Pierre Merheb returns to the Rydalmere FC for 2012

The Rydalmere FC Blog are pleased to confirm former captain Pierre Merheb will return home to play his final year with the Rydalmere FC.

Merheb signed with the Rydalmere FC as a teenager and made his debut with the Club in 2005. He has played a total of 220 games for the Rydalmere FC, including the Club’s premiership win in 2006.

Whilst Merheb still had one year remaining on his contract, He wanted to make a return to Rydalmere FC for one final season.

Charbel Basha re-signs for season 2012

Rydalmere FC Work Horse Charbel Basha has signed a new two-year deal with the club.

Basha joined the Rydalmere-FC before the start of the 2003 season after stints with Castle Hill and the North Rocks.

The 20-year-old only made his Rydalmere debut in the final round of 2003 after an injury in the pre-season and has made 232 appearances so far for rydalmere sinc 2003 - 2011 to take his career tally to 312 first grade matches.

A Castle Hill junior, Basha said he was delighted to commit his future to his boyhood club.

“I am extremely pleased to be able to continue my career at the Rydalmere-FC for a further two seasons,” Basha said.

“I am a local junior, I have supported the club my whole life. I am very proud to say I am a Red Machine.”

In other News, Rydalmere FC have still been persuading star player Jescar Doueihi to ink a deal with rydalmere club who offered a 3-year deal.


"I think his been taking his time and i know for a fact me and jes had a discussion during the season and said he would pledge to rydalmere as he was a junior before he went to mt druitt" Rahman Said.

"I think it's up to him at the moment and we hope we can retain this wonderful player, his been great for us this season and will need him to toughen up our team through the down times. I just hope we sign him for more than 3 years as his just a rare player to find with such good loyalty" Rizzo Said.


"The club is doing whatever it takes to re-sign jes but we just have to take it a step at a time before we can jump to conclusion. We aren't giving any details about his negotiations but we can say that were in the process of talking to him and that's all we will need to tell anyone as of this moment." CEO Peter Basha Said.

Basha pledges to stick around in 2012

Peter Basha confirmed he would be in charge of Ryde's GDSA final qualify in 2012.

Basha quashed speculation he would walk away from the club to take up a big-money offer from Castle Hill in 2012, but his future beyond next season remains in doubt as the Ryde Club desperately attempt to scramble together a deal to keep him.

They may need to fork out even more now after Peter matched his grand final in 2010 and a final qualify in 2011.

“It’s purely speculative at the moment, I haven’t given it any thought to tell you the truth,” Basha said.

"I'm very happy that Basha has indicated that he wanted to stay on, his been somewhat the best support to us and we hope to go further in 2012." Rahman Grylls Said.

“The only thing I’ve been concentrating on has been this moment, this squad for 2011 & 2012.

“I’m at Ryde next year and now that this is over we’ll continue some discussions.”

Rydalmere FC Players on mass pledged their loyalty to Basha, who has developed an innate ability to bring the playing group together in the face of adversity.


Rumor has it.. Rydalmere FC have indicated that the only massive signing(s) they have left is Charbel Basha and Jescar Doueihi who are both off contract this year and are supposed to be signing deals early next year. Charbel Basha has already agreed to terms but hasn't officially signed the papers and the Ryde club will soon announce the official signing. They also say that Jescar is still in talks about his future at Rydalmere FC and could be released to search his options, the Ryde club have offered Jescar a 3 year contract which can then lock him up till 2014.