Glen Waverley Hawks Football Club

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Club History - Founded 1973

The Glen Waverley Hawks Football Club was founded in 1973 to pursue an interest in football for the youth of a fast growing area.

Initially games were played at Madeline Street Reserve and after sub division took place at which is now known as Legend Park the club moved to its new home Capital Reserve which has become a landmark in the area.

The Club grew to such an extent that it was able to field 2 teams in each age group from U/9's - U/14's with one U/15 and U16 team, a total of some 320 boys.

It has become the most respected, successful and decorated club in the Waverley and surrounding area.

Such was the intensity and dedication of the club that seven players have reached the ultimate and played VFL/AFL football with Michael Pickering becoming Captain of Richmond. Michael was also our first best and fairest winner in the U/10 1973.

Numerous other players have distinguished themselves in their own right.

In 1980 due to the growth in the area and the foresight of the committee the Glen Waverley Hawks Sports Club was founded and encompassed the Football, Cricket and Netball Clubs.

The Glen Waverley Hawks Sports Club is now the governing body of all sporting activities in the club.

As a result of this growth the club was able to lobby the council to advise and support the development of the current clubrooms which were opened in 1989.

The success of the club in the past has given the current executive the confidence to pursue the continuing expansion and development of the Glen Waverley Hawks for the future members of the Club.

In 2001 the committee felt for the club to grow, to its previous status, they needed to move from the WJFA and play divisional football. The move was made to field our under sixteen side in the Eastern Football League.

With the success of our sixteens in 2001 the club moved all age groups to the EFL in 2002 and it was not long before the club achieved success with premierships in 2005 and 2006 with our under 12s and 13s

In 2005 saw another significant change in the direction of the Glen Waverley Hawks with introduction of senior and reserve sides entered into the EFL. This decision was and is crucial to the growth and development of our junior players.

Good Sports - Level 1 Accredited

Sports clubs such as ours play a significant role in the community and therefore have a responsibility to our members and their families. In recognition of this, the Glen Waverley Hawks Football Club has elected to participate in the Australian Drug Foundation’s Good Sports program.

The program is run in Victoria by the Australian Drug Foundation in conjunction with VicHealth, Traffic Accident Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation. The program has been designed to assist clubs with the responsible management of alcohol and is the only nationwide program of its kind.

As a community based club we believe involvement in this program is a way for our club to promote a healthy and welcoming club culture whilst working to consistently meet our duty of care obligations in regards to alcohol consumption.

To become Good Sports Level 1 accredited we will address a number of criteria including having members trained in the Responsible Serving of Alcohol.

For more information about the Good Sports program contact Gary Hocking.