The West Sydney Gridiron Club held its annual luncheon to honour the outstanding achievements of the past seasons. Members of the 2012 Pirates and 2013 Trojans were on hand to celebrate and recognise the individual winners.
The first major award of the day was presented to David Ward in recognition of his outstanding international career. David became the most capped player in Australian Gridiron history when he played for the Australian Outback against the Polynesian All-Star team earlier this year.
Awards were then presented to both the Pirates and Trojans in a number of categories with the main awards – Team Most Valuable Player being won by –
Shannon Lynch – 2012 Pirates and Jarrad Clarke – 2013 Trojans
To see a complete rundown of all the Award Winners, go to our History page from the links above.
Our congratulations and thanks go to all the Award Winners for their outstanding contributions to the Club.
The NSW State Colts team, the Wolverines, headed to Canberra to compete in the Gridiron Australia Junior Nationals series. The Junior Nationals were played in Tuggeranong between April 16 and 20.
It was hard to find information about who had actually made it into the Wolverines squad but thanks to Trojans Head Coach, David Ward, we were able to officially recognise and congratulate the following Trojan players who were been selected –
Earnest Capangpangan (Quarterback), Jarrad Clarke (Wide Receiver), Kieran Foster (Defensive End), Josh Head (Running Back), and Myles Jones (Offensive Lineman)
The 2012 Division 1 season marked another milestone in Pirate history when Dean Toskoski became the 19th person to achieve at least 10 years service with the silver and black. Dean joins a long list of people who have contributed to the success of the Club, many of whom are still active within the organisation.
Dean joined the Club in 2003 and has played most of his career as a Wide Receiver and he has also seen time as a Defensive Back. He has represented New South Wales on several occasions and was named to the Pirates 25th Anniversary All-Time team as a Wide Receiver in 2010.
We congratulate Dean on reaching this significant milestone with the Pirates.