ISSUE #1270 ISSUE The Family League FREQUENT FLYER POINTS: Port MacDonnell star Will Macdonald pulled down this spectacular mark against Robe last week. Photo: Karen Gould. ROUND 9: JUNE 1, 2013 NANGWARRY vs KALANGADOO PORT MACDONNELL vs MOUNT BURR KONGORONG vs ROBE HATHERLEIGH vs TANTANOOLA Glencoe bye ADMISSION: ADULTS $8, CONCESSION $5. NO ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE GROUND. Proud sponsors of MSE football and netball clubs 2013 Healthy Club Sponsors • $10,000 in prizes on offer fred’S Mid se footy wrap J.L. “Fred” Smith ROUND NINE PREVIEW WE reach the half-way mark of the home-and-away season this afternoon and Hatherleigh should retain top spot with a solid win over Tantanoola. Nangwarry’s first win will come at Kalangadoo’s expense while Mt Burr will be trounced at the Bay. After four consecutive losses, Kongorong’s luck will finally change and Robe will suffer. Millicent North Primary School, 2012 Tantanoola Gala Day winners. ROUND EIGHT REVIEW He was either secretary or South Australian Community matches. GLENCOE burst Hatherleigh’s president of our league and the Football League (SACFL) Whichever league wins is bubble while reigning premiers Kowree Naracoorte Football competition. certainly “Cock of the Walk” for Port MacDonnell returned to League for well over 20 years. This competition has been that year in the SE. their best form at Robe. From his retirement abode in a complete failure and there Localising interleague is a Tantanoola survived a danger Queensland, Wilf wrote to the have been plenty of horrific great advantage to many spec- game at home and defeated Mid SE hierarchy over summer experiences. tators and they will get to know Kongorong while Mt Burr de- and sent me a copy. Recalling two of these fail- opposition players through the nied Nangwarry their first win. The secretaries of the WBFL ures was the time the WBFL media. and the KNTFL also received had to go to Nar Nar Goon on By localising interleague INTERLEAGUE Wilf’s letter. the other side of Melbourne matches in the SE will give ALL roads lead to Kalangadoo It is re-produced below: and play in front of a handful spectators the opportunity next Saturday for the third con- I hope you do not think it is of people and the Mid SE had to attend all the interleague secutive match against the too impudent of me in writing to charter an aircraft to fly the matches. Mallee Football League. in regard to suggestions for team to Whyalla and play in Interleague matches must be It will be the only match any- interleague. front of a pitiful crowd con- brought to the public and not where in the region. I have played in the three SE sisting of no SE supporters but played in remote and unknown I am still scratching my leagues, was actively involved only our trainers. ovals. head that the Western Border as an administrator for 23 years The leagues had to foot these I well remember when the Football League did not sched- and have since closely contin- expenses. KNFL had to play a match at ule a match against the South ued to follow the fortunes of There has been virtually no the Glencoe Oval. West District Football League in the three leagues. interest in interleague since the Nine out of ten KNFL people a week’s time, My concern is to put inter- VCFL and the SACFL stepped had no idea where it was and It could have been played at a league in the SE to where it was in. the gate consequently was a venue near a major population and should be. It’s time for a change. shocker. centre such as Coleraine (close Firstly, Interleague for all fi- Interleague gates were once These matches have to be to Hamilton), Heywood (close nals should be the second very good as there had been so played at well-known venues to Portland) and Dartmoor greatest seasonal match after much media hype. on highways such as Millicent, (close to Mt Gambier). the finals. To be quite frank, each Penola, Nangwarry, Mt Gambier, One of the most passionate This was once the case in league in the SE claimed to be Naracoorte and Bordertown. supporters of interleague in the SE with the Wortley Shield the best. Catering should be rotated this region from the 1950s to (seniors), Makin Shield (senior Hence these games were but not venues. the 1980s was Wilf Sprengel. colts) and the Edwards Shield played with real passion and Keep them central. To many in the Mid SE, the (junior colts) being contested spirit as was the barracking. Training and selection for name “Wilf Sprengel” is chiefly for each season. The three current leagues in Interleague has gone com- known as the donour of the A I believe that this format the region appear to be equal pletely out-of-control. Grade premiership shield which should again be implemented in strength and this would Usually when the league’s bears his name. and abandon the VCFL and the auger well for great interleague Team of the Year is chosen, it is KICKING GOALS IN PEST CONTROL & proudly supporting the MSEFL Trevor Crowe 8724 9645 www.murraypestcontrol.com.au 2 - 2013 MID SOUTH EAST FOOTBALL & NETBALL BUDGET www.msefl.com.au Proudly 5145 sponsored by done at one sitting by all of the tomorrow (Sunday, June 2). SEEBOHM’S club selectors. Only a few weeks ago, it The point I am making here looked as though the event is that the Interleague selectors, would be cancelled as there especially at colts’ level, select was insufficient manpower to nearly two teams and then ex- stage it. MILLICENT pect them to go training about The news came through this five times. week that it will still be staged SPONSORS OF Rather, the selectors at their tomorrow and the new venue inaugural meeting should virtu- is McLaughlin Park in Millicent. ally select the Interleague team It will be called the Millicent with just a handful of reserves. District Gala Day and it will be LEADING The selected players are fully organised by the McLaughlin fit and don’t need to go hun- Park Management Committee. dreds of kilometres just to train This is great news indeed as GOALKICKERS as they do that at their own the spirit of Tantanoola Gala A GRADE club. Day will carry on. Two training nights is suffi- For many of us in the Mid SE, Name Team R8 Total cient with the last one finishing Jack Skeer Hatherleigh 1 41 Tantanoola Gala Day was our Dylan Bromley Port MacDonnell 6 39 with a bite to eat, a familiarisa- first taste of competitive net- Michael McRae Glencoe 0 28 tion of each other, a guernsey ball and football against other Mitchell Reilly Tantanoola 2 25 presentation and a lecture by schools. Rob Versace Tantanoola 4 25 the coach. We got to see kids from Brett Sneath Hatherleigh 2 25 This makes the expense min- Joshua Wright Kongorong 2 23 across the region and the Mid Sam Telfer Hatherleigh 0 20 imal and does not hurt the feel- SE umpires would donate their William Macdonald Port MacDonnell 9 20 ings of the excess players that time to officiate the matches. Dane Paproth Glencoe 0 19 are not chosen. As in past years, the Millicent Ciaran Buckley Hatherleigh 1 19 At times, clubs have not District Gala Day will consist of RESERVES made some of their top players’ a round robin netball and foot- available fearing injury. Name Team R8 Total ball competition for primary Mathew Cytrowski Tantanoola 1 38 I think the three SE leagues school students around the Matthew Stark Port MacDonnell 4 21 now have it in their constitu- district with up to 300 children Anthony Cary Glencoe 2 19 tions that if a player is unavail- taking part. Scott Varcoe Tantanoola 3 19 able to play Interleague, he is There will be a Junior Netball Anthony Driessen Hatherleigh 1 19 automatically suspended for the Alistair Scott Glencoe 2 18 Division (Years 3-5), Senior Mick Evans Kongorong 1 16 following two club matches. Netball Division (Years 6-7) and Michael Gibson Hatherleigh 0 14 Interleague is very important the Football Competition. Aaron Ilsley Kalangadoo 0 13 to many players particularly Among the schools to regu- Tim Merrett Hatherleigh 0 13 those who are great footballers larly take part in recent years Wayne Attiwill Kongorong 2 13 but never play in a premiership have been Tantanoola, Mt Burr, SENIOR Colts team. Newbery Park, Rendelsham, They can at least say they did Name Team R8 Total Millicent North, Kalangadoo, Hayden Schultz Mt Burr 10 27 achieve by making interleague. Penola, Kangaroo Inn Area, Jack Mullan Kongorong 7 23 The selection of Interleague Robe, Allendale East Area and Tom Saunders Kalangadoo 0 19 coach was never difficult. Beachport and the St Anthony’s Cody Davis Robe 0 18 Caleb Williams Tantanoola 2 18 If available, last season’s pre- and Mary MacKillop Roman miership coach was asked to Reece Carlson Kalangadoo 0 17 Catholic Schools. coach. Jake Blackwell Kongorong 2 15 The 2013 entries are not yet Dylan Tincknell Tantanoola 1 14 I hope these ideas might be known. Brady Gibbs Hatherleigh 5 13 of some help to formulate a Presentations will be made Sam Zeitz Port MacDonnell 2 13 local Interleague. Zac Dunn Kalangadoo 0 13 to the winning teams and most As you might realise, Tyson McRostie Port MacDonnell 5 13 valued player trophies for each Interleague was simply the best team will also be presented.