Gaelic Football in South Australia

[lutz]

Thursday September 26th 6.30pm @ St. Marys the SA U/18 Minor team are looking for a game of Gaelic against an All-star mens outfit made up of members of the 7s league and State league clubs. It will be 15 on 15 and on a full pitch. Happy to have a fair mix of all abilities to help the boys prepare for the unpredictability of the Australasian Championships.

Please reply, PM me or message me either via phone or facebook to register your interest for you or any chunks of blokes from the various clubs. Keeping in mind that 12 or 13 of these boys are going to be looking for teams in the coming summer and have talent to burn...Im not sure if anyones ever used this quote but "These are the boys of tomorrow!!!"

Give them Steven Clay's number ;-)

[wristwatcher]

Thursday September 26th 6.30pm @ St. Marys the SA U/18 Minor team are looking for a game of Gaelic against an All-star mens outfit made up of members of the 7s league and State league clubs. It will be 15 on 15 and on a full pitch. Happy to have a fair mix of all abilities to help the boys prepare for the unpredictability of the Australasian Championships.

Please reply, PM me or message me either via phone or facebook to register your interest for you or any chunks of blokes from the various clubs. Keeping in mind that 12 or 13 of these boys are going to be looking for teams in the coming summer and have talent to burn...Im not sure if anyones ever used this quote but "These are the boys of tomorrow!!!"

Got 5 players, looking for another 10-12.

[Lynwood]

Thursday September 26th 6.30pm @ St. Marys the SA U/18 Minor team are looking for a game of Gaelic against an All-star mens outfit made up of members of the 7s league and State league clubs. It will be 15 on 15 and on a full pitch. Happy to have a fair mix of all abilities to help the boys prepare for the unpredictability of the Australasian Championships.

Please reply, PM me or message me either via phone or facebook to register your interest for you or any chunks of blokes from the various clubs. Keeping in mind that 12 or 13 of these boys are going to be looking for teams in the coming summer and have talent to burn...Im not sure if anyones ever used this quote but "These are the boys of tomorrow!!!"

Got 5 players, looking for another 10-12.

If you want I can put it up on the Facebook page with your email address

[wristwatcher]

No I have 10 already. No need Pete

[wristwatcher]

Thursday September 26th 6.30pm @ St. Marys the SA U/18 Minor team are looking for a game of Gaelic against an All-star mens outfit made up of members of the 7s league and State league clubs. It will be 15 on 15 and on a full pitch. Happy to have a fair mix of all abilities to help the boys prepare for the unpredictability of the Australasian Championships.

Please reply, PM me or message me either via phone or facebook to register your interest for you or any chunks of blokes from the various clubs. Keeping in mind that 12 or 13 of these boys are going to be looking for teams in the coming summer and have talent to burn...Im not sure if anyones ever used this quote but "These are the boys of tomorrow!!!"

Think i have 11 maybes for next Thursdays trial so just looking for 4 more from any club.

KICK OFF WILL BE AT 7.30PM not 6.30 so people dont have to fight traffic and so the minors can train before the game for a while.

[fongfc]

Flinders O'Neills will be celebrating its 30th anniversary with a Red and Green ball, to be held at the Kilburn footy club on Saturday November 2nd, tickets are $80 and include a 3 course meal, 4 hour drinks package, live band, auctions and speeches to celebrate not Only Flinders O'Neills but Gaelic football in SA over the last 30 years. As such we invite all clubs to come along and celebrate with us, to talk about the clashes the wins and losses.... If anyone out there has any old photos or stories we would live to hear/ see them and use them on the night! PM me for more details or check out www.flindersoneills.com

[wristwatcher]

Flinders O'Neills will be celebrating its 30th anniversary with a Red and Green ball, to be held at the Kilburn footy club on Saturday November 2nd, tickets are $80 and include a 3 course meal, 4 hour drinks package, live band, auctions and speeches to celebrate not Only Flinders O'Neills but Gaelic football in SA over the last 30 years. As such we invite all clubs to come along and celebrate with us, to talk about the clashes the wins and losses.... If anyone out there has any old photos or stories we would live to hear/ see them and use them on the night! PM me for more details or check out http://www.flindersoneills.com

Sounds awesome. I have played and/or coached against Flinders over 50 times and would love to attend and should have lots of stuff in storage from the early years I can contribute.

[lutz]

I'm sure Snake Eyes will be keen if Neville will be there.

[BigFatHarry]

Rather than a bye week perhaps you could play a team from the other division who would be in the same situation. Therefore you would play each team in your division twice for points and you would have two games not for points that are contested against a team from the other division. This would equate to a 10 week minor round and the top 4 from each div could then play in a two week final series 1 v 4, 2 v 3. With the 5th placed div 1 team playing against the Dingoes um oops i mean against the 5th placed div 2 team as a curtain jerker for the GF. Therefore you would have a beautifully balanced 12 week, dual pitch, even in theorey competition....

Let me know at what point i lost you Harry

You lost me at "beautifully balanced". I simply don't see the validity of it (splitting into two, 5 or 6 team, divisions). Why risk an injury to play a match for no points? If there are ample entries then 2 divisions make sense...but any less than 15 teams is not ample. If the divisions are genuinely split on ability when and by who is this determined? And the idea of a 5th in Div 1 vs 5th in Div 2 "curtain jerker for the GF" would be so 1 sided that it beggars belief why it would even be considered. The divisional finals concept is fine as it will keep 8 of the teams playing for longer, and worked ok last season for the Top 8 after the minor round.
By all means continue trying to convince me that two 5 team divisions is a good idea, but I still have not heard a decent argument for.

[wristwatcher]

SA Minors and Women take on NSW in their respective clashes today at the opening day of the Australasian Championships.

[Blackwhite]

Great to hear SA getting a win today. Your doing the state proud guys

[Blackwhite]

Is there still room for me at the Dingoes Pete?

[wristwatcher]

Congratulations to the 5 SA boys who were last night named in the Australasian team. Amazing effort.

[footy1992]

Rather than a bye week perhaps you could play a team from the other division who would be in the same situation. Therefore you would play each team in your division twice for points and you would have two games not for points that are contested against a team from the other division. This would equate to a 10 week minor round and the top 4 from each div could then play in a two week final series 1 v 4, 2 v 3. With the 5th placed div 1 team playing against the Dingoes um oops i mean against the 5th placed div 2 team as a curtain jerker for the GF. Therefore you would have a beautifully balanced 12 week, dual pitch, even in theorey competition....

Let me know at what point i lost you Harry

You lost me at "beautifully balanced". I simply don't see the validity of it (splitting into two, 5 or 6 team, divisions). Why risk an injury to play a match for no points? If there are ample entries then 2 divisions make sense...but any less than 15 teams is not ample. If the divisions are genuinely split on ability when and by who is this determined? And the idea of a 5th in Div 1 vs 5th in Div 2 "curtain jerker for the GF" would be so 1 sided that it beggars belief why it would even be considered. The divisional finals concept is fine as it will keep 8 of the teams playing for longer, and worked ok last season for the Top 8 after the minor round.
By all means continue trying to convince me that two 5 team divisions is a good idea, but I still have not heard a decent argument for.

How many confirmed teams do we have now?

[lutz]

I've heard the schedule has been released to clubs (?), could it be updated on the website too?

[wristwatcher]

I've heard the schedule has been released to clubs (?), could it be updated on the website too?

Its only first draft.

[Lynwood]

I've heard the schedule has been released to clubs (?), could it be updated on the website too?

Round one is the only official round. It is on the new website which will be live by tomorrow night and the facebook page. I will have the full draw up as soon as it comes out.

Round 1

Fri, Oct 18th
WI vs Na Fianna, 7:00pm (M)
Na Fianna vs WI, 8:15pm (W)

Sun Oct 20th
Flinders vs Rovers 2:30pm (W)
Port vs Flinders 3:45pm (M)
Onkas vs Blues, 5:00pm (W)
Irish Australians vs Onkas 6:15pm (M)
St. Brendan's - bye

[lutz]

I've heard the schedule has been released to clubs (?), could it be updated on the website too?

Round one is the only official round. It is on the new website which will be live by tomorrow night and the facebook page. I will have the full draw up as soon as it comes out.

Cheers mate. Will the new site be the same address?

[Lynwood]

Starts late October on Wednesdays and if there is enough teams there will be 2 divisions. Probably need 10 teams for that.

You will need more than 10 teams to make 2 divisions...Crikey! That's only 5 teams per division - so 1 bye every 5 weeks, Mickey Mouse stuff. If you get 16 teams then fair enough.

Agree that more then 10 teams are needed. I would only think about 2 divs with 12 team min but that would be by a vote from the teams. That is also our limit for number of teams at St Marys. We can have 13 if enough teams entered with one team having a bye and a 12 week season playing each other once. The only way to go over that would be 2 - 7 team div's with a bye from each a week and a 12 week season this still allows for 6 games or start a second comp on another night. Unfortunately there is no way to set a third field up to allow 16 teams on one night without shortening games (which I will not do).

I have not yet seen if any nomination forms have been sent in but around 10 teams will be in this season.

[the milky bar kid]

Starts late October on Wednesdays and if there is enough teams there will be 2 divisions. Probably need 10 teams for that.

You will need more than 10 teams to make 2 divisions...Crikey! That's only 5 teams per division - so 1 bye every 5 weeks, Mickey Mouse stuff. If you get 16 teams then fair enough.

Agree that more then 10 teams are needed. I would only think about 2 divs with 12 team min but that would be by a vote from the teams. That is also our limit for number of teams at St Marys. We can have 13 if enough teams entered with one team having a bye and a 12 week season playing each other once. The only way to go over that would be 2 - 7 team div's with a bye from each a week and a 12 week season this still allows for 6 games or start a second comp on another night. Unfortunately there is no way to set a third field up to allow 16 teams on one night without shortening games (which I will not do).

I have not yet seen if any nomination forms have been sent in but around 10 teams will be in this season.

Is there nomination forms around the place?
I'm having a meeting with some players next Wednesday, I'll be definitely entering the Na Fianna 2nds in 7 a side & possibly bringing a new team in if we get enough interest.