Season 2001
The Inaugural Annual General Meeting was held on 23rd May 2001 at the Officer Recreation Reserve Social Rooms, Starling Road, Officer.
Officer Kangaroos Junior Football Club was now born and would now compete in the Dandenong & District Junior Football League (DDJFC).
Election of the inaugural office bearers:
President: Michael Meeng
Secretary: John Haughton
Treasurer: Lisa Ball
Asst Treasurer: Janine Hobson
Committee Members: Barbara McDonald, Gareth Sheean, Julie Keenan, Andrew Gilbert, David Wing & Angelo Colosimo
Coaches & Teams:
David Wing (Under 10) Div 2
Angelo Colosimo (Under 12) Div 2
From the early training nights when only four or five players turned up we were able to eventually field two teams in our debut season, an under 10’s side and an under 12’s side. With limited player numbers and lots of underage players, both sides often played short of numbers and were on the receiving end of some big losses during the season. It was a credit to the spirit generated by the coaches and supporters that the players continued to train and compete to the best of their abilities while being hammered on the scoreboard and the improvement in their skill levels was noticeable week after week. Mid–season the under 10’s were dropped to a lower division where the competition was more even and they even managed a few wins toward season end.
Season 2002
Office Bearers
President: Michael Meeng
Secretary: John Haughton
Treasurer: Janine Hobson
Committee Members: Julie Keenan
Canteen Coordinators: Barb McDonald and Peter Williams
Fund Raising: Janine Hobson, Tracey Little, Mandy Hunnam
Coaches:
Tony Ellet (U10 Div 2), David Wing (U12 Div 2)
Achievements:
Under 10’s: Runner’s up & League
Best & Fairest: Under 10’s – Mark Van Den Acker
Season 2003
Office Bearers
President: Michael Meeng
Secretary: Tammie Caldwell
Asst Sec/Treasurer: John Haughton
Asst Treasurer: Katrina Jackson
League Delegate: S. Marks
Canteen Coordinators: Kayleen Meeng & Tammie Caldwell
Committee Members: Andrew Gilbert.
Teams & Coaches
Under 10’s Div 2 Darren Oates position 7th
Under 11’s Div 2 Tony Ellett position 2nd
Under 12’s Div 2 David Wing position 8th
Achievements
Under 11’s Premiers: Officer Kangaroos 5.2.32 def Narre Warren Black 3.6.24
Best on Ground 2nd Semi Final: Mark Van Den Acker
Best on Ground Grand final: Daniel Jeavons
League Best & Fairest – Under 11’s: Mark Van Den Acker 27 votes
League Leading Goal Kicker – Under 11’s: Ben Ahern – 37 goals
Equal 3rd Best & Fairest – Under 10’s: Trent Keenan 14 Votes
Season 2004
Office Bearers
President: Michael Meeng
Vice President: Peter Quigley & Geoff Galbrath
Treasurer: John Haughton
Secretary: Tammie Caldwell
Asst secretary: Maree Goldsack
Liason Officer: Garry Tivendale
First Aid Officer: Maree Goldsack
Canteen Manager: Narelle Bell
Coaches & Teams:
Under 10’s – Div 2 Darren Oates Position on ladder 2nd
Under 11’s – Div 2 Michael Meeng Position on ladder 9th
Under 12’s – Div 1 Tony Ellett Position on ladder 8th
Under 13’s – Div 2 Michael Clough Position on ladder 6th
Achievements
League Leading Goal Kicker – Under 10’s Gavin Allday 22 goals.
Best on Ground – 2nd Semi Final Under 10’s Justin Della-Bona
Officer Kangaroos was the inaugural winner of the TXU Community Football Club Achievement Award – it is the first program of its kind that regards the efforts of local community football clubs in creating health and same environments that encourage participation from players, volunteers and supports in their community football club.
Season 2005
Office Bearers
President: Michael Meeng
Vice President’s: Peter Quigley & Roger Comelli
Football operations mgr: Peter Quigley
Secretary: Tammi Caldwell
Asst. Secretary: Nicole Comelli
Treasurer: Andrew Niessen
Liason Officer: Garry Tivendale
General committee: Chris Lostitch & Rob Smail
League Delegate: Cameron Kennedy
Canteen Manager: Narelle Bell
First Aid Officer: Maree Goldsack
Registrar: Jenny Lostitch
Teams and Coaches
Under 10’s – Div 2 Mark Adams
Under 11’s – Div 2 Darren Oates.
Under 12’s – Div 2 Nathan Walsh
Under 13’s – Div 2 Tony Ellett
Under 14’s – Div 2 Michael Clough
Season 2006
Office Bearers
President: Michael Meeng
Vice President’s: Peter Quigley & Andrew McNabb
Secretary: Tammie Caldwell
Treasurer: Andrew Niessen
League Delegate: Cameron Kennedy
Registrar’s: Katrina Jackson & Jenny Lostitch
First Aid Manager: Maree Goldsack
Canteen Manager: Narelle Bell
Coaching Manager: Mark Adams
Liason Officer: Michael Meeng
General Committee: Kerry Hillman, Geoff Porter, John Ritchie, Rod Beard Kayleen Meeng
Coaches & Teams
Under 10’s BLUE Div 2 Darren Oates, position on ladder 4th
Under 10’s WHITE Div 2 Michael White, position on ladder 3rd
Under 11’s Div 2 Garry Tivendale, position on ladder 4th
Under 12’s Div 2 John Ritchie & George Selleck, position on ladder 8th
Under 13’s Div 2 Nathan Walsh replaced by Wayne Woods, position on ladder 7th
Under 14’s Div 1 Tony Ellett, position on ladder 10th
Under 15’s Div 2 Michael Clough, position on ladder 5th
Achievements
League Runner up Best & Fairest under 10’s: Thomas McMillan
League 3rd Best & Fairest under 14’s: Mark Van Den Acker
League 3rd Best & Fairest under 15’s: Bobby Dekroon
Best on Ground 1st Semi final: Dekoda Shaw
Best on Ground 1st Semi final: Yoshi Karunakaran
Best Conducted Team: Under 10’s White
The under 10’s Blue played in semifinal but lost to Beaconsfield 7- 6- 48 Officer 1- 5- 11
The under 11’s played in semifinal but lost to Narre North Foxes 3- 4- 22 Officer 2- 8- 20
The under 10’s White won semifinal against Narre North Foxes. Officer 4 2 26 Narre North Foxes 1 0 6 but lost preliminary final to Cranbourne 3- 7- 25 Officer 3- 1- 19.
The club moved to play their home games at the “Cardinia Recreation Reserve” from the 18th of June. It was the first time competitive football had been played on the oval since 1977 bringing back lots of memories for some of the locals. Training was still being held at Officer .The reason for the move was a health & safety issue because the main oval at Officer was having trouble handling all the traffic of 7 junior teams and 3 senior teams training and playing on it. The club also hosted eight finals games at Cardinia and comments from DDJFL officials was that the ground looked as good as the MCG.