This weekend will see the Warners Bay women take on rivals Newcastle City Stars for a chance at finals football. A key player on the day will be defender Hannah Gow, playing her 50th game for the Bulldogs. Gow is no stranger to taking on Newcastle City, who often keeps them low scoring through her…
Ressies The Warners Bay Bulldogs were welcomed to Adelaide Street Oval by Killarney Vale, with Warners Bay needing to secure finals, unfortunately it was not to be that way. The first quarter was a tight contest with both the Dogs and Bombers coming out firing. The first goal of the game went to the Bombers…
Amy “Pitto” Pittman will lead the Newcastle Representative team onto the field with fellow co-captain Kate Handley this Saturday as the women’s top Hunter players clash at Medowie. By her side will be Bulldogs team-mates Samantha Lawrence, Sammy Delaney, Di Crep and Kate Booth. Pitto has been a stand out player for Warners Bay in…
Ressie’s Review The Black Diamond Plate team hosted one of the Club’s fiercest rivals in Newcastle City as the team looked to continue building the momentum towards the finals having notched up some solid recent wins. With a number of key players out, this was going to prove a mighty task against the defeated ladder…
Like a lot of youngsters from Newcastle, Josh “Cyril” Nicol grew up playing Rugby League and soccer before making his move to the Warners Bay’s junior club through his friendship with Daniel Gray and Luke McKenna. Cyril picked up the game pretty quickly and is now regarded as one of the best kicks and most…
Plate Review The Black Diamond Plate side welcomed a very depleted Nelson Bay in another must win match as the team looks to rally towards securing one of the few remaining finals spots. The Bray family was kind enough to procure an exercise bike for the bench of significant vintage. Some say from a Mark…
Round 11 of the BDAFL saw the Ressies and Premier Grade host the Maitland Saints after the wet weather moved the match to Feighan Park whilst the ladies hosted the newly formed Port Stephens Power. The ressies Round 11 match against Maitland was must win game for the boys to stay in finals contention….
Lydon Bligh-Parker was born in Bathurst but moved to Albury/ Wodonga at an early age of 18 months. It was in Albury where Lydon began his AFL career at the age of 8 playing for the Lavington Panthers, Murray Magpies and Thurgoona Bulldogs. At the age of 18, Lydon moved from Albury to Sydney where…
By Kate Booth Katie Johnston has made quite the impression in her first season of AFL, showing determination, skill and athleticism each and every week. She naturally runs rings around her opponents and has become a key defender for Warners Bay. Johnno was born in Taree and grew up in the Forster area. She was…
-written by Elizabeth Brown & David Redden Terrigal Avoca’s solid 48-point victory over Warners Bay at Feighan Oval was completely overshadowed by the massive Warners Bay injury toll. Oscar Anderson (fractured arm), Josh Raineri (shoulder), gun forward Jack Hardman (possible broken arm) and Kobe McClure (ankle) were all first-half casualties on a tough day for…
