JANEY HEYLEN

ALTHOUGH NYORA DIDN'T WIN A PREMIERSHIP EITHR YEARS IN THE WGFL THEY HAD A COLOURFUL SUPPORTER IN JANEY HEYLEN, MRS HEYLEN HAD A COLOURFUL PERSONALITY, AND A VERY LOUD VOICE WHEN SHE OPENED HER MOUTH THE WHOLE GROUND HEARD HER. MRS HEYLEN FOLLOWED NYORA, SUPPORTING THEM EVERY MATCH UNTIL SHE GAVE UP DUE TO OLD AGE (SHE FELT THAT SHE MIGHT PASS OUT IF SHE KEPT IT UP).

TOM ROLLER

BEFORE NYORA WENT INTO RECESS AND WHEN THEY STARTED UP AGAIN IN 1964 MANY COLOURFUL CHARACTERS HAVE PASSED THROUGH NYORA ONE OF THEM BEING TOM ROLLER NICK NAMED " THE MUMBLE". TOM WAS A GOOD BARRACKER, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PROBLEM TOM USED TO STAND HALF WAY BETWEEN THE CENTRE AND THE BOUNDRY LINE, WHICH WAS NOT APPRECIATED BY THE UMPIRE BUT EVEN AFTER NUMEROUS WARNINGS TOM NEVER FAILED TO RETURN TO HIS USUAL POSITION SOONER OR LATER. SO NYORA DECIDED TO DO TOM A FAVOUR SO THEY MADE TOM FIRST AID MAN, WHICH GAVE HIM GOOD REASON TO STAND IN HIS USUAL POSITION YELLING ABUSE AND ENCOURAGMENT. TOM WAS NEVER WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A GOOD FIRST AID MAN, IN FACT HE WAS A TERRIBLE FIRST AID MAN, BUT HE WAS ONE HELLOF A SUPPORTER

TUBBY

TUBBY WAS AN OLD ONE SIDED CHARACTER, WHO HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FOOTBALL CLUB FROM THE BEGINNING, TIL HIS DEATH IN MARCH 1983.

EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE SIDELINES YELLING AND CHEERING ON THE FOOTBALLERS. BUT HIS SUPPORT FOR NYORA DIDN'T STOP THERE, HE WAS ALSO A STRONG SUPPORTER FOR THE NETBALLERS, AND DURING THE FINALS HE WAS ON EITHER THE SIDELINES OF THE NETBALL COURT OR THE FOOTBALL OVAL CHEERING ON THE PLAYERS. ALTHOUGH TUBBY WAS MUCHED LOVED AND RESPECTED IN NYORA. NOT ALL OTHER CLUBS SAW EYE TO EYE WITH HIM. ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS COULD BE THAT TUBBY WAS OFTEN SUSPECTED OF BLOWING THE SIREN EARLY WHEN IT WAS A CLOSE MATCH AND NYORA WERE JUST UP ( ALTHOUGH HE WAS NEVER CAUGHT ). TUBBY ALSO HAD A HABIT OF SINGLING OUT ONE PLAYER FROM THE OPPOSITION AND ABUSING HIM FOR THE WHOLE MATCH, BUT YOU KNEW THAT IF HE PICKED YOU OUT, THAT YOU WERE PLAYING WELL BECAUSE TUBBY ONLY PICKED OUT THE GOOD PLAYERS.

AMPOL

ANOTHER NYORA GREAT WAS A SKILLFUL PLAYER BY THE NAME OF JACK ABERHAMS (AMPOL). AMPOL HAD A GREAT REPUTATION OF NEVER BEING ON THE GROUND WITH THE TEAM. AMPOL WOULD ALWAYS TURN UP AT THE MATCH WHEN THE TEAMS WERE RUNNING OUT ONTO THE GROUND, HIS BOOTS WERE NEVER CLEANED FROM THE PREVIOUS MATCH, AND HE DIDN'T BELEIVE IN HAVING LACES IN HIS BOOTS. BUT DESPITE ALL THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS NYORA HAVE HAD AT THE CLUB.

AS WRITTEN BY WAYNE RICHARDS