With men’s and women’s pre-season already commencing, things are beginning to ramp up again for the 2023 season! With fantastic numbers on the track for both our men’s and women's teams, we’re very excited about that next season will hold for us.
We have welcomed several new players to the club already and are expecting to add more before the season commences. With strong additions to our mens team, on top of a Grand Final appearance this season, we’re expecting the team to be right up there again in 2023! Our senior women’s team have also welcomed some new players, and after narrowly missing Division One finals this season, we expect that they will be a strong finals teams next season.
Josh Matthews (Box Hill VFL/North Ringwood)
Brooklyn Gebel-Lamb (Nunawading)
We have also added several new under 19s players to improve upon our finals performance this season. With a strong under 19s list and a new under 16s team coming next season, our depth will continue to improve in the years to come. Application are still upon for an under 19s coach for next season with Adam Waugh moving up to take on the role of reserves coach. If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contract Trent.
The club will be looking to field 2-3 netball teams in 2023. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in playing, please contact Nicole Stagg on 0425 188 066
Junior registrations are also now open for 2023! With another under 9s team and an 16s team to be added in 2023, our juniors continue to grow. Click on this link for junior registrations https://www.rfcjuniors.com.au/registration
Our juniors also have football bags available to purchase at the moment, a perfect Christmas gift! Hurry though, there are only 30 left! https://www.ringwoodfc.com.au/products/redbacks-bag
Memberships are now on sale for the 2023 season with a 10% discount on any membership that is purchased before Christmas, you can save up to $50 off your membership! With three tiers of membership to choose from, there’s one for everyone. Click on this link to get your membership for next season - https://www.ringwoodfc.com.au/collections/members
We have welcomed a new committee for the 2023 season. We are lucky to have several new committee members, including several current players. Thank you to all our 2023 committee:
President - Jake Keogh
Football Operations Manager - Trent Bartholomew
Treasurer - Gary Phillips
Secretary - Karen Murfett
Netball Coordinator - Nicole Stagg
Women's Football Operations - Abbey Jordanov
Women's Football Operations - Zoe Cant
Merchandise & Sponsorship - Paul Gough
Membership - Janine Wallace-Smith
Juniors Representative - Clay Santos
Players Representative - Jaime Pope
Players Representative - Olivia Ashcroft
General Committee - Mick Gray
General Committee - Dean McMahon
Thank you also to our outgoing committee members who have been instrumental in the growth of our club in recent years:
Mat Eccles – Vice-President & Treasurer
Kim Brown – Secretary
Rick George – Commercial Operations
Zoe Hill – Women’s Football & Events
We are appreciative of all our committee members and volunteers who make our club run! We would not be able to run without you. If you are wanting to get involved as a volunteer (whether it’s a big or small role), check out the list of roles that we need help with for next season - https://www.ringwoodfc.com.au/blogs/news/volunteers-wanted-for-2023
The 2023 men’s fixture was recently released (the women’s fixture will be released next year). We will kick off our 2023 campaign with a night game against Knox at Jubilee on Saturday April 1st. We expect this to be a big game with a big crowd. So, make sure that you are there to support the team in what will be a great night at the club! Details around social events and other specific games will come next year.
Over the Christmas period, make sure that you continue to support our great sponsors that help the club to run. You can find a full list of our sponsors here, so make sure that you support the people that support us - https://www.ringwoodfc.com.au/pages/sponsors
On behalf of the Ringwood FNC Committee, have a great Christmas and New Years and thanks for your support in 2022! We’re looking forward to a big 2023 for the club!
Go Redbacks!