Jumper Presentation & Player Auction Evening

Book this night into your calendar as the launch of the very important 2010 season. It will be a fun night where leadership groups will be announced, jumper & jacket numbers presented etc. If you are requesting a particular number it would be a good idea to start bribing your coaches & team managers now. The highlight of the night will be the player auction which promises to be a lot of fun. talk to Teagan & Simon on how that will work.

Details are

Date: 27th March 2010
Venue: Halls Head Bowling Club – 3 Sticks Boulevard Halls Head
Time: Commencing 6.30pm
Cost: $15 per head
Includes light dinner & drinks available at bar prices.

RSVP – Debbie on 0410 071 644 or biggav@westnet.com.au

Information Evening

Halls Head Football Club presents a Players Information Evening at Coodanup Community Centre – Wanjeep St Monday 5th of March at 7:00pm.

Featuring guest speaker Mr Jim Western, Senior Trainer at the West Coast Eagles as well as representatives from:

Sport First
Australian Medical Supplies
Positive Fit Gym

Discussing various issues such as Hydration, Diet and Sporting Footwear amongst others.

We invite all junior players, parents, coaches and managers to come along. Attendance is compulsory for all senior players as this is part of your training program.

There will be Halls Head shorts and socks available to purchase on the night, as well as mouth guards, water bottles, sports drinks and gels plus other products that you will need for the 2010 season.

If you have any questions regarding this even please contact Simon Goodwin on 0432 039 627.

2010 Senior Fixtures

Round 1	Sunday 11th April	Halls Head	Centrals	Merlin
Round 2	Saturday 17th April	Halls Head	Pinjarra	Merlin
Round 3	Sunday 25th April	Halls Head	Baldivis	Merlin
Round 4	Sunday 2nd May	Waroona	Halls Head	Waroona
Round 5	Sunday 9th May	Halls Head	Mandurah	Merlin
Round 6	Saturday 15th May	Halls Head	Rockingham	Merlin
Round 7	Saturday 22nd May	South Mandurah	Halls Head	Falcon
Round 8	Sunday 30th May	Centrals	Halls Head	Mundijong
Round 9	Saturday 5th June	Pinjarra	Halls Head	Pinjarra
Round 10	Sunday 13th June	Baldivis	Halls Head	Baldivis
Round 11	Sunday 20th June	Halls Head	Waroona	Merlin
Round 12	Sunday 27th June	Halls Head	Mandurah	Merlin
Round 13	Saturday 3rd July	Rockingham	Halls Head	Rockingham
Round 14	Saturday 17th July	Halls Head	South Mandurah	Merlin
Round 15	Sunday 25th July	Mandurah	Halls Head	Rushton
Round 16	Saturday 31st July	South Mandurah	Halls Head	Falcon
Round 17	Sunday 8th August	Halls Head	Baldivis	Merlin
Round 18	Sunday 15th August	Halls Head	Rockingham	Merlin

Welcome to 2010

Welcome to the 2010 season. There has been heaps happening in preparation for our entry in to the League competition. Firstly the coaches for 2010 are:

League & Senior Coach – Todd Jenkins
Fitness & Conditioning Coach – Martin Kelly
Reserves Coach – Silver Wilkins
Colts Coach – Gary Brandis

Pre season training started in December & has been progressing well. The players are certainly going to be fit.

The fixtures have been released and will be published here momentarily. The fixtures, ladders, results etc will be linked to the SportingPulse website a bit closer to the season start.

The good news is that we have 10 home games out of the 18 qualifying rounds with 1st game on the 11th April 2010.

Junior Update

Welcome back everyone to the new season which has started well again. A big thanks to those coaches, managers & volunteers who put there hands up. Their contact details are on the table below. We have 2 under 9’s (now called Year 4’s), 2 under 10’s, 1 under 11’s, 2 under 12’s and 2 under 13s with the remaining one side each.

This year we also have access to the school oval for the 4’s through to 12’s age groups. With up to 3 games being played at once an oval layout plan has been installed on the outside of the change rooms.

Recently we held the under 11s carnival with an estimated 1,000 kids and adults turning up. It was great day with the canteen doing record sales on the day. It was a good fun raiser and congratulations to all those that helped.

The 13’s to 16’s sides (who play for points) are putting some good results on the board after a slow start to the season. Keep up the good work.

Yr4 BLUE

The first two games played by Halls Head Blue (Year 4′s) have seen awesome displays of skills, team play and a lot of fun. Though little emphasis is placed on the result (we have lots of fun and support each other) the players are quick to point out that the opposition teams are yet to put the footy through the big sticks. Though this is unfortunate for the opposition it is a result of the team maintaining positional play, running hard together and displaying awesome levels of skill by hand, by foot and “between the ears” (running into space, linking up, carry and run) well beyond their years. The players are training hard each Wednesday night at Halls Head Primary School and jumping out of their skin each Saturday morning ready to don the blue and white jumper. Well done to all players, your coaches Chris and Dave really appreciate your enthusiasm, your willingness to listen and learn, and your desire to play as a team. Special thanks to our manager Donna Geddes and all the parents for their fantastic support. There is no doubt that between both Halls Head Year 4 teams there are many champion players in the making … the 2017 AFL Draft may be a good one for this bunch of fantastic footy stars. Keep enjoying your footy boys!!

U16’s

After a solid pre-season but inconsistent form in early games, we are trying for consecutive wins during the next few weeks. At this stage of the season, it’s ironic that the 2 Grand Finalists from 2008, Halls Head & Centrals are both sitting low on the ladder without a point.

Round one was a tough and very physical game. We were constantly against the odds all night but hung in to see scores level at ¾ time. In the end a fired up Warnbro run away with the win in the final 10 minutes.

Due to a ‘dust up’ before half time, both teams were booked in to face the tribunal the following week. The resulting fines and loss of 4 points to both clubs are a setback but we have gained a valuable football lesson.

Our victory in round 2 against Secret Harbour proved we are able to kick a good score with Ryan Warr, Corey Pitt and Jake Saunders kicking multiple goals. We did fall away in the 2^nd half and allowed the opposition to score freely so this is an area to improve.

However we are confident our boys have turned the corner even after going down last week by 4 points in the final minute to South Mandurah. The discipline was great and the focus on the day was to come away – win, lose or draw, with the knowledge that we played within the spirit of the game and enjoyed our footy.

We go into round 4 with a full squad of 22 players who are eager to meet the challenge of making ground on the competition.

No injuries, no illness and a growing confidence should prove to be deadly against the opposition in weeks to come.

13’s Blue

Russell Coad Coach and Leanne Dillon Team Mgr

After the boys start with 2 loses we pulled together an awesome team win last weekend against Warnbro 99 pts to 0.

A big thank you to the Colts players – Rhys Cherry and Matt Falkstrom who helped Russell to train the boys really well Friday night, firing up their enthusiasm, teaching them new training drills. Captain Nathan Fahey lifted the boys kicking 3 goals for the game and Alex Dillon contributed 4 goals for a great team effort by the talls and the small runners. Great effort by Haydn Kimpton and Mitch Seamer also. Well Done Boys !!

This weekend we are off to South Mandurah to take on the Blue team. Hoping to pickup another 4 points. (late news, we one)

Hoping to hear that really LOUD coach fire up again! (Only joking Russell)

Someone has gone to a lot of effort with this.

13’s Premiership Side in 2005. Can you pick the faces.

Colts Head to Finals

Mark Claydon for the Colts

The Colts have been playing well with 14 wins & 1 loss to be sitting top of the ladder with 3 rounds to go.

Unfortunately we also lost 4 points for an ill disciplined melee which has left us only just in front of the field.

The boys have been performing fantastically and are looking forward to participating in the finals. The numbers on the track have been good but we are starting to realise that you need everybody at this time of year.

Between call ups to Peel Thunder, injuries and illnesses, school football, work commitments it is proving difficult to keep the same side on the field each week.

3 or 4 of the 16’s have been playing of recent times & have performing extremely well.

Finals are just around the corner & we are looking forward to competing against some other very strong sides.

Seniors Update

The Reserves Pay Their Respects on Anzac Day

The season has been progressing well for the Seniors. The numbers have stood up really well with some good results.

We are gradually winning over the doubters at the PFL with our professionalism, discipline & facilities.

Thanks to all those hard workers including the Senior Committee, Coaching Staff, Trainers (of which we now have a couple of new additions), Team Managers, Gate Keepers, Canteen Volunteers and Time Keepers etc.

It takes a huge amount of work to get these 2 sides on the field each week & without these volunteers it simply would not happen.

Planning is well under way for 2010 & yes we are nominating a League side. We think we have built up the necessary experience & will have the manpower to at least be competitive in the first couple of years.

There is still much to do & we need more help to make this happen. We believe our greatest strength going forward is our Junior base.

Of our very impressive Colts side, who have lost only one game this year, virtually every player is a product of the junior programme.

This year Halls Head has also had 11 players on the Peel Thunder Colts main & train on squads, much more than any other club. 2 players are being spoken of as potential draft picks next season.

The message is that if you want to do something with your football in the future, Halls Head is the club to be at.

Presidents Report 3 2009

Halls head U14s Play South Mandurah

With the season rapidly coming towards an end for another year, it seems only like yesterday that we started training for football and now we are talking about windups. The year has been a whirlwind and it has been a busy and exciting year at the club. A few of the things I would like to look back on this season.

The club has broken new grounds on several fronts this season, over 400 junior members, Auskick has over 150 alone, seniors continue to grow and now have over 50 playing members and an ever increasing list of non playing membership.

The club has played night football in the seniors, with this happening even before we get a league side on the park. In the PFL there is only three other clubs that have the facility to play night games and they all have been in the PFL a lot longer than us, so this is a great achievement and something that the committee is extremely proud of.

This week Saturday the 25^th July will have its first junior game under lights with 9’s blue and white playing a game between the reserves and colt’s game, an great opportunity for the younger ones to experience football under lights and also something that we will see if there is more opportunities next season to play junior games around the senior fixtures. To all that have been involved with the lights project (and there is too many to name) thank you very much for your support, it’s a great achievement for the club that has been done in a short period of time.

Also for the first time we have had the use of the top school oval, this gives us a great opportunity with the ever increasing numbers to keep our fixture home games at Merlin St, from those who have played on the top oval it would normally mean playing the game at one of the primary schools or give the game to another club to host. It is a good size in that it’s length is 10 meters long for 9/10’s games and only 10 meters short of the recommended maximum length for 11/12’s games. So we can play any game up to 12’s on it, also we have the boundary lines and goal square marked, so it gives the players the chance to get used to kicking out from full back, there wouldn’t be to many other grounds where that happens for the younger age groups.

The windups for each age group will be happening in the coming months, all the team managers will be getting the info out to the playing groups soon, but some dates just to keep free, Auskick to 12’s family fun day will be held Sunday the 16^th of August at Merlin St. 13’s to 16’s medal count and dinner at the greyhounds will be on Saturday the 19^th of September. The senior’s medal count and dinner will be held at the RAAFA at Meadow Springs on Friday the 18^th September.

Finally for this month I would like to thank ALL the volunteers that make our club run, from all the committee down to the parents that help out on game days. The club cannot function without everybody helping out in some way shape or form. So from myself, thank you all for making our club a great club to be in.

Yours in Football

Mick Lally

Colts Progress

Colts sing the club song

This team has had a fantastic start to the year with 7 wins, no losses and a percentage of 350.

The team has had very consistent performers and is playing a real great brand of team football.

To name a few, the Falkstrom twins have been playing well, the blonds Dom Hardy, Wade Hall and Corey Deleo have also stood out.

Nine of this squad are also training and some playing at Peel Thunder which shows all players can progress threw the system.

It is a long time towards the finals and Coach Gary Brandis will be keeping a lid on things

President’s Report Number 2 2009

With the season well and truly under way, it is time to look at the club and how we are progressing. The membership numbers in the juniors have raised again, this shows that the club is still growing and that’s great for the development and progress into the seniors side of things. Kylie and Donna are doing a great job with running the Auskick and the club is extremely happy with the way things have been organised and run. The numbers have increased to over 150 which is the first time for the club. The junior’s teams are the same as last season, but we have a first in that this is the first season that we have fielded two 13’s sides.

On the seniors the colt’s team have won there first seven games and are sitting on top of the ladder, the numbers for the colts are great and we also have a significant number in the Peel Thunder colt’s team and another five in the train on development list. The future is looking rosy for the seniors with the number of quality players in this group. The reserves have also grown to have good numbers, something like forty on the list now, the boys are developing a great club culture and are enjoying there football. The success on the field has eluded them so far, but with some close games in the last few weeks, a win is just around the corner. The great thing for the club is watching this group grow and developing together, they enjoy each others company and with time learning how each other plays and their fitness improving with every game, there will be some interesting and enjoyable times ahead.

On a club level, the lights at Merlin St are now complete, I must thank every one who has given there time to make this happen. Some people who have really given up a lot to make it happen are Keith Allen, without his electrical knowledge and planning experience the job wouldn’t even have gotten off the ground, Sparkies Gary Brandis, Tim Dwyer and Mark Bluett, who have used there electrical trades to do all the wiring and fitting. Mark Haynes from Haynes Logistics for the prolong use of his factory unit and trucks, Colin Dalwood from National Plumbing for the back hoes when doing the trenching and Russel Coad from MIS for the welding and fabrication needed. To all we should be proud of what we have achieved for the club, this project if taken on by the private sector would have cost around 200k to complete, and with the efforts of the club volunteers we have installed these lights at around 100k. With the budget approval from council and a grant from the WAFC this has cost the club out of its own coffers about 5k, a great achievement and an experience by all involved to be proud of.

With that finished the next club project is the storage shed that will be going up in the next month, we have brought an ex display shed from Highline and it has already been dismantled by club volunteers and is sitting in Graeme Heals boat yard. Planning approval has been granted and the building licence not far away this project will require help from the club volunteers again to see it erected.

These are certainly good times to be involved in Halls Head Football Club.