Well Being – BORONIA HAWKS FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB INC.

LAST PRE-CHRISTMAS TRAINING | Supporting Knox Infolink

Posted on 7 December, 2023 by Dave

We made a great contribution last year and after such an awesome Premiership Season on field this year, I know The Hawka Family are ready to dig deep to help those less fortunate in our local area, especially in these tough times.

So everyone is invited to come down to Tormore Reserve @ 6pm on Wednesday 13th December for a light and fun training session, followed by a BBQ.

Please also consider bringing along a donation of food or a gift to generously support Knox Infolink Inc in their ‘Share the Joy’ Knox Christmas Appeal for those who need an extra hand at this time of year. Here are some ideas for what you might donate:

Food Items – must be on-perishable

Fruit Cake / mince pies
Lollies / Chocolate
Soft Drink / fruit juice
Jam
Jelly cups
Christmas Pudding
Pasta Sauce
Long Life Custard 1L
Sweet / Savoury Biscuits
Pancake shake mix
Long Life Milk 1L
Coffee, Tea & Sugar
Tinned Fruit
Tinned Tuna

Gift Ideas for 0 -18 Months

Soft toys
Picture Books
Bath toys
Cup, bowl & cutlery sets

Gift Ideas for 2 – 4 Years

Cars/trucks
Thomas the Tank Engine
Duplo
Toy Story
Fisher Price eg. Little People
Ride on Toys
Dress up costumes
Play Doh
Puppets

Gift Ideas for 5 – 6 Years

Hot Wheels
Barbie
Tea Set
Etch a Sketch
Dress Up Costumes
Lego
Play Doh
Art & Craft set

Gift Ideas for 7 – 10 Years

Board Games
Hot Wheels
Lego
Sport Equipment
Summer Water Toys
Dolls
Craft Sets
Remote Control Cars

Gift Ideas for 11 – 13 Years

Sports Equipment
Movie Tickets
Gift Vouchers
Summer Water Toys
Dress Up Costumes
Make-up kits
Walkie Talkies

Gift Ideas for 14-16 Years

Books
Movie Tickets
Gift Vouchers
Sporting Equipment
Summer Water Toys
Remote Control Cars
Make-up kits

If you can’t make it, would like to find out more about the appeal or would otherwise like to donate directly to Knox Infolink, see www.givenow.com.au/ or visit Knox Infolink: Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm 136 Boronia Road, BORONIA Ph: 9761 1325

McHAPPY DAY 2023! | BORONIA McDONALDS

Posted on 17 November, 2023 by Dave

McHAPPY DAY! Please support our community partner and loyal sponsor Boronia McDonald’s

McHappy Day 2023 will take place on Saturday, 18th November, where McDonald’s will raise much needed funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities to provide support for families of seriously ill and injured children.

Activities and fun between 11am and 2pm at Boronia McDonalds – Dorset Road Boronia.

Headspace Community Cup

Posted on 20 June, 2023 by Dave

On Saturday, our Senior Men played The Basin at Batterham Park for the Headspace Community Cup.

Like all games against our local rival The Basin, the game was played in great spirit with our boys prevailing in the very windy conditions.

Both teams gathered post-game to hear from both Coaches on the importance of reaching out if you are experiencing a personal crisis.

If you are a player, coach, volunteer or supporter please reach out to a friend or teammate and let them know you need help.

Please check out our Club Wellbeing Hub or contact Lifeline 13 11 14 or visit Headspace CLICK HERE.

IN MEMORY OF MONIQUE LEZSAK

Posted on 14 June, 2023 by Dave

Today we remember the life of Monique Lezsak, whose life was tragically cut short 2 weeks ago. Monique was the much loved cousin of Boronia Hawks player and coach Stacey Peril.

Monique was the mother of 10-year old twins, she enjoyed bodybuilding, wanted to become a Police officer and had a huge amount of life in front of her. Our Women’s Squad wore white arm bands during their most recent games in memory of Monique, in support of Stacey and as a way to raise awareness of domestic and family violence.

Please consider donating to White Ribbon in memory of Monique. This charity undertakes primary prevention of domestic and family violence in communities, schools and workplaces across the country: www.whiteribbon.org.au/Support-Us/Make-A-Donation/In-Memory

Our thoughts are with all of Monique’s family today, in particular her children and Stacey.

If you, or someone you know, requires support with family or domestic violence please contact 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) 24-hours a day.

Learner Driving Course for Under 17’s

Posted on 8 June, 2023 by Dave

The Under 17.5 boys attended a METEC learner driving course last night which is an initiative through the EFNL.

METEC is METEC Driver Training located at 112 Colchester Rd, Bayswater North.

Thanks to Team Manager, Ellisa Schmidtke, who sent us some pics and a report on the night:

“Great opportunity for these young men tonight. They were super impressive with the way they represented the club, and no doubt they all learnt a lot and have a new found appreciation of what it takes to get behind the wheel.”

PLAY 4 BCNA

Posted on 20 May, 2023 by Dave

Today, Saturday 20 May, our players, coaches and supporters don pink to raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer Network Australia.

It’s safe to say that most of us have known someone affected by breast cancer directly or indirectly. We wear pink with pride and our thoughts are with all those impacted by this illness.

We chose to wear pink a week later than most so we could come together with most of our teams playing at home. We’ll also have some teams wearing pink again next week for an extra show of support when our Vets & Masters play.

Returning to team sport after childbirth

Posted on 22 December, 2021 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

Boronia Hawks are featured with a nice photo in this week’s edition of “A Note from Leisure”, the informative newsletter from Knox City Council’s Suranga Dissakarunaratne, Leisure Services Officer.

“Playing for team motherhood”: Returning to team sport after childbirth

“Motherhood and a decrease in physical activity participation often go hand in hand. Specifically, early motherhood is a time when women have some of their lowest rates of sport participation. This is a problem, because during the postnatal period (up to 1 year after giving birth) women are at high risk of drastic weight gain, postpartum depression, isolation and anxiety. While physical changes that affect sport participation are well-addressed, how postnatal women re-engage in sport is also affected by gendered expectations accompanying motherhood. These expectations include gender roles dictating how mothers “should” behave. Another expectation is intensive mothering, that is, the expectation that mothers must prioritize their child’s needs over their own. These expectations both decrease mothers’ physical activity levels and also weaken their emotional and physical well-being”. Learn more……..

A Christmas Message from Flash

Posted on 20 December, 2021 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

To all players, volunteers, supporters and officials

On behalf of the senior committee, I’d like to wish everyone a restful and enjoyable summer break. Our club, like all clubs, has survived two extraordinary years that we could never plan for. Our club is in a great place thanks to the tireless work of our Board, Committees, Coaches and a loyal and dedicated playing group.

My New Year’s wish is for an uninterrupted season, we all deserve that! Surely that’s not too aspirational!!!!! I feel so sorry for the teams that had premiership hopes for this season. It is what it is but it’s still shattering for our coaches and players!

The behind the scenes work our coaches have done to ensure the well being of our players will never be fully realised, but I know what they have done and greatly appreciate their incredible efforts in keeping our players healthy. We are truly blessed to have the quality of coaches we do have in both football programs and our club is just so grateful for your work, kindness and dedication.

Our football managers in Karen, Ash and Wrighty don’t stop. We are always working at improving our lists and we are quietly confident that our lists for 2022 will be strong and be able to compete in what is looking like really even and competitive divisions for our male and female teams.

The senior club is already busy planning for events such as our first Presidents Luncheon. David “The Ox” Schwartz is our first speaker, with Luckmans Catering already locked in! Our Corporate Golf Day at the magnificent Eastwood Golf Club is being managed by Hollywood, and Leanne Rech is project managing our 90th Birthday Celebration Dinner which promises to be huge! Phil, Sammi, Wayne and Grant did a great job with our Christmas Fun Run and Nath Allen is planning a huge season of incredible social events!!!

A special thank you to Bomma and Leanne for managing our highly successful Hawks Nest Coterie. The work you do in building a cohesive community of past players and supporters is difficult to measure, but it is massive!!!!

Our incredible grants team led by Kerryn Westcott has secured a number of grants that will pay for things such as a new bain marie, new ice machine, iPads and a new fridge freezer. We also have nets being installed behind the goals at the club house end of the ground over summer.

We cannot run a club the size of Boronia without our dedicated volunteers. I sincerely thank you all. You are the lifeblood of our club and you are all the very best of people! If you are thinking of getting on board to help out, just ask and we will welcome you with open arms! We know we have to share the load and we are delegating more tasks than ever before as we can’t afford to burn out good people!

All in all, the club is in a good place. We have solid and meaningful direction across all leadership groups from Coterie to Playing Leadership Groups to Coaches to Committees to the Board. I wish all volunteers, all players and supporters a great Christmas and I’ll see you back down at the club in the new year.

Greg “Flash” Hannon, Senior President

Introducing the BHFNC Youth Mental Health First Aid Team

Posted on 21 June, 2021 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

Thank you to the volunteers from our Committees, Coaching Team, Playing Groups and Trainer Team who successfully completed a Youth Mental Health First Aid course with Mental Health First Aid Australia.

The course covered how to assist adolescents who are developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis; where and how to get help; and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.

With a focus on adolescents, our volunteer team members are available to assist anyone in our Club community including coaches, team managers, parents and players. If you would like to make contact please do so directly or through Kristan Wood (Woody), our Junior President on 0411 605 203 or via email kristan@allstaterefrigeration.com.au

Chloe Timms (Women’s Football Squad)
Danny Weston (Junior Coach and Junior Committee Member)
Gen Lyons (Women’s Football Squad)
Julie Allen (Player parent, U15 boys)
Lauren Porter (Auskick Assistant Co-ordinator and U9’s Team Manager)
Kate Vangeninden (Head Trainer)
Rhiannon Crompton (Women’s Football Squad)
Sam Dunkinson (Junior Vice President, Auskick Co-ordinator and Fundraising Committee Member)
Stephen Little (Trainer)

We are very appreciative to the Knox City Council for the Community Development Fund 2020/2021 which funded this training and their ongoing provision of grants to support our Club community.

Thank you to Samantha Dunkinson for coordinating the training dates and requirements with the course provider. Thank you also to Karen Little, our Director, Community and Inclusion for her incredible work as our champion of mental health support within the Club.