Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 3:56 PM
Two months after the tragic passing of City Motors service manager Quang Dang, the Perth dealership, in conjunction with AHG and the East Perth Football Club, has proudly supported Ladda and her five children with the purchase of a new van supplied through Wangara dealership Wild West Hyundai.
Quang was a regular user of the East Perth gymnasium, along with many other AHG staff members, and a keen supporter of the club’s team in Read More [+]
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 9:15 AM
Recently retired Test cricketer Mitchell Johnson and his wife Jessica have accepted an invitation to become joint number-one ticketholders for the East Perth Football Club for the 2016 WAFL season.
East Perth hasn’t appointed a number-one ticketholder since the mid-1990s but President Bronte Howson said the Club was delighted Mitch and Jess had accepted his invitation to take on the joint role.
“Mitch and Jess are a really inspiring Read More [+]
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 4:31 PM
The early history of the land that was to become Loton’s Park and later Perth Oval is interesting and does help to explain why in the winter months the eastern side of the oval would become a quagmire of mud.
In 1844 a member of the colony purchased an acre of land from Edward and Jane Barron. At the time the land was part of a twenty six acre grant belonging to the Read More [+]
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 4:27 PM
The players have been back in training for 4 weeks, training an impressive 4 times a week in the pre season training program under new Senior Coach Jaymie Graham and his team of coaching staff who include Luke Dwyer, Adam Selwood, Russell Thompson, Mark Nicoski, Luke Webster, Ray Smithers, Adam MacMahon and Ian Lee.
Senior squad numbers have been solid with 65 players in the current squad and attending each of the senior sessions. 2014 Read More [+]
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 12:45 PM
It is with great delight the Club acknowledges that East Perth great Laurie Kennedy will be awarded WAFC Life Membership for his service to football.
Mr Kennedy will be inducted at the WAFC Life Members’ Association Read More [+]
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 10:43 AM
The East Perth Celebrity Golf Day was held at The Cut Golf Course in Port Kennedy yesterday. 18 teams comprising of East Perth sponsors, supporters and past players were joined by Aussie paceman Mitch Johnson, Olympians Rechelle Hawkes, Rachael Lynch and Teneal Attard, as well as East Perth’s own Garry Moss and Head Coach Jaymie Graham.
The players were meet with an early sea breeze making the already notoriously challenging course even more interesting. The Read More [+]
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 1:46 PM
Life member Alan East has made available to the club access to his vast collections of photos of East Perth players, and people who have been associated with the club during the period from the late 1970’s to early 2000.
Among the photos was the original A3 size photo that appeared in the 1975 annual report titled – The End of an Era- The photo captured the members who attended the last committee meeting chaired Read More [+]
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 1:51 PM
East Perth is pleased to announce that Luke Dwyer has been appointed as our Reserves Coach for 2016. Luke joins League coach Jaymie Graham and Colts coach Adam Pickering to complete our head coach setup.
It is an enormously exciting appointment for the Royals. As a player Luke played 144 games at East Perth and Claremont over an 11 year career. Recently he has headed up the football program at Christchurch Grammer whilst teaching at Read More [+]
Monday, November 9, 2015 - 11:52 AM
East Perth would like to wish Bill Forrest, an East Perth Hall of Fame Inductee and Club Historian, a very happy 90th birthday. Bill celebrated the occasion with a close group of family and friends at, where else but, the East Perth Members Bar. Below is a very brief overview of some of the work Bill has undertaken in his years with the Royals.
For more than 50 years, Bill Forrest has maintained an integral Read More [+]
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 2:41 PM
It is hard to imagine that 100 years ago the club was promoting an open-air picture show as a means of raising income funds.
In 1910, the club moved from Wellington Square grounds to Perth Oval and in late 1911 introduced an open-air picture show at Perth Oval, every Saturday evening during the summer months. Admission was sixpence, and children were admitted for half price. Players received complimentary tickets. In the first year of operation, Read More [+]