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Presentation Night; Saturday 26th November 2011
Topic Started: Nov 15 2011, 12:32 PM (395 Views)
Gobbs	Nov 15 2011, 12:32 PM Post #1
NSW Cup Posts: 919 Group: Full Member Member #6 Joined: 8 November 2006	Western Suburbs Magpies DRLFC Presentation Night. Greetings Fellow Magpies. The Football Club will be holding its Club Presentation Night on Saturday November 26th at Wests Sports Club, Croydon. 6pm for a 6.30pm Start. The Board apologies for the delay but is happy to inform the members and supporters of the Mighty Maggies that there will be an end of season event. It will be great occasion to thank the players for their efforts in 2011 and more importantly to thank Leo & Steve for all their hard work and years of blood, sweat and tears before they leave the Nest. Western Suburbs Magpies Presentation Evening Where: Wests Sports Club Croydon When: Saturday 26th November 2011 Time: 6pm for 6.30pm Start Dress: Smart Casual Cost: $25.00 for members and $30.00 for non members. All money goes directly to the Football Club. Further enquiries can be made to Mr.Robert Cairns M:0414 946 330 Edited by Gobbs, Nov 15 2011, 02:38 PM.



galahs	Nov 15 2011, 08:04 PM Post #2
State of Origin Posts: 6,813 Group: Volunteer Moderator. Member #2 Joined: 30 August 2006	Yes, finally a Magpie event on a Saturday night!!! All going well I'll be there! Can we get this info on the Wests Tigers website and the NSWRL website?



galahs	Nov 15 2011, 08:57 PM Post #3
State of Origin Posts: 6,813 Group: Volunteer Moderator. Member #2 Joined: 30 August 2006	The directions can be found at their website http://www.westssports.com.au/findus.html



Gobbs	Nov 17 2011, 02:10 PM Post #4
NSW Cup Posts: 919 Group: Full Member Member #6 Joined: 8 November 2006	Fellow Magpies; Please be advised all interested parties wanting to attend the Football Club's Presentation Evening next Saturday 26th November @ 6pm at Wests Sports Club must RSVP. The RSVP Deadline is 6pm - Sunday 20th November RSVP to Mr. Robert Cairns 0414 946 330 Western Suburbs Magpies Presentation Evening Where:Wests Sports Club Croydon When: Saturday 26th November 2011 Time: 6pm for 6.30pm Start Dress: Smart Casual Cost: $25.00 for members and $30.00 for non members. All money goes directly to the Football Club. Edited by Gobbs, Nov 17 2011, 02:12 PM.



fairgo	Nov 28 2011, 09:50 AM Post #5
NSW Cup Posts: 238 Group: Member Member #1,482 Joined: 21 July 2009	The presentation night went off well. New Director Bob Cairns is a 'worker' and the Club is lucky to have him. He got stuck into the arrangements for the presentation night and we thank him for that. Thanks to the Management and Staff Wests Sports Club for the evening. Julie Romero and Peter Hardgrove used their connections to gain this venue, Well Done to both of them!!!!!! The only disappointment was the fact that several players, who confirmed their attendance a few days before did not front. A couple of them were major award winners. We need to give them a thumbs down. Paul Dillon, Chairman, spoke about 2011 and 2012 and things are looking positive. Leo the Ledge provided a very good overview of the 2011 season, the ups and downs, but his belief was never swayed. Well done Ledge. Lastly, the Edited by fairgo, Nov 28 2011, 09:54 AM.



fairgo	Nov 28 2011, 09:52 AM Post #6
NSW Cup Posts: 238 Group: Member Member #1,482 Joined: 21 July 2009	VOLUNTEERS. What a wonderful group of men and women. Gave up countless hours to help the Magpies during the pre season and season proper. Thumbs up to all of them. Good to see a few of our loyal supporters turn up. I hope they enjoyed themselves. NEVER SAY DIE MAPGIES is the spirit which will keep our CLUB going for many years to come. Edited by fairgo, Nov 28 2011, 09:53 AM.



Old Magpie Lad	Nov 28 2011, 04:41 PM Post #7
NYC U20's Posts: 224 Group: Archivist Member #1,887 Joined: 4 November 2011	Wests Magpies 2011 Presentation Night Award Winners The mighty Western Suburbs Magpies held their 2011 NSW Cup Presentation Night on Saturday 26th Nov at the Wests Sports Club, Croydon. The night was attended by players, coaching staff, club officials, volunteers, sponsors and supporters to say goodbye to a difficult and somewhat frustrating season for although the team missed out on the finals by just one point, everybody associated with the club can hold their heads up high. The night was not only a presentation for the players but was also to pay homage to a couple of departing magpies - head coach Leo Epifania & jack of all trades, Stephen Reeves. Leo has been associated with the magpies for around 30 years having come up from the junior ranks in the pre Campbelltown days when Wests played out of Lidcombe, playing in the Jersey Flegg & SG Ball rep teams, through to third grade, reserve grade and finally first grade where he made his debut during the 1984 season and after finally hanging up his boots, took on coaching roles at Wests including Jersey Flegg and for the past 4 seasons, NSW State Cup head coach. Stephen has been involved in various volunteer roles at Wests for nearly 10 yrs including managing teams and his most recent role as, but not restricted to, the Western Suburbs Magpies office manager. After the opening address from Chairman Paul Dillon, the players were handed their jerseys and acknowledgement given to the extremely hard working volunteers, the business part of the evening got under way. The award winners for 2011 are - * 20 Years of Loyal Service - Bryan "Bluey" Schafer * Bobby Fisher Memorial Award - Aaron Sweeney * Bill Carson Award (best local in grade) - Gus Aiga * John Donnelly Award (best import in grade) - Leivaha Pulu * Alan Ridley Memorial Award (top try scorer) - Andrew Everingham & Leivaha Pulu * Rookie of the Year - Amanono Tovio * Jack Ashley Supporters Club Award - Mitch Achurch * Best & Fairest - David Harris * Club Person of the Year - Presented by Pratten Park Magpies - Stephen Reeves * Leagues Club PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Troy O'Sullivan Also special awards given to Josh Davis who made the NSW Residents Squad and David Harris who was named as one of the second rowers in the NSW Cup Team of the Year. The club also acknowledged the achievements of Rocky Trimarchi & Rhys Lenarduzzi for making the Italian World Cup Squad and to Taqele Naiyaravoro who made his international debut for Fiji against the PNG Kumuls and to Jay Maseuli and Taqele for being selected in the Wests Tigers Toyota Cup team during the latter part of the NRL season. Finally a big THANK YOU to all that help organise the evening - board of directors of WSDRLFC, staff and management of Wests Sports Club & Wests Ashfield, Wests Archives and all the Western Suburbs magpies volunteers, staff, sponsors, supporters and players.



galahs	Nov 28 2011, 04:43 PM Post #8
State of Origin Posts: 6,813 Group: Volunteer Moderator. Member #2 Joined: 30 August 2006	I would also like to thank Bob for his efforts in organising this event as such late notice. It was a great night and though it was disappointing some players failed to attend, a big thankyou goes to the players who did attend. Its such a shame we are losing most of them to other clubs next year but we wish them all the best. You're efforts in 2011 were amazing and its a shame things didn't go our way as I am certain we would have given the finals a massive shake up!



galahs	Nov 28 2011, 08:41 PM Post #9
State of Origin Posts: 6,813 Group: Volunteer Moderator. Member #2 Joined: 30 August 2006	Also a big thankyou goes to Shannon Gallant and his partner for attending and supporting the Mighty Magpies. Best of luck in your future endevours in Wollongong Mighty Mouse!



Old Magpie Lad	Nov 29 2011, 06:18 PM Post #10
NYC U20's Posts: 224 Group: Archivist Member #1,887 Joined: 4 November 2011	Thought some of you may like to know a little about the 2011 NSW Cup award winners and who the awards are named after. So with the help of the fantastic folk at Wests Archives ( thank you kindly ) below are details of who the awards are named after - * Bill Carson Award (best local in grade) - former Western Suburbs forward who played for the magpies in the 1958 & 1961 Grand Finals against St George. He played over 100 1st grade games for the magpies. He also represented NSW and Australia against Great Britain in 1962. Upon retirement, Bill had a long career as an administrator at Wests rising to become our club president from 1977 to 1981. * John Donnelly Award (best import in grade) - Prop forward who joined the magpies in 1975 from the NSW country town of Gunnedah. He was NSW Country Player of the Year in 1973. He played over 100 1st grade games for the magpies between 1975 to 1984 and also represented NSW and Australia. After leaving Wests, he played in the UK with the now defunct Southend Invicta. He was signed by Byron Bay to be their captain/coach for 1986 but died in a drowning incident in early 1986. Much loved and much missed larrikin. * Alan Ridley Memorial Award (top try scorer) - tall winger who joined the magpies in the early 1930's from Queanbeyan. He was a member of Wests premiership winning team of 1934. Holds the record for most tries in a match for Wests (6) and also most tries in a season (18 which has since been equalled). He also represented NSW and Australia making 2 Kangaroo tours to the UK. * Bobby Fisher Memorial Award & Jack Ashley Supporters Club Award - both are former members of the Western Suburbs Supporters Club from the Lidcombe Oval days with Jack being the former president. Now a little about the award winners - * Bobby Fisher Memorial Award - Aaron Sweeney - front row forward. Aaron is a local magpie junior who was a member of the 2002 SG Ball premiership winning team which included the likes of Liam Fulton, Ryan Hoffman and new eels recruit Ben Roberts. Aaron has also played in the QLD Cup for Ipswich, Burleigh Bears & Central Comets. In 2010 he played for the Windsor Wolves. * Bill Carson Award (best local in grade) - Gus Aiga - wing/fullback. Played locally with the Campbelltown Warriors amongest others. Also had a brief stint at Cronulla U20's. Other brother Sam has recently played Bundaberg Cup with Cabramatta & Wentworthville. * John Donnelly Award (best import in grade) - Leivaha Pulu - front row forward - recruited by the Wests Tigers from NZ, he played for Keebra Park High School before playing in Wests Tigers u20s. * Alan Ridley Memorial Award (top try scorer) - Andrew Everingham - centre/wing - Newcastle junior who played Jersey Flegg and NSW Cup for Manly. Has been at Wests for 3 years. Was very unlucky to have suffered a broken thumb earlier this year just when the Wests Tigers came calling when Chris Lawrence was injured. * Rookie of the Year - Amanono Tovio - wing/fullback - local junior from Campbelltown Eagles. Has represented Group 6 * Jack Ashley Supporters Club Award - Mitch Achurch - centre/second row/front row - played in the Parramatta juniors with Winston Hills before joining the Balmain junior club, Leichhardt Wanderers and playing in the Wests Tigers U20. He then joined North Qld and played for their feeder club, Mackay Cutters in the QLD Cup. * Best & Fairest - David Harris - lock/second row - local junior from Campbelltown City Kangaroos. Also played in the Canterbury juniors at East Hills and managed to play for the Bulldogs U20's and briefly for Chester Hill when they were in the Bundaberg Cup. * Leagues Club PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Troy O'Sullivan - utility back/hooker - originally from Canberra were he played for the raiders Jersey Flegg side before joining Ipswich in the QLD Cup ( where Aaron Sweeney was a team mate). The son of former Canberra Raiders halfback, Chris O'Sullivan.


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