Contents Hobart Football Club Honours ........................................................................................................... 3
Life Members and Office Bearers ....................................................................................................... 4
Agenda 2020 HFC Annual General Meeting (AGM) ............................................................................ 5
Minutes from HFC AGM 2019 ............................................................................................................ 6
President’s Report 2020 .................................................................................................................... 9
Senior Football Department Report 2020 ........................................................................................ 12
2020 Senior Coach Report ............................................................................................................... 17
Womens Football Report ................................................................................................................. 21
2020 Junior Football Report............................................................................................................. 24
Recognition of award winners and sponsors .................................................................................... 27
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T.A.N.F.L. PREMIERS S.F.L. PREMIERS S.F.L. GRAND FINALIST
1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1973, 1980 & 1990 1999 2003
STATE PREMIERS 1959
INAUGURAL STATE-WIDE COMPETITION
T.A.N.F.L. RESERVES PREMIERS GRAND FINALIST
1955 1983
1984 1983
T.A.N.F.L. FOURTHS PREMIERS GRAND FINALIST S.F.L. COLTS U18 PREMIERS U18 GRAND FINALIST U19 GRAND FINALIST S.F.L. UNDER 17 STJFL UNDER 12 UNDER 14
1979 1986 2000 & 2017 2001 2002 & 2006 2004 Challenge Cup Winners 2006 Premiers 2009
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Life Members and Office Bearers
Hobart Football Club Life Members
N.H. Legro, B.T. Payne, D.K.Wilson, P.J. Ratcliffe, R.R. Hill, J.L. Woods, H. Jeffrey, E.P. Reid, D.J. Townsend, W.A Petterd, K. Upchurch, P Pierrehumbert, C Sullivan, R. Wilson, G. Bailey, E. Green, R. Young, M. Pierrehumbert, A. McElwee, N. Gray, K Bailey, R. Quarrell, S. Gillbee, C Adams, G. Walker, E. Pierrehumbert, G. McElwee, M. Free, S. Walker, J. Harvey, T. Leo, J. Blake, M.McVilly , B. Bacon, T. Harvey, D. Sullivan, A. Appleton, R. Kelly, P. Geason, A. Davis, K. Anderson, P. Sproule, C. Wright, M. Cramond, I.Bacon, A.McSherry, G.Mason, S.Hughes, J.Cripps, R.Cripps,
H. Bailey, J. Miller, G. Cassidy, W. McIndoe, R. Gaylor, F. Stapleton, W. Stanfield, A. Allen, A.R. Pitt, S.J. Anning, W.N. Gray, G.G. Lloyd, D. Bould, G.W. Thurley, R.F. Gore, J.L. Butler, H.W. Kiernan, Mrs. J.L. Butler, P.J. Downie, L. Fisher, B.E Powers, M.P. Peck, L. Bahr, J. Upchurch, E.S. Males D.M. Powell A.R. Hughes J.G. Livingston, J Edge, Dr. G. Mackay-Smith M.J. Wade R. Burns , K McKellar, L.J. Commane, P. Kelly, B. Harvey, G.Butler, M.Pascoe (All Deceased)
2020 Office Bearers
President – Callam Upchurch
Secretary – Joshua Munting
Treasurer – Celine Zhao
Football Director – Scott Quinn
Directors –Russell Cripps, Tim Lewinski#, Tom Ingles^ Michael Gozzi*, Kate Barker*, Chris Thongnoppakun*.
#Resigned prior to the AGM. *Casual vacancies appointed by board resolution until the AGM. ^ Leave of absence.
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TCA Ground Clubrooms 03/12/20
The board of the Hobart Football Club welcomes you all to the 2020 AGM.
Agenda
• Welcome • Apologies • Confirmation of 2019 AGM Minutes – Any business arising from the 2019 AGM* • Treasurer’s Report* • President’s Report* • Old Players Association* • Football Department* • Junior Football*
• Board Nominations* • Life Memberships • General Business • Close
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Venue – Hobart Football Club, The Den, TCA Ground
Commenced – 6.34pm
Present –
B. Bacon, I. Bacon, J. Blake, W. Blake, D. Clarke, M. Cramond, J. Cripps, R. Cripps, S. Denehey, R. Emmett, I. Frawley, P. Geason, D. Hicks, T. Ingles, J. Jeffrey, R. Kelly, A. Leaman, T. Lewinski, G. Mason, M. Mason, J. Mathers, A. McSherry, M. McVilly, J. Munting, P. Munting, D. Palmer, G. Peck, T. Pierrehumbert, P. Pentecost, S. Quinn, D. Simpson, C. Uphurch, S. Walker, R. Young, W. Young, C.Zhao
Apologies – P. Anderson, A. McElwee, G.McElwee, M. Pierrehumbert, P. Pierrehumbert, B.Robertson, R. Schuettpelz, C. Sullivan.
Welcome
Life Membership –
The board noted that it wished to put forward nominations for Graeme Mason (Aka ‘Cat Weazle’), Sam Hughes, Russell Cripps and Janet Cripps for life membership of the Hobart Football Club Inc.
The nominations for life membership of the Hobart Football Club Inc. were read and moved as follows:
Graeme Mason – Moved: Paul Munting Seconded: Anthony McSherry – Supported Unanimously Russell Cripps – Moved: Rendell Emmett Seconded: Phil Geason – Supported Unanimously Janet Cripps – Moved: Rendell Emmett Seconded: Russell Young – Supported Unanimously Sam Hughes – Moved: Scott Quinn Seconded: Paul Munting – Supported Unanimously Treasurer’s Report –
• Presented by David Palmer as per written report – loss of $31,456 for the year. • Net wealth has declined $100,000 over the last six years. • Ground rental fees were raised as an area of concern. • Financial Report Moved: John Jeffrey, Seconded: Graeme Peck • New Treasurer appointed – Celine (Zilin Zhao)
President’s Report –
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Callam Upchurch provided an update on a tough year for the club both on and off the field. He noted the success from the Under 19s in making the Preliminary Final and Brock Daniels who won the Lipscombe Medal for the SFL’s best Under 19s player in 2019. Callam thanked the outgoing coaches and officials. He also welcomed the new board.
Callam noted the club’s condolences to the Rosendale and Harvey families.
Moved: John Jeffrey Seconded: Iain Frawley
Board Nominations –
The following directors were elected on a two-year term: Moved: Paul Munting Seconded: David Palmer – Supported Unanimously
• Callam Upchurch - President • Celine (Zilin Zhao) - Treasurer • Thomas Ingles - Sponsorship and Marketing • Russell Cripps - Juniors • Tim Lewinski - Wellbeing
The following directors are continuing their terms:
• Joshua Munting - Secretary • Scott Quinn - Football Director
The following vacancies will be filled shortly:
• Womens Director. • Masters Director (Casual Vacancy – one year).
Thanks to the following outgoing Directors:
• John Jeffrey (Old Players) • Rendell Emmett (Sponsorship and Marketing) • Paul Munting (Casual Vacancy)
General Business
Drainage at TCA Ground – Steve Denehey raised concerns with the drainage of the TCA Ground playing surface during the 2019 football season.
Graeme Peck – Noted the members appreciation of Mr Ray Hill for his recent publication commemorating 75 years of Hobart Football Club.
Maralyn McVilly – Presented a cake to the members to share to celebrate the pending 75th birthday of the Hobart Football Club.
Russell Young – Provided an update on the TCA Ground development, some key points:
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• New facility to be relocated to southern end of ground at the request of the Glebe Residents Association
• Facilities to be similar to previous proposal • Current HFC changerooms to remain as the club Gym. • Current Den to stay, but a preference from the AFL for HFC to use the new shared
function facility
A motion was put forward thanking Russell for his work on the proposal - Moved: Paul Munting Seconded: Callam Upchurch Meeting closed 7.32pm
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Hi everyone,
I want to start off my report by thanking everyone from players, coaches, members, volunteers, supporters and the board for the support of the club during this 2020 season.
Congratulations to our 2019 AGM Life Members (from left) Tony McSherry, Russell Cripps, Janet Cripps,
Graeme Mason (Cat Weazle for you learners) – front row Irene Bacon.
I don’t know about everyone else, but it feels like this year has gone forever. We sat here last year optimistic about the future of the club going into the 2020 season, pre-season training was under way and the board were working through functions and planning for the year and then we were hit with the COVID pandemic. This caught everyone by surprise and what do we do with our season?
As it was the season start was delayed as we know. This is where I really want to explain how things worked from here as far as the league and the club were concerned. As the players couldn’t train together or in smaller groups, we needed the players to continue with their fitness and game skills. Senior coach Alex Gilmour kept communicating to the players and they continued with their programs. As for the board and running the club, well we had to change the way we did things, zoom meetings and phone in calls became the norm, as it did in most places. Just like the players we had a lot of our good work leading into the season unravel as the season opener came and went and then the year kept going.
The decision was made by all SFL clubs that if one club looked like it would not survive the season then we would not play at all. At this time clubs were required to take a good look at what their financial position would be if we continued on with the season and had to pay the same amount of expenses we would in a normal season. I spent an hour or so before speaking to the board about this and with the small amount of information I had we would be down approximately $80k, I did it again and got the same figure. I thought if we go on like that then you would be voting for another President tonight. As a board we sat down with all the information and went through the figures again and yes we would be down but this would be a little better but still not enough to put us in good stead for 2021 and beyond. It was at this time Scott Quinn, Alex and myself met with the playing group and
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they decided that it was for the benefit of the club that they would go without player payments for the year. This was a massive vote of confidence from the playing group and reaffirmed that we were on the right path.
As time went on the “season” got shorter and shorter and it was getting to the stage where it nearly became impossible to hold a season at all. With some restrictions lifted by the government the SFL clubs deemed it safe to run a shortened season that would give the clubs something to play for. The restrictions at the start were put in place to keep players away from each other as much as possible so players were able to begin training in small groups and then as time went on that lifted into whole group training. As far as crowds on game day were concerned this became a numbers game with 500 allowed in the ground at any one time and patrons were to be seated in the wet area. I know this was hard to police especially during the first round with our historic win over Lindisfarne.
Source: The Mercury, June 25 2020
The restrictions not only affected game day viewing but it also affected club functions. This meant some tactical thinking from the board with the President’s Lunch and Ladies day being called off. Our Black and Gold Ball became A night in the Den and our best and fairest was a sit-down affair. This meant that we weren’t able to have as many people to the events as we would like or normally have to them.
As President, I think this year really showed that, as a club we are prepared for anything. We recruited well in the off-season, trained hard and were ready to go pre COVID-19, we handled the shutdown as well as any club could have by continuously communicating to the playing group and our supporter base. When it came time to re-start training, we were as prepared as we could be from a safety perspective. Once the season got underway it was
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obvious that there was great improvement from the previous seasons and with our first two wins coming against sides we had not beaten in our time back in the SFL we certainly looked in good shape. To eventually make the finals in a shortened season was no mean feat and I give massive congratulations to Alex, his coaching staff and all the players. 2021 is a whole new story, but I am confident that the work is well underway to get the players that we need to fill the gaps that have been identified.
The Board After the 2019 AGM
The board will also undergo some changes next year and I want to take this time to thank everyone for your time, patience and energy this year. It’s not an easy job and a lot of the hard work goes unnoticed but what we do is important. So, thank you. To those of you stepping down, I and the club appreciate the contribution you have made to the club and wish you all the best in whatever you do next. Remember you are always welcome at the TCA any time. For those of us continuing, the work keeps going. We don’t stop (we might for a little break over Christmas), we have a lot to do before next year and I am confident that we can improve, just like the players, and grow as a board next year and get some important work done.
Thank you all again for your support over this interesting year it means a lot to all involved. This club is special to us all and we all love being around it as a group. Let’s keep that love and support going into 2021 and we should have an excellent year.
Thanks
Senior Football Department Report 2020
HFC 2020 Assistant Senior Coach Brad Joseph and Senior Coach Alex Gilmour
If you had of told me 12 months ago that season 2020 would be an 8-week roster plus finals due to a global pandemic I wouldn’t of believed you! And wow what a year it has been for the Hobart FC taking it in their stride with the Seniors making the finals after finishing in last place with zero wins in 2019.
Back in October 2019 the club were in a position where if we didn’t land a new senior coach that would be able to turn this club around on and off the field then things were not looking great for the future of the Hobart FC.
I decided to form a subcommittee at the end of season 2019 that included Nathan Hartnett, Sam Hughes, John Mathers & Myself and in the first four to six weeks of approaching potential coaches we were starting to find out how hard it is to convince a new coach that the Hobart FC is a great club after what has happened in previous years and that we had a great group of players that had potential if the right coach comes along and brings 4-6 new players with them.
After 6 weeks of interviewing and talking to potential coaches we were getting to the end of the recruitment window and it wasn’t looking like we would be going to land our ideal scenario of a playing coach that would bring 4-6 senior players with them, We had Nathan Hartnett on standby for coaching in 2021 which we really appreciated him being that option as if we didn’t have him it was looking very glim for the football club moving forward.
While away on a family holiday I was still talking to the subcommittee regularly and potential coaches and one night I received a message from one of the coaches we had at the top of the list that we targeted to get on board early in the piece to say that he has reconsidered and wants to catch up for a chat! Wow to say that we were over the moon with excitement would be an understatement and the rest is history!
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A few days after returning from the family holiday I caught up with Alex Gilmour and we came to an agreement to sign him on as the Hobart FC Senior Playing Coach for season 2020 & 2021, The other signing that came straight away was our new Assistant Playing Coach in Brad Joseph who had been Alex’s Captain at their previous club.
This is exactly what the Hobart FC needed and Alex had his two assistant coaches lined up and another 2-3 players already keen to sign on, In the end we picked up 6-7 players from Alex & Brad coming on board which was outstanding.
The 2020 HFC Coaching Group
Sam Hughes was reappointed as Reserves Coach and we also appointed James Caulfield as Under 19s Coach but unfortunately we couldn’t get enough interest from players to field an under 19s side due to having to build a team from scratch as our current juniors are only at the under 12s age group.
Our pre-season started in Mid November 2020 with our training being held at Montrose Bay High School, It stood out very early that we had a great coach on board and that he was going to get the best out of our current players and the way he brought in the new players and it all gelled together beautifully.
We played Dosa in our yearly pre-season game at Campania and after several years of the Tye Bennett shield going back to the Dosa clubrooms we won the game and put the shield up in our clubrooms which was a great way to start off 2020, We then went on a road trip up to Launceston to play St Pats at their home ground which we also won convincingly and the trip back on the bus was certainly what Alex and myself were hoping it would be in getting the team to really bond together ready for season 2020.
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Tye Bennett Cup Winners 2020
We then got the news that season 2020 would go on hold due to the covid-19 virus which to everyone’s credit from the SFL to the Hobart FC Board, Coaches, Players & Supporters everyone handled it the best they could and we knew that everyone would do their best to get the season up and going again in 2020!
Leading up to round 1 that had been communicated to us from the SFL as starting on the 25th of July there were still some decisions the club had to make to confirm that playing in 2020 was sustainable for us and a big thing we had to look at was discussing Player payments which is where majority of our costs come from.
I remember calling the meeting with the playing group after training one night and Callam, Alex and Myself put it out to the playing group to see what they thought would be the best thing for the club with playing in 2020 with the costs associated with fielding sides every week and the normal costs that go with playing every season.
The players were the ones that came up with the idea of playing for zero game payments for the entire season which would make playing in this shortened roster a lot more viable for the club to building a sustainable future moving forward, To say we were so proud of the playing group in coming to this agreement would be an understatement as they have really shown there love and commitment to the Hobart FC.
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Photo Credit: Paul “Hutch” Hudson
We ended up playing our first roster game on the 25th of July against the reigning premiers in Lindisfarne at the TCA, We were going into this game with confidence that we could certainly be more competitive based on our new recruits and preseason form. What a win it was to knock off the 2 time reining premiers on our home ground in front of a large crowd at the TCA, It was a very emotional day and once again showed that Alex Gilmour is one of if not the best coaches in the state.
We won our next couple of games against Claremont & Sorell which was great especially the come from behind win against Claremont on their home turf and going into round four vs Huonville we were sitting on 3 wins and zero losses, The Huonville game certainly showed us that we have some work to do all over the ground and the need to recruit some height in the backline and a Ruckman is crucial for us moving forward.
The remainder of the season we won 2 more games against Brighton & Dodges Ferry and meant we finished with 5 wins 3 losses and made the finals for the first time since 2016.
The Elimination Final against Lindisfarne on their home ground started well but once our Assistant playing coach in Brad Joseph went down with concussion it really hurt us in the backline and once again showed we need to recruit some backline players to be able to cover for others players if they aren’t on the ground.
Overall it was an outstanding year by our Senior playing group and unfortunately our Reserves didn’t get to the finals due to a couple of losses that they should of really won but we honestly feel that Covid-19 didn’t help the Reserves team with their fitness levels etc
I would like to finish off my report by thanking a few people, Firstly to the Hobart FC board thank you for supporting the choice that the subcommittee made for our new senior coach and senior assistant coach in 2019 and the support throughout the season, To the
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volunteers at the football club I thank you from all of us in the football department for all your support we really appreciate it and understand that if we don’t have volunteers we don’t have a football club.
To the coaches firstly Alex Gilmour I would like to say that having him on board has been a massive coup for our football club and it has already shown in the first twelve months of his contract that he is very professional and only wants the best for our club moving forward and to have him and his family on board for the next 3 years we couldn’t ask for any better people to be leading our club, To Brad Joseph, Paul Rainbird & Peter Jelkic I thank you also for what you have brought to our club so far and to have such quality people involved at our football club on and off the field is amazing.
2020 HFC Senior Leadership Group
To Sam Hughes thank you for your service over the last couple of years as Reserves coach and I know how much work you have to put into coaching the Reserves side and I wish you all the best in your new position as a Senior Assistant coach in 2021. To Cam Stone the Reserves Assistant coach also a big thankyou to you too, And to James Caulfield unfortunately we didn’t get a under 19s team up and going in 2020 but I thank you for putting your hand up also.
I’m very proud to say that our playing group from season 2020 have all signed on for the next couple of seasons and we are now into the recruiting window for 2021 which has started extremely well and all going to plan we will have a under 19s team in 2021.
Regards
Photo Credit: Paul ‘Hutch’ Hudson
First off I’d like to thank the Hobart Football Club for appointing me as senior coach in 2020 and what an exciting year it was for all involved. I took on the job knowing the challenges that we as a coaching group faced but with hard work , organisation and communication we thought the playing group were able to pick up the game plan relatively quickly and to our eye were a lot more advanced of where we thought they’d be at by the end of pre-season.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Scott Quinn for his tireless work over the off season in helping me recruit players to the club and also his work throughout the season.... a true professional and certainly one of if not the best footy director I’ve worked with. Brad Joseph, Aaron Kaye , Luke & Jack Adams , Chris Hutchison , Liam Smith, Kobey Phillips and Tim Clark were all new recruits to the football club and all played a huge part in the club jumping up the ladder this season. All players have recommitted for next season which is fantastic for us and shows the positive direction we are headed in.
Pre-season was fierce and intense with a huge focus on repetitive running efforts. We wanted to build to strong base initially so the boys would have the best chance to carry out the game plan at a high fitness level. Our ball use was a bit of a mixture of repeating the basics mixed in with drills based around how we wanted to transition the ball from the back half to the fwd half. Towards the end of pre-season, a real highlight was our club triathlon which we completed at Cremorne. Players were drawn randomly in groups of 3 with a running, cycling and swimming leg to be done. It was a gruelling day but one that challenged
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the players mentally and physically and we all came through from it well. Thank you to all volunteers who assisted on the day.
Our pre-season practice match form was really strong and the signs were there right from the start. We played a couple of Intra club games amongst ourselves just to get the basics right to start with then we opened our account with a solid win against Dosa at Campania to bring the Tye Bennett Cup back to the TCA after 5 years away.... a great result first up for the boys which I think gave them great belief. Our “pre season grand final” was our bus trip away to Launceston to play division 1 premiers St Pats. We built this up as a big game and a game that would really show us where we are at leading into round 1. It was a physical game in warm conditions with both sides playing a strong brand of footy for the majority of the game ... we travelled home 28point winners and with some real confidence that we’d ticked off a successful pre season. The bus trip was a great experience for everyone involved, I’d always done it at Richmond for the 5 years and wanted to continue it at Hobart. For a couple of reasons : 1. The boys get to experience traveling together, preparing for a game of footy in a different environment to what they are used to down here in Hobart - you learn a lot about how each individual responds to it. 2. The bus trip home in particular gives the boys an opportunity to have a couple of drinks , enjoy themselves and each year I’ve found that it’s brought the group that I’ve coached closer together ... blokes come out of their shell a touch and open up a bit a talk to their teammates a lot more. Certainly, an experience that can bring a sporting team closer together.
Covid hit and knocked everyone and every league around quite considerably. We chose to give the players some space and to let each individual deal with the situation how they needed to. Players were required to regularly go for runs and keep themselves in respectable condition. Many thought that the season wouldn’t go ahead but to the SFL’s credit we were able to arrange an 8 game roster with a finals series - a great outcome for all clubs.
Round 1 - what a day! Just fantastic to see so many smiles on the faces of people who have been craving a win for so long!! Lindisfarne obviously got the last laugh in the elimination final but I think everyone who is involved with the club would agree that round 1 this season was a special moment in the clubs history. We followed that win up with a tough away win against Claremont then a dominant victory against Sorell at home. 3 from 3 probably backed up where I thought we were at towards the end of pre-season.
Huonville and Cygnet were the two sides that got hold of us during the roster season, we let ourselves down in a couple of quarters during both of those games and paid the price with heavy losses. We learnt plenty from those games but in particular the need to stay switched on for the entire 4 quarters against the top sides and that defensively we must be better. The defensive side of our game is where we will really look to make inroads in 2021. I think with a full uninterrupted pre-season we will tick this off nicely.
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Our season came to an end in the elimination final against Lindisfarne at Anzac Park. The boys tried desperately but despite starting the game so well we weren’t able to match Lindisfarne for the full game. Losing Brad Joseph early to bad concussion certainly forced us to throw things around a bit but the Two blues were the better side on the day.
We played 31 players in total at senior level this season and it was fantastic to blood first gamer Tyler Raspin in the elimination final. I think that shows that as a coaching group we will back in and reward young players who deserve opportunity. Brock Daniels was another who in 2019 was an association U/19 B&F winner that we played in the seniors . If it wasn’t for a bad shoulder injury then Brock would of played every senior game and would of finished in the top bracket of the club B&F count........ the future at the Hobart FC is extremely bright.
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Well done to all award winners at the B&F night and everyone involved in organising the night.
Thank you to all our loyal sponsors who have stuck with us in really challenging times this season .... your sponsorship is greatly appreciated and vital for us as club to continue on into what is going to be a very successful next 3-4 years at the club.
Source: The Mercury, Hobart – 16 September 2020
Finally thank you to all our members, supporters, volunteers etc for making myself and my family feel so welcome at the Hobart Football Club. I am fully committed, invested and determined to lead this football club to success in the coming years and we as a coaching group will leave no stone unturned in our quest for premiership glory.
Alex Gilmour - Senior Coach
Womens Football Report
HFC women's team put in a gutsy effort in the 2020 season, impressing spectators and opposition with their continuous improvement over the course of the short season.
In the first 3 rounds the girls were challenged by some of the top teams in the competition - University 14.18 (102) d. Hob 1.1 (7), Lindisfarne 20.15 (135) d. Hob 0.0 (0), Claremont 22.5 (137) d. Hob 0.0 (0). Despite heavy losses the girls showed the determination to keep up the fighting spirit. Coming up against North Hobart in round 4 was a demonstration of the girl’s improvement in the first few weeks, being narrowly defeated by only 9 pts - North Hob 2.4 (16) d. Hob 1.1 (7). This was a huge effort and proof that they are a competitive side. The girls kept up the fight in round 5 against Huonville and in round 6 taking their first big victory defeating New Norfolk 7.12 (114) to 0.1 (1). The intensity was maintained in the next round against a tough Brighton, but were defeated 8.12 (60) hob 0.0 (0).
The last three rounds saw the HFC women come up against Kingborough, Cygnet and the South East Suns - Kingborough 3.6 (24) d. Hob 0.1 (1), Cygnet 12.8 (80) d. Hob 0.0 (0), SES 12.4 (76) Hob 1.0 (6). All three games fought with high intensity with an exceptional effort put in for the last game of the season against the experienced and skilled South East Suns. Unfortunately the hard fought efforts did not translate to the score board, however one of the most common comments of the season were that the score board did not reflect the way the girls played each game. The playing group, captain Fiona Langford and coach Renee Schuettpelz should all be proud of the way the Hobart girls held their heads high and continued to play hard and each game.
The 2020 HFC SFLW Team
Kate Barker Womens Football Director
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The Masters team, the ‘Pigskins’, sat out the 2020 season.
In late June, the Masters delegates agreed to suspend the 2020 season on the basis that it was not feasible - for a whole list of reasons, logistics and costs associated – it was all nonsensical on the back of the requirements and expectations associated with the pandemic and operating in a COVID environment.
We decided this was a great opportunity to focus on team and club culture for the remainder of 2020. Train once a week, allow the beer and feed option once restrictions allow for it. At this point, we also thought it would be a great opportunity for the Masters players to volunteer and support the HFC seniors on game day, run the bar, canteen, gate, with a hope this may assist in building some unity between the Masters and the club.
In deciding to postpone the season, we went back to what the purpose of the Masters footy league is. It is about connection, mateship, and other social aspects. So on the back of that, we indicated that we would meet again in late July to discuss the prospects of a gala day type event for Masters to be held at the end of August with proceeds from the day split evenly between all teams.
However, in a unique turn of events, in late July, a decision was made to kick off a Masters season with only four teams nominating to be involved. It has to be noted that the Pigskins were not given the opportunity at this point to nominate to be involved in the shortened season. This severely derailed any plans the team had to build on the opportunities the abandoned season presented. A disappointing loss, and one we are still unsure we can fully recover from, but time will tell.
Up to eight HFC Masters registered players requested transfers to other clubs to be able to compete in the shortened season. All players were released with a permit until 30/10/2020 and an expectation that they will return to the club for the 2021 season.
Michael Gozzi accepted an opportunity to join the HFC Board on a casual basis to represent the interest of the Masters team. Also in 2020, Wade Chatterton stepped down as Pigskin’s Manager and Team Coordinator. Wade has handed over responsibilities to Terry Howard (Financials) and Rod Powell (Team Manager). We went into the year without a coach, with Chris Jordan stepping down at the start of the year. Heath Walker agreed to return to the coaching role in 2020 with full support of the team, although, confirmation of his interest to coach the team in 2021 is yet to be determined.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Wade for his commitment to the team over the many years of his involvement, and to Chris in his contribution to the team as coach in 2019, and player the years prior. We’d also like to thank those Masters players that remained connected to the team during this very difficult year.
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Looking to the year ahead, in 2021 we intend to play under the name of Hobart Masters, officially dropping the ‘Pigskins’ moniker. A new team jumper bares the traditional HFC colours and this will be unveiled next season. In addition, the team will be establishing a football committee for the 2021 season to help with planning and achieving club goals. We will aim to recruit past HFC players, ensuring continuity of HFC club and culture for years to come.
Michael Gozzi – Masters Director
2020 Junior Football Report
Leaving aside the disruptions caused by Covid-19 at the start of the season, the overall outcome was resoundingly positive. Our number of participating teams increased by one, meaning we fielded all age groups from U8’s to U11’s and maintained an U11 girls team.
Across the board we were competitive in ability and with a bit of manipulation, all teams had enough players each week. The willingness of players to double up when asked was commendable particularly when this involved travelling to multiple grounds. Going forward most of the teams could do with a few more numbers to ensure that there is cover against the few that invariably drop out at the end of each season. A repetition of 2020 recruitment should see us set a solid platform for re-entry into youth football in 2022.
Two new coaches took on teams this year. With the inability of Sebastian Hartman to commit for another season the call went out to Justin Wilson (past player) to take charge of his son’s U10’s team. Notwithstanding some initial trepidation, Justin formed an immediate and strong partnership with Team Manager Duncan Bull, who together continued to mould together an enthusiastic group who put together an impressive list of strong performances.
With Jarrod Kleeman opting to coach U8’s for a second year, the opportunity arose for an U9’s coach. Initially this role was accepted by Tim Clark from our senior playing group who unfortunately had to pull out a few weeks into the season because of family reasons. Fortunately, Colin Shugg agreed to take over. For our players the transition was seamless. The support provided by Team Manager Kristy Adams and parents was exceptional.
As mentioned, Jarrod Kleeman again coached the U8’s with help from Team Manager Natalie Fehlberg. Also unchanged was Russell Cripps who coached the U11 girls together with Team Manager Bruce Arnold, whilst Troy Pfitzner again coached the U11 boys with Team Manager Pam Adams.
The Auskick program was delivered by Phil Geason who this year co-opted Justin Harvey as his side kick. Together with help from other parents they delivered their own unique style
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of introduction to AFL football. All of the children now have nicknames that might endure for life.
To all of our Coaches, Team Managers, umpires and general helpers we express our sincere thanks.
Our nominees to the 2020 STJFL awards this year were: -
• Jarrod Kleeman for coach of the year • Jan de Groot for umpire of the year and • Russell Cripps for volunteer of the year. • Congratulations to Russell for being awarded the STJFL volunteer in 2020.
Covid-19 may have challenged us, frustrated us and annoyed us, but it didn’t stop us from playing another season of football. Unfortunately it has heralded the last hurrah to our magnificent canteen crew who have finally succumbed to too many birthdays and some very long days. To Gayle and Andrew McElwee, Darryl and Wendy Young, a very big thank you. Sundays at the TCA will never be the same.
Russell Cripps
Junior Director
cognition of award winners and sponsors
The Hobart Football club congratulates the 2020 Best and Fairest Winners
Seniors – Jack Adams & Luke Adams Womens – Danielle Woolley
Reserves – Caley Gough
The Board of the Hobart Football Club would like to thank the following sponsors:
‘Co-Op’ Toyota CDC Development
Elise Archer MP EyeSpy Signs
Bod de Groot Painting Services Winc Office Equipment
City of Hobart Carlton & United Breweries
Saunders & Pitt Little Green Truck
Status Dry Cleaners Health & Leisure
Icon Sports Zero Davey
Senator Claire Chandler Stornoway
Hobart Football Club Honours
Agenda 2020 HFC Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Minutes from HFC AGM 2019
President’s Report 2020
2020 Senior Coach Report