After many years of co-ordinating and managing our bar, Peter Phillips has decided to hang up his bar mat. The club sincerely thanks Peter for his commitment and service to the club.

Consequently, we are seeking the services of a mature and responsible person(s) who may be interested in fulfilling this role. The position is modestly remunerated. With the building of the new clubrooms in 2012, this will be an exciting time to consider such a position. A copy of the duties involved can be viewed here.

Anyone interested in finding out more about the role, please contact Leanne Murphy on 0407 097 220 or Robert Twentyman on 0417 122 026.

We wish to advise the passing of Albert "Alby" Torr, father of Lyn Plummer, who passed away peacefully on Friday 18th November aged 91. Then on Sunday 20th November, Ron Plummer - father of Gary, passed away aged 84. Our condolences to Lyn, Gary and family.

We extend our heartiest congratulations to former Rupo player James Kelly, for his achievement of being selected as on eof the best 22 players in  Australia, in the 2011 All Australian Team.

James played junior footy at Rupo before being drafted to Geelong in 2011, and has had a great career in a team that has shown itself to be one of, if not, THE best of the modern era, and their success is in no small part due to James' ability and dedication.

Click here for a more detailed look at James career.

Sue Buckman and Andrew White were recently featured in television news stories about the Defib Your Club for Life campaign on both channel 9 and 7. To view the channel 7 story, we invite you to click here.

The Defib Your Club for Life group are now in a position to accept tax deductible donations and are always keen to hear from prospective sponsors and business partners. So while after you've looked at that video, if you haven't already done so, you may wish to donate to their cause, in memory of a wonderful young man that "sparked" this campaign - Stephen "Bucky" Buckman.

Well 2012 is upon us, and we're not far away from starting the building extensions. We don't have an actual commencement date as yet, but are hoping that work will commence before the end of January.

The artistic view of the new building below has been on our website for some time now.

We now also invite you to view the Proposed Floor Plan of Stage 1 of the building renovations, as they have been provided to us recently.

We will be communicating further with all our members and sponsors to keep you informed, as soon as we have something substantial to report, and more importantly, invite our members and sponsors to participate in the the various stages of construction.

One of our senior players - Dale Roberts, has casual work available from September.

You need to be 18 yrs of age, and hold a current drivers licence, as you will be required to drive to different work sites.

The work is in the retail sector, and you will be assisting in setting up displays in various major retail outlets. Work is available between Monday-Friday as required between 7.00am and 6.00pm.

For more information contact Dale directly on 0412 960 957 between 8.30 & 5.30 Mon-Fri. For more detail, click here ot open a pdf, alternatively, if you would like an idea of what's involved check out the RetailworX website.

The club is in the grip of finals for 2011.

It is with a heavy heart we advise that Sue Tentonello, passed away yesterday morning (11/8).

Our condolences to Tony, Jordan and Karla.

Jordan is a member of one of our Under 10 teams.

Over recent years the club has grown significantly and as a result, the club urgently needs more people to become involved in many different areas. This is your opportunity to help take the club into the next phase of it's development.

We invite you to read the Call for Volunteers and get on board. Remember this is your club and is presently run by mums and dads like you, but we need more! Any help will be welcomed!

Don't think "It won't happen to me", coz the tragic death of Tyler Coles proves that it can and does happen to us!

The AFL in conjunction with one of the major partners The TAC are launching a program which will hopefully help reduce road trauma among 16-25 year olds. Having just lost one our team mates under these circumstances and realising that the statistics that the police, government agencies and politicians refer to actually relate to real people and they do have family, they do have friends, they do have TEAM MATES! This is a message that should be hitiing all our senior playing group right between the eyes, and we would expect that every Senior & Under 18 player will register for. There is a great prize on offer too - 2 tickets to the AFL Grand Final for you and a mate. In order to win the prize you must regsiter by 31/7. But prizes aside, losing a team mate and friend in the circumstances we have, should leave you in no doubt about what is the right and smart thing to do.

As a tribute to Tyler, we urge all Senior & Under 18 players, as a mark of respect, to participate in this program. Take 10 minutes to read through the information linked below...... it may just may make you think twice and potentially save your life!

PLEASE DON'T BECOME ANOTHER STATISTIC!

The Fact and Figures      TAC Media Release      Get on Board

It is with great sadness, we advise that former Rupo player Tyler Coles was killed in a car accident on Wednesday 29th June 2011.

Tyler played over 150 games with the club through junior ranks and with the Under 19s & 18s. 

Our condolences to Ricky, Helen and family.

The funeral for Tyler will be held on Friday 8th July 12.00pm @ St Annes church, Riddell Rd, Sunbury.

On Saturday 28th May, we hosted a luncheon to mark the 1st anniversary of passing of Rupo player, mate and friend Stephen "Bucky" Buckman. Along with some very moving speakers and presentations, an important part of the day was the official launch of the Defib Your Club for Life (In memory of Stephen Buckman) campaign.

Defib Your Club for Life (DYCFL) is a not for profit organisation which has been formed by club member Andrew White and Steve's mum Sue, with the help of others wanting to volunteer their time and/or services.

At the luncheon, over $150,000, the equivalent of 63 defibrilators was donated to DYCFL, which is a huge kick start for the organisations initial goal of having at least 1 defibrilator in every football club in Victoria.

You will soon be able to make donations (usual tax deductibility will apply), we will keep you informed when you will be able to do so. In the meantime, if you are part of a company that you think would like to be involved as a sponsor of the campaign, please visit their website from the link below.

For a more details and images of the day and further information we invite you to visit the Defib Your Club for Life website.

It is with sadness that we advise that the deer hunter missing in the high country near Mansfield, David Prideaux, was a member of our club.

A memorial service for David is being conducted at Tabcorp Park, (Melton Trotting Complex) on Monday 4th July at 2.00pm.

Anyone wishing to leave a tribute for David please go to David Maxwell Prideaux Australian Tribute Website Tribute

Calling all coodabeens/shoodabeens/woodabeens!

If you think you've got what it takes, and would like to be involved in what has become an important and fun part of our football program, the EJ Whitten foundation are offering you the opportunity to participate.

For all the details, we invite you to view the pdf.

It is with sadness that we advise that due to increasing pressures at work, Chris Aulich has resigned as vice president of the club.

Chris will still be assisting around the club in a slightly less formal capacity and for those who might be wondering you will still be able to get your beautiful cups of coffee and hot chocolate!

A huge thanks to Chris for all the work he has done over the last 5 years as VP.

Brothers - Under 9 player Ashton Bolger and Under 12 player Ronan Bolger made the trip down to Keilor Park last Saturday to help the senior team with their preparations for their important game against Old Essendon Grammarians. It was a bitterly cold day, but the boys enjoyed their experience with the team!

Our club boasts a proud fact of being one club incorporating a total of 18 teams fro age 7 to 40(ish) and an Auskick clinic which boasts about 130 future champs.

Whilst each section of the club is extremely busy with their own football preparations and issues surrounding getting things happening, we do try to ensure that everyone feels they belong to ONE CLUB! This is not always an easy thing to accomplish.

Last weekend our junior and senior players got together for a bit of serious practice, some serious involvement in each others turf.

On Friday, senior players Leigh and Ben Brennan, Justin Phillips and club captain David Collins gave of their time to help our Under 12s with their skills at training.

Then on Saturday, 4 of our Under 12 players were selected to be involved in the Seniors pre-match routine, including being in the rooms, taking part in the warm up and being right in the inner sanctum in the pre-match huddle and address from the skipper. In fact, one of the boys was so fired up during the warm up, he asked "Can we play with you?" The junior players were also invited to sing the club song in the "circle", should the seniors win, but they unfortunately were unable to hang around till that time. IT HAD BEEN A LONG DAY FOR THEM.

It was a special time for the junior and senior players alike. These will be a regular feature for our junior and senior arms into the future, and we hope that all members get behind this initiative!

AFL Victoria, alongside local community football leagues, will establish up to five new junior football competitions for girls only. We are seeking over 400 girls aged 9-12 to participate in competitions beginning in 2011.  Girls (or their parents) who are interested can register by clicking on the image below or by going to - 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AFLVu12girls

In the meantime, if you would like further information, click here.

One of our FIDA team members was featured in the Sunbury Weekly local newspaper.

Christopher Todarello and his family were incorporated in the front page story about families living with disabilities.

We invite you to learn more.

One of the club's senior players - Leigh Brennan, has asked us to help promote a cause which is close to his heart. We are happy to do so, and probably the easiset way to do this is for you to read further information here.

We hope you can support Leigh in any way you can.