There’s been an outpouring of grief from Western Australia’s sporting group following the demise of the mom of a rising AFL star.
Kylie Bazzo, mom of West Coast Eagle Rhett Bazzo and spouse of the late WA Football League (WAFL) champion Steve Bazzo, was certainly one of two girls killed on Saturday evening in a horor boat crash.
Various organisations with which Ms Bazzo, 52, was concerned have taken to social media to pay tribute.
“Our Club was extremely fortunate to have been influenced by Steve and Kylie Bazzo in the early days of our participation in the WAFL Competition,” learn a publish on the Peel Thunder web page.
Ms Bazzo was Peel’s advertising supervisor earlier than being appointed CEO in 2000, changing into the primary feminine CEO within the WAFL, whereas her late husband Steve was an inaugural member and performed 58 video games for the facet.
“On behalf of the Club, we send our love to all family and friends of Kylie Bazzo.”
Swan Districts has additionally launched a heartfelt message; Steve performed 158 video games there, and Rhett Bazzo, 19, was an integral a part of the membership’s Colts facet of their 2021 Premiership workforce.
“Kylie was a strong and proud supporter of them both. She will be sorely missed,” stated Swan Districts.
The physique overseeing WAFL, the Western Australian Football Commission, launched their very own assertion, calling Ms Bazzo a “true pioneer for women in WA footy.”
“We warmheartedly [sic] acknowledge and remember her contribution to West Australian football,” the assertion learn. “We send our love to all family and friends of Kylie Bazzo.”
She was even concerned in community-level sporting golf equipment.
Peel Football and Netball League additionally prolonged their condolences to the Bazzo household, lauding Kylie as a powerful supporter of the South Mandurah and Pinjarra Football and Netball golf equipment via Steve, Rhett, and daughter Kameron, 21.
Alongside the publish is a photograph of Kylie holding the trophy for the annual Bazzo cup, in honour of Steve, with fundraising efforts made to assist assist MIA melanomaWA.
Steve misplaced his battle with melanoma in 2015.
Kylie additionally labored as a strata supervisor with Mandurah’s Kevin Green Real Estate, who additionally paid tribute to their late colleague.
“Kylie was known for her zest for life, her great sense of humour and incredibly generous spirit,” stated the publish on Kevin Green Real Estate’s Facebook web page.
“Professional and knowledgeable in her career she was much more than a colleague, she was a great friend to us all.”
Rhett Bazzo’s AFL membership West Coast launched a press release of their very own late on Monday, and rival membership Fremantle Dockers did so via participant Sam Switkowski.
Meanwhile, the investigation into the incident wherein Kylie was killed continues.
She and 54-year-old Debbie Burdon died after being thrown from a ship which hit a purple channel marker late on Saturday evening.
Ms Burdon’s husband, 47-year-old John Burdon, was taken to hospital with severe accidents, whereas a 54-year-old man was unhurt.
No expenses have been laid at this stage; witnesses ought to name Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
