This is the moment we’ve been waiting for. Through the long off-season, the rigours of pre-season training. And now it’s time to begin our season and play some matches. Footy is back!!

It’s a big program of matches, with 11 of our teams fixtured to play. Six of them are back to back at Gore Hill, with four away games at Newtown and Under 19.5s Div 2 up at Mike Kenny Oval.

Team selections are now online on the website and Team App. To everyone who has been picked to wear the black and red of the Bombers, congratulations. And a big welcome to the club to the many players who are making their North Shore debut on Saturday; some of whom are playing their first ever competitive game of footy. Wear the colours with pride, conduct yourself well on and off the field, play the best footy you can, and have some fun! And to those who missed out this week, keep training – your time will come.

As a community sporting club, we need hands on deck to get various tasks on game day done. If you’ve been rostered on for duties, we really need you to step up and do your tasks with a smile and a willing heart. When everyone chips in and does their duties, everything works well. And it’s those who put the most effort in to the club that get the most out of it.

Our Mens and Womens Premier Division matches this week will be shown live on Streamer, the new streaming platform of AFL Sydney. In addition, I’ll be posting live score updates from the Gore Hill matches on our Team App and Twitter/X feeds; along with scores from our away games when I have them.

Good luck everyone. Have fun and play some great footy. And here’s hoping we get to hear the North Shore song plenty of times after our games this week.

MENS SENIORS (PREMIER DIVISION)

v Pennant Hills

Saturday 1:40pm

Gore Hill Oval

Pacific Highway, St Leonards

  H Walker   M Toohey   S Netting 
HB   B Parks   C Loone   J Veale 
  S Barkley   N Brewer   J Dillon 
HF   J Tidemann   N Hill   N Campbell 
  P Bolger   M Rogers   M Buskariol 
Ruck   M Crisafulli   E Grace   T Meacham 
Int   A Rankin   L Perris    
   F Chalmers   W Blackburne    

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MENS RESERVES (DIVISION ONE)

v Pennant Hills

Saturday 4:00pm

Gore Hill Oval

Pacific Highway, St Leonards

  L Howarth   H Edwards   N Gallu 
HB   W Bradley   W Giacometti   C Sennitt 
  A Kourakis   M Goode   M Roach 
HF   J Cubis   A Loebel   B Cunningham 
  C Taylor   T Drum   B Hurrell 
Ruck   E Alexander   S Homsany   A Bastas 
Int   C Silvester   S Austin    
   B High   Will Blackburn    

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MENS THIRDS (DIVISION TWO)

BYE

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MENS FOURTHS (DIVISION THREE)

v Pennant Hills

Saturday 6:00pm

Gore Hill Oval

Pacific Highway, St Leonards

  S Walters   R Perry   A Brown 
HB   L Voukelatos   T Grove   C Douglass 
  W Baily   L Macauley   N Parker 
HF   S Kelly   B Saint-Barry   C Dennis 
  S Wood   B Greaves   J Cox 
Ruck   C Saddington   H Mainsbridge   M Read 
Int   C McCarthy   C Thomas    
   M Derbidge   M Jones    

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MENS FIFTHS (DIVISION FOUR)

v Newtown

Saturday 2:15pm

Mahoney Park

Cnr Illawarra Road & Wharf Rd, Marrickville

  R Masters   S Millar   W Dower 
HB   M Mitchell   J Watkins   E Toole 
  T Gorman   B Gray   B Sengupta 
HF   H McCutcheon   M Cassidy   J Ferreira 
  J Anderson   J Capp   J Yates 
Ruck   J Nettle   T Howard   J Bennetts 
Int   A Farmer   R Vincent    
   M Saint-Barry   L Tilley    

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MENS SIXTHS (DIVISION FIVE)

v Newtown

Saturday 10:45am

Mahoney Park

Cnr Illawarra Road & Wharf Rd, Marrickville

  M Hunt   A Lynch   E Shaikh 
HB   C Jenkins   R Furney   E Ravenhall 
  J Netting   J Toussant   C Rickard 
HF   A Stewart   B Elsum   S Negus 
  J Miron   A Excell   MF Jones 
Ruck   L Ireland   T Pollicina   M Baker 
Int   B Teh   T McLachlan    
   H Chalmers   L Comport    
Emer   Z Thornton   S He   D Dalton 

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MENS UNDER 19.5s DIVISION ONE

v Pennant Hills

Saturday 10:10am

Gore Hill Oval

Pacific Highway, St Leonards

  P Thiris   H Boyd   J Harty 
HB   C Brownlaw   T Loebel   L Fish 
  BJ Kerr   D Fitzgerald   A Belousoff 
HF   S Clancy   J Gooderick   W Carlaw 
  S Castillo   G Taylor   M Yeoland 
Ruck   H Charles   R Tooth   C Hawtin 
Int   B Rundell   M Folkes    
   J Blazey   B Sykes    

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MENS UNDER 19.5s DIVISION TWO

v Pennant Hills

Saturday 9:00am

Mike Kenny Oval (top oval)

Greenway Park, Shepherds Drive, Cherrybrook

  L Shattock   S Hynes   L Vozella 
HB   L Carvalho   S Voukelatos   R von Thein 
  A Guilday   V Sotriopoulos   J Brownlaw 
HF   T Newman   W Cole   J Wadeson 
  C Hansen   L Spinetti   Z Rowe 
Ruck   W Solomons   N Roberts   L Jones 
Int   V Wynne   H Cumming    

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WOMENS SENIORS (PREMIER DIVISION)

v Pennant Hills

Saturday 12:00pm

Gore Hill Oval

Pacific Highway, St Leonards

     E Bliss   L Forrest 
HB   L Krimmer   S Smit   E Krimmer 
  L Lambert   E Carroll   C Davis 
HF   P Clegg   M Eder   E Cleghorn 
     A Keeffe   B French 
Ruck   K Minchin   L Kablau   G Maher 
Int   G Watkins   N Squires   A Hendriks 
   S Lienert   Z Milligan    
Emer   A Green   B Frappell  

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WOMENS RESERVES (DIVISION ONE)

v Newtown

Saturday 12:30pm

Mahoney Park

Cnr Illawarra Road & Wharf Rd, Marrickville

     L Hatton   M Masaoka 
HB   A Bonthorn   P Clonan   S McGirr 
  B East   O Higgins   N Spalvins 
HF   P Gray   O Doheny   A Gonzalez 
     S Krauel   Sophie de Montemas 
Ruck   P Adams   L Skelton   B Frappell 
Int   A Kitchener   Sammy de Montemas   C McLeay 
   M Galen-Mitchell   P Studdert    
Emer   L Barraclough   B Cole  

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WOMENS THIRDS (DIVISION THREE)

v Newtown

Saturday 9:00am

Mahoney Park

Cnr Illawarra Road & Wharf Rd, Marrickville

  S Elsmore    L Kells    
HB   L Bozic   B Maguire   I Johnson 
  L Cameron   J Wong   L Bartsch 
HF   B O’Brien   G de Montemas   K Rainer 
  B Gorman   L Holt    
Ruck   E Borkman  L Barraclough    L Thomson 
Int   B Cole   R Kennedy   L Rowse 
   G Willis   O Law    

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WOMENS UNDER 20s

v Sydney Uni

Saturday 9:00am

Gore Hill Oval

Pacific Highway, St Leonards

  L Shinfield   J Morelli    
HB   T Thompson   M Barnet-Hepples   J Dyer 
  A Foley   Z Mitchell   C Johnson 
HF   M Stallworthy   C Griebel    I Edmunds 
  E Nelson   E Byrne    
Ruck   R Davey   J Loughhead   I Gilbert 
Int   N Hodgkinson   L Kent   K Petrides 
   S Shaw   P Barry    
Emer   D Lee