All players from all grades, previous, prospective or otherwise, are invited to attend.

Training sessions will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays thereafter.

IAN RAKICH

‘Rako’ has been instrumental in the Club’s recent surge back up the table as the chief of the ‘Coaches’ Club”. A leading player for University in the 1980s in A-Grade and awarded a Full Blue. Coached A Grade in 2008 and 2009.

MIKE SALMON

Mike won five flags with the Club, including two as Captain/Coach after returning from Claremont in the early 1980s, represented the State Amateurs and won All-Australian honours. Awarded a Full Blue and vice-captain in the UFC’s 25-year team in 1985.

JIM WIELAND

Jim came to the Club from hockey in 1962 and quickly found his way into MacMillan’s A-Grade side. In January 2005, he began the immense task of researching the history of the Club – the Green Machine. It now stands as a wonderful document of the Club’s successful history. Copies are still available for purchase.

Well done to all three Life Members of the Club. Their contributions to the Club have been huge and they thoroughly deserve their Life Memberships.

Congratulations from everyone at the UFC.

This year the University Football Club will be celebrating a number of significant Premiership milestones.We are looking to get together as many members of the following Premiership sides:

50 year reunion for the 1961 A grade side
40 year reunion for the 1971 A colts side
30 year reunion for the 1981 A grade and A colts sides
20 year reunion for the 1991 E grade and A colts sides
15 year reunion for the 1996 A grade and A colts sides
10 year reunion for the 2001 A colts side
5 year reunion for the 2006 A colts side

Further details on speakers to follow.

A GRADE

Fairest and Best: Matthew Breen

Runner Up – Fairest and Best: Timmy Greaney

Third – Fairest and Best: Steven Wood

Best Team Man: Chris Wiese

Coach’s Award: Shane Fleay

A RESERVES

Fairest and Best: Drew Banfield

Runner Up Fairest and Best: Evan ‘Fido’ Nicholas

Best Team Man: Blair Humphry

THIRDS

Fairest and Best – Baden Norwood

Runner Up Fairest and Best – Mark Wittwer

Best Team Man – Jarryd Little

D RESERVES DINGOES

Fairest and Best – Dave Owenell

Runner Up Fairest and Best – Robbie O’Mahony

Best Team Man – James Doyle

A COLTS

Fairest and Best – Shaggy Macleay

Runner Up Fairest and Best – Declan Wood

Best Team Man – Jack Swan

BRETT JONES COLTS

Equ Fairest and Best - Eoghan Curtin

Equ Fairest and Best – Ben Boekeman

Best Team Man – Jake Lynch

BEST CLUBMAN: Simon Caldow

BEST CLUBMAN: Sam Wallace

The Uni Footy Club supports the Healthy Club message:

• Enjoying a balanced diet.
• Avoiding excessive consumption of alcohol.
• Staying fit and treating injuries carefully.
• Avoiding over-exposure to the sun.

This is an iniative supported by the Healthy Club Sponsorship program for Healthway and Sports Medicine Australia.

In return for our support for the Healthy Club message, we have received a grant which has allowed us to buy a new ice machine. This has allowed us to more quickly treat injuries received by UFC players in 2011.

University 10.16 def Mt Lawley 5.10

Right from the first bounce, Uni got on top of the Swans and enjoyed the majority of the play in the first quarter. We initially struggled to slot our shots but Cruddy kicked three quick goals to give Uni a strong buffer at the first break.

Once again Uni won a lot of the ball in the second quarter and worked strongly up into a slight cross breeze. Breen, Wood, Greaney, O’Hara, Taylor and the rest of the midfield maintained the ascendancy and the backline continued to keep quiet Mt Lawley’s highly rated forwards.

By half time, we had built up a considerable lead of 24 points.

Mt Lawley began to gather some momentum in the latter part of the third quarter, kicking three goals in succession and brought themselves back into the game. But just before the siren, Uni got a great steadying goal from Harry Garland. We weren’t going to let it slip!

Kicking into the wind in the last quarter, Uni heeded Coach Freaky’s rather loud calls for ‘gut running’ and pushed forward strongly. Hoggy’s goal from the right forward pocket gave us a break of five goals with ten minutes to play and with a couple more from the Crudman, Uni was home.

Cruddy was a very popular choice as Best on Ground. Well done!

After the game, A Grade Coach Luke Dwyer paid tribute to the huge number of past players and supporters, Club President Peter Toll and players like Fleay, Hall, J. Stewart, Harding and B. Mumford who were unlucky to miss the game.

Well done to everyone at the Club who played their part in the win, whether out on Leederville Oval or not. It wasn’t just the 100 minutes of brilliant footy by the boys that won us the flag, it was the tireless support of many others off the ground that got us there.

We did it!

University 5.8 def North Fremantle 3.5

Confusion reigned at Leederville Oval when supporters thought they must have picked up a program from 1998 with names like Kilburn, Toll, Erskine and Banfield lining up for the blue and green.

Just to prove that they still had it, Killer gave the first goal off to Erkdog, Tolly slotted the second and then Drew Banners kicked our third with a great crumbing goal.

At half time, the boys found themselves in a familiar position, trailing by a goal. Working up into the breeze, the boys held strong. The defence was especially miserly (Milly and Stinger in particular) and they were to concede only one point in the second half.

We had drawn the difference back to one point at three quarter time.

After having dominated final quarters for most of the year. The boys were confident in their ability to run on in the last quarter. And we didn’t disappoint!

Big Dono, awarded the medal for Best On Ground took another sweet pluck on the lead and kicked a good goal to put us in front, followed up a cheeky snap from the El Presidente Peter Toll for the sealer. Could you have scripted it any better?

The boys were absolutely pumped to have been involved in such a special win with such a great bunch of guys. Well done to everyone involved. A brilliant achievement.