When Ron Hill and Phil Osbourne came up with the idea of starting a club with a few mates 10 years ago not even they could have envisioned the success the Dubbo Football Club would have had.
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The Bulls are celebrating their 10th anniversary this season and current committee member AJ Aubusson said it's been a fantastic decade for the club.
"We've had some great success, we made a few finals and then we started winning a couple and the year before last we won in all four grades," he said.
The club has grown over time and now supports four sides, including a women's side, and Aubusson said the club was proud to have foundation members still involved.
"There are first graders there now who started there 10 years ago as 16 or 17-year olds," he said. "We've had a lot of loyal support and loyal players over that time and we hope that it continues."
The feature of the club's anniversary year will be the Black and Orange Bulls Ball which will be held in June while many other activities are planned.
"We'll have past and present players there to celebrate in a more formal evening and we're trying to get a couple of guests and there might even be a few surprises on the night for players who have served for the 10 years," said Aubusson.
Former Dubbo junior and current Melbourne Victory defender Adrian Leijer is one special guest Aubusson is hopeful of attracting while he added preparations were going well for the upcoming season.
"It's looking very good and with the formation of the new club Macquarie United and with Albi Mastellotto back at Spurs it should be a good competition and we're excited," he said.
"We've been training since late January and the annual Forster pre-season knockout is in the coming weeks too."
With the Western Premier League now defunct the Bulls compete locally and despite not playing against other bigger centres, Aubusson doesn't believe it's a bad thing.
"Travel is an issue but with three sides in the clubs it gives juniors the best opportunity to come from the junior ranks through the grades and into first grade," he said.
Aubusson went on to say it would be a special season for the club as not everyone gets to celebrate major sporting milestones.
"It's a special time in your sporting life," he said.
