Nickname: Willo/Dasher
Current Occupation: Building Company Trade Assistant
Current Place of Residence: Bunbury, WA
Association with the club (Player/Official) & period of involvement:
Club Official - 1984 still involved, Property Man/Trainer - 1984 - 1997, Team Manager, Director 1997 - 1999 & 2002 -2003, Vice President 2003.
Post South Bunbury Life:
2000 - 2001 & 2004 - 2005 Business commitments, will still give a hand when required.
Position Played: Full Forward if I had played
Best South Player and Coach you’ve seen:
Player - Peter Old
Coach - Kerry Conley
Most memorable incident/experience at the club:
Being awarded Life Membership in 2003, Team Manager when winning Reserves and League Grand Finals in 1993, Club Director when winning 2002 League Grand Final, Club Director in 100th Celebrations in 1997.
Earliest memory/association with the club:
Going to games as a young bloke in footy gear; watching Leon Baker play in 1980 Grand Final against the Goats.
Additional Comments (Eg. Fondest memory, favourite character around the club, most despised opposition, etc):
Favourite Characters - Trevor House, Stan "Blowfly" Buswell
Fondest memories - Grand Final victories, life long friendships made.
Despised Opposition - Hate them all ( they all hate us)
Other family members who have/had some association with South Bunbury Football Club:
Most of my family, apart from Mum, Dad and sister, Natalie, who have had a long association with the Club in many ways, both sides of our family including uncles, aunties, cousins have supported, worked and played in some way for the Club.
Additional Thoughts:
Well, as a young bloke who was born and bred South Bunbury, it is hard to look back and reflect on over 20 plus years of SBFC life and not smile and laugh. From the glory days of the 80's to the downfall times of the 90's, to the rebuilding Premiership of 2002 where the Club Motto (Cede Nullis - Yield to no-one) was reborn, to present where I believe the Club stands financially strong as others struggle. So there is so much that the Club has given me, enjoyment, friendships and achievement for myself without even playing a game of footy (yet) makes me so proud to be a Tiger. To be a Club Official and win Premierships as Team Manager and Director and receive the Crabb medal (Best Clubman 1990 & youngest to win it) and Life Membership 2003 (Youngest again equal to Jim Thomson - Legend) to me in footy terms was like winning Sandover, Brownlow Medals - such an honour. But to the Club in general as we pass 108 years of proud history and tradition we now need the new generation to stand tall both on and off the field and become passionate about the Clubs future and support the old faces around the Club and not just leave it all to them. To the Teams in the Finals in 2005 best of luck (kick some ass) and continue it on for the future.
Kind regards - Darryn Wilson (A Proud Tiger) 2005 |
