Coolbinia Bombers JFC

5 days ago

We round out National Volunteer week profiling another of our fantastic volunteers who lives by the motto “It’s far better to #giveback than to receive”

Starting their association with Coolbinia in 2011 and hailing from a Rugby league state, there were no guarantees Aussie rules was going to be the game for this family, but we are glad it was. With all 3 children now pulling on the Red and Black they remain entrenched in all areas of club life and have had enormous impact in all areas of the club.

Once settled in and with her thespian pursuits temporarily on hold, Shauna Corrigan raised her hand in 2015 to take on the daunting task as the clubs Social Coordinator. Since that day she has elevated our clubs functions and events such to the point of being some of the finest, not just in our District, but quite likely some of the best in the country! At every event from launch night to windup Shauna is the one working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure everything runs like clockwork. Put simply through her efforts she has bought our club and community together, she makes the magic happen. Not only does Shauna volunteer in her role on the Clubs committee, she goes over and above by also taking on the added responsibility as Team manager, a role she moves into the 5th year of with our Year 7 group.

Over the years there have been many wonderful stories of Shauna’s triumphs but none sticks as firmly in the mind of this author than the day she was called in to represent the club on the biggest stage of all. We are told Broadway shows are quite popular, and Shauna has spent her fair share of time on stage, but never had she performed to a crowd as big as the one she was about to face representing her beloved Bombers. The records show she not only did our club proud in delivering a performance that would remain etched in Coolbinia folklore, she set a benchmark that is unlikely to ever be broken as long as records may be kept. Yes the bar has been set that high!

We set the scene for this story and leading up to that fateful day. Word on the street had been spreading for some time, there was a new kid on the block, someone they said could be the best they have ever seen. The BEST in what is, and remains to this day the most secret of secret societies - the society of “Club Mascots.” Whilst they had all heard the mumblings about this new kid called Cooly, the mascot establishment were yet to meet this mystical beast in the flesh. It was time, time for the showdown to end all showdowns and Cooly was summonsed. The new kid on the block was about to go head to head, flipper to flipper against the best the establishment had to offer.

The date of the 5th of August 2017 will be forever be etched in the history books of the Coolbinia Bombers JFC. Shauna had prepared, she had done the hard work, nothing had been left to chance, and this woman was determined to ensure everyone back at Coolbinia would not be let down. Arriving in secret, escorted through a side door, Cooly was ushered deep into the bowels of Domain Stadium. A tunnel so secret people rarely visited, few knew it even existed as it was not shown on any official plans. Settling in to her preparation space which we are told was the size of a broom closet (It may have in fact been the broom closet) Cooly prepared, she prepared for what lay ahead, there was no doubting it, Cooly's and Shauna's time had come. Sitting quietly, putting her game face on Shauna focused on what lay ahead – It was Dance off time!

Up against some of the biggest names going around in this town. We had Johnny and Jenny Docker, The Big Red Heart form the Heart Foundation, Constable Care, a Rat looking thing we aren’t too sure who it was representing as well as a host of other big time Mascots that failed to leave any real impression on this author. It didn’t matter, Cooly was ready and Shauna was ready to shine. Again we set the scene - The siren sounded, Cooly pushing past small children bolted on to the ground, this Bomber friends, was about to get very very serious.

The music pumped loudly, Cooly jumped, hopped and jived, focused on nothing but the ultimate prize, the holy grail. – This was Cooly’s Grand Final and she wasn’t going to let the club down.

The 40000 strong crowd looked on in awe. Was it a plane? A car? Was it’s arm falling off? How did it move so ummm well? No one was sure, and it really didn’t matter Cooly had arrived, Shauna was on the biggest stage, and on the biggest screen.

In hindsight we look back now and those poor other Mascots just didn’t stand a chance.

So folks next time you see Shauna thank her for all she does at our club, and thank her too for the memories of that day in 2017 when Cooly became a household name not just at the Bombers but in households all across this state.

We thank you Shauna for your energy, and giving so much of yourself to make our club and the lives of all it’s members that much better. – You ROCK!!

Volunteering WA WAFC Metro Central True Sport WA Shauna Corrigan

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