Western Jets

Full name	Western Jets Football Club
Nickname(s)	Jets
Strip	Royal Blue guernsey with gold, royal blue shorts, royal blue and gold socks
Founded	1991
Sport	Australian rules football
League	TAC Cup
First season	1992
Ground	Crofts Reserve - Altona North, Burbank Oval - Williamstown
Coach	Steven Kretiuk
Captain	Kyle Hartigan
2008	7th of 12

The Western Jets Football Club are an Australian rules football club who play in the U18 competition, the TAC Cup. The club have developmental squads in the U15 and 16 age groups, however much of the attention is towards its U18 team.

The club are geographically set in Melbourne's West as part of a decision by AFL Victoria (formerly Football Victoria) to have clubs in all regions of the state.

The club trains in Melbourne's inner west at Crofts Reserve in Altona North and play TAC Cup matches at Burbank Oval in Williamstown.

Contents 1 Sponsors 2 Statistics 3 Draftees 4 TAC Cup team of the Year 5 TAC Cup Premiers 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Sponsors

The club are sponsored by TAC, Victoria University, Australia, Werribee Mazda, Divella, Burbank Homes and KFC.

[edit] Statistics

Runners Up: 1992, 1993

Games Record Holder: Michael Turner (50 games)

Goals Record Holder: Stephen Neilsen (59 goals)

TAC CUP Coach Award Winners: Paul Carson (2000), Bradley Miller (2001)

[edit] Draftees

1992 Dustin Fletcher, Brad Copeland, Mark Ballan, Paul Satterley, Paul Docherty

1993 Aaron James, Brendan Duncan, Craig Ellis, Brad Johnson, David Innella, Darryl Griffin, Robert Stevenson

1994 Allen Nash, Stephen Zavalas, Shawn Lewfatt, Cain Liddle, Shannon Grant, Robert DiRosa, David Nicholson, Todd McHardy, Dean Helmers, Lee Fraser, Mark Belleville,

1995 Matthew Lloyd

1996 -

1997 Lance Picioane, Chris Obst, Anthony Aloi, David Antonowicz, Dion Miles

1998 Heath Scotland, Daniel Ward

1999 Daniel Giansiracusa, Ty Zantuck

2000 Ben Haynes

2001 Brad Miller, Paul Chambers

2002 Callum Urch, Dale Carson

2003 Michael Rischitelli, Murray Boyd

2004 Brent Prismall

2005 Jake Edwards, Benjamin Davies

2006 Bachar Houli

2007 Callan Ward, Will Sullivan

2008 Jayden Post, Mitchell Banner

2009 Trent Mckenzie

[edit] TAC Cup team of the Year

1992 Brad Copeland, Dustin Fletcher, Matthew Moylan

1993 Brad Johnson, David Weston, Mark Cheel

1994 Shannon Grant, Matthew Lloyd,Robert Di Rosa

1995 -

1996 Dion Miles

1997 Lance Picioane

1998 Heath Scotland

1999 Ben Haynes

2000 Paul Chambers

2001 Brad Miller

2002 -

2003 Cameron Gauci, Murray Boyd

2004 Brent Prismall

2005 -

2006 Cameron Lockwood

2007 Callan Ward, Mitchell Banner

[edit] TAC Cup Premiers

Season	Premiers	GF Score	Runner-up	Best-on-ground
1992	Geelong Falcons	18.16 (124) - 12.10 (82)	Western Jets	Daniel Fletcher
1993	Northern Knights	32.10 (202) - 18.11 (119)	Western Jets	Shannon Gibson
1994	Northern Knights	16.21 (117) - 15.17 (107)	Geelong Falcons	Anthony Rocca
1995	Northern Knights	12.20 (92) - 7.21 (63)	Eastern Ranges	Brent Harvey
1996	Northern Knights	15.15 (105) - 14.6 (90)	NSW/ACT Rams	Matthew Harrison
1997	North Ballarat Rebels	16.15 (111) - 10.16 (76)	Dandenong Stingrays	Adam Goodes
1998	Murray Bushrangers	17.18 (120) - 12.12 (84)	Geelong Falcons	Michael Stevens
1999	Sandringham Dragons	16.8 (104) - 8.6 (54)	Gippsland Power	Dylan Smith
2000	Geelong Falcons	18.16 (124) - 15.12 (102)	Eastern Ranges	Amon Buchanan
2001	Calder Cannons	16.14 (110) - 10.13 (73)	Bendigo Pioneers	Jordan Barham
2002	Eastern Ranges	10.5 (65) - 9.10 (64)	Calder Cannons	Stephen Dinnell
2003	Calder Cannons	16.14 (110) - 2.6 (18)	Murray Bushrangers	Brock McLean
2004	Calder Cannons	19.20 (134) - 9.10 (64)	Eastern Ranges	Jesse D. Smith
2005	Gippsland Power	12.9 (81) - 10.6 (66)	Dandenong Stingrays	Dale Thomas
2006	Oakleigh Chargers	19.16 (130) - 16.7 (103)	Calder Cannons	Dean Kelly
2007	Calder Cannons	14.20 (104) - 7.12 (54)	Murray Bushrangers	Ashley Arrowsmith
2008	Murray Bushrangers	21.16 (142) - 9.7 (61)	Dandegong Stingrays	Steele Sidebottom

[edit] References

• SportingPulse Homepage for Western Jets

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[edit] External links

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