Play On! Queensland

The Queensland Government is delivering cost of living relief for Queensland families and helping keep kids active, with $200 Play On! sport vouchers.

From Monday 4 August, Queensland families can claim a $200 Play On! voucher per child aged between five and 17.

Here’s what you need to know:

• each voucher is worth $200
• the vouchers will be provided over two rounds, for summer or winter sports
• there is a dedicated allocation for kids in regional and country Queensland
• there will be more accessible sports to give children of all abilities the chance play sport.

Play On! is here to stay with $62.5 million set aside each year for Queensland families.

Sign up for Play On! updates so you don’t miss out.

| Click here to register for updates as an activity provider |

| Click here to register for updates as a family |

Wests have become a Corporate Member of The Lion and we are encouraging all members to also join The Lion as a corporate member.

FREE corporate membership at The Lion includes 15% off all food and beverage. If any of you have a membership card with The Lion, they can easily swap over to corporate membership for you.

It is the Club’s intention to use the facilities at The Lion more often during next season including monthly get togethers after a Sunday Division 1 game for a meal and drinks – it is only ten minutes down the road from our Club

If you wish to join, please use the following link

https://wests.link/TheLion

It is with great pleasure that the Committee has bestowed the honour of Life Membership to Club stalwart – Ben Broad.

Ben received his award in front of all of his friends and team mates at the recent Seniors Presentation Night held at The Lion.

Ben has been with the Club since his junior playing days back in the 1980’s. He has played at our many and various fields over the ensuing years including Hero’s Park at Taringa; Western Districts Australian Football Club in Chelmer; Sherwood Australian Football Club’s ground; Dunlop Park, Corinda and finally Atthow’s Park Westcombe Street Darra.

Ben has done it all at Wests – player, coach and supporter.

Ben is one of the nicest and kindest persons you will ever have the pleasure of meeting.

Well done Ben – an honour truly deserved.

2024 – 2025 AWARD WINNERS

SENIORS

GRADE AWARD PLAYERS NAME
Division 1 Most Valuable Player Rory Roweder
Division 1 Batting Award Moritz Kohler
Division 1 Fielding Award Alex Jacques
Division 1 Player’s player Award Charlie Pietsch

Division 2 Most Valuable Player Nick Kremastos
Division 2 Batting Award Oliver Tsai
Division 2 Fielding Award James Hudson

Division 3 Most Valuable Player Robbie Thatcher
Division 3 Batting Award Darcy Dalman
Division 3 Fielding Award Molly Paddison

Division 4 Most Valuable Player Brenton Povis
Division 4 Batting Award Caleb Arrold
Division 4 Fielding Award David Watkins

Division 5 Most Valuable Player Leo Taira
Division 5 Batting Award Jason Morris
Division 5 Coaches Award Sean O’Connor

Division 6 Most Valuable Player Josh Mauger
Division 6 Batting Award Jorn Smith
Division 6 Fielding Award Chris Perren

Women’s – Div 2 Most Valuable Player Bec Robertson
Women’s – Div 2 Coaches Award Rachel Bremner

Masters – Div 2 Most Valuable Player Chris Reeves
Masters – Div 2 Batting award Chris Reeves

Masters – Div 3 Most Valuable Player Ben Broad
Masters – Div 3 Coaches Award Jorn Smith

U18 Most promising player Noel Connors Memorial Shield
Bailey Russell

CLUB AWARDS – SENIORS

Senior Bulldog of the Year Senior Bulldog of the Year
Rory Rohweder

Golden Arm Award – Pitcher MIM Steel “Golden Arm” Cup
Nick Kremastos

Most Improved Senior Frank McDonald Award
Caleb Schneider

Senior Volunteer of the Year Coogan Family Award
Duncan Bremner

Club Person of the Year Collin Morriss Memorial Shield
Bradley Brown

Women’s Volunteer of the Year Gladys Coogan Award
Gina Fuller

2024 – 2025 AWARD WINNERS

JUNIOR AWARDS

GRADE AWARD PLAYERS NAME

Senior League D1 Most Valuable Player Cooper Jones
Senior League D1 Batting Award Curtis Bright
Senior League D1 Coaches Award Edward Gornik

Senior League D2 Most Valuable Player Alec Kretschmann
Senior League D2 Batting Award Sleiman Ortiz
Senior League D2 Coaches Award Zander Pollock

Junior League D1 Most Valuable Player Shuta Kobayashi
Junior League D1 Batting Award Eli Collyer
Junior League D1 Coaches Award Austin Kwakkernaat

Junior League D2 Most Valuable Player Cooper Smith
Junior League D2 Batting Award Harper Gossner
Junior League D2 Coaches Award Hudson Smith

Little League Major Most Valuable Player Angus Ditchburn
Little League Major Batting Award Angus Ditchburn
Little League Major Coaches Award Izzy Astill

Little League Minor Pitch 46 Blue Most Valuable Player Zion Rausseo
Little League Minor Pitch 46 Blue Batting Award Sebastian Trowse
Little League Minor Pitch 46 Blue Coaches Award Alex Rawlinson

Little League Minor Pitch 46 Red Most Valuable Player Shota Maeda
Little League Minor Pitch 46 Red Batting Award Noah Dean
Little League Minor Pitch 46 Red Coaches Award Giles Rouse

Little League Minor Pitch 40 Most Valuable Player Pacey Scarth
Little League Minor Pitch 40 Batting Award Adam Erez
Little League Minor Pitch 40 Coaches Award Blair Euler

CLUB AWARDS

Junior Bulldog of the Year Junior Bulldog of the Year

• Bailey Russell

Junior Volunteer of the Year

• Andrew Rawlinson

Junior Player Volunteer of the Year

• Jackson Ronan &

• Emmett Egan-Watkins

Little League Player of the Year Burmah Shield Encouragement

• Angus Ditchburn

Alpha Physiotherapy are offering a Special Price deal to all Wests Members

The deal is any Member can make an appointment for Physio services at Alpha Physiotherapy for $90 per appointment.

This is a saving of $28 per consult

Call to book now – Phone: 3279 3871

or

Email: info@alphaphysio.com.au

Address: 50 Sumners Road Sumner 4074 – ten minutes drive from Atthows Park.

Congratulations to our own Paddison family who took out some prestigious awards at the recent BQ Annual Hall of Fame and Awards Dinner

PROGRAM AWARDS

Coach of the Year: David Paddison

WOMEN’S AWARDS 

Hitter of the Year: Molly Paddison

The WESTS HOME RUN DERBY was the SMASH HIT of the season so far

Members and friends had a great day at Wests yesterday – great weather, sensational food, smashing events and a good time was had by all.

Huge shout out to Andrew “Rawlo” Rawlinson for creating the day – even if he was lollygagging over in the USA on the day.

The Brisbane Bandits were a huge part of the day and thanks to Ryan Searle; “Buster” and the team for their support

B2B attended with their large range of quality baseball gear and they provide 2 x $50 vouchers.

The food trucks were amazing with Flaming Horns smoked meats – so delicious; the ice cream and coffee trucks provided great product and our own canteen served heart warming, tasty food.

The great day ended with the extensive prize range being awarded.

Thanks to our hard working Committee for making this day so special

Each summer baseball season, the Club brings out overseas baseball players to assist our Club by

1. Playing strong baseball with our Division 1 team
2. Coaching one of the Club junior teams
3. Being a role model for all of our players
4. Bringing a different culture to our Club

The Club needs Host families to accommodate these players. Rod and Wendy Gaunt are hosting our two German import players – Moritz Kohler and Luca Rammelmann.

We need a family or families or a Member to host our American import player Don Goodes. Here is his profile  – please click to learn some more about Don. Don will be coaching one of the Little League Division 2 teams this season.

Please respond by reply email if you are able to accommodate Don for a month, a few months or for the entire season. Don will arrive in Brisbane on Friday 19th September at 11.35pm via Cathay Pacific.

The Club will assist with providing some funds to each Host family for food (@$1000 per season) as well as providing a car for the player to use for the season.

This is a great opportunity for a family to experience hosting an overseas player gaining a rich insight into the player’s country and baseball activities as well as gaining a good friend and a possible exchange opportunity for your child to play baseball overseas.

NEWS FROM THE QLD GOVERNMENT Exciting updates: FairPlay vouchers Round 11 details! Good afternoon We are pleased to announce the expansion of the FairPlay vouchers program! Starting from 1 July 2024, the program will be open to all Queensland children aged 5 to 17. What’s new?           * Eligibility: FairPlay is now open to all Queensland kids aged 5 to 17.           * Voucher value: increased from $150 to up to $200.           * Voucher availability: up to 200,000 vouchers will be available. Up to 50,000 vouchers will be available to Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card holders exclusively.           * Application period: FairPlay opens on 1 July 2024 and will remain open for up to 12 months (or until vouchers have been fully exhausted). There will not be a new round in January as in previous years. Families will need to apply for a voucher this round if they wish to enrol in an eligible activity within the next 12 months. We encourage you to promote this program to your communities and ensure families are aware of the new eligibility and increased benefits. The attached amplification kit can be used to help spread the word. How to stay informed:           * Email fairplayvouchers@dtis.qld.gov.au or call 13 QGOV           * Follow us on Facebook @QldSportAndRec           * Visit qld.gov.au/fairplayvouchers This is a fantastic opportunity to help more children engage in sport and active recreation. Thank you for your continued support in getting more kids active! Kind regards