Bulleen Templestowe Amateur Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of former North Melbourne listed player Anthony Palmer as its new senior coach for 2012. Anthony, 40, was a member of the all-conquering North Under 19 teams coached by Dennis Pagan that included many future Kangaroos stars including Wayne Carey and Anthony Stevens . Unfortunately for Anthony, he was hampered by serious back and hamstring issues which effectively ended his playing career at a young age.
Anthony has a great historical link to the club. His father Don, who also played 50 games with North Melbourne from 1959-63, coached the Bullants in 1981 & 1982 and his older brother Mal was part of the premiership team that took the club to A grade in 1983.
Any drama's in getting to training please call the coach Anthony Palmer on 0419290871 (between 8-9am OR 5-6pm only) or email anthony@wlwholesalers.com.au . For last minute updates please check the Bullant Players facebook page.
PRESENTATION NIGHT & Boags TVC
Presentation night was held at the Veneto club and was a fantastic night. Congratulations go out to all our winners: Winners
Senior B & F : Greg Williams and Paul Florance
3rd: Jarrod Prior
4th: Anthony Lucisano
Reserves B & F: Matt Stella
2nd: Russell Course
3rd: Ben Jackson
4th: Lachlan Millen
U19's B & F: Jesse Wilson
2nd: Jack Cowell
3rd: Joseph Paolucci
4th: Nicholas Palumbo
Best Clubman: Bob Ellis
Encouragement Award: Matt Costa
Life Members: Bob Ellis, Stephen Pace, Robbie Schneider
Photos from the evening are to follow....
Also congratulations to Harry Harisiou on election as next year's president, with Mario Monaco vacating the role he held fantastically for the last 2 years whilst still staying on the committee. Stay tuned for more news on next year's coaching appointment.....all votes from the year are available on the link below.
We also entered into the Boag's "Pure Waters of Tasmania" again this year - check out our video "I Get Around" by clicking on the picture.
I GET AROUND Download:
BTAFC B&F 2011 Votes
U19 PREMIERS!!!
Our Under 19's are PREMIERS!!!
They beat Therry Penola in gallant fashion after a close contest that was eventually wrestled away from the unfortunate Therry lads.
For details on the game go to this link below.
DVD's of the game will be available for purchase from the club - see Spiz for details - Photos to follow shortly.
U19 GF Results
FIDA PREMIERS!!
Congratulations go to our FIDA 1 team, Coach Peter Scannell, Kim Hooper and all the other helpers for winning the flag!
Bullants1…12-3-75 def the unbeaten Kananook…9-13-67.
And well done to our Bullants2 team for making the Grand Final and finishing runners up - well done to both teams!!
All the Bullant family is mighty proud of you and your achievements this year.
GO BULLANTS!!!
Congratulations to our FIDA players Rick Davies and VV played magnificent games in Victoria's big win over S.Australia at Windy Hill and to both FIDA teams and Peter Scannell heading toward finals
3 FIDA players star at Ovens and Murray Grand Final!
Francis Diacono(capt.), Erik Hansen and Stefan Jamieson travelled with the Melbourne All-Stars to play Albury Jets at ½ time in the O&M Grand Final. Francis took part in some great dashes, Erik banged away some mighty knock-outs and Stefan defied all comers across half-back.
The crowd of 10,000 were fabulous in their noisy support for both teams, and it was a terrific demonstration of our league.
Thanks to the girls for coming all that way to support the players. It was a long day, but soooo memorable.
Don't forget…our FIDA team is still open to advances from people or teams of people who would like to coach them next year. Please contact Kim or David Hooper if you could take on this terrific role for 2012.
Peter Scannell.
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MAY NEWSLETTER
FIDA Bullants BULLEEN-TEMPLESTOWE FIDA TEAM……2011
F.I.D.A. Grand Final Day…21/8/2011 at Mazenod.
YOU ABSOLUTE BEAUTY!!!!!
Bullants1…12-3-75 def the unbeaten Kananook…9-13-67.
In a massive 4-quarter, brilliant effort, Bullants did what we have never been able to do…we out-gunned and out-ran the bigger, stronger Kananook……SOOOO MANY HIGHLIGHTS!!!
Josh Harkom and our welcome-back boy Chris Abraham set the tone in the torrid opening stanza with some great one-on-one victories and then “off-down-the-ground” running! Anthony Venditti(VV) played the most unforgettable game…determination,strength, catch-me-if-you-can….ran himself into the ground…had to dig him out!
Jeremy “Jezza” McKay provided his flashes of brilliant skills, and then the potent forward line used the ball so well and always looked to answer every challenge…and they had to!!!
Kananook are too good to give in, and back they came to make the difference 3 points at qtr.time. and then had a strong second term to lead by 9 pts at half-time. Rick Davies was breaking even with their huge ruck and Leigh O'Flynn was having a great half. Trent Ottrey , Robbie Edwards and Michael Young(back after 8 weeks out) were starting to cause problems with their skills and running.
Kananook's marking and big-man advantages were evident, but so was the problem our running could bring later in the game.
Second half started as the first half had, and with the use of the slight breeze, we had a telling third quarter. Jamie and Paul O'Flynn were charging out of defence, Pete Tecklenburg was holding his feet in the packs and getting us out in the open, Hayden Thomas took some gutsy marks and Luke Rose was kicking with enormous reliability from full-back. Then Francis Diacono chipped in with a massive tackle and one of the marks of the day, and at 3-4 time, we had a 6-point lead…enough ????!!!!
Last quarter and what a qtr it was!!!!Nathan Carey threw his frame where he wasn't entitled to and got up again and again…Wade Zimbolani continued his valuable body-work in the tough packs, Ryan Wallace fought and fought the giants as he always does, and Rick saved his best for the last 2 centre bounces.2 minutes to go and Kananook hit the front by 4 points! Could they hold on?! NOOOOO!!
Bullant goal to cool Robbie…1 minute to go…2 pt lead….Rick keeps the ball in the centre, we break….run…chip…over-the-top…TRENT FINISHES THE JOB….CELEBRATE…WE MOST CERTAINLY WILL!
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT!!!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS MAGNIFICENCE!!!
P.S…goals..Trent 5, Robbie3, M.Young3, Jeremy1. Best …ALL!!!!
We are so proud of our development team and their efforts against a very quick and skilled opposition. They may have easily given in, but they kept at their task right to the end.
Erik Hansen worked so hard to ruck all day(and stayed calm), Stefan Jamieson just continually did his best all over the ground, Mark Whalley did as he always does and ran all day, Aaron Fairfield battled a sea of invasions and held up strongly(and stayed calm) and Carlos Bou-abs played his best game ever…especially after his big crunch.
Paul Cornford scored our 2 goals and gave us a target. Paul Perry should be proud of his work ethic(and stayed calm).
I mention staying calm because these boys in particular have put so much effort into becoming respected sportsmen and people.
Andrew Harland got away some mighty kicks
Shannon Joyce again worked tirelessly. Anthony Brown, Michael Miraklis, Aria Kazempour and Ashley Wells all did their best, and often this meant just trying to catch very quick opponents.
Veronica Milicevic and Emeil Riachi were so proud to be out in their Bullants gear.
My thanks to Luke Rose for his work in coaching the crew, and we sure missed our scattering of 1's players. But, those who played yesterday have our utmost respect for the manner in which they carried themselves. Defeat in a game is not a disgrace… that only comes if you can't accept that your best is just not good enough sometimes. We are so proud of you all for your efforts against such fine opposition!
Thanks to all our supporters yesterday and over the years, to Jammo for all he does, to Mario and the club and to Kim Hooper and her invaluable help.
I HAVE LOVED COACHING BULLANTS. I WILL NEVER FORGET MY ONE MILLION MEMORIES!
The Pure Waters of the Bullants Boags - Pure waters of the Bullants
Bulleen Templestowe entered into the inaugural make your own boags TVC and to put it simply....we......WON!!! The top prize on offer was $5k in club sponsorship by Boags and this will be thoroughly appreciated and used by all players at the club.
Check out the winning entry at http://spizrock.blogspot.com/2010/09/btafc-boags-tvc-web-versionwmv.html or by clicking below or on the image.
brand new photo archives
There is a brand new section on the BTAFC web site showcasing all the past photos we have on file. Either click on the link or go straight to the Photo Archive drop menus on the left of screen.
If you have more photos you'd like to send through, please contact us to arrange
Volunteer Roster Group
The volunteer group of supporters are needed to fulfil all the match day duties. As such we are again looking to expand the numbers even further. The more people helping means the less time every one will be rostered on. If you can help, drop Rob Florance an email on rkfprint@optusnet.com.au
Email: rkfprint@optusnet.com.au
