BRIDGENORTH'S home NTFA clash with Rocherlea on Saturday will see two club stalwarts record milestone games.
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Mark "Reggie" Miller will play his 300th club game for the Parrots while Jarrad "J-Rod" Cirkel reaches his 250th club game.
Miller played his first game for the Parrots in 1998, in the under-18s, but team success proved elusive over his first 10 years.
The third-generation Parrot has, however, been rewarded for his dedication to the club, having been a member of the club's five consecutive reserves premierships from 2010-2014.
Miller, 34, won the club's reserves best-and-fairest award in 2002 and 2005 and also took out leading goal-kicking awards in 2005, 2009 and 2012.
He has served on the club committee, is involved in putting together the club's weekly electronic newsletter, and has helped the club many times with its capital works improvements through his employment with Artas Architects.
"I'm pretty excited and proud to reach 300 games. My father and grandfather both played but never reached that mark so it is a pretty big achievement and there are not many players that have achieved it," Miller said.
Cirkel, 31, played his first game in the under-19s in 2003, winning the best and fairest that year.
He has gone on to become a four-time reserves premiership player with the Parrots from 2010-13.
He captained the premiership sides in 2011-12, coached the side in 2013 and was the NTFA's Graham Kahn medallist for best on ground in the 2012-13 premiership triumphs.
"The reserves premierships have been the highlight but I have played mostly seniors last year and this season and I'm still chasing that senior success," he said.
"Hopefully we can reach the pinnacle of the senior side of things. Personally I'd like it and as a club we need it."
Cirkel was runner-up in the club's reserves best and fairest in 2006 and 2012 and has been a much-valued, hard-working member of the committee for the past few years.
He was also runner-up in the NTFA best and fairest for the reserves in 2012-13 after playing only 10 games in each year.