Welcome to Season 2026. Here we are in the middle of April, and we are about to play Round 1, however planning, plotting and training has been on the go since October.
Our loyal sponsors are again with us, we are so grateful for their continued support so please reach out and give them the opportunity to provide for your needs.
Major Sponsors:
Buxton – Sandringham & Hampton East
Brighton Mazda
Gold Sponsors:
Ausfine, Victor Sports, Mortgage Choice Sandringham, Snap Fitness Hampton
We welcome CLS (Joel Emmins) as a new sponsor and hope to announce more soon. Please check our website for the full list of club sponsors.
I am delighted to announce that Cameron Voss has stepped up into the Vice President role, replacing Andrew McGregor who was struggling with work commitments and travel. Andrew will still be around helping where he can. You can view the full 2026 committee here.
We’ve got renewed energy heading into the 2026 season and a new-look coaching panel as previously announced, as follows:
Senior Coach: Paul Carrigan
Assistant Coach & Strength and Conditioning: Michael Brown
Assistants: Michael Flahive, Christian Carnovale, Oscar Roberts
Reserves Coach: Nick Jewell
Assistant Coach: Nick Murnane
Senior Women’s Coach: Brent Ward
Assistants: Mandy Naylor, Jules Schmidt
Under 19s Coach: Nick Jackson
Assistant Coach: Damien Gartick
Senior Thirds Coach: Wilbur Van Derham
Anthony Selby, a director at Pursue Health in Highett, continues as our Head Physiotherapist. He arranges our physios and sports trainers for all games each week and does a mighty job with his team providing increased coverage this year, so if you need some attention we highly recommend him.
Thanks to everyone who has already purchased a 2026 Club Membership. This is a crucial source of income for the club and the packages represent outstanding value, so I encourage everyone to sign up for the 2026 season – find out more here. Thanks also to those who have been able to assist our players with being Player Sponsors, it is greatly appreciated.
I look forward to seeing many of you at our games and home game luncheons throughout the season, and a reminder that we host Ormond in Round 2 on ANZAC Day which is our first home game of the season – bookings are now open for the lunch. I also welcome parents and supporters to the club each Thursday evening for selection night.
A huge thank you to all Roverians members for your continued support of the club. This season the Roverians have provided every registered senior player with Puma training singlets which look sensational, a very generous donation.
A thank you in advance to our band of volunteers throughout the season who without their support we simply couldn’t operate. We’re always looking for more people to help out, as the more people who put up their hand, the more we can spread the workload, so if you’re interested please speak with myself, Dean or Jamie.
This season will be my eighth and last year as President. After serving as Vice President for six years prior to that, the time has come to pass the baton on to the next person to lead us to our 100th year in 2029.
It has been an enormous privilege being able to assist the club and I could not have done that without the tireless assistance from the committee, thank you all.
GO ROVERS
