Entries by Michael Shillito

Georgia Walker joins North Shore for 2020

by Emily Stone As North Shore gears up for the 2020 season, the first season where we will field a Women’s Premier Division side, we would like to welcome inaugural AFLW Collingwood player Georgia Walker to the club. Walker is a 20 year old Victoria born girl who spends most of her time on the […]

Pre-Season Training Schedule – November/ December

It’s time to get ready for the 2020 season! On-field success doesn’t just happen. It’s meticulously prepared for. Players need to be fit, skilled and know the game plan. If you are going to be the best footballer you can be, you need to get your preparations for 2020 started. Pre-season training is on! Between […]

Notice of Annual General Meeting

North Shore AFC Annual General Meeting  Gore Hill Oval Club Rooms, 4th December, 2019, 6:30pm  As our club continues to grow, we need to build a structure of volunteers, committee and executive committee roles to support the club membership, and keep the club running smoothly for the enjoyment of all.   The proposed committee structure is aimed […]

Thanks for the Memories – Danny Roberts

by Emily Stone With a whopping 16 seasons, 231 games and 650 goals under his belt, Danny Roberts is one senior forward who is sure to be missed as he retires from North Shore. ‘Joining the club in 2000 and going from a settled 3 team structure to the enormous club it has become today’, […]

Pre-Season Training Schedule – November/December

It’s time to get ready for the 2020 season! On-field success doesn’t just happen. It’s meticulously prepared for. Players need to be fit, skilled and know the game plan. If you are going to be the best footballer you can be, you need to get your preparations for 2020 started. Pre-season training is on! Between […]

Maggie Gorham Joins North Shore in 2020

by Emily Stone The North Shore Bombers Women’s program has been growing at a rapid pace since it’s inception in 2016. The first pre-season training session in 2017 had only 11 girls turn up for training. Now, 3 years later, there are 4 teams with over 100 women coming down for pre-season training for the […]

Thanks for the Memories – Andrew McConnell

Andrew McConnell: 2017-2019 by Emily Stone Andrew McConnell, while only at North Shore for a short period, is another player we are saying goodbye to after the 2019 season. Andrew joined the club in 2017 after previously playing for East Coast though location and friends who, ‘couldn’t have talked more highly of the club’, brought […]

Thanks for the Memories – Teddy Strudwick

by Emily Stone Teddy Strudwick: 2007-2019 (16-28) Now retiring Club Captain, from 2017-2018, Teddy Strudwick will be one player who will be sorely missed. Beginning when he was only16in 2007Teddy has become such a key part of North Shore on and off the field as he retires 12 years later. While Teddy may reflect on […]

Thanks for the Memories – Sam Carruthers

by Emily Stone Sam Carruthers: 2007-2019 Sam Carruthers has been a part of the North Shore football club since 2007. There were things that made him choose North Shore such as, ‘Inclusiveness and the clubs culture which always involved a drink and a laugh.’ But also the faith and kindness shown by those already involved […]

Thanks for the Memories – Ryan Meldrum

Ryan Meldrum: Coach 2016-2019 by Emily Stone Among the key players we have retiring at the end of the 2019 season is the Premier Division side coach Ryan ‘Molly’ Meldrum. Molly has been coach from 2016–2019 and has had a huge impact on many people around the club. As many of our players have commented, […]

Thanks for the Memories Week

Every football club has it’s ups and downs as a club. With teams that win all the time or boys and girls who are just finding their feet together and building something special. North Shore, with it’s long history in Sydney AFL, has been through a lot as a club over the past decade. A […]

Women’s Footy – Come & Try

Interested in playing women’s footy but not sure if it’s for you? Come And Try!! Have a run, a kick of the footy and find out what it’s like to play footy. It’s on 12th November at OH Reid Oval in West Chatswood, rain hail or shine. We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney’s […]

Ned Campbell takes out North Shore Best & Fairest

More than 200 people attended the North Shore Best & Fairest Ball last Saturday night at the Kirribilli Club to look back on the season that was. A season that saw 12 North Shore teams take the field, seven of them play finals and Division 3A take out the premiership. It marks the end of […]

North Shore 2020 Senior Coaches

Women’s Premier Division Following on from the recent news that North Shore will be fielding a Women’s Premier Division for the first time in 2020, we have great pleasure in confirming that our inaugural Women’s Premier Division Head Coach will be Locky Pryor. Locky has been involved with the squad over the past couple of […]

North Shore Men’s Premier Division Head Coach

After doing a great job in his 4 years at the helm Ryan Meldrum has stepped down as North Shore’s Head Coach. As consequence the club is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced coaches interested in building on the great work that Ryan and his team have done, to continue the development of […]