The event is for health professionals and community members of Sunbury and surrounding areas, recommended for ages 16 years and above.

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1 Newsletter Issue No.23 Message from the President This week I d like to bring to everyone s attention an upcoming community forum - Sunbury Community Drug and Alcohol Forum. The Sunbury Police and Community Consultative Committee in conjunction with Sunbury Community Health are pleased to present the forum which aims to raise community awareness of drug and alcohol issues, highlighting support services available within the local community. The event is for health professionals and community members of Sunbury and surrounding areas, recommended for ages 16 years and above. It s on Wednesday 30 July from 7pm to 9pm. It s free and is at the Sunbury Memorial Hall. More information below. The club s pizza night is on Wednesday 30 July and the recent request for help has had a positive response, although we will still need few more helpers with food preparation at Stephen Portelli s kitchen as well as food and drink handling at Langama Park. Thank you to those that have offered to assist. I d like to publicly thank Stephen for volunteering his help over the many years to our club. Stephen has been behind most, if not all our events that require food. Mel Paradiso has started the team and individual player photography marathon so please check Mel s schedule below for more information. And parents, apologies for another reminder, but can I ask that you please check the club s website for team fixture updates. And or the Club TeamApp.This will take you directly to where you can get the latest information. Unfortunately when club officials receive phone calls from parents that have attended the wrong ground there is not much that we can do. Ciao for now!!! Paul Di Blasi SUJSC President Club Videos via You Tube: Looking for a Caterer? Stephen Portelli H.and.S On Catering handsoncatering1@bigpond.com

2 Player of the week is Maxine DiBlasi U9 U Yellow: Coach Davie Kenney has been very happy with Maxine s enthusiasm and a strengthh over the ball. She shows good balance and enjoys playing anywhere on the pitch. Even Goalkeeper. Keep up the greatt work Maxine! Club Pizza Night - Wednesday 30 July. Please let your team manager or coach know that you will be attending by Sunday S 27 July. The pizza will be prepared in two shiftss to accommodate the regular finishing times of the younger and older teams we will need: two volunteers to assist with pizza making from the U/9s - U/12s between 6pm and 7pm two volunteers to assist with pizza making from the U/14 - Thirds between 7pm to 8pm at least four volunteers to distribute food and drinks (and take money for drinks) at the northern pavilion Food prep will be at Chef Stephen Portelli s home. Food to be served immediately after the usual training session times. Pizza Pizza Drinks Hawaiian, the lot and vegetarian. Free of charge $1 each Parents and family members are also invited to participate. Bunnings BBQ Club Fundraiser Saturday 166 August Dr Phil Jones (U/14 Team Manager) is coordinating the Bunnings BBQ fundraiser and he is seeking parents and players to help out on the day. Please contactt Phil on orr philj@opc.net.au if you can assist. Important Dates July to Septemberr Sunday 27 July Round 12 -Fixturess are available via Wednesday 30 July Club pizza night Team Photos Coming to your favourite team please check schedulee below Saturday 16 August Bunnings BBQ club fundraiser Sunday 14 Sept Regular Season Concludes Sunday 21 Sept SUJSC Annual General Meeting and 2014 Presentation To Be Confirmed MiniRoos Update Sunday 27 July The U/7 MiniRoos will next play: Sunday 27 July 9.15am. for a 9.30am start Gala Day Saturday 13 September: Satellite City SC Kurunjang Reservee Centenary Avenue Melton Be there 10:30 for an 11:00 Start

3 Run out with Seniors on Saturday 20 September Run out with Seniors on Saturday 20 September

4 No,, it is a training session at Langama Park this week, but it could have been. A hard working committee meeting - 7July From left Adele Crossley, Tom Mancuso, Paul Di Blasi with his new app! Jodie Nielsen and Gerard Feain behind the camera From this To this - Yess Zac Miceli, you can play once you have fully recovered from the appendectomy a y

5 This Week s Club Official Profile No Takers Again This Week! From the Editor The dose of shynesss from members continues into its second week. The best cure is to get it off your chest. Let us know about your inner self. Players and officials are invited to takee a 5 minutes time out from their hectic schedules and complete the questions below. Please gtfeain@bigpond.com once you are ready to Officials I like to volunteer my time at the club because What role do you play at SUJSC this year? Number of years with SUJSC? Who will win the 2018 World Cup? What do I get up to on weekdays? The best thing about SUJSC is? forward back to Gerard Feain via Tell us about what sport you played, forr how long, and who with, when you were w a bit younger, say last century? Players I like to play soccer because Number of years playing at SUJSC? Preferred playing position? Other sports that I like to play? Who will win the World Cup? The biggest influence on my game is? Best memory from a matchday? What do I get up on weekdays? The best thing about SUJSC is?

6 Sunbury Police and Community Consultative Committee in conjunction with Sunbury Community Health are pleased to present the Sunbury Community Drug and Alcohol Forum This forum aims to raise community awareness of drug and alcohol issues, highlighting support services available within the local community. The event is for health professionals and community members of Sunbury and surrounding areas, recommended for ages 16 years and above. DATE: Wednesday 30 July 2014 TIME: VENUE: 7 9 pm Sunbury Memorial Hall Stawell Street Sunbury COST: FREE Key note speakers Gavin Crosisca Ex AFL premiership player and drug and alcohol panellist on SEN 1116 Radio program The Right Time. Belinda Walsh Chief Executive Officer and founder of Alcohol And Drug Help. Belinda will share her perspective on family supports. Also featuring a presentation from Victoria Police and a panel of professionals to promote discussion and answer your questions. For further information contact Sunbury Community Health on or admin@sunburychc.org.au 130 years of soccer, or not? - A leading sports historian claims Sunday the 12 th of May could well mark 130 years of organised soccer in Melbourne and that official histories may have it wrong. Victoria University sport historian Dr Ian Syson said an organised match occurred between the Anglo-Australian Association Football Club (AAAFC) and a Richmond FC selection at Richmond Cricket Ground (today known as Punt Road Oval). The mention was in the Argus of 12 May "A game of soccer was planned between the Anglo-Australians and a Richmond FC selection," Dr Syson said. "As such it would have been the first time an inter-club game was played in Melbourne." He said while more research was needed before pinning that game down absolutely, one month later on June 9 a game was definitely played between the AAAFC and Australian-rules club South Park FC, with the soccer boys winning easily, 4-1. Then in August 1883 Victoria and NSW met twice in the very first inter-colonial soccer clashes. Yet it was not until 1884 that the Anglo-Australian Football Association (forerunner of Football Federation Victoria) was created, consisting of four teams: Prahran, South Melbourne, Richmond and Carlton. The FFV will mark this formation as the game's 130th anniversary next year. But Dr Syson said that was only one of several important steps in forming organised soccer in Victoria and by no means the first. "There is even some evidence of organised matches as early as 1870 when Melbourne FC took on the Melbourne police in a game after the 'home style' in which handling the ball was outlawed," he said. "Though more research is needed before we can argue the game was (or was not) soccer." "Whatever the real date is it just goes to show the futility of a set-in-stone origin date for sports. The obsession with origin dates and origin myths for our beloved sports are rarely questioned but in fact are often not as clear cut and uncontentious as they are presented."

7 He said sports history, like every history, is constantly changing and being revised. As s Gillian Hibbins has shown, the AFL's assumed 1858 starting point is out by a year. "Unfortunately she pointed that fact out well after the 150 th anniversary celebrations were already planned and the AFL were not going to let historical evidence get in the way of their celebrations," Dr Syson said. In a recent article titled 'The Chimera of Origins' published in the International Journal of the History of Sport Dr Syson argues that it is not only misleading to celebrate a single set origin but also damaging as it plays down other versions of that history. "Once an assumed origin date is set in stone it tends to rule out many other narrative threads that tend to contradict the ideas of origin," he said. "It will come as a surprise to many that a lot of historians believe Australian rules football did not commence in 1858, yett these competing views and the interesting stories they bring with them are not aired." Dr Ian Syson, sport historian College of Arts, Victoria University ;

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