Today we move into a new era of communication. The club's website is moving house. Our new address is: http://broadbeachcats.com.au You may experience delays of up to a day depending on your server.
Our thanks to Sportingpulse for the last 3 years, but the family has expanded and our needs are somewhat different (although a link for results/ladders/fixtures and player stats is imstalled). The new site has been built by Tim Forest of Toledoh Enterprises, to our skeleton specifications and Tim's eye for design and detail. We couldn't be happier.
Besides the communication and club harmony the site will foster, we have the capacity for direct marketing, bulk filtered SMSing, newsletters, personalised page contact between coaches and players, community service and importantly, sponsorship space and a growing business directory. We have no hesitation in recommending Tim for all your needs in web design, applications, social networking and project marketing.
So, get on. Point, hover and click and work your way around the site, and don't foget to register and log-in each time to receive information from team coach/management about your nominated team of interest. There is a 'help' section on the new site.
Your registration will be manually approved against team lists. Site visitors who are not family or team members will not have access to personalised team pages, but they will have access to all other features. In the case of senior and under 18s, only players will have access to personalised team pages.
Should you have any equiries, please address to rictre@people.net.au
PS The public calendar is in a state of confusion until the stars and planets align. Please bear with us.
PPS Dave "Twopence" Moran, ex President and current wheelchair bound stroke victim, keep on getting on each morning. One day, we will get a masseuse to relieve what must be painful boredom. Every reader is to reflect on Dave this morning, however briefly. Good bloke Twopence.
Pleasing day at the footy for this scribe.
Club member and in-house bookie loved for his generous figures, John Greening, will become an official club legend (at Collingwood - he has to do a bit more before he can think of becoming a legend at Broady) this month.
Adapted from a Mike Sheehan article in the Herald Sun.
There were probably 20 names drawn by the barrel girl (Perko) last night. At least one was suss, another deserving and another, a Cohen Bros tragedy.
Suss: The barrel girl's wife, Heather, resplendent in Davy Jones Black, walked in the door and went directly to the cash register. Did not pass Go, no jail, $100 off the top.
Deserving: Wayne Sauer ran faster than his son on his way to Toowomba to collect his Larry Large One. He had to. As usual he was doing something for the under 18s out on the track and had only 20 seconds to front the cash register. He made it.
Tragedy: The one night Sharon Sauer was not at the club doing something for the juniors, her number came up. But the real tragedy was when Wayne refused to split his winnings!
It is remarkable what our wives leave in the magazine rack in the dunny. Take this revolutionary Toilet Comfort Wipe, which is now on the market. This is fair dinkum (from brightlife.com.au)
To all the Coaches and Team Managers and other officials who have given up their time to learn how to post information to the new website which will be up, up and away presently. All teams, from Auskick to Seniors, will have their PRIVATE BLOG and TEAM pages for respectively private and public domain communication purposes.
Dave "Twopence" Moran, wheel chair bound since a stroke late last year, is beginning to appreciate his wheelchair after lifts to and from the H & A Oval with Fults in the driver's seat.
Dave is also demanding equal opportunity when it comes to BBQing. A raging expert on the finer points of producing charred meat, he is demanding a redesign of the BBQ so he can continue to refine the noble art of applying heat to meat. Any takers before he sues the club?
From the AFLQ site. Certainly lays down the challenge for the Catters.
The Clough Brothers are experts at digging up dirt and provided a gem over a beer last night. Every Mum's favourite and darling of the Toorak set, Jimmy Hird, has been acting like a rhyming slang of himself, with another worldwide household name (female), and has been banished from the family abode. Where do they come from?
We are looking for someone to manage the canteen for season 2011.
Days = Thursday & Friday nights, Home games Sat & Sundays. This is a paid position and will be going for around 25-28 weeks.
IMMEDIATE START to the right applicant. Possible Job Share role. ABN number required.
Please contact Brendan Sexton or Sharon Sauer for more details or apply by sending a brief resume by email to:
Brendan 0419 704352 brendan.sexton@au.nestle.com
Sharon 0417 352535 sesauer@bigpond.net.au
Will be open for business asap post training. In the meantime, we have created some community service aspects to the site, including 'wanted to buy, sell, and positions vacant' pages. It would be great to open up with some items on these pages, so if you have any items or services for buying or selling let us know with a short description, price etc and a photo if possible. Same goes for positions vacant or indeed, flog yourself as being available for work. Free, gratis, out of the goodness of our community hearts. We promise not to compete with Eco-Vida, unless.......
Send all text and images to rictre@people.net.au
At Cooke - Murphy Oval (Labrador)
- 12.50pm Broadbeach (Blue Shorts – Home Rooms) v GC Scorpions 1 (White Shorts – Away Rooms)
- 3.10pm Broadbeach (Blue Shorts – Home Rooms) v Gold Coast Suns Reserves (Red Shorts – Away Rooms)
Games to operate under Laws of Australian Football 2011 (except Substitute, and Interchange Breach Rules – New Advantage Rule 17.3 to apply)
Games will consist of 2 x 20 minute halves with no time on, a 10 minute break at half time (clubs are asked to stay on the ground) with 20 minutes between games. All games must start on time
Clubs may play a minimum of 22 and a maximum of 28 players per game
For all you Charlie Sheen devotees, and there are heaps going by player questionnaires, Rob Lowe is the hot favourite to take over in two and a half.
The ever popular Eight Twenty11 is on again. Tipping is a skill but real expertise is put on the line with seasonal predictions. Please send your predictions before 23 March 2011 to rictre@people.net.au exactly as follows:
1. Final Eight with number of games won
2. Grand finalists
3. Premiers
4. Brownlow Medallist
5. Wooden Spooners
We don't need this advice, partly because his view of Collinwood's invincibility, but some of you may appreciate it.
Age footy scribe Martin Blake is acutely aware that rarely do all of favourites in a round of footy all taste victory, so it helps to take a calculated gamble on certain results."Never just go with the favourites. Back yourself to take at least two outsiders every week because we all know that eight favourites never gets up. If you select eight favourites, you won’t get anywhere,’’ Blake says of one of his golden rules of tipping.Aside from rolling the dice with selected results, Blake also follows the following tipping guidelines: "If in doubt, pick the home team, especially if the visiting team is travelling. Don’t pick against Sydney at the SCG. Never pick against Collingwood, period.’’ "Remember that if you average five wins a week you will be right up there in most tipping competitions. It’s like golf. It’s not about being perfect."Personnel is crucial. Go the injury lists in the paper and on realfooty.com.au and check who’s likely to play. It’s worth the five minutes it takes to do.’’
Go the Gallery and open the tag "Training Shorts" (For a glimpse click on 'more')
The junior training shorts being modelled will hopefully be available for purchase at a price to be determined, partly based on expressed interest. Please contact Lynda Gumley dicko8@hotmail.com for further information (apologies for the blow-up quality)
The madness goes to new heights or perhaps returns to a Lou Richards level. (i) Acker reckons Fevalenko will join him in Tassy, and (ii) Campbell Brown vows to drag it up if Brisvegas knocks over the Suns this season.
Campbell Brown the meter maid. Picture: Ron Lerner Source: Herald Sun
Jake Niall, the Age 7 March 2011, reviews likely GWS offers. Can you remember when footy was played for fun and you would walk across broken glass to get a game?
Jarrod Field comes in from the cold today. Back to where he belongs? Please make him feel welcome.
There were three training runs on the coast yesterday. In one the swannies or Goodsey cantered home, in another Nic Ellis ran from Lennox Head to Cooly and back for training, and in the last, Broadbeach's list outdid themselves. All players got home in record time in the one km time trial; all players scored the max 60 in the sprint drills; all players loved the Tabata; all players made the right decisions in the playmakers drills; and all players indulged in IEA. Some inadequate photos of Broady training are in the Gallery tagged Training 5 March, one in particular displaying Bel and Anna bludging 'cos there was nobody to treat.
On other than a lighter side, it seems preposterous that we may go into a season without a fully fledged competitive game against appropriate opposition. ???
With apologies to the Full Monty. http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/5XLRr8HvwLI4nkhN
Name the players?
The Mt Gravatt Ground is under water and unplayable. There will be a Red Hot Go training session Saturday 5 March 10am - 12 Midday (Cats Clock) at Coolangatta (in behind Kirra - Peaks Oval).
7$ meals at the Cooly Club from Midday on. All invited.
The club's new website is closing in on wooshka take-off! And in keeping with club's professional vision, we would like it to be a 'professional portal' to the club and its people. All players on the senior list, or who have played in the seniors/magoos are requested to complete the profiles and return electronic copies to Geoff Bower at geoff@hmigroup.com.au If you don't have a copy, send a request for same to either Geoff or Rick on rictre@people.net.au
Geoff has also suggested that we express our condolences to the pommie cricket team.
How will the substitute on the pine be identified. Mark Stevens reveals all in the Herald Sun, March 2, 2011
Collingwood's Darren Jolly sports the substitute vest during the NAB Cup. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: Herald Sun
The Age,
THREE key figures in Geelong's domination over the past four years have received AFL life membership. Former president Frank Costa, vice-president and former player Gareth Andrews and two-time premiership defender Darren Milburn are among seven new life members. Fremantle coach Mark Harvey, former Adelaide captain and new Essendon assistant coach Simon Goodwin, Brownlow medallist Gerard Healy and former Western Bulldogs wingman Nathan Eagleton will also receive the honour. Costa retired as Cats president late last year after more than 30 years' involvement with the club.
We've been doing a few player profiles and while it is obvious that there is a weight - height relationship, (ie. a tall bloke is likely to be a heavier than a small bloke), it is remarkable how many players of xyz height in centimetres is yz kilograms. Check yourself out. Wonder if it is applicable to the fairer gender?
Hot conditions greeted players at Carrara for the final intra hit out before the one and only inter club game next week (be there) at Mt Gravatt. Sides were selected in primary school fashion during the week until all players were allocated to a Blue and White or Red team coached by Matt Angus and Llyod Briggs respectively. Briggsy had a slight advantage in that Tim Searl was his assistant.
For what it is worth final scores were B & W: 14 12 96 def. Reds 7 7 49
Goalkickers: B & W: Eagle 5 (and 5 behinds), Scott Lindeblad 3, Matt Henneker 2 and Liam Frawley, Mitch Scales, Darin Stewart and Shorty 1 each
Reds: Cookie 3, Knuckles Emery, Morrow, Simmo and Jacko 1 each.
Pleasing turnout and a fair trial of a well loaded play book. Revelation for ours was Scott Lindeblad (hope we have the spelling correct) who provided the narrative for the first half when all were up and about in efforts to impress. Others that caught the eye were the Eagle with a productive 5 goals 5 from one half of footy; transistion plays from stoppages that featured Tinka to the rampaging Eagle, Fults to the Eagle (and back) and Gearzy to anyone in space. At the other end Knuckles Emery found the Qld zephrys a little different from those in Sydney and he finished with 1 from 7, while Cookie, resplendent in a new lycra outfit looked the goods and finished with 3. In amongst the experience there appeared plenty of forward options, lots to like in the engine room, and thinking options down back that defy Colonel Gaffidi's defence of Tripoli (they're all on drugs). One had the feeling that the big picture was being outlined before being filled in. Got a bit testy in the final stanza when Matt observed "Your mob's turned into a rabble Briggsy"
Interesting test next week. Some images are in the gallery tagged Feb 26. Some fantastic sporting images by Mark Ellis are tagged Feb 26 Ellis - not hard to pick the difference.
Bob Walters' past caught up with him this morning. To make a long story short: Arriving at the crack of, Bob was motivating himself to commence work and clean the clubrooms when a mystery ute entered the car park. Suspicious of a further break-in, Bob surveyed the vehicle in question until a burly individual approached him while surrepticiously exposing a holster and pistol. What would you do? Exactly, but the armed one caught up with Bob, brought him to ground and with gun in hand, demanded information. Bob spied Les Sheers walking his pet Dobermann and called him up, but to no avail. Under threat of shooting, Bob was jack marched back to the clubrooms and invited in. Naturally he refused until ID was produced. Last we heard Bob nicked off to the comforting arms of Stalk, and none the wiser as to the identity of the armed person. Bobby Walters - Hero !
The final in a series of get to know your senior Management Committee Members. A mixed bunch of old, oldest, brand new and Guanaba new. We give you Dale Perkins, Bryan Wilkinson, David Fitzgerald and Ken Skrinis.
If you ask any Australian fan their biggest gripe about the world game, chances are they'll talk about players diving for free kicks (and maybe even mention a 2006 World Cup match between Australia and Italy).
However, a player in a recent South American under-20 World Cup qualifier has taken cheating to new depths.
With his team a goal down and ten minutes from defeat in the match against Ecuador, Chilean left back Bryan Carrasco - desperate for a free kick to get his side back in the match - grabbed his opponent's arm, hit himself in the face, and collapsed to the turf. (The vision is great, see: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/footballer-hits-himself-in-the-face-with-opponents-arm-20110225-1b7i7.html)
Unfortunately for Carrasco, the entire incident was caught on camera. Multiple slow-motion replays of the sordid affair, replete with cackling commentators in the background, now flood the web.
Fortunately for the good of the game sporting justice prevailed - Edson Motano, the Ecuadorian whose limb inadvertently became a weapon, was awarded a free kick.
Ecuador went on to win the game and dash and with it Chile's hopes of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics in London.
The AFL umpires will crack down, will AFLQ umpies crack it as well? From the Age, 24 Feb, 2011
Commencing Monday 28 February, last week for Monday (at Robina) and Wednesday training at H&A Oval.
For week commencing Monday 7 March, training to be Tuesday and Thursday at H&A Oval. Post Round 1, to include Monday nights for game video review, player meetings, injury treatment etc..
Intra Club: Saturday 26 Feb 9.30am at Carrara Training Track = Cat Clock 8.20am for players
Mt Gravatt: Saturday 5 March Under 18s, Magoos and Seniors at 9.30, 11.30 and 2.00pm respectively at Dittmar Park
Twenty20s: Sat 12 March @ Southport v the SUNs and Under 18 Academy side ( 2 games 2 x 20 mins. First gametime TBA); Sat 19 March @ Labrador v Labrador and Scorpions (2 games 2x 20 mins. First gametime TBA
Some of our blokes have broken ranks with southern and comfort zones to join the journey at Broadbeach. Some of them have made that choice without a job to come to and we wish to support them in finding appropriate work. None are afraid of hard Yakka, many have trade and other skills, some are babes in the woods looking for career choices. If you feel you can help out on a part or fulltime basis please make contact with Geoff Bower Telephone: 0411 888 674 Email: geoff@hmigroup.com.au
The club depends on volunteers. There is a variety of match day and other tasks that are vital to the enjoyment and success of players, supporters, sponsors and fans. Our journey will be enhanced if you put your hand up.
Jarrod Field, club CDM, will be setting up a volunteer schedule and as it goes, many hands make light work. Please make yourself known to any of the senior and or Junior committee members and when Jarrod comes on board 7 March, contact him directly on jfield@aflq.com.au
Join a journey led by the Journey Whisperer. There are match day and training opportunities available for Senior and Under 18 team coaches and officials. Please contact Senior Coach Matt Angus directly on mangus@westnet.com.au
H&A have secured the rights to naming our ground enclosure. Many thanks to the Kennan family and it is self evident that it recognises the late great Harry and we proudly announce that the Merrimacattery will be named the H & A Oval for season 2011.
Tricky Dicky resinged before impeachment. Would you take alcohol to a hotel room? Mad if you don't - those mini bar prices are over the top.
It's on again. The infamous BBFC tipping comp with a wonderful array of prizes and the only legitmate way to establish your footy bona fides. Details to come but get on board now. See Mick and friendly staff to register.
PS: If you were a sire, would you be having black caviar for breakfast this morning?
Kinda makes you think?
"FOOTBALLERS are not chosen for their moral principles," opined former career politician Peter Costello while decrying the practice of sending players to schools to speak on non-sporting matters. In what some might suggest was a slightly cynical mode, he also seemed to make a spectacularly broad-brush inference that all volunteer and charity work done by AFL players was a public relations exercise performed exclusively in the interests of that ubiquitous customer, "the brand". The highly agitated public huffery-puffery that followed seemed slightly mystifying, given the source. Considering the broader sweep of Australian politics over, say, the past 20 years, you kind of have to assume that anyone coming from that background and singling out the morals of some other employment group pretty much HAS to be taking the piss.
POOR old Brisbane Lions. They just can't win. If they keep Brendan Fevola, they don't really know which Fevola they are getting out of an increasingly packed and interesting field, some of them being damnably hard work. In ejecting Fevola, they will have to pay him $1.5 million for doing nothing, and it's not like he's a senior international sports administrator or certain major corporate officials who by their nature are paid major amounts for doing nothing. The great creative thinker Kelly Bundy from Married With Children once perfectly summarised this kind of decision-making nightmare with her timeless observation, "I'm on the horns of an enema."
You can smell it in the air. Nearly there. Change of fare!
5 March 2011
First practice match - magoos and the ones v Mt Gravatt at 11.30 and 2pm respectively at Dittmar Park. Still negotiating for under 18 gallop. If that is successful, it will kick off at 9.30am.Watch this space.
The Broadbeach Football Club is proud to announce SHOOTERS as our major sponsor for season 2011. The Marketing and Sponsorship committee and Shooters have come to an agreement that will have mutual benefits for both parties and potential for a longer term relationship. A great result by David Fitzgerald, Richard Tiffen and Mark Frawley, with thanks to Dion Colefax and his associates at SHOOTERS.
Now we ask that supporters and friends of the Football Club patronise and recommend SHOOTERS to their friends and visiting guests.
Since its grand re-opening in March 2010 SHOOTERS has undergone continuous upgrades, expansions and renovations to create the ultimate Gold Coast party venue that it’s known as today. It now boasts 4 rooms with completely different music and entertainment styles which is complemented by a capacity that far exceeds any of its closest rivals. As a result SHOOTERS SUPERCLUB is now the premier venue of the Surfers Paradise strip and is effectively a “one stop shop” for any party taste. SHOOTERS SUPERCLUB consistently brings you the hottest international, interstate and local kings of house, electro, dance, RnB and mashed up party music on a weekly basis. Club Shooters offers the ultimate clubbing experience, 4 massive rooms equipped with state of the art sound and lighting system, 13 lounge booths available for hire, and hosting the freshest and finest DJ talent that Queensland, Australia and the world has to offer! Open until 5am 7 Days – The Ultimate Clubbing Experience
SHOOTERS 4 Worlds of Music
A successful working bee with huge numbers on the weekend has brightened up the change rooms and exterior of the canteen area. New facia, eaves and a lick of paint has added to the 'rebirthing' of the MerrimaCattery (soon to be retagged). A big thank you to all who participated.
Some of the older and wiser heads were pretty happy after the intra club game on Monday. Seems a couple of new faces brought something to the act. A Tasmanian with a suntan for a start! We can count around 9 new heads that will be vying for places in the seniors line-up.
Unfortunately, Mudflaps did hid knee - again - and we are waiting on the prognosis. Dave 'Twopence' Moran was willing to lend Flapper his wheelchair but he couldn't get out of it.
The Eagle was afforded a birthday cake at Marios on Monday last after the intra club game. Big bloke, big cake. And speaking of birthdays we believe it is 19 years since Marios first sponsored the Cats. A great run of supporting the community and we look forward to many more years of mutual support.
The Club Development Manager elect - Jarrod Field - commences we believe 7 March, but is already involving himself in club affairs. Jarrod is taking his own time to attend a session on the new website next week. More news on that as we approach lift-off which we hope will be late Feb/early March.
From the QAFL site 17 Feb
An all-star line up of Broadbeach track and field stars got the Broadbeach AFC Grand Prix off to a flying start, with Broadbeach AFC 3km champion Kallan Geary, sprint champion Dane Zorko and surprise packet Nathan Lyons stealing the show at the Griffith University Athletics Stadium on Saturday morning.
Stopping the clock at 2min sec (w: +0.2) , Geary edged out fellow Queenslander Nathan Lyons (2nd, 2min 6 sec) and evergreen athlete James Fitzgerald (3rd, 2min 7secs) to take line honours in front of his home crowd.
“I’m feeling great, my body is in great shape and I’ve got a lot left in me looking ahead this season,” Geary said.
Broadbeach AFC No. 1 ticket holder - Australian 1500m record holder, Ryan Gregson - was special guest at the meet and he spoke to the players before the 800m about the importance of fitness and conditioning in football. Queensland 800m star, Matt Fox, acted as pacemaker for the Division A 800m race.
A few images are in the Grand Prix tab in Gallery with more to come from the camera of Mark Ellis.
The Bully's Brad Davidson has a look at the books. Apparently PUNTERS have splurged thousands on the Gold Coast Suns to win the AFL premiership in their first season. Must be NRL or Southport supporters! Click on more to read the odds - we have a book for the spoon.
Sleeker Israel Folau can change game, says fitness guru. Click on more to read Sam Edmund's take from the Herald Sun 14 Feb
Carlton, Richmond and Collingwood? Round Robin? Sounds like a menage a trois for inner city councils. On the other hand, it will reek of resin, someone will cop one, someone will kick one, a carringbush supporter will complain about the umpires, a tige fan will go home sober, a blue bagger will realise that finals footy is as far away as ever, and a boundary umpire will make an historic decision. And it will be on the telly, and it is footy. With the Giants and SUNs???
Welcome back AFL
For all those in the category of too old to play against the young, OR those that require an anerobic fix, OR those that need to ensure against cardiac arrest, OR just plain Old Boys, training commences on MONDAY 21st Feb 5.45pm/6pm.
Will remain Mondays until we know when the Seniors and Junior are training.
CURTAIN-RAISERS at the MCG and Etihad Stadium are part of a bold plan to hold an Australian football version of soccer's Champions League. From the Sun, 16 Nov.
This competition Cup was confirmed by the AFL yesterday 9 Feb. Note Andrew McLeod - ex crow - will play for the NT Thunder in this Cup and the QAFL 2011.
Broady for the Foxtel Cup in 2012!
We are wondering how Knuckles Emery, James Kennedy, Darin Stewart etc will take to the Bue Virgin. Will Fults be in the baggage compartment?
The Age (Wednesday 9 Feb) reports on the first shipment.
Forget about the Herald Sun's Sunshine Stoush (Brisvegas v the SUNs). The derbys of interest for the NEAFL are:
the Coastal Clash - Broadbeach v SUNs.
Coastal Clash I: Sat 6 August
Then there is the Surfside Skirmish: Broadbeach v Labrador
Surfside Skirmish I: Sat 14 May
And not to forget the other mob we have the Canal Classic
Canal Classic I: Sunday 3 April
Appropriately, it was W. C. Fields who said "A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for." We haven't had to cheat but we surely have a Field worth having.
Broadbeach AFC is delighted to confirm the appointment of former Labrador Grand Final Coach Jarrod Field as the Club’s Development Manager.
Jarrod, (pictured above - left - with President Paul Rolfe), brings to the Club an enormous amount of football knowledge having been involved in Australian Rules football in Queensland for the past twelve years. Jarrod kicked off his coaching career in spectacular fashion at Broadbeach in 1999 where he coached our Under 18 team to a Premiership. From there he has been heavily involved in football with Head Coaching roles at the Gold Coast Stingrays, Reserve Grade & Assistant Coach to John Northey (Broadbeach), and of course as Senior Coach at Labrador.
Jarrod is under no disillusionment however that his role as Club CDM is as a Business Manager rather than as a football coach and his primary role will be to ensure the long term viability of the Club through strong leadership, revenue raising, sponsorship and servicing of our partners, sponsors and coterie groups. He will also bring to Broadbeach a vast football network which will be ideal in the recruiting of players in future years.
Having spent the past 20 years with the Gold Coast City Council, currently as Supervisor – Contract & Event Management – Major Sporting Venues, he sees the move to a full time football administrator as an exciting career change.
“It’s an exciting time for football in Queensland and on the Gold Coast with the launch of both the Gold Coast Suns and the new NEAFL competition this year,” he said. “I always thought it would be great to get into football fulltime and the CDM role at a Club that gave me my first opportunity to coach was just too good an opportunity to pass over,” he said.
The similarities between Labrador when he took on the coaching role and the challenges facing Broadbeach are strikingly similar. “There is no doubt that Broadbeach is an exciting place to be right now. Clubs are talking about Broadbeach, the new coach and the change in culture. The recruiting this year has far exceeded previous years at the Club with known players such as exciting full forward Jason Eagle, ex Hawk Rhan Hooper and former WAFL mid fielder Rory Walton sure to lead from the front. However there is a string of other players who have been recruited that will surprise many Clubs. Broadbeach has always had a strong junior base and the Club's depth in the younger brigade is exciting and probably the best of all Gold Coast Clubs,” he said.
Jarrod is anxious to get on Board and implement the strategies contained within the Club's Business and Strategic Plans, to deliver a strong stable of sponsors and business partners, and expanding the numbers of coterie groups associated with the Club. An immediate objective is to track down past players at the Club and get them back to Broadbeach and involve them as either sponsors, supporters or as a network for player employment.
The CDM role at Broadbeach was highly sought with a Melbourne Cup sized field of applicants.
A short list of applicants was jointly interviewed by Broadbeach committee members and AFLQ’s Operational Manager Marty King as AFL Queensland funds the position.
Broadbeach president Paul Rolfe, Marty King and Jarrod himself were at pains to point out that the majority of Field’s new role related to off-field matters.
“There is no doubt that the greater emphasis of the club development manager role is on business development and marketing components than football,” King said.
Added Rolfe: “With these jobs it is probably 20% football and 80% sponsorship and raising funds.”
Both said Field’s presentation was impeccable.
“His identification of Broadbeach, where it sits in the market and ideas that he provided, fitted in perfectly with the future direction of the Broadbeach Board,” King said.
“He has some key relationships with local government and mid-range businesses.”
Another piece in the building block has been added.
You think Thorpy had something to announce? Who wants to look at an overweight 27 yo in budgie smugglers anyway? Hang around for real sporting news that will impact the NEAFL, QAFL and Merrimacattery precinct. Sponsorship, personnel appointment and something out of the ordinary for the club website will all surface in the looming future. Stay tuned.
This week we feature two more board members including the only female and the only fisherman. We give you Laraine Sheers and Nev Fankhauser
THE AFL hopes its new substitute system will stop the speed of the game escalating to a ''new and dangerous level''.
But league operations manager Adrian Anderson denies it has a particular number of interchanges per game in mind.
It has released details of the controversial new substitute procedure, which was announced late last year.
The AFL says it needs to stop the increasing trend of clubs using interchanges as a tactical ploy.
''The whole idea of introducing a sub was to prevent rises in interchange [numbers] taking game speed to a new and dangerous level, and the congestion that would result,'' Anderson said.
''It will have the effect of limiting the interchange and there's been some talk about 'aw, it's designed to stop it at 80' - that's not right.
''It's about preventing it going to a new level, which would have created more congestion and, we're told, more injuries as well.''
Under the new system, a club will nominate one of its four interchange players as the substitute.
The substitute must wear a green vest until he is activated to play and the teammate he replaces must wear a red vest.
The player who comes off for the substitute cannot return for the rest of the game.
''They [clubs] have been involved in helping us come up with the mechanics of how it will work … it's quite a simple system, but one I'm sure that will work fine,'' Anderson said.
The league examined various options, including a cap on the number of interchanges, before going with the substitute system.
Could be interesting viewing on Tuesday evening on ABC1 8.30 - 10pm. "Three Boys Dreaming" looks at the aspirations and experiences of 3 indigenous boys who hope to make it to AFL level.
AMENDMENT:Dear Members, There has been some confusion as to how the family discount works when paying your junior memberships for season 2011. The discount applies to any second or third child in any age group from U 9's and above. For any child that is in AUSKICK or Super 8's the discount DOES NOT apply as these two divisions are already heavily discounted. If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me by either phone or email. I apologize for any confusion and look forward to meeting you all on sign on day. Kind regardsBrendan J Sexton President - Broadbeach Junior Australian Rules ClubMobile: 0419 704 352 Email: brendan.sexton@au.nestle.com
Geoff Bower has advised Julia Gillard that if she is fair dinkum about raising funds for infrastructure and the like in flood striken areas, she would take that budgetary fat $1.8 billion and whack it on Broadbeach at early odds to win the flag!
FOOTY'S revolutionary "super sub" rules remain unclear eight weeks from the season's start. Presumably the QAFL and NEAFL will be subject to the new regulation. We will have to get the Bower on the job.
For the moment Michael Warner and Jon Ralph of the Herald Sun (Jan 27, 2011) examine the substitution landscape.
The playing group commenced the day's celebrations with a 7am session at Merrimac - just to run out whatever was taken in at The Big Day Out and that which may be taken in this afternoon.
Some wonderful images by Mark Ellis are in the Gallery under Australia Day tag.
Some people celebrate 26 January, the rest of us on the last Saturday in September. Whatever, wherever, raise a glass to Harry Kennan and enjoy our fools' paradise.
Be sensitive to Rolfey, Dozer, Nev and the Bower. Their Rock is the one down the list.
Channel 7 picked up on the boys in Saigon and we picked up on news from Hanoi Friday night. In total they have raised some $39,400 for the appeal. On behalf of some Queenslanders, thanks to the swannies and their sponsors for their organisation, and special hugs to the expats and peoples of Saigon and Hanoi for their generosity. Just amazing.
Following on from the ladies, we present Vice President Dozer and Director of Football Geoff Bower. We know little of Geoff's footy background - what better reason to appoint him Director of football - but he looks like an ankle tapper in the Lou Richards mould.
Again, feel free to consult either on all matters football, and in Dozer's case, lots of bull, after all he is a Carringbush follower. Photos and contact details can be found in the Senior Contacts page.
Led by a proud El Presidente Rolfey, a group of players and Board members joined with the SUNs and Blaze to aid the Broadbeach Business community flood relief collection. Resplendent in uniform and clearly the most dominant of the sporting clubs represented, we collected a tad over $3000 in a couple of hours, due in the main, to Dozer's sex appeal, Matt Henneker's stand over tactics at the taxi queue, and Bosto's realisation that there was no deductible commission.
A couple of photos are in the gallery tagged 'Flood Appeal'
All the restaurants/pubs in the Broady precinct donated 10% of their takings to the appeal, and Councillor Eddy was present matching whatever funds were thrust in his collection bucket. It's a warm feeling being part of the community and we certainly felt that last night. We are guessing that the majority of people on the mall were tourists but they dug deep and many enquired after the Cats.
From the Bulletin:Regina King and Peter Flowers | January 22nd, 2011
Tayler Rolfe & Joe Barrile collect for flood victims on behalf of Broadbeach Stands for Queensland
This Thursday night from 6pm Broadbeach Alliance and the businesses of Broadbeach will be hosting ‘Broadbeach stands for QLD’. The night will see the majority of Broadbeach businesses donating funds to the appeal with $200,000 expected to be raised. Broadbeach will be showcasing more than 100 performers on Thursday night with all of the artists donating their time for free in support of the appeal. The main stage in the Broadbeach Mall will host performers from 6 to 10pm. It is proposed that a group of players in club jumpers assist in the collection.
The time will be from 7pm – 9pm and we require around 15 uniformed players willing to help out. Final arrangements will be sorted out at training Wednesday night.
Simon Littlechild has left large shoes for incoming Team manager Paul Hall (see Senior Contacts). Tiny has been with Broady since your kids were babies. He is modest to the point and refused a write-up saying that the Terry Wilson article in one of last year's footy records would suffice. A good measure of the man who will be missed. Tiny was simply an outstanding servant of the Broadbeach Footy and Community Clubs.
Nonetheless, the King is Dead, Long live the Hall. Paul was around the club when his son Adam was playing in under age groups. Welcome back Paul. You are replacing a legend but we feel certain that you will Deck the Halls in your own style and add to this great club's identity and reputation.
Stop Press: Monday and Wednesday this week at Merrimac.
Queensland Floods Appeal - Monday 17 January, 6.30pm, JASPAS, Hai Ba Trung St Flood water is supposed to rise gradually. It's supposed to have the surface of a peaceful dam. It's not supposed to act with the ferocity of a Black Saturday Bushfire. But that's exactly what has happened in Queensland. The Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh says that "people are living in what I call a post war zone". An area the size of Victoria has flooded Queensland between Rockhampton and Brisbane. A ferocious "inland tsunami" has crashed through lives and businesses. In the confusion and terror of the moment, we grasp at statistics in an attempt to bring back a sense of order and control. Depending upon the source, there are 15 dead and 61 missing. 15,000 residential and commercial properties have been "affected by significant flooding". Many will not move back into homes for literally months. The risk of disease and infection is high with a lack of medicine, safe drinking water and food. Then, there are the mental and psychological illnesses that will develop as people struggle to cope with the loss of loved ones and livelihoods. We, the people of Saigon, now have an amazing opportunity to extend a collective and caring hand of support. Yes we will raise some money which will seem like a drop in a Queensland flood. But, perhaps more importantly, as a community from half way across the world, we will come together to raise that money in a gesture of solidarity. When some individuals in Queensland inevitably find out about people coming together in our city called Ho Chi Minh, they will be shocked. They will say, "That's amazing. I can't believe they did that for us". For some precious moments, it will ease the pain of their journey to recovery. JASPAS and Vino, which organised the 2009 Black Saturday fundraiser, have again, very generously offered to host a fundraiser. This time, in Queensland's hour of need. Date: Monday, 17 January 2010 Time: 6.30-8.30pm, Where: JASPAS/VINO, 74/7 Hai Ba Trung St, District 1Price: 300,000VND - draught beer, house red and white wine, basic spirits and snacksBookings: Not required. Just turn up with friends and colleaguesAuctions & Raffle Prizes: If you would like to donate a raffle prize or item for auction, please deliver to JASPAS or contact one of the people below.Contact people: Fiona Terry (Ph 0907 613 947), Derrin Limbrick (Ph 0907 944 8799) and Phil Johns (0933 032 296) Where will the money go? The Queensland Government has set up the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal. All money raised* on Monday evening will be donated to the Appeal (see http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html ). (* JASPAS and VINO will heavily subsidise this event. 100,000VND from each ticket will be used to defray their hard costs in hosting this fundraiser. This means that 200,000VND of the entry price will go directly to the Premier's Appeal.) How will the money get there? The Commonwealth Bank here in HCMC will transfer the money directly to the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal free of transaction charges and at zero foreign exchange margin. Making a difference It's not often we get to make a real difference. But we will on Monday night. Please forward this email to friends and colleagues and we look forward to seeing you at 6.30pm on Monday evening.Footnote:The death toll associated with the floods in Australia reminds us of the dangers of water. In Vietnam, more children die from drowning than road accidents. Many of these drownings also occur during floods. The Vietnam Swans are supporters of the TriBob Swimming Program in Hoi An, Central Vietnam. Last December, as part of this program, 31 Vietnamese Physical Education teachers became the first to be qualified in Vietnam with Austswim Certificates.On 14 May 2011, together with Montgomerie Links in Hoi An, the Vietnam Swans will be involved in a charity golf day that will raise money for various swimming initiatives in Vietnam. The golf day will follow on from the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia's global conference on Drowning Prevention which will be held in Hoi An from 10-13 May.RegardsPhil JohnsNational PresidentVietnam Swans Australian Rules Football ClubHanoi, Hoi An, Saigon, Vung TauPh (+84) (0) 933 032 296For further information, check the Swannies: Website, Facebook Page and Photo Album.
From the QAFL website.
Expertise is all too obvious. Mark Ellis, father of recruit Nick from Lennox Heads, is a photographer amongst other things. Mark dropped in at training in the new year - a roll up of 60 we are informed - and offered to take a few pics. The result of his work is in Gallery entitled New Year. Please note that the inadequate cropping is an outcome of the portal limitations and not the fault of the photorapher. And please note how Fults manages to get his message across.
Father Christmas brought us a new camera but it seems he also has brought us a new photographer! We have our own Jack Atley!
Rhan Hooper is stranded in Ipswich but he and wife Penny have company - a baby girl born on January 1. Name not in yet. Congratulations to you both.
The 2010 review revealed that the player group, and by extension, supporters and sponsors, knew little of the Board members and indeed, might not recognise them. So over the next few weeks we hope to present and profile your Mgt Com so you know who to bail up in a corner over a beer to discuss the time of day. And this week, in the spirit of ladies first we give you .....Paul Rolfe and Mark Frawley....
Club Development Manager Bob Walters finishes up this Friday. But Bob has been more than a paid manager during his time at Merrimac and he and his entire family are entitled to be recognised as special within the Broadbeach Cats Community.
Kieran Emery, former West Coast Eagles scholarship player, and perhaps more importantly, currently a Swannie, has succumbed to the Bower temptation, and jumped on board the Broadbeach juggernaut. Later Late Press: Apologies to Kieran's Mum who has pointed out that the image is not her son. Blame Google and the English cricket team. A portrait in wonderful red and white is now on our bedroom wall and this site. Kieran may even look better in the Merrimacattery blue and white.
Southport Sharks go big to generate revenues to counter Broadbeach's aggressive recruitment campaign. See http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/01/08/281051_tourism-news.html
"Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be... Close your eye, let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you/ve never lived before."(Eric Fromm)
Training recommences Wednesday 12th January at Broadbeach Football Club
Saturday 15th Jan @ “the Spit”
Monday 17th Jan @ Robina Roos Football Club – Scottsdale Drive oval.
Players will need football boots at the weekday sessions.
The Age, 31 December 2010, published sports quotes of the year which we have bastardised to suit the Cattery Context. The Age did it again on new year's day, so we have added a few based on their efforts.
Kallen Geary signs with Cats
Young Sandringham (VFL) mid fielder/versatile small, Kallen Geary is yet another key signing for Broadbeach for the 2011 season. Does Geoff Bower sleep?
The draw has been released for the inaugural NEAFL competition and it makes interesting reading. Double click on the attachment on the next page to read/print. The excitement builds.
A summary of the draw relating to Broadbeach reflects:
The draw has obvious anomalies as you would expect given the complexity of the NEAFL and the cross over matches between the Northern & Eastern Conferences and the higher number of matches played between AFL clubs (Swans, GWS, Lions & Suns). The draft draw for the AFLQ Reserves Competition showed our Reserves team playing as a curtain raiser to the Seniors on all but one match (Northern Territory) with a bye scheduled when the seniors play in Canberra (Reserves are likely to have an additional 2 byes). This would be a great result for our Club.
The scheduling of Sunday games was to minimize the impact of the Gold Coast Suns home games. By scheduling Sunday Games we have an opportunity to further promote our games, attract greater crowds and maximize exposure to our valued sponsors.
There is no question that we have a challenge ahead and the playing group, coach, support staff and Board are eager and excited about that challenge.
Ben Case | December 21st, 2010, the Bulletin
A STAPLE diet of raw eggs, sardines, nuts and yoghurt -- just another emotional challenge facing the Gold Coast Suns on their pre-season training camp at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast.
The playing group were woken at midnight on Sunday night for day two of their gruelling four-day boot camp experience and were still hard at it as the sun was setting last night.
Suns football manager Marcus Ashcroft hoped the physically and emotionally demanding trip would inspire leadership within the group and bring the fledgling team closer together in preparation for their debut season next year.
"And some of them will be sleep deprived.
"The idea is for this to bring out leadership skills within our group, to see who responds and takes the lead despite not feeling their best and to see who might need a bit of help in that area. We're just starting to see a few signs of irritability among some of the guys, a lot of them are feeling a little uncomfortable," Ashcroft said.
Despite the undesirable menu of food, it remained important the younger players avoid dropping the weight gained in the gym over the off season.
"The guys aren't used to it," he said. "They had to eat raw eggs and sardines for breakfast but they either go hungry or get some food into them.
"A lot of the guys made good strength and muscle mass gains in the gym over the pre-season so we're stressing to them that they should be eating more of it so they can't compromise what they've already done."
Ashcroft said the team exercises were not for the faint-hearted.
"It's a lot of the team building stuff that you do and involves a lot of the lifting logs and pushing tyres and carrying big ropes," he said.
"But it's just such hard work, it's the stuff no one likes doing and they're doing it over a long period of time. It has already been very tough on the body." (No tougher than when they face the Cats: Broady site Ed)
They return home tomorrow.
Deep within the bowels of Eco-Vida, Coach Matt has mulled over his innermost thoughts of The Journey Thus Far........and, well, read for yourself. Just one thing, we find it difficult to believe that Fults has devoured enough nutra grain to swim, bike and run in the space of one day.
From the AFL website, Nathan Schmook analyses rookie prospects and recruitment potential from second tier competitions.
The playing group continue to prepare themselves for the Holiday season and beyond.........
Nathan Ablett has been drafted by the SUNs and is no longer a contracted player. A transfer fee comes our way. Ex coach Smithy and Nathan may well do a double take in the change rooms next season. Good luck Nathan, you were one of ours.
And Nathan is ready according to our esteemed El Presidente, Paul Rolfe. Extensively quoted in the Herald Sun (12 Dec, 2010 - see next page), Rolfey's sub text is clear. Nathan was just waiting for Gary Jnr, and he will make it.
Back to the old days. There once was a comp much like this back in the days when Campbell Brown's father terrorised east coast players.
The 'new' Leagues Championship Cup commences in March next year with Morningside taking on the Thunder as the curtain raiser to to the Lions v Freo. Labrador gets its chance in May when they play Norwood. Winners survive until last team standing - struth we might have to support the Panthers or Tigers. More information from the Herald Sun is on the next page.
If you take the time to read WikiLeaks before it is dumped from prominent servers, you might think that the esteemed whistleblowers may in fact be NFL umpires who for the life of them and like all umpires, cannot put their whistles away on seeing what they consider infractions on a level playing field. Whatever, clearly they are not US diplomatic cables but aggrieved adjudicators fearful for their code. Make up your own mind.
ATTENTION all Broad Beach OldBoysGeneral Meeting Wed 15 Dec 6pm at club.
We ask that all who are interested in playing next year attend. The Future of the league will be decided in the next month and some positive changes are on the horizon. Given we only had 4 teams this year, it seems as though it will be increased to a minimum of 6 teams from the Gold Coast. As we all know this year wasnt the best as far as teams went . There are a few options the league has and i want to let you all know. So instead of getting second hand info of the meeting come down and have a beer. The Kitchen will be open and it would be great to see you all there for a bite and a chat so please bring the family down.
Forget the Soccer World Cup. We are surely the beautiful game and the next target of Wiki Leak as FIFA seeks to undermine the domination of aussie rules and the International Cup. The Australian Rules football team, Vietnam Swans, celebrated their first ever tournament victory on Saturday night after beating all comers at the Indochina Cup earlier that day.
The Swans were joined at an over 200 strong party at La Cantine Restaurant in Dong Khoi St, District 1 by Aussie football players from fellow Indochina Cup teams, the Laos Elephants, Thailand Tigers and Cambodian Cobras, plus the Swan’s sister team, the Saigon Shooters, who also won a same-day netball IndochinaCup, and women’s netball teams from Hanoi and Thailand.
At the after-match function Vietnam Swan’s captain, Luke Creamer, said the Australian football Indochina Cup win was, “Epic.”
It was a very hard-fought-for win with several injuries early in the day including a broken jaw, a concussion and a badly split lip.
The Broadbeach Senior AFC is pleased to confirm the list of appointments for its senior coaching positions for 2010. These are: Senior Coach Matt AngusReserves Coach Lloyd BriggsUnder 18 Coach Allen Lawson Congratulations to Lloyd on his graduation from back line assistant to Smithy last season. Briggsy's knowledge on footy was reflected in his tipping comp success last season and we look forward to his in the box contributions to Matt and his charges putting pressure on the selectors for senior consideration.
And also to Big Al whose timely retirement from Old Boys folly allowed participation in club coaching ranks. The Board's intention for season 2011 and beyond is for our Under 18 team to be an elite squad and place emphasis on their development.
Information on and photos of Briggsy and Al from the archives is reprinted on the next page.
News from around and around.
Training is at Merrimac Oval, repeat, Merrimac Oval.
Get into <Gallery> and select Kararwa 27 for a pictorial record of training on the beach. Good crew in attendance - 40 plus - and the latest in footy fashion with Broadbeach 2011 t-shirts on display on some insipid chests. QAFL whisper was that viewing numbers at SUNs open training session at Southport Sat morning were down due to interest in Cats cavorting on the beach.
We are clearly maturing as a footy club. From the Gallery, select Ballarats to view some images of the coloured ink adorning club identities. Hoping to catch a few more as the season wears on and clothing is discarded at training.
Can you name the owners of the artwork?
Emma Quayle (Age 27 Nov 2010) looks at the Rising Suns and includes a fascinating statistical analysis of projected player participation. We note that they have not included newly appointed magoos assistant coach, Ex coach Smithy.
It's everywhere. Go swannies.
If Brumby gets up in the coming Victorian election he has committed to an upgrade to Eureka Stadium in Ballarat so that North Melbourne can play at least 4 home games/season from 2012 at the provincial city. Four games in Ballarat and a couple in Hobart against $100 million and new home at Carrara? To rub it in the SUNs would be a reasonable bet against North wherever they play.
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