Canda for her superb Book Keeping through 2014 and 2015.
•
Paul Meyer for producing the Vote Count presentation at Club Champion Night.
•
The Kellyville-Rouse Hill Magpies and the North West Sydney Hurricanes Cricket Club for
their cooperation and assistance with the operation of Kanebridge Oval.
•
The Eagles Coterie Club for their support of all grades this season.
•
The Rouse Hill High School for the use of their car park on match days at Bruce Purser.
•
All junior AFL clubs within the East Coast Eagles Norwest Football Alliance. In particular the
Baulkham Hills Hawks and the Kellyville-Rouse Hill Magpies.
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
The Club extends congratulations to the following members, players and teams on their special
achievements in 2015.
•
Trent Stubbs for winning the Stan Milton Trophy as the leading goal kicker in the AFL Sydney
competition with 59. (62 including finals) And for his Runner Up finish in the Phelan Medal.
•
Jared Patira for being the leading goalkicker in the Division Three grade of the AFL Sydney
competition with 66 goals for the season.
•
Karl Merson, Andrew
McConnell, Andrew
Browning,
Jack
Dimery,
Trent
Stubbs and Kieran
Emery
for
their
selection in the AFL
Sydney representative
team which defeated
the
ACT
at
Blacktown’s
International Sportspark in
June.
•
Andrew McConnell
for
winning
the
Howarth Medal as the
Representative Player
of the Year.
•
Blake Anderson, Jack Dimery, Kieran Emery, Jamie Vlatko, Andrew Browning, Andrew
McConnell and Trent Stubbs for their selection in the AFL Sydney Team of the Year.
•
Trevor Hangan for his nomination to the AFL Sydney Hall of Fame. And for his induction as a Life
Member of the National Police Football Association. He joins Rudi Bylsma in that honour.
•
Aaron Savage on being named as the Player of the Carnival in Perth for the NSW Police.
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Roddy's last game
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PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Perpetual trophy donated by Speakers Australia Pty Ltd
PREVIOUS WINNERS (Including BHAFC recipients up to 1999)
1984
Anne & Bill McLeod
2000
Graeme Merkel
1985
Pam & Bruce Johnson
2001
Geoff Cottee
1986
Andy McPhee
2002
Stephen Nash
1987
Terry Stephenson
2003
Graeme Merkel
1988
Rob Stone
2004
Steve Gawley
1989
David Grace
2005
Steve Gawley
1990
Laurel, Ross, Craig & Scott
The Abercrombie Family
2006
Trevor Hangan
1991
Doug Scholz
2007
Peter Mann
1992
Robyn Maughan
2008
Scott Gatte
1993
Henry Yeates
2009
Tammy Moeller
1994
Jake Armstrong
2010
George Acland
1995
Paul Madden
2011
Ron & Barbara Heathcote
1996
Greg Fisher
2012
Frank Ure
1997
Laima Physick & Samantha Edmunds
2013
Rudi Bylsma
1998
John Evernden
2014
Bronwyn & Garry Bailey
1999
Craig Abercrombie
The President’s Award was created to recognise the significant contribution to the Club’s wellbeing, by individuals
who give more than could ever be asked for. In a Club the size of East Coast, there are any number of candidates
who would be worthy winners. But each year someone always stands out …
Richard Lee
It’s hard to believe that this man’s name isn’t already in the list above. He’s been with the footy club
since I have and that’s a long time indeed. Circa 1991 saw the Lee and Physick kids arrive at Charlie
McLaughlin Reserve in Baulkham Hills ready to attack the U9’s and U11’s. But this is not about the
children; it’s about a man who has never stepped away from
an issue that needed to be solved, or a task that needed to
be done for the kids. And now at the Eagles, it’s for adults.
Men who play football at a proud club that if it wasn’t for
people like Dickie Lee, would not have existed in 2015.
He doesn’t have any kids playing anymore, but just as he
does with the Kellyville Lions, he volunteers his time to help
the community. In our case it’s his beloved AFL Football Club
where he loves to watch kids grow into fine young men, just
like his own Jonathan and Timothy. Forever supported by his
wife Colleen and their daughter Kelly.
Although he strategically stepped down from the Board after
the first 12 months to allow others to step up, Richard
certainly wasn’t going anywhere. He became the Catering
Manager and ran the Coterie Club where the smell of his
famous dim sims still permeate the air on Thursday nights.
He conjured up a record income from the Canteen and did it with a constant smile and good humour.
Our footy club is so fortunate that Dickie is one of us.....
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CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR
Perpetual trophy donated by the Abercrombie family
1989
John Mitchell
2002
Jan Frost & Scott Abercrombie
1990
Warren Quintrell
2003
Phil Bester
1991
Lindsay Mayo
2004
Alan Brotherston
1992
Trevor Hangan
2005
Matt Stewart
1993
Greg Crosby
2006
Peter Mann
1994
Mick Brazel
2007
Alan Moeller
1995
Garry Hutchinson
2008
Peter Steer
1996
John Meldrum
2009
Julie Whale
1997
Matthew Frost
2010
Liz Duss
1998
Richard Lee
2011
Garry & Bronwyn Bailey
1999
Peter Physick
2012
Trevor Hangan
2000
Craig Abercrombie
2013
Andrew Turner
2001
Ryan Madden
2014
David Arndt
A club is only as good as its people. Be they players, coaches, administrators, managers or supporters. We have
many such people at East Coast who happily provide their assistance in a variety of ways. Some do it financially,
others do it with time. Some do it with both.
Paul Meyer
Paul sort of emerged out of nowhere. At first he was just the guy who supplied the Foxtel remotes and who fixed
up the wiring last year for the computer at the timekeepers’ table. But his enthusiasm and willingness to help soon
became obvious to everybody. He took on the Div
Three Manager’s role even though he was already
heavily involved with Masters AFL and Kellyville
Magpies.
Then when the scoreboard came back from cricket
season broken and buckled, Paul took it upon himself
to fix it. And that was after
er money had been expended
to a commercial company to “fix it”. But Paul did it
right and it hasn’t missed a beat since. Not just the
roller shutters, but he re-soldered every electronic
panel in it.
That still wasn’t enough. He then offered to replace
the
he PA system at the ground which had been heavily
vandalised over the last few years. Working long
hours before Round 1, he completed the task just in
time and “We’re a happy team at East Coast” we can
now be heard all the way down at the Fiddler.
He was the perpetrator of The Eagles’ Nest which
brings so much joy to all supporters as they
respectfully banter with the opposition and are now regarded as Premier Division’s 19th man. He ran the AFL raffle
ticket program during the season, he Club umpires when required and he became a Director of the Club in July
when offered a spot on the Board. And to top it all off he put up his hand to build all four team’s video Vote Count
that was shown at Club Champion Night.
“Roosy” we are super glad that you cchose
hose the East Coast Eagles to be a friend of because it appears there is
nothing you can’t do, or importantly won’t offer to do.
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CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR
Perpetual trophy donated by Tint•a•Car Norwest
This award had always automatically gone to the winner of the Best & Fairest trophy in First Grade. The Club
Executive chose to introduce revised assessment criteria from 1999 onwards, thus allowing any East Coast player
to win. This trophy will now be awarded to that player who displays exemplary form both on and off the field in
relation to overall Club contribution. Up until and including 2006, this award was titled “Footballer of the Year”.
1990
Mick Toy
2003
Dan Gaunt
1991
David Reed
2004
Ben Macnamara
1992
Doug Scholz
2005
Jon Vlatko
1993
Greg Lake
2006
Kristian Pearson
1994
Graham Jones
2007
Michael Sankey
1995
Graham Jones
2008
Chris Moore
1996
Shaun Edmunds
2009
Tim Jenson
1997
Rodney Frost
2010
Damon Steer
1998
Jarrod Crosby
2011
Damon Steer
1999
Jarrod Crosby
2012
Steve Marks
2000
Jarrod Crosby
2013
Matthew O’Connor
2001
Gus Seebeck
2014
Jared Patira
2002
Daniel Bylsma
All footy clubs across Australia have fine people. People who make it their mission in life to ensure that “their club”
is the best. The Eagles are no different to any other.
Jon Vlatko
This year’s recipient would have no inkling that he was being
considered, let alone win it.
After the debacle of the NEAFL era, our Club was on its knees
financially and even though we may have saved the footy club,
there was no point in doing so unless we had players to play for it.
Cue, Jon Vlatko. JV stepped up like you wouldn’t believe by
offering his help on the Management side first. Jon heard all the
gory details, but the Board realised that we should really be
utilising his great strengths with the players.
Together with Michael Sankey and Rodney Frost, all three men set
upon fulfilling an herculean task to assemble a squad of players
from the ashes. With Vlats leading the way he spent enormous
amounts of time talking with players and helping them understand
why things were the way they were. He appealed to their love of all
things footy and in particular remaining with a club which wanted
them and loved them. The old East Coast culture was beginning to
arise and Jon was implanting that within them.
The assessment of his work is not just the on field results, but it is the immeasurable harmony that returned. Mates
playing with mates again who wanted to go on Harbour cruises that Jon organised and ran. Guys who willingly
visited the Kellyville Magpies and the Baulkham Hills Hawks junior clubs to help develop the Eagles of the future.
Hell, the Magpies think so much of Jon they even have a trophy named after him at U14 level.
Jon, you are the 2005 ECE Club Champion and you’ve captained three Premierships, but we hope this Award
gives you some goose bumps because you thoroughly deserve it in your 11th season at the Eagles.
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EAGLES’ VOLUNTEERS
By Rodney Frost
In my short life I've had a few tough challenges, but I must say writing this report has truly tested me. I
didn’t want to miss a soul, nor underplay the importance of any particular person’s involvement, so it took
me four days to write this to make sure I nailed it.
As a player I believed we were "just really lucky" to have a few people around to "do stuff" so I could
have a kick of the footy with my mates and focus on winning. I always thanked people genuinely and
cared for them as fellow Eagles and mates. But what I overlooked though, as a young man without a
family, was the enormous amount of other things these people could have been doing such as spending
time with their own families. I didn't think of the huge amount of sacrifices they made so that players
could just play footy for our beloved Eagles.
I ask that each person who is reading this now stops and imagines they are sitting 100 metres above
Kanebridge Oval in a helicopter looking down on game day. Close your eyes and stop and imagine it...
Imagine Back to Baulko day even. Imagine it for twenty seconds and look around that day... and then
open them.
Now this time when you close them, imagine that all the people doing the following tasks were all taken
away from that day:
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the announcer
the umpires’ escort
the ground manager
the knitting shop
the canteen
the BBQ
the coaches
the coaching support staff
the team managers and runners
the timekeepers
the club field, goal and boundary umpires
the outrider bars
the water runners
the coffee van
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Paul Regan
What would happen???? I will leave you with that thought as you can now visualise how important our
Volunteers are.... We would love you to jump on board and help out. Even the BBQ for two hours for the
year is great!
I would personally like to name and fame the following people for being outstanding volunteers during
the year:
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John Dwyer
Richard O'Keefe
David Arndt
Peter Steer
Phillip Bester
Paul Eastman
Peter van Vliet
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John Hupfeld
Greg Thomas
Hayley Clift
Paul Regan
Lachlan Holroyd
Rudi Bylsma
Laima Physick
Peter Physick
Bronwyn Bailey
Gary Bailey
Matt O'Connor
Paul Meyer
Jon Gawley
Trevor Hangan
Richard Lee
Colleen Lee
Tracey Stewart
Paul Stewart
Daniel Cicciarelli
Chris Baddock
Gary Delaney
Ron Heathcote
Barb Heathcote
Tony Moran
Gavin Dimery
Alan O'Connor
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The entire playing group for volunteering with juniors, the BBQ, setting up, cleaning up and
doing whatever was asked... Even staying back Thursday before Grand Final to sweep the floor!
If I have missed anyone I sincerely apologise. Please do not take it personally at all; I reached far and
wide to make sure I didn't miss anyone.
Our group of Volunteers are without a doubt the absolute Elite volunteers. The next time you're at the
football I challenge you to lend a hand and help us build our culture of "giving back".
Our Board thought it worthy this year to award one of
your most devoted volunteers with the recognition this
person continually deserves. See next page.
I also want to give a special mention to Richard and
Colleen Lee for their efforts in the Catering Dept this
season. Our canteen had a record year according to
financial reports and it couldn't have been done without
the Lee’s along with Ron and Barbara Heathcote and
Jon Gawley. This team contributed $24,000 to our
football club. None of them have children involved at all
with the club and just continue to give. An absolute
inspiration to someone like me. Thank you to you all!
Another special mention to Rudi Bylsma who has been
strapping my ankles since I was fifteen!! And I’m not 22
now either! Rudi has been volunteering with our club for
long over twenty years and most players and club
members wouldn't realise that. Rudi is an absolute gentleman who came out of nowhere with the raffle
this year which contributed thousands of dollars to our club. Thanks Rudi...
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VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
As I'm sure you can imagine this award is the hardest to decide on as every single volunteer deserves recognition.
Below is an excerpt from East Coast’s presentation to the League for our nomination to be included in the 2015
AFL Sydney Hall of Fame. It was written and submitted in mid August 2015. I’ve been around Sydney Footy for 26
years across coaching, playing and now as a proud member of our Board of Directors. I haven’t seen anyone that’s
given so much for so long without a League award to his / her name.
Trevor Hangan’s dedication to Sydney Football is 100% unsurpassed.
Prior to his association with the
East Coast Eagles he played and
coached at Balmain for 20 years
(1970-1990), four years at
Baulkham Hills (1991-1994 and
1999), two years at Southwest
Sydney (Moorebank), five years
with the NSW Masters AFL and
38 (yes 38) years with the NSW
Police AFL (1977-2015) as Team
Manager for their annual touring
side in Police footy carnivals
around the nation.
He has been involved with the
Eagles in the capacity as a
coach, player and more recently
as a volunteer since the Club’s
inception in 2000.
In terms of honours, Trev was a Premiership coach and player at Balmain, received the BHAFC Club Person of the
Year in 1992, the East Coast President’s Award in 2006, appointed as a Life Member at the Eagles in 2008, ECE
Club Person of the Year in 2012, received the NSW Police AFL Service Award in 2013 and now in 2015 we are
extremely proud to recognise Trev as our Volunteer of the Year.
Trevor’s standard week looks something like this.
Monday – Work all day and then be first to training for Div Three and Juniors (Kellyville) setting up the
ground, opening rooms, cleaning, water bottles, security, footballs, medical etc. Last to leave, cleaning up,
putting everything away and then locking up the entire ground and facility. 4 hours.
• Tuesday – Work all day and then be first to training for Prems, Div 1 and Juniors (Kellyville) setting up the
• Wednesday – Work all day and then be first to training for Div 3 and Juniors (Kellyville) setting up the
• Thursday – Work all day and then be first to training for Prems, Div 1 and Juniors (Kellyville) setting up the
ground, opening rooms, cleaning, water bottles, security, footballs, medical, Joker Poker etc. Last to leave,
cleaning up, putting everything away and then locking up the entire ground and facility. 4 hours.
• Friday – If we have a home game he’s at the ground preparing or even just doing a safety check – 1 hour.
• Weekend – He goes to all Premier games and any other games he can, even if they are in a different
location or on a different day. He volunteers all day, even if we are the away side. If we are the home side
he is first to arrive and last to leave every day. – 10 hours
• Pre-Season – Trevor does not miss a session regardless of where it is in Sydney.
TOTAL – 17 hours a week x 46 weeks = 782 hours x 20 plus years!
A reminder that Trevor has no children in the club at all and simply loves his footy and his club and does it all for
nothing in return, except for us all being eternally grateful. His wife Jenny is an unbelievably supportive person.
There's not much else you can say except for how much we thank Jenny to support Trevor in doing what he loves.
For any man to be actually able to devote the time like Trev does to any football club is amazing. Most of us would
have been shown the door. Jenny, thank you so very much!
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Well done Trevor. You're an amazing human being who continues to give.
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CLUB CHAMPION
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2000
Steve Cutler
2008
Shane Ryan / Luke Stanford
2001
Clint Austerberry
2009
Jon Vlatko
2002
Clint Austerberry
2010
Damien Bowles
2003
Clint Austerberry
2011
Jamie Vlatko
2004
Ben Macnamara
2012
Jamie Vlatko
2005
Jon Vlatko
2013
Trent Stubbs
2006
Trent Goodrem
2014
Trent Stubbs / Michael Riseley
2007
Gus Seebeck
“A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the
dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the
things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” Vince Lombardi
To be the best in your field is an enormous honour. The Eagles revere their heroes and it is a tribute to the talents,
determination and work ethic of those who become our Club Champion each year.
Trent Stubbs
Trent had won the last two Club Champion awards and it would have been very easy for him to be satisfied and
rest on his past achievements. However in season 2015, he took his game to another level as the club went back
into the Sydney AFL competition.
It was clear from the very beginning that he would have a big
season as he trained harder than he had done over the
previous two years. He had a slight scare in a practice game
twinging his hamstring however he was as fit and strong as
he has ever been leading into the 2015 season. Trent was
extremely consistent throughout season 2015 being named
in the Eagles best on 13 separate occasions (out of 16
games) averaging 33 possessions per week.
He had plenty of standout games for the Eagles in 2015
including his Round 1 game v Manly where he gathered 29
touches and kicked five goals, his Round 3 game against
UTS where he had 30 touches and kicked five goals, his
Round 13 game v Western Suburbs where he had 44
possessions and kicked five goals and finally his Round 17
game v North Shore where he had 33 possessions and
kicked 12 goals. All of this was done from the midfield and
shows just how dominant he was in the competition.
Trent is able to win the contested football as well as the
uncontested football which makes him a very dangerous
match up for the opposition. He was tagged in every game
in 2015; however he never let that get in the way of him contributing to the side each and every week.
In season 2015 Trent also won the competition goal kicking with 59 goals during the regular season averaging
nearly four goals per game which is an amazing achievement for a starting midfielder. He finished runner up in the
League’s Phelan medal and he also represented AFL Sydney in the game against Canberra held at Blacktown
International Sports Park.
Trent Stubbs will go down as one of the best East Coast Eagles players of his time. He is now a very deserving
triple Club Champion and we congratulate him on another outstanding season and another Club Champion award.
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GOALKICKING
Perpetual trophy donated by Chris Bilkey
(Goals kicked in brackets)
1990
Steven Brown
(59)
2003
Luke Stanford
(30)
1991
Peter Sheehan
(91)
2004
Nick Trask
(47)
1992
Glen Johnston
(117)
2005
Mark Peterson & Nick Trask (33)
1993
Jason Crawford
(45)
2006
Gus Seebeck
(61)
1994
Greg Lake
(41)
2007
Ben Rogers
(45)
1995
Jason Westerbrink
(63)
2008
Gus Seebeck
(73)
2009
Gus Seebeck
(111)
1996
Ben Physick & Daniel Graham (45)
1997
Ryan Madden
(105)
2010
Jamie Vlatko
(73)
1998
Ryan Madden
(27)
2011
Jamie Vlatko
(78)
1999
Michael Scicchitano (33)
2012
Matt Edwins
(48)
2000
Jason Crawford
(25)
2013
Jamie Vlatko
(50)
2001
Gus Seebeck
(47)
2014
Jamie Vlatko
(20)
2002
Travis Hall
(32)
The leading Goal kicker in the Club was for many years awarded to the player who kicked the most
across all our grades of footy, no matter where they played, or how often. In 2001 it was changed to
recognise First Grade senior goals only.
In 2015 the Leading Goalkicker is Trent Stubbs with 62 goals for the Premier Division season.
Leading goal kickers in all other teams were:
Division One
Division Three
Peter Vlatko (21)
Jared Patira (66)
U/19
Isaac Heath (27)
Elsewhere you will read that Trent has won his third
consecutive Club Champion Award at East Coast. A
phenomenal achievement, which in 2015 is topped off
by also leading the goal kicking at both the Eagles and
the AFL Sydney Premier Division competition, where he
won the Stan Milton Trophy.
62 goals (including finals) from a starting midfielder is an
impressive stat, particularly when that player is tagged
in every game he plays. We don’t keep the accuracy
records for goal kicking but if we did, it would show a
very high set shot percentage for Trent whose marking
strength is more than enough to give him plenty of
opportunities to convert.
Congratulations are also extended to Jared Patira who
headed the AFL Sydney goal kicking leaderboard in
Division Three with 66 goals. Jared had a wonderful
year with our Third Grade side and played an
instrumental role in the team creeping up the ladder in
2015 to set the scene for a big year for Div Three in 2016.
At U19 level Isaac Heath with 27 goals was the strength up forward for his side.
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CLUB RECORDS
Year
NEAFL
Premier
Division
Under 19s
**
Reserve
Grade
*1993
8th
5th **
6th
*1994
9th
Runners Up
**
7th
*1995
3rd
3rd **
8th
*1996
5th
Runners Up
7th
*1997
7th
PREMIERS
7th
*1998
7th
8th
7th
*1999
6th
7th
8th
2000
7th
PREMIERS
3rd
2001
7th
3rd
7th
2002
9th
5th
PREMIERS
2003
6th
3rd
3rd
2004
5th
4th
3rd
2005
5th
8th
Runners Up
2006
Runners Up
7th
PREMIERS
2007
5th
5th
PREMIERS
7th
2008
Runners Up
Runners Up
PREMIERS
7th
2009
PREMIERS
4th
Runners Up
9th
6th
2010
PREMIERS
Runners Up
7th
6th
7th
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Third
Grade
Under
18s
Div Two
League Awards
Graham Jones
Phelan Medal
Matthew Burton
Kealey Medal
Ryan Madden
U18 105 goals
Jarrod Crosby
Phelan Medal
Steve Jackson
Kealey Medal
Daniel Bylsma
Sanders Medal
Scott
Abercrombie
Res Grade 48
goals
Luke McLeod
Sanders Medal
Matt Nichol
Res Gde 63 goals
Gus Seebeck
Prem Div 65 goals
Tim Kear
Tim Physick
Sanders Medal
jointly
Gus Seebeck
Prem Div 111 goals
Damon Steer
U18 PC 59 goals
Year
NEAFL
2011
Premier
Division
Under 19’s
**
Reserve
Grade
Third
Grade
Under
18’s
Div Two
PREMIERS
Runners Up
6th
7th
5th
6th
# 2012
5th
7th
PREMIERS
8th
9th
# 2013
7th
12th
6th
10th
7th
# 2014
10th
9th
7th
8th
Runners Up
8th
6th
2015
*
**
#
6th
League Awards
Dominic Killworth
Kealey Medal
Jamie Vlatko
Prem Div 78 goals
Ethan Barclay
U18 PC 71 goals
Jake Famularo
U18 Div One
103 goals
Trent Stubbs
Prem Div 59 goals
Jared Patira
Div Three 66 goals
Andrew
McConnell
Rep Player of the
year
Played as the Baulkham Hills Falcons in the Sydney AFL Premier Division.
Played as U/19’s in 1993, 1994, 1995, 2014 & 2015.
In 2012, 2013 & 2014 the Eagles changed their name to Sydney Hills Eagles and competed in all
grades in the Sydney AFL under this name. A team was also entered into the NEAFL (North Eastern
AFL) competition.
Premier Division on Grand Final day at Henson Park.
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BEST & FAIREST HISTORY
Year
NEAFL
First Grade
Club Champion
*1988
Under 18
Division One
**
Reserve
Grade
Billy McLeod
Medal
Third Grade
U/18
Division
Two
Matthew Frost
*1989
Scott Jones
Paul Eastman
*1990
Michael Toy
Adam Stone
Andrew Brice
*1991
David Reed
Gavin Twining
Paul Eastman
*1992
Doug Scholz
Bradley Hogan
Darren
Edmonds
*1993
Greg Lake
Dion Myles
Scott Fraser
*1994
Graham Jones
Wayne Pobje
Bradley Hogan
*1995
Graham Jones
Matthew
Spencer
Scott Fraser
*1996
Shaun Edmunds
Ryan Meldrum
Mick Brazel
*1997
Rodney Frost
Nathan Hearnes
Mick Brazel
*1998
*1999
Jarrod Crosby
Jarrod Crosby
Steve Jackson
Matthew
Phillips
Todd Batson
Rodney
Deaves
2000
Steve Cutler
Ryan Fitton
Jason
Crawford
2001
Clint Austerberry
Mark Leahy
Tim Physick
2002
Clint Austerberry
Daniel Murrell
Daniel Bylsma
2003
Clint Austerberry
Stephen
Davidson
Andre Sliwka
2004
Ben Macnamara
Brad Ure
Liam Madden
2005
Jon Vlatko
Brad Whale
Luke McLeod
Rodney Frost
2006
Trent Goodrem
James Mann
Irwin Burbage
2007
Gus Seebeck
Josh Shephard
Tim Physick
Ryan
McLennan
2008
Shane Ryan
Luke Stanford
Josh Shephard
Andrew
Polkinghorne
Murray
Bamforth
2009
Jon Vlatko
Dean Costello
Josh
Shephard
Chris Moore
Adam Hutt
Jaren
Serdar
2010
Damien Bowles
Dean Costello
Luke McLeod
James Ford
Adam Hutt
2011
Jamie Vlatko
Nick Crowe
James Ford
Hayden
Benger
Stephen
Tumminello
Ayden
Stevens
2012
Jamie
Vlatko
Etiosa Okunbor
Jake Famularo
Jonathon
Spencer
Josh
Lawrence
2013
Trent
Stubbs
Ryan Fitton
Cameron Arndt
Aaron Duncan
David Owen
2014
Trent
Stubbs
Michael
Riseley
Josh Cass
Scott Pierce
James Monks,
James Delaney,
Isaac Heath
Tim Kear
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NEAFL
Under 18
Division One
**
Reserve
Grade
Billy McLeod
Medal
Third Grade
Year
First Grade
Club Champion
2015
Trent Stubbs
Alexander Van
Vliet
Ryan Fitton
Daniel
O’Connor
U/18
Division
Two
* The Club competed as the Baulkham Hills Falcons
1993 was the first year the Falcons played in the Sydney AFL Premier Division
** In 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994 & 1995, 2015 the competition was U/19’s
** In 1990, 1991 & 1992 the competition was U/20’s
RISING STAR
Trophy donated by West Coast Eagles
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Luke Stanford
Trent Goodrem
Brad Ure
Phill Entwisle
Anthony Stubbs
Michael Johnston
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Jack Dimery
Eugene Kruger
Leif Stuart
Aaron Savage / Damon Steer
Stu Turner
Zach Johns
Rising Star criteria
• In his first full year of Senior Football.
• Demonstrates excellence in many areas of his football.
• Is influential in the success of the senior team.
• Lives up to the Team Values.
• Demonstrates outstanding qualities that set him apart
from others.
Our 2015 Rising Star winner is Lyndon Hupfeld.
Lyndon Hupfeld is a local Baulkham Hills junior and is only
seventeen years of age. Through strong performances in our
Division 1 team earlier in the year, he forced his way into the
East Coast Eagles Premier Division team in Round 13
playing the next five games at Premier Division level.
Lyndon played mainly at half forward and at times as a
backup ruckman. He averaged 14 possessions and just over
a goal per game. Lyndon had a couple of standout games in
2015 including Round 13 against Western Suburbs where he gathered 18 possessions, took 10 marks
and kicked three goals. He also had a strong game in Round 17 against North Shore where he had 18
possessions, took five marks and kicked a goal. These are fantastic numbers for such a young player in
a mature side.
Lyndon he has been part of the Giants Academy system for the last few years and this year he has
also represented the NSW/ACT RAMS as well as the UWS Giants at NEAFL level. Lyndon is very easy
to coach and has the ability to adapt quickly to the different systems and game plans at each of the
teams he represents.
He is a very deserving Rising Star winner.
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JUNIOR CLUB PARTNERSHIPS
By Rodney Frost
Without solid partnerships with our local junior clubs
where does our future lie?
Our Football Club exists to make better people and
ensure that all players have a sustainable pathway
to play football with great people. To do this we
must tightly engage with local clubs holding a focus
on maintaining high participation rates in the mid to
late teens when all kinds of alternatives appear to
these young men.
Our year started with open and frank meetings with
our two major junior club partnerships in Baulkham
Hills Hawks and the Kellyville Magpies. In these
meetings we soon realised that we had some yards
to gain. Our key improvements have been in
partnering by being much more inclusive.
To achieve this, our relationships weren’t about one
off efforts. Together the three clubs drive AFL in our
area and we all had to work together with our
current Board of Directors seeing the Magpies and Hawks as an extension of our organisation.
This was a year for truly building on the relationships of the past within local junior clubs and the
following initiatives are testament to our focus on just how important these clubs are to the Eagles:
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At Back to Baulko Day we had over fifty children playing football related games on Kanebridge
Oval at half time;
The Kellyville Magpies U/14s now have a “Jon Vlatko Award” for their Rising Star. Jon has led
from the front by assisting and mentoring these boys for a few years now. Jon knows them all
well and they can often be heard at Kanebridge Oval yelling out his name;
Both the Kellyville Magpies and Baulkham Hills Hawks now have a perpetual award each called
the East Coast Eagles Award. This is for the player in any age group who represents the values,
attitudes and behaviours of the East Coast Eagles. This was highly welcomed by both clubs;
Both the Kellyville Magpies and Baulkham Hills Hawks were encouraged to attend each East
Coast event just as we would attend all their events throughout the year;
Michael Sankey delivered a motivational speech prior to the Under 14 Kellyville Magpies
winning Grand Final;
When both clubs struggled to field an Under 15 team, all three clubs worked together to ensure a
joint venture East Coast Eagles Under 15 team was born;
The Magpies U17s regularly trained with those from our Senior Group who were training on
Wednesday nights;
Many of our players were at various events through the year and a special thanks to Jack
Dimery and Josh Cutting for their efforts at the awards night;
Cameron Arndt as Assistant Coach of the Under 17s was a great effort all year;
Food & drink vouchers were handed out to ALL Magpies Academy players to redeem whenever
they came to the ground to watch their East Coast Eagles.
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Magpies Development Academy at Kanebridge Oval
Established in 2015 the Magpies’ Development Academy has been created for players registered with
the Kellyville Rouse Hill Magpies. This Academy has been planned to provide our youth with an
opportunity to develop their ability as AFL players. This Academy is designed to be INCLUSIVE rather
than EXCLUSIVE providing kids of every ability with an opportunity to become better AFL players. If a
player is willing to work hard then we will provide them with a constructive setting and access to
knowledgeable coaching services. If a child doesn’t have the skills or ability to be selected for the
SWANS or GIANTS Academy, then their future development should not be limited. If a player at the
Rouse Hill Kellyville Magpies loves the game of AFL then we should provide them with as many
opportunities as possible.
This was a ten week program that saw nearly 90 future East Coast Eagles work on new and exciting
drills in what was a highlight of the year for our club.
The effort, professionalism and enthusiasm of the contributors below was a true testament to the
character of these people and what our club stands for when it comes to developing and fostering junior
talent.
We are extremely proud to thank Michael Sankey and Greg Thomas for leading the following players
to the great success of the Magpie Academy:
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Joshua Cutting
Zach Johns
Alexander Van Vliet
Lachlan Hand
Kieran Emery
Jack Dimery
Matt Eastman
Chloe Arndt (Whilst Chloe is not a playing Eagle, we are claiming her!)
Enormous thanks to David Hemmings for allowing us to be involved and for his vision of an Academy
that truly adds value to the lives of the Eagles of tomorrow.
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SEASON WRAP - UP
David Arndt - Director of Football
Well what a year it’s been for the East Coast Eagles.
Challenges were thrown our way not only on the field but off
the field. After the withdrawal from the NEAFL competition in
late 2014, the club led by Peter Physick and the Board at the
time had a mountain of work to do to ensure that East Coast
remained a great community football club and held their
position in the competition. As for the playing group, it was
pleasing to see that 35% of the listed NEAFL players
committed to stay and play for their beloved club and provide
support in the only way they know how - to play some great
football for the Eagles.
Pre-season for the playing group started in mid November as
planned and it wasn’t long before you gained a sense of the
depth we had in the group. Michael Sankey continued to drive
the discipline in all fitness activities and games’ sense drills to
ensure the players were at their best come Round one. The
Pre-Season camp was held in February at Del Rio Ski Park for
the entire playing group, Coaches, Managers and Team Assistants. What a fantastic weekend this with
most of the group arriving Friday night and team building exercises starting first thing Saturday morning.
To start the weekend we had a game of basketball to get the competitive edge out of the players,
moving into a team strategy session and finalising the Leadership Group selection. Finishing off the
weekend with the all-important round of golf where the playing group could challenge the Coaches. It
has to be said, with some unbelievable golf played by the Coaching Group, we were triumphant on the
day!
When Saturday 11th April rolled around we were ready for the challenges which were ahead, both
mentally and physically - unfortunately so were Manly. The Eagles were leading at the major break by
27 pts and then by 34 pts at 3/4 time and we were well on our way to a good win for the opening round.
However somehow Manly crawled back and found something extra to take out the game by three points
after the final siren. But this was only to be a ‘minor glitch’ in the season with the Premier Division Team
going on to win the remainder of their Minor round games, including the 2nd Semi against Pennant Hills.
It was then onto the “big dance’ and as finals matches go, it was a hard fought battle between two teams
who wanted the win more than anything. Unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be with the Pennant Hills
Demons taking out the 2015 flag.
Our Division One team lead by John Hupfeld as Head Coach held their own for the majority of the
season, especially towards the back end, winning four out of their last five games. In all they won eight
and lost 10. Lost opportunities were losing one game by 1 pt, one game by 2 pts and one game by 5 pts.
Led onto the park each and every week by their captain Ryan Fitton, he once again showed what a
great leader he is to the players and a fantastic ambassador for this Football Club. Even though it was
difficult to get a win sometimes, the group always showed a positive outlook and great mateship
throughout. Finishing just outside the top five, it’s something I’m sure we can build on for next year and
take it all the way.
Our Division Three playing group had a great year led by Matt O’Connor coach and the senior
leadership group of Jared Patira and Tommy Stewart. Unfortunately they narrowly missed the finals
this year, however having spent a little more time with this fantastic bunch of players, it’s hard to see
how! Every single game or training session they came out and put 110% in for the team, their mates
and the footy club. After their match is finished at Kanebridge - the “NEST” is set up on the pocket at the
far south western end of the ground where the boys sit as a group, have a few quiet ones (well it’s not
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always quiet) and support the Div One’s, Prems and the U19s. If they’re not there, then you always
know they’ll be on the BBQ, Umpire Escorting, Timekeeping and generally assisting around the ground.
What a fantastic sight it was to see the “One More Eagles” banner proudly positioned in the pocket at
Henson Park for the Grand Final where the boys sat as a group and cheered on the Premier Division
boys. I have no doubt Matty Mack and the boys will build on this season and return in 2016 to be a
fiercely competitive team in this Division.
Our U19s had a very challenging year with a host of injuries throughout the season and at times player
shortages to compete with. With that said, Greg Thomas, Paul Eastman and Peter Van Vliet worked
extremely hard each and every week both at training and on game day to develop, train and teach this
young playing group to get to the standard they need to play at. Even after losing 15 games, winning
two and drawing one, they fought valiantly throughout each and every game, often impacted by injury
and unavailability. We should really be looking forward to this team returning as a playing group in 2016
and building on what they showed towards the end on this season through the leadership and planning
of new coach John Hupfeld.
After only joining the Board in May this year, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the challenges and the experience
I’ve gained in this role within the Board of Directors. I would like to take the opportunity to thank Peter
Physick, Jon Gawley and Rodney Frost for their ongoing support, knowledge and breaking me out of
the “Junior Football” mindset.
A huge thank you to Michael Sankey, Peter Steer, Andrew Turner, Damian Minervini and Phil
Bester for their ongoing support throughout the season. To John Hupfeld, Richard O’Keefe, John
Dwyer and Paul Regan, thank you for all your support on game days and at training - it’s been a real
pleasure working with you guys. To Trevor Hangan, who attends all training sessions, assists with the
required equipment for training, game days and pulls together the required players clothing for both
training and game days - a huge thanks to you mate! You’ve been a great help to me throughout this
year Trev and not to mention to the club over the years. Hope to see you next season continuing to
support wherever you can. Finally a big vote of thanks to my wife Bethan, daughters Jessica and Chloe
and son Cameron for allowing me to take time out to be involved in such a wonderful club and to do
something I’m extremely passionate about.
See you all at the footy in 2016....
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UNDER 19
Coach – Greg Thomas / Team Manager – Bronwyn Bailey
Assistant coaches – Paul Eastman, Peter Van Vliet
Captains – Alexander Van Vliet, Brendan Vielhauer, Isaac Heath
TROPHY WINNERS
Perpetual trophy donated by Taxi Clothing
Best and Fairest
Trevor Hangan Trophy
Runner Up
Played
Alexander Van Vliet
Isaac Heath
Coach’s Award
Sam Berger
Best Team Player
Aidan Chapman
Most Consistent
James Monks
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Wins
2
Losses
15
Draw 1
Final position
Eighth
The opportunity to coach at a Club I had played footy for 20 years ago was an exciting prospect and I
really looked forward to the challenges ahead of me in 2015. Paul Eastman, Peter Van Vliet and myself
formed the coaching group and although between us we had a lot of footy knowledge and Junior
coaching experience, it was for all of us our first foray into coaching a senior team. We knew very early
in the year that this year’s U19s were going to be predominantly a young team, with all but four players
still able to play in the 2016 season. We also had the opportunity to blood six U17 players to our 19s
team throughout the season and look forward to welcoming them into the Nest next year.
The three U19 Musketeers
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Alexander Van Vliet (Best & Fairest), Isaac Heath (Runner Up) and Aidan Chapman (Team Player)
Each week as a playing group we would range from between 18 to 30 players due to work commitments, injuries,
study; you name it; we constantly had ins and outs. However the most pleasing thing about the players was their
positive approach to the game and their team mates, giving 100% on the playing field.
We had a tough first half of the year, not being able to get a win on the board, but instead of the players dropping
their heads they continued to improve and took the challenge up to their opponents each week. For this they were
finally rewarded with a couple of wins, a draw and even a few close losses. This gave them the belief that they can
match it with any team in the competition especially with a true age squad in place.
Some important thanks ….
To the Board, for all your hard work to keep this Club going and moving
forward. It was great to see some familiar faces still involved after all
these years. To all the other team coaches and assistants, Prems, Div 1
& Div 3 and especially our Head of Coaching Michael Sankey, for all
your help and general chats throughout the season.
To the Division 3 boys for helping with water running and team morale
when we played at the same venue. To Andrew Browning for
organising some of the Premier Division players to take on a mentoring
role for the U19s. Thanks mate. That day when you guys sat on the hill
and cheered us on and gave advice to various players at the breaks was
invaluable and it really possibly is what helped get us across the line for
our first win. We look forward to seeing that mentoring become a regular
part of our team development during the pre-season and into 2016.
To Paul and Peter for coaching the 19s with me this year. Even though
the scoreboard didn’t show where the team was on the ladder, I know
we agreed that the boys definitely improved as the year went on. I can
see this team playing finals footy in 2016 if they stick together and work
hard in the pre-season. To Bronwyn Bailey for all your hard work with
the Managers role; you were able to get all the paperwork and boys
organised week in and week out so we could focus on coaching.
Sam Berger - Coach's Award
To Pablo for pulling on the pink shirt and undertaking our team runner duties, Marty for filling in and being
available to help whether it be team runner or water runner and Russ Matthews for putting his hand up and filling
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in as water runner for a lot of our away games. To all the parents
for helping get our players to the ground and if I have missed any
of you for your extra help – thanks heaps it is really appreciated.
To the physios who strapped our players each week so they could
play and dealing with all the aches and pains; thank you for your
professionalism and support. To Trevor Hangan who always
made an effort to assist with the U19s wherever possible
throughout the year, even when he had to get across the other
side of town to fulfil his Manager duties for the Prems.
Finally to all our players who put on the Eagles’ jumper and ran
out side by side with your team mates to have a crack on the
footy field, to do your best, win, lose or draw and never dropped
your heads. For the laughs we had at training and on game day is
why I say thank you to all of you. It was a big year, stepping up
from Juniors to play in the Senior arena. I really hope you boys
stick together, learn from this year and remember that U19s footy
is only for two years and is the first stepping stone and the
beginning of your development for the senior footy ahead.
James Monks - Most Consistent
Put in a HUGE pre-season with the Eagles’ Senior players who will take you under their wings (couldn’t help
myself, sorry) and show the way forward in developing you as a footballer and the improvement that will come with
hard work and commitment to training.
Thommo
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UNDER 19 – MATCH STATISTICS
SURNAME
FIRST
NAME
2015
U19
GAMES
2015
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
2015
U19
GOALS
Addie
Lachlan
6
0
0
6
2
Anwandter
Sebastian
18
0
0
19
4
Badger
Robert
5
0
0
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2
Berger
Samuel
17
0
0
20
0
Birch
John
16
0
0
17
0
Cass
Jaydn
5
0
0
5
1
Chapman
Aidan
15
0
0
21
8
Crowe
Daniel
13
0
0
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2
Dela-Cruz
Justin
13
0
0
13
0
Foxall
Benjamin
15
0
0
17
5
Fraser
Jared
14
0
0
14
0
Hand
Lachlan
4
0
0
6
0
Hay
Angus
12
0
0
19
1
Heath
Isaac
17
0
6
44
27
Horton
Dylan
2
0
0
2
0
Lee
Jackson
17
0
0
31
5
Mathews
Zachary
8
0
0
8
1
Matthews
Cody
15
0
0
25
5
Matthews
Joshua
16
0
0
16
1
Mitchell
Harrison
9
0
0
9
2
Monks
James
15
0
1
31
1
Mosquito
Justin
4
0
0
9
2
Newton
Alexander
3
0
0
3
3
Organ
Alex
1
0
0
1
0
Polverino
Thomas
9
0
0
9
0
Rodman
Joshua
16
0
15
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2
Rowley
Jacob
6
0
0
6
0
Stewart
Connor
5
0
4
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3
Stewart
Bailey
5
0
0
5
0
Tappenden
Blake
8
0
0
8
1
Thomas
Nathan
15
0
0
18
1
Van Vliet
Alexander
16
0
0
19
17
Van Vliet
Ryan
1
0
0
1
0
Vance
Adam
2
0
0
21
0
Vielhauer
Brendan
12
0
4
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1
Walsh
Joel
14
0
0
14
3
Wandel
Alexander
6
0
0
6
0
Zdrilic
Thomas
1
0
7
28
0
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UNDER 19 - SEASON RESULTS
ROUND
AGAINST
RESULT
1
LOSS
4.2 (26)
14.17 (101)
2
MANLY
WARRINGAH
SYDNEY UNI
LOSS
8.4 (52)
13.9 (87)
3
ST GEORGE
LOSS
1.7 (13)
22.5 (137)
4
PENNANT HILLS
LOSS
4.2 (26)
11.15 (81)
5
LOSS
5.4 (34)
13.10 (88)
6
SOUTH COAST
THUNDER
NORTH SHORE
LOSS
5.5 (35)
14.5 (89)
7
SYDNEY UNI
DRAW
8.6 (54)
7.12 (54)
8
ST GEORGE
LOSS
4.3 (27)
20.11 (131)
9
UNSW/ES
LOSS
4.3 (27)
16.11 (107)
10
NORTH SHORE
LOSS
2.4 (16)
16.17 (103)
11
PENNANT HILLS
LOSS
3.4 (22)
11.9 (75)
12
ST GEORGE
LOSS
5.3 (33)
7.14 (56)
13
LOSS
5.7 (37)
8.8 (56)
LOSS
6.9 (45)
9.14 (68)
15
SOUTH COAST
THUNDER
MANLY
WARRINGAH
NORTH SHORE
LOSS
9.6 (60)
12.10 (82)
16
SYDNEY UNI
WIN
8.12 (60)
8.10 (58)
17
UNSW/ES
LOSS
9.7 (61)
25.8 (158)
18
SOUTH COAST
THUNDER
WIN
10.7 (67)
9.7 (61)
14
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SCORES
DIVISION THREE
Coach – Matt O’Connor
Team Manager – Paul Meyer
Captain – Jared Patira
TROPHY WINNERS
Played 18
Best and Fairest
Dan O’Connor
Runner Up
Coach’s Award
Best Team Player
Players’ Player
Anthony Baddock
Nathan Campbell
Will Dickinson
Anthony Baddock
Wins
8
Losses 10
Final Position
Sixth
With the club’s decision to come back to AFL Sydney from the NEAFL competition we slid from Division
Two back to Three, but it was a move that gave us a renewed confidence within the group to be more
competitive throughout 2015. We would set high standards and expectations for ourselves given that
we had lost only a few players from our previous campaign
and had strong group unity. Unfortunately we wouldn’t belt
out that song until Round 3 after a gutsy win at Pennant
Hills. Our entire season can be looked at as one of missed
chances, some below par patches in quarters of games
mid-year and slow starts we just could not topple.
Firstly, to the 45+ players who played Division Three this
year let me say thank you to you all.
It has been a pleasure to coach such a close knit group
who strive to get the most from each other, even when
results didn’t always go our way. There were some robust
conversations had at times, but we were and still are united
as one, playing with pride in ourselves, one another and
the jumper.
Season Review:
Dan O'Connor - B&F
A slow start saw us 2 and 2 after four games and finding
our feet as a group with stirring wins against Pennant Hills
(the arch enemy) and a dominant display against Gosford.
With our season back on track and seemingly back in our
hands, it would turn south. We lost our next five games to
find ourselves with only two out of nine games, well below
our expectations for 2015.
During this period we gave ourselves chances in all these games. We led against sides in the middle of
the table and felt in control at stages, but unfortunately we would get over run in them all.
The strong spirit of the group that had been apparent during our early wins and all throughout preseason re-emerged over the remaining nine weeks. We were challenged on more than one occasion
and this time our leaders helped us settle in games, we trusted our mates and the boys stood tall. We
won six of the last nine and came home with a wet sail, defeating Wests, Pennant Hills, Norwest,
Gosford, Penrith and Balmain in those final weeks to show that we can be a force in the Division Three
competition when playing selfless football.
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We finished sixth and were left to lament two losses to UNSW-ES who would finish last. The boys will
spend a long pre-season wondering what might have been and without a shadow of a doubt prepare the
best way possible for 2016 and the new season that awaits.
Our season will be looked back on as one of
missed chances, poor patches in quarters, slow
starts and results that we alone left out on the
field for our opponents to take control of.
The list of thanks:
Firstly, thank you to the long line of our
supporters, Mums and Dads, wives and
girlfriends who brave the cold winter mornings
and even travel out as far as Penrith and
Gosford in a convoy to watch us every week rain
or shine, win or loss. Some of you screaming
and yelling. You are always there for the boys,
so on from me on their behalf, a big Thank you.
Paul Meyer – The “glue” that held the whole
show together. With Garry Bailey stepping down
and taking a well deserved break from our mob
this season we were without a Team Manager
until the man we all know as “Roosy” stepped up
and took the bull by the horns. He made my day
to day at the club easier, game day is a breeze
(well the admin part) and allows me to do my
preparation with the boys and we are immensely
grateful for the support of Paul.
“Roosy” and “MoC” discuss tactics
The Senior Coaching Group: To Michael Sankey, Peter Steer, Andrew Turner, Damien Minervini,
John Hupfeld, Greg Thomas and Phil Bester thank you for your support and assistance during season
2015. You have made me into a much better coach over the
past 12 months and our additional success on the park shows
that this year. Thankyou as well for having me at your sessions
and allowing me to develop and to be involved in whatever way
possible.
Trevor Hangan whose continued support is very much
appreciated. Always first and last at the club during the week.
Thanks Trev …
To the Eagles Coterie Club, a special thank you for your
ongoing support, it is much appreciated.
A special thank you to Nathan Halliday and Sports Physio
Norwest for your ongoing treatment of the players, and a huge
thank you for your support and the work you have done to
rehabilitate injured players and get them back on the track.
Thanks!
Paul Stewart for goal umpiring at almost every game, thankyou.
Tracey Stewart thanks not only for the photos (which assisted
Nate Campbell in his collage making each week) but also for
the food you provided, even when you couldn’t make it.
Anthony Baddock
Runner up B&F and Players Player
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Thank you to the East Coast Eagles Board for your
support of myself and the group throughout 2015. We
look forward to next season and many more to come.
The Leadership Group: You boys helped me build and
develop our culture and our standards. You are the corner
stone of it and the reason that our year finished on such a
positive note. Be extremely proud of the way we dealt
with some unique situations this year and how you have
brought this group together.
The Board Man Lucas O’Connor who says week in,
week out that he could have been better than Scott
Pendlebury had it not been for a slight knee injury during
his premiership year in Under 16’s. Thanks for helping out
while you were injured "Loc”. I know how frustrating it was
for you all through the year, when we were low on
numbers or when we were struggling on game day and
you wanted to get out there and make a difference. I have
no doubt you’ll be out on the track at full flight soon
throwing around your huge frame with horrid banter, but
most importantly leading by example at the coal face of
every contest.
Nate Campbell - Coach's Award
And finally thanks to my Dad, who gave me great support
during matches all year. His help and suggestions
throughout games and his reminder to refocus put me back
into a more level space where I could be clear and concise
and get the boys to focus on the challenge at hand.
And to Mum who gets to every game when she can ….
In closing, 2015 promised to be so much more than what
has unfolded and something that I feel the whole group will
walk away unfulfilled from, but driven to go the next level
and play finals in 2016 under the guidance of Matt Mack
and Dan O’Connor.
I wish them a very fruitful 2016. It will take hard work and
commitment from the entire playing group for us to jump the
next hurdle. I have complete faith and trust in this group
that we can do this and if we have all hands on deck from
Day 1 when it comes crunch time, we will march forth, a
united group and do all we can to make you our supporters
and our Football Club prouder than ever before.
Round 1 can’t come soon enough. Rip in boys….. MoC.
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Will Dickinson – Best Team Player
DIVISION THREE – MATCH STATISTICS
SURNAME
FIRST
NAME
2015
DIVISION
THREE
GAMES
2015
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
2015
DIVISION
THREE
GOALS
Austin
Luke
10
0
0
10
10
1
Baddock
Anthony
15
0
1
95
95
13
Berger
David
16
0
0
94
94
1
Berger
Samuel
3
0
0
20
20
1
Berger
Joseph
17
0
0
40
40
0
Birch
John
1
0
0
17
17
0
Bridie
Benjamin
16
0
0
16
16
1
Campbell
Nathan
16
0
1
136
136
13
Carey
Ben
12
0
0
74
74
5
Cicciarelli
Daniel
4
0
1
19
19
0
Craig
Jacob
1
0
0
14
14
0
de Rooy
Thomas
9
0
0
9
9
1
Delaney
James
5
0
2
70
70
1
Dickinson
William
16
0
0
16
16
8
Egbenoma
Osazee
13
0
0
13
13
3
Fisher
Lochlan
15
0
0
71
71
8
Foxall
Alex
13
0
35
132
139
7
Frost
Rodney
2
0
159
187
362
2
Hand
Lachlan
2
0
0
6
6
1
Hay
Angus
2
0
0
19
19
1
Heath
Isaac
1
0
6
44
44
0
Henri
Dale
1
0
0
13
13
0
Ibbotson
Oliver
8
0
0
8
8
2
Jones
Blake
2
0
7
118
218
0
Lambert
Jordan
13
0
0
44
44
1
Lee
Jackson
2
0
0
31
31
0
Lewis
Samuel
7
0
2
96
109
0
Mack
Matthew
13
0
1
119
270
0
Madden
Jared
17
0
14
190
378
11
Mindham
Jake
2
0
1
41
41
2
Murfitt
Nick
9
0
0
28
28
1
O'Connor
Daniel
17
0
0
94
94
4
Patira
Jared
18
0
16
194
250
66
Physick
Tim
13
0
68
217
408
1
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SURNAME
FIRST
NAME
2015
DIVISION
THREE
GAMES
2015
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
2015
DIVISION
THREE
GOALS
Pinchen
Sam
14
0
0
117
202
4
Stewart
Thomas
13
0
15
80
80
2
Strangwick
Luke
9
0
0
12
12
0
Trewin
Brent
1
0
14
97
97
0
Tumminello
Andrew
14
0
2
115
115
0
Tumminello
Stephen
13
0
0
84
84
1
Van Vliet
Alexander
1
0
0
19
19
1
Waterhouse
Scott
7
0
0
46
46
0
Wells
Joshua
2
0
0
7
7
0
Whales
Lewis
5
0
1
135
168
0
Total Premier Division / NEAFL games include matches played for the Eagles and Baulkham Hills AFC.
Total Eagles games include all Eagles matches in any grade.
Total Club games include all matches played in any grade at the Eagles and Baulkham Hills AFC up to
and including 2008.
Buddah started it...
Pup tried to finish it...
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DIVISION THREE - SEASON RESULTS
ROUND
AGAINST
RESULT
1
SYDNEY UNI
LOSS
6.6 (42)
11.13 (79)
2
LOSS
5.5 (35)
10.9 (69)
3
WESTERN
SUBURBS
UTS
LOSS
8.4 (52)
15.17 (102)
4
PENNANT HILLS
WIN
8.8 (56)
5.8 (38)
5
GOSFORD
WIN
15.20 (110)
4.3 (27)
6
BALMAIN
LOSS
7.10 (52)
11.8 (74)
7
NOR-WEST
WEST JETS
LOSS
7.6 (48)
11.5 (71)
8
UNSW/ES
LOSS
8.6 (54)
10.13 (73)
9
PENRITH
LOSS
9.4 (58)
15.14 (104)
10
WIN
8.10 (58)
6.12 (48)
11
WESTERN
SUBURBS
UTS
LOSS
6.4 (40)
23.7 (145)
12
PENNANT HILLS
WIN
13.9 (87)
6-13 (49)
13
SYDNEY UNI
LOSS
6.8 (44)
16.14 (110)
14
NOR-WEST
WEST JETS
WIN
13.6 (84)
5.10 (40)
15
GOSFORD
WIN
14-8 (92)
11.10 (76)
16
UNSW/ES
LOSS
6-16 (52)
7-11 (53)
17
PENRITH
WIN
11.4 (70)
10-6 (66)
18
BALMAIN
WIN
13.13 (91)
9.9 (63)
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SCORES
DIVISION ONE
Coach – John Hupfeld
Team Manager – Hayley Clift
Captain – Ryan Fitton
TROPHY WINNERS
Perpetual trophy donated by Billy McLeod
Best and Fairest
The Billy McLeod Medal
Runner Up
Coach’s Award
Most Consistent
Played 18 Wins
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Ryan Fitton
Cameron Arndt
Brent Trewin
Jordan McPherson
Losses 10
Final Position
Sixth
Round 1: ECE 15.15 (105) defeated Southern Power
6.9 (45)
Div 1 opened the season with a home game at
Kanebridge Oval with a very strong line up and
recorded a 60 point win over Southern Power.
Anthony Stubbs stamped his authority on this game
from the first bounce and announced to the
competition that he was back, but unfortunately this
would be short lived when he tore his hamstring five
minutes into the game. James Ford dominated with
BOG and Pete Vlatko kicked four goals, with another
11 individual goal kickers.
Round 2: ECE 6.9 (45) were defeated by Mac Uni
11.10 (76)
Injuries at Premier Div level saw a number of the
previous week’s players go up. After a good opening
quarter we were unable to go on with it. Cameron
Arndt had a best on ground performance while Robert
Badger enjoyed an outstanding game on the back
flank. We played a scrappy brand of footy and paid the
price.
Ryan Fitton – Billy McLeod Medallist and a Dad
Round 3: ECE 5.6 (36) were defeated by UTS 9.12 (66)
Round 3 was postponed due to poor weather and was
played after Round 7. Goals were hard to come by and we had only registered three majors by 3/4 qtr
time. Jimmy Gordon had come to play and was a standout in a game where we didn’t get going.
Round 4: ECE 3.12 (30) were defeated by Pennant Hills 8.4 (52)
It was wet weather footy at Mike Kenny Oval and inaccurate kicking for goal saw Penno take the points
in a game we should have won. Blake Anderson announced his arrival to the Sydney AFL dominating
in the backline and finding plenty of room to run in what was a tightly contested game. Matty Scholz
was outstanding and played as if it was a dry day in a BOG display.
Round 5: ECE 10.9 (69) defeated St. George 2.8 (20)
A dominant performance and restricting St. George to only two goals for the game saw us record a 49
point win at Kanebridge Oval. Our captain Ryan Fitton led from the front, racking up countless
possessions in a BOG and was well supported by Mark Skuse. Justin “Gunner” Steer went forward
late in the game finding the sticks and showing his versatility playing at either end of the ground.
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Round 6: ECE 6.11 (47) were defeated by Balmain 15.7 (97)
We took on front runners Balmain who kicked seven goals in the second quarter to lead by 62 points at
half time whilst trying to play catch up footy. A much better second half saw us outscore Balmain but the
damage was already done. Brent Trewin was outstanding and Cam Arndt gave us plenty of run in a
BOG performance.
Round 7: ECE 6.9 (45) were defeated by Parramatta 6.11 (47)
A two point loss in a tightly contested game saw Parra take the points at Gipps Rd. It’s one of the games
we look back on with disappointment and proved to be the difference making the finals. Fitto once again
led the way and Pete Vlatko stood tall while Lyndon Hupfeld straightened us up in front of the big
sticks.
Round 8: ECE 4. 4 (28) were defeated by Sydney Uni 7.10 (52)
With Scotty Reed, Aaron Savage and Anthony Stubbs making
returns from injury to join us in Div 1 for this away game at
Henson Park, we started very slowly to trail by four goals at half
time. We were a different side after the long break however and
started to dominate all over the ground, kicking two goals in
succession and having all the momentum early into the third qtr,
when suddenly the sprinklers at Henson came on to end the
game early. This was a reminder to us all on the importance of
‘doing the hard work early’. Adam Fender gave a BOG
performance and Jared Patira filling in from Div 3 was a great
target for us forward kicking three majors.
Round 9: ECE 8.8 (56) defeated UNSW/ES 7.9 (51)
The halfway point of the season saw us back at Kanebridge Oval
for a win over the Bulldogs. It was the younger players in the
team who led the way with Connor Stewart showing his class
and a BOG performance from Lyndon Hupfeld. Crowd favourite
Rodney “the Rocket” Frost playing his first Div 1 game for the
season kicked two valuable majors.
Cameron Arndt – Runner up B&F
Round 10: ECE 7.12 (54) were defeated by Southern
Power 8.8 (56)
Taking on the inform Southern Power at Gwawley Oval we
went in at 3/4 qtr time with a three goal deficit but came out
with all guns blazing in the last quarter and looked set to steal
this game. Aaron Savage provided the spark for BOG game,
with Nick Crowe and Jordan McPherson dominating in the
backline. A rough rub of the green in the last quarter saw us
fall two points short.
Round 11: ECE 15.6 (96) defeated Pennant Hills 8.6 (54)
It was ‘Back to Baulko’ day and playing in front of our biggest
crowd for the season. Anthony Stubbs dominated in the ruck
and gave our midfield first use of the pill for a BOG
performance. With nine individual goal kickers it was ECE at
their very best against the old foe.
Round 12: ECE 3.9 (27) were defeated by St. George
10.14 (74)
Playing away at Olds Park, we were down on personnel and
had Isaac Heath and Alexander Van Vliet back up for us
from 19’s. Plus we had some Div 3 assistance who at the end
Jordan McPherson - Most Consistent
of our game rushed off to back up and play their game at a
different venue. A tough match but the shining light was a BOG performance from youngster Robert
Badger who had the ball on string and was well supported by Gunner.
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Round 13: ECE 4. 7 (31) were defeated by Macquarie Uni 4.8 (32)
Our third game decided by less than a kick that didn’t go our way and we suffered a one point loss to
Mac Uni at Kanebridge Oval. Will Bradley dominated the midfield for us and it was Sammy Lewis who
took BOG honours with his run out of the backline and setting up our attack. There were heavy heads
after the game with the disappointment of another close loss to hurt our goal of playing finals footy.
Round 14: ECE 8.10 (58) defeated UTS 9.3 (57)
Another game decided by a single point, but this time we were all smiles. We played great footy in one
of the toughest contested games of the season. Once again it was Fitto who led the way, and Gunner
stood tall in front of the sticks to kick four goals. Alex Foxall joined us for his first game of the season
and collected votes in the best players.
Round 15: ECE 8.12 (60) defeated UNSW/ES 5.9 (39)
An away game at Village Green where we had Scott Pierce, Zach Johns, Eugene Kruger and Matty
Eastman line up in Div 1 after returning from injury. We were devastated to see Gunner go early in the
game in what looked like a season ending injury. Highlight of the game was Coxy finding the big sticks
for the first time in the season kicking two majors. Zach dominated at CHB in a BOG game.
Round 16: ECE 11.16 (82) defeated Sydney Uni 5.12 (42)
Having knocked off top five side UTS the fortnight before, we firmly had finals bound Sydney Uni in our
sights. With eight individual goal kickers we played a good brand of footy at home to record a 40 point
win. Will Bradley took the honours in a best on performance.
Round 17: ECE 4.9 (33) were defeated by Balmain 13.6 (84)
Down on personnel for our clash with Balmain we called on Div 3 players to back up for us. We
encountered a very physical game at Henson Park with a number of concerning off ball incidents
resulting in concussions. Our younger players stood tall and Cam Arndt played out of his skin to take
the votes. With no bench after half time, players dug deep and continued to put their head over the footy.
Round 18: ECE 21.10 (136) defeated Holroyd Parramatta 8.9 (57)
Our final game for the season and with Prems having the bye and players returning from injury, we were
able to field one of strongest line ups for the season. Andrew Browning joined us for this game, and
gave us first use of the footy from the ruck contests. Scott Pierce bounced back and was a target for us
forward kicking seven big ones. Jack Dimery playing his first Div 1 game for the season got plenty of
touches and the experience he brought
into the midfield was beneficial to our
younger guys. Nick Crowe was the
standout with his run and carry from the
backline in an eye catching game. But this
day belonged to Frosty who had
announced his retirement and captained
the team for the day. He led the boys onto
the park and then brought the house down
in the Nest with his three goals (one being
a drop kick)!!
Coach’s report:
A big thanks to my assistant coach
Richard O’Keefe who is so passionate
about his footy and the work he does in
preparation for the team to take the field.
Thanks to our Team Manager Hayley
Clift and our runner Paul Regan. Thanks
also go to John Dwyer for coming to the
Eagles this season and taking on trainer
duties and water running for us as well.
Thanks to David Arndt for his assistance
Brent Trewin – Coach’s Award
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on game day and to Damian Steer who was only too happy to help out whenever I asked him. Thanks also to our
club coach Michael Sankey and everyone at the club.
Overall, despite missing out on finals it was a very successful year for Div 1 and the development of younger
players who now have senior games under their belt is very pleasing. There is some great depth in Div 1 with many
players getting the call up to Prems through the season.
Younger players had the opportunity to be nurtured by older inclusive players such as Fitto, Skusey, Pete Vlatko,
Gunner, Will Bradley and the likes throughout the season. With three games lost that were decided by less than a
kick, two more wins would have seen us play finals’ footy. Our second half of the season was very strong and
included wins over Grand Finalist teams Sydney Uni and Pennant Hills so Div 1 can look forward to a good season
ahead in 2016 if the hard work is done on the training track.
Thanks to all the players who lined up with us this season and the commitment and pride you showed week in,
week out.
Enjoy your footy! .... Hups
DIVISION ONE – MATCH STATISTICS
SURNAME
FIRST
NAME
2015
DIVISION
ONE
GAMES
2015
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
/ NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
2015
DIVISION
ONE
GOALS
Anderson
Blake
1
13
0
13
14
14
0
Arndt
Cameron
12
5
0
27
69
69
7
Badger
Robert
12
0
0
0
26
26
1
Baker
Trent
1
13
17
98
106
106
0
Bond
Harrison
9
0
0
17
56
56
1
Bourke
Benjamin
1
9
42
87
88
88
0
Bradley
William
5
7
17
43
48
48
1
Browning
Andrew
1
15
17
32
33
33
0
Campbell
Nathan
1
0
0
1
136
136
0
Cass
Jesse
9
0
0
16
27
27
0
Cass
Joshua
5
11
1
29
34
34
3
Cox
Lachlan
16
0
0
26
71
71
3
Craig
Jacob
13
0
0
0
14
14
0
Crowe
Nick
7
4
4
34
80
80
0
Cutting
Joshua
10
0
0
12
74
74
1
Delaney
James
12
0
0
2
70
70
3
Dimery
Jack
1
18
50
117
126
278
1
Eastman
Matthew
2
8
21
38
48
48
3
Fender
Adam
11
2
0
11
51
51
3
Fitton
Ryan
14
0
2
185
241
241
4
Ford
James
2
16
0
30
118
150
3
Ford
Campbell
6
0
0
0
6
6
2
Foxall
Alex
5
0
0
35
132
139
1
Frost
Rodney
4
0
0
159
187
362
7
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SURNAME
FIRST
NAME
2015
DIVISION
ONE
GAMES
2015
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
/ NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
2015
DIVISION
ONE
GOALS
Gordon
James
16
0
9
35
90
291
5
Heath
Isaac
1
0
0
6
44
44
0
Hupfeld
Lyndon
6
5
0
11
24
24
13
Johns
Zachary
4
9
14
29
41
41
0
Johnston
Alex
3
0
1
4
13
13
0
Jones
Blake
15
0
0
7
118
218
2
Kruger
Eugene
1
12
34
63
84
84
0
Lee
Jackson
3
0
0
0
31
31
1
Lewis
Samuel
12
0
0
2
96
109
0
McPherson
Jordan
15
0
0
15
72
72
0
Mindham
Jake
2
0
0
1
41
41
1
Mosquito
Justin
4
0
0
0
9
9
0
O'Connor
Stephen
2
13
10
104
135
151
1
Patira
Jared
3
0
0
16
194
250
5
Pierce
Scott
4
12
0
53
134
251
10
Reed
Scott
1
14
52
66
67
67
1
Regan
James
14
0
0
15
65
65
6
Savage
Aaron
4
8
31
64
95
95
2
Scholz
Matthew
11
3
2
42
97
191
2
Skuse
Mark
12
5
21
62
75
75
11
Steer
Justin
13
0
5
49
113
113
12
Stewart
Thomas
4
0
0
15
80
80
0
Stewart
Connor
13
0
0
4
47
47
1
Stubbs
Anthony
6
1
0
41
54
160
0
Trewin
Brent
16
0
0
14
97
97
0
Tumminello
Andrew
4
0
0
2
115
115
0
Tumminello
Stephen
4
0
0
0
84
84
0
Van Vliet
Alexander
1
0
0
0
19
19
0
Vielhauer
Brendan
1
0
0
4
38
38
0
Vlatko
Peter
14
1
0
24
60
60
21
Wells
Joshua
5
0
0
0
7
7
0
Whales
Lewis
8
0
0
1
135
168
0
Zdrilic
Thomas
11
0
0
7
28
28
3
and including 2008.
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DIVISION ONE - SEASON RESULTS
ROUND
AGAINST
RESULT
1
SOUTHERN POWER
WIN
15.15 (105)
6.9 (45)
2
MACQUARIE UNI
LOSS
6.9 (45)
11.10 (76)
3
UTS
LOSS
5.6 (36)
9.12 (66)
4
PENNANT HILLS
LOSS
3.12 (30)
8.4 (52)
5
ST GEORGE
WIN
10.9 (69)
2.8 (20)
6
BALMAIN
LOSS
6.11 (47)
15.7 (97)
7
HOLROYD
PARRAMATTA
LOSS
6.9 (45)
6.11 (47)
8
SYDNEY UNI
LOSS
4.4 (28)
7.10 (52)
9
UNSW/ES
WIN
8.8 (56)
7.9 (51)
10
SOUTHERN POWER
LOSS
7.12 (54)
8.8 (56)
11
PENNANT HILLS
WIN
15.6 (96)
8.6 (54)
12
ST GEORGE
LOSS
3.9 (27)
10.14 (74)
13
MACQUARIE UNI
LOSS
4.7 (31)
4.8 (32)
14
UTS
WIN
8.10 (58)
9.3 (57)
15
UNSW/ES
WIN
8.12 (60)
5.9 (39)
16
SYDNEY UNI
WIN
11.16 (82)
5.12 (42)
17
BALMAIN
LOSS
4.9 (33)
13.6 (84)
18
HOLROYD
PARRAMATTA
WIN
21.10 (136)
8.9 (57)
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SCORES
PREMIER DIVISION
Coach – Michael Sankey
Team Manager – Trevor Hangan
Captain – Jon Vlatko
TROPHY WINNERS
Best and Fairest
Peter Physick Medal
Players’ Player
Runner Up
Strong & United
Most Consistent
Best in Finals
Rising Star
Played 16
Wins
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Trent Stubbs
Trent Stubbs
Jack Dimery
James Ford
Andrew McConnell
Blake Anderson
Lyndon Hupfeld
Losses 1
Final Position Runners Up
Jack Dimery (2nd), Trent Stubbs (1st) and Andrew McConnell (3rd) in the Club Champion voting.
As many of you are aware, in the final weeks of the 2014 season ECE elected to withdraw from the
NEAFL competition. We set our sights on going back to being a true community based Australian Rules
Football Club and re-joining the AFL Sydney competition.
From a playing list perspective, this was going to take some work from many people to ensure we
returned with a competitive side. At the end of last year, Rodney Frost was thrown into the role of List
and Recruitment manager with his sole purpose being to ensure we locked away as many of our key
players as possible for 2015. Rodney was instrumental in re-signing many of the players, along with our
Captain Jon Vlatko who made many a call, had plenty of coffees and late night dinners with the most of
our players. In total we ended up losing fourteen of our top twenty five NEAFL players with the majority
of them returning to their home states. I can’t thank each of Rodney and Jon enough for the amount of
work they put in to convince our players to commit for 2015.
Our recruitment in the off season was virtually non-existent as we focussed more on the retention of our
playing group. However we were still able to secure a few very handy players prior to the start of the
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season as well as during the early stages of the
year. Blake Anderson (WAFL) and Bryce
Joynson (Campbelltown) were new recruits
who joined our playing group seamlessly. We
were also lucky enough to have a few players
return to play with ECE including Karl Merson,
Daniel Spiteri, James Ford, Trent Baker,
Anthony Stubbs, Adam Fender and Peter
Vlatko. All of the above were very handy
inclusions with many of these players forming a
key part of our side throughout 2015.
Once we had confirmed commitment from the
players who chose to continue with ECE, all of
our effort and energy was put into developing a
strong pre-season to ensure we went into the
2015 year well prepared. The coaching staff
was appointed with Andrew Turner, Peter
Steer and eventually Damian Minervini coming
on board as assistant coaches. Philip Bester
would also join us as game day assistant
meaning we had a very similar team. John
Hupfeld was appointed the Reserves coach
and was ably assisted by Richard O’Keefe.
Matt O’Connor would continue in the role as
Blake Anderson – Best in Finals
Div 3 coach and Greg Thomas would take on
the important role of Under 19’s coach with his assistants Paul Eastman and Peter van Vliet.
We had stability in our leadership group which was once again led by our Captain Jon Vlatko and we
also added Andrew Browning to that group showing how much he was respected. “Strong and
United” was again our trademark which was signed
off by the staff, coaches and players at our pre-season
camp which was held at Del Rio Riverside Resort in
Webbs Creek near Wisemans Ferry.
It was a very successful pre-season leading into the
practice matches. Unfortunately two of the teams that
had agreed to play us in pre-season practice games
cancelled at late notice, so we ended up playing two
intra-club games and only one practice game against
Belconnen from the ACT. We saw enough in those
games that our players were very fit, strong and in
good form.
Round 1 was a very big build up for us with the
opening match scheduled against the AFL Sydney
back to back Premiers in Manly Warringah. Manly had
taken over our mantle as the pre-eminent AFL club in
Sydney and before we had even played against them,
we felt that there was already a rivalry built out of
mutual respect. The entire competition was eager to
see how we would go coming back into the
competition and our playing group was also looking
forward to the challenge.
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At the six minute mark of the last quarter,
we found ourselves with a seven goal
lead and everything looked on track for
the perfect start to the season.
Unfortunately,, our players switched off
and we were beaten by a kick after the
final siren leaving everyone involved with
ECE a little stunned.
However, this
would prove to be a great wakeup call
and used as a driving force throughout
the rest of the season.
We won our next five games with an
average winning margin of 95 points with
three of these games won by twenty
goals. We went into the first break of the
season on top of the ladder which was
our first objective of the season ticked off.
The playing group stayed
stay focused and we
continued to critically review each and
every game on a Tuesday after training to
ensure no complacency,
complacen
as per our
Round 1 loss.
We ended up having three weeks off in a
Kieran Emery – Mr Dependable – 5th in B&F row as we had to wait for our actual bye, a wet
weather scheduled bye and also the AFL Sydney Representative game. At least some of our players
were able to get some game time as we were well represented in the Sydney
Sydn
team with Andrew
McConnell (Vice Captain), Trent Stubbs, Andrew Browning, Kieran Emery, Jack Dimery and Karl
Merson all playing a strong role in this game including Andrew McConnell receiving the best on ground
award.
We returned after the break winn
winning our next seven games, including two games with margins
exceeding 130 points. Our average winning margin during this run was 82 points showing that we
hadn’t fallen into the trap of becoming complacent. We also gained a little revenge when we beat Manly
Manl
away at their home ground by eight goals. It was also during this period that we had what is surely our
best ever regular season win against Pennant Hills at “Back to Baulko”, beating them by over ten goals.
An unusually pleasing aspect of this part of the season was that we were starting to suffer some very
serious injuries, with plenty of our players missing multiple weeks including Ben Bourke, Scott Reed,
Eugene Kruger, Zach Johns, Damien Charleston and Andrew Browning just some of the major
ones. Our younger players really stepped up during this time and acquitted themselves really well at
Premier Division level.
Our final three games of the minor round saw us continue our winning form including two very large
margins of 137 points v UNSW/ES and 154 points against North Shore. The final round of the regular
AFL Sydney season saw us with the bye; however we still finished on top of the ladder with fifteen wins
and one loss for the season. We managed to post a very large percentage of 292% showing our
dominance of the season to that point. Pennant Hills finished in second place just two wins behind us
showing that they had also had a very strong year.
And so Premier Division had to wait two weeks before our first final having securing the first week off.
off
We lifted the standard and intensity of training over these weeks and trained as strongly as we had
through our pre-season, including very hard Saturda
Saturday
y sessions. We had a few injury concerns,
concerns however
these would benefit from the weeks off. Our first semi
semi-final
final was played against arch rivals Pennant Hills
at Henson Park and we could tell early that we were a little rusty after a few weeks off as we continued
con
to turn the ball over and Penno made us pay. They held a small lead at half time before our boys were
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able to put their foot down with a dominant third quarter putting the game beyond Penno’s reach.
Although they were able to reduce the margin to twelve points, showing that they weren’t to be taken
lightly.
Again we had another weekend off and it would be a fortnight before we would play them in the Grand
Final. It was a tough two weeks on the training track to ensure we would be ready for our opposition.
Selection at the best of times is always a difficult job for coaching staff, however selecting a side for a
Grand Final is always tough. Unfortunately we lost a very important player in James Ford who had a
pre-planned trip to the USA which wasn’t ideal with Fordy being part of our best team. The coaching
staff eventually agreed on our best twenty two and unfortunately a few players missed out on selection.
As the senior coach, I don’t make any apologies about this, however I do empathise with players when
they miss out.
If it was allowed, I would pick all thirty six players who played a game at Premier Division level in 2015.
For the players who did miss out, I challenge you to return in 2016 and prove us wrong just like many
have done before you including Justin Steer, Darren Chapman and Steve Merkel. These are just
three names of players who weren’t selected during 2008 –
2011 when we played in four grand finals in a row. Each of
these players returned the following years and worked
harder than ever, before finally being picked for the next
grand final and becoming premiership players.
Finally it was the day of the AFL Sydney Grand Final. We
had done everything possible to put ourselves in the best
possible position for this day and our players were ready for
the challenge. The game followed a similar path to the first
semi-final with Pennant Hills taking a small three point
margin into half time. The challenge was there for our
players to repeat their performance of a fortnight earlier,
however it wasn’t to be.
They say bad kicking is bad football and in grand finals this
is even more so as there are no second chances. Our third
quarter saw us have ten shots on goal kicking one goal, six
behinds and three out of bounds on the full. We hadn’t
been able to make the most of a strong wind and we went
into three quarter time with a nine point lead. We had
managed to keep Pennant Hills scoreless giving us some
glimmer of hope. It was an arm wrestle for the first seven
minutes of the last quarter and we had our opportunities to
kick a few goals to extend our lead, but we couldn’t add to
it. Unfortunately, we couldn’t hold on and Pennant Hills ran
away with a six goal win and the 2015 Premiership.
James Ford -Strong & United
Whilst I am certainly very disappointed that our club wasn’t
able to win the Premiership, a big part of me is very proud of not only the playing group, but also the
entire football club. The fact is that we were very lucky to exist, let alone be playing off for a premiership
in 2015. The challenge for all of us now is to use the loss as motivation for season 2016. This needs to
burn inside everyone at our club as we start the journey once again with pre-season starting on the 24th
of November 2015.
There are many people that I would like to thank this year. To start with I would like to thank Peter
Physick, Rodney Frost, Jon Gawley, Richard Lee and Chris Baddock. These five men are the real
reason why we still exist today when these great Clubmen came running towards the challenge. They
put together a plan and then continually executed the strategy throughout late 2014 and 2015. Others
such as Dave Arndt and Paul Meyer joined later adding further strength to the Board. I can’t thank
these guys enough for the fantastic work that they continue to put in for the East Coast Eagles.
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I would like to thank Trevor Hangan for his tireless and selfless work as our team manager. He is a
fantastic club man and he gives plenty of time effort and energy to the ECE cause. Thanks to the
assistant coaches and match day assistants in Philip Bester, Andrew Turner, Peter Steer and
Damian Minervini. As a group, our assistant coaches certainly worked hard and put in a lot of time and
effort throughout the year. We also have a lot of fun along the way.
Thanks to my match day runner in Damon “Pistol” Steer. I look forward to getting you back as a player
next year. Thanks also to Rudy Bylsma, Lachlan Holroyd and Gav Dimery who were our trainers and
main water carriers this year.
Thanks to David Arndt, Richard O’Keefe, Paul Regan and John Dwyer for your outstanding
contribution throughout the year at training and also the pre-season camp. We are very lucky to have
this level of assistance at every training session and your support is very much appreciated by me. We
had plenty of fun and a lot of laughs as a group and I look forward to each of you returning next year.
Thanks to John Hupfeld for coaching Division 1 with Richard as his assistant. The role of a Reserves’
coach is never easy when you have to work around senior selection, injuries and unavailability. At times
we were hit hard this year by the above but I felt that you coached well during these tough periods.
Thanks also to Greg Thomas for coaching the Under 19s and Paul Eastman and Peter Van Vliet for
assisting you. Thanks to Matt O’Connor and Jared Patira for looking after Division Three. I look
forward to working with many of the above in season 2016
To our leadership group in Jon Vlatko, Jamie Vlatko, Ben Bourke, Jack Dimery, Eugene Kruger,
Scott Reed, Andrew Browning and Stuart Turner I would like to say a big thanks. All of you continue
to lead the way in all areas including on and off field.
I would like to thank Nathan Halliday and his team of physios mainly Lucy, Andy and Andrew who
continue to turn up week in and week out and give us a tremendous amount of support. I would like to
say a huge thanks to the families who watch us play week in and week out. Your support is very much
appreciated as is all the support we get from the fantastic group of wives and girlfriends at East Coast.
Huge thanks to those players and supporters who sat in THE NEST this year. Your support was
fantastic and you created an atmosphere that all of our players, coaches and supporters enjoyed. You
also intimidated plenty of our opponents along the way. I look forward to THE NEST returning in 2016.
I would like to thank the Board, the Coterie club, the
Supporters, the Volunteers and our Sponsors for your
support this year. We need you all back and on board with
us bigger and better next year.
Last but not least, I would like to thank my wonderful wife
Stacy and two children Liam and Chloe for continuing to
allow me to indulge in my passion. I look forward to spending
more time with them over summer.
And finally, I will finish this report the same way I did last
year. I encourage all the players on our list to stick together
and come back next year to play football together as best
mates. We have a point to prove to the AFL Sydney
competition with many in that community tipping us to go on a
downward spiral. This club is a proud one and we have a
responsibility to ensure we remain a club that is to be feared.
I’m looking forward to leading the club in season 2016 and I
need you all on board with me.
Benny Bourke with a special spoil
See you all next year.... Sanks.
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Sanks delivers the key messages on Grand Final day
Big AB under pressure in the Grand Final
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PREMIER DIVISION – MATCH STATISTICS
SURNAME
FIRST
NAME
2015
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
/ NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
2015
PREMIER
DIV
GOALS
Anderson
Blake
13
13
0
13
14
14
1
Arndt
Cameron
5
27
0
27
69
69
0
Baker
Trent
13
81
17
98
106
106
6
Bourke
Benjamin
9
45
42
87
88
88
0
Bradley
William
7
26
17
43
48
48
3
Browning
Andrew
15
15
17
32
33
33
5
Cass
Joshua
11
28
1
29
34
34
5
Charleston
Damien
14
62
30
92
93
93
6
Costello
Dean
18
59
34
93
129
129
7
Crowe
Nick
4
30
4
34
80
80
0
Dimery
Jack
18
67
50
117
126
278
12
Drinkwater
Aaron
18
46
7
53
55
55
4
Eastman
Matthew
8
17
21
38
48
48
2
Emery
Kieran
17
17
18
35
35
35
0
Fender
Adam
2
11
0
11
51
51
0
Ford
James
16
30
0
30
118
150
17
Hupfeld
Lyndon
5
11
0
11
24
24
7
Johns
Zachary
9
15
14
29
41
41
0
Joynson
Bryce
18
18
0
18
18
18
1
Kruger
Eugene
12
29
34
63
84
84
1
McConnell
Andrew
17
17
17
34
34
34
48
Merson
Karl
10
17
1
18
35
35
9
O'Connor
Stephen
13
94
10
104
135
151
3
Pierce
Scott
12
53
0
53
134
251
27
Reed
Scott
14
14
52
66
67
67
20
Savage
Aaron
8
33
31
64
95
95
1
Scholz
Matthew
3
40
2
42
97
191
0
Skuse
Mark
5
41
21
62
75
75
3
Spiteri
Daniel
15
73
17
90
107
107
17
Stubbs
Anthony
1
41
0
41
54
160
0
Stubbs
Trent
18
22
35
57
71
244
62
Turner
Stuart
16
18
38
56
56
56
4
Vlatko
Jon
14
131
48
179
179
179
6
Vlatko
Jamie
17
56
48
104
104
104
52
Vlatko
Peter
1
24
0
24
60
60
1
and including 2008.
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PREMIER DIVISION – SEASON RESULTS
ROUND
AGAINST
RESULT
1
MANLY WARRINGAH
LOSS
15.5 (95)
14.14 (98)
2
WESTERN SUBURBS
WIN
20.14 (134)
7.4 (46)
3
UTS
WIN
21.17 (143)
3.3 (21)
4
PENNANT HILLS
WIN
7.8 (50)
3.4 (22)
5
ST GEORGE
WIN
23.21 (159)
5.10 (40)
6
NORTH SHORE
WIN
20.21 (141)
4.1 (25)
7
SCORES
BYE
8
SYDNEY UNI
WIN
16.14 (110)
5.9 (39)
9
UNSW/ES
WIN
25.15 (165)
5.4 (34)
10
MANLY WARRINGAH
WIN
15.11 (101)
7.14 (56)
11
PENNANT HILLS
WIN
15.13 (103)
5.12 (42)
12
ST GEORGE
WIN
19.11 (125)
12.7 (79)
13
WESTERN SUBURBS
WIN
26.10 (166)
3.4 (22)
14
UTS
WIN
21.21 (147)
11.9 (75)
15
UNSW/ES
WIN
26.18 (174)
5.7 (37)
16
SYDNEY UNI
WIN
17.8 (110)
4.11 (35)
17
NORTH SHORE
WIN
31.28 (214)
9.6 (60)
18
Second
Semi-final
Grand
Final
BYE
PENNANT HILLS
WIN
9.9 (63)
7.9 (51)
PENNANT HILLS
LOSS
7.12 (54)
14.5 (89)
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PLAYER MILESTONES REACHED DURING 2015
The Match Statistics sections for each grade are included alphabetically within the overall team reports
elsewhere in the Year Book. However Page 68 has those same statistics, but ranked according to total
number of First Grade games played for the East Coast Eagles in Premier Division in AFL Sydney and
any NEAFL games played as the Sydney Hills Eagles in 2012, 2013 & 2014. These tables also include
any Sydney AFL First Grade games played for Baulkham Hills (BHAFC) prior to and including 1999.
Following the recent statistics upgrade, we now also record and recognise those Eagles games played
across all grades.
Sometime ago the decision was made to cease including BHAFC junior matches played after season
2008. Eventually, as those players who have progressed through from the BHAFC junior club take
retirement, these statistics will appear as pure Eagles games played. However it is still historically
important to also maintain a register of the number of games played for the “Club”. The definition of the
“Club” for this purpose is all matches played with the Eagles (either East Coast or Sydney Hills) and
BHAFC in any grade, or age group prior to and including 2008. These individual statistics are shown
against each player’s name in the respective Match Statistics for each grade.
The manner in which milestones will be acknowledged in this and future Year Books is as follows:
•
•
•
•
50 / 100 / 150 / 200 etc senior First Grade games with the Eagles only.
50 / 100 / 150 / 200 etc senior First Grade games. (Includes any First Grade games at BHAFC.)
50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 etc total Eagles games across all grades
150 / 200 / 250 / 300 / 400 etc Club games across all Eagles’ grades and any matches played at
BHAFC prior to 2008.
Congratulations to the following players who reached personal milestones during season 2015.
Some players may be listed twice in different categories.
PREMIER DIVISION GAMES – (including NEAFL)
NAME
GAMES
Jack Dimery
Steve O’Connor
Jamie Vlatko
Aaron Drinkwater
Scott Pierce
Trent Stubbs
Stuart Turner
100
100
100
50
50
50
50
TOTAL EAGLES GAMES
NAME
GAMES
Trent Baker
James Ford
* Blake Jones
Daniel Spiteri
100
100
100
100
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Justin Steer
Andrew Tumminello
Jamie Vlatko
Harrison Bond
Daniel Crowe
Aaron Drinkwater
Adam Fender
Anthony Stubbs
Stu Turner
Peter Vlatko
100
100
100
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
TOTAL CLUB GAMES
NAME
GAMES
Tim Physick
Jared Patira
Scott Pierce
* Blake Jones
Sam Pinchen
James Ford
Stephen O’Connor
400
250
250
200
200
150
150
* Milestones achieved in 2014 but not recognised in 2014 Year Book
Tim Physick - 400 Club games
Jamie Vlatko & Steve O’Connor
100 First Grade games
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CLUB SENIOR MATCH STATISTICS
The table that follows includes those who played for the Eagles since 2008 and who have played at least
one (1) AFL Sydney Premier Division or NEAFL game.
An ongoing task for posterity is to continue the data collection back to the Year 2000 of all players who
have played AFL Sydney First Grade matches for the Eagles since inception, whether currently playing
or retired. Plus collate goal kicking records back to the year 2000.
Due to the complexity of this task, we invite any player who may feel their statistics may be wrong, to
contact Paul Stewart on 0410 658941.
SURNAME
CHRISTIAN
NAME
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
PREMIER
DIVISION
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
Physick
Ben
189
0
160
189
182
310
Fitton
Ryan
185
2
183
183
241
241
Vlatko
Jon
179
48
131
131
179
179
Frost
Rodney
159
0
82
159
187
362
Bilkey
Rowan
147
28
119
119
177
306
Seebeck
Gus
142
5
137
137
142
142
Arbon
Matthew
137
0
137
137
149
149
Dimery
Jack
117
50
67
67
126
278
Rogers
Ben
117
0
117
117
187
216
Chapman
Darren
113
0
113
113
135
135
Duss
Jason
104
0
62
104
220
433
O'Connor
Stephen
104
10
94
94
135
151
Vlatko
Jamie
104
48
56
56
104
104
Merkel
Steve
100
0
90
100
121
385
Baker
Trent
98
17
81
81
106
106
Costello
Dean
93
34
59
59
129
129
Ure
Brad
93
26
67
67
149
278
Charleston
Damien
92
30
62
62
93
93
Stanford
Luke
92
0
92
92
99
99
Spiteri
Daniel
90
17
73
73
107
107
Bourke
Ben
87
42
45
45
88
88
Ryan
Shane
70
0
70
70
70
70
Physick
Tim
68
0
62
68
217
408
Reed
Scott
66
52
14
14
67
67
Savage
Aaron
64
31
33
33
95
95
Smyth
Ryan
64
0
64
64
64
64
Kruger
Eugene
63
34
29
29
84
84
Skuse
Mark
62
21
41
41
75
75
Ure
Blake
58
0
58
58
92
148
Bowles
Damien
57
0
57
57
57
57
Stubbs
Trent
57
35
22
22
71
244
Turner
Stuart
56
38
18
18
56
56
68
SURNAME
CHRISTIAN
NAME
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
PREMIER
DIVISION
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
Drinkwater
Aaron
53
7
44
44
55
55
McRedmond
Kieran
53
0
53
53
57
59
Pierce
Scott
53
0
53
53
134
251
Goodey
Mark
52
0
52
52
56
56
Sankey
Michael
51
0
51
51
60
60
Maher
Mark
50
0
50
50
55
55
Coulloupas
Steer
Jason
Justin
49
49
0
5
49
44
49
44
50
113
50
113
Johnston
Michael
48
0
48
48
60
60
McLennan
Aian
48
0
48
48
49
49
Doyle
Stephen
47
23
24
24
47
47
Entwisle
Phill
46
0
46
46
55
55
McLeod
Luke
46
0
46
46
160
389
Williams
Matthew
45
0
47
47
97
97
Bradley
William
43
17
26
26
48
48
Garlick
Timothy
43
39
4
4
43
43
Scholz
Matthew
42
2
40
40
97
191
Stubbs
Anthony
41
0
42
42
54
160
Floyd
Adam
39
0
39
39
43
43
Eastman
Matthew
38
21
17
17
48
48
Emery
Kieran
35
18
17
17
35
35
Foxall
Alex
35
0
35
35
132
139
Gordon
James
35
9
26
26
90
291
Moeller
Ashley
35
0
35
35
107
190
Streat
Sean
35
0
12
35
18
61
Crowe
Nick
34
4
29
29
80
80
Dragicevic
Marc
34
32
2
2
34
34
Killworth
Dominic
34
0
34
34
60
60
McConnell
Andrew
34
17
17
17
34
34
Lovett
Adam
33
0
33
33
100
100
Barrett
Ryan
32
31
1
1
32
32
Browning
Andrew
32
17
15
15
33
33
Steer
Damon
32
12
20
20
71
71
Wilson
Edward
32
0
32
32
32
32
Bonney
Damien
31
31
0
0
31
31
Byerlee
Aaron
31
0
31
31
33
33
Garner
Glenn
31
0
31
31
32
32
Ford
James
30
0
30
30
118
150
Strudwick
Teddy
30
27
3
3
30
30
Beardsley
Mike
29
0
29
29
30
30
Cass
Joshua
29
1
28
28
34
34
Johns
Zach
29
14
15
15
41
41
Kear
Tim
29
0
29
29
130
310
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SURNAME
CHRISTIAN
NAME
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
Arndt
Cameron
27
0
27
27
69
69
Clinch
Michael
26
0
26
26
68
68
Cox
Lachlan
26
0
26
26
71
71
Silvester
Ryan
26
0
26
26
28
28
Stuart
Leif
24
12
12
12
38
38
Vlatko
Peter
24
0
24
24
60
60
Okunbor
Etiosa
23
0
23
23
43
43
Mann
James
22
0
22
22
134
244
Shephard
Joshua
22
1
21
21
104
104
Wharton
Ben
21
11
10
10
21
21
Gavuri
Theo
20
9
11
11
28
28
Edwins
Matthew
19
19
0
0
19
19
Young
Callen
19
19
0
0
19
19
Dwyer
Jackson
18
10
8
8
28
28
Famularo
Jake
18
0
18
18
37
37
Houlihan
Ryan
18
18
0
0
18
18
Joynson
Bryce
18
0
18
18
18
18
Merson
Karl
18
1
17
17
35
35
Riseley
Michael
18
18
0
0
18
18
Rivers
Tom
18
0
18
18
18
18
Bond
Harrison
17
0
17
17
56
56
Dwyer
James
17
1
16
16
98
98
Ferguson
Jackson
17
17
0
0
17
17
Gemmill
Luke
17
17
0
0
17
17
Harris
Yoshi
17
4
13
13
27
27
Sneddon
Alex
17
11
6
6
17
17
Cass
Jesse
16
0
16
16
27
27
Dimech
Tate
16
0
16
16
81
81
Palipuaminni
Bradley
16
13
3
3
16
16
Patira
Jared
16
0
18
18
194
250
Polkinghorne
Andrew
16
0
16
16
56
154
Pollock
Stephen
16
16
0
0
16
16
Weekes
Mark
16
15
1
1
16
16
Dugmore
Peter
15
0
15
15
15
15
McNiece
Ben
15
15
0
0
15
15
McPherson
Jordan
15
0
15
15
72
72
Regan
James
15
0
15
15
65
65
Rodman
Joshua
15
1
14
14
46
46
Rylance
Jarryd
15
0
15
15
51
51
Stevens
Mitchell
15
0
15
15
49
49
Stewart
Thomas
15
0
15
15
80
80
Tungatalum
Ross
15
15
0
0
15
15
Buchanan
Amon
14
14
0
0
14
14
70
SURNAME
CHRISTIAN
NAME
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
Madden
Jared
14
0
14
14
190
378
Mara
Jack
14
0
14
14
14
14
Peterson
Mark
14
0
14
14
43
43
Trewin
Brent
14
0
14
14
97
97
Anderson
Blake
13
0
13
13
14
14
Gordon
Cameron
13
2
11
11
13
13
Madden
Ryan
13
0
11
13
65
258
Pirika
Amua
13
12
1
1
13
13
Cutting
Joshua
12
0
12
12
74
74
Eckerman
Andrew
12
12
0
0
12
12
Gatte
Damian
12
0
12
12
114
301
Mendola
Mark
12
0
12
12
16
16
Duncan
Josh
11
7
4
4
15
15
Fender
Adam
11
0
11
11
51
51
Furlan
Lawrence
11
0
11
11
11
11
Furlong
Donal
11
0
11
11
13
13
Hupfeld
Lyndon
11
0
11
11
24
24
Walton
Patrick
11
0
11
11
11
11
Durie
Cory
10
0
10
10
40
40
EwenChappell
Kenny
10
0
10
10
10
10
Markou
Paul
10
0
10
10
10
10
Waldron
Michael
10
0
10
10
64
64
Whale
Brad
10
0
10
10
93
176
Yakimov
Ben
10
10
0
0
10
10
Battistella
Josh
9
0
9
9
52
52
Head
Thomas
9
9
0
0
9
9
Jericho
Luke
9
9
0
0
9
9
Milani
Josh
9
9
0
0
9
9
Loxton
Ashley
8
0
8
8
129
174
Madden
Liam
8
0
8
8
170
359
Sliwka
Andre
8
0
8
8
74
74
Watson
Malen
8
0
8
8
27
27
Duncan
Aaron
7
0
7
7
31
31
Jones
Blake
7
0
7
7
118
218
Stubbs
Rhett
7
0
7
7
26
26
Walford
Kyall
7
0
7
7
8
8
Zdrilic
Thomas
7
0
7
7
28
28
Eggelton
Dean
6
0
6
6
80
80
Gemmill
Luke
6
6
0
0
6
6
Heath
Isaac
6
0
6
6
44
44
Long
Paul
6
0
6
6
12
12
Ritchie
Alexander
6
0
6
6
40
40
71
SURNAME
CHRISTIAN
NAME
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION /
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
NEAFL
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
PREMIER
DIVISION
GAMES
TOTAL
EAGLES
GAMES
TOTAL
CLUB
GAMES
Baker
Mitchell
5
0
4
4
6
6
Bleus
Peter
5
0
5
5
125
286
Coakley
Tim
5
0
5
5
182
319
Wright
Dean
5
1
4
4
33
33
Hobby
John
4
0
4
4
38
38
Johnston
Alex
4
1
3
3
13
13
Neill
Sam
4
0
4
4
16
16
Stewart
Connor
4
0
4
4
47
47
Vielhauer
Brendan
4
0
4
4
38
38
Finlayson
Jeremy
3
3
0
0
8
8
Moeller
Jason
3
0
3
3
68
174
Pianta
Jake
3
0
3
3
34
34
Spencer
Jonathon
3
0
3
3
51
51
Benger
Hayden
2
0
2
2
38
38
Delaney
James
2
0
2
2
70
70
Katte
Ben
2
0
2
2
41
41
Lewis
Samuel
2
0
2
2
96
109
McKinley
Stuart
2
0
2
2
137
137
McNeilage
Liam
2
0
2
2
11
11
Stevens
Jayden
2
0
2
2
25
25
Tumminello
Andrew
2
0
2
2
115
115
Baddock
Anthony
1
0
1
1
95
95
Barclay
Ethan
1
0
1
1
39
39
Campbell
Nathan
1
0
1
1
136
136
Cicciarelli
Daniel
1
0
1
1
19
19
Gordon
Nathan
1
0
1
1
17
224
Hynes
Ben
1
0
1
1
82
176
Kasby
Julian
1
0
1
1
105
125
Laing
Nathan
1
0
1
1
38
55
Mack
Matthew
1
0
1
1
119
270
Mahini
Penisimeni
1
0
1
1
3
3
Mindham
Jake
1
0
1
1
41
41
Monks
James
1
0
1
1
31
31
Nance
Michael
1
0
1
1
40
40
Polkinghorne
Christopher
1
0
1
1
45
45
Whales
Lewis
1
0
1
1
135
168
Names shown in green indicate they were active players at the Eagles in 2015.
Total Eagles Premier Division games include only matches played for the Eagles.
and including 2008.
72
CLUB CHAMPION / PETER PHYSICK MEDAL
BEST & FAIREST PREMIER DIVISION
POSITION
NAME
CLUB
VOTES
PHELAN
MEDAL
GAMES
PLAYED
1
Trent Stubbs
68
15
16
2
Jack Dimery
63
8
15
3
Andrew McConnell
61
3
15
4
Jamie Vlatko
58
7
15
5
Kieran Emery
54
5
15
6
Andrew Browning
50
13
13
7
Dean Costello
49
7
16
8
Aaron Drinkwater
48
2
16
9
Blake Anderson
44
9
11
9
Bryce Joynson
44
11
Stu Turner
43
3
13
12
Damien Charleston
36
2
12
13
James Ford
32
4
14
13
Daniel Spiteri
32
15
Jon Vlatko
31
16
Scott Reed
24
12
17
Trent Baker
23
12
17
Eugene Kruger
23
19
Scott Pierce
22
20
Ben Bourke
20
7
21
Karl Merson
18
10
21
Aaron Savage
18
6
23
Zach Johns
15
7
24
Stephen O’Connor
14
1
13
25
Will Bradley
11
2
7
26
Josh Cass
10
2
12
26
Lyndon Hupfeld
10
4
28
Cameron Arndt
7
5
28
Matt Eastman
7
7
30
Matt Scholz
6
4
30
Mark Skuse
6
5
32
Nick Crowe
3
32
Anthony Stubbs
3
1
34
Adam Fender
2
2
35
Peter Vlatko
1
1
73
16
13
1
12
10
1
3
11
4
BILLY McLEOD MEDAL
BEST & FAIREST DIVISION ONE
POSITION
NAME
CLUB VOTES
SNOW MEDAL
1
Ryan Fitton
89
9
2
Cameron Arndt
70
5
3
Peter Vlatko
63
4
Lyndon Hupfeld
47
2
5
Mark Skuse
41
8
6
Robert Badger
38
7
James Gordon
35
8
Brent Trewin
29
4
9
Anthony Stubbs
28
10
Matt Scholz
25
10
Justin Steer
25
1
12
Adam Fender
24
3
13
James Ford
22
14
Nick Crowe
19
14
Sam Lewis
19
16
Josh Cutting
16
16
Campbell Ford
16
16
Aaron Savage
16
19
Lachlan Cox
15
19
Connor Stewart
15
21
Jack Dimery
14
21
Blake Jones
14
21
Scott Pierce
14
21
James Regan
14
25
Blake Anderson
13
1
25
Thomas Zdrilic
13
2
27
Jordan McPherson
11
3
28
James Delaney
9
28
Eugene Kruger
9
30
Harrison Bond
8
30
Andrew Browning
8
32
Will Bradley
6
33
Matt Eastman
5
33
Alex Johnston
5
35
35
Alex Foxall
Rodney Frost
4
4
37
Josh Cass
3
38
Jesse Cass
2
39
Jacob Craig
1
39
Zach Johns
1
74
5
2
2
1
3
2
BEST & FAIREST VOTING
DIVISION THREE
POSITION
NAME
CLUB VOTES
McFARLANE
MEDAL
1
Dan O’Connor
113
13
2
Anthony Baddock
107
7
3
William Dickinson
97
3
4
Jared Patira
81
13
5
Nathan Campbell
74
6
6
Sam Pinchen
64
7
Tim Physick
63
8
Jared Madden
34
9
Nick Murfitt
33
10
Alex Foxall
24
11
Ben Carey
22
12
Thomas Stewart
17
13
Sam Lewis
12
13
Matty Mack
12
15
David Berger
10
16
Lewis Whales
7
17
Jake Mindham
6
17
James Delaney
6
19
Joseph Berger
5
19
Rodney Frost
5
21
Oliver Ibbotson
4
21
Blake Jones
4
21
Scott Waterhouse
4
24
Luke Austin
3
25
Lachlan Hand
1
25
Josh Wells
1
75
9
1
1
2
TREVOR HANGAN TROPHY
BEST & FAIREST UNDER 19
POSITION
NAME
CLUB
VOTES
KEALEY
MEDAL
1
Alexander Van Vliet
132
10
2
Isaac Heath
127
2
3
James Monks
119
4
Sam Berger
56
4
Joshua Rodman
56
6
Aidan Chapman
53
7
Brendan Vielhauer
38
8
Robert Badger
36
9
Joel Walsh
32
10
Sebastian Anwandter
25
11
Connor Stewart
24
12
Angus Hay
22
13
14
Bailey Stewart
John Birch
17
12
15
Justin Dela-Cruz
9
1
16
Lachlan Addie
8
1
17
Daniel Crowe
6
17
Blake Tappenden
6
19
Jayden Cass
5
19
Cody Matthews
5
21
Jacob Rowley
4
21
Thomas Zdrilic
4
23
Ben Foxall
3
23
Jared Fraser
3
23
Alexander Newton
3
26
Dylan Horton
1
26
Zac Mathews
1
26
Josh Matthews
1
26
Harrison Mitchell
1
26
Thomas Polverino
1
76
1
4
2
1
AFL SYDNEY LADDERS
AT COMPLETION OF THE 2015 MINOR ROUND
PREMIER DIVISION Minor Round Final Ladder
Premiers PENNANT HILLS
POS TEAM
P
W
L
D
F
1
East Coast Eagles
16
15
1
0
2137 731
292.34 60
2
Manly Warringah Giants
16
13
3
0
1485 939
158.15 52
3
Pennant Hills Demons
16
12
3
1
1256 969
129.62 50
4
St George Dragons
16
10
6
0
1416 1426 99.30
5
Sydney University
16
7
8
1
1224 1205 101.58 30
6
UTS Bats
16
6
10 0
1127 1363 82.69
24
7
Western Suburbs Magpies
16
4
12 0
1037 1419 73.08
16
8
North Shore Bombers
16
3
13 0
940
1729 54.37
12
9
UNSW/ES Bulldogs
16
1
15 0
876
1717 51.02
4
DIVISION ONE Minor Round Final Ladder
A
%
PTS
40
Premiers SYDNEY UNI
POS TEAM
P
W
L
D
F
A
1
Balmain Tigers
18
14
4
0
1421
1048 135.59 56
2
UTS Bats
18
14
4
0
1239
991
125.03 56
3
18
12
6
0
1233
958
128.71 48
4
Macquarie University
18
11
7
0
1124
912
123.25 44
5
Sydney University
18
10
8
0
1119
882
126.87 40
6
East Coast Eagles
18
8
10
0
1038
1001 103.70 32
7
St George Dragons
18
8
10
0
1120
1114 100.54 32
8
Southern Power
18
8
10
0
1026
1174 87.39
32
9
Holroyd Parramatta Goannas
18
5
13
0
1022
1386 73.74
20
10
UNSW/ES Bulldogs
18
0
18
0
773
1649 46.88
0
77
%
PTS
DIVISION THREE Minor Round Final Ladder
W L
Premiers SYDNEY UNI
POS TEAM
P
1
UTS Bats
16 14 2
0 0 0
0
1583 867
182.58 87.50
2
Sydney University
17 14 3
0 0 0
0
1497 762
196.46 82.35
3
Penrith Rams
17 11 6
0 0 0
0
1365 1004 135.96 64.71
4
18 10 8
0 0 1
0
1285 1073 119.76 55.56
5
Western Suburbs Magpies
18 10 8
0 0 0
1
1112 1144 97.20
55.56
6
East Coast Eagles
18 8
10 0 0 0
0
1125 1292 87.07
44.44
7
Nor-West Jets
18 7
11 0 0 0
0
1033 1041 99.23
38.89
8
Balmain Tigers
17 6
11 0 0 0
0
888
1342 66.17
35.29
9
Gosford Wildcats
16 3
13 0 0 0
0
853
1629 52.36
18.75
10
UNSW/ES Bulldogs
17 3
14 0 0 0
0
876
1463 59.88
17.65
U19 Minor Round Final Ladder
D B FF FA F
A
%
% Won
Premiers NORTH SHORE
POS
TEAM
P
W
L
D
B
F
A
%
1
18
16
2
0
0
1372
687
199.71
2
UNSW/ES Bulldogs
18
13
4
1
0
1432
995
143.92
3
North Shore Bombers
18
13
5
0
0
1389
817
170.01
4
St George Dragons
18
10
8
0
0
1200
1016
118.11
5
Sydney University
18
5
11
2
0
1016
1306
77.79
6
Manly Warringah Giants
18
6
12
0
0
965
1347
71.64
7
South Coast Thunder
18
5
13
0
0
952
1251
76.10
8
East Coast Eagles
18
2
15
1
0
695
1602
43.38
78
79
80
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81

2015 East Coast Eagles Year Book.

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