2019 Coaching Appointments, New Recruits and Pre-Season Training

We are pleased to confirm the following Coaching Appointments:

Seniors: David Madigan

2017 Knox Premiership Coach.  2019 will be Dave's 5th year as coach of the Knox Football Club.  Dave is a coach with a wealth of experience and success with stints at Box Hill hawks in various senior roles, and a distinguished career at De La Salle in the A Grade VAFA. Always highly professional and well respected.

Development Squad: Luke Fulton-Tindal 

2018 saw Luke as U19s Coach in the VAFA for the University Blues. In his 8 years as a coach he has coached 4 grand finals at 4 different clubs and won 2 premiership flags. He has also redeveloped the Under 19 program at University Blues taking them from 1 win in 2016 to 7 and then 11 & 1/2 wins in the two years with them. 

Luke works in Dandenong South and lives in Wantirna and was looking for a coaching position close to home. Luke is keen to be involved with a community club where he will be able to help develop the players to achieve success whilst also being able to develop his coaching skills. 

We welcome Luke to the Knox Football Club and feel that he will be a great asset for our club.

U19s: Pierre Schumann

Pierre's football career consisted of 230 senior games with Boronia and 33 with Knox.  He was Knox Reserves Coach 1999 - 2001, winning 2 Premierships and Knox U/18s Coach 2005 – 2010, securing 4 Premierships during that time.  He is a Life Member and has devoted many years to the club both as a committee member and as part of the Football Department.  Pierre is a well respected and admired member of the Knox Football Club and will be a great addition to our coaching staff. 

New Recruits:

Phil O'Shannassy and Mick Curtiss have been working tirelessly over the past few months to secure a very impressive list of new recruits for our club. We thank them for all their hard work and welcome the following players to the Knox Football Club:

Liam Riley - from Mazenod

Damian Byrne - from Mazenod

Daniel Clarke - from Mitcham

Jacob Murdoch - from Mazenod

James Hibbert - from Collegians

Jordan Smith - from Vermont

Jaydyn Hill - from Mazenod

We also welcome the return of Jared Lepore, Niam O'Meara, Lachie Stanic and Joel McGown

 Pre-Season: 

Training commences Monday 19th November

Wheelers Hill Secondary College, Raphael Drive, Wheelers Hill

5.30pm for 6pm start

At the Knox Football Club we pride ourselves in our strong resolve as a family orientated club that is well managed and highly regarded by our peers. As we move to Division 1 under the new EFL structure we anticipate that 2019 will see us be more competitive and are confident that the Falcon boys will rally together and make us proud, as always! 

Go Knox

Jane Barbanti - President

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Dear Member, 

I am writing to inform you that the Knox Football Club Annual General Meeting will be held at the Clubrooms at Knox Gardens Reserve, Argyle Way, Wantirna South on Wednesday November 21^st, 2018 commencing at 7:30pm.  

 You will be asked to approve the player membership fee structure for the 2019 season. 

You will be asked to vote on a change to the Knox Football Club By-Laws relating to:

 - Changing the club name to Knox Football Netball Club 

 You will be presented with the annual report of the committee (President’s report) and the financial statement.

 If you have any general business you wish to raise, please forward your request for it to be added to the agenda to the Secretary, Enrico DiGiovanni via the email address knox@efl.org.au no later than 7 days prior to the meeting.  

You will be asked to vote to elect (or re-elect) the Knox Football Club Committee.  

Our committee is small and is in desperate need of assistance. If you feel you can devote some time to assisting our great club, we have multiple open positions on the committee and within the club.  Please feel free to contact me for role descriptions or view these on our website http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-722-12964-0-0&sID=409843 

 Your attendance at the Annual General Meeting would be appreciated, however you may appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf using the accompanying form.  

Yours sincerely

Jane Barbanti

President 

Ph: 0419 480653

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