The first junior sign up day last Sunday was very hectic with close to 150 registrations. The second (and final) sign up session will be held next Monday 27th February from 5.30pm in the social rooms.

The U16 team continue to have training on Tuesday and Thursday at 5.00pm at St Ignatius Oval – these session being run by our junior co-ordinator Adam Trezise.

Adam will announce all junior coaching positions and training times after next Mondays sign up.

This page with keep you notified of club events.

The players have so far had a very hectic pre season with plenty of variety being included into training. Including strength and conditioning work, boxing, cycling and the odd triathlon thrown in on the Portarlington foreshore. The triathlon has provided some challenging moments for the players especially those who struggle in the swim leg and those who do not quite have the right sort of bike for their build and this exercise. It has highlighted some players who are very adapt at the triathlon with Paul Davis and Josh Inglis excelling themselves with a whole host of players not far behind including the coach.

This year we will see some familiar faces back playing, including Adrian “Boomer” Hildebrand, Sean Lucas returns after having a year off and also a previous under 18 B&F winner in Daniel Johnson is returning after being forced to have a year off due to injury. Ryan Gatgens is also progressing well in is rehabilitation from a serious knee injury and we look forward to seeing Gatters back out on the ground sometime in the early part of the season.

A number of the U18’s have come up to begin senior training this year including Lachie Patten, Steve Benstead, Danny McGill and Mitch Harman and also Michael Woods has returned after doing some pre season training with the Geelong Falcons. We still have Joel Trezise training with the Falcons – Good luck to Joel !

A couple of new players that will join the Hawks Nest this year will be Jake Dowsett who is 19 from Leopold and plays off a half back flank, he is very mobile and an excellent kick. As well as Adrian Robinson who will be joining us, Adrian is a very experienced Bellarine player and has come across from Newcomb this year and will provide a lot of experience and knowledge to our younger team.

The practice matches are almost complete with some detail still to be arranged

Sunday March 4th – Intra Club (Simonds Stadium ex Skilled Stadium)
Saturday 17th March – Monbulk, Venue TBC
Saturday 24th March – Details TBC @ Drysdale
Saturday 31st March – East Point @ Drysdale

The PRE-SEASON TRAINING SCHEDULE – can be found under the ‘News’ tab above.

On November 7th the Drysdale senior players began to prepare for a serious assualt on the BFL top three in 2012.

Training is now held each Monday and Wednesday night with an optional session on Fridays. Most sessions will be held in Drysdale at either the main oval or at St Thomas’ Oval, commencing at 5.30pm.

New players are welcome, particularly those who are coming up from the Under 18′s (soon to be 18.5′s in 2012).

For information about training times and venues call senior coach James colbert on 0409 400 808 or Football Manager Darren Chirgwin on 0409 636 959

Congratualtions to our Under 14 side who took out the Dvision 2 premiership last Saturday.

Coached by Wally Stanard the boys faced an unbeaten Newtown side in the seasons decider and shocked them with an 8.5.53 to 4.13.37 win.

This was a great team effort by the boys and in particualr Tom Alsop who was awarded the medal for best afield.

Go Hawks!

The U10′s & U12′s had a presentation day on Sunday 21st August, with the three U12 best and fairest trophies going to the following boys:
Hawks: B&F – Campbell Davis, Runner Up – Rohan Jarvie
Brown: B&F – Darcy McDowell, Runner Up – Thomas Ryan
Gold: B&F – Ben Smith, Runner Up – Alex Skeene

The U10′s had a great season, with three teams representing Drysdale FC this year. Thanks to the terrific support of coaches and parents, our juniors grow bigger and better each year.

The U16′s also held their vote count on Sunday 21st, with the Presentation Night to be held this Thursday 25th August, 5pm at the clubrooms. The results were as follows:
U16 (1): B&F – Joel Trezise, Runner Up – Riley Patten
U16 (2): B&F – Jacob Lowe, Runner Up – Dylan Mannix

Congratulations also to Kyle Davis who finished 4th & Harry Stannard who finished 6th in the U14 div 2 league B&F. Congratulations also to Jake Alderling who was runner-up in the U14 div 6 league B&F.

The Under 18 presentation night was held on Wednesday September 21st and the winners were:
Under 18B
Best & Fairest – Mitch Simons
Runner Up – Jacob Esler

Under 18A
Best & Fairest – Dan McGill
Runner Up – Michael Woods

The club congratulates all of these juniors on their great seasons.

At last Saturday nights glittering awards dinner it was gun recruit Shaun Wells who took the top award of senior best and fairest. Wellsy bolted from the pack with consecutive best on grounds in his first two appearances for the club and was never headed. The former Demon finished ahead of last years winner Mitch Scott, who just pipped skipper Brent Taylor for second.

In the reserves it was back to back wins for Daniel Tester. Testes has had another great season in the twos and won easily despite missing a few games whilst playing seniors. On the back of this award and with another pre season under his belt we can expect many more senior appearances next year.

Despite a solid win against Barwon Heads away from home the senior team will be watching the finals series this year.

Needing a big win to retain fifth spot the boys got off to a flying start only to concede the lead to the Heads by half time. A big start to the third quarter again made finals look a possibility but the home team again made up ground. Eventually we recorded a solid 31 point win but it was about 3 goals short of the mark required for finals.

Whilst disappointed, we have to accept that the team that made it in ahead of us, Torquay, did beat us comprehensively both times we played them. Coming so close to finals with such a young team has been an outstanding effort, and provides a great base for next year.

We will however be represented in finals by both under 18 teams. The first team have a bye this week due to their top placed finish, whilst the second team take on Torquay at 8am on Saturday at Portarlington.