The 1999-2000 season was one of immense change at the club. Gary Flowers had stood down as Club President the previous season after 8 years in the role and was replaced by Ron Holmes.

Ron introduced some big changes to our committee at the time, but the biggest challenge was on the field.

In the 1998-99 season our first-grade side finished 12th, while our 2nd Grade side finished dead last in 20th place. While there were green shoots with good performances in 4th Grade, 5th Grade and Green Shield, it still wasn't good enough for us as a club

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