2014 Pratten Park Magpies Reunion
The 1975 side looking very smart for this photo
Once again the Boys from Western Suburbs gathered to tell tales from days gone by and catch up with their mates
The room ready for the Big day
One of the many tables, this one for the old blokes from the 1960’s
Sid Walsh, Steve Winter and Barry Glasgow
Jon Clark, Tim Pickup and Greg Rose
Bruce Clarke, Shane Day, Ray Brown and Bob Paxton
Jim Cody, Bob McLaughlin and Don Hall
Don Parish, Mick Fallah and Mick Liubinskas
Billy Heyes
Speaking of old team mates
Wests Ron Massey Cup coach Leo Epifania and Alan Fallah
Leo is the Pratten Park Magpies “Clubman of the Year” in 2014
Paul Dixon and Kevin Mudge
Two old hookers enjoy a laugh
Neil Whittaker and Noel Kelly
Tim Pickup, Steve Knight and Jim Leis
Jim Leis in his playing day
Ron Costello and Pat Thomas
Some new faces from the 90’s at the reunion,welcome lads
Rob Payne, Josh White, Ronnie Jones and Adam Doyle
Tim Murphy and Steve West
The Pratten Park Magpie Singers
Peter Fenton cant believe his ears
Ken Morris, Herb Smales and Ken Gentles
Neale McInnes , Paul Clark and Mark Toomey
Bruce Clarke, Alan Fallah, Gary Bukowski, and Geoff Sutton
Ian Dodds, Kevin Pearce, Jack “Nipper” Leary and Gordon Kennedy
Ian and Kevin are school mates from Glen Innes
John Greaves, Don Graham and Jack Thompson
Looking very smart Lindsay White
Three ex-Berries
Ron Costello, John Greaves and Nev Hornery
Nev and Ron packed into many scrums for the Berries
Norm Dhu and Noel Trevena
Matt Carter
Matt played first grade for 3 clubs Wests, P’matta and Balmain
Heres a rough table
Col Davis, Tony Ford, Ted Allard and Kevin Smith
Geoff Sutton, David Spencer and Terry Donnellan
Dick Small and Pat Hickey
Col Ratcliff, Alex Brown and Peter O’Brien
A Great Wests man Alan Davidson
The Cootamundra Kid
Les Boyd.
John Coates, Dave Creary and Souths Great Richie Powell
Richie sang a lovely song about front-rowers
Dolly McLean and Jon Clark
The official part of the day starts
Mick Liubinskas. President welcomes everyone to the 2014 reunion
Pat Hundy
Barry Bryant, Max Anderson, Ken Stonestreet and Shane Day
Shane Day in the dressing shed Lidcombe Oval
Jim Myers, Dave Kennedy and Barry Bryant
George Moroko, Mark Manston and Jim Myers
George Moroko at Lidcombe Oval
Colin Ferrier, Nathan Cole and John Cattell
Jim Croucher
Pat Daley and Noel Dolton
Steve Reeves and Mick Evans
Don Parish chatting to Rick Wayde
A side view of the chat
Mick calls up the players from the Don Parish years
Over 20 ex-players appeared on stage
Geoff Foster and Les Boyd
Geoff Foster ball in hand and Dallas
Peter Young
Geoff Spotwood, Peter Young, Brian Cook, Rob Rowland-Smith and Jon Clark
Brian Cook
Coach Don Parish
Ted Brennan
Harry Wells catching up with Alan Davidson
Mike Bailey calls for a minutes silence
Time to stand and remember the Wests men who had died since the last reunion
Then lunch was served
A wonderful meal enjoyed by all
Jim Cody and Noel Dolton sharing lunch
Jim performing the perfect tackle on Keith Otten
Old mates Carl Ross and Paul Dixon
Mick Pinkerton and Wayne Wigham
Mick what happened to the mustache ??
Wayne Wigham in 1982
Pat Thomas and Bill King
Noel Kelly
Peter O’Brien, Col Ratcliff and Carl Ross
Col still playing Rugby League in 1960
Jim Leis and Mark Beaven
John Coates and Nev Hornery
A younger Nev Hornery 1969
The Parish Boys
Josh, Don and Matt
Peter Fenton
Peter held the crowd spell bound while he recited his poem about Frank Stanmore
Frank Stanmore, Pratten Park
Thanks Peter for giving me permission to use your poem
Mike Bailey, Roy Masters, Alan Davidson and John Coates
Geoff Squires and Alan Mair
Welcome back Bruce Sacre
Tommy, Ned, Simon Cook CEO Wests Ashfeild and Neil Whittaker
Time for a catch up and a drink
Ditto
As above
Two Wests and Manly team mates
Ray Brown and Steve Knight
Tom Arbour
Ron Costello
Ron in his playing days
Don Parish and Mick Liubinskas
Denis Bendall, Greg Cox and John Purcell
Greg Hodge, Tommy and Carl Ross
Time for one more song….” We are the Boys from Western Suburbs etc….
Ben Fisher (middle) singing flat out
Thanks to all concerned for a wonderful day
If only we could of bottled the feeling in the room that day we would all be much richer
The Pratten Park Magpies committee hopes to see you all again next year
Don’t forget spread the word to all of your ex Wests team mates about the new PPM website
As Mick would say “Look after your mates”