Sturt lose Blackwood as a recruiting zone

[Barto]

It is now governed by the Mother's address, no more choice in those situations.

Kick mum out of home.

[Dutchy]

2 page spread about this in the Mail today

Looking at the boundaries Sturt have nothing to complain about, they have a huge zone from the city and 90% of the Hills which is one fo the fastest growing areas in Australia and a massive advantage of their country zone all being within a 2 hours drive of Adelaide

To give up a suburb to Westies who have suffered from teh drought in the Riverland and have the neighbouring suburbs anyway makes sense

Also I dont see the Blackwood FC complaining about their new West Adelaide recruit, 2007 B & F winner Simon McCormick, if anything this is the perfect opportunity for them to bed a good relationship with Westies as Simon is still involved at the Bloods

[Jimmy]

2 page spread about this in the Mail today

Looking at the boundaries Sturt have nothing to complain about, they have a huge zone from the city and 90% of the Hills which is one fo the fastest growing areas in Australia and a massive advantage of their country zone all being within a 2 hours drive of Adelaide

To give up a suburb to Westies who have suffered from teh drought in the Riverland and have the neighbouring suburbs anyway makes sense

Also I dont see the Blackwood FC complaining about their new West Adelaide recruit, 2007 B & F winner Simon McCormick, if anything this is the perfect opportunity for them to bed a good relationship with Westies as Simon is still involved at the Bloods

well, the argument is that they have built a relationship over time and to see all the hard work go to shit, its pretty disappointing...i wonder how hard they really thought about the decision?

[Dutchy]

They lose one club out of approx 60/70 in a growth zone to a club that has all the neighbouring clubs anyway

Sturt seriously need to start worrying about things they can control

[Jimmy]

They lose one club out of approx 60/70 in a growth zone to a club that has all the neighbouring clubs anyway

Sturt seriously need to start worrying about things they can control

well gosh darn it, thank god you said coz they were just sitting on their ******* thumbs...all hail firechief Dutchy

blackwood is just an example of the type of relationship lost in this move...it sucks, but there isnt anything they can do...but still need to let them know how you feel.

[Dutchy]

AFL players, coaches, councils, rezoning, Unley Oval....all whinging and moaning Ive heard come out of the Sturt FC in the off season....move on

[BL&G_Ump]

2 page spread about this in the Mail today

Looking at the boundaries Sturt have nothing to complain about, they have a huge zone from the city and 90% of the Hills which is one fo the fastest growing areas in Australia and a massive advantage of their country zone all being within a 2 hours drive of Adelaide

To give up a suburb to Westies who have suffered from teh drought in the Riverland and have the neighbouring suburbs anyway makes sense

Also I dont see the Blackwood FC complaining about their new West Adelaide recruit, 2007 B & F winner Simon McCormick, if anything this is the perfect opportunity for them to bed a good relationship with Westies as Simon is still involved at the Bloods

Exactly, Centrals and Norwood's zones are the size of a postage stamp while most of the other clubs have massive areas!

[redandblack]

Surely one of the biggest whinges about a totally logical decision of all time.

They've got the fastest growing area in the Metro zone and their country zone adjoins their city zone.

They've got absolutely nothing to moan about.

Losing old areas has happened to all clubs every boundary adjustment.

[Wedgie]

Not suprised to see North losing the most players in the zone reshuffle.
They really have upset someone down at West Lakes.

[Voice]

Notice that all of a sudden some of the above posts are saying that there area is to small etc. The argument when this story first came out was that their needs to be an equal amount of a certain age in all zones. Now people are telling us to stop whingeing because their area looks smaller in size to ours. Which is it, land area or amount of a certain age group in an area.
Just remember when you say ou area looks big just how many old people live in Unley and its surrounds. Not many youngans around there lads, so that might be why our area looks so big

[Wedgie]

I think the current system just looking at lads aged 10-19 is flawed, it should also look at the amount of football clubs in an area, not much used in getting a heap of teenagers that play basketball, hockey or soccer.

[Voice]

I think the current system just looking at lads aged 10-19 is flawed, it should also look at the amount of football clubs in an area, not much used in getting a heap of teenagers that play basketball, hockey or soccer.

Good point! There are alot of sports for kids to choose these days. Participation rate should come in to all zoning decisions.

[spell_check]

Hooray, they have the exact boundaries in there!

And, I didn't know we had Virginia as part of the metro zone. Seems a bit odd, but I guess it's because the country zone above it is also Eagles.

[topsywaldron]

They've got absolutely nothing to moan about.

Sturt fans do love a good moan don't they?

Anytime they want to swap Mt Barker for one of Norwood's zones would be fine by me.

[Dutchy]

They've got absolutely nothing to moan about.

Sturt fans do love a good moan don't they?

Anytime they want to swap Mt Barker for one of Norwood's zones would be fine by me.

They certainly dont want to mention what they have got, just what they have lost...

I dare say they better get used to it cause if the Mt Barker area keeps growing like it is then they will lose more

[Bluedemon]

They've got absolutely nothing to moan about.

Sturt fans do love a good moan don't they?

Anytime they want to swap Mt Barker for one of Norwood's zones would be fine by me.

We have already taken Newton off you, whooppeedoo. We can recruit the next players to play for the socceroos.

[topsywaldron]

They certainly dont want to mention what they have got

Benson "I mentioned Mt Barker once but I think I got away with it"

Chandler "However did they win in 2002?"

[Dutchy]

We can recruit the next players to play for the socceroos.

Care to expand or edit that comment kookas?

[Barto]

Probably more relevant comment in the 70's (re Newton).

Are their any market gardens left in the metro area? I haven't been to Adelaide in decades. Possibly would explain all the hydroponic stores that sprung up for a while.

[Ronnie]

A bad decision for Sturt and the people of Blackwood. Still, i understand the Sturt zone is still pretty good. A joined city and country zone, Mt Barker, Murray Bridge and surrounds, a fair slice of the hills zone, eastern suburbs etc would have most clubs happy. The only thing is Burnside and surrounds aren't renowned to be good recruiting zones or have junior football clubs. Still, a difficult balancing act for the league which they might not always get right.