IN PICTURES: Brookton Pingelly Football Club celebrates the ‘79 and ‘84 premiership teams in combined reunion

Pingelly had a blast from the past on Sunday as players from the 1979 and 1984 grand finals reunited to celebrate the history of their local football club. Past players, presidents, club members, partners, and former opponents came to the Pingelly Recreation Cultural Centre to celebrate the combined 40th and 45th anniversaries of the years the Brookton Pingelly Football Club won the grand final. Event organiser Lester Poulteny, who played in both premierships, came up with the idea to merge the two milestones. He said it was a “nice and rare event” for the past players, some of whom he hadn’t seen since 1984. The football stalwart also said it was “nice that it can be part of one of our home games” and that it could “get history back into the club the younger players wouldn’t know”. Past club president Richard Pennington spoke to the crowd about the club’s history before presenting all the players with blue caps and a word that was reminiscent of them.