ISSUE #1272 ISSUE The Family League 400 CONGRATULATIONS BEN YOUNG ON UMPIRING YOUR 400TH SENIOR GAME TODAY ROUND 11: JUNE 22, 2013 NANGWARRY vs PORT MACDONNELL KALANGADOO vs KONGORONG MOUNT BURR vs HATHERLEIGH ROBE vs GLENCOE Tantanoola 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 11 PREVIEW CAN Hill will be packed shoulder- to-shoulder this afternoon as the ladder leaders take on the form team. Hatherleigh should win but expect the Mozzies to throw everything at the Eagles. A wet, wet week might bring the scores closer. Nangwarry may have had three weeks off but Port MacDonnell is back in the groove and will win easily. Kalangadoo will find it hard to RULING THE ROOST: Robe will celebrate their 2003 premiership today with a 10 year reunion. come back from a heavy seaside shellacking and Kongorong will The Hawks were not disgraced three consecutive flags but I team might have their start favourites. but the chances of a major round don’t reckon they have been celebrations curtailed in round 17. Even with players of the calibre berth are slipping away. under the same coach. Dion Dinnison and Stevie of skipper Adam Price and coach The Magpies don’t need much Virtanen are still playing A Grade Simon Brook on the injured list, YEAR OF THE REUNION of an excuse to have a party and while Trevor (“Scooter”) Fenn Glencoe will be too strong for the 30 year anniversary reunion lines up every week for the Robe. 2013 could probably be dubbed is on July 27. Ressies. Some old-timers might play for the year of the premiership The 20th anniversary of Robe hasn’t had much to the Roosters Reserves today. reunion as we have already had Nangwarry’s breakthrough celebrate in 2013 but coach One could say that the home two and at least three more are premiership win will be Jim Jess and many of his 2003 team will have some extra beef. planned. celebrated at home on August heroes will be back at the seaside Somewhere across the Mid There are only two remaining 10. today. SE today, Ben Young will be members of Glencoe’s 1953 A Sadly, the man most I spoke to “The Ghost” at the umpiring his 400th senior match. Grade premiership side and they responsible for this victory will interleague game and he is very Ben has earned the respect met at their home ground on not be present. excited about today’s events. of many for the fine manner in May 11 along with the veterans Phil Muhovics was a noted He has even gone back which he has undertaken the of the 1963 A Grade grand footy identity in this region and through past editions of the difficult jobs of umpires director final winning team and other he died of bone cancer in 2010 Mid SE Budget to see what “The and umpire for more than 20 triumphant maroon and gold at the age of 53. Tomahawk” was writing about years. winning teams. He played at five clubs across his beloved Roosters all those Good on ‘ya, Ben. Lifelong Tantanoola resident the region and was a senior years ago. Ted Williams has given himself coach at four of them and an Ten years have whizzed by the task of gathering information underage coach at the fifth. since Robe defeated Glencoe ROUND 10 REVIEW about the splendid day 40 years Phil joined Nangwarry as a by a whopping 94 points at IT was a topsy-turvy series a ago when the Tantanoola Tigers player in 1992 and played under Nangwarry. week ago as only two of the won the A Grade premiership coach Jonny Neshoda when It was one of the most one- opening round victors were able in the Mid South East Football the Saints suffered their second sided grand final contests in to repeat their successes. League. consecutive grand final loss to the history of the MSEFL with Hatherleigh again crushed They defeated Tarpeena in the Glencoe the Murphies posting just one Robe while Port MacDonnell grand final at Kalangadoo by 51 However, sweet victory was miserable goal by three-quarter triumphed at the Bay at Port points: 18.9 to 9.12. not far away for Phil. time. Mac’s expense. As the Canaries are no longer Nangwarry elevated Phil to the It was a remarkable Glencoe did not take kindly in the competition, the 40 year coaching role in 1993 and this achievement by a skipper-less to losing the Neil Von Duve reunion day is July 20. proved to be the start of a golden club which had climbed up the Memorial Cup on April 6 and Exactly three decades ago, era for him. ladder from rock-bottom in 2002. obtained sweet revenge over Kalangadoo was slam bang The Saints also went top in Injured captain Jason “Pumpy” Tantanoola. in the middle of a hat-trick 1994 and 1997 with Phil in a non- Pettit missed most of the year The Burr Boys marched their of premierships under Roger playing role. with injury and it was left to his way to a sixth consecutive win at Doody. It might be that three of the deputy Adrian Johns to provide Kongorong. Other Mid SE clubs have won 1993 Nangwarry premiership the on-field leadership. WE DON’T MIND LEAVING BUGS BEHIND... Proud sponsor of Trevor Crowe 8724 9645 the MSEFL 2 - 2013 MID SOUTH EAST FOOTBALL & NETBALL BUDGET www.msefl.com.au Proudly 5145 sponsored by The Roosters had to endure high tally of five in the GF. SEEBOHM’S weekly attacks from “Tomahawk” Boyd Dyer came from Adelaide who wrote a weekly column in and had a few productive the Mid SE Budget. seasons with the Roosters. Nevertheless, the Roosters did Heath DeBoo played some MILLICENT have the advantage of being the good footy with South Adelaide sentimental favourites. and was then thrust into SPONSORS OF This was due, in part, to an coaching Robe not long out of unsavoury incident in Glencoe’s his teens. decisive preliminary final win He adopted a very physical over Hatherleigh at Tarpeena. approach to his footy and many LEADING The Eagles lodged a report of his opponents can testify to over the incident but a tribunal that. could not act due to technical There is a whisper that he GOALKICKERS grounds. might be back for this game on A GRADE In many ways, the 2003 Robe reunion day. Name Team R10 Total premiership team was a foreign Barry Tarr was a Fisheries Dylan Bromley Port MacDonnell 16 56 legion, of sorts. Department inspector in the days Jack Skeer Hatherleigh 0 43 Johns and Pettit were not when Robe had its own staffed Brett Sneath Hatherleigh 3 35 Robe locals as they had come at Fisheries office. Sam Telfer Hatherleigh 9 32 an early age from Guichen Bay Johnno “Bob Bob” Moran has Michael McRae Glencoe 4 32 when their families purchased been the Peter Pan of the Robe Joshua Wright Kongorong 1 29 businesses in the High Street. Football Club for over 20 years. Mitchell Reilly Tantanoola 0 28 Let’s look at the others: He is a wonderful ruckman John Simkin Kongorong 4 28 Daniel McKenny was the son who would probably rather Rob Versace Tantanoola 0 27 of 1968 Robe premiership hero catch a wave than win a rucking Christopher Murray Mt Burr 6 24 Paul McKenny and his goal- contest. Ciaran Buckley Hatherleigh 4 24 kicking feats emulated his father. Tim Neumann was another RESERVES Jack Perkins came to work football nomad who, if my on a cray boat, is still playing memory serves me well, hails Name Team R10 Total B Grade and is in his second from Kadina. Mathew Cytrowski Tantanoola 0 38 Anthony Driessen Hatherleigh 6 27 season as club president. Tom Mount was a nippy rover Matthew Stark Port MacDonnell 3 25 Jock Neumann was a no- who was skipper of the Roosters Mick Evans Kongorong 3 23 nonsense defender who kicked in their most recent grand final Anthony Cary Glencoe 3 22 two memorable goals. in 2011. Scott Varcoe Tantanoola 1 22 Danny Tyler stuck around Matt Jess booted 102 goals in Wayne Attiwill Kongorong 2 21 Robe for quite a few seasons. the minor round and was one of Tim Merrett Hatherleigh 7 20 We have never had many the reasons why his side reached Alistair Scott Glencoe 1 19 “travellers” in the Mid SE but Troy the finals. Benjamin Curran Glencoe 5 17 Richardson was one of them. I reckon Travis Woodward and Richardson had a terrific one of the Carter brothers filled SENIOR COLTS season and it was capped off the two interchange places. Name Team R10 Total with the Stan Jones Medal as I have left the best to last and Hayden Schultz Mt Burr 5 33 B.O.G. in the season decider. that was coach Jim Jess. Jack Mullan Kongorong 2 31 Darren Carlson was one Some of his tactical ploys were Tom Saunders Kalangadoo 1 27 of a handful of players who terrific and ranged from personal Reece Carlson Kalangadoo 3 23 alternated between Robe and letters to players on Grand Final Caleb Williams Tantanoola 1 20 Kingston. Eve to screening the Tom Hanks Cody Davis Robe 1 19 Ben Semple was recruited “Saving Private Ryan” movie in Jake Blackwell Kongorong 1 18 Tim Sullivan Port MacDonnell 2 17 from one of the clubs in the place of a regular mid-week Brady Gibbs Hatherleigh 3 17 Great Southern Football League.