Francis Bourke, former AFL champion for Richmond, former newsagent and current newsagent broker with Wollermann and Associates featured prominently on several pages in yesterday’s Herald Sun in a story about the shooting on a TV commercial for Toyota featuring one of Francis’ most memorable moments playing football.
Francis is a legend not only to fans of AFL football, he is highly regarded in Victorian newsagency circles, having owned and successfully operated two newsagencies with his wife Kerrie.
I first met Francis in 1985 when he was looking for software to run his first newsagency. I am please to say he chose Tower Systems. His contribution ot my business has been wonderful over the years. Francis is the kind of person who wants to understand his business so he can make it more successful. That interest, early in the life of Tower Systems, ignited my interest in offering more than a glorified cash register and set us on a path to give newsagents tools to look at their business from a variety of angles.
While the coverage in the Herald Sun yesterday may not resonate too much outside Victoria, for me it is a personal reminder of the diversity and longevity of friendships made during the journey. Francis Bourke is as much an asset to the newsagency channel as he was to Richmond Football Club.
francis bourke is my cousin i am the grand daughter of dennis bourke daughter of damien bourke and i really need to get in contact with francis… if u could please help