shoe boy wrote:[Caspa,Our lads played them in C grade last week but I have heard the club is hanging by a thread. Now I just dont get it as the juniors have been very strong for a long time?
A number of them have been Stingray kids who are now playing Stingray seniors (Tom Joraslafsky, Rhys and Josh Barrett, Matt Sugg etc).
Not a case of "stacking" because these kids have all come from the Flagstaff area, but in terms of building quality Flagstaff senior sides they have turned out "
too good".
A couple have even toured England with the Aussie Under-15 side.
May yet get some back later in their careers if the club survives their current crisis.[/quote]
We also have a good crop down at Southern (Overall's/Bain/Irvine/Carlyle/Bowen/Vinny/Leggard/and some young one's scattered in the juniours) but we continue to be competative in all seniour grades.

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Not suggesting for a moment that Flagstaff's record of providing young Stingray stars makes them a better club than Noarlunga, SB. You only have to look at the senior results to see that the Shoes have it all over them. I merely pointed out an answer to "where have the gone ?"
One other thing I feel I should point out though ---- some of those Shoe colts are not exactly home-grown. The Overalls for instance are Port Elliot boys who came to the Shoe in order to reduce travelling time between morning match and SACA afternoon committments (attracted there to play with Stingray team-mates).
Stingrays have got some beauties from the Shoe though ----- Sam Carlyle is the latest, and what a pickup he is !!! Joined midway through last year as an Under-16, is STILL an Under-16, but last week starred in SACA B-Grade !!!
Will play plenty of SACA A-Grade. As a dedicated Southern District supporter I can tell you I'm rapt with the flow of talent coming out of both Noarlunga and Flagstaff Hill.