{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox Australian football club | clubname = Prospect Hawks | image = Prospect hawks logo.png | image_name = | image_size = 150px | fullname = Prospect Hawks Football Club | formernames = | nicknames = | formernicknames = | color1 =#562600 | color2 =#ffc425 | color3 =solid #ffc425 | motto = | clubsong = | season = 2015 (TSL) | afterfinals = 10° | home&away = | pre-season = | topgoalkicker = | bestandfairest = | founded = {{Start date and age|2014}} | dissolved = | colours = {{colorbox|#562600}} {{colorbox|#FFC425}} | league = [[Tasmanian Football League|Tasmanian State League]] | owners = | president = Michelle Strickland<ref name="Storm, One">[http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/new-tsl-club-western-storm-declares-its-bold-ambitions/story-fnj4f7h7-1226775491578 New TSL club Western Storm declares its bold ambitions]</ref> | chairman = | ceo = | coach = | captain = | ground = [[Aurora Stadium]] | capacity = | ground2 = | capacity2 = | ground3 = | capacity3 = | formerground = | span = | formerground2 = | span2 = | formerground3 = | span3 = | formerground4 = | span4 = | trainingground = | trainingground2 = | trainingground3 = | premierships = | kit_alt1 = | pattern_b1 = _brown_stripes_copia | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _hoops_gold | body1 = FFC425 | shorts1 = 562600 | socks1 = 562600 | pattern_name1 = <!--optional, default: Home --> | kit_alt2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | body2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | pattern_name2 = <!--optional, default: Away --> | kit_alt3 = | pattern_b3 = | pattern_sh3 = | pattern_so3 = | body3 = | shorts3 = | socks3 = | pattern_name3 = <!--optional, default: Alternate --> | url = | jumper = | current = }}
The '''Prospect Hawks Football Club''' is an [[Australian rules football]] club which was a member of the [[Tasmanian Football League|Tasmanian State Football League]] (TSL) from 2014 until 2016. The club is based in [[Prospect, Tasmania|Prospect]], a Western suburb of [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]. The club is a rebranding of '''Western Storm Football Club''', the latter of which had competed stand alone in the TSL in 2014 and 2015, in partnership with the local Prospect Senior and Junior Football Clubs.
==Club details== [[File:Western Storm FC logo.jpg|thumb|right|110px|Logo of the Western Storm F.C., used until 2014.]] The Prospect Hawks Football Club represents the western side of [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] and areas surrounded by the [[Great Western Tiers]]. The club was established as the Western Storm Football Club and entered the Tasmanian state league competition in 2014.<ref name="Storm, Two">[http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1952353/storm-warning/ Storm warning]</ref> The club replaced the [[South Launceston Football Club]] at the end of the 2013 season, with the latter exiting the competition due to not pursuing a further licence in the Tasmanian State League beyond the season, despite eventually winning the 2013 premiership. Regardless, the history making 2014 Western Storm list was made up of significant numbers of past premiership players joining the new franchise from South Launceston.<ref name="Storm, Two"/> Originally, former [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] [[Australian Football League|AFL]] player [[Mitch Thorp]] was selected as coach of the side, though he resigned prior to the 2014 season to become assistant-coach at [[SANFL]] club [[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]].<ref name="Storm, Three">[http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/premiership-power-on-display-in-storm-debut/story-fnj4f7h7-1226874001515 Premiership power on display in Storm debut]</ref>
After a disastrous season on and off the field in 2015, the club was rebranded in 2016 as the Prospect Hawks Football Club, in partnership with local senior and junior clubs in Prospect, to try to improve the club's connection to the western Launceston community.<ref name="prospectnew" /> However, the club was unable to put together a competitive senior team, and withdrew from senior competition in 2016 with the intention of returning by 2018; it still fielded a team in the TSL reserves, but was highly uncompetitive.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Examiner|publication-place=Launceston, TAS|title=No-fly zone for Prospect Hawks|author=Phil Edwards|date=2 December 2015|url=http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3534700/no-fly-zone-for-prospect-hawks/|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> The club's TSL licence was terminated at the end of 2016.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Mercury|title=Prospect Hawks booted from TSL|date=11 August 2016|publication-place=Hobart, TAS|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/prospect-hawks-booted-from-tsl/news-story/37babc6fcaa6bb79b24d1c2bc879663b|author=James Bresnehan|accessdate=2 November 2016}}</ref>
===Home stadium=== During its time as the Western Storm, the club played all its home games at the [[Aurora Stadium]] in Launceston.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com.au/story/2188574/new-club-ready-to-storm-ground/?cs=96 New club ready to storm ground]</ref> As the Prospect Hawks, it split its games between Aurora Stadium and Prospect Park.<ref name="prospectnew">{{cite web|url=http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2015/10/prospect-hawks-football-club-launched/|title=Prospect Hawks Football Club launched |date=28 October 2015|accessdate=5 June 2016|publisher=Tasmanian State League}}</ref>
===Training ground=== The club is headquartered and trains at '''Prospect Vale Park''' in the [[Meander Valley Council]] region.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com.au/story/2143103/storm-to-hit-prospect-vale-park/ Storm to hit Prospect Vale Park]</ref>
===Guernsey=== [[File:Western Storm Jumper.png|thumb|right|100px|Former Western Storm guernsey, used until 2014.]] The club guernsey home strip in 2014 was a predominantly dark grey with a significant lighter blue lightning strike sprawled across the front of the guernsey. The away strip was identical with respect to the same lightning strike though it is coloured in a predominantly white background.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Westernstormfc/photos/a.650040211715375.1073741827.649632225089507/708215392564523/?type=1&theater Western Storm guernseys]</ref> In the 2015, a new guernsey featured a more prominent impression of the Club's 'Thor' logo, and design combined the club's colours of grey, blue and white.
After relaunching as the Prospect Hawks, the club adopted a design of brown and gold vertical stripes, consistent with that of [[Australian Football League]] team {{AFL Haw}}.
==Results==
===State League=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#bdb76b;" ! Season !! Win–loss !! Ladder !! Finals !! Captain(s) !! Best & fairest |- | [[2014 TSL season|2014]] || 13-5 || 2nd || Grand Final (Runner Up) || Jaye Blackberry || Matt Hanson |- | [[2015 TSL season|2015]] || 2–16 || 10th || – || Jaye Blackberry || Matt Hanson |- | [[2016 TSL season|2016]] || Withdrew || – || – || – || – |}
===Attendance records=== '''Record Home Attendance – Tasmanian State League''' <br /> ● 1,500 v [[North Launceston Football Club|North Launceston]] on 3 May 2014 at [[Aurora Stadium]] <br />
'''Record Finals Attendance – Tasmanian State League''' <br /> ● 5,842 v [[North Launceston Football Club|North Launceston]] on 21 September 2014 ([[2014 TSL Season|2014 TSL]] Grand Final) at [[Aurora Stadium]]
===Foxtel Cup=== {{Main|2014 Foxtel Cup}} Despite only forming as a new club in late 2013, the Western Storm were granted an invitation to compete in the 2014 [[Foxtel Cup]] knockout competition ahead of 2013 runners-up [[Burnie Dockers|Burnie]] due to its connections to 2013 premiers South Launceston.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1922210/prospect-inclusion-in-cup-slammed-by-south/ Prospect inclusion in cup slammed by South]</ref> The Western Storm were the only Tasmanian club to win a preliminary game in the competition's history, and were knocked out in the Semi Final stage. <div id="West Adelaide v Western Storm" ></div>{{AFLFootballbox_collapsible |round='''Game #1''' |date= 29 April 2014 |time= 20:05 CST |team1= [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]] {{flagicon|South Australia}} |score= 57–61 |curtainraiser= stand alone game |report= [http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-29/foxtel-cup-match-report-west-adelaide-v-western-storm match report] |team2= {{flagicon|Tasmania}} Western Storm |QtrbyQtr1= 2.1 (13) <br/> 4.4 (28) <br/> 7.4 (46) <br/> 8.9 (57) |QtrbyQtr2= 4.2 (26) <br/> 7.4 (46) <br/> 9.6 (60) <br/> 9.7 (61) |stadium= [[Adelaide Oval]] [http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-29/foxtel-cup-match-report-west-adelaide-v-western-storm match report] [http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-29/west-adelaide-v-western-storm-stats match statistics] |attendance= |umpires= |goals1 = Hopton 2, Watchman 2, Dijksman,<br/> Schott, De Zylva. |goals2 = Collis 2, McCulloch 2, Brown,<br/> Thomas, McGee, <br/>Russell, Barker. |bests1 = De Zylva, Jennings,<br/> Dijksman, Nelson. |bests2 = Hanson, Hills, Blackberry,<br/> Reinmuth, McCulloch. }} <div id="Western Storm v West Perth" ></div>{{AFLFootballbox_collapsible |round='''Semi Final #1''' |date= 24 June 2014 |time= 18:35 WST |team1= Western Storm {{flagicon|Tasmania}} |score= 23–97 |curtainraiser= stand alone game |report=[http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-06-24/foxtel-cup-match-report-west-perth-v-western-storm match report] |team2= {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[West Perth Football Club|West Perth]] |QtrbyQtr1= 0.2 (2) <br/> 0.3 (3) <br/> 1.5 (11) <br/> 3.5 (23) |QtrbyQtr2= 3.3 (21) <br/> 7.5 (47)<br/> 11.6 (72) <br/> 15.7 (97) |stadium= [[Subiaco Oval|Patersons Stadium]] [http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-06-24/foxtel-cup-match-report-west-perth-v-western-storm match report]<br/> [http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-06-24/west-perth-v-western-storm-stats match statistics] |attendance= |umpires= |goals1 = A.Russell, W.Hanson, L.Barker |goals2 = M.McPhee 3, S.Martin 3, M.Johnson 2<br/>M.Guadagnin, K.Shannon, M.Crisp,<br /> B.Antonio, R.Bartholomew,<br /> T.Manzone, S.Marusic |bests1 = J.Blackberry, M.Hanson, B.Thorp, T.Bardenhagen, J.Child |bests2 = A.Lynch, J.Thrum, L.Meadows,<br />S.Martin, B.Antonio, S.Marusic }}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.facebook.com/Prospecthawksfc/ Official club Facebook page]
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