Come down this Saturday at 10am to Coles Supermarket in Williamstown to meet your favourite Seagulls player and grab a Sausage! It is a great chance to chat to familiar faces and new recruits about the upcoming 2011 season.
Check out the latest news from Williamstown. Please click on the attachment below to read our latest Newsletter and to check out the 2011 VFL Fixture.
The Williamstown Football Club would like to wish you a safe and happy festive season.
A KNOCKOUT competition featuring state league teams will be held from next season onwards with nine of the 16 clubs required confirmed as certain starters.
A real focus of the off season has been to maintain our key players with a view of building on what we achieved in 2010. The drafting of Peter Faulks to Fremantle was a great result and we firmly believe he is capable of stepping up and playing consistent AFL footy from the start of the 2011 season.
Behmer & Wright has set up site sheds and temporary fencing around the building and have begun demolition of the Barry Round Room, Internal partitions and windows in the exterior south wall.
The Williamstown Football Club is pleased to announce an exciting new initiative for Season 2011 and beyond. Aptly named after one of the club’s biggest success stories, the “Liam Picken Academy” is a high quality personal development program that provides support to 1st and 2nd year players aged between 18-21. Young footballers with dreams of being drafted onto an AFL list or aspiring to be involved with an elite VFL Club will be given every opportunity to realise their full football potential. Along with an intense football focus, the program will also concentrate on developing the personal attributes of participants to enhance their ability to build an alternative career beyond football.
The Williamstown Football Club is excited to announce that the team is off to Perth for our pre-season camp in late January. The club has committed to this exciting venture and is looking forward to heading over for 4 days of training, teaching and team bonding. The team will be staying at the Subiaco Football Club at Leederville Oval and we are grateful to everyone at Subiaco Football Club for the use of their facilities and their hospitality.
Williamstown Football Club CEO Brendan Curry is pleased to announce that the Hobsons Bay City Council have appointed Behmer & Wright as the builder for the Redevelopment of Burbank Oval Grandstand which will include the following as part of the $7.5 million project:
The Williamstown Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin Plapp as the new Development/Reserves Coach replacing Adam Potter who has recently been appointed as Coburg FC Senior Coach.
Williamstown Football Club (VFL) affiliated with the Western Bulldogs FC
are looking for dedicated
Level 1 Sports Trainers (with First Aid Level 1)
and Qualified Masseurs
for the 2011 season.
Head Trainer Sophia Samartzis advised the Club 2 weeks ago that she regrettably had to resign from the role she has held for the last 2 years. Sophia who completed a university placement with Geelong Football Club in 2010 will next year commence her Honours which will demand a greater involvement with the Geelong Football Club and probably lead to her living in the Geelong area. On behalf of everyone at the Williamstown Football Club we would like to thank Sophia for her outstanding contribution to our Club and we look forward to her return in the future.
The Williamstown Football Club would like to advise that Luke Boyd has been offered, and accepted a role with the Hawthorn Football Club. Luke has been a fantastic servant to the Williamstown Football Club and we sincerely thank him for his involvement with the Williamstown Football Club over the past three years. Luke’s professionalism, passion and always positive outlook has seen him become a very popular figure around the club and we wish him all the best for this new role.
Williamstown Football Club stalwarts Ronny 'Handbone' Johnson and Ronny 'The Count' Williams have scaled back their involvement as Property Stewards for the 2011 season. Both men are legends at the Williamstown Football Club and were finding the constant grind of 3 nights a week and match days a bit too much at their 'tender age.' The 2 Ronnys were very popular with the coaching and playing staff and we certainly hope that they can still get down to the odd training session and match days. Many thanks to David Utber who stepped up to assist the boys in the latter part of the 2010 season.
The Williamstown Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremy Barnard as our new Midfield Coach and he will also work closely with the young players in the Development Academy.
Please see the attached document for Williamstown's practice match schedule for 2011.
Williamstown 1955 and 1956 Premiership player Alby Outen passed away this morning (24th November). Alby played 55 games and kicked 9 goals and was remembered as a top class back pocket who was prepared to run through a 'brick wall' for his team mates.
Pekish @ 1 Mason (Seagulls Nest) have introduced a new special on Wednesdays - Steak Night.
Through our two social media outlets we offered our supporters the chance to enter a Melbourne Cup sweep. The owner of the winning Melbourne Cup horse will take home a great Williamstown FC prize pack.
The Williamstown Football Club is asking our community to help out a school in need. We have just dropped in some footballs to the school following their recent robbery and we are encouraging our community to do the same. Please read the article below from the Hobson's Bay Leader and spread the word about a great cause.
The Williamstown Football Club would like to thank Development and Senior Forward Line coach Adam Potter for his work with the club over the last twelve months. Adam has accepted a position with the Coburg Football Club for the next two seasons as Senior Coach. While we are disappointed to see Adam leave us we are pleased for the incredible opportunity that Adam has received and look forward to Adam coaching against Peter German in Williamstown v Coburg matches.
Williamstown key defender Peter Faulks has been drafted to the Fremantle Football Club. Under new rules involved the Gold Coast FC, Peter was pre-selected by the Gold Coast who then on traded him (and pick 61) to Fremantle in exchange for pick 55. Peter will now line up for the Dockers in season 2011 after an outstanding VFL season for the Seagulls in season 2010. Faulks is currently over in Bali on the player's end of season trip, and was ecstatic about the opportunity to ply his trade at the highest level.
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