Round 7 Match Preview

Round 7 Match Preview

WHERE: North Port Oval, Port Melbourne WHEN: Saturday, 2:10pm TV & RADIO: Channel 7 (live), 3WBC LAST FIVE MEETINGS: Round 12, 2016: Port Melbourne 10.11 (71) defeated Box Hill 7.13 (55) at North Port Melbourne Round 8, 2015: Box Hill 17.13 (115) defeated Port Melbourne 8.12 (60) at Box Hill City Oval Qualifying Final, 2014:…

TEAMS: VFL Round 7

TEAMS: VFL Round 7

They don’t come much bigger than this. Third host first. 2:10pm Saturday. Live on Channel 7. It’s a potential preview of what we might see come September this Saturday at North Port Oval, with both sides blazing a trail at the top of the table. Having lost their first match of the season and relinquished…

TEAMS: VFLW Round 4

TEAMS: VFLW Round 4

Each week is an opportunity for our fledgling Women’s team. Each opportunity is a chance to build, to evolve and improve. Last week the ladies were spirited in defeat, turning in their best performance of the season to date in the loss to St. Kilda on the back of slick ball movement and a growing understanding…

State Game Re-Cap

State Game Re-Cap

As their teammates enjoyed a well-deserved week off, three Box Hill Hawks had the honour of representing the VFL in Saturday’s showdown with the WAFL. Midfielder Andrew Moore was joined by forwards Chris Jones and Sam Switkowski in trading brown and gold for the Big V, with all making their state debuts. Despite the WAFL…

TEAMS: VFLW Round 3

TEAMS: VFLW Round 3

Following last week’s competition wide bye, our Women return to action in a home match against the formidable St.Kilda Sharks. The match kicks off at 11AM Saturday morning and coach Patrick Hill is looking forward to welcoming the Sharks to Box Hill City Oval. “St. Kilda are a very physical team and to beat them we’ll…

Sam Switkowski: Box Hill’s Circuit Breaker

Sam Switkowski: Box Hill’s Circuit Breaker

It’ll be forty years this October since a Victorian representative team travelled across the Nullarbor to face a similarly assembled West Australian squad in the first “State of Origin” clash. The match was the brainchild of Subiaco Football Club’s marketing manager, Leon Larkin, who was frustrated that the nature – and rules –  of selection…

Pip Peschke elevated to VFL Women’s list

Pip Peschke elevated to VFL Women’s list

Victorian hockey champion Pip Peschke has been elevated to Box Hill’s VFL Women’s list. Peschke played hockey for six years at the Waverley Panthers in Premier League, the highest league in Victoria, winning Waverley’s Best & Fairest in 2015 and captaining her side in 2016. She officially becomes a Hawk following the season-ending ACL injury diagnosis…