WFL Record 13.indd - Western Region Football League

“The two things that I want to deliver at this club
are the one united football club and a premiership
for this football club.”
He has achieved one of those two things, by
working with a committee that has the same
vision. Senior president John Willaton, junior
president Steve Tessari and reserves coach Mark
Elso are among the people who have galvanized
the club. This can be evidenced by Thursday
meal nights after training, which routinely
pack the clubrooms out. “We bill ourselves as
a country footy club in many ways the way we
go about it with our togetherness,” Dennerley
said. “We’re basically a country footy club in the
urban fringe.”
But Dennerley is aware of the up-and-down
history of the club. Club stalwart Daniel Manitta,
who is still a key player for the senior side,
Last weekend Wyndhamvale stalwart
Nathan ‘Evo’ Evans played his
100th Senior game for the club. A true
journeyman of the game, Evans has had a
glittering football career with a number of
clubs. After playing his younger years with
Werribee Centrals, Evans has now played
more than 200 senior games with a number
of clubs including Centrals, Mooney Valley,
the Frankston Bombers and of course a
few stints with his beloved Wyndhamvale
Falcons. Evans is a former Captain, Best &
Fairest and Club Coach of the Falcons.
‘The keg on legs’ now puts in countless
hours into his role as Football Manager and
as key forward for the developing Falcons.
“I’m very lucky to be able to run out with
such a great group of players,” said Evans.
warned Dennerley that this has happened before
- the club dug itself out of a slump, only to fall in
a heap again.
“That’s one of the single things that motivates
myself, is to be able to get some sustained
success, and know that once our time’s up and
we’ve got a really good succession plan in place,
the club can go up and on.”
Dennerley’s plan to deliver a premiership will be
driven by the players already at the club, topped
up with a handful of new recruits.
“We haven’t had to recruit heavily because we’re
in a growth area here. We’ve identifi ed that the
fi rst thing we need to do when we’re recruiting...
is make sure we plug in the guys who are actually
here and are doing the job already.”
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“The people and history are why I’m
involved at this club. To be a part of this
club is an honour and every time I put on
the jumper I see it as a privilege. It’s a
privilege to play one game, let alone onehundred
games with this great football
club. I will be a Falcon for life.”
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