It’s been another great year for our club and I would like to thank the committee for their time and dedication to St Peters Football Club, as well as the hard work of our team officials, volunteers and players.
I would also like to acknowledge the support of our sponsors and would encourage everyone to support their various businesses as often as possible.
Our aim is to ensure that as many kids as possible can play footy in our East Bentleigh and Oakleigh south communities. This child-centric focus allows a safe space at our club where children can make friends, develop their footy skills, while improving their well-being both physically and mentally. As they develop these skills, they also have opportunities to develop with the support of the club through coaching and umpiring.
This season, we had 415 registered players as well as season permits for our merged teams. This was a 9% increase on total registrations compared to season 2023.
St Peters Football Club entered 20 teams in the SMJFL competition for season 2024. This included 10 mixed teams (although very few girls played in the mixed teams), 4 boys-only teams and 6 girls-only teams.
Our Under 15 boys’ teams once again merged with the Murrumbeena Football Club, allowing grading to occur and boys to play in divisions that suited their range of abilities. Our Under 18 girls team continued in their merge with Bentleigh Junior Football Club.
Of our 14 non-modified competitive teams, 10 played finals and 6 played grand finals, with 4 teams winning premierships. Congratulations to our premiership teams: U12 Mixed DIV 5 Logan, U13 Mixed DIV 3 Richardson, U15 DIV 3 McKinstry and U16 DIV 5 D’Zilva.
We look forward to another exciting season in 2025!
Mandy O’Connor, President
