News 2018/19
PRESENTATION NIGHT ??
Last night Strikers hosted the 2019 presentation night at our clubrooms. Thank you to all for a great turn out and fantastic night had by all.
Well done to coaches Danny, Neil, Paul, and Alex for a successful season with each of their teams.
Also congratulations to our reserves squad for collecting the pennant for Runners Up in State League 2 Reserves for a terrific season. Well done boys!
Another big congratulations to the following players for their awards:
U20’s
Best & Fairest - Ben Petterwood
Runner up Best & Fairest - Callan Kindler
Golden Boot - Robbie Ewing
Players Player - Ben Petterwood
RESERVES
Best & Fairest - Jai Power & Michael Nugent
Golden Boot - Jai Power
Playmaker Award - Matthew Evans
Players Player - Jai Power
SENIORS
Best & Fairest - Danny Black & Jonny Guthrie
Golden Boot - John Prescott
Playmaker award - Grant Lane & Alpha Turay
Players Player - John Prescott
PENINSULA Strikers midfielder Jordan “Kaka” Avraham is on the verge of making his international debut for the Fijian Olympic team.
The 22-year-old has been playing in annual Fijian club tournaments for the past few years and competed in the Pacific Cup last November against teams from Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and the US.
“Kaka” played for Western Sydney in that tournament and the coach of Western Sydney arranged for him to try out with the Fijian Olympic squad.
The Fijian connection is through his father, Israel, and the young midfielder attended a two-week training camp earlier this season.
He has been included in the final Fiji squad which will participate in the Oceania Confederation’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Suva and Lautoka from 21 September to 5 October.
“Kaka” is due to fly to Fiji straight after Strikers’ final league match of the season on 7 September against South Springvale.
He has the backing of Strikers’ senior coach Danny Verdun and senior midfielder Grant Lane who both rate him highly and the youngster can’t wait to be involved at that level.
“I’m absolutely ecstatic, over-the-moon,” he said.
“When it was first brought to my attention five years ago that
I could actually represent my father’s country, a country that
means so much to me, I didn’t think I’d end up where I am
now.”
(Bayside News Article 12/8/2019 by Craig MacKenzie)
(Photo: John Punshon)
Exciting News
At the start of the year Peninsula Strikers applied to be part of the
JBNPL Competition in 2020
(Junior Boys National Premier League)
Yesterday we were accepted and will be entering 4 new teams (U13, U14,
U15, U16) next year into the competition.
We want to reassure all our existing members and kids, the club will
run as normal, with all existing kids and teams still to continue as
per 2019 as that is the lifeblood of our club.
T3 will still be our Training partners for the U5-12 with some enhancements
coming next year also.
For the past 10 years, the junior operation has developed 100’s of top-level juniors, boys and girls that have progressed onto the existing NPL Clubs and further, most having to travel a long way to play at that level. We would love to be able to keep all the kids we develop, but we also want them to progress to the highest level.
In the Next few weeks we will put out much more information on what happens next with regards to the whole club , not just the JBNPL including girls, women, T3, Miniroos and more.
There are so many exciting things happening in 2020 with almost $6 Million worth of club improvements to all 3 venues to be complete by around xmas this year, this is a club you want to be part of next year.
We would also like to congratulate the other Community clubs accepted as JBNPL clubs also, the Criteria and competition for spots was high, so well deserved to all. Click here to see the others https://bit.ly/2OIuxFl
Exciting times ahead and will inform all interested parties of developments and information soon.
Full details of Junior Boys Competitions: www.footballvictoria.com.au/jbnpl-2020
Thank you
Peninsula Strikers Committee
Further details in regard to mam's (Ann's) funeral
below. At mams request those considering bringing
flowers on the day the family would prefer you donate to the Peter McCallum
Cancer Foundation. Envelopes
will be available on the day or you can follow the attached link to
Ann's memorial page to donate.
https://give.everydayhero.com/au/ann-lee
The funeral service for Life Member Ann Lee
will be held at Bunurong Memorial Park
at 12:30pm on Friday 2nd August.
The address is: 790 Frankston Dandenong Rd, Dandenong South.
This will be followed by a celebration of Ann’s life at Peninsula
Strikers Soccer Club, Centenary Park.
It is with a heavy heart that we let our members,
friends and families know of the passing of longtime
life member Ann Lee.
Ann was a much loved member and supporter of the Strikers family for
many years.
She was the life of the party for so many of our functions as well as
the great work she done for the club
behind the scenes.
Ann, you will be sadly missed by us all.
Ann loved nothing more than watching her boys Ryan and Darren playing
for Frankston/Peninsula Strikers.
To Clayton, Ryan, Darren, Mel and family, we send our deepest condolences
to you all.
We offer our support to you all in this tough time. xx
Our major function of the year will combine an amazing Poker night with
a last man standing reverse raffle.
Book your table spot now at:
www.trybooking.com/BDQSW
and reserve that chance to win amazing prizes.
Reverse raffle tickets ($25)can be bought at the club or contact Trevor
on 0412-760-038 to get your ticket.
There will be also some great memorabilia for auction on the night from
our club sponsor Celebrity Publishing.
We look forward to all families, friends and colleagues getting together to support this night and make it one to remember.
Let s all get together and get behind our first function
this Saturday night at the senior ground clubrooms. Bring your family
and friends and dance the night away.
. Gold coin entry
. DJ playing your favourite tunes
. Memorabilia auctions throughout
. Great raffles prizes on the night
. Finger food supplied
. Drinks at bar prices
Expression of Interest|
Peninsula Strikers will again be running an over 35's Men's Bayside
team this year. Unfortunately last year we were unable to consistently
fill a team but this year their has been some extra interest and plenty
of positives.
We would like to bring the fun back to what was a really successful
team and era of football.
We will be holding a meeting next Thursday 21st Feb 7.00pm for those
interested and an outline of the plans ahead.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Bar will be open
Pre Season Friendlies
2019 season has now kicked off for our coaches Danny, Neil and Paul.
The club would also like to give a warm welcome to Alex Halikias who is coaching our new U20's team.
Danny has arrange some great friendly matches to help us prepare for
the upcoming season so come down and
support the teams.
The Matches are:
Sun 20th Jan - Skye Utd - Home
1pm - U20's
3pm - Reserves
5pm - Seniors
Tue 22nd Jan - Oakleigh Cannons- Home
7pm - Seniors
Sat 2nd Feb - Wallace Cup - Baxter
Tue 5th Feb - Eastern Lions - Away
7pm - Seniors
Sun 10th Feb - Collingwood City - Home
3pm - Reserves
5pm - Seniors
Thur 14th Feb - Mornington - Away
7pm - Seniors
Sat 16th Feb - South Yarra - Home
3pm - Reserves
5pm - Seniors
Sat 23rd Feb - Mazenod - Home
4pm - Reserves
6pm - Seniors
Sponsorship for season 2019|
Are you looking to promote your business within a well respected football
community whilst assisting the massive
growth of the Peninsula Strikers Soccer Club.
Peninsula Strikers are building a strong brand and with near 500 junior
kids across nearly 40 teams as well as 6 senior
teams, we are certainly on the march.
With this, comes a great opportunity to promote your place of work
or your own business and benefit the exposures
we plan to offer.
Strikers are going to great lengths this year to give tailor made sponsorship
packages and ultimate exposure to all
sponsors who wish to be part of this upcoming season and beyond.
To get more information on what packages are available and how we can
promote your business send an email to: president@peninsulastrikers.com
New Signings
Welcome back Sam Luxford. Great
to have you back for season 2019.
Luxy was a great addition to our club last season both on and off the
park and we look forward to another cracking year from him.
Peninsula Strikers would like to welcome back our striker
John Prescott for season 2019.
Johnny was signed mid season last year and was an integral part of
our mid-season turnaround scoring many crucial goals.
We are wrapped to have you back mate and can’t wait to see you
banging in the goals in 2019.
Peninsula Strikers
would like to announce the signing of Jordan Avraham aka (Kaka)
from Knox City.
Kaka is a massive and exciting signing for us and we certainly look
forward to watching him
destroy opposition defences.
Welcome to the Strikers mate, we are excited to see what you can do.
Peninsula Strikers would also like to announce
the signing of centre back Michael Hoogendyk
from Knox City. Hoogs has been an integral part of Knox City’s
success in recent years and this is
a great signing for the Strikers in 2019. We wish you all the success
mate and welcome you to the
Strikers family.
Peninsula Strikers would like to announce the re-signing of central
defender Oscar Marsden.
Ozzy was signed by us at the start of 2018 from Brigg Town in the UK
and although it took a little
bit for Oscar to find his feet, he became a very important player for
us and won the clubs Best and
fairest in 2018 with a stellar second half to the year. We are wrapped
to have you back again mate
and look forward to watching in 2019.
Peninsula Strikers
would like to welcome another new signing to the club in
Adam Crabb from Knox City.
Adam is a versatile player who can play anywhere along the back 4 or
as a defensive midfielder.
Being well over 6 foot, Adam adds some more height and size to our big
strong team.
Welcome to the club mate and we can’t wait to see you as part
of the Strikers team in 2019
Peninsula Strikers Soccer Club is seeking expressions of interest for the position of Reserve Coach for the upcoming 2019 season.
Peninsula Strikers will be competing in State 2 South East and are
looking for a suitable person to be Reserve team head coach.
The position offers a great opportunity to work with predominately an
U-23 squad.
• Applicants must have prior coaching experience.
• Strong Communication skills
• Minimum C licence or willing to obtain
The successful applicant will be expected to work with our senior coaching
staff and assist with the development of our young players into senior
football
.
Email applications to: president@peninsulastrikers.com
Applications close 5pm Monday 19th November 2018
AGM
Sunday 28th October 1pm
@ Peninsula Strikers FC - McClelland Drive
Club Announcement
Thursday 1 November
Peninsula Strikers would like
to invite all existing and potential new
players to a meet and greet session with new coaches
Danny Verdun and Neil Standish.
As well as meeting the guys,
we would also like to outline the clubs
intentions for pre season and season 2019.
If you think you want to be
part of our club, make the effort to get along
and meet the guys and see what’s in store for the coming season.
Peninsula Strikers would like to announce and welcome
Danny Verdun as senior coach
and Neil Standish as his assistant.
Both come with a great track record and we wish them all the success
in 2019.
2018 Award Winners
Seniors
B&F Oscar Marsden
Players Player Alex Van Heerwaarden
Coaches Award Oscar Marsden
Reserves
B&F Ash Hupe
Players Player Ash Hupe
Coaches Award Austin Sporys
Women
B&F Demi Johnson
Players Player Demi Johnson
Coaches Award Jennifer Carter