First of all I would like to thank all the Seniors and Juniors who made it down on Sunday to support the Under 18s in their quest for Grand Final glory. It could be said that the crowd alone would have been worth three goals!
I would also like to personally thank President Andrew Hickman, Senior Football Manager Graham Murrihy and the Springwood club’s management committee for their continual support throughout the season.
To our Sponsors:
- Menz Refrigerated Transport (David & Maree Menz)
- Allwood Timber Floors
- Salters Used Cars
- Breez Finance
With your financial support this year we were able to make things happen including a new set of jumpers and for this I thank you.
To the Dads and Mums who helped out through out the year from running water, boundary umpiring, canteen duty and cooking sausages and pies (especially Steve & Carole Manley who sponsored the BBQ’s and Nigel Opbroek of Bidvest); I thank you.
To Ian McDonald thank you for taking on the Runner’s role at the beginning of the year when I asked you and I hope you enjoyed the ride. Thank you to the team's trainers Kerri Caldwell and Chris McKay.
To Brad Ritchie who looks after the best AFL Club website in Queensland, I thank you for this, your support throughout the year and your words of wisdom from time to time.
To Dean Sutton it was an absolute pleasure working with you this year and it must be stated that the success started from the back of the room with you. I don’t think I have ever known anyone with the commitment that you showed towards youth football and the player’s welfare in general. You are more than just a manager, you are a mentor.
To my assistant coaches Nigel Opbroek, Will Sutton and Steven Nelson, I thank you for one putting up with me and secondly for your input throughout the season. Special thanks to Steve for making it down to training these past two months to help me at training. The four of us were a great team.
Finally to the 31 players who participated, you deserve everything you got. You deserved to win the flag and you deserve the memories that we will now hold onto forever. I have never coached a more committed group of players who were always willing to put the hard yards in, learn, and sacrifice but most importantly you did it together.
Whilst I would like to reward every player who played this year at presentation night (which is obviously impossible), I am looking forward to rewarding certain individual players for their efforts throughout the year. Make sure you are there.
Presentation of Awards: Sunday 20th of September starting at 4.00pm. Cost is $ 10.00 per head (for Dinner only).
The Under 18’s football trip away is Friday 30 October – Sunday 1 November at Ballina. If you want to go, make sure you give Dean $100.00 by presentation night. We will be leaving on Friday and coming back on Sunday.
Pic: Coach Paul Opbroek and 'Player of the GF', Rowan Page, raise the Premiership Cup aloft to the cheers of the many supporters who shared the grand final glory. (spot a happy Pres)
Last Modified on 04/09/2009 13:40