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Issue 6 Round 12 July 22Nd 2017 Roos Vs Gladstone Issue 6 Round 12 July 22nd 2017 Roos Vs Gladstone 2017 Major Sponsors SPONSORED AND PRINTED BY Save the date Kangaroo’s Australia Football Club recognises and acknowledges the Darumbal people, the traditional owners and custodians of the ground upon which we play today. Players, family and friends are all invited to We pay our respects to the elders, and all elders, past present and fu- Brother’s Senior Presentation night ture. Saturday the 26th of August at 7:00pm Venue TBA Kangaroos AFC would like to thank all our club volunteers for their time and dedication behind the scenes before, after and on game day. Brothers Seniors would like to thank the following organisations for sponsoring players this season Scott Smithwick Romsey Steam & Gen- eral Engineering Thomas Shackleton Congratulations Wayne (Shimma) Clifford on joining the 300 club against Glenmore 2 weeks ago! Xavier Frost Solidifying yourself as a Legend Ethan Rose Under 7’s Brothers AFC Under 7’s would like to thank the Happy Herb Shop and Grace Removals for their sponsorship this year. Brothers AFC Under 9’s would like to thank Central Queensland Indigenous Development for their sponsorship this year. Big thank you to Power Forward and Brothers Social Coordinator Tom Shack- AFTER SOME FANTATSIC FORM IN leton for his tireless efforts in providing RECENT WEEKS, PERFORMING HIS social outings and shenanigans for the club this year. TEXTBOOK SHOW’N’GO WEEK IN WEEK OUT WITH SIDES STILL NOT LEARNING AND LEAVING HIM UNNACOUNTED FOR OUT ON THE WING, FREX HAS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF A LOCAL BAKERY WITH SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 2017 SEASON. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LATEST PLAYER SPONSOR FOR 2017 AND ALSO 300 GAMER BRAD (FREX) MATHESON Thanks Thomas Quick hands with the Players! Quick Hands with … Mitchel O'Reagan Hometown: Rockhampton Nickname: Mitch AFL team you support: Hawthorn Favourite holiday destination: Brisbane Favourite subject at school: PE How many years have you played footy? Six weeks! What do you love most about football? It's much funner than rugby league as you get to have all the fun with- out having to get smashed too often Do you have any hob- bies? Collecting Caps, my best cap was a FOX hat with no band Quick hands with the Players! Quick Hands with … Rhys Matthews Hometown: Rock- hampton If you or someone you know would like to Nickname: Rash (cause sponsor our proud under 13’s side. Please I'm all over the opposi- tion) contact Pam on 0417 882 298. AFL team you support: All club sponsors will feature on our new Hawks Favourite holiday des- entrance sign tination: Mt Hay Favourite subject at school: PE How many years have you played footy? 3 What do you love most about football? You get to stay fit and play with your mates Do you have any hobbies? Collecting thunder eggs Brothers AFC Under 13’s Team List Ellyssa Ruff Mitchel Cole Lincoln Beckett Emilee Cox Ainsley Mulligan Jock Crawford Amelia Hopkins Psalmoi Gristwood Tylor Cullen Tom Hutchieson Ardeth Pearce Zackary Jones Jimmy Stewart Xavier Mason Xander Stoddart Tyler Matheson Daniel Swaffer Rhys Matthews Zac Szulc Michael McCubbin Ernie Tull Mitchell O’Regan Reggi Yasso Under 13’s Quick hands Under 13’s with the Players! Firstly, I want to say congratulations to Psalmoi and Tom for selec- tion in the Capricornia U14’s team that played in Mackay on the Quick Hands with … weekend of 24 June. The feedback from the boys was that they en- Tyler Matheson joyed the experience regardless of the scores on the day. It is a great personal achievement to be selected for this level and opens Hometown: Brisbane opportunities beyond Rockhampton for kids that are good enough Nickname: Tywer to be selected for representative footy. AFL team you support: Geelong Cats For the Team, the game against the Panthers in Round 9 was a real turning point. The team stood up in the absence of their Captain Favourite holiday destination: Gold Coast and Vice-Captain and pushed the opposition all the way. We missed Favourite subject at a couple of shots at goal that may have changed the result on the day. school: PE How many years The response from one of the players involved was amazing to watch. He was inconsolable on the day. Over the next few weeks he have you played practiced his kicking at every opportunity, then as a result, over the footy? 3 following two games against strong opposition he has kicked 7 goals. What an effort! What do you love The last two rounds have seen us improve dramatically, with two most about football? away wins against Glenmore and BITS. The return of players from Running around and representative footy and school holidays had a positive effect but playing with your most of the change is due to the improvement of the skills and the team starting to gel together. friends Do you have any hobbies? Don't have one yet Some may not be aware but at the start of the season we had only Quick hands 13 U13’s players. We relied on our Under 11’s just to field a team to with the Players! ensure we did not forfeit. We have been joined during the season by a number of athletic, competitive kids, but many had never Quick Hands with … played AFL before. For some of our more skilled players and their Blayze Chalson parents this was no doubt a frustrating time, but as a coach you just Hometown: Seymour, can’t teach the sort of competitiveness I saw in these kids, the skills Vic can be taught! Nickname: Blaze We have kept it simple, “win the competition”, “share with your mates” and “kick goals”. This may sound like a gross oversimplifica- AFL team you support: tion, and it is meant to be, but if we do these three things better Gold Coast Suns than the competition we win. It has not taken long for their skills to Favourite holiday desti- improve and the sense of enjoyment of the game for all increases. nation: Lakes entrance After some experimenting with player positions, we are starting to in Victoria, huge waves settle on field positions for many players. This has taken some time due to the changes in the team, you have to react to the team that at the beach is available on the day. As the kids become familiar with the differ- Favourite subject at ences in play associated with the posi- school: English and tions, this offers further opportunity for improvement as the player be- lunch time comes better at their position. How many years have The next two games at home will be a you played footy? 11 real test to see how far we have come. What do you love most about football? Just Finally, a big thank you to all the Par- playing it, the whole game ents and siblings that have helped out Do you have any hobbies? Playing the guitar so far. We have a few home games to finish the year, so a little extra support and drums will be needed to get all the jobs done. (Congratulations to Blayze on making his A Scott Szulc grade Debut this weekend) Coach Brothers Seniors would like to thank for following organisations for their player sponsorship this season. Quick Hands with … Jack Uebergang Daniel Trinca Hometown: Rockhampton Nickname: Uebey AFL team you support: Collingwood, I'm sorry Favourite holiday destination: Sunshine Coast Favourite subject at school: Metal work Joel Harris How many years have you played footy? Nearly 10 now What do you love Brent most about football? Wood The team, being with your mates Do you have any hobbies? Playing sport Play the guitar Play hobbies? any have Do you around ball? about foot- most love you do What footy? played you have years How many school: at subject Favourite destination: holiday Favourite support: you AFL team Nickname: Hometown: Leach Running 5 Need one Brisbane:Rockhampton Quick Hands with Quick Players! the with Quick hands 13’ BrisbaneLions s, s, 15’ HPE s ands Airlie Beach 17’ … s s Jai Jai Round Date Home or Away OPPOSITION EVENT 1 22/04/2017 A BITS Sun Palms 2 5/06/2017 H Gladstone Sun Palms 3 13/5/2017 A Yeppoon Sun Palms 4 20/6/2017 A Panthers Sun Palms 5 27/6/2017 H Glenmore Sun Palms 6 3/6/2017 H BITS Beer pong 18+ 7 10/6/2017 A Gladstone (bad hat day) 8 17/6/2017 H Yeppoon Sun Palms 9 24/6/2017 H Panthers Casino night 10 8/7/2017 A Glenmore Cocktail night 18+ 11 15/7/2017 A BITS bus trip 18+ 12 22/7/2017 H Gladstone Karaoke night 13 29/7/2017 H Yeppoon Ladies Night partners/ sisters 14 5/8/2017 A Panthers Sun Palms 15 12/8/2017 H Glenmore Tony Clifford Memorial Day Major function Club house Last man standing club house Under 15’s Women’s Last week was one of the best performances by the girls. We travelled to Boyne Island with a large team, and changed a few positions Q1 Q2 which worked to our advantage. The girls had “TALENT WINS GAMES, BUT TEAMWORK AND INTELLIGENCE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS” a convincing 51 point win only allowing BITS This quote has always been connected to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, to score 1 point against them. Some stand out for years the team had some of the most talented players ever to grace the NBA. performances were Pam Waine, Sarah-Jane Michael is considered the Greatest of all time (GOAT).
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