Tara Murray
New Point Cook coach Tome Petreski said it was special to come back to a club that means so much to him.
After coaching West Point the past few seasons, Petreski has made the move to the Jets for next year’s FV state league 4 west season.
Petreski said he can’t wait to get started.
“I played there and the club is close to home,” he said. “It is honestly fantastic and I’m very happy.”
Petreski said he left West Point on good terms and the timing was right for him to step away.
In his time at West Point he earned promotion and was named the 2024 Football Victoria coach of the year.
When he decided to look at new roles, the Jets weren’t on the radar initially.
“I was open to all opportunities and having conversations with a couple of clubs and then I got a call from Point Cook,” he said.
“As soon as it came, it was a really easy decision. I want to repay the faith and make them proud.”
It’s been a tough few years for the Jets senior men’s side which resulted in relegation after this year.
Petreski said the rest of the club was in a really good place and they wanted to bring some stability to the senior side.
“We’ll look at what we can do to get back to where we want to be,” he said. “They had almost 50 players play in the senior team last year and they had two coaches go through.
“There’s a lot of players from the previous season that didn’t have a contact point and we want to make sure there is one and it needs to be stable and a good set up from the season.
“There’s a lot of work to do.”
Having coached in state league 4 last season, Petreski has some idea of the opposition that they will be up against.
He said recruiting was the focus for them right now.
“We’ve been pretty aggressive in recruiting,” he said. “There’s a good group of senior players and we want to compete for the upcoming season.
“The main priority is recruitment, training and trials. Anyone in the local area interested in playing at a great club and welcome with open arms.
Assistant coach Ivan Pavlekam, physio-medic Charles D’Antino have also come across to Point Cook, as part of Petreski’s team and he said they would add a lot of value.
