Secretary Report 2026

Another season has passed us by. This year we were lucky enough to get all the Saturday games played and 16 rounds of the Sunday competitions.

We saw a slight decrease to our numbers from 2025 to 2026 of 45 to 1117, still our 2^nd largest number of registered players.  We are now the 7^th largest club in the association. We had 94 teams with 54 Mini Roo teams and 40 competition teams. We once again fielded a strong Shire Premier League squad which was extremely competitive with the reserves finishing as Minor Premiers, a wonderful achievement. We are still looking to try and get a Women’s Premier League in the future, so our Girls have something to aspire to themselves. Our women players contributed to 36% of our overall playing group reflecting a strong contingent of players. Congratulations to our 9 minor premiers, W12B’s, 15B’s, 16C-2’s, W18B’s, PLR, AM09’s, AW03’s, AW05’s, AW06-3. We finished with 6 Premiers, 15B, 16C-2, W18B, AW03, AW05 and 35C, 7 runners up W12B, 14D, 15C, SPLR AM05, AW06-2, 35D, 6 Finalist 12B-1, W14A, W14C, W21A, AM09, AW06-3. 5 Semi Finalist 15D, 16A, 18D-2, 21B-2, 35A, AW06-1, W40B. We also continued to run our nursery squad and it our most successful with over 100 participants, with an excellent number of girls.

This season we again continued to leverage the Association Shared Services team and continue to build on their offerings. I’m sure many of you would have received some form of communication from them during the season. This relieves some administrative tasks and allows the committee more opportunity to provide more hands-on help to members. Please continue to support them.

A big thanks to all the committee for their support during the year, we are all volunteers and have full time jobs ourselves and are committed to ensure a smooth running of the club. Just a few key call outs and special thanks. Glen as president who has done an excellent job and continues to drive initiatives over the year, he’s been a fantastic leader and I’m sure there’s more to come. Pete Hore,for once again marking the lines every Friday night, allowing all the players the opportunity to play. In addition, the offseason work performed both on the field and around the grounds/clubhouse. Pete Feehan who managed the Registration process, which was a significant improvement from last season. Deb Dumbrell who had the difficult task of ensuring that every player is equipped with the correct uniform and all the kits are appropriately stocked and manage our Finances. Gav Knight who organised all the trophies for yet another year and stepped in to run the meetings on a few occasions. Jen Gerling who ran a very successful Nursery Squad, along with all her assistants. Kathleen Marr who was our Social Secretary continuing to look for improvements to essentially have fun. Please support these, they aren’t just fund raisers for the club but an opportunity for the club to come together. Jo Milgram who took on the role of Mini Roo Coordinator. Tom Findley who took on our role of Webmaster. Julie O’Reilly who was always looking to assist in whatever was required. Lastly to both Dayna and Kellie who after 10 years as Canteen Coordinators are finally retiring from the role. Their work over the years has been greatly appreciated, they will be missed. To all the other committee members who get on and do their job whether committee duty on the weekend, helping with Registration, Grading, Working Bees a huge thanks, it’s what makes this a great club to be involved in.

Thanks to all the Sponsors who supported the club this season, the financial support is greatly appreciated. Ensure you support our sponsors whenever you get the opportunity. To all the Coaches and Managers your contribution is well recognized and essential to ensure that the players enjoy their game. To the players for making the club what it is providing that great club spirit. To all the wonderful supporters who either get their kids to the game and/or cheer on their teams. All of which makes the club what it is today.

Lastly, we are always looking for new committee members to assist with all our activities. If anyone is willingly to assist the club next year, please contact Col Berry. As the club continues to grow, we need more volunteers. This can be to assist with Registration, Grading, Working Bees or simply Committee duty on the weekend. There are plenty of ideas, suggestions, and thoughts, everyone is welcome to contribute. It’s with these ideas and contributions that we can continue to grow the club and make it better than what it is today.