Disappointment was the main emotion of the day when Doncaster again lost a close match to Noble Park in our Round 10 return clash at Schramms last weekend. Buoyed by the recent win over Norwood, and with Noble only one win ahead of us, we looked forward confidently to reversing our 10 pt loss to […]

There were plenty of “thumbs-up” and “you bloody bewdies” echoing around Schramm’s at the final siren last Saturday when the mighty Sharks gallantly held off a determined Norwood side to win by the barest of margins.  Hearty congrats go to Stewie and the team on this confidence-building win, achieved in what was a real ‘thriller-diller’ […]

The Doncaster FC extends a warm welcome to Shark Park to former rugby union star, and Wallaby great, Peter Grigg who is our Guest Speaker at our 1st Coterie Luncheon this Saturday. Peter Grigg’s illustrious international rugby career began in the late 1970’s for some 8 years until he retired after the inaugural 1987 Rugby […]

Yes, it certainly was a contrasting two-flavour experience when the senior Doncaster Sharks took on the South Croydon Bulldogs at Cheong Park last Saturday.  With fond memories of our last culinary footy experience at Cheongs in 2018, we looked forward to again savouring our mains of choice – “Shark Supreme” – which had proved such […]

The ladder slide by a seriously-depleted Doncaster team continued last Saturday when the senior boys were convincingly beaten by 17pts at home by fellow-struggler club, North Ringwood.  Addressing the players and supporters after the match our clearly-disappointed Senior coach, Stewie Kemperman, urged all at the Club to hang tight during the current tough times. The […]

There may have been a new “miracle” taking place around the rest of Australia last Saturday, but it certainly didn’t happen at Balwyn Park where an injury-ravaged Doncaster took on the rejuvenated might of the Balwyn Football Club.  Missing a pile of senior players with worrisome term injuries, and with a relatively shallow playing depth […]

It was the famous 16th century playwright, William Shakespeare who once said: “Expectation is the root of all heartache and when you have no expectations there is no disappointment”.  Well then, if the “Bard of Stratford-on-Avon” had been peering down on Schramms Reserve last Saturday he would have seen a thick blanket of disappointment descend […]

It was a positive Doncaster coach who spoke in measured terms to the players and Club faithful after the Seniors’ hard-fought, break-through win at Montrose last Saturday. Stewie Kemperman was clearly pleased, and perhaps a little relieved, at seeing the team overcome injured personnel and a determined opposition side to record a tight 14pt win […]

Doncaster’s tough start to the 2019 Season continued last Saturday when both our sides struggled to counter the all-round ability of strong club, Rowville Hawks. After three rounds we are yet to salute at the final siren but, to be fair, there are some extenuating circumstances behind our present lowly position on the ladder.  The […]

It was a fairly–dark performance day for the Club last Saturday when both Doncaster teams were convincingly outplayed by visiting club, Vermont.  The Eagles, as reigning premiers and 2019 flag favorites, arrived at Schramms determined to avenge their Round 14 loss to the Sharks last year.  And they did so in spades, winning by 46 […]