2014 Pratten Park Reunion.

This year the Don Parish Years were remembered.

Don Parish coached Wests between 1972-1976.

 

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.

Bruce Clarke, Shane Day, Ray Brown and Bob Paxton.

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.

Tim Pickup, Steve Knight and Jim Leis.

Some new faces at the reunion,welcome lads.

Rob Payne, Josh White, Ronnie Jones and Adam Doyle.

Tim Murphy and Steve West.

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.

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 Terr 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.

Jim Myers, ??? and Barry Bryant.

George Moroko, Mark Manston and Jim Myers.

Colin Ferrier, Nathan Cole and John Cottell.

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.

Peter Young.

Peter playing at Lidcombe Oval in 1977.



Coach Don Parish.

Ted Brennan.

Time to stand and remember the Wests men who had died since the last reunion.

Then Lunch was servred.

A wonderful meal enjoyed by all.

Jim Cody and Noel Dolton sharing lunch.

Old mates Carl Ross and Paul Dixon.

Mick Pinkerton and Wayne Wigham.

Pat Thomas and Bill King.

Noel Kelly.

Peter O’Brien, Col Ratcliff and Carl Ross.

Col was still playing Rugby League in 1960.

Jim Leis and Mark Beaven.

John Coates and Nev Hornery.

A younger Nev Hornery in 1969.

The Parish Boys.

Josh, Don and Matt.





Peter Fenton.

Peter held the crowd quite while he recited his poem,

Frank Stanmore, Pratten Park.

Thanks Peter for giving me permission to show 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 Ashfield and Neil Whittaker.

Neil Whittaker in his playing days.

Time for a catch up and a drink.

Ditto.

Two Wests and Manly team mates.

Ray Brown and Steve Knight.

Tom Arbour.

Ron Costello.

Denis Bendall, Greg Cox and John Purcell.

Greg in 1982.

Looks like the lockers @ Lidcombe Oval.

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.