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ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE INVITES GA TO PACIFIC RIM TRAINING CAMP
Following intensive negotiations and discussions between
Michael Ryan, the Chairman of the Board of Gridiron Australia Limited and the
Arena Football League in the United States, GA are proud to announce the formal
invitation for Gridiron Australia personnel to attend the inaugural Arena
Football Pacific Rim Training Camp to be held in Hawaii from Monday February 4th
to Sunday February 10th 2002.
The camp will be run by Arena Football, and we are pleased to be a part of this
exciting new venture, which has had a limited exposure outside of the United
States, until now. The camp is for invitees selected by the Australian Gridiron
Coaches Association, and ratified by the Chairman, to participate in the camp.
Not only will players be going to Hawaii, but they will be joined by officials
from the AGOA, coaches from the AGCA, training personnel as well as various
administration personnel from around the country. All up, there will be around
80 Gridiron Australia people traveling to Hawaii A highlight for the week, will
be the opportunity for those attending to go to the Pro-Bowl on Saturday 9th
February as guests of Arena Football.
The camp will culminate with the players participating in an exhibition game
being played on the final night, with all proceeds to benefit emergency workers
who have been working tirelessly since the attacks on September 11 in New York,
Washington DC and Pennsylvania. It is hoped that following the anticipated
success of the training camp, Arena Football will be sending teams to Australia
in 2002 for some demonstration games, where those players who participated at
the camp, will have the opportunity to participate in these games also. Gridiron
Australia are excited at the potential of working closely with Arena Football to
develop the game in the Pacific Rim, and GA would like to thank Arena Football,
for assisting in creating this opportunity for those people going to Hawaii.
More information, including a breakdown of the camp activities and
schedule will be posted soon. (For more info & contacts go to the Gridiron
Australia Web Site www.gridironaustralia.org.au.
AUSSIES FINISH 4TH IN NFL FLAG CHAMPIONSHIPS
Melbourne's Lilydale High representing Australia has finished 4th in the 10 team
NFL Flag Football World Championships held in Berlin last weekend.
The Australians tied for 1st in their pool after going 3-1 in their preliminary
matches eventually graded 2nd to Canada on points differential.
This meant a semi final match against the US where the eventual undefeated
Champions proved way to strong winning 54-27.
The final game was a classic 3rd place playoff against Mexico. Trailing by 15
points in the 2nd half the Aussies launched a great comeback scoring as time
expired ... alas they were unable to convert the final 2 point play to send the
match into overtime.
Overall the USA, defeated by Australia in the Semi Finals last year, won the
championships, the Runnemede (NJ) Eagles defeating Canada 33-21 in the final
Australian Results
Group A Prelim - South Korea 38 d
Australia 32
Group A Prelim - Australia 38 d Canada 32
Group A Prelim - Australia 20 d Germany 19
Group A Prelim - Australia 51 d Austria 12
Semi Final - USA 54
d Australia 27
3rd Place Playoff - Mexico 40 d Australia 38
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Australia News
Friday September 14th 2001
- NSW Patriots 14 d ACT Monarchs 6
- NSW Patriots 24 d ACT Monarchs 24
- Victorian Volunteers 18 d NSW Patriots 14
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New South Wales
News
Friday September 14th 2001
Week 1 - Saturday/Sunday September 8th/9th 2001
Wollongong College Mustangs 30 d Newcastle Uni Thunder
2
Drake UWS Outlaws 29 d UTS Gridiron 0
Manly Redbacks 12 d Bondi Raiders 0
Sutherland Seahawks 14 d Sydney University Lions 13
West Sydney Pirates 23 d Concord Jaguars 0
Standings
P W L T Pts
+ -
Drake UWS Outlaws
West Sydney Pirates
1 1 - -
2 23 0
Manly Redbacks
1 1 - -
2 12 0
Wollongong Coll Mustangs 1
1 - - 2
30 2
Sutherland Seahawks
1 1 - - 2
14 13
Sydney Uni Lions
Newcastle Uni Thunder
1 - 1 -
- 2 30
Bondi Raiders
1 - 1 -
- 0 12
Concord Jaguars
1 - 1 -
- 0 23
UTS Gridiron
1 - 1 -
- 0 29
Friday August 10th 2001
NSWGFL SENIOR SCHEDULE RELEASED
The 2001 Senior NSWGFL schedule has now been released on its web site www.nswgfl.org.au.
Kicking off on September 8th the ten team league will play one full round robin
series over nine weeks with all games from Round 4 onwards being played at the
Hockey Centre @ Homebush.
4 teams will qualify for the Championship semis with the Grand Final on November
24th.
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Fri Sept 14th 2001
The Astros have
established themselves as the early ACT league leaders with a 27-12 win over the
University of Canberra Firebirds last Saturday in Queanbeyan.
In the other game Tuggeranong Tornadoes won their 1st game of 2001
shutting out the Queanbeyan Warriors 14-0.
- For full ACTGL schedule & results go to the Tornadoes Web Site www.tornadoesgridiron.asn.au
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GRIDIRON SOUTH AUSTRALIA JUNIOR SEASON
Inaugural Junior Grand Final - Wed Aug 22 @ Pines Stadium
Port Adelaide Spartans 19 d Southern District Oilers
0
Royal Show Display A Great Success
Hundreds of Royal Adelaide Showgoers took part
in an interactive display from Gridiron South Australia on the events final
Saturday.
Situated in the DETE (Departrment of Education Training and Emplyment) X-Site,
the site involved the showing of Gridiron Videos, display of equipment club,
state and national jerseys and pamphlets on the league and many of its clubs.
Most importantly the league purpose built its own throwing target and over 300
people took part in the hourly "Quarterback Challenges".
Such was the interest in the display the it finsihed an hour earlier than
anticpated because the participant
Over 540,000 people go to the Royal Adelaide Show each year with last Saturdays
crowd about 87,000.
Gridiron SA wishes to thank both DETE for the opportunity to put on the display
and Dwayne Armstrong from NFL Australia for the provision of hundreds of
giveaway prizes for the occasion.
Gridiron Radio Show to re-launch this Summer
Thanks to the sponsorship of Black & White Trucks the South
Australian Gridiron Show will be back on air this Summer.
Once again the duo of Grant Keiller and Ausgrid's Phil Herden will join host
Darryl Smith for a half hour about Gridiron, Gridiron and nothing but Gridiron.
This year it looks like the show will be scheduled on a Friday morning
(7.30-8.00am) on 5RPH 1197am. The first show is down for Friday November 9th,
one week before the senior season commences.
Spartans Claim Historic "Triple Crown"
The Port Adelaide Spartans became the first SA club to win a premiership in
every level of competition (seniors, junior contact & junior flag) when they
shut out the Southern District Oilers 19-0 in the inaugural Gridiron SA Junior
Contact Grand Final.
Both defences started well the Oilers pinning the Spartans on their own goal
line before Grand Final MVP Andrew Novice sprang into action, the Port
Quarterback finding a hole on the right side and going the length of the field
(79yds) for the opening touchdown.
That 6-0 lead was extended late in the 2nd quarter when Travis Burden ran in a
2nd touchdown from 38 yards out, the half time score 12-0 Spartans.
Any hopes Southern Districts had of launching a comeback were squashed when
Novice unleashed a long touchdown bomb of 48yds to Ryan Glaser who made the
juggling catch in the end zone.
Port Adelaide's championship also created a historic double as they became the
1st team to win the SA senior contact & junior contact title in the same
year. It was their 7th premiership overall.
Whilst Southern Districts came away the vanquished Grand Final night they can
take a lot of pride from their efforts overall as the main driving force behind
the introduction of junior contact in South Australia, a key development
necessary to ensure the future and success of the sport in this state.
The 17th senior season of SA Gridiron kicks off @ Pines Stadium, November 16th.
PORT ADELAIDE SPARTANS 19 (Novice, Burden, Glaser) d SOUTHERN DISTRICT OILERS
0
GRIDIRON SA WEB SITE www.gridironsa.asn.au
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GRIDIRON QUEENSLAND NEWS
Week Seven - September 8th
Juniors
- Toowoomba Colts 20 d Bayside Falcons 12
- Wildcats 24 d Browns Plains Buccaneers 6
Seniors
- Toowoomba Chargers 19 d Bayside Ravens 6
- Ipswich Cougars 20 d Wildcats 12
- Gold Coast Stingrays 46 d Browns Plains Barbarians 0
Junior Standings
P W L T Pts + -
Gold Coast Stingrays
6 6 - - 12 218
33
Browns Plains Buccaneers 7 4 2
1 9 137 64
Wildcats
Ipswich Cougars
5 3 2 - 6
98 82
Toowoomba Colts
6 1 4 1 3 43
126
Bayside Falcons
6 - 6 - -
18 343
Senior Standings
P W L T Pts +
-
Ipswich Cougars
6 6 - -
12 259 31
Gold Coast Stingrays
Wildcats
6 4 2 -
8 240 34
Browns Plains Barbarians 6
2 3 1 5
44 142
Toowoomba Chargers
6 2 4 -
4 46 145
Bayside Ravens
6 1 5 -
2 26 199
Northern Rhinos
6 - 5 1
1 20 260
Fri Sept 14th 2001
The senior season has now completed its 1st round robin
series with the Ipswich Cougars remaining undefeated after holding off
the Wildcats 20-12.
Only one game behind the Gold Coast Stingrays whose sole loss was to the
Cougars in the "lightout" game that was called off at 3/4 time.
Last weekend the Stingrays were most impressive shutting out the Browns
Plains Barbarians 46-0.
In third and looking good for a playoff spot are the Wildcats (4-2) who have
been competitive in all games played thus far.
The battle for the 4th & last finals berth looks to be between the Browns
Plains Barbarians and the Toowoomba Chargers fresh from a 20-12 win over
the Bayside Ravens.
The leagues two expansion clubs the Ravens and Northern Rhinos are
bringing up the rear but both have already gained premiership points
In the Juniors two games played on the weekend, the Toowoomba Colts won
their 1st game of the season
20-12 over the Bayside Falcons whilst the Wildcats made a move on
2nd spot with a 24-6 over the Browns Plains Buccaneers. League leaders
the undefeated Gold Coast Stingrays had a bye.
For more information go to the Gridiron Qld Web Site - www.gridironqld.asn.au
NFL SEGMENT TO CONTINUE ON BRISBANE RADIO
Brisbane's Radio 4TAB is continuing its weekly coverage of NFL Football for the
2001 season.
Host Mark Forbes and Ausgrid's Phil Herden will again discuss all things NFL
including an in depth preview of the Monday Night Football game each Tuesday
Morning from 8.10am (Brisbane Time)
The first segment will preview the season on Tuesday September 4th.
Tasmania News
Friday September 14th 2001
Season will probably kick off on Sunday November 4th
with the Island Bowl on January 27th .... more details as to come to hand.
Special thanks to Phil Herden for providing the information for this page please
vistid the Ausgrid
website.
To subscribe to the Ausgrid Newsletter please Email: Phil
Herden
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