HFL Division 1 (Central)

[Joe]

Yep, plenty of examples of how money can change things, do you reckon there would be games being played at Mt Pleasant/Torrens if money wasn't involved. And sometimes it's not hard at all to pick those who played local junior footy at particular clubs, check out Kersbrook 2007, result one U10 team (?). However Mt Barker will have lots of locals with 2 u8's, 4 U10's, 2 U12'3 plus Juniors and Senior Colts teams !

[bernie]

Barker have so many junior teams because the parents need some time to get to the TAB to spend their Centrelink cheques on the weekend!

[Joe]

So that's way their President and their A Grade Coach are men in blue with badges and red and blue lights, to keep everyone in check.

[Justquietly]

Barker have so many junior teams because the parents need some time to get to the TAB to spend their Centrelink cheques on the weekend!

Gold!

[Cougar]

Unfortunately that's life at club level these days. You'll still have your locals but the need for paid players of a high quality is the difference between playing finals and not playing finals. Hanging onto these players then becomes the next hurdle for these clubs. Unfortunately clubs that don't have the large cash flow are always going to struggle. Money changes everything... its crap i agree.

Ah....Money, if only we had some.

[Cougar]

Callington have just forfeited both grades to Kersbrook. They claim the flu has gone through their Club, and are unable to generate enough numbers. They wanted to play their 'B' grade against ours and forfeit the 'A's. We told them if they were to do that we would play our 'A' grade in the Twos to give them a run. They declined the offer.

[LuvsFooty]

Is it possible that the money has dried up at Callington

[Mop Up]

Can anyone tell me what frequency the footy radio show which talks about the HFL is on? and what time they talk about the HFL. Thanks pplz

[magpie in the 80's]

Can anyone tell me what frequency the footy radio show which talks about the HFL is on? and what time they talk about the HFL. Thanks pplz

go back a page mop up. 1125 5mu at 9am

[Jailbird]

Barker have so many junior teams because the parents need some time to get to the TAB to spend their Centrelink cheques on the weekend!

Why do you know what the parents get up to Bernie? Seems very suspicious?

Good points about juniors too from all, just look at Milang for example, couldnt field colts for a couple of seasons and when the money dried up the club is gone. Would be interesting to see how many other clubs might be getting to the same predicament that Milang and now Kersbrook are facing. Would be a shame to keep losing clubs because of financial problems and/or juniors.

[Mop Up]

Oops missed it on previous page. Thanks Gimp and M80's! Shall tune in

Any lobies people on this forum wanna tell me whats happened to their club? Their A grade is obvioulsy struggling with another 100+ plus loss but there's always hope for a club if you have stronger lower grades and juniors but last weekend they were beaten by 70 in B's, 140 in Senior Colts and 110 in Junior Colts. Surely a town like Lobethal could be doing better than this??

[statsman]

Oops missed it on previous page. Thanks Gimp and M80's! Shall tune in

Any lobies people on this forum wanna tell me whats happened to their club? Their A grade is obvioulsy struggling with another 100+ plus loss but there's always hope for a club if you have stronger lower grades and juniors but last weekend they were beaten by 70 in B's, 140 in Senior Colts and 110 in Junior Colts. Surely a town like Lobethal could be doing better than this??

lobey would have a stronger side than last year but after a few big loses there seems to be no confidence at all.Injuries to some key players hasnt helped but certainly isnt an excuse.problem is that even though the 'b' grade have been doing okay there isnt any pressure coming from there on the 'a' grade and its the same few that get constantly get rotated in and out of the side.the 17's have struggled for a few seasons now and there have not been many able to step up successfully to senior football and there doesnt look like that will improve in the short term.unless there is a big influx of recruits next season it could be a bleak few years for the tigers.contrary to what many believe it isnt that older side either,yes king & sziller are up there in age but there is a lot of guys who are early 20's.probably because so much revolves around what king & sziller do all the focus goes on them but its the second tier of players that need to step up and be more accountable.if you look at the recruits this year hibberd is 3rd in the goalkicking,dray has been in the best 2 nearly every week,green has been a rock solid defender and burns & veenvliet have been consistantly in the best.could be an interesting off season in tigerland

[Cougar]

Barker have so many junior teams because the parents need some time to get to the TAB to spend their Centrelink cheques on the weekend!

Why do you know what the parents get up to Bernie? Seems very suspicious?

Good points about juniors too from all, just look at Milang for example, couldnt field colts for a couple of seasons and when the money dried up the club is gone. Would be interesting to see how many other clubs might be getting to the same predicament that Milang and now Kersbrook are facing. Would be a shame to keep losing clubs because of financial problems and/or juniors.

Kersbrook currently have a heap of Under 12s and Under 10s that should give us a Junior Colts next season at worst. But the Club is also making a concerted effort to field a Senior Colts Side Next Year. Financially the Kersbrook Football Club is very sound, as it doesn't fork out big bucks on Players, and still has heaps of Loyal and Long Time Sponsors.

[The Crumber]

Callington have just forfeited both grades to Kersbrook. They claim the flu has gone through their Club, and are unable to generate enough numbers. They wanted to play their 'B' grade against ours and forfeit the 'A's. We told them if they were to do that we would play our 'A' grade in the Twos to give them a run. They declined the offer.

Yep, very, very ordinary performance on Cally's part Cougar. Just not on! Methinks there are a few very lazy people on and off the field in that direction and the whole thing stinks. ALLEGEDLY 9 players with flu; so where are the other 33 if you count both benches? In my experience, Brookers have a good track record in trying to help struggling clubs stay on the park and the offer was more than reasonable.
I wonder how long it's been since any HFL 'A' grade forteited? I suppose the $500 or so fine imposed will be paid for from AWOL player payments quite easily. And if my suspicions are correct and distance is just all too hard, whatever happened to car-pooling and minibuses? But it doesn't help your club Cougar does it? Catering stuck with food and drinks they can't store. Oval marked, newsletters not distributed, frantic calls to players all last night and all morning probably. People driving from town and elsewhere to find a non-event. Budgets ordered, training rooms & supplies prepared, the list goes on, not to mention the very substantial home-game and gate income. Surely this situation must have been obvious to the Eagles at selections Thursday night? At least if notified then, you could've arranged a run for the boys with an internal or something.

VERY VERY bad form Callington. Will probably go down as the day you lost heart.

[magpie in the 80's]

Callington have just forfeited both grades to Kersbrook. They claim the flu has gone through their Club, and are unable to generate enough numbers. They wanted to play their 'B' grade against ours and forfeit the 'A's. We told them if they were to do that we would play our 'A' grade in the Twos to give them a run. They declined the offer.

Yep, very, very ordinary performance on Cally's part Cougar. Just not on! Methinks there are a few very lazy people on and off the field in that direction and the whole thing stinks. ALLEGEDLY 9 players with flu; so where are the other 33 if you count both benches? In my experience, Brookers have a good track record in trying to help struggling clubs stay on the park and the offer was more than reasonable.
I wonder how long it's been since any HFL 'A' grade forteited? I suppose the $500 or so fine imposed will be paid for from AWOL player payments quite easily. And if my suspicions are correct and distance is just all too hard, whatever happened to car-pooling and minibuses? But it doesn't help your club Cougar does it? Catering stuck with food and drinks they can't store. Oval marked, newsletters not distributed, frantic calls to players all last night and all morning probably. People driving from town and elsewhere to find a non-event. Budgets ordered, training rooms & supplies prepared, the list goes on, not to mention the very substantial home-game and gate income. Surely this situation must have been obvious to the Eagles at selections Thursday night? At least if notified then, you could've arranged a run for the boys with an internal or something.

VERY VERY bad form Callington. Will probably go down as the day you lost heart.

thanks for your MATCH REPORT crumber

[The Crumber]

Barker have so many junior teams because the parents need some time to get to the TAB to spend their Centrelink cheques on the weekend!

Why do you know what the parents get up to Bernie? Seems very suspicious?

Good points about juniors too from all, just look at Milang for example, couldnt field colts for a couple of seasons and when the money dried up the club is gone. Would be interesting to see how many other clubs might be getting to the same predicament that Milang and now Kersbrook are facing. Would be a shame to keep losing clubs because of financial problems and/or juniors.

Yeah, g'day Jailbird. Not familiar with the Barker stuff but I have to take you to task with your Milang comments because you are SO SO WRONG. Milang haven't fielded colts for as long as I can remember, if ever. When you are talking money stuff, I presume you are refering to the Dennis Russell era. Dennis brought himself and 8 or so players to the club in it's short heyday a few years back but I can assure you money wasn't the magnet. Milang has never had any, being asset-rich but money-poor in terms of club-rooms owned etc. All those guys played for pittance, loved the club and all it stood for, and only went in the end because the club just couldn't provide enough players to surround them from their small pool of willing locals and city-dwellers happy to do the distance. When Dennis and Co went, the money didn't dry up because there wasn't any. For 3 or 4 years after that, Milang fought on doggedly, fielding both senior grades week after week from a pool of around 30 players. Most clubs would laugh if they knew how much the highest paid player there received on a Satdy.
Milang's demise had absolutely nothing to do with money. They fronted up week after week and had an atmosphere any club would envy, but the players just got tired and their band of supporters had nowhere to go. It left a legacy though, in that several panthers born and bred in the area have gone on to be very successful in higher company

Just wanted to clarify the facts Jailbird.

By the way Cougar, Brookers were one of the clubs which gave Milang the respect they deserved.

[magpie in the 80's]

milang have fielded colts BUT it was in the early 70's

[The Crumber]

milang have fielded colts BUT it was in the early 70's

Thanks Magpie. Before my time as a country dweller. Wish it was possible to bottle the atmosphere there would've been there then!

[magpie in the 80's]

milang have fielded colts BUT it was in the early 70's

Thanks Magpie. Before my time as a country dweller. Wish it was possible to bottle the atmosphere there would've been there then!

not much had changed crumber. they participated in what was called zone 3. all grades were thrashed each week. clubs back then were hahndorf, echunga, meadows, kangarilla, macclesfield. langhornes creek. milang and bridgey.
mind you the oval was superb BUT the wind did spoil games.

[Oi You]

Just got back from Balhannah, and I have to make an apology. Well done to Onkas B Grade, convincingly beating Ironbank, and in the seniors the story of the week, Ironbank up by 45 points at three quarter time to go down by a point! Some players lacking character and not willing to put the body on the line when it mattered, this being said though, there were a few more experienced blokes like Exelby who wernt afraid to put their body on the line.

I still think it will be a Lofty-Ironbank reserves grand final though, with the following players not playing today for Ironbank:
Flaherty?, Hamp? (I think one or both will have to make way in the A's or someone else)
Lacey
Norris
Davey
Barton?
Ganeshwarren
Smith?
Barnard
All very good quality B grade players, if not A graders.
And corect me if im wrong, but today it looked like Sodomka, Thomas and the Ruckman were all carrying injuries. Take nothing away from Onkas though, well deserved victors and it does throw another team in the mix.