Harrisdale/ Piara Waters Football Club in Perth, Western Australia | Community organisation

Harrisdale/ Piara Waters Football Club

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 404 340 212

Address: 16 Tuberose Road, Piara Waters 6112 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: sites.google.com/view/harrisdale-piara-waters-afl-ve/home?fbclid=IwAR2xeJscmLXnZMoeT7PfUIE1NFOHYJqpHmmOHcLRoPaX-_ZaHzwqE9mYEf4

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24.01.2022 Quick reminder, please comment, or submit your vote in the Banter Facebook Messenger group poll to get your place for Pizzas tonight after training by 1PM!!! We are ordering based on the poll, so get your vote in. Remember, please get your vote in by 1PM today to avoid missing out!

23.01.2022 Roary has arrived!

22.01.2022 Good Evening Bears, Today has been one of the craziest days in history for most clubs and certainly for our young club. It is disappointing to say that the directive today from the Masters Association is that the season is postponed and we are not allowed to play matches or train as a group until at least 31/5. We are looking for solutions to maintain our fitness, one option is to coordinate small training groups away from the club without the Bears apparel but we will explo...re and discuss further options. We will look for guidance from the Australian Government and the Masters Assoc with regards to the size of these gatherings in the coming days. Our primary concern is protecting our members and their families from COVID-19. By taking these precautions we should be back into normal training and playing in the very near future. We will endeavor to keep you informed as soon as we get further details but at this stage there will be no formal training or games until we are given the go ahead by the appropriate groups, associations and government. Best Regards Bears Board.

22.01.2022 Fixtures have been provided by AFL Master Western Australia (INC). Stay tuned for updates and fixture locations.

21.01.2022 Good morning Bears, non-Bears, and soon-to-be-Bears!!! 9 weeks to go until our first Masters footy match!!!!! Don't forget, we have eftpos facilities for your post training beers. Poker will be on after training 5th Feb, and a curry night in the coming weeks!!!... Weekly player profile this week is Scotty Winter who is an absolute Legend, devoting a lot of time over the years to junior footy and Auskick, most recently as a coach for the Piara Waters Pirates, Pre-primary Blue Aus Kick team. He's also a left footer and must endure a shlacking from the other members every Wednesday at training. We asked Scott some questions to help us all get to know him a little better. What brought you to the Bears footy club? Watching my kids playing Auskick made me want to have the same experience of JOY Thanks Coach Pippo for the invite to train and meet the BEARS What is your favourite part of the club? The Comradery and the beers after training. What was your footy experience before playing for the Bears? 30+ year ago, I played for Rostrata Junior Football Club, more recently coaching Auskick for my sons Levi and Seth teams. What do you like to do outside of footy? Fishing, 4x4, Netflix and chill. All-time favourite quote? See you in the future. Which bear would you hit for six in a cricket match? Cyril Smelliest bear? Everyone after a training session Favourite afl player, current and all-time? Jack Darling Which afl team do you support? West Coast Eagles Favourite meal? Pad Thai Worst joke you know? What did the left eye say to the right? Between us something smells.

21.01.2022 7 weeks till our first gameday!!! I don't know about you, but I'm getting very excited and cannot wait! Don't forget to register! We only have 20 players registered, if you dont register, you can't play, so make sure you get this sorted. Any registration queries, send to [email protected]... https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi Loads of things happening in the coming weeks, starting with a scratch match against the Jandakot Jets next week, 19th Feb. We also look forward to participating in the Wheatbelt Masters Carnival up in Wongan Hills 28th March (TBC). This weeks profile is one of our major contributors to the club, and the guy is on the board as the equipment manager, none other than Brad 'Smithy' Smith. This guy puts so much of his time and effort into making sure our gear is up-to-date, in good condition and always puts the club first. Not just limited to equipment, and always help the club in many ways. Absolute role model if I've seen one. We asked Smithy some questions to help us all get to know him better; What brought you to the Bears footy club? The guys and the chance to play some more football. What is your favourite part of the club? The friendships I have made in such a short time What was your footy experience before playing for the Bears? I have played footy from the age of 6. Senior football at Kenwick, Kalgoorlie FC ,Mt Lawley FC What do you like to do outside of footy? Play golf and travel & watch my kids play sport All time favourite quote? Be the best version of yourself & No one will hit you harder than life its self. So if you know what your worth than go out and get. Which bear would you least like to sit next to on a bus? Devo a little bit strange in a cute way haha Which bear would you hit for six in a cricket match? Cyril for sure Smelliest bear? All of us Favourite afl player, current and all-time? Patrick Cripp Chris Mainwaring Which afl team do you support? The only team WCE Favourite meal? Bangers and Mash Worst joke you know? Any really poor dad jokes

21.01.2022 Good Afternoon Bears, this years upcoming AFL Master national carnival is being held in Perth and they are requesting possible assistance. They are currently approaching additional suppliers for equipment to hire for the duration of the event They inviting clubs such as ours to provide any contact details for you sponsors or members business that you believe would be worth approaching.... Examples of what they are looking at. Showers Toilets Change rooms Chairs Tables Temp Fencing Just to name a few Any help would be appreciated. If you can help please Private message myself Warren Bank and I will put you in touch with the organisers.

18.01.2022 A quick reminder to all. Please ensure you have adequate private health cover and it's advised you have hospital and ambulance cover as well. You may not ever use it, but things happen. We all want everyone to be in a safe environment, but in case something happens, it's good to know you're financially protected for any hospital and ambulance trips.... Be safe everyone, and enjoy the game this weekend!!!

18.01.2022 In response to the current environment to do with the Covid19 the Corona Virus the Board would like to open up the lines of communication when it comes to its Members, its Members families and the broader community surrounding our great club. In following and living by our club values of supporting Families and Community we would like to ask that if anyone requires support either financially, medically, physically, with groceries, cleaning products or in any way imaginable pl...ease do not hesitate to contact any board member all contacts will be treated confidentially and worked towards to support the request for help. The Board Members are as follows; Warren Bank, Daniel Niciejewski, Dave Johnson, Chris Hunt, Sam Hagdorn, Simon Wood, Brad Smith, Paul Devine and Jim Van Leuven Please feel free to contact any of these people for support, please do not be to proud to ask for help, many hands make light work and if we all work together through these unprecedented times, we will all come out stronger as a community and a club. #GoBears2020

17.01.2022 Awesome work team crushed it tonight great to see some new faces #crossfit #forfitness #bears2020

17.01.2022 Good Morning Fellow Bears!!! I'm proud to share some more of the sponsors who have supported our club financially. Once again, this allows us to purchase new gear, provide field services for training and games, among other things. We wouldn't be where we are without all of our sponsors, volunteers and contributors!! We would encourage all players, members and supporters to consider using the services of our sponsors if required. Supporting them, as they have supported us, is ...what we’re about. Please welcome the following sponsors to the club; Clinical Labs A Leader of Pathology Services in Australia. Nick Sykes 9442 7615. Off The Wall Promotions Perth’s leading entertainment specialist. Brandon Chowhurie 0411 366 628. Coverall Sheetmetal - Sheetmetal Fabrication, Air Conditioning, Dust Extraction, General Sheet Metal Work. Rod Cover 08 9493 2883. C.Y. O'Connor Village Pub - The classic pub experience! website - https://cyopub.com.au/ phone number - (08) 9397 0233

16.01.2022 5 weeks till our first Game-day!!!! Getting Exciting... We skipped a week for the weekly profile, but to make up for it, we're doing something a little different this time round. We took some time from the president of the Bears himself after the members meeting/training on Wednesday, to ask him some questions about his inspirations, motivations to create the Bears among others.... Instead of typing out the questions and answers though, we videoed Warren answering our questions, but with a little twist. We ate a pepper for every question, and stepped up the heat each time. Warren took the challenge like the champ he is, check it out!!

16.01.2022 Raffle from the friday night festival of football. Congrats to Karen Armstrong...lucky no 5 drawn

16.01.2022 Happy Mother’s Day to all our Bears Mum’s, we hope you all have an amazing day and your Bears and little Cubs spoil you on this special day.

16.01.2022 Something a little different, in a play to get to know each other a little better, we're doing some weekly profiles. Here we'll learn a little about a player, as we get closer to our first game. 10 WEEKS TO GO till our first game!!! ... This weeks player is Michael Beck, who is one of the founding members of the club. Becks is motivated and looking forward to the first game. We asked Becks some questions to help you get to know him a bit better. Q. What brought you to the Bears footy club? A. I saw Banksy's original post asking for interest on Piara Waters chat...he said it'd be ok if I had zero experience...it was perfect haha. Q. What is your favourite part of the club? A. The sense of community it brings. Went from knowing no one in the area to a whole group of guys that have your back. It's awesome. A. What was your footy experience before playing for the Bears? Q. Watching on TV! Used to yell when they'd miss an easy kick...thought even I could kick that!...I no longer do that A. All time favourite quote? Q. I wasn't born with enough middle fingers - Marilyn Manson

15.01.2022 Happy Monday Bears!!! Just wanted to update everyone on the businesses thus far who have agreed to financially support the Harrisdale/Piara Waters Masters Football Club. The support these businesses are providing to our club, ensures the Bears have a viable future within the master’s Competition. ... Throughout the year you will meet our Sponsors, which will be a great opportunity to welcome the sponsors to our club, which they are a part of. We would encourage all players, members and supporters to consider using the services of our sponsors if required. Supporting them, as they have supported us, is what we’re about. Please welcome the following sponsors to the club; ENZED Providing the most complete services for all hose, fittings, fluid connection and motion control technology available anywhere today. Brendan Barry [email protected] BAILEY DEVINE REAL ESTATE Honest advice enabling informed decisionsThat’s part of the Bailey Devine difference. Paul Devine 0431 747 790 COAST FINANCE All banking, mortgage and finance queries. Warren Bank 0404 340 212

14.01.2022 A big shout out to Paul Eckers for organising pizzas last night. Great turn out!!! Also, as always, Chris and Steve behind the bar, absolute champs. Trialing the tap n go card payment system last night was a great success as well, so bring cash or cards for post training beverages from now on. Thanks again guys!!

14.01.2022 ..... PAWs continue

12.01.2022 PAWS (partners and wives) Bears day at CY ‘O’Connor #bears2020 #wags #sundaysession

12.01.2022 Happy Friday to all you legend Bears!!! We have our first arrival of apparel and I'm very pleased to let you all know how you can get your mugs on the very first Bears footy shorts and socks. Hands together for the outstanding modelling job done by Warren's legs.... To purchase, check out the price list below, send the appropriate amount of money to the BSB account below, make sure you add your name and what you're buying, then get in touch. You'll be able to collect at Warren Bank's place, obviously as you're driving by, he will throw all purchased items through your window. Shorts - $40 Socks - $15 BSB - 302162 Account - 1483160 Ensure you add your name and items into the description of the payment. Thank you all for the ongoing support!! We're confident we should be able to wear these bad boys soon with our new Guernseys when they arrive. Stay Safe!!! The Bears

11.01.2022 Grizzlies Training 26th August. Bring your old man for a run, beers and pizza. Prizes and the Tzu/Horn fight on the projector after training.

11.01.2022 Good Afternoon All, Due to ongoing developments with COVID-19, we have decided to postpone the game against the Pigs indefinitely. It is decided that to have that many people at our grounds tomorrow evening would not be aligned with the current environment and would be socially irresponsible, so we have taken the position to postpone the game. The Board is currently looking into the possibilities for tomorrow night and will update you all shortly.... Thank you all for your support and patience with regards to the matter, the Board is taking your health and safety seriously and we want to get this right for you and your families.

11.01.2022 What a ripper of a match last night!! Thank you everyone who helped putting last nights scratch match together, particularly the coaches, Paul Eckermann and Michael Pippen. We also had Steve and Chris who did an amazing job sorting out the bar, and organising the apparel sales... Great job and appreciated!!!... Best on Ground performance last night goes to none other than Michael Beck as the umpire, with his breakaway holding the ball call on the president no less. The hesitation in the call let everyone know he was limiting his career at the Bears. Well done and thank you to the umpires who also did a terrific job. There were 46 players attending last night, not including some of the non-playing members and umpires. Awesome turnout, including some of the fams watching on. Thank you again all Bears who made this such a great night.

10.01.2022 Awesome session last night!!! great turn out too. Last night we held a poker game during post train beers. This was a tournament style, winner takes all. Congratulations Benjamin Foster and Jim Van Leuven in splitting the winnings at the end.... There seemed to be some interest from the sidelines too, so we can look into doing a poker seminar during post training beers one day. Well done guys!!!

10.01.2022 REGISTER NOW!!! Registrations are open for the 2020 AFL Masters competition. To register, click on the link below;... https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi Make sure you select the appropriate options especially if you are transferring from another club as duplicate registrations will slow down the process, and potentially stop the registration from going through. Click the link below for a guide on the registration process; http://hpwbears.com.au//AFL-MASTERS-WA-Registration-Guide. If you experience any issues with transferring or anything else, please send your full name, and DOB to [email protected].

09.01.2022 Round One here we go Credit : Stacey Howe Photography

08.01.2022 Friday Football is back again Food trucks , Kids Entertainment , Bears I mean beers /wine and some mature men and women chasing a footy around Was a great night 2 weeks ago get around it

06.01.2022 Another cracking session team great work Brad Jolly on making his return #bears2020

06.01.2022 A note from the President As the President of the Bears, I would like to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Easter weekend. During an indifferent time we are challenged with isolation, something we have never been presented with before but I personally am pleased to see so many of the Bears community using their initiative to get through these unprecedented times. ... Physical challenges have been made and accepted. Video conferencing/ catch ups have started and feedback was that it was a huge success. We have more initiatives to follow to keep us all in touch, working towards getting back on the training track and into our first game which is very exciting. Well done to all involved! I am very proud of the way we as a club have adapted to the environment we are in and again like to wish everyone a safe and happy Easter Please post your Easter family photos up on the face book page with #GoBears2020 Best Regards Warren Bank President of the Harrisdale and Piara Waters Bears.

05.01.2022 At the direction of the WAFC all community football in WA, including masters football has been postponed until 31/5/2020. This includes training. The board is working towards a solution so that we can get back to playing a reduced season as soon as restrictions are lifted and will advise in due course. Please understand that the descisions that have been made are in the interests of community safety and the safety of the Masters family. ... At this stage, planning is still proceeding for the National Carnival which, we are hoping, will still proceed. Emails have been sent to all clubs today in relation to this direction. If you have any questions, please approach your club first. Stay safe and look after each other. http://www.wafootball.com.au//community-football-postponed

05.01.2022 What a success training was last night!!! Great seeing each and every one of you. Big shout out to Paul Eckermann and Michael Pippen for putting together an awesome training plan in difficult circumstances. The 2 groups were successfully ran and I only heard positive feedback from everyone. We need to keep going with the processes, following rules etc. Next week, please use the 'Going' option for the training event in Facebook and if you cannot make it close to the date, plea...se let us know ASAP. We'd love to get some feedback, and also your input into training next week. If you have some non-contact drills that you would like to run next week, please submit these and we may get to run them next week:) Thank you again to all of you, for your patience and responsibility when it's comes to the approach to training and COVID return to training guidelines. Looking forward to next week!!!

05.01.2022 8 Weeks to go till our first game in the WA AFL Masters competition!!! Profile of the week time, and we have one of our midfield guns, quiet achiever Ban Kim. Ban loves to come down for a kick, and enjoys keeping up to date with bball, especially the NBA. We asked Ban some questions to help us all get to know him a little better. What brought you to the Bears footy club?... Seen it on Facebook and thought it was a good way to keep fit and meet some locals. What is your favourite part of the club? Good bunch of lads, feels like we a big family and always keen to help each other out. What was your footy experience before playing for the Bears? Didn't play any footy prior... Just good old kick to kick at the park. What do you like to do outside of footy? Kicking it back on the beach and waiting for the fishing reel to start screaming. All time favourite quote? You only live once, so enjoy the ride. Which bear would you least like to sit next to on a bus? Mafs..... cause the bloke be always farting Which bear would you hit for six in a cricket match? I'll say Denam cause the ball will come in at right height, since his shorter then me . Smelliest bear? Mafs cause he always be farting. Favourite afl player, current and all-time? Peter Matera Flying Ryan Which afl team do you support? EAGLES Favourite meal? stir fry ginger pork Worst joke you know? I got a pet gold fish...it's name is wonder. Stay tuned for more player profiles...Have a great weekend Bears!!!

04.01.2022 Game 2 for the Harrisdale Piara Waters Football Club GO BEARS!

03.01.2022 Happy Easter to all club members, family and the Harrisdale/Piara Waters Community. The Bears would like to recognise the significant financial contribution received from the City of Armadale with regards to purchasing the club's initial football equipment. The contribution from the City of Armadale will greatly assist the club to be sustainable going forward and continue to make a valuable contribution to the local community.... Thank you again to the City of Armadale. Happy Easter

03.01.2022 Bears Bootcamp returns are this Saturday 7.30am #2020 #bears #bootcamp

03.01.2022 Intra-club scratch match this Wednesday 24th June. To sign up, sign up for TeamApp, and register for the Bears, and in turn the event. You can sign up and use TeamApp via Website, Android or IOS.... https://www.teamapp.com/clubs/545624 If you have any issues signing up, and are interested in the scratch match, please get in touch with me ASAP so we can add you to the register. Whilst COVID restrictions are still in affect, this remains an important part of our training. See you there.

03.01.2022 It was a week of firsts... Our FIRST official game of AFL footy - 12/07/2020 Our FIRST touch... Our FIRST goal Our FIRST celebration Our FIRST injury :( Our FIRST yellow card Our FIRST post game beer Our FIRST CYs post game celebration It was a week of firsts, but not lasts. Well done and THANK YOU to all Bears and supporters this weekend who helped us make our way through our FIRST Masters and Supers games this weekend. Many more to come...

02.01.2022 Training tonight 6.30pm and remember people this weeks Saturday Bootcamp training is at Port Coogee 7.30am https://facebook.com/events/476406622991988/?ti=icl

02.01.2022 AFL Football training tonight for any ladies over 28 wanting to give it a go, I couldn’t imagine watching a game I love, watching my children play a game I love and to have never given that game a go myself, so here’s your opportunity! See you tonight, Rossitier Pavillon at 6pm to 7pm. #GoBears2020

01.01.2022 Good morning Bears!!! Shorts, socks and Guernseys have arrived!!! If you have paid for shorts, socks or a LONG sleeve guernsey, please get in touch with Warren Bank to organise pick up. If you dont have Warren's details, you can post here to get in touch.... Have a great day Bears

01.01.2022 Final Week of Bears Bootcamp for 2019 Bootcamp 6pm Monday Boxing 7:30am Saturday