Tag: Box Hill Hawks

Hawkfest Of Goals – Keeping The Faith

Hawthorn’s VFL team kicked 20 goals yesterday in a dominant win over the bombers.

Mitch Lewis was magnificent:

Too Strong.

Lewy’s goal kicking master class:

And a great clearance for a great mark:

For another Lewy goal:

Deary channels Elvis Presley in his goal kicking celebration:

Ben Cavarra backs himself and uses an old fashioned drop punt perfectly from the pocket:

When we have freedom and faith in ourselves, we are at our best, as Ethan Stanley proves:

Geoff Fox, July 13, 2025, Melbourne

(I am a refugee from Collingwood Football Club. Maybe I will follow my playing heroes Ginny and Jack Frost to Hawthorn.)

The Family Club – Joy And Care

Yesterday Box Hill Hawks VFLW player Gabby Collingwood positioned herself perfectly goalside of a pack to capitalise on her teammates’ fantastic inside work and kick a great goal.

The word freedom contains two syllables. The first syllable “free” points to joy spontaneity and creativity. The second syllable the suffix “-dom” means a state or condition. Being in a state or condition requires stability.

So the word freedom incorporates the idea of discipline.

Gabby and her Hawk teammates symbolize both.

Geoff Fox, July 7, 2025, Melbourne, Australia

On this day 80 years ago my father was involved in the last major battle of World War Two, the second Battle Of Balikpapan, in which 229 Australians died.

Lest We Forget: Freedom matters. Freedom works.