WODEN BLUES 10 Year Premiership Reunion

Saturday May the 5th

Canberra Irish Club

7.30pm

$20 per person or $30 per couple

ALL past and present players, partners, officials, supporters, and hangers on are invited to the Canberra Irish Club on Saturday night May the 5th for the Blues biggest function since 1996!

Presentations, awards, live music, and plenty of old stories and faces will make this a night not to be missed. You are also invited to watch the blues in action at a replay of the 2002 decider at Football Park Phillip when the current Blues side take on the Jugs at 2pm.

It proves to be a great day and night already with a number of old Blues players travelling great distances to be involved in the festivities.

Please pass on the infomation to everyone you know who has been involved in the club, and we hope to see you all on Saturday May the 5th.

Thursday Training

Thursday training is on at Campbell High Gym from 6pm.

Don't worry about footy boots... runners only.

ACT Mens Softball - Winners!

A big congrats to the ACT Mens Softball team who won the National title on the weekend. Reigning WBFC B&F Starkey, and former Blue Cheese were instrumental in winning.

Congrats also to Darrin Hebditch for Coaching the boys to the win.

Full details here and here

Best Trainer

To acknowledge the best on track in Preseason, we've initiated a Best Trainer award. 3-2-1, as decided by Luke

Scoreboard

Carts - 6
Jason - 5
Sam - 4
Gunn, Tits - 3
Lawny, Altie, Jimmy 2

Best trainer wins a reward, in beer, at a pre-season function to be determined...

Supercoach 2012

The Woden Blues have invited you to join their private league
in the Herald Sun TAC SuperCoach competition. The game
is free to enter and by joining you'll be eligible for
weekly prizes of $1000 and the season grand prize of
$50,000 and $5000 to the local footy club of your choice,
plus even more bonus prizes during the 2012 season.

Herald Sun TAC SuperCoach is a free game of skill in
which you select a squad of 30 players whose real-life
statistics in each match they play will earn points for
your team. Your SuperCoach score will then be ranked
against tens of thousands of other players from around
Australia.

And by joining Woden Blues's private league, you'll be able
to compete against Woden Blues's selected competitors.

To join Woden Blues's private league, please click on this link

http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/?p=register&iid=40689

and register. Once registered, follow the instructions to
select your team and then go to the League page to view
Woden Blues's private league, of which you will be a part of.

If you're already registered, you can join Woden Blues's league
manually, by logging in and following the "CREATE/JOIN"link
from your league page. Enter the code

770007

to join. In season 2012, you can play in up to FIVE leagues.


If you want more information on the Herald Sun TAC SuperCoach
competition, click here:

http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au

New Sponsor for 2012

On behalf of the Blues players and committee, we would like to thank and welcome on board the Woden Blues newest sponsor for 2012. Luke and the staff at the Valley Tavern welcomed the Blues to their establishment yesterday for the Pre-Season Punters Club and a great day was had by all!

The Tavern has also been supporting the Off-Season Blues cricket team for this season, and we appreciate their support this year.

If you are in the area make sure you drop in for a beer or 2, or a great lunch and say hi to owners Greg and Wendy, or the friendly bar staff including Luke and let them know you are from the Woden Blues.

The Valley Tavern is located at the Wanniassa shops opposite the Shell Servo.

Thursday Training is On

Despite the wet weather,ovals are still open so tonights training is on.

Be there for a 6pm sharp start.

Butch takes a classic catch!

Another former Woden Blue has earned his 15 minutes of fame with Butch taking a one handed classic in the crowd in the 20/20 grand final at the WACA on the weekend.

The game was meandering along with the Sydney Sixers cruising to a comfortable win when Moises Henriques belted a laser 6 into the crowd. Butch, with a full schooner in his right hand, plucked a left handed classic to send the crowd, commentators, and the million viewers at home into raptures!

It can now be seen on the Foxsports News plays of the week with the voice over acknowledging that Butch did not even spill a drop!

PRE-SEASON BONDING DAY

Woden Blues Pre-Season Bonding Day

*****This is an official training and all players and support staff are obligated to attend as per
our sponsorship arrangement with the Wanniassa Tavern*****

Come and get to know your new team mates outside of football! Enjoy a few bets on the horses, a game of pool, a great pub meal, and a few cold beers with your old and new team mates.

When – From Midday on Saturday the 11th of February
Where – The Wanniassa Tavern (Wanniassa shops opposite Shell Servo)
Cost - $20 (Includes your lunch, Woden Blues Punters Club, and hopefully a few beers between 4pm and 5pm with the winnings ; )

***** You must wear a previous Woden Blues EOST shirt *****
If you don’t have one, get to know someone at the Blues and ask around at training and borrow one!
(some boys have 5 or 6 shirts if not more)

Fines

- Arrive after 12.30pm = $5
- Arrive after 1pm = $10
- Don’t wear an old Woden Blues EOST shirt = $10
- Swearing (the F’s and C’s) = $2
- Pointing (elbow permitted) = $1
- Drink right handed = $1

All fines go towards the punters club
All winnings are split between the bar-tab from 4pm to 5pm and the Woden Blues Social Club
Lets respect the venue and their regulars

Cheap Stuff and Rep Footy

The Blues get nothing out of this, but here is a chance to save cash on high quality compression gear.

Jump on www.linebreak.com.au and use the customer code AUSD12 to get anything from the LineBreak Compression range AT HALF PRICE.

You little beauty!!

Happy Australia Day!

The LineBreak Team

Rep Footy

Dear Clubs,

After ongoing discussions with AFL NSW/ACT, AFL Canberra has successfully secured the opportunity to compete in the Blacktown International Sports Park State Representative Carnival on Sunday 10^th June 2012 (Queen’s Birthday Weekend). This is a unique opportunity to compete alongside representative teams from leagues all over NSW. AFL Canberra will be entering an ACT Representative team made up of Division 1, 2 and 3 players (NEAFL Players are ineligible). The carnival will feature head to head matches between leagues from around the state and territory with the ACT scheduled to play against the AFL NSW/ACT Indigenous All Stars team.

It is critical that we support this carnival as a state league as this will serve as the selection day for the combined NSW/ACT State Representative team that will compete in the Australian Country Football Championships in Wagga Wagga from 19^th-22^nd July 2012. Only those players competing in Blacktown will be eligible for selection to the State team. In the interest of seeing a strong contingent of ACT players included in the state team, AFL Canberra will be looking to assemble a strong ACT rep side to compete in Blacktown.

Further information will be sent at a later date. Expression of interest for coach’s from a Div 1, and assistant coach’s from a Div 2 and 3 sides. Also clubs will be asked to nominate players who may be interested in playing, will be sent out as well

Regards

AFL Canberra