2021 President’s Report

After a shortened season in 2020 due to Covid, the Willetton Junior Football Club were looking forward to our 50th year being a normal season in 2021.  It started with the wearing of masks on the first weekend and a lockdown in the middle of the season, but all-in-all, we got through virtually uninterrupted.

As a club, we fielded nine boys teams and three girls teams.  our Year 1-12 boys team was again a successful merge with Rossmoyne Junior Football Club.

2021 was my first season as the President of the Willetton Junior Football Club.  I am very proud of how our teams have played and conducted themselves, on and off the field, this season.  You are a credit to yourselves, and have proven to be outstanding young men and women.

Our parents and supporters are also to be commended on how well you support your children and this club. We are always one of the best clubs in the Fremantle districts for parent and supporter behaviour.

We had a good number of new and old players in the Auskick grades this year, which boded well for the future of our club.  Thanks to Mitch and his helpers for what appeared to be a fun-filled year of footy for our littlest members,  I hope these young players of the future enjoyed the season, and remain with WJFC for their entire junior career.

If anyone had the pleasure of watching our girls teams in action, I am sure you would have been impressed with the level of skill and endeavour that these young ladies possess.  I was lucky enough to witness some talent in action over the course of the season, and was very proud of the way the girls are keen and committed to getting better each year. I would like to pass on my congratulations to all of the coaches and volunteers involved in the development of these young female stars of the future.

I would like to celebrate and extend a huge thank you to all the volunteers in our club. Coaches, assistant coaches, managers, runners, first aiders and all others who giver to the club in some way-thank you!  Without you, we cannot run the club.

To my committee, thank you for a successful year, which involved a few bumps in the road-but we got through. We purchased a new scoreboard and we will finally receive lighting and extension works to our facilities on the South Oval before the start of season 2022. This will provide us with more night training times, and also gives us a chance to play some Friday night footy at home. An enormous thank you to Natalie Fay for her tireless efforts in constantly pushing council to get these upgrades started.

Finally, congratulations to all the award winners for the 2021 season. We hope to finish the season with some premierships, with our Year 11/12 girls and our Year 10 boys straight through to their respective Grand Finals, and our Year 8 boys taking on a Preliminary Final. To all members, parents and supporters, please keep up ther fantastic support of the football club.  I have enjoyed my role as President the season, and am looking forward to a big season in 2022.

Remember to always be Navy Blue.

Brendon Jones

President.

Premierships

Willetton JFC Blues Year 11-12 Girls   8 goals straight, 48 points defeats South Coogee JFC Jets  4 goals, 1 point, 48 points on Sunday 5th September  at Atwell Reserve.  Best on Ground is Chanelle Piipponen.

Coach- Patrick Browne  Assistant Coach- Brian Edmonds   Team Manager -Dieter Mendoza

 

Willetton JFC Blues Year 10  15 goals, 15 points, 105 points defeats Kelmscott JFC Bulldogs 5 goals, 15 points, 37 points in the Year 10 White division on Sunday 12th September at Beasley Reserve.  Best on Ground is Jaxan Bibaeff

Coach- Connor McLachlan    Assistant Coach-John Greenwood    Team Managers-  Janine Greenwood and Robyn Eade

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WJFC Awards 

Year 7

Fairest and Best Jacob Mclean       Runner Up F&B  Blade Mendez       2nd Runner Up F&B Marcus Bradley

Coaches Award  Mitch Bass         Most Improved    Carlito Ciavarella

Year 7-8 Girls

Fairest and Best   Ruby Kirkman         Runner Up F&B Shelby Bartlett   2nd Runner Up F&B Avuya Nomlatyu

Coaches Award  Elizabeth May       Most Improved Alexis Chapman

Year 8

Fairest and Best   Rhyder O-Brien     Runner Up F&B Marcus Bennett   2nd Runner Up F&B Cooper Blight

Coaches Award  Jake Scott         Most Improved    Amir Poyser

Year 9

Fairest and Best Joshua Nomlatyu     Runner Up F&B Ryan Cilia    2nd Runner Up F&B Ricardo Haddow

Coaches Award Hayden Osterberg       Most Improved Sam Donnes

Year 9-10 Girls

Fairest and Best   Alicia Blizard       Runner Up F&B Tanayah Willetts-Buswell    2nd Runner Up F&B Tara Hogan

Coaches Award  Isabelle Kumkar       Most Improved Bronte Spencer

Year 10

Fairest and Best  Jaxan Bibaeff   Runner up F&B Evan Jones   =2nd Runner Up F&B Jye Sander   =2nd Runner Up F&B Lewis Giles

Coaches Award  Josh Denney   Most Improved Yianna Pastrikos

Year 11-12 Girls

Fairest and Best   Alessia Schmiedgen   Runner Up F&B Jade Yee   2nd Runner Up F&B Athena Mendoza

Coaches Award  Yaminah Hourani   Most Improved  Keely Yates

Year 11-12

Fairest and Best Sam Preece (Rossmoyne JFC)  Runner Up F&B  Khyan Nieves (Rossmoyne JFC)  Coaches Award Sean Dunn (Rossmoyne JFC)

Most Improved Dylan Srdarev    Most Consistent Bailey Mitchell   Most Courageous Boyd Perkin

 

Games Milestones

50 Games

Ashton Bibaeff    Natalie Athanassiou    Carlito Ciavarella    Lachlan Charlton    Jack London    Toby Ahn    Cooper Mitchell    Oliver Eade    Benjamin Retallack    Micheal White    Chad Giles    Callum Dermody    Jy Jeffery    Mason Bergmans    Kade Denny    Jade Lee    Samuel Donnes     Alyssa Dermody    Michael Lukosius

100 Games

Jack Overton    Lucas Godfrey    Zach Pivac    Lucius McPherson    Adrian Prum    Kaine Hunter    Jaxan Bibaeff    Evan Jones

 

Individual Achievements

East Fremantle District Fairest and Best Awards 2021

We are very proud to acknowledge the following players who polled in the Top 10 in their division.

Year 7 North division  Ashton Bibaeff

Year 7/8 Girls division   Avuya Nomlatyu

Year 8 White division    Marcus Bennett and Rhyder O’Brien

Year 9  Green division  Joshua Nomylatu polled top votes and took out Fairest and Best

Year 9/10 Girls Division   Alicia Blizard

Year 10 White division   Jaxan Bibaeff polled top votes and took out Fairest and Best. 

Year 11/12 Girls division  Jade Yee 18 votes and Alessia Schmiedgen 17 votes. Jade was awarded Runner up Fairest and Best in her division.

Chloe Reilly selected in the under 19’s WA State Squad.

Rogers Cup squad selection.  Georgie Cleaver, Natalie Athanassiou and Nadya Browne

WAFL, AFL & AFLW

We wish the following former WJFC players a great 2021 season.

2021 East Fremantle Senior List Ryan Lester-Smith, Adam Sereda, Thomas Bennett, Reuben McGuire

2021 Perth FC Senior List Conor McPartland (2018 Junior Life Member)

2021 Collingwood FC Ruby Shleicher

2021 Western Bulldogs Jason Johannisen (2009 Junior Life Member)

2021 Sydney Swans Chad Warner (2018 Junior Life Member)

2021 AFL Draft 

Corey Warner is taken at pick #40 to Sydney Swans Football Club.

Corey played with Willetton Junior Football Club from Auskick through to Year 9 before playing PSA with Aquinas.