A Preview of Round 11 at the Worlds Greatest Football Club
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Welcome to a preview of round 11 at the Worlds Greatest Football Club. Membership, Past Players Day & Sydney Drinks Welcome to all new Members and Sponsors, we are now up to 341 paid up members (including 130 Bob Neil members in a nice symmetry) and 51 player sponsors, 393 in total and still growing. The latest list is at the back of this preview once again. To those that have made a donation to the University Associated Entity Fund we will be informed of your donation in July and formally recognise you then. Just in case you didn’t know this week is Past Players day at University Oval so we hope to see as many of you out there as possible. Forecast couldn’t be better, the marquees will be set up on the northern side of the grandstand with cheap beers and the gourmet bbq will be firing as per normal. The more the bloody merrier so get along. Plus TOM MARTIN hosting a special past players BOWLIES. The merchandise will definitely be available for collection this Saturday afternoon at Uni Oval but if you’re unable to get there please email Rulebook with your preference for polo or rugby top together with size (S, M, L, XL) and postal address. We are also organising drinks for all of our Sydney members next weekend at the grudge match between Sydney University (coached by ex Black Roger Moten) & the UTS Bats, whose players have included the great Ben ‘Demi’ Moore, Bryan Eagle and Nick Haslam in recent years. If you’re up in Sydney make sure to get along to the game at Sydney Uni’s home ground, we’ll send out a separate email to all Sydney based members separately with more details. Last Week 5 out of 7 is a good weekend but it could have been so much better. The A grade, whilst struggling to capitalise on opportunities, were still up by 9 points towards the end of the 3rd quarter before letting SPOC back in and falling off the pace in a disappointing last quarter. And the Bastards lost on the last kick of the day due to the cheating SPOC umpire (quote coach Tyro, read the match report for more detail!), so it could have easily been 7 out of 7 again with a little bit of luck. With that said, 3 of our other results were very tight in our favour so we can't complain too much. The C-bombs and FGA both beat the top ranked whats-a- kenil-worth? by less than a goal, the FGA due to C Reid's goal with seconds to play and the C-bombs just holding onto a 5 goal 3/4 time lead when the umpires finally heard the siren with the ball in the kennel goal square. The Chards appreciated the big crowd on their past players day and ground out an uncharacteristically hard fought win against a-broads-view, great to see a number of old faces on the day who haven’t been around the traps for many a year. The Scum against Scotch (match report next page) and B's against SPOC were the only teams to post very convincing victories, with the B grade putting in their best display of the year going into half time 10 goal up before coasting. Match Report of the Week – Scum V Scotch OC After a stellar start to the year the only itch the SCUM couldn’t scratch was the 1st round loss to the Range Rover driving lot from Scotch. However, revenge is a dish best served cold, which the SCUM served up to the toffs in spoonfuls and the itch was scratched. The only hot meal Scotch could get would be up to whether Mr Miatke felt generous and considered sharing the 2 Schnitzels he won kicking 400% more goals than the twin tower forward line of Chimp and Doc (who collectively kicked 6 points). The wager was who would kick more: Chimp or the Doc? The prize, dinner at the Havy. But as usual Bunny complicated things, proposing that if Mr Miatke kicked more than the two combined, that he gets the prized dinner from both. Mr Miatke kicked 4 from the middle. SCUM were in their version 2.0.11 best, getting better and better as the game went on. (Mt) Barker was silky, (Dont be so) Karas was back to his 2010 BF Best, (Pipes) Zampogna ran rings around the Scotch backline and the dynamic duo of Pole-Gus let nothing through down back. Match Facts: - It is official, Evo (The Spiritual Leader) is the best SAAFL Goal Umpire in recorded history. Recovering in the goal square after Dirty broke the sticks through channelling his abilities through Rob Mally. Thank Evo for Evo. - Ned 180 Dart did well in his exam at Wayville and arrived in time for the 2nd term. He nearly was in the BPs although lost votes due to faltering commitment (SCUM or Exams?) - Clint Rule kept warm through his beloved Electric Blanket on the bank. He even Mythbusted the water on Electric Blanket myth for the crowd. Scum V Scotch OC (cont) Goals: Mr Miatke kicked a lazy 4 Champs kicked 4 in the second half Zampogna kicked 2 goals 5 points. Cartons for Pipes! Ned 180 Dart kicked a sausage. Chimp 3 points Doc also 3 points Best Players: (Bitumen) Fitch was put into the ruck and was very good. (They call me Paul) Scoleri played a blinder in his 2nd debut. Ben (is A) Champion was fantastic in the second half, straightening up the 'very' wayward SCUM. (Frank) Spencer was a great leader in the guts. Hard, strong and very good. (Mr) Miatke was everywhere...again. Lets hope that he doesn’t eat too many Schnitzels coming into finals Man with the jugs... We knew he was good, we knew he was classy and we knew he was a nice guy, but we didn’t know he was a FREAK! Tom (Bags) Bernard was awesome this day. Kouta one handed grabs, kicking on the outside of his foot to spot up the periphery and setting up attack after attack. Get ready SCUM Finals await us. An Interview with the President of the AMA Peter Sharley, the current President of the AMA State Branch, was interviewed recently in the monthly AMA magazine. His parting words were most profound, thanks to Harry Butler for sending this through… Outside of medicine, Peter has been spotted planting 20,000 trees to save the world and has also reportedly developed some skills with talking to cows. He is also passionate about the Adelaide University Football Club (the Blacks) where he is vice-president. "The Blacks is still home to the legendary Bob Neil whose character and dedication we all aspire to match," says Peter. On the topic of Medicine, the driving force behind the Centals juggernaut, Dr Rabs Douglas, sent through this link to an important study recently completed. Wave this about the next time you're told you're wasting time/being negligent of the kiddies etc. Rabs. http://www.parramattasun.com.au/news/local/news/general/watching-sport-seen-as- good-for-blokes-health/2197858.aspx Bob Neil Photo of the Week If you have any other Bob Neil photos please send them through to me Upcoming events Another reminder about upcoming events: 30 July - Ladies Day @ Uni Oval for A/B grade V ROC 6 August – Blacks Ball @ the Dom Polski Centre This Weeks Games Ok, so onto this week and games as follows: Div 2 v PAC – Uni Oval @ 2:15 Div 2R v PAC – Uni Oval @ 12:15 Div 6 v Colonel Light Garden – Mortlock Park @ 2:15 Div 6R v Colonel Light Garden – Mortlock Park @ 12:15 Div C1 v Phos Camden – Camden Oval @ 12:15 Div C2 v PAC – Park 10 @ 12:15 Div C4 v Hectorville – Daly Oval @ 2:15 The tarnished spooners visit beautiful Bob Neil # 1 in yet another crucial game for the A grade. We’ve been involved in some unpleasant records this year, with Iggies, SPOC & PAOC all beating us for the first time in A grade footy (I think that’s the case anyway, historian Bloch would be able to confirm) so it would be nice if we could avoid another one this week. We’ve certainly done our bit for the Bath & the Maid, who no doubt enjoyed some big nights on the back of those old scholar wins, although at least with the Maid we keep it in the Havelock family. Aside from the last quarter against SPOC the form of the Contract Killers has been solid over the last few weeks, but they will need to be on their game this week to beat a solid, if tarnished, spooner outfit. In: Holland, Heath (both back from injury) Out: Alesci (injured & back in the middle of WA), Bankes (unavailable) Bruce Willis men will look to continue their good form against a middle of the road tarnished spooner team and the other game against PAOC is over at Bob Neil # 2 at 12:15 with the Bastards in desperate need of a win to stay in touch with the top 5. The C-Bombs venture out to the rubbish bin to take on the struggling Colonel Light Garbage. Last weeks win against Kenilworth, who are a decent and improving A grade outfit likely to play Div 5 next year, was really impressive and if they can beat the Garbage this week they will be safely out of relegation territory and well in the mix for finals action.