Congratulations to the following players for polling so well, and for everyone else who played and made 2008 a great years for the Sharks!
A’s Jason Turner 73
Ross Pederson 56
Joel Cullen 55
Luke Pastyn 48
Luke Duncan 43
B’s Ryan Bowman 56
Aaron Dart 44
Jason Secker 37
Sam Daniel 35
Chase Wescombe 31
C’s Jamali Sarai 49
Luke Day 48
David Loveder 42
Brad Tonkin 36
Nathan Caldow 28
D’s David Jolley 64
Simon Hardy 62
Andrew Wiseman 52
Tom Christensen 34
Steve Mann 30
U18’s Leigh Costello 82
Luke McDonough 48
Jack Costello 43
Daniel Goodfellow 33
Heath Grosser 32
• Henley Football Club has been around in one form or another since at least 1907 and we are keen to see the club expand in the future to become a mainstay of the local community.
• We have won many premierships over the years, both in the Seniors as well as our well-respected Junior program.
• In 2008 we are fielding five senior teams A1, A1 Reserves, A7, A7 Reserves and Under 18s in the S.A. Amateur Football League (SAAFL).
• There are also 7 junior sides - Under 8’s, U9’s, U10’s, U12’s, U14’s and U16’s and there is a push for another U14’s or an U13’s side. These play in the Metro West Junior Football League (MWJFL).
• Altogether, we have more than 350 players, and total club membership is over 800.
Phone/fax: 8356 4825
Patrons: Peter Ardill and Paul Caica
Mark King, Chairman, Club Ops 0421 140 955
Geoff Pierson, Deputy Chair, Trading Ops 0418 812 175
Dos O’Sullivan, President, Good Sports 0418 130 595
Michael Hicks, Vice Pres, Sporting Ops 0438 004 782
Leanne Geddes, Secretary, GLAM 0439 847 942
Neil Fennell, Treasurer 0423 736 729
Vacant Trading Director
Jane Kite, Social & Events Dir 0407 077 323
Davin Pickard, Junior Director (MWJFL) 0418 826 361
Andrew Pierson, Sponsorship Director 0418 809 519
Peter Niemann, Football Director 0405 456 779
Mal Davidson, Life Members Dir 0417 830 986
Club Emails:
President: Dos O’Sullivan - president@henleysharks.com.au
Secretary: Leanne Geddes - info@henleysharks.com.au
Football Operations: Michael Hicks - footy@henleysharks.com.au
Bar, Canteen & Room Hire: Geoff Pierson - bar&roomhire@henleysharks.com.au
Functions & Events: Jane Kite - functions@henleysharks.com.au
Sponsorship: Andrew Pierson - sponsorship@henleysharks.com.au
Henley 19.9 (123) defeated SHOC 5.6 (36)
Best: De Munk, Mahney, Rayner, Wilson, Matte
Goals: Rayner 7, Barnes, Pierson 3, Walshe, Mahney 2, Meiers, Eadon 1
The sensational C’s continued on their merry way towards a top 3 position this season with an 87 point mauling of SHOC. With several players coming back down from the B grade and missing the experience of ‘Hooker’ Loveder and ‘Lemaze’ Jeffries there was always the danger of the team not gelling and taking the game too lightly. This could not have been further from the truth as the Sharks raced away to a 4 goal first quarter lead which was extended to a ten goal lead by half time. ‘Rhino’ De Munk was feeding Raynes and Barnesy plenty of the footy early while Mahnes was also performing strongly around half forward, taking some great grabs and crumbing the taller forwards. The Sharks took the foot off the gas in the third, something that will certainly need to be addressed in future weeks, but finished well in the final quarter with the wind to record a comfortable 14 goal win. Matte and Willo rounded out the best players and with plenty of players becoming available over the next few weeks, all positions are up for grabs, demanding al players continue to perform.
Henley 14.17 (101) def. Adelaide Uni 9.7 (61)
Best: Pitman, Jeffries, Matte, Mahney, DeMunk, Duessen
Goals: Barnes 5, Rugolo 3, Meiers 2, DeMunk, S Jones, King, Stone 1
Coming off a thumping win, Kingy’s Crew were keen to consolidate a top 3 position with another early season win against long-time rivals, the Uni Blacks. The forecast for rain was not of too great a worry for the Sharks, who were confident that their young brigade would have the legs to run out the game in heavy conditions.
Great to see a warm
Score: Henley 21.18 (144) def St Pauls 8.6 (54)
Best: Day, Wilson, Ehrlich, Deussen, Matte, Williams
Goals: Ehrlich 9, Barnes 3, Meiers, Wilson 2, King, Sarai, Schwartz, Zammit
Game 1 Season
08, finally. After what has seemed an eternity, the first games for points were
played by all senior teams this weekend.
Never, in my
history at the club, has the off season recruiting & building improvement
areas been so busy! The time sacrifices by many has been enormous & it makes
me very proud to be part of such a hard working outfit as
The committee
does not take for granted the generous support & skills supplied by our
local fraternity.
Hi all, what an exciting time! In all my years with the Club I haven’t seen such an enthusiastic start to a new season, and wow it is only January!! Welcome to all the new players and also to your family and friends. Get them involved with the Mighty Sharkers. It is a great club with top people – you will have just the best time and make a lot of fab friends.
The Socials & Events Subcommittee and Bar Management have been really busy (especially Jane and Bolts and GLAMS)!
We are looking forward to having you, your family and your friends along to our many functions (contact details are below):