BRISEIS CLUB DINNER Wednesday 3rd June
Time: 6:30 pmVenue: THE ROYAL GEELONG YACHT CLUB 25 Eastern Beach Road, Geelong Tickets: BRISEIS CLUB MEMBERS: $85 GUESTS: $90
Guests of Honor
The club’s June 3 dinner has received a massive boost with the procurement of three champion VFL/AFL footballers as our Guests-of-Honour – and none of them played for the Geelong Cats!
Thank you to the club’s racing icon and Essendonians legend Ian Bell for doing the heavy lifting in luring the two Pauls and Val to the Brises Club.
Paul Van Der Haar:
Known as “The Flying Dutchman,” the rangy Van Der Haar once kicked a VFL goal from nearly 80 yards (72.5m) out. He suffered a broken leg in 1986 and a suspected fractured neck in a 1990 trail bike accident. In Essendon’s 1989 second semi-final clash against Hawthorn, he was knocked out and severely concussed by Dermott Brereton Through all this, he played a spectacular 201 games for the Bombers from 1977-1990, booting 278 goals mainly from centre half-forward. Additionally, he missed an approximate 100 further appearances through neck and back injuries. Bombers fans loved him, some say he was reckless. He played in the club’s 1984-85 premiership sides. “Vander” won the VFL’s 1977 best first-year player award; he was named in Essendon’s Top 60 all-time great champions in 2002, and was inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame in ’15. He now runs the family’s swimming pool installation business.I’m a paragraph. Drag me to add paragraph to your block, write your own text and edit me.
Paul Weston:
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Played a total of 328 Aussie rules league games for Essendon (60), and the South Australian clubs Glenelg (196), West Torrens (49) and Norwood (23). Appeared in six Grand Finals between 1975-83 and lost the lot. A key defender, he was appointed captain of Glenelg in 1979, aged 21, and represented South Australia 13 times; captain in 1981 & ’82. Weston was scrupulously fair, disciplined and versatile, and received the supreme reward for his dedication as a talented member of the Bombers’ 1984 & ’85 premiership teams. Inadvertently became involved in court proceedings in 1983 when endeavouring to transfer from Glenelg to Essendon. Glenelg wanted a $175,000 fee, the Bombers offered $90,000. Somehow they sorted it out.aph. Drag me to add paragraph to your block, write your own text and edit me.
Val Perovic:
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Born in Zadar, Croatia, on September 25, 1953, the powerfully-built Val is one of the most affable and popular genuine characters to play the game of Australian rules football. Reared in Ballarat, he appeared in 77 games for St. Kilda from 1973-79 before transferring to Carlton where he lined-up 95 times. Stationed in the back pocket, he played in the Blues’ 1981 & ’82 premiership sides. He developed a cult following among Carlton fans after grunting every time he kicked the ball; they mimicked him with a full-blooded “woof” – and a hearty laugh! Perovic was a regular Brownlow Medal vote winner, with a best finishing performance of eighth.