Carnival fun on Community Weekend
09 May, 2008
Brentwood Booragoon Football Club will create a carnival atmosphere for its game against Ellenbrook on Saturday, May 10.
The D Grade amateur game is being played on Community Football Weekend as Australian Football celebrates its 150th year.
Brentwood Booragoon is inviting sponsors, life members, parents, brothers, sisters, friends and anyone who wants to come down to their club on Saturday where there will be face painting, a bouncy castle and more.
Everyone is invited to stay back and have a few drinks with a band playing after the game.
Even though Ellenbrook isn’t the home team they are still supporting the 150 year celebrations with a Gala Day to be held in Round 6 on May 17.? There will be children’s rides, clowns and even the Ellenbrook Gift – a 100m race at half-time of the league game.
The Gala is always a great day and involves the Ellenbrook community.
Brentwood Football Club was established in 1978 when a group of close friends decided over a social barbecue to put a team together for the up-coming season. Since then they have won five premierships, three jumper designs and a name change.
Last year was the club’s fifth premiership win, with the others coming in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997.
The club become known as the “Brentwood Dogs,” wearing the original Footscray jumper. They then took on the Central Districts style guernsey and since 2000, have adopted their exclusive design featuring the fighting bulldog across the front.
It was decided in 2005 to change the name to Brentwood Booragoon Football Club to assist the growth of the club as it strives to develop and grow in what is a competitive environment.
This year they are fielding three teams, league, reserves and colts with the club also a part of Masters Australian Football (MAF), entering a Veteran’s (over 35’s) team.
According to club president David van Raalte, the Ellenbrook Senior Football Club was started in 2002 by three local residents who made a flyer and ran the streets placing them in letter boxes to generate interest.
“Enough members were produced to start with a team in the Mercantile League, where they played, but lost the grand final,” van Raalte said.
“Since then the club has progressed through the Hills Competition and the WAFA, but in 2007, showed their biggest move to date and entered into the WAAFL where they finished middle of the table, but still considered it to be a successful season.”
Both clubs believe that the 150 Year celebration weekend is a great idea.
Rhys Jenkins from Brentwood Booragoon believes that this is an opportunity for the local community to support the clubs.
“Some people wouldn’t even know that a club like ours existed as there is way too much emphasis put on AFL and not
