News

The hard road

STEVEN Morris - the son of dual Richmond premiership player Kevin Morris - has taken a hard road towards achieving his AFL dream.

17th February 2012

Tom Sullivan wins U19 400m race easily

Tom Sullivan won his third "players race" at yesterday's St. Bernard's Bendigo Bank Gift, easily accounting for the field in the handicap 400m event.

7th February 2012

Ten Years After

A decade has passed and much has changed since that year which culminated in Peter Nicholson and Ben Jordan hoisting the LA Adamson Cup.

2nd February 2012

Annual Australia Day Eve 20-20 match

The Annual 20 / Twenty matches usually provide not only great interest but certainly drama - the 2012 match was to be no different.

27th January 2012

Footballers name team for 20:20 game

Chris Tankard is confident he has assembled a very competitive team of footballers for the annual Australia Day eve 20:20 cricket game against the cricketers.

16th January 2012

Lightning to Strike at the St Bernard's Gift

The fastest athlete's in the state, will be moving like lightning on sunday feb 5th at the St Bernard's Gift.

9th January 2012

2012 Fixture Premier Division

The Victorian Amateur Football Association released the 2012 season fixture for the senior teams in early December 2011.

8th January 2012

Colts Christmas Training Program

To all Colts, please do your best to follow the attached christmas holiday period training program.

21st December 2011

New Recruit at Wed Dec 21st : Christmas BBQ

Time certainly does fly when you are having fun as a big year on and off the field for the football club rapidly draws to a close.

15th December 2011

SBOCFC Anniversary Book

In 2013, St Bernards Old Collegians Football Club will celebrate its 50th Anniversary.

30th November 2011

Its Sizzling at the Snakepit

The weather is hot and the expanded coaching and development group including Dean Laidley and Simon Atkins are on board.

23rd November 2011

2012 Junior Ambassador's Announced

The committee of the junior football club has generously agreed to sponsor three senior players for the 2012 season.

20th November 2011

Simon Atkins and Dean Laidley Join St. Bernard's

St. Bernard's OCFC is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Atkins to the position of Director of Football Development for the football club.

20th November 2011

Evo Takes Speccy in Italy

Dane 'China' Evans has taken a well earned break from running the show in Macau and footy commitments in Hong Kong

10th November 2011

Season 2012 Key Dates

The Board of the Victorian Amateur Football Association yesterday announced key dates.

8th November 2011

St. Bernard's 2011 Melbourne Cup CALCUTTA results

Congratulations to John Shelley & his team of punters for successfully bidding on Melbourne cup winner Dunaden.

2nd November 2011

Juniors invited to train with Cannons/Jets

Seven St. Bernard's juniors from the 2011 season have been invited to train with representative teams at either the Calder Cannons or Western Jets.

31st October 2011

Peter Wood Appointed U19 Premier Coach for Season 2012

Peter Wood has accepted the position of coach of the U19 Premier division team for 2012.

29th October 2011

Damien Sullivan Appointed Reserves Coach for 2012

Damien Sullivan has accepted the position of coach of the reserves team for 2012.

22nd October 2011

Robert Hyde accepts role as Head Coach, Northern Bullants

Robert Hyde contacted the club today to advise us that he had accepted the role as Head Coach of the Northern Bullants.

20th October 2011

Members Elect New Committee with a New President

St. Bernard's Members Elect New Committee with a New President, Patrick Crabb

20th October 2011

Boundary Umpire Matt Lewis

What does Matt Lewis do on weekends when his not helping out as boundary umpire of our u15s? Run triathlons of course!

15th October 2011

Bernards Boys Raise Cash For Kids

Congratulations to our St Bernards OCFC swimmers who competed on Sunday over a 12 hour period, in the Tullamarine Rotary 12 Hour Super Swim.

13th October 2011

Congratulations Steve Morris after persistence pays

The 22-year-old past St.Bernard's player yesterday was thrilled to get the nod from Richmond FC

11th October 2011

Bernard's Boys Dominate in NZ

James Bennie and Daniel Riley have both performed very well in the two games they played for the VAFA U18 representative team in New Zealand.

11th October 2011

Under 17's Presentation

The under 17's presentation night took place last night in front of a large crowd and Coach Mick Bevanda reflected back on the season.

27th September 2011

Tanks Re-appointed Senior Coach

Chris Tankard has been re-appointed senior coach for 2012 along with senior assistant coach Nick Smith.

26th September 2011

Merro Takes B&F

Star Forward Andrew Merrington capped of a brilliant season by winning the clubs 2011 Best and Fairest Award.

25th September 2011

Colts Registrations Now Open

The St Bernard's football club has great pleasure inviting you to be apart of the 2011/2012 COLTS Pre Season training program.

22nd September 2011

Development Squad Registrations Now Open

The St Bernard's football club has great pleasure inviting you to be apart of the 2011/2012 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD Pre Season training program.

22nd September 2011

Turtle and James Bennie in VAFA Rep

Two St Bernards boys Daniel 'Turtle' Riley and James Bennie have been named in the VAFA Under 18 Rep team to tour New Zealand in October.

21st September 2011

Steam Train Stops Short of Final Destination

After an amazing run of eight wins in a row the St Bernards Steam Train was finally halted by a talented Caulfield outfit in Saturdays Grand Final.

18th September 2011

Steam Train Rockets Into GF!

What another big 'weekend at Bernies'... Except for the Ressies stumbling at the last hurdle it was a near perfect weekend in less than perfect conditions.

12th September 2011

Under 19s Grand Final

As football director Paul Garth said on Thursday night Damien Sullivan and Ray King have done a fantastic job.

11th September 2011

'Go Bernards' from Egypt

Brendan 'Chick' Ryan has been working all over the globe in the past couple of years.

8th September 2011

This Week Finals

Preview of the upcoming week

7th September 2011

Semi Finals Wrap

The St Bernards Steam Train keeps gathering momentum .. once again it was a tight first half and once again the boys responded with a blistering second half.

5th September 2011

Director of Football Development

St. Bernard's OCFC is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Hyde as Football Development Director.

4th September 2011

Steam Train Rolls Through Fields!

Another Saturday of strong performances saw all sides win beginning with the Thirds knocking off Oakleigh, the Ressies proved too good for Caulfield to take 2nd spot.

29th August 2011

George 150, Josh, Joey 100

It's been a big year for milestones with Paddy Harris chalking up the 150, Capesey, Clang and and Snaz hitting the exulted 200

29th August 2011

Clang Racks Up 200th Milestone

Chris 'Clang' Mitchell proudly donned the St Bernards Guernsey for his 200th VAFA game on Saturday.

28th August 2011

Chris "Clanga" Mitchell on 200

Congratulations Chris "Clanga, Chunk" Mitchell on 200 Games.

26th August 2011

Shagga takes Warriors Best and Fairest again

The Warriors celebrated 2011 with their B&F awards after the Ivanhoe game on Saturday.

24th August 2011

Snaz Chalks Up 200th!

One of St Bernards favourite sons Stephen Iannazzo celebrated his 200th game in style on Saturday.

22nd August 2011

Round 17 Wrap Up

Everything was going to script in the first as St Bernards burst out of the blocks and looked far too slick for Ivanhoe.

22nd August 2011

Bucks Flies St Bernards Flag

Mark Buckley is keeping close tabs on Bernards results since work commitments took him to Seoul in South Korea earlier in the season.

16th August 2011

Round 16 Wrap

After defeating Hampton Rovers by 77 points St Bernards have moved into Fourth place on the ladder and now face Old Ivanhoe.

15th August 2011

Weekend Wrap

It was a crunch game .. St Bernards had to win to keep their finals chances alive, Brighton had to win to keep second spot.

7th August 2011

Weekend Wrap Round 14

St Bernards leapt back into finals contention with a big win over Marcellin on Saturday.

1st August 2011

Development Pathways Program

Last night saw the launch of the St Bernard's Pathway Program which expanded on last years very successful Colts Program.

30th July 2011

Weekend Roundup

In a huge turnaround St Bernards reversed their 102 point loss to Uni Blacks in round 2 to run away 26 point winners at 'the Pit' on Saturday.

25th July 2011

Round 12 Wrap Up: Part 2

St Kevins retained the coveted Justin 'Joc O'Connor Trophy after beating St Bernards by 18 points on Saturday.

18th July 2011

Round 12 Wrap Up: Part 1

St Bernards fronted up to highly ranked Caulfield on Saturday in a match expected to be a good measure of our competiveness

10th July 2011

Round 11 Wrap Up

The one point loss to Oakleigh on the previous Saturday still burnt as St Bernards faced another crunch game away to Beaumaris on Saturday.

4th July 2011

Round 10 Wrap Up

In an agonising final twist Oakleigh Full Forward Lee Barrand who was kept goalless all day by Tom Caven was awarded a free kick with 5 seconds to go.

26th June 2011

Round 9 Wrap Up

After Ivanhoe kicked the first goal into the breeze St Bernards clicked into gear and with quick movement into the forward line and slammed on 7 goals to lead by 33 points

19th June 2011

Round 8 Roundup

It was an 8 point game and an opportunity went begging as St Bernards were outplayed by an impressive Old Brighton.

6th June 2011

VAFA Notice: Umpire Abuse

Of particular concern to the VAFA and the VAFAUA has been the recent trend of umpires being referred to as "cheats" by players and officials

31st May 2011

Round 7 Roundup

St Bernards stretched their winning streak to four after a powerful performance against traditional rival Marcellin at 'the Pit' on Saturday.

30th May 2011

Round 6 Roundup

St Bernards made it three in a row with a 42 point win over Hampton in blustery conditions at James Boss Reserve.

22nd May 2011

Capsey chalks up 200 games

After looking at the games played page on the website Paul Capes decided that sitting on 196 games was just too enticing

19th May 2011

Round 5 Roundup

Bernards beat Beauy and celebrate Chisel's 250th!.

19th May 2011

Seniors and Ressies in NSW

If patience and persistence count for anything we are in for a good year...

1st May 2011

Diamond Dogs Launched

New Board member Vinnie McGuire has formed a new Coterie Group ‘The Diamond Dogs’ which was launched at a gala dinner in Eureka Towers on March 10.

1st May 2011

Weekend Roundup

A roundup of the St Bernards teams in action across the weekend.

1st May 2011