AFL Mackay Newsletter - Issue 6

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1 AFL Mackay Newsletter - Issue 6 AFL Season 2014 Find Below times and places for all of this weekend s Games, Representative games and one snr catch up game. Representative Games 7 & 8 June 2014 Draw In case of any changes, we will notify you via our social media so please check our Facebook page and our website regularly to make sure you stay up to date with any news and changes. Seven team Senior 07/06/14 Representative Games 4:30pm Harrup Park Oval 1 Mackay Townsville Rockhampton Round 1 9/6/14 Catch Up game Magpies NB vs. Mackay City 2:45pm Magpies Sports Club Four Team Women 07/06/14 Representative Games 4:30pm Harrup Park Oval 9 Mackay Townsville Rockhampton Under 14 North Queensland Talent Championship Saturday 07/06/14 Start at 12 noon till 4pm Harrup Park Oval 1 Sunday 08/06/14 10am Harrup Park Oval 1 Sports Administrator Debbie Hildebrand P (07) M sportsadmin@harruppark.com.au

2 Page 2 Ladies AFL We have a Representative weekend of football with our Women s Representative Team playing Rockhampton and Townsville on Saturday 7 th June at Harrup Park. Since our conception we have been lucky to have some fantastic talent join our ranks and we are very proud to announce our 2014 Women s Representative Team; Mackay Woman Representative Team Alisha Matsen Eastern Swans Racheal Martin Eastern Swans Rebecca Grummitt Eastern Swans Jessica Healy Eastern Swans Lauren Bella Eastern Swans/Sarina Demons Jennifer Revell Moranbah Bulldogs Sian Rose Moranbah Bulldogs Kate Cowen Moranbah Bulldogs Ashlee Carpenter Moranbah Bulldogs Kate Carstens Moranbah Bulldogs Emma Richards Moranbah Bulldogs Nicci Campbell Moranbah Bulldogs Kimberley Buck Moranbah Bulldogs Amanda Dellar Northern Beaches Magpies Lisa Dellar Northern Beaches Magpies Megan Giles Northern Beaches Magpies Miya Scott Northern Beaches Magpies Lisa-Jane Millard Northern Beaches Magpies Rahnee Vaccaneo North Mackay Saints Kate Morley North Mackay Saints Emily Morley North Mackay Saints Jessica Newman North Mackay Saints Melody Tysoe North Mackay Saints Cecily Chandler North Mackay Saints Jordan McClure North Mackay Saints Your best is always good enough!

3 Page 3 AFL Mackay Newsletter Mackay AFL Ladies AFL Mackay Women s League Competition Game Report 31 st May 2014 Saturday 31 st May we witnessed another fantastic display of Women s AFL when the Eastern Swans hosted the Northern Beaches Magpies at Rogers Oval at 12.50pm. The Northern Beaches Magpies came away with their second win of the season with the final scores being Northern Beaches Magpies def. Eastern Swans It was great to see some new faces amongst the two teams and we look forward to all clubs building numbers as our season progresses. We unfortunately had our first injury of the season with Danielle Overall from the Eastern Swans dislocating her shoulder. We wish Dani all the best for the coming weeks and hope she has a speedy recovery. This coming weekend brings some exciting Women s Football for our Women s League. We have the exciting news of Jenna Wicks representing Mackay in the AFLQ Women s All Stars game being played in Brisbane this Sunday 8 th June, with the possibility to be selected for the Women s State Team to play Tasmania later in June. We are so very proud to have nominated Jenna for this fantastic opportunity and wish her all the very best. Melody (Eastern Swans), Rahnee (Magpies), Danielle (Eastern Swans) Rahnee Vaccaneo Jade (Magpies)& Alisha (East Swans)

4 Page 4 Mackay Senior Men s Representative Team Gary will make call on Captain and V/Captain Friday night at training. 22 players and 3 emergency players below: 1. Aaron Wade 2. Scott Sutton 3. Jade Derbyshire 4. Sam McCann 5. Nick Proud 6. Grant Evans 7. Brenton Rowe 8. Cody Filewood 9. Desmond Hayes 10. Josh Donovan 11. Jordan Harding 12. Brendan Cowcher 13. Jason Garrett 14. Aaron Picken 15. Mitch Stainsborough 16. Sam Stewart 17. Mitch Cook 18. James Jacobson 19. Michael Page 20. Bryce Kachel 21. Tony Killmartin 22. Will Shone 23. Sam Dunbar EMG 24. Lachlan Ross EMG 25. Sebastian Curtis EMG We would like to congratulate Nathan Peters (North Mackay Saints), Brad Smith (Mackay City Hawks) and Michael Fisher (Moranbah Bulldogs for making it into the North Queensland Squad. Michael is doing the Moranbah Bulldogs proud for being selected as the Vice captain of the team as well!! Well done guys and all the best!!

5 Page 5 AFL Mackay News A huge fortnight of AFL football is our region is underway, with schools competitions and NQ Junior Talent Championships and Senior Men s and Women s AFL Representative football taking place. day marked the 2014 Gold Coast SUNS Junior second- finals in Mackay at Harrup Park. It was a night full of ing football, with schools from Mackay and the Whit- competing for the title. successful night for Mercy College taking out the Boys and Girls Divisions convincingly by winning all three their respective divisions. The continual growth of Fe- across QLD was reinforced last night with our most ever players competing in the Year 8/9/10 Girls Division. Last Monary cup entertainsundays It was a division games in male AFL female The next stage of the competition will see Mercy College Boys travel to Rockhampton for the Central QLD Pool Final of the GC SUNS Cup Pool final in late June. The winner of the Pool final will have a exciting opportunity to play at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast for the SUNS Cup finals in August. The Mercy College girls will also play a development game in the coming weeks against schools from Rockhampton and Port Curtis as an extra opportunity to develop Ladies AFL. This is exciting to see the growth of AFL through our schools system providing many new players with a taste of our great game. from last received recog- Each team nominated a Best on Ground performance Nights Gold Coast SUNS Cup. The following students nition and a GC SUNS football for their efforts. Ryan Camilleri (North Mackay SHS) Brock Carriage (Pioneer SHS) Sam Cornish (St. Catherine s Proserpine) Tom Wilson (Mercy College) Macey Fenech-Brebner (St. Catherine s Proserpine) Emma Muscat (Mercy College) Katie Hughes (North Mackay SHS) Tegan Coates (Pioneer SHS) Congratulations to all concerned. Friday evening it was the Whitsundays turn to host the GC SUNS Primary school event, with students from Cannonvale SS, St. Catherine s Proserpine and Bowen competing for the chance to play the Mackay winner. We now look forward to the Gold Coast SUNS Cup primary cup (Boys and Girls Divisions) in Mackay on Monday 2 nd June. This weekend, we will see an array of entertaining AFL football in Mackay kicking off with the NQ U14 Talent Championships and Testing Combine on Saturday morning 7 th June. Squads from Cape York, Cairns, Townsville and Capricornia will travel and take on Mackay/Whitsundays best young talent in the annual championships. Furthermore, the evening will showcase the best Senior Mens and Women's players from Townsville, Mackay and Capricornia for NQ bragging rights in the AFL Senior Representative matches. What a week it is set to be with a feast of AFL Football in Mackay!

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