Victorian Schoolboy Football
The Victorian Schoolboys Football trials started back in April at a local district level with several St Marys boys initially involved.
Each trial took in a wider region, eventually including metropolitan and country kids. The final training camp was held over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
From the large number of players at the camp final sides of 23 in each age group were selected to represent Victoria in Darwin in August.
A big congratulations to two of our members who have made these teams.
Ryan Sturgess: Ryan currently in the under 12’s is in his fifth year at the club and is coming up to his 100th game.
Luke Bunker: Luke is also a long serving St Marys member who has consistently represented the club across the years.
We wish both the boys the best of luck and congratulate them on their efforts.
This Sunday Night at the Club – It’s Colts Night
This Sunday is the COLTS night. We will be getting the coaches and the boys up the front to talk about the round and the year so far.
Pizza is supplied for the players and it’s a great night to get together and support the club.
We will also be serving Wedges and Dim Sims on the night.
Don’t forget the Joker Jackpot each Sunday as well…Last week we didn’t have a winner so it jackpots to $350 this week. Grab your chance to win.
All members are welcome!!
Ladies Night – 22 June 2013.
Ladies Night is this Saturday. Numbers attending are high but there is still room for more. If you haven’t let your team manager know but would still like to come you can contact Chris Sacco directly to book your spot. Chris@klcrecruitment.com.au or 0419 131 301
Come along and let your hair down, have a few drinks, dance the night away, win some great prizes and take home a goodie bag
Tickets are only $50 and include a free daiquiri, finger food, a fashion parade and music by Fever Pitch. Evening starts at 6.00 and goes till late.
Golf Day – 29th June
The time has come to take bookings for the St Marys Annual Golf Day Saturday 29th June.
It again is at the Growling Frog Golf Course.
Cost: $80.00 person includes round of golf & mixed grill lunch. Golf karts are available at an additional cost of $40.00 per Kart & payable directly at Pro shop on the day
All other money payable to Sam Gioffre on the morning before tee off.
Everyone must arrive at 7.00am for shot gun start at 8.00am .All teams are to come up with their own team name.
Please see your team manager for booking forms that must be returned back to Sam no later than Monday June 24.
This is a great day for and golfers of all levels are more than welcome and we encourage as many of you lady golfers out there to come along. Keep an eye out for more details in the coming weeks, but make sure you get your teams together now!
Tony Giles – The Heart and Soul of St Marys
For those members who don’t know Tony, he is the always smiling, always hard working member of our canteen staff.
For those of you who do know Tony this won’t come as a surprise, but I’d just like to remind you of what he voluntarily does around our Footy Club.
Each week Tony marks both Whatmough and Greensborough grounds on his rostered days off.
He also spends time on his Saturday to clean up the general area around the rooms, canteen, paths and also the playing surface to ensure our venue presents in its best possible state each weekend.
Arriving early on a Sunday morning with our great canteen girls, Deb and Marie, Tony then helps to ensure both grounds are set-up ready for play.
At the ground all day doing whatever is needed Tony works in the canteen, then helps with the pack-up and cleaning of the rooms after the final games have been completed usually staying long after the last players have left.
During his day off last Friday and after completing all the line marking for two football grounds, this guy with the massive heart could be seen spreading 5 cubic metres of mulch on the gardens around our social club.
The mulch he organised and had delivered himself and that was only after he had weeded the entire garden beds first!
These are just a few of the many jobs Tony does that go unnoticed. As a club we are very lucky to have a great member base and its people like Tony that are the heart and soul of the club.
Next time you are at Whatmough and you see Tony, why not go up and introduce yourself and thank him for his efforts…….He won’t like it, but he surely deserves it.
St Marys Senior Club. Round 11
A memorable day last Saturday as the club celebrated the inaugural challenge for the Paul Hopper Cup held between St Marys and Thomastown. Paul, a larger than life member of both the Junior and Senior Club sadly passed away and it’s great to see a commemorative round named in his honour.
The pressure is now on for all the 19’s they move into the second half the season, and with finals now looking fairly likely, the boys will all need to perform at their best. Last week the boys where fairly methodical in the way they tackled Warringal Hawks getting the job done by a percentage building 170 points. This week again they will be tested as they take on Reservoir.
The up and down season for the reserves continues . Hopefully this week they can reverse the result from earlier in the season as Parkside will be full of confidence coming into this week’s game.
The seniors welcomed a couple more U/19‘s up who lead from the front and showed much more seasoned players what is required. Familiar names to the Junior club , Lachy Potter and John Desmond figured prominently. It obviously was infectious as the whole team lifted for the day, and with both sides going goal for goal all day, it made for one of the most exciting games all year and most befitting of The Paul Hopper Cup. After leading at every change we went into the last with a 3 point lead but in the end the Bears were too strong holding on to a thrilling 4 point victory.
Regards,
Andrew Sacco
President
St Marys GJFC
