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S UAN F C
AUS T RA L IA N R UL ES
F OUNDATION
At Sydney University
Supporting the club that supports you
THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE
THE PAST • E
ntered the NEAFL competition in 2012, Our partnership with Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness
(SUSF) allows our Club to provide young people the
A SOLID FOUNDATION, A SECURE
FOOTBALL FUTURE
recently gaining a (5) year NEAFL licence
Historians currently suggest the Sydney extension to 2021 opportunity to develop as sportsmen and women
Your support of the Foundation will help deliver
University Australian National Football Club within a world class high performance sporting
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laying members growing to over 280 with on the Clubs objectives and will ensure SUANFC
(SUANFC) is officially the fourth oldest existing environment and at the same time study with the
over 100 studying at Sydney University continues to grow and prosper while maintaining
Australian Rules Football Club in the country, support of elite athlete scholarships. SUSF have
its proud traditions both on and off the field.
citing evidence of the formation of the “Sydney • P
ast players, life members, community members, shown they are the Club’s most enduring supporter.
University Australian Football Club” at a meeting sponsors and sporting network connections In April 2017, Sydney University took part in an
at Milthorpe’s Hotel on 6 July 1887, and its first growing to approximately 2,500 people. intervarsity football match against Melbourne
match against St Ignatius College Riverview University in the Victorian capital, with Sydney
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL FOUNDATION University coming away with an inspiring victory.
on 27 July in the same year.
AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY This experience was used to help increase our
There is plenty of evidence that Australian Rules Clubs exposure to the wider football community
An Australian Rules Football division of the
was played on University campus much earlier outside NSW.
University of Sydney Sport Foundation (USSF) was
too, before the Australian game lost its way in the Each year we seem to grow in numbers and
launched in 2009. This allows for tax deductible
harbour city. However you look at it, the University, develop new players of all levels of experience, while
donations to be made to help ensure the Club’s
its students and the Club have been an enduring maintaining the true University Club experience.
sustained ability to provide the best possible
part of the Australian Rules Football code in As a Club run to a great extent by playing members,
football environment to its current and future
Sydney since it began to be played here. we appreciate the support from our alumni and
members, friends, and supporters.
welcome any volunteers passionate about AFL.
Since the early days the Club has had years
More recently, it was with a heavy heart that we
in hiatus when interrupted by world wars or
league restructures. It has been up and down,
THE PRESENT informed you about the passing of the much loved
The Club continues to grow from strength club legend Harvey ‘Banger’ Gordon. Members and
it has struggled for recognition amongst a busy
friends of SUANFC from across the globe returned
University sporting landscape, it has sometimes to strength. Our investment in our football
to Oval No.1 to pay their respects to this great man
lost more than it has won and other times won programs, our staff and our processes has allowed
in a moving memorial service.
almost every game it has played. us to ensure we continue to field teams across
all levels of competition from amateur to
The last few years have seen some of the most
exciting developments in SUANFC’s long history:
semi-professional. THE FUTURE
Since joining the North East Australian Football The current Club Committee would like to build
• Increased and maintained participation of seven upon SUANFC’s proud traditions, to learn from
League (NEAFL), our Club is both Australia’s
(7) teams – six open age and one Under19s side the past and from other sister University clubs
only University club, and NSW’s only club, to
• S
ustained an Under18, now Under19s Colts side, to help build on our successes and help ensure
field a side which competes in such a high
producing five (5) AFL listed players a successful and sustainable future for our Club.
level competition across the Eastern Australian
Seaboard. Unfortunately at present, the Sydney Although based at Sydney University, we continue
• B
ecome a benchmark Sydney AFL and now
University NEAFL team cannot play home games to welcome community members to play at all
North East Australian Football League
at University Oval No.1 because it does not comply levels through the Club, as we understand we have
(NEAFL) club on and off the field
with state league standards. The redevelopment a responsibility to grow and develop the game
aintained a commitment to junior football
• M of Australian Rules Football in our own backyard.
of Oval No.1 is a key focus of the Club to ensure we
club players and coaching development The Foundation will be aiming to assist the club
can keep AFL at our true home.
• Invested in the development of its own with their goals by working hard on several key
Our NEAFL and Elite Athlete Programs continue
coaching ranks programs which include:
to provide an important pathway for young players
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rown a management team to include to be drafted into the national AFL competition; • H
arvey Gordon Sporting Scholarship
two (2) permanent full-time and four we maintain strong relationships with the Sydney • N
amed Sporting Scholarships
(4) part-time positions Swans and GWS Giants. • P
reparing for the Future - Oval No.1
Fields seven teams across all levels, major player in
SYDNEY
NEAFL competition
Over 100 SUANFC players are currently studying at
Sydney University, with 34 players scholarship recipients
UNIVERSITY Four Local area junior clubs: Glebe, Newtown,
Moore Park and Drummoyne
AFL CLUB >> Strong relationships with University of Sydney, NEAFL,
AFL NSW/ACT, AFL Sydney, Sydney Swans and GWS Giants
SUANFC produced five drafted players since 2010
WHY DID they give WHY SHOULD i give
Whatever your reason for donating, whatever the amount, Everybody will have their own reasons for donating,
all contributions will make a difference no matter how large some because they:
or small. Here are the stories of just a few of our donors.
Robert Jason Rodney
Goodall McLennan Tubbs
Past Player ’04 -‘10 Past Player ‘97-‘08 Past Player ’65-’74
Coach ‘11 Past President ‘04-‘09 ’69 Premiership Player/Coach
5 Years on Committee Honourary Club Chairman University Blue
6 Years as Club Umpire Life Member, University Gold “For all of us who got so much
enjoyment from playing
“This Club, the friends and “The SUANFC experience has
Aussie Rules at Sydney Uni, a
experiences I have had during been very special for me and for
pledge to make tax deductible
my time at SUANFC has many others. This foundation is
contributions over the next Remember the Acknowledge Want to give Want to see Oval
changed my life. one tangible way we can show
five years to the Foundation fun and friends our Club and back as they No.1 maintained
I am lucky enough to be able to our support and help ensure
others have the opportunities to
is a great way of both giving they had while the university received a as our home
give a little back to ensure our
enjoy the club experience that
something back and supporting playing experience that scholarship while ground and
Club continues to provide those
the Sydney Uni Aussie Rules helped set them at University brought up to
same great experiences for the we have had.
players of the future.”
next generation. The timing couldn’t be better to on their current state league
I believe the time has come to build on the efforts of so many career path standards
give back to the Club that has over the decades and to set the
given each of us so much.” club up for a sustainable future.
I urge you to consider making a
contribution to that future.” We hope you are in a position to support your Club as best you can
KEY PROGRAMS Named Sporting
Scholarships
Preparing for the Future
Oval No.1
We are seeking individual members, a family or This is an exciting time for the Club as we begin the
a corporate donor who can provide a gift or a ascension to becoming a bona fide NEAFL Club.
pledge of at least $30,000 over a five year period. We have a vision to bring our home ground,
This pledge will carry with it the perpetual naming University No. 1 Oval, up to state league standards,
rights to a Sporting Scholarship. Funds received allowing us to host the likes of AFL affiliated teams
are preserved in trust. This enables you to make the GWS Giants, Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions and
a significant contribution to Sporting Scholarships Gold Coast Suns on campus in front of a healthy
and receive perpetual recognition. Uni crowd.
Named sporting scholarships are awarded as soon All this cannot be achieved without the
as sufficient seed capital has been pledged or engagement and financial support of our players,
donated, but they become perpetually named past and present, members, alumni, club partners
sporting scholarships on payment in full of the and supporters.
$30,000 asking price. We hope you can contribute towards this program,
So, if you, your family or business happen to be remembering that donations to the Australian
in a position to do so, please give consideration Rules Football division of the University of Sydney
to endowing a Sydney University Australian Rules Sport Foundation (USSF) are fully tax deductible.
Football scholarship in your own name.
Our Club currently has no named sporting
scholarships; hopefully from our membership base we
can achieve two (2) named scholarships in the short
term, with many more to come over the years ahead.
Harvey Gordon Sporting Scholarship OVAL NO.1
With the recent passing of club legend, We are very keen to see all members past and
Harvey ‘Banger’ Gordon, we would like to set present get behind this scholarship in order to
up a new sporting scholarship in his honour. honour the man who gave so much of himself
This scholarship is intended to go to a student to our great Club.
member of our Club who not only plays with SUANFC Gifts of any amount are encouraged. If you are Bequests
but has also shown a commitment to the Club as a not in a position to pledge a donation over a full Bequests towards the Foundation are another way
volunteer, something Harvey was well known for. 5 year period, then please donate what you can of supporting your Clubs endeavours and provide
In order to get this scholarship up and running we as a one off tax deductible donation. Every bit a lasting legacy. You may find that you can make
need to get donations pledged totalling $30,000 counts towards establishing this scholarship in a significant bequest in your will, whereas cash flow
which can be collected over a five year period. Harvey’s honour. considerations may preclude you from making a
gift that you would otherwise like to provide during
No. of Donors Gift Amount p.a. No. of Years Total your own lifetime.
Donations can be made in one lump sum, or over
Example 1 1 $6,000 5 $30,000 a specified period of regular instalment payments.
Example 2 6 $1,000 5 $30,000 We ask that all supporters of SUANFC consider
making a bequest. This can easily be done by
Example 3 12 $500 5 $30,000
making a codicil to a will. For further details on
Example 4 30 $200 5 $30,000 bequest please contact SUANFC as per the details
on the back page of this brochure.
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CONTACT Robert Goodall FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE, SUANFC M: 0405 751 043 E: foundation@suanfc.com Conn Droulias DEVELOPMENT & FUNDING MANAGER, SUSF T: 02 9351 8487 | M: 0400 801 581 E: c.droulias@sport.usyd.edu.au SUANFC Celebrating 130 years 1887-2017
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