THERRY PENOLA OLD BOYS LIONS

Glenroy Amateur Football Club was formed in 1974, and commenced the same year in F Section of the VAFA. At the end of the 1977 season it aligned itself with Therry College, and adopted the name of Therry Corpus Christ Old Boys.

Therry reached the F Grade finals for the first time in 1978, ultimately finishing 3rd. This was followed by 4th place in 1979, a temporary decline in 1980 when the finals were missed, and a first ever grand final appearance in 1981 against Banyule, another relatively new club which was on a similar upward spiral. Banyule achieved victory on this occasion, but both clubs gained promotion to E Section, where their continued fine form culminated in a second successive grand final encounter. This time it was Therry's turn to emerge triumphant, winning 16.16 (112) to 14.10 (94).

The two clubs coincidental ascent came to a halt in 1983 as Banyule won the premiership of D Grade while Therry had to be satisfied with 3rd place. Ultimately it was Therry who enjoy the more prodigious rise, however, commencing in 1984 with a 19.19 (133) to 11.10 (76) D Section grand final trouncing of Thomastown. The following season brought a second consecutive grand final appearance, this time in C Grade against Fawkner, and although it was lost, the inevitable pain associated with defeat was tempered by an awareness that promotion to B Section had been achieved.

It took the Therry players a season to find their feet at the new level, but once they did it became clear that they were not going to be satisfied for long with B Grade football. In securing consecutive 3rd place finishes in 1987 and 1988 the side gained numerous admirers, but within the club there was only a sense of frustration over opportunities missed and potential unfulfilled. In 1989, under the determined coaching of Tony Crotty, Therry put things right in emphatic fashion by marching all the way to the B Section grand final against fellow Catholic College Old Boys, De La Salle. One step away from glory, however, Therry faltered, putting in arguably its worst display of the year to go down by the somewhat embarrassing margin of 79 points. Nevertheless, promotion to A Grade had been achieved, something that few followers of the amateur game would have believed possible when the club was scratching its way around the VAFA's nether sections less than two decades earlier.

Over the years, quite a few clubs have made accelerated passage through the VAFA's grades, but Therry's ascent ranks with the very best of them, and affords a shining example of what the VAFA system allows the most dedicated and hard working of its member clubs to achieve.

In 1994 Therry College ceased to exist in its own right, amalgamating with Sancta Sophia and Geoghegan Colleges to form Penola Catholic College. Two years later, in acknowledgement of this development, Therry Corpus Christi College Old Boys altered its name to Therry Penola Old Boys. At the same time, strong links were established with the new college, meaning that the change of name was much more than merely cosmetic.

Since 1996 the club has added one senior premiership to its tally, that of C Grade in 2000, which was won by virtue of a 12.13 (85) to 9.10 (64) grand final defeat of Beaumaris. Fortunes have declined slightly since then, however, and in 2007 Therry, coached by Garry Datson, finished bottom of D1 Section after managing just 1 win all year.

In 2008 Dan Madden took over the reigns as Senior coach of the club. Dan would manage to keep the club in Division 2 in his first year and make Preliminary finals in his 2nd and 4th seasons. The loss by under 2 goals in the 2011 Preliminary Final would hurt the team for more than a summer. 2012 was Dan Maddens last as senior coach, Dan is the equal longest serving coach at Therry with Brenie Dunn.

Dennis Castaldi (former captain and Club Champion of our Club) has been appointed as the 2013 Senior Coach. Since retiring Dennis has held coaching roles at Old Collegians AFC and this year being a scout for Collingwood FC (not his fault!). We look forward to working with Dennis over the coming years.

THERRY YEAR BY YEAR GRADE LEVEL IN VAFA

TIME LINE FOR OUR CLUB SINCE FORMED

PREMIERSHIPS

VAFA ACHIEVEMENTS

VAFA COMPETITION AWARDS

COL GIBSON'S BEST TEAM 1978 – 1998(ALL STATS ARE UP TO END 1998 SEASON)

COACH: BERNIE DUNN (1984-19881984PREMIERSHIP COACH) CAPTAIN: TONY WHITE

CLUB CAPTAINS

THERRY CORPUS CHRISTI OLD BOYS

1978 - Lindsay Clay

1979 - Tony White

1980 - Tony White

1981 - Tony White

1982 - Tony White

1983 - Tony White

1984 - Gerard Biddlestone

1985 - Gerard Biddlestone

1986 - Terry Quinn

1987 - Terry Quinn

1988 - Terry Quinn

1989 - Scott Ramsay

1990 - Terry Quinn

1991 - Paul Matton

1992 - Paul Matton

1993 - Paul Matton

1994 - Simon Eastmure

1995 - Simon Eastmure

1996 - Dennis Castaldi

THERRY PENOLA OLD BOYS

1997 - Dennis Castaldi

1998 - Dennis Castaldi

1999 - Mark Finnigan

2000 - Mark Finnigan

2001 - Stephen Boyle

2002 - Stephen Boyle

2003 - Dennis Castaldi

2004 - Mark Nancarrow

2005 - Mark Nancarrow

2006 - Corey Bannister/Mark Faroldi

2007 - Corey Bannister/Mark Faroldi

2008 Leadership Group - Mark Faroldi , Corey Bannister , Justin Crotty , Jaryd Hanlon , Matt Reynolds , Matt McWhinney

2009 - Matt McWhinney

2010 - Matt McWhinney

2011 - Jarrod Egglestone

2012 - Jarrod Egglestone

2013 - Jarrod Egglestone

2014 - Jarrod Egglestone

2015 - Jarrod Egglestone

2016 - Jarrod Egglestone

2017 - Jarrod Egglestone

2018 - Jarrod Egglestone

2019 - Matt Lyons

2020 - COVID

THERRY PENOLA AMATEUR FOOTBALL CLUB

2021 - Matt Lyons

2022 - Matt Lyons