HEAD COACH ANNOUNCEMENT - 2023 YOUTH TEAMS

Winner of the 2022 Des Lashman Trophy as Sherwood Magpies Junior Coach of the Year, our very own Sean Toohey is back at the helm of the new boys age group of u13s in 2023.

Sean has been a player or coach at the Magpies since 1993 when he joined the Magpies to play u14 footy and played in an u17 Division 1 Premiership and was part of the drought breaking Division 1 Senior Premiership side in 2006 before acting as the runner for the 2008 Premiership team.

In 2009, Sean was captain of the inaugural "Woodies" team (Previously known as 3rds, Low Rollers and Sherwood Old Boys) under coach and Grogan medalist, Bill Pierce. The team made the grand final and what a day it was for Sean. His wife gave birth to twins in the morning, and he ran out to lead the Woodies to the flag later in the day! He captained a 2nd Premiership undefeated in 2014 and secretly plans to pull the boots on a couple more times each year!

Sean was assistant coach to his teams in 2017, 18 & 19, before stepping up to be the head coach of the mighty U10s in 2020, u11s in 2021 and u12s in 2022 when they pushed all the way to Grand Final day. He lives and breathes footy, and has stepped up for the club again in 2023 to take the role as head coach for the U13s.

He will be assisted by a raft of quality assistant coaches and we look forward to a great year in 2023.

For players looking to play u13 Boys football at Sherwood in 2023, there will be a short information session on Monday 5 December at 530pm in the clubhouse where you can meet Sean and find out information about training commencement and the year ahead.

The Sherwood Magpies are delighted to announce Co-Coaches for our very lucky Under 13 Girls age group in 2023.

Abi Ashford is a QAFLW Senior Premiership Player with Yeronga and arriving back at Sherwood in 2022, quickly became part of the furniture as she attended the club on an almost daily basis to train and/or walk the dog!

Growing up in WA with 3 brothers, she was surrounded by footy and an accomplished basketballer and hockey player, Abi had originally joined in for the 2020 Pre-Season, but despite not having played footy before - had clear ability and was rightly directed to nearby Yeronga to play QAFLW where she became a Senior QAFLW Premiership player in her first season.

Returning to her local club Sherwood in 2022, she had immediate impact as Runner Up in the Senior Best & Fairest. Not content with starring on the footy field, Abi is also the guitarist and back up vocalist in the indie-pop-rock band Flag Duty and spends some of her spare time coaching the next generation footballers in the Brisbane Girls Grammar footy team and now lends her expertise to the next generation of Magpies.

Right alongside her will be Jie Walsh, who has been a long term footy person and has a board member at the Magpies since 2020 as well as assisting with coaching and managing various teams such as u11 Girls, u12 Boys, u13 Girls and u14 Boys in recent years. With his experience in footy going back 10+ years including working at clubs in Bundaberg and Cairns, Jie is also an experienced manager and leader of people and will be a great addition to the u13 Girls coaching team in 2023.

For players looking to play u13 Girls football at Sherwood in 2023, there will be a short information session on Monday 5 December at 530pm in the clubhouse where you can meet Abi & Jie and find out information about training commencement and the year ahead.

The Sherwood Magpies are delighted to announce the appointment of Connor Bulley as Head Coach of the u15 Boys age group in 2023.

An accomplished player who has played for the Brisbane Lions at VFL level and is a QAFL Senior Player at the Magpies, Bulley decided to expand his footy in 2022 and balance his playing commitments with coaching where he joined the u14 Boys squad as an assistant coach and runner and became an integral part of the Premiership winning team.

His 2022 experiences saw him officially bitten by the coaching bug, and Connor is the ideal mentor to our strong u15 age group in 2023 as they move into Division 1 football.

For players looking to play u15 Boys football at Sherwood in 2023, there will be a short information session on Tuesday 6 December at 530pm in the clubhouse where you can meet Connor and find out information about training commencement and the year ahead.*

The Sherwood Magpies are delighted to confirm the re-appointment of Wil Ivinson as Head Coach of u15 Girls for 2023.

A Life Member of the club, Wil has been associated with the Magpies for 32 years starting with the club as a junior way back in 1990, after arriving from Darwin. He had a successful playing career across 24 years through to 2014, culminating in a Premiership win with the Woodsmen in his last game.

Through that time, he also coached at the U16 and U18 level, winning two Division 1 grand finals and has been an integral part of the club over many years with his leadership and mentoring of countless future Senior players. He is also a qualified trainer and acted as a volunteer in this role across all senior grades, as well as having experience with several AFL clubs.

In 2016, the next generation Wil Ivinson (Jnr) started his footy career at Sherwood. With his son now playing at the club he loves, Wil became heavily involved in junior coaching - guiding U6s, U8s, U9s and U10s through 5 enjoyable seasons before he joined in helping the u13 Girls in 2021 and took the head coaching reigns of the u15 Girls in 202.

Wil brings a lot of structure and a lot of fun to his training sessions which brings out the best in all the kids he coaches and this was recognised in 2019 when he was deservedly awarded the Sherwood Junior Coach of the Year award.

For players looking to play u15 Girls football at Sherwood in 2023, there will be a short information session on Monday 5 December at 530pm in the clubhouse where you can meet Wil and find out information about training commencement and the year ahead.*

The Sherwood Magpies are delighted to confirm the appointment of Damian Haber to the role of u17 Boys Head Coach. Haber will play an important role as a conduit between our u17 Division 1 Program, QAFL Colts and QAFL Senior squad as the Magpies continue to focus strongly on the development of local talent for QAFL and AFL Football.

With a lifelong association with footy, Haber grew on on the Gold Coast where he played Junior and Senior Football at Southport, before professional commitments saw him move to Victoria and 3 x Knee Reconstructions later his footy career was over in a flash.

Moving back to Queensland to raise his family, he got back into football coaching juniors at Moggill Mustangs from 2017-2019 and then took the reigns of the Magpies u12 Division 1 team in 2021 and the Premiership winning u14s in 2022. A keen educator and mentor, Damian is moving up to the u17s to create stability in young Magpie players transition from youth to QAFL Senior footy, with intentions to coach the u17 squad for 3+ years while also acting as the Senior QAFL Team Runner, creating a consistent and familiar face for young players.

Please come down to meet and greet + grab a footy and go for a kick on the main oval. We'd like to see you in readiness for the 2023 season - both existing and new players.

Parents + Friends please come down and say hi - the coaching team look forward to meeting you also if you're able to make it

Tuesday 6 Dec 2022

5:15pm - 5:45pm

The Sherwood Magpies are delighted to confirm that highly experienced youth girls coach, Chris Bloor has been re-appointed to the u17 Division 1 girls coaching role in 2023.

Going into his 6th consecutive year coaching youth girls football, Chris is uniquely experienced coaching girls at this level and getting the best out of their football journey. Having coached an u15 Division 1 Premiership, and taken u17 Division 1 teams to consecutive Grand Finals - Chris has also coached St Peters Open Girls team and was the inaugural u17 Division 1 coach at Sherwood in 2021.

For players looking to play u17 Girls football at Sherwood in 2023, there will be a short information session on Monday 5 December at 530pm in the clubhouse where you can meet Chris and find out information about training commencement and the year ahead.