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Kieran Wright - Apted Medal
Pennant Hills Demons
Australian Football Club Inc.
2020 Yearbook
Contents
Page 2 Contents
Page 3 Welcome – President’s Report
Page 4 Office Bearers – 2020
Page 5 Secretary’s Report
Page 5 General Managers Report
Page 6 Major Award Winners
Page 7 Football Manager’s Report
Page 8 Premier Division Team Awards
Page 9 Premier Division Coach’s Report
Page 10 Premier Reserves Division Team Awards
Page 11 Premier Reserves Division Coach’s Report
Page 12 Division One Team Awards
Page 13 Division One Coach’s Report
Page 14 Division Two Team Awards
Page 15 Division Two Coach’s Report
Page 16 Division Three Team Awards
Page 17 Division Three Coach’s Report
Page 18 Under 19 Division One Team Awards
Page 19 Under 19 Division One Coach’s Report
Page 20 Women’s Premier Division Team Awards Damian Dell’Aquila - 250 games
Page 21 Women’s Premier Division Coach’s Report
Page 22 Women’s Division One Team Awards
Page 23 Women’s Division One Coach’s Report
Page 24 Women’s Division Two Team Awards
Page 25 Women’s Division Two Coach’s Report
Page 26 Women’s Division Three Team Awards
Page 27 Women’s Division Three Coach’s Report
Page 28 Masters Team Awards
Page 29 Masters Coach’s Report
Page 30 Player Records – 2020
Page 35 Honour Rolls
– 100 + Games (Open Age)
– Club Life Members
– Leading Senior Goalkickers
– Ern Holmes Trophy
– Footballer of the Year
– President’s Trophy
– Ken MacRae Shield
– Best Clubperson
– Sydney AFL Medalists
– Sponsors Logos
Page 39 Executive Officers – Honour Roll
Page 40 Coaches & Captains – Honour Roll Nathan Breen - 200 games
Page 41 Best & Fairest – Honour Roll
Page 42 Treasurer’s Report – Financial Overview
Page 43 Physiotherapist’s Report
Page 43 Player Welfare Manager Report
Page 43 Club Umpires Report
Page 44 Pennant Hills Junior AFC Report
Page 45 Westbrook Junior AFC Report
Page 46 Hornsby Berowra Presidents Report
Rod Miles and Colin Huggins - Club Stalwarts Eleanor Rugg - Footballer of the Year
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Welcome – President’s Report
2020 we survived as a club! As an entire planet we have faced a once signed up for. Val did the opposite of this and worked tirelessly with
in a century crisis. This crisis also flowed to our club. Brendan Gregor to ensure we were COVID compliant. In addition to
our COVID compliance we renewed our focus on club memberships,
2020 required us to follow COVID guidelines from the State Government improved our merchandise management, ensured all players paid their
and AFL, manage the financial crisis with COVID resulting in minimal fees and then Val secured new sponsors. Val’s contribution cannot be
sponsorship and revenue generation ability and then worry from week underestimated this year, both from the work to create a COVID safe
to week that if we had a failure in our systems and could be part of a environment, to the building of sustainable administration systems, to
resurgence in COVID-19. simple sharing the work load and having someone like myself (as the
President) willing to come back for one more year. On behalf of all at the
While history may view 2020 as a shortened AFL season, I hope the club thank you, very much Val.
report serves as an acknowledgement to the many who went above and
beyond normal volunteering to make the 2020 a reality. I need to conclude the 2020 President Report looking forward to 2021,
and the opportunities and challenges we face heading into 2021. The
On-field 2020 was one of our least successful years in recent history, addition of our new clubrooms is a “Game Changer”. We will arguably
though this needs to be put in balance with how successful our recent have the best Community football social facilities in Australia. This will
history has been. In true Penno spirit all our Coaches, led by Premier create many existing opportunities from social connection, increasing
Division Coach Chris Yard, donated their modest coaching fees back to our revenue streams, and a venue for player and community education
the club in response to our financial challenges faced. sessions to be conducted. In many ways the opportunities will be
overwhelming.
I want to thank and acknowledge all our coaches, assistant coaches, line
coaches and team managers; and with 11 teams, that makes a lot of Though to make these opportunisms a reality we need to refresh and
people. There are 2 individuals that warrant additional acknowledgement renew our volunteer program. We need to add new committee members,
in this challenging year. we need to expand our list of volunteer roles with a view of a volunteers
undertaking only one task but owning and delivering on that one task.
Mark Carroll – Head of Women’s Football and Division 3 Women’s
coach – thank you. You have created an incredibly positive culture in the We have grown from 3 teams to 11 and potentially 12, 13 or even 14
women’s program and when we were short a coach in the new Division teams in 2021 all in less than a decade. But we have not grown with our
3 team you committed to the role. You ran additional training programs, volunteer programs at anywhere near the same level. As we strive for
got to the ground early to set up the tent for COVID compliance and are on field success on 2021, we must use the exciting development of the
just an all-round nice guy. clubrooms to equally expand our volunteer program.
Todd Williams – We needed to re-build our under 19 program and in the I look forward to seeing current, past, and new faces in our new
vein of great club people you took on the hardest coaching job in the clubrooms in 2021 as we celebrate many, many Penno wins.
Club. We are now positioned well for a positive future in the under 19s
program and have the potential for two (2) teams in 2021. Thank you. Phillip Hare
The COVID crisis placed more pressure on our volunteer resources President
than any other part of the club operations. No longer could coaches
and players simply turn up to train. It was no longer only needing some
space and footballs.
Training booking programs, training attendance registers, QR code
readers, no access to change rooms, cleaning of footballs and
equipment etc. etc. While this made it difficult for players the logistical
work into managing this season had the potential to bread the volunteer
heart of the club. Thankfully, we are not broken, but stronger.
Our 100s of volunteers made this season possible, with a shout out
to Ray Witt (Ground set-up), Alistair Hey (BBQ man). Though as with
on field there are two (2) people I, and the club, need to recognize and
thank.
Brendan Gregor – Brendan took on the role of our COVID-19 compliance
officer. For those that visited away games or have connections with other
clubs the feedback was universally consistent. We lead both the AFL and
community sport with our adherence to COVID-19 protocols, and for this
we thank Brendan. From attending training sessions, home game set-
up and then assisting with the coaching of Division 1 – we thank and
acknowledge Brendan.
Val Wade – The continued growth of the club from 3 to 11 team placed
an unstainable strain on volunteers so in 2019 we made the decision
to appoint a part time General Manager. When Val Wade accepted the
position in December 2019 the thought a year like 2020 would have
made many other applicants simply resign as it was not the job they Phil Hare
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Office Bearers – 2020
PATRONS: Kerry James A.M. PHAFC FOOTBALL STAFF:
Ken MacRae
Football Manager: David Pinker
PRESIDENT: Phillip Hare
Senior Coach: Chris Yard
VICE PRESIDENTs: David Pinker Assistant Coaches: Ben Roberts
Eleanor Rugg Jackson Potter
Donnie Ollington
Damian Dell’Aquila
CLUB SECRETARY: Samuel Widmer
Team Manager: Michael Trenaman
TREASURER: Brendan Wray Reserves Coach: David Pinker
Assistant Coaches: Wayne Keating
GENERAL MANAGER: Valerie Wade Sam Zikman
Damian Dell’Aquila
Team Manager: Phil Scarlett
Division 1 Coach: Nathan Breen
PHAFC COMMITTEE: Bob Wray Assistant Coach: Brendan Gregor
Team Manager: Simon Breen
Allen Abbott
John Acheson Division 2 Coach: Tim Wolnizer
Ian Parker Assistant Coaches: Adam Nixon
Stewart Woodward Matthew Miles
Trent Roddan Team Manager: Rod Miles
Eleanor Rugg
Kate Moraitis Division 3 Coach: Nigel Blow
Phillip Moraitis Team Manager: Geoffrey Hill
Matthew Carey
Adrian Browne U19 Division 1 Coach: Todd Williams
Tom Edmonds Assistant Coach: Drew Maddock
Melissa Adams Team Manager: Jenny Williams
Stephanie Tate
Glenn Gunstone Head of Womens Football Mark Carroll
MATCH COMMITTEE: Women’s Premier Division Coach: Daniel Fiedler
Assistant Coaches: Aaron Crisfield
Chairman: Damian Dell’Aquila
Trent Roddan
Chris Yard
Team Manager: Valerie Wade
David Pinker
Women’s Division 1 Coach: Jordan Foster
Sponsors Co-Ordinator: Phillip Moraitis Team Manager: Samuel Stone
Team App Co-ordinators: Thomas Edmonds
Web Master: Trent Roddan Women’s Division 2 Coach: Nick de Gorter
www.phafl.com.au Team Manager: Henri de Gorter
Women’s Division 3 Coach: Mark Carroll
Team Manager: Allen Abbott
Physiotherapists: Lauren Wright
Daniel Chichian
PennoAFL Club Umpires:
Allen Gardiner Ryan Lauff
@PennoAFL Greg Hume Hamish Campbell
Xander Vink Eleanor Rugg
Liam Hardman Regan Pinker
@PennoAFL Carter Mullins Phil Hare
Jordan Foster Jason Clarke
Pennant Hills AFL Club Adam Nixon Jeremy Gillett
Rod Gillett Mikaela Mahony
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Secretary’s Report
The 2020 season will go down as the most unique season that the club work out the most efficient way they could support the club in their role.
has ever endured. Just to name a few things, the season did not start She was a presence every game day and worked tirelessly to help the
until halfway through the year, committee meetings were all via Zoom club be in the position it finds itself both financially and logistically.
and players on game day were asked to play and leave without sticking
around for the social side of things. It took a monumental effort to get This season we had 16 volunteer umpires that travelled to all parts of
the club into the Covid-safe space it became throughout the season. Sydney from Campbelltown and Camden to Wollondilly. Pennant Hills
Countless hours were put in by many people, with special mention to always fulfilled their duty to supply umpires and set a standard for the
Brendan Gregor and Valerie Wade for the outstanding effort they put in to league. Henri De Gorter was responsible for organising the club umpires
ensure the club complied and excelled through this challenging period. every week and is a fantastic example of a volunteer taking on a job
The amount of volunteers and support from our members really made and owning it. He did an outstanding job. More volunteers are needed
us a club to envy this year. Our members and players made financial to keep up with the growing size of the club. Joining the committee or
sacrifices with their donations and registration fees despite only half a owning a job each week is a very rewarding experience and is a chance
season’s worth of games. This is a true testament to the Club, Team, Self to give back to a club that gives so much to so many people. Please
motto and is why the club is financially stable this year. think about helping the club out in this exciting foray into the future, it
definitely needs you!
The club fielded an astonishing 11 teams this year. This included an
historic Women’s team in Premier Division and 3 more women’s teams. Lastly, the club is on the brink of a real milestone with the completion of
An amazing feat to establish ourselves as a force and for Mark Carroll the new clubrooms very close. The building itself has been laid and the
and the coaches and volunteers in the Women’s program, given that our official opening is scheduled for January 2021. This is the culmination of
first season was only in 2016. It also included a competitive U18’s team over a year of hard work spearheaded by Phil Hare. He has worked day
headed by Todd Williams. We had a senior Men’s team in all 5 grades and night with so many stakeholders and committee members to make
and our first ever Masters Team led by Peter Carey. This totalled for 310 this happen. This cannot be underestimated. Round 1 next year will be
registered players that played at least one game for the year. Although a massive day for the opening of the new clubrooms to the Sydney AFL
there was no silverware this season, a very solid platform has been laid community. The new clubrooms will be a real social centre point for all
to build upon next year by Premier Division coach Chris Yard and head and gives the club the ability to host more functions and events.
of football operations David Pinker.
In what will be the club’s 50th year next season,
This year saw the club hire Valerie Wade in the position of General there is a lot to celebrate and be excited for
Manager. This has been a huge success and was initially to help manage in this historic period of the Pennant Hills
the lightning fast growth of the club that has occurred in recent years. Australian Football Club. Bring on season
Valerie was the glue that held the different facets of the committee 2021.
together and with her knowledge, background and expertise, she was able
to maintain and secure several big sponsors in an extremely challenging Sam Widmer
climate. Valerie took the time to meet with all sub-committee heads to Secretary
General Managers Report
What a year! I think that will be the catch phrase of everyone when financially that it has been for so many. Working on fitting out the new
looking back on 2020. club rooms has been fun, and I can’t wait to see it all finished and filled
to the brim after training and on match days.
As this is the first time for many years that the club has had a GM the
job description was written with flexibility and to be tested; and how Despite the half season the club managed to survive financially and
fortunate that became as at a time when I should have been supporting many thanks go to everyone who worked so hard to have a working
the volunteers in their roles and bringing on and looking after our bar, canteen, merchandise stand and to those who became members,
sponsors it turned out to be rather different. sponsors and who paid their fees. Many players still paid full fees despite
the reduced season and for this we are all incredibly grateful.
Many of our wonderful volunteers were unable to contribute as they
normally would due to restrictions given to us thanks to COVID-19 and I will probably be remembered this year as the annoying one who was
I’ve had an interesting time filling those roles and definitely spending either chasing fees, asking for lists for contact tracing, telling you not to
much of my time through the season (with the amazing Brendan Gregor) use the change rooms and to clean equipment or looking for people to
managing all the rules and regulations to ensure everyone’s safety. fill jobs on game day; but I hope I’ve had some sort of positive impact on
everyone at the club as I have enjoyed working with so many fabulous
There are many positives though! Many goals were not able to be people and being involved in such a great
achieved but it has given me a chance to put things in place for 2021 game
and do some behind the scenes work to make things better for the
future. It was rewarding to have a season up and running and I have I sincerely hope everyone has a lovely break
loved watching so many people of all ages get back to participating in a over summer and here’s to 2021.
game that they love so much.
Valerie Wade
I was able to meet and retain some of our wonderful long-term sponsors General Manager 2020
and members and bring on board a few new ones despite the bad year
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Major Award Winners
PENNANT HILLS AFC BEST LOCAL FIRST YEAR PLAYER
FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR KEN MACRAE SHIELD
Eleanor Rugg Braeden Campbell
PREMIER SENIORS BEST & FAIREST PREMIER DIVISION PLAYERS’ PLAYER AWARD
ERN HOLMES TROPHY THE “GAZA” named after Gary Spillane
Charles Allison Matthew Preen
PREMIER RESERVES BEST & FAIREST DIVISION ONE PLAYERS’ PLAYER AWARD
ANGUS MCKERNAN TROPHY THE “DOUGIE” named after Doug Scholz (dec)
Adam Nixon, Tom Rivers, Nathan Smith Patrick Witt
MEN’s DIVISION 1 BEST & FAIREST MEN’S DIVISION 1 PLAYERS’ PLAYER AWARD
THE “TELF” named after Craig Telfer
Christopher Galvin, Harrison Gregor
Nicholas Coaldrake
MEN’S DIVISION 2 BEST & FAIREST
MENS’S DIVISION 2 PLAYERS’ PLAYER AWARD
Kieran Wright
Craig Maynard
MEN’S DIVISION 3 BEST & FAIREST
MEN’S DIVISION 3 PLAYERS’ PLAYER AWARD
Nicholas Baglin
Samuel Arellano
MEN’S MASTERS BEST & FAIREST
MEN’S MASTERS PLAYERS’ PLAYER AWARD
Peter Carey
Peter Carey
MEN’S UNDER 19s DIVISION 1 BEST & FAIREST
LENNY HAYES TROPHY MEN’S UNDER 19 DIV 1 PLAYERS’ PLAYER
AWARD
Oliver Browne THE “PADDY” named after Patrick Matthews
WOMEN’S PREMIER DIVISION BEST & FAIREST Oliver Browne
Madison Hare / Eleanor Rugg WOMEN’S PREMIER DIVISION PLAYERS’ PLAYER
WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 BEST & FAIREST Hayley Lowe
Tamika Sutton WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 PLAYERS’ PLAYER
WOMEN’S DIVISION 2 BEST & FAIREST Tamika Sutton
Natalie Pajor WOMEN’S DIVISION 2 PLAYERS’ PLAYER
WOMEN’S DIVISION 3 BEST & FAIREST Natalie Pajor
Madeline Byrne WOMEN’S DIVISION 3 PLAYERS’ PLAYER
Madeline Byrne
CLUBPERSON OF THE YEAR
Brendan Gregor SENIOR GAME MILESTONES
PRESIDENTS TROPHY 250+
Damian Dell’Aquila
Mark Carroll
200 +
Nathan Breen
SYDNEY AFL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
150 +
Not Awarded in 2020 Chris Baglin
100 +
Trent Roddan
Adam Smith
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Football Manager’s Report
Season 2020 will be remembered for being probably the strangest play senior footy. Todd led a good team off the field with Drew Maddock
on record and although success isn’t always measured by on field and Jenny Williams.
performance, we failed to qualify for a Grand Final across all grades.
This should be remembered as we get ourselves ready for 2021 and be Div 3 Men’s finished out of the four by match ratio only and we only
used as motivation as we strive to improve on this season. hope we made Nige’s Fridays easier with early team selections from the
higher grades. Nigel Blow and Geoff Hill made a great team for 2020.
The 2020 season started in late 2019 and without me in this role. I
had agreed with Glenn to coach the Reserves side upon my return to Div 2 Men’s finished third and with the advent of a two week final series
Sydney in early 2020 and couldn’t wait to get started. In what would be (1 vs 4, 2 vs 3 – two winners play GF), went out to Sydney Uni in Semi
a precursor for a year we weren’t expecting, I stepped into the role for a Final 2. Congratulations to all and a great effort from Tim Wolnizer, Adam
great mate and a family I love. Nixon, Matt Miles and Rod Miles.
Season 2020 promised plenty with the promotion of our top Women’s Div 1 Men’s also finished third and went out to Sydney Uni in Semi Final
side to Premier Division and the addition of our first Masters team. By 2. A courageous effort and congratulations to Nathan Breen, Brendan
the time we got through what would become known as “Small Group Gregor and Simon Breen.
Training”, we had also added a fourth Women’s side.
In what seems like an emerging pattern, our Reserves side also finished
With ten sides commencing pre-season training across the two third, but with a traditional top five and four week finals series, had
grounds, we somehow found our way in managing this without too the double chance in the first week of finals and needed it. A loss to
many disagreements. By the time we were ready to start our pre- North Shore was followed by a 1st Semi win over Sydney Uni and then
season games and Premier Division Men’s had completed their camp at bowed out in the Preliminary Final to eventual Premiers, UNSW/ES by
Narrabeen, we seemed primed to have real tilt in all grades. 10 points. I thoroughly enjoyed by return to coaching and huge thanks
go to Damian Dell’Aquila, Sam Zikman, Wayne Keating, Phil Scarlett and
In the lead up to the first pre-season game against Sydney Uni we Jake Gunstone.
couldn’t have envisaged what was about to unfold. Sydney University
NEAFL side was playing the Sydney Swans Reserves in a practice match Our Premier Division Men’s secured their top 5 spot with wins in the
on the same weekend. With what was playing out with COVID-19 in AFL last two rounds, only to bow out in The Elimination Final to St George.
circles, the Swans pulled out and Sydney Uni felt obliged to follow suit. Although a disappointing result, the team showed glimpses throughout
We could only agree, but at this point didn’t think we would be waiting the season that they can match with it with it best and Chris Yard has
till the 18th July to play again! built a solid team around him of Ben Roberts, Donnie Ollington, Jackson
Potter, Damian Dell’Aquila, Glenn Gunstone and Michael Trenaman.
As we look back now, it’s really a surprise that we played any footy
and as the weeks rolled on it was looking less and less likely. With We celebrated many individual performances and milestones throughout
governments, Federal, State and Local, and the various sporting bodies the year:
across the nation relying on health advice from the relevant authority’s • Tim Scoular – Snow Medallist – B&F Premier Division Reserves
we went into a hiatus until we came out the other end with “Small Group competition
Training”. This was foreign to us all and in the end I think we did a • Kieran Wright – joint Apted Medallist – B&F Division 2 competition
remarkable job and as good as any around. Our players and coaches • Nathan Smith – Leading Goal Kicker – Premier Division Reserves
should be commended on how they handled this and we should also be competition
extremely thankful for the work put in by Brendan Gregor, Val Wade and • Peter Carey - Leading Goal Kicker – Masters competition
Phil Hare to get us through safely. (God help me if I ever see another • Damian Dell’Aquila – 250 Senior Games
training register again!) • Nathan Breen – 200 Senior Games
By the time we got to Round One on the 18th July we had a nine round Finally, a big thanks to the many who help get our players on the park
season ahead and had added a Women’s Division One side. We still week in, week out:
didn’t know how finals would look and in our heart of hearts probably • Henri De Gorter as our Umpires Coordinator and all of our Club
didn’t think we’d get through nine rounds anyway! Umpires
• Our Team Managers, Runners, Goal Umpires, Boundary Umpires &
Well, we did! Water Carriers
• Our Timekeepers
Our Women’s program took another massive step and after announcing • Our Coaches & Assistant Coaches across all grades
this time last year that we had been promoted to Premier Division we • Lauren Wright and her team of Physio’s from Carlingford Active
added a Division One side on the eve of our “Return to Play” to have Health – the most professional group across Sydney AFL
a side in all four grades. We have a great team of people across the • John Acheson for our milestone stories and Demons News
whole Women’s program – Mark Carroll, Daniel Fiedler, Jordan Foster, • Brendan Gregor as our much needed and professional COVID
Nick De Gorter, Steph Tate, Val Wade, Elly Rugg, Aaron Crisfield, Trent Officer
Roddan, Jed Corbett, Allen Abbott, Sam Stone and Henri De Gorter. • Our Captains, Vice Captains and Leadership Groups
The development year on year means we will have all sides being in a • Val Wade as our General
position to push for finals next year. Manager
• Phil Hare and the Committee
Our inaugural Masters side took to the field in 2020 under the tutelage
of Peter Carey (if that’s what you call it at their age!) Three wins in a five Your efforts are truly appreciated and
game season and to finish in third on our first season was a fine effort. my sincere thanks to all in what has
been a particularly strange, long and
Under 19’s under Todd Williams came on in leaps and bounds and once taxing season. Looking forward to a
the boys got used to the new game plan really started to show some successful 2021. Go Penno!
promise and have built a good base to build on for 2021. As always,
injuries and boys achieving higher honours play a big part in how our David Pinker
underage teams perform year on year. This season we had thirteen boys Football Manager 2020
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Premier Division Team Awards
ERN HOLMES TROPHY CHARLES ALLISON 2020 PREMIER DIVISION STAFF
Runner Up Best & Fairest Marc Sheather Coach Chris Yard
Most Consistent James Peatling
Best Team Man Michael Carroll Board Assistant Glenn Gunstone
Ranga Ediriwickrama Assistant Coaches Ben Roberts (Backs)
Most Improved Maine Vidler Jackson Potter (Mids)
Coaches Award Thomas Edmonds Donald Ollington (Forwards)
Players’ Player - ‘Gazza’ Matthew Preen Runner Aaron Crisfield
PREMIER DIVISION BEST & FAIREST TOP TEN Team Manager Michael Trenaman
Charles Allison 50
Marc Sheather 41 Captain Thomas Angel
James Peatling 33
Joshua Stern 29
Harry Maguire 27 PREMIER DIVISION LADDER AT THE END OF
Matthew Preen 25 2020 HOME AND AWAY SEASON
Cooper Lee 22
Stephen Wray 22 Premier Division P W L For Agst % %Won
Tom Angel 21 North Shore 9 9 0 1073 318 337 100
Connor Owen-Auburn 19 Sydney University 9 8 1 1053 419 251 89
UNSW/ES Bulldogs 9 7 2 1126 421 267 78
2020 PHELAN MEDAL Pennant Hills 9 5 4 889 513 173 56
Jake Bartholomaeus 16 votes St George Dragons 9 5 4 876 540 162 56
Sydney Uinversity Inner West Magpies 9 5 4 620 744 83 56
East Coast Eagles 9 2 7 568 820 69 22
Pennant Hills Best: Manly Warringah 9 2 7 437 938 47 22
Marc Sheather 7 votes Camden Cats 9 2 7 389 1154 34 22
UTS AFC 9 0 9 290 1454 20 0
2020 LEADING GOALKICKERS
Matthew Preen 23
Theo Moraitis 20 Elimination Final
Henson Park, 20 September 2020
2020 AFL SYDNEY RISING STAR AWARD Pennant Hills Demons 12 12 84
Not awarded in 2020 lost to St George Dragons 13 10 88
2020 SYDNEY AFL - REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS
No competition in 2020 2020 GRAND FINAL
Kanebridge Oval, 10 October 2020
2020 SYDNEY AFL - TEAM OF THE YEAR UNSW/ES Bulldogs 6 9 45
No team in 2020 lost to Sydney University 8 6 54
Charles Allison - Best & Fairest Winner
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Premier Division Coach’s Report
It is undeniable that the 2020 season was unlike any seen before. The Congratulations the Ranga Ediriwickrama on his 150 game achievement
pre-season kicked off with our standard vigour and fitness session – a true clubman that has huge respect both on and off field
under the watchful eyes of fitness guru Bailey O’Brien.
A personal thanks to many people have provided assistance to
Everything was lined up for our first pre-season game until mid-March me over the season - Assistant Coaches - Don Ollington, Ben Roberts,
when the ominous calls came through stating that we had to cancel the Jackson Potter. We tweaked our style more in 2020 than ever with you
games. It soon became apparent that COVID 19 had put the brakes on all being crucial in the execution of this in their line groups. Thanks boys
community and professional football indefinitely. in a tough year.
In June, we had some respite and could train with small groups which Glenn Gunstone – Veteran Vice President of Football for many years
then progressed to full groups by mid-July. The logistics involved to whilst I’ve coached. Thank you for the support, guidance, wisdom and
ensure the training was carried out in a safe and proper manner was genuine mateship you have afforded me over the years. Well done on
both time consuming and challenging for both coaches and players. great job over the years – you’ll be missed.
Precautions such as, registering to attend training, allocation of
groups and maintaining no contact were all difficult to adjust to, but Club Coaches – To David Pinker, Nathan Breen, Tim Wolnizer, Nigel Blow,
we managed. COVID presented additional challenges for the NEAFL Todd Williams, Daniel Fielder, Jordan Foster, Nick de Gorter and Mark
competition which was subsequently called off in July and Sydney Uni Carroll the work and commitment you all put in continues to amaze me.
NEAFL players mostly filtering back into the Sydney AFL competition.
Michael Trenaman - Team Manager. Always organised, everything done
Fast forward to our season which commenced in mid-July and from then very well. Great stuff and thank you.
we managed to have a 9 game season – playing each team once. This
did not leave us with very much room for error. We faced Sydney Uni My leadership group – I made a made changes this year to the group,
in the first game with large loss – we really saw the difference in the Led by Captain Tom Angel along with Tom Edmonds, Stevie Wray and
fitness levels and standards which can be attributed to the number of new members Theo Moraitis and Luke Skrivanic. These men are
NEAFL players they had in the competition. We managed to finish 4th growing year on year, and the skills and passion they bring to the group
with 5 wins and 4 losses after the compressed season. are to be admired. Thanks boys
Our finals opponent was an improved St George. We were well on top, Club physios – Another stellar year from all physios with the huge
although conceding the last 2 goals of the 2nd quarter, we were still 21 injury toll given the lack of base fitness from an interrupted year. A well
points up at half time. Unfortunately, we lost our way in the 3rd quarter, organised and committed group, thank you.
St George kicking 6 goals to our nil, to be behind at three quarter time
by 14 points. The last quarter was high quality, with the lead changing Committee – No doubt a tough year, but congratulations on providing a
multiple times, but we fell short by 4 points. Unfortunately conceding 8 safe and enjoyable environment for all players
unanswered goals will not win finals and we were all bitterly disappointed
our campaign was over. As the competition continues to get stronger, we Playing Group – A group I love working with –
all need to commit to doing more – both from a playing and coaching let’s get back to our best in a competition that
perspective. continues to get stronger.
Some of the highlights of the season included; 35 players played in Chris Yard
Premier Division; 5 debuts (Smith * 2, Hunt, Hall, Browne) Premier Division Coach 2020
Milestone game - Again, we celebrated a special milestone.
Premier Division
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Premier Reserves Division Team Awards
ANGUS MCKERNAN TROPHY ADAM NIXON 2020 PREMIER DIVISION RESERVES STAFF
THOMAS RIVERS
NATHAN SMITH Coach David Pinker
Runner Up Best & Fairest Connor Matthews Board Assistant Wayne Keating
Most Consistent Matthew Browne Assistant Coaches Damian Dell’Aquila
Best Team Man Patrick Witt Sam Zikman
Most Improved Kieron Coaldrake Runner Jake Gunstone
Best Player in Finals Connor Matthews
Coaches Award Daniel Witt Team Manager Phillip Scarlett
Players’ Player - ‘Dougie’ Patrick Witt
Captain Thomas Abbott
Vice Captain Tim Scoular
PREMIER DIVISION RESERVES BEST & FAIREST TOP TEN
Adam Nixon 35
Thomas Rivers 35 PREMIER DIVISION RESERVES LADDER AT THE END OF
Nathan Smith 35 2020 HOME AND AWAY SEASON
Connor Matthews 30
James Carroll 29 Premier Div Res P W L For Agst % %Won
Matthew Brown 28 UNSW/ES Bulldogs 9 8 1 909 292 311 89
Patrick Witt 26 North Shore 9 8 1 795 257 309 89
Ben Matthews 24 Pennant Hills 9 7 2 796 302 264 78
Damian Dell’Aquila 23 Sydney University 9 6 3 853 342 249 67
Thomas Abbott 21 St George Dragons 9 5 4 700 444 158 56
East Coast Eagles 9 5 4 593 484 123 56
Inner West Magpies 9 3 6 416 612 68 33
2020 SNOW MEDAL Manly Warringah 9 2 7 273 982 28 22
Tim Scoular 10 votes Camden Cats 9 1 8 271 1033 26 11
Pennant Hills Demons UTS AFC 9 0 9 195 1053 19 0
2020 LEADING GOALKICKER 2020 Qualifying Final
Team and joint competition winner Henson Park, 20 September 2020
Nathan Smith 32 North Shore Bombers 10 9 69
def Pennant Hills Demons 2 6 18
2020 Semi Final 1
Henson Park, 27 September 2020
Pennant Hills Demons 13 9 87
def Sydney University 10 9 69
2020 Preliminary Final
Adam Nixon Henson Park, 3 October 2020
UNSW/ES Bulldogs 8 18 66
def Pennant Hills Demons 8 8 56
2020 GRAND FINAL
Kanebridge Oval, 10 October 2020
North Shore Bombers 4 4 28
Nathan Smith lost to UNSW/ES Bulldogs 5 11 41
Thomas Rivers
Best & Fairest Winners
10 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Premier Reserves Coach’s Report
In what would turn out to be a very different looking season with only 9 be playing the better footy. We had the wind in the third and kicked an
rounds starting in July followed by a four week final series, we started early one before it became a bit of an arm wrestle, firstly in their forward
with a very different looking side to the one that contested last year’s half and then in ours. At the 20 minute mark a David Smith bomb from
Grand Final with only seven players from that side playing Round One. outside 50 gave as an 18 point lead, but the Bulldogs kicked two in red
time and we had only maintained our 6 point buffer turning for home.
It was certainly daunting to follow in Jason Clarke’s shoes after a
successful eight year’s coaching the Ressies. Jason took the side that The last quarter saw UNSW/ES make the most of the wind and finished
was predominantly overlooked for higher honours, to one that was the full of running to progress to the GF with a 10 point win. We had our
“go to” for our next Premier Division players. chances and we certainly thought we should have beat the eventual
Premiers and had our own shot the next week.
We started the season with a strong 5 point win over Sydney Uni at
home and although we were behind at every change, we felt we were Congratulations to all of our award winners and congratulations to Tim
always in control and the better side on the day. A percentage booster Scoular for winning the Snow Medal and to Nathan Smith who was the
over UTS was followed by our wakeup call with a 55 point lesson from competition’s leading goal kicker.
UNSW/ES at Henson Park. We certainly knew what the benchmark was
now. Thank You’s:
After three wins in a row we came up against the then unbeaten North Thank you to Damian Dell Aquila and Sam Zikman who mixed playing
Shore at home and again were given a lesson in disciplined footy. Going with coaching duties. Your counsel during the week, at training, at
down by 37 points. We finished the season with two strong wins, in third selection and on game day was invaluable and greatly appreciated.
place and the double chance (which we needed!).
I inherited the “Dynamic Duo” from Jason – Wayne Keating on the
We were confident going into the Qualifying Final against North Shore board on game day and Phil Scarlett as our Team Manager. Gents, your
who had unexpectedly lost their only regular season game two weeks knowledge and counsel was greatly appreciated and thank you.
earlier against St George. From all reports the bigger bodied St George
players put enormous pressure on North Shore to win and we thought Thank you also to Jake Gunstone who had a year off from playing to be
we could the same. our Team Runner and to Michael Trenaman and his assistance to Scarlo.
With the rain teaming in the 1st quarter at Henson Park it looked it was Thanks also to our captain, Tom Abbott and vice-captain, Tim Scoular
working for us and we led by 5 points at the first change. Unfortunately, for not only your on field leadership, but your leadership throughout the
the rain stopped and so did we, going down by 51 points and not scoring year. Thank you to all of the Coaches, Physio’s and the Committee for
a goal after quarter time. your support throughout the year.
A week of soul searching led into the 1st Semi against Sydney Uni and I Thank you to my family for your support and
must admit I wasn’t quite sure what we were going to get. Fortunately, understanding.
we played our best game of the season to come out 18 point winners
and a tilt at UNSW/ES in the Prelim for a spot in the GF. We started well Last, but by no means least, thanks to all of the
and their inaccurate kicking certainly helped our cause and went to the players. I thoroughly enjoyed the season and
first change 2 points in arrears. hope we can go one week further next season.
Against the breeze, a 4.1 to 2.5 second quarter gave us a 6 point lead David Pinker
at half time. Again, their inaccurate kicking helped, but we seemed to Premier Division Reserves Coach 2020
Premier Division Reserves
11 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Division One Team Awards
FRANK PICCOLO TROPHY CHRISTOPHER GALVIN 2020 DIVISION ONE STAFF
HARRISON GREGOR
Captain/Coach Nathan Breen
Runner Up Best & Fairest Michael Fiedler
Most Consistent Harry Rivers Assistant Coach Brendan Gregor
Best Team Man Joel Cousens
Coaches Award Adrian Colautti Team Manager Simon Breen
Players’ Player - ‘Telfs’ Nicholas Coaldrake
Club Umpire Allen Gardiner
DIVISION ONE BEST & FAIREST TOP TEN
Christopher Galvin 32 MEN’S DIVISION ONE LADDER AT THE END OF
Harrison Gregor 32 2020 HOME AND AWAY SEASON
Michael Fiedler 28
Nicholas Coaldrake 27 Division One P W L FF/FA For Agst % %Won
Jordan Le Lay 22 North Shore 9 9 0 0 909 149 610 100
Harry Rivers 21 Pennant Hills 9 7 2 0 606 321 189 78
Cody Matthews 20 Sydney University 8 6 2 1/0 609 249 245 75
Cooper Anson 19 UNSW/ES Bulldogs 8 5 3 0 425 483 88 63
Sebastian Parker 17 Campbelltown 9 3 6 1/0 502 547 92 33
Stewart Hodges 15 Nor-West Jets 9 2 7 0/1 345 731 47 22
St George 9 2 7 0 279 785 36 22
UTS AFC 9 1 8 0/1 294 704 42 11
2020 ARMSTRONG MEDAL
Mitchell Crisafulli 11 votes
North Shore Bombers 2020 Semi Final 2
Kanebridge Oval, 20 September 2020
PENNANT HILLS BEST Pennant Hills Demons 4 6 30
Adrian Colautti 6 votes/Eq 6th lost to Sydney University 6 6 42
2020 LEADING GOALKICKERS 2020 GRAND FINAL
Oliver Nockles 12 Rosedale Park, 27 September 2020
North Shore Bombers 11 1 67
lost to Sydney University 11 11 77
Chris Galvin - Best & Fairest Winner Harrison Gregor - Best & Fairest Winner
12 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Division One Coach’s Report
We leave the 2020 season behind, not sure if we should be disappointed Anson and Cody Matthews, plus 3 U/19 graduates in Ollie Nockles (Div
with how our season finished or just be thankful that we got an abridged 1 leading goal kicker), Darcy Carnahan and Jonathan Dixon as regular
season completed and managed to play some footy in this crazy year? 3rd grade members.
The pre-season seems like it was years ago with footy being shut down Best and Fairest Chris Galvin – Chris in his first year at the club, quickly
for two months in March. Restarting in May in small group training was showed his enormous potential – he was explosive through the midfield
challenging and took a while for momentum to build as training sizes and made a real difference in taking on the opposition with damaging
increased and we joined in with Reserve grade training. Our first game runs.
was at home against reigning premiers Sydney Uni and we got the 4
points in a close but uninspiring game. Following that we went on a Best and Fairest Harri Gregor – Harri is a hard-two-way running
run of four comfortable wins where we were able to dominate against wingman, when he gets the ball Pennant Hills normally get it next (and
teams we knew we should be able to beat, but unfortunately this didn’t often in a scoring position) with his great use by hand and foot. He takes
set us up for our next two games against Sydney Uni and North Shore. enormous territory with the football and covers more without it. Harri is
Both these games would determine the top of the ladder positions at always dependable and in periods during games unstoppable.
season’s end.
Michael Fiedler, Runner Up Best and Fairest – Mickey just turns up week
A familiar pattern emerged in these games with one quarter fade outs after week and give his all. He is one of the players at the club that is
being the ultimate difference, along with losing key players to injury in easy to coach because you know wherever you put him we will get the
both games. We took some learnings from the games; knowing that our best out of him.
pressure was effective enough to stop their game plan but we needed to
find a more consistent avenue to goal. Nick Coaldrake, Division 1 Players player, Nick was set for a super year
when struck down by injury. Nick is an absolute colossus on the field with
With two games to go and wanting to run into the finals in some form, a great work ethic who seems to pick the team up and carry them on his
plus hopefully regain some of our injured players, complacency crept into back. He is a smart big man and reads the play with ease.
our game. Very slow starts against committed and determined opposition
meant we struggled and had to fight very hard to win. Not instilling us Adrian Colautti, knows how to find the ball around the contest and is
with a whole lot of confidence or providing us with the momentum strong and courageous. Addy was the leading vote getter in the league
required to go on a finals run. medal this year and he had a season he can build on.
Our home and away season finished with seven wins and two losses Joel Cousens, gives his all week after week on the training track and on
which put us in second place with a semi-final against Sydney Uni (again) Saturdays. A strong vocal presence who wins plenty of the ball, strives to
to come. Selections were difficult but we believed we had the side to get get the best out of himself and his team mates.
the job done - though it would be noted many of these were returning
from injury with little football under their belts. It was an even game in Harry Rivers, Mr. Dependable – a great one on one defender – this
field play but Sydney Uni were able to get goals on the board when we year he was recognized for some hard off season work and given an
couldn’t. Pennant Hills were playing safe, reactionary football afraid to opportunity in Reserve Grade. Hard to beat one-on-one and deceptively
lose the game and as a result the Sydney Uni defense were able to repel quick. A very good user of the ball coming out of defense.
attacking drives easily. A better, more attacking second half – closer to
the game plan envisaged and a thrilling last quarter charge saw us get Thank you to Simon Breen as Team Manager
close, but we were unable to bridge the gap and the game finished with who pretty much did it all on match days from
a feeling of what if….the worst kind of finals feeling. managing, to goal umpiring to runner, we were
in very good hands with Simon’s support on
Division 1 always sees a high volume of players go through the team match days.
and in 2020 it was no different – even in the abridged season we would
play 49 players. However, it was pleasing to welcome six new players – Nathan Breen
Nicholas Coaldrake, Chris Galvin, Kyle Ekstrom, Brad Stevenson, Cooper Men’s Division1 Coach 2020
Division One
13 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Division Two Team Awards
BEST & FAIREST KIERAN WRIGHT 2020 DIVISION TWO STAFF
Runner Up Best & Fairest Craig Maynard Coach/Manager Tim Wolnizer
Most Consistent Jack Watkins
Best Team Man Zac Unwin Assistant Coaches Adam Nixon
Zac Lorschy Matthew Miles
Coaches Award James Clarke
Players’ Player Craig Maynard Captain Jack Watkins
Vice Captain Alex Rashleigh
DIVISION TWO BEST & FAIREST TOP TEN Club Umpire Jason Clarke
Kieran Wright 53
Craig Maynard 39
Lachlan Ford 32 MEN’S DIVISION TWO LADDER AT THE END OF
Jack Watkins 24 2020 HOME AND AWAY SEASON
Jak Stromquist 20
William Anson 15 Division Two P W L D FF/FA For Agst % %Won
Zachary Lorschy 15 North Shore 8 7 1 0 1/0 655 160 409 88
Matthew Arciuli 14 Sydney University 9 7 2 0 0 688 337 204 78
Benjamin Miles 14 Pennant Hills 9 7 2 0 1/0 473 291 163 78
Alex Rashleigh 14 Wollondilly 9 6 3 0 0 618 315 196 67
East Coast Eagles 9 3 5 1 0 339 487 70 39
Camden Cats 9 2 6 1 1/0 338 593 57 28
2020 APTED MEDAL UTS AFC 8 1 7 0 0/1 263 592 44 13
Joint Winners Manly Warringah 9 1 8 0 0/2 181 780 23 11
Kieran Wright - Pennant Hills 12 votes
David Wolfe - Wollondilly 12 votes
Semi Final 2
Kanebridge Oval, 20 September 2020
2020 LEADING GOALKICKER Sydney University 7 14 56
James Clarke 7 defeated Pennant Hills 5 5 35
Lachlan Ford 7
2020 GRAND FINAL
Rosedale Park, 27 September 2020
North Shore Bombers 4 4 28
lost to Sydney University 11 6 72
Kieran Wright - Best & Fairest Winner
14 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Division Two Coach’s Report
2020 for Division 2 started as it usually does with a few keen beans Plenty of positives to take away from season 2020 looking forward to
putting in the work through pre-season. Then came the pause. This was next season.
actually a bit of a blessing in disguise as it brought the guys together
online and developed a bit of momentum and energy for the restart “Old” guys really helped our structure and hopefully Mr. Medals is up
of the season. As we moved to small group training we regularly had for another season in 2021 - congratulations to Kieran on being a joint
16+ attending and this would continue through the season - a pleasant winner of the Apted medal for Division 2.
change from previous years.
Players newer to the game really developed and showed great skill
Adding to the regulars from the last few years was important and improvement. The lads fresh out of 19s showed huge improvement
particularly some ‘old guys’ who could assist around the ground and and will be pushing everyone in seasons to come not just in Division 2
we were lucky to recruit Kieran Wright, Daniel Keating and Ben Miles. but higher grades. There is plenty of depth through the club with most
Unfortunately, Flea would be our second season ending injury in our players fitting easily into higher grades when called upon.
first game after losing Matt Miles at training the week before. But, the
addition of the experience of Kiz and Magic meant we had a couple of We still play for fun and we have a great group of guys still committed
extra mature voices around the ground. With the growth of the on field to ensuring Penno stays strong in the lower grades and provide a great
leaders we really came together as a unit and executed on the game platform for those learning the game and wanting to improve.
style we have been working on over the last few years.
I love playing alongside this group and being a part of the club as a
Our mantra all year was ‘contest, control and have fun doing it’ and whole and hope to continue doing so in 2021. Congratulations to all
we were able to execute this in most games losing only to the eventual the award winners especially the young lads who missed out on finals
grand final teams in North Shore and Sydney Uni. In both those games selection but were the Best Team Men all year - the Zac Attack combo -
we felt like we won the contest but struggled to keep up with some of and Coaches Award winner James Clarke.
the leg speed on loose play. We worked hard on defensive structuring on
the back half of the year and came extremely close to beating Uni even So many thank you’s to the support team behind the group this year.
though we were two down on the bench for most of the game. Thank you for being at games, helping out and generally supporting
the club from the bottom up. It meant a heap to the boys this year
Stand out games for the team this year were definitely our second half to have extra sets of hands that allowed me to coach and play in a
against Camden where we played clean and controlled and kept them far more involved manner. So a huge thanks to Rod Miles, Matt Miles,
scoreless. Knuckling down and grinding out the win against East Coast at Adam Nixon, Jason Clarke, Phil Hare and anyone else who umpired,
Kanebridge to set up a big day of losses for the Eagles. And, most proudly goal umpired or rocked up to support. As always, the biggest thanks
for me, beating Division 1 relegates Wollondilly away in the wet and again to my wife Megs and the boys who let me train twice a week and give
at home on the eve of finals. The team showed a huge ability to play up Saturday’s for footy. Bigger thanks to Megs this year for also doing
tough, hard and contested footy without getting sucked into stupidity. Sunday’s with Auskick for Westbrook.
Sadly, our confidence going into the finals didn’t materialise on game Bring on 2021 and another crack at that
day. Sydney University fielded an extremely strong side and although we elusive flag… we were so close this year lads
were in the contest we struggled to get any momentum off the back of and it’s right in front of us next year! How bad
strong goals. By our own admission a good chunk of our players were do you want it and what are you willing to do
down on their usual output and will be better for the experience. We are to win it?
still a relatively ‘green’ team but with the addition of experience and the
growth of the younger players I am confident we can be at the pointy end Tim Wolnizer
of the season again in 2021. Division 2 Coach 2020
Division Two
15 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Division Three Team Awards
BEST & FAIREST NICHOLAS BAGLIN 2020 DIVISION THREE STAFF
Runner Up Best & Fairest Brayden Rohr Coach Nigel Blow
Most Consistent Thomas Osbourne
Best Team Man Ethan Beard Team Manager Geoffrey Hill
Coaches Award Samuel Marriott
Players’ Player Samuel Arellano Captain Michael Baglin
Vice Captain Nicholas Baglin
DIVISION THREE BEST & FAIREST TOP TEN
Nicholas Baglin 68 MEN’S DIVISION THREE LADDER AT THE END OF
Brayden Rohr 47 2020 HOME AND AWAY SEASON
Alexander Huggins 38
Thomas Osbourne 32 Division Three P W L FF/FA For Agst % %Won
Luke Bray 28 North Shore 9 8 1 1/0 598 252 237 89
Samuel Arellano 27 Newtown 8 7 1 1/0 481 136 354 88
Jed Corbett 18 Inner-West 8 6 2 0 631 268 235 75
Andrew McKinnon 16 UNSW/ES Bulldogs 8 4 4 0 495 309 160 50
Nathan Mace 13 Pennant Hills 9 4 5 0 432 482 90 44
Samuel Marriott 13 Southern Power 8 3 5 0 338 409 83 38
Sydney University 8 1 7 0 215 735 29 13
Campbelltown 8 0 8 0/2 159 758 21 0
2020 GRANLAND MEDAL
Thomas Tulett 11 votes
Newtown Breakaways 2020 GRAND FINAL
Rosedale Park, 27 September 2020
PENNANT HILLS BEST: North Shore Bombers 0 3 3
Nicholas Baglin 6 votes/Eq 5th lost to Newtown Breakaways 7 12 54
2020 LEADING GOALKICKER
Nicholas Baglin 12 goals
Nicholas Baglin - Best & Fairest Winner
16 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Division Three Coaches Report
If ever there was a time to stand up and be counted and show what Another highpoint of the season was coaxing Nate Mace and Josh Boag
this club was all about, 2020 certainly was that time, and this was back to the club to play against title favorites North Shore. Macey had his
demonstrated no more than by the young and not-so young men (Wade last drink about 3 hours before the 9am start and poor old Steggs looked
Campbell, Donnie Ollington and Jeff Hardmen to name a few) who like he last slept on the Wednesday before. However, they did add some
represented us in the division 3 men’s team. spice to a game where the Shore boys only beat us by 20 points, and we
all know how their season ended!
We started the season with an enormous challenge of putting a team
together, let alone a competitive one after the disjointed pre-season. I challenged the boys to live their dreams when playing footy with
Come round one and we were drawn against our old mates from Southern our team and it’s fair to say some of us have different dreams. Tom
Power who battered us twice in 2019. We fielded an enthusiastic team Osbourne, our new colossus ruckman and all-round nice guy, dreams
with no less than 10 debutants i.e. guys who have never played football, of one day turning up on time – his dreams are yet to be fulfilled, but as
an over 50, some past masters and a couple of guys to fill some gaps. a new player to our game, he excelled and had a great season. Ethan
Against the odds, we ran out winners by 10 goals and celebrated 100 Beard’s dream was to kick with his left foot – just once, as previously his
games for club legend Trent Roddan in style. What a start! left was only good for standing on. His dreams came true and he turned
out to be one of the best forward pocket players in the league.
A win in round 2 against Sydney Uni and we were off to a flyer, however
that victory came at a significant cost as we lost Jack Gammie to an Luke Bray lived his dream by nearly emulating Michael Longs 1993
ACL, who joined another newbie in Jacob Kerr (broken leg in a pre- grand final goal and showed why he is so popular around the club. Hard
season game) on the sidelines. Heading into round 3 we were full of as nails in a tackle, speed to burn and kicks off both feet, he is truly a
beans so the coach decided to conduct a team meeting to discuss our superstar of the league let alone our club.
aims and set the direction for the remainder of the season. Great idea
coach – not! The meeting went well however we proceeded to lose the I wish I could enlighten you with more stories from our great season as
next 5 games straight. What was hoped to be an inspirational session I am so proud of what my boys achieved. Our captain Mike Baglin and
turned out more like a pre-season camp with the Adelaide Crows. his vice-captain Nick Baglin lead by example on and off the field, and
we are so grateful to the support from others within our club like Phil
One of the new characters of the team demonstrated his abundant Hare, Val Wade and Brendan Gregor for their tireless work just to get the
talents in that first loss of the year against UNSW. Our man Freddie season up. To Bob and Brendon Wray (our awesome full-forward and
Stratton (no relation to the Hawks great Ben Stratton) decided he was club Treasurer), Loz and her amazing physios,
going to kick every goal as a torpedo, which would be fine if he was guys like Allen Abbott and Alastair Hey for their
related to the former Hawthorn captain, but alas not one of his torp behind-the-scenes work – the list goes on. It’s
attempts sailed between the big sticks all season. However, he made been emotional!
amends with an awesome speckie in that game against UNSW, and then
in the final win of the season he scored with a snap from 45 which he Nigel Blow
celebrated as soon as it came off the boot. Trouble was the ball actually Men’s Division 3 Coach 2020
landed 3 metres short but somehow bounced through a crowded goal
square for a crucial goal.
Division Three
17 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Under 19 Division One Team Awards
LENNY HAYES TROPHY OLIVER BROWNE 2020 U/19 DIVISION ONE STAFF
Runner Up Best & Fairest Nicholas Sparks Coach Todd Williams
Most Consistent Declan Lee
Best Team Man Oliver Maybury Assistant Coach Drew Maddox
Most Improved Max Grooms
Coaches Award Hayden Mitchell Team Manager Jenny Williams
Players’ Player - ‘Paddy’ Oliver Browne
U/19 DIVISION ONE LADDER AT THE END OF
U/19 DIVISION ONE BEST & FAIREST TOP TEN 2020 HOME AND AWAY SEASON
Oliver Browne 44
Nicholas Sparks 43 U/19 Division One P W L B FA For Agst % %Won
Oscar Baker 32 UNSW/ES Bulldogs 8 8 0 1 1/0 653 258 253 100
Declan Lee 32 North Shore Bombers 8 7 1 1 0 586 290 202 88
Oliver Maybury 25 Sydney University 8 5 3 1 0 730 284 257 63
Christian Webster 23 Manly Warringah 8 5 3 1 1/1 517 387 134 63
Mitchell Kunigiskis 21 East Coast Eagles 8 4 4 1 0 436 438 100 50
Tait Cousens 19 Camden Cats 8 3 5 1 2/0 401 433 93 38
Jonathon Moran 18 St George Dragons 8 2 6 1 0 322 599 54 25
Sohail Ghaffari 13 Pennant Hills 8 2 6 1 0 302 601 50 25
Riley Hodgson 13 Inner West Magpies 8 0 8 1 0/3 106 683 16 0
2020 KEALY MEDAL 2020 Grand Final
Harry Whitaker 10 votes Kanebridge Oval, 10 October 2020
UNSW/ES Bulldogs UNSW/ES Bulldogs 7 7 49
lost to North Shore Bombers 14 13 97
2020 LEADING GOALKICKERS
Oliver Browne 15
Oliver Browne - Best & Fairest Winner
18 | PHAFC YearBook 2020Under 19 Division One Coach’s Report
A year of Improvement but no four quarters Matty Hall relished his opportunity to play Premier Division, working
hard for his spot and was unfortunately injured and out for the season.
In what was an unusual season it was great to be able to play football Declan Lee starring in the space at Monarch Oval in Division 1, Scott
and it was great to have a team that were also keen to play. With a Chapman killing it on the half forward line for reserves then supported
short preseason it was important to get all of the players on the training by Oliver Maybury in the backs. In a tough match late in the season
track, working together, as soon as was possible. Unfortunately with Conor Hogan and Dan Crompton played Division 1. Nigel Blow gave
under19’s school sports and HSC often impacts the ability to have Conor, Nick Walsh, Ashley Tonnet and Sohail Ghaffari games throughout
everyone together. the season and the boys were amongst his best on. These opportunities
were fantastic for the boy’s development and confidence. I hope under
The season opening for us made it difficult to for the group to be 19’s are in a position to develop the boys like this going forward. There
confident in the team and game plan. Playing against Sydney University were many others who did not have the opportunity to play open age this
and UNSW in rounds 1 and 2 however was good for us to see early on, season who certainly have the talent. We were blessed with some good
what we needed to work on. In round 1 with Sydney Uni we were even till jumpers in Sam Macauley, Thomas Harrison, Scott Chapman and Nick
half time. Against UNSW we let them jump out of the gate, held them for Walsh, supported well by the mid-group and a bolstered defence by a
two quarters and then let them run away. The trick for us was to play our strong back six. We need to work on our outside skills and cleanliness,
expansive game style in attack and do it for four quarters. Unfortunately forward entries and increasing forward strength and then, playing four
we did not play four quarters of football in 8 games. This is what cost quarters of football it will be finals bound.
us. Losing two of our gun midfielders, Jordan Adams and Johnathan
Moran in the first two rounds was also a big blow to us. Losing (harshly It was great to see the boys execute some beautiful passages of play
I thought) Rowan Love and Dan Crompton for the season in round 4 on throughout the season. The improvement in the squad over 9 rounds
report did not help our cause. was great to observe. A fantastic group of boys I hope to see all back
next season.
Greatly supported this year by the Pennant Hills and Northern Lights
Under 17’s allowed us to put some excellent talent on the list this year. Thanks must go to Drew Maddox for his support and brains throughout
It is a great future for the club if we manage to retain this talent. Thanks the season, much appreciated mate. To the
must go to Matt Kohlhagen and Justin Kerley for the support theses many parents who supported us throughout,
Under 17 coaches gave us. I hope this is the start of a longer term and thank you and to my wife Jennifer Williams
stronger relationships between us. who managed the team and makes game day
much easier for a stressed coach.
This years under 19’s give me great hope for the future at Pennant
Hills. We have seen some very skilful players and were blessed to be Todd Williams
in a position to play some of them in open age football throughout the Men’s Under 19 Division 1 Coach 2020
season. Oliver Browne’s 7 goals on debut in Premier division a highlight.
Under 19 Division One
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