New Head Coach - Season 2012
The club is proud to announce that Robert Leopardi has been appointed as Head Coach for the 2012 season.
Robert's career as a coach and player has spanned over three decades. As a player Robert has had vast experience where he has played for various established clubs including: Adelaide City, Port Adelaide Soccer Club and Blue Eagles. At Blue Eagles he was a part of the 1982-84 team where they had widespread success; winning all four cups and the championship for both years.
Robert has been coaching for 13 years beginning as a junior coach, ranging from Under 9's up to Under 16's. As well as his extensive playing career Robert has successfully coached at senior level where he has coached at distinguished clubs; Western Strikers, Adelaide city and Adelaide Galaxy. He also spent a portion of one year at South Adelaide where he worked with Aldo Maricic coaching seniors, where together they managed to keep the team out of relegation. Robert spent two years coaching at Western Strikers where together with Charlie Villani and Aldo Maricic they were able to get Strikers promoted to the Super League, in which they continue to be a formidable team. Whilst at Western Strikers he also was the goal-keeper coach for one year. Robert has also coached the Under 14's and Under 15's at Adelaide city and also Adelaide Galaxy Under 16's.
We wish to congratulate Robert on his appointment and warmly welcome him to the club. We are very excited to have him join us and become a great addition to the club.
Pre-Season January 10th 2012
When: Tuesday January 10th, 6:15pm
Where: Immanuel College, 32 Morphett Road Novar Gardens
We welcome all returning players and all new players. All new players welcome.
Welcome Sponsors
We are proud to announce the inclusion of new sponsors in 2012. We welcome welcome West Beach & Districts Bendigo Community Bank as a Silver Sponsor and Shoebox photography as a Bronze Sponsor. We are excited to have these new sponsors onboard in season 2012 and building strong relationships into the future.
Club Polo Top
We have our club's first polo top on the way this year for all our members. This will be provided by the club through our sponsors at no cost to players. We will be sizing all players during pre-season so make sure to see Darrell to try on a sample top and get your size.
Season Launch
This year we will be holding our season launch for all our members at the ICOSA Centre at Immanuel College. All food and drinks will be provided at cost by the club for everyone to enjoy. We would like every player to be in attendance as we will be holding presentations, introducing our new coach and sponsors and unveiling the new club socks and polo top which each player will receive on the night. We would love to see family and friends so please invite them along, the more we get, the more successful the night!
Date: Saturday 25th February
Time: 4:00pm-11:00pm
Venue: ICOSA Centre, Immanuel College
