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Hawks announce VFL women's side

From the Hawthorn Football Club website
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Hill signs as coach of Women's VFL teamHawthorn's VFL affiliate, Box Hill, will have a women's team in 2017.
 

Hawthorn Football Club has announced an exciting step in their commitment to women’s football, announcing Box Hill Hawks will enter a team in the 2017 Swisse VFL Women’s competition.

The Box Hill Hawks VFL women’s team will provide a clear talent pathway for women in the eastern region and promote progression from junior through to elite level.

While the club made the considered decision not to lodge an application for an AFL Women’s team for 2017, Hawthorn Football Club CEO Stuart Fox said this was the next step in furthering the club’s current women’s strategy.

“This is an exciting announcement for the Hawthorn and Box Hill Football Clubs,” Fox said.

“Hawthorn is firmly committed to the development of women’s football, in particular ensuring an impact at grassroots level.

“Today’s announcement will allow female footballers in the eastern region a terrific pathway for their development and hopefully encourage females to play football from a junior age.

“We currently have affiliations with the Eastern Regions Youth Girls Academy, Prospect Hawks Youth Girls team in Tasmania and Big River Hawks women’s team in Katherine and the addition of a Box Hill Hawks VFL Women’s side will further our commitment to women’s football at grassroots and state level.

“It is an exciting time for our club and further extends our partnership with Box Hill Hawks.

“Our alignment with Box Hill has spanned over 16 years and it is fantastic that our relationship allows us the opportunity to have an immediate impact on women playing football at a grassroots level.”

Patrick Hill has been appointed the inaugural senior coach of the side and takes on the role after building an extensive coaching resume.


Whitehorse Colts players Ebony Nixon, Adriana Piva, and Bronte Bliston-Gourley pictured here with Chris Newman, Alastair Clarkson and Paddy Hill will attend the Talent ID Day at Waverley on 26 November.

Hill joined the Box Hill Hawks coaching staff in 2011 as an assistant coach of the premiership-winning development league team.

He was promoted to senior assistant of the senior team from 2012-2014, where he was a part two grand final appearances and one premiership.

Hill then took on the role of Senior Coach at Frankston Football Club where he has coached for the last two seasons.

The Hawks will host a Talent ID Day at Waverley Park on November 26 and Hill encouraged young women with a passion for football to register their interest.

Information regarding the Talent ID Day can be found here.

“This is a terrific opportunity for young women in the area to further their development and align themselves with a terrific club.

“I’m looking forward to assessing the talent and encourage all those interested to register by November 21.”

Box Hill has secured Rookie Me – the Official Talent ID Partner of the AFL – as the testing body for the Talent ID Day.

On behalf of Box Hill’s VFL Women’s Team, Rookie Me will gift every athlete participating in the trial day a free 12-month subscription to the Rookie Me online system.

Hawthorn becomes the second AFL club to announce an affiliate VFL Women’s side following Geelong’s announcement last month.

The views in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the AFL or its clubs

 

From the Leader Group Newspapers
Reported by Megan Hustwaite
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IT WAS crucial Box Hill set the tone against Port Melbourne in its VFL blockbuster on Saturday.

The Hawks weren’t rapt with their starts in recent weeks, while last round the Borough burst out of the blocks slamming on 12 first-quarter goals against North Ballarat.

The Hawks spoke about it during the week, pre-match at Box Hill City Oval and then put their plans into ­action kicking 5.4 to 1.5 in the opening stanza.

They added another three majors, while restricting Port to just one in the second term, and went on to win ­emphatically, 17.13 (115) to 8.12 (60).

Coach Marco Bello was full of praise for his side, which is now sitting pretty at 6-1 and top of the ladder.

“Port kicked 12.5 in the opening quarter last week and, on average, have won their first quarters by 18 points,” he said. “We haven’t started well and we needed to against Port and then make it a stalemate.

‘’They haven’t blown sides away but their good starts have helped them hold on to win five games.

“You’re never totally satisfied as a coach, but I thought we played very well for three and a half quarters.

From the Maribyrnong Leader
Reported by Mark Smith
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THE Footscray Bulldogs will kick off its 2015 VFL campaign this weekend with a rematch against last year’s grand final opponent the Box Hill Hawks.

The club will unfurl its 2014 VFL premiership flag ahead of the round 1 clash on Saturday, April 18 at Whitten Oval.

Bulldogs president Peter Gordon urged Bulldogs supporters to make it down to the game.

“We don’t unfurl a premiership flag at the Whitten Oval that often,” he said.

He said the day would include a host of children’s activities and was being marketed as a family event.

It will be the first of nine home matches at the ground this season.

The club’s decision to field a stand alone VFL side under the Footscray name for the first time since 1996 has proved a popular one with fans in the west.

From the Herald Sun
Reported by Paul Amy
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THE 2015 VFL season kicks off on Friday with Werribee hosting Geelong under lights. Leader sports editor Paul Amy rounds up each club’s ins and outs.

BOX HILL HAWKS

Coach: Marco Bello

Last year: runner-up to Footscray Bulldogs

In: Cadeyn Williams (Richmond), Jack Sandric (Hobart City), Lochie Adey, James Handley (Blackburn), Matthew Burt, Chris Jones, Liam Kidd, Matthew Traynor (Eastern Ranges), Billy Murphy, Sam Switkowski (Northern Knights), James Sullivan (Tatura), Patrick Dillon (Donvale), Xavier Dimasi (Assumption/Calder Cannons), Ben Fitzpatrick (Korumburra/Bena), Dalton Graham (Sandringham).

Out: Luke Andrews, Callan Burns, Corey Cassidy, Sam Cust, Jackson Eade, Tom Goodwin, Jake Kalanj, Tom Miles, Xavier Murphy, Matt Northe, Nick Papadopoulos, Kalem Post, Michael Thompson, Brandon Wood.

The verdict: the Hawks have lost top-line midfielders in Xavier Murphy and Luke Andrew as well as the emerging Brandon Wood. But they’ve picked up former Tiger Cadeyn Williams and have good young players coming through in support of senior men Sam Iles, David Mirra, Marc Lock and Liam Tobin. Premiers in 2013 and runners-up last year, there’s no reason to think there will be a slackening of standards.

Player watch: Mitch O’Donnell. He’s as hard as a coffin nail and he’ll be granted more opportunity after an excellent pre-season.

Celebrating season 2014 with the Casey Scorpions and A Positive Move

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Reported by Conor Ryan
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FANS knew they would get their money’s worth from Sunday’s match between Box Hill and Sandringham.

Three times in the last four years these meetings have been decided by less than a kick.

On Sunday at Box Hill City Oval, it wasn’t decided at all.

The Hawks and Zebras had to settle for a split decision after a roller-coaster fourth quarter ended with scores tied.

It was an up-and-down sort of game, as both sides used the wind to full advantage in the first half.

Sandringham kicked away to a 41-point lead with a seven goal first term, but were probably wasteful as the racked up 15 scoring shots for the quarter.

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