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In May 1900, a meeting was held by footballers of West Broken Hill elector-ate division at the Criterion Hotel. A resolution was car-ried that a club be formed to be called the West Broken Hill Football Club and the colours chosen were Red and Black.
And from here the West Football Club was born…..
The club promotes a family orientated culture, who prides itself on developing good people as im-portantly as good players, with many hundreds of families growing up in this club culture that has led to many life long friendships being formed.
Always throughout its history it has adopted best prac-tice training tech-niques and been at the forefront of game
and facility develop-ment in Broken Hill.
West Broken Hill
Football club was the
first ever Broken Hill
Football league pre-
miers.
We were the first club to have large spacious club facili-ties.
The “Westies” devel-oped and began the first ever junior “Auskick” develop-ment programme anywhere in Austra-lia (1961), known then as Mosquito Fleet.
And this was soon
copied by VFL,
SANFL and WAFL
clubs to develop,
support and nurture
up and coming junior
AFL footballers.
The WFC most suc-cessful eras were the early 1900’s and the 1960’s, winning con-
secutive premier-ships during this time with the 60’s being the halcyon years.
To this day we are still at the forefront of junior player de-velopment and cur-rently have one past “Mosquito Fleet” player in Brent Staker, playing at the highest level with the Brisbane Lions AFL club and have another, Tom Kickett as a scholar-ship holder with the Hawthorn Football Club.
West Broken Hill
Football Club has
begun preparations
to push forward to
be a force in the
Broken Hill Football
League for many
years to come.
Volume 1, Issue 1
Westies, the story so far…...
March 2011
The Cock Robin Gazette
WFC News Training
2
Key Dates Junior Rego Day Club Membership
3
Kitchen 4
WFC Newsletter 4
Merchandise 4
Sponsors 5
Club Contacts 6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
**WFC Oval Hands up those who have noticed how wonder-ful the WFC oval is looking!!! With lots of hard work and TLC John Blore, Peter King and all their kind helpers have tirelessly weeded, fertilized and mowed the oval over the summer to bring it up to this amazing standard!! It’s been so long since one has been able to have a bit of a roll around on the lawn and not get a prickle in your bum!! A job well done to all those in-volved!!
** SEE Park We have been successful in gaining funding to enhance SEE Park. Whilst we are not re-sponsible for the park, we have been caretakers for many
years. For those who don't know, SEE Park (front of the WFC) is a War Memorial for Sol-ders lost in WW1. On advice from BHCC Heritage Advisor the funding will go to-wards erecting a me-morial to honour the fallen & make it a place for reflection to those we lost. The funding is in con-junction with BHCC & The NSW Premier’s Department and a plan is currently be-ing developed.
**Car Raffle Tickets sales for the car raffle as progressing nicely. Having the car dis-played at the Plaza has been a great suc-cess!! With only 4 weeks to go, we may even make target. We still require more helpers to sell tickets. If anyone can help
out, even for a cou-ple of hours a week, p lease conta c t Heather on 0411 281 427.
**The Great Broken Hill Reunion We have the opportunity to have a sausage sizzle fundraiser at the Picnic Day on Easter Sunday at Sturt Park. At this stage we (WFC) are the only ones having a major food stall, and have a great op-portunity to raise some ser iously needed dollars to inject into the Club. But as usual volun-teers are need. If you are in town and can spare some time p lease conta c t Heather 0411 281 427. Any type of help will be appreci-ated.
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Training….
News….
u/6’s u/8’s u/10’s
—Thu at WFC Oval
4.30pm to 5.30pm
u/12’s & u/14’s
— Wed at WFC
4.30pm to 5.30pm
Coaches are also be-ing sort for Com-bined Squad against Sunraysia u/11—
u/15’s
Contact Mel
u/16’s
— Tue at WFC Oval
4.30pm to 5.30
— Thu at WFC Oval
6.30pm
Wanted!!
Coaches for u/12’s & u/14’s. Any will-ing parents out there please con-tact Mel (see back
page)
A Grade & Reserves —Tue at Picton Oval 5.45pm
— Thu at WFC Oval
5.45pm
— Sat at WFC Oval
8.00am
**Housie**
Every
Thursday
At the WFC
Eyes down 8pm
..Great Money
Prizes..
Come and have
some
FUN!!
THE COCK ROBIN GAZETTE
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Sat 05 Mar 2011 Junior Registration Day at the WFC
Sat 26 Mar 2011 Car Raffle Draw at the WFC
Sat 02 Apr 2011 Lightning Cup at the Jube
WFC Jumper Presentation
Sat 09 Apr 2011 BHFL Round 1 West v North At the Jube
Sat 16 Apr 2011 BHFL Round 2 West v Central At the Jube
Sat 30 Apr 2011 BHFL Round 3 West v South At the Jube
Sat 07 May 2011 BHFL Round 4 West v North At the Jube
Combined Junior Night at the WFC
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Junior Registration Day….
Key Dates….
WFC shorts and socks are available t o p u r cha s e . S h o r t s $30.00each, and S o c k s a r e $15.00each. In an attempt to give uniformity from A Grade to U/6’s, this 2011 season WFC has designed new players ap-parel that can only be purchased from the club. We can
also provide pay-ment instalments for families.
West junior co-ordinators this year will be Kathy F e r gu s on PH 80878535 or Mel h o c k i n g P H 80885792
Best in the West !!!
West junior foot-ball club would like to invite ALL old and new play-ers to our first reg-istration day, being held on Saturday 5th March at the West football club from 1.00-3.00.
Registrations for all grades are $70.00, and for every 3rd child in a family registered, are free.
“Volunteers
Needed”!!
Do you have a
few hours to
spare??
Please let us
know and we
can put you to
good use!!
Contact any
Board
Member!!
Are you a WFC Member?
If not, why not?? The WFC needs your support. Why not become a Mem-ber and join the WFC family!
Membership is now
available for every-one.
Redwings $100
Family $40
Adult $20 (inc A’s, B’s, u/18)
Concession $10 (inc
u/16 & u/14)
Junior $5 (inc u/12 to u/6)
Contact any Board member for further information. (see back page)
“Coaching
Accreditation is
on Sat 13
March 11. All
Jnr Coaches
need to be
accredited!
Contact Mel or
Kathy for
further
information” (see back page)
During the season, once again we ask you to help sup-port the club, both in good times and bad. After the game, why not venture down to the club and have a drinks with friends and indulge in a great meal that is available from the WFC
Kitchen. The lovely ladies relentlessly avail their time to provide great home style meals that include everything from snacks to tantalized dishes of pasta, schnitzels, steaks, fish, salad and chips.
Once again the 100 Cub will be a goer!! Jason Fergu-son is once again the coordinator for 2011. Watch this space for further information or con-tact Jason (see back page)
$80. Items will be on sale at the club at the beginning of the season.
An exciting new range of WFC mer-chandise will be available for the 2011 season. The range will include jackets, jumpers, polos, dress shirts, hats & track pants ranging in price from approx $15 to
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WFC Newsletter….
Kitchen….
Merchandise…...
even a photo wor-thy of publishing, feel free to email you bits in to [email protected]
Whilst every care is taken to publish correct informa-tion, we are only human and errors do occur and dys-lexia sets in. This
will hopefully be a monthly effort so please if you do find an error please let us know at [email protected]
This is our 1st at-tempt at producing the Cock Robin Gazet te . Th is newsletter will hopefully become a WFC community effort. In order to achieve this we need your input. If you have a news story or an inter-esting tit bit or
“WFC Club
Rooms are
available for
Hire. Special
Member
rates—
Contact Mick
Nelson”
THE COCK ROBIN GAZETTE
100Club…
“Wanted…
6 volunteers
for a
Working Bee
at the Jubilee
Oval on Sun 6
Mar 2011 9am
to 12 Noon -
Contact
Heather on
0411 281 427 ”
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 5
WFC 2011 Proud Sponsors
Mulga Hill Tavern
Silver city Pest ControlSilver city Pest ControlSilver city Pest ControlSilver city Pest Control
Peter King
85 Mark St
Broken Hill NSW 2880
Ph: 08 8087 7618
Lindsay’s Aluminium & Glass
Dean Sandy Airconditioning
Board
Chairman Wincen Cuy 08 8087 4955 [email protected]
Vice Chairman Michael McKee 0427 600 298 [email protected]
Secretary Peter Rosewarn 0410 486 491 [email protected]
Treasurer Heather Bobos 0411 281 427 [email protected]
Club Manager Mick Nelson 0400 683 067 Hm: 08 8088 5137
Player Rep John Blore 0428 885 310 [email protected]
Netball Rep Stacey Ferguson 0418 660 058 [email protected]
Kelli Schultz [email protected]
Key Contacts
Senior Coach Dale Tonkin 0409 651 218 [email protected]
Reserves Coach David Bearman 0401 095 611 [email protected]
Junior Coordinators Mel Hocking 08 8088 5792 [email protected]
Kath Ferguson 08 8087 8535 [email protected]
100 Club Jason Ferguson 0407 718 250
Old Timers Jason Ferguson 0407 718 250
Assistant Club David Winter 0427 881 065
Manager
Kitchen Ladies Cheryl Cuy 0458 230 758 [email protected]
Sandra Clisby 0428 604 921
Gypsum St
(PO Box 933)
Broken Hill NSW 2880
Phone/Fax: 08 8087 1205 Email: [email protected]
Board & Key Contacts
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