The Facebook pages of both Piara Waters and Maddington footy clubs last night posted notices relating to separate Special General Meetings on June 15 where the clubs will vote on whether to merge with each other.
People’s thoughts?
That would be a good team on the field. What grade would they play though. And what club rooms would they take. Piara did just get an upgrade
How close is Piara Waters’ Home Ground to Harmony Fields?
It would be disappointing to see Maddington have to merge. One of the traditional Sunday football clubs, they were formed in 1923 and are only 6 years off celebrating 100 years, something only a handful of non WAFL clubs have been able to achieve.
On the other side of the coin, if the club is struggling financially or just cant compete anymore, a merger is the way to go just to keep the club alive. It seems to have worked for one of Maddington’s old Sunday rivals Canning who changed their name to Tigers for a few years before reverting to Canning-Victoria Park South Perth, or CVPSP.
This also begs the question how well are 2 of the other Sunday clubs travelling at the moment. Kelmscott seem to be on their knees at the moment and Armadale have struggled apart from a Grand Final in C4 in 2015. Back in the early 1990s a merger was discussed between these two clubs but never went ahead after members of both clubs voted against it. Would it be worth looking at now? I would hate to see it as I grew up watching Armadale, but I would hate to see them or Kelmscott disappear altogether. Maybe going to the Metropolitan FL might be the way to go for Kelmscott at least until they can regroup much like Wanneroo/Kingsway did in the mid 2000’s after leaving the Sunday FL.
It will be a sad day for Maddington but inevitable.
I would of thought a merger with another club in the area and shire would
have been better but not sure if Gosnells, Kenwick or Thornlie would consider this?
Gosnells and Maddington merged in the war years I think and would be a great merger.
Great facilities for both grounds, could have a merged juniors, basically could become a force to
compete with the big boys with depth.
Piara waters were Southern River, now Piara Falcons then will become Piara Bulls.
Basically kills Maddo off.
Wearing 2 different club jumpers in home and away won’t last forever.
16km away in another shire
I guess it’s up to those running the club and would be interested to hear from Gosnells or Kenwick on their thoughts?
Were they contacted also?
In respect to the club being at Piara neither have colts I think currently.
Forrestdale just up the road have Colts and are trying to build again to 3 sides.
Canning Vale have 3 sides 2 km up the road the other way.
Sounds like an easy fix but I guess if no one else puts their hand up to work on it all that’s life.
This won’t happen, both club members won’t vote this in. No one lets their club go just because things get financial tough.
If it was to happen it would only be the senior clubs because their junior clubs are run seperately to the seniors
This is an issue caused by the amateurs.
Why allow Piara to enter the competition when there were already so many other clubs in that area.
At some point the WAAFL need to stop looking at the $$$ and say to themselves “hey if we do add another club in this area it will only weaken the other clubs around them”
Should be a radius/distance inKM rule brought in where as a new club cannot be formed if it is within a predetermined distance to an already existing Ammo club.
The tigers are now 'Canning South Perth Tigers and a mostly referred to as Canning Tigers. No CSPVP anymore
Piara Waters were renamed from Southern River - the club was already around just shifted to new facilities & changed names.
Is their too many pensioners around Maddington,Gosnells, Kelmscott and Armadale these days? Once powerful sides do they not have enough juniors coming through now?
Awfull lot of Pensioners in the Peel Region too,Goose.
But plenty of kids as well.
Where’s this Pensioner thing of your’s leading?That’s your zone by the way.
The Zone referred to by the WAFC and their Media Parrots in the past,as a Southern Corridor Population Groth Area.Funny how that spiel stopped,once it was zoned to someone else than Perth. :pinch:
Sorry nothing personal just a theory of mine was thinking that maybe Perth zones were ageing compared to some other areas.
But as you say are new suburbs there as well have long thought that as the older members in WAFL clubs move on the younger generation may step up more and get involved will see.
Would like to see a breakdown of the ages of WAFL club members maybe we would find Peel has the youngest so there is hope they are slowly growing and building.
Anyone from these two clubs prepared to comment at all?
Might be a done deal already?
I understand from a radio interview only about 2 weeks ago that currently in the entire Perth metro area that there are only 20 year 12 sides playing junior footy - that will be a huge problem over the next couple of years with these youngsters heading to any colts competition, either WAFL or WAAFL - watch that space.
I would think if this does happen a lot of clubs around town will be waiting a few years to see how it works and maybe contacting a close by club for a chat. Eg Valley and Ath Kelmscott and Armadale just as an example. It’s getting harder to find sponsors to help so many clubs out there now the corporate $$$ in no there anymore. Good luck to both clubs if it does happen interesting to see how many if any of the piarra league guys can push for a league spot in the Maddington team and how they both go about breaking the ice and be 1 club not 2 under the same banner
The more interesting issue is who moves and what do they give up (name wise, colours etc).
I would think it would be maddington moving to piara (being the newer area) Maybe piara Bulls.
How do they encourage their players to move when there are other clubs positioned between these 2 clubs were they could go.
Good luck in making this happen, most time these thing get mention the committee gets tossed out by member not willing to give up there identity.
Surely this can’t be right. There would be at least 15 clubs closer to Maddington than Piara waters. Thorn lie, Kenwick, Kelmscot , Lynwood Canning Vale , Belmont, Carlisle Forrestfield, Queens Park , Sneas , Kalamunda. Usually neighbouring clubs merge not clubs miles from each other.
Pretty sure Maddo has contacted all the other local clubs over the last few years?
No one wants to play ball I think?
Looks like Maddo as an identity will disappear as can’t see them staying at Harmony Fields.
Would have been a 100 year old club in a few years.
From word around the traps their going.
It’s a sad day to see a club merge, I think the clubs themselves and the waafl have to do something about it, clubs need a better relationship with there junior teams to try and get players into the colts and waafl need to put zones on colts players, so if they live 5 mins away from a club that’s where they should play instead of going 40 mins up the road, waafl need to actually grow a set and stop club spending money or bring in a salary cap as well, because some of the colts kids get big offers and leave there local club for money.
D-day tomorrow with both clubs holding their meetings- would like to be a fly on the wall at both club rooms. Be interesting to say the least.