2008 Regional Championships
7-8 June, 2008 Wagga Wagga
Information Guide
AFL (NSW/ACT) Regional Championships
The 2008 AFL (NSW/ACT) Regional Championships are being held on the June long weekend. This will see 12 Leagues across NSW and ACT converge on Wagga Wagga to play representative football at the highest level. The community is highly anticipating this event.
2008 also marks 150 Years of Australian Football and these Championships will be the perfect platform to celebrate grass roots football across NSW and the ACT.
Index
Participating Leagues contact details 2
Accommodation/Host Clubs 3
Uniform orders 5
Food/Beverages 4
Squad/team numbers 5
Umpires 5
Function 5
Competition format 5
Grounds 7
Fixture 6
Sponsors 9
Action list 11
AFL (NSW/ACT) contact details 11
1 2008 Regional Championships Information Guide Participating League Contact Details
Black Diamond AFL Contact: Scott Ledwidge Ph: 0418 277 051 Email: [email protected]
Canberra and District FL Contact: David Wark Ph: 0411 744 799 Email: [email protected]
Central West AFL Contact: Geoff Day Ph: (02) 6342 3355 Email: [email protected]
Farrer Football League Contact: Shane Buchanan Ph: 0409 128 420 Email: [email protected]
Hume Football League Contact: Barry Malone Ph: 0428 270 619 Email: [email protected]
AFL North Coast Contact: Jim Woodlock Ph: 0428 446 177 Email: [email protected]
Northern Riverina Football League Contact: Pat Daniher Ph: (02) 6975 9254 Email: [email protected]
Riverina Football League Contact: Shane Buchanan Ph: 0409 128 420 Email: [email protected]
Sapphire Coast Football League Contact: Peter Lavender Ph: (02) 6495 9095 Email: [email protected]
South Coast AFL Contact: Tess Pretty Ph: 0401 284 165 Email: [email protected]
AFL Sydney – First Division Contact: Garry Burkinshaw Ph: 0437 996 339 Email: [email protected]
Tamworth AFL Contact: Darrell Benfield Ph: 0427 223 133 Email: [email protected]
2 2008 Regional Championships Information Guide Accommodation/Host Clubs Each league has been assigned accommodation and a host club below. It is up to each league to contact their assigned host club and accommodation to work out particulars. Leagues have been provided accommodation for 30 people with breakfast included:
Host clubs from the Riverina and Farrer Football clubs have kindly donated their services to leagues traveling to the Championships. Clubs will provide training facilities for your team, a meal for you on the Friday night (cost to be negotiated between league and club), ice for all games, laundry to wash your guernseys and trainers and water runners for all games.
Sapphire Coast AFL Best Western 82 Tarcutta St Wagga Wagga Contact: Jamie Pascoe – 6921 8088 or 0408 218 088
Host Club: Eastern Hawks Contact: Mark Mullen Ph/Email: 0488 548549/[email protected]
Black Diamond FL Country Comfort Cnr Morgan and Tarcutta St Wagga Wagga Contact : Brooke McCormack – 6921 6444
Host Club: North Wagga Contact: Peter Keating Ph/Email: 0412 488 882/[email protected]
Sydney AFL – First Division Country Comfort Cnr Morgan and Tarcutta St Wagga Wagga Contact : Brooke McCormack – 6921 6444
Host Club: RivColl Contact: Michael Irons Ph/Email: 0428 598 643/[email protected]
Canberra and District FL Country Comfort Cnr Morgan and Tarcutta St Wagga Wagga Contact : Brooke McCormack – 6921 6444
Host Club: Collingullie Ashmont Kapooka Contact: Scott Lewington Ph/Email: 0427 229 609/[email protected]
Northern Riverina FL Garden City Motor Inn 2 Day Street Wagga Wagga Contact : Leanne Turner – 6921 3646
Host Club: Northern Jets Contact: Neil Wykes Ph/Email: 0408 675 702/ [email protected]
3 2008 Regional Championships Information Guide AFL North Coast Garden City Motor Inn 2 Day Street Wagga Wagga Contact: Leanne Turner – 6921 3646
Host Clubs: Wagga Tigers Contact: Doug Priest Ph/Email: 0427 282 911/ [email protected]
Tamworth AFL Ambassador Inn 315 Edward Street Wagga Wagga Contact: Tina – 6925 7722
Host Club: Coolamon Contact: Neil Munro Ph/Email: 0427 447 756/ [email protected]
Central West FL Allonville Motel 3691 Sturt Highway Gumly Gumly Contact: Steven Taylor – 6922 7269
Host Club: Marrar Contact: Gavin Hulm Ph/Email: 0428 744 645/ [email protected]
Hume FL – Saturday night only Allonville Motel 3691 Sturt Highway Gumly Gumly Contact: Steven Taylor – 6922 7269
Host Club: The Rock Contact: John Driscoll Ph/Email: 0427 756 224/ [email protected]
South Coast AFL Burringa Motel 39 Plumpton Rd Wagga Wagga Contact: Warren - 6922 3100
Host Club: Turvey Park Contact: Garry Mattingly Ph/Email: 6922 4722/ [email protected]
Riverina FL – Saturday night only City Park Motel 1 Tarcutta St Wagga Wagga Contact: Tony or Lou – 6921 4301
4 2008 Regional Championships Information Guide Uniform Orders As part of AFL NSW/ACT’s agreement with Platinum Sponsor, Cougar Sportswear, it has been agreed that all leagues attending will receive a free set of guernseys, shorts and socks. All guernseys will have the 150 years of football logo displayed on them. Please send through images of your uniform, including your league’s logo and sizes through to Chris Mintern (via email- [email protected] ) by 30 th April . Once they are all received, a bulk order will be sent to Cougar Sportswear. As Cougar are actively supporting us in providing your league’s playing strip, I encourage you to contact them to order your off-field clothing also. Food/Beverages On the Friday evening your host club will provide you with a meal for a pre-arranged cost at their clubrooms. Through our Sponsorship arrangement with Subway(see below), we will be providing all squads(including coaching staff) with subway rolls and drinks on Saturday and Sunday. In the evening on Saturday night an awards function will be held where finger food will be provided and drinks will be at bar prices. All other meal times other that the ones previously mentioned will be up to the league or individual to purchase. Squad/Team Numbers All leagues will be asked to provide a list of 30 players two weeks prior to the commencement of the Championships. This list will be used for Football Record. A final squad of 24 players will need to be named prior to the team taking the field for the first game. This squad will be unable to be changed once the team has commenced playing it’s first game. All squad members are able to participate with 18 on the field and 6 on the bench. Umpires All leagues are asked to provide one accredited field umpire in their party of 30 people attending the weekend. Goal Umpires and Boundary will be organised by the Riverina and Farrer Leagues. Function On Saturday 7 th June, commencing at 6:30pm a function will be held at the Rules Club which is located next door to Maher Oval(see map). Awards will be presented at this function and finger food will be provided. It is anticipated that all players and coaching staff are to be in attendance.
Competition Format All league have been assigned into pools against other leagues of competitive nature, please see below where your league has been assigned.
Pool A Pool B Pool C Black Diamond Sydney AFL – 1 st Div. Northern River. Hume FL Canberra and District FL Tamworth AFL Farrer FL Sapphire Coast FL South Coast Riverina FL AFL North Coast Central West
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Fixture DRAFT
Day 1 – Saturday, 7 June 2008
POOL A - MAHER OVAL 10.00am Riverina FL Black Diamond AFL 11.00am Hume FL Farrer FL 12.30pm Black Diamond AFL Hume FL 1.30pm Riverina FL Farrer FL 3.00pm Black Diamond AFL Farrer FL 4.00pm Riverina FL Hume FL
POOL B - ROBERTSON OVAL 10.00am AFL North Coast Canberra and District 11.00am Sapphire Coast AFL Sydney 12.30pm Canberra and District Sapphire Coast 1.30pm AFL Sydney – 1 st Div North Coast 3.00pm AFL Sydney – 1 st Div Canberra and District 4.00pm AFL North Coast Sapphire Coast
POOL C - MCPHERSON OVAL 10.00am Tamworth FL South Coast 11.00am Northern Riverina Central West 12.30pm South Coast Northern Riverina 1.30pm Tamworth FL Central West 3.00pm South Coast Central West 4.00pm Tamworth FL Northern Riverina
Day 2 – Sunday, 8 June 2008
POOL A - MAHER OVAL 11.00am TBC 1.00pm TBC 3.00pm 1st Pool A 2nd Pool B
POOL B - ROBERTSON OVAL 10.00am TBC 12.00pm TBC
POOL C - MCPHERSON OVAL 10.00am 3rd Pool C 4th Pool C
Times and venues for games on Sunday will be advised on Saturday night once the fixture has been completed. Preference for the early games will be given to those leagues that are traveling home on Sunday night
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Grounds
The Championships will be held at 3 grounds within Wagga Wagga. Please see below for locations.
Robertson Oval Fitzhardinge St, Wagga Wagga
Maher Oval Cnr Fernleigh and Glenfield Rd, Wagga Wagga
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McPherson Oval Cnr William St and Frederick St, Wagga Wagga
8 2008 Regional Championships Information Guide Sponsors Please have a look over the sponsors of the 2008 Regional Championships; these businesses have kindly provided us with cash, services or their own products, so where possible please support them.
Platinum Sponsor
Cougar Sportswear
Although relatively new to the football apparel markets (incorporated in 1996) Cougar Sportswear has made a significant impact throughout football league and club markets Australia wide over the past 10 years. Cougar Sportswear currently utilizes state of the art digital printers to sublimate jumpers, shorts, training singlets, training tops and the majority of polo’s, together with all inserts used on shorts.
Silver Sponsors
National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank is an international financial services group providing a comprehensive range of banking and financial services in its core markets of Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Asia. Founded in the Australian State of Victoria in 1858, The National Bank of Australasia as it was originally known - quickly became renowned as one of the more prudent banking institutions in the country .
Australian Rail Track Corporation
ARTC currently has responsibility for the management of over 10,000 route kilometres of standard gauge interstate track, in South Australia , Victoria and Western Australia , and New South Wales . ARTC also manages the Hunter Valley Coal Rail network in New South Wales (311 km) and other regional rail links in New South Wales (651 km).
Daily Advertiser
The Daily Advertiser (Mon-Fri) and the Weekend Advertiser (Sat) are the key regional daily papers serving Wagga Wagga and surrounding districts. The two papers cover a broad geographical region which incorporates Wagga Wagga, Hay, West Wyalong, Young, Gundagai, Holbrook and Deniliquin.
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Bronze Sponsors
Subway
With more than 28,000 locations in 86 countries, the SUBWAY® brand is the world’s largest submarine sandwich franchise, and has become a leader in the international development of the quick service restaurant industry.
Rules Club- Wagga
The Riverina Australian Football Club contains Maher Oval Sporting Complex, two full size bowling greens, numerous indoor sporting & leisure facilities.
Hartwigs
The largest regional car and truck dealership in Australia. Owned and operated by the Hartwig family ever since, the business is now headed by Robert Hartwig a third generation family member, and Tim Hartwig representing the fourth generation of the family. Hartwigs has seven company owned locations servicing country New South Wales, The ACT and Victoria.
Qantaslink
Qantas is widely regarded as the world's leading long distance airline and one of the strongest brands in Australia. Qantas continues to provide outstanding service to its customers and is at the forefront of the international civil aviation industry.
Regional Events Live
Regional Events Live was launched in September 2006 by events organiser and 2004 NSW Tourism Finalist, Natalie Bramble. With a vision to facilitate the coordinated and cooperative marketing of events in Regional Australia, Natalie has incorporated the latest technology in the Regional Events Live website and aims to help everyone from volunteer-based organistations, businesses, government departments and individuals to promote their event.
10 2008 Regional Championships Information Guide Action List Items to action from this document:
Contact Host club to organise Friday night dinner and other particulars □ Email Uniform requirements; to Chris Mintern by 30 th April □ Email squad list (30 players) to Garry Burkinshaw by 16 th May □ Email name of Field Umpire to Garry Burkinshaw by 16 th May □
AFL (NSW/ACT) Contact Details
Chris Mintern Club Development Manager (Sydney & Northern NSW) Ph: 8333 8029 Email: [email protected]
Ben MacCormack Club Development Manager (ACT & Southern NSW) Ph: 6228 0351 Email: [email protected]
Garry Burkinshaw Senior Football Operations Ph: 8333 8031 Email: [email protected]
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