12/10/2026
💙💛 THANK YOU, ANDREW 💙💛
After 20 years at the helm, Andrew Hickman has decided the time is right to step down from his position as Club President, leaving an incredible legacy in his wake. Four Premierships. Seven grand finals. A countless number of young men and their families' lives shaped by his influence.
Wandering into Springwood in the early 2000s with wife Janette and son Connor - he was just a young husband and father looking for a football club that would be a home on the weekend for his family. What he found and what he helped to build was somewhere that other families now call home too.
By the end of 2006, Andrew's love for the club had grown so much that he decided to put his hand up to take on the newly vacant role of Club President.
It wasn't going to be an easy job. The club wasn't in the same shape it is now - struggling both on and off the field. But Andrew, alongside a few key others was determined to turn our fortunes around.
Twenty years on, a multitude of people have helped to take that club to the ultimate success four times on the field and create stability off it. But any team needs a leader. To lead a team through a true "rags to riches story", as ex-Captain Mark Thompson put it, takes determination, commitment and a whole lot of love. Andrew has all that in spades.
Whether it was the 100 point beltings in the early days, breaking the Premiership Drought in 2014 and going back to back a year later, or the times we fell agonisingly short in a Grand Final, or when he got to usher in the Junior footballers his journey began with to their first Senior Premiership in 2021 - Andrew's been there for it all. The early mornings and late nights. Whether he was working through the hard times or celebrating the good ones... his heart was beating true for the gold and the blue.
Thank you for everything you and your family have given us, Pres. We love you. 💙💛
