LINDISFARNE FOOTBALL CLUB INC

P.O. Box 17 Lindisfarne TAS 7015

UNDER 18 COLTS 2010

Dear  Player,

The Lindisfarne Football Club is a very strong and traditional community based Club playing within the Southern Football League.  

Along with the Lindisfarne Junior Football Club, we are now putting in place a Junior Development Program that will enable young players an uninterrupted pathway from junior to senior football.  Talented players will be given all opportunities to be selected in elite programs.  In the last two years the Club has become a lot more professional and this has resulted in on field success.  In both in the 2008 and 2009 years the Club had success with both senior and reserve teams playing in the Grand Finals.  We are aiming to continue this success into 2010 but, in this case, with an under 18 team also in the finals for 2010.

The Club has extremely good facilities with a fine clubroom with bar and dining room, two ovals, training lights on both grounds, change rooms for up to four teams, and a kiosk. 

Senior player Scott Bester has been appointed Coach of the Colts (under 18) team and the very experienced Justin Rainbird appointed coach of the Seniors.  Club stalwart Kaine Menzie has stayed on as coach of the reserve team.  All are very enthusiastic about the coming season.

The new SFL will now consist of 14 teams with games played on Saturday.  A final eight will feature for the finals series (same as AFL).  All Colts (under 18) games will be played on the Saturday as a curtain raiser to the senior and reserves games.

We are inviting you, along with any other friends, to join the “TWO BLUES” and be a part of another successful year at Lindisfarne.

Training with the seniors has commenced.  Training is on Monday and Wednesday nights at 6pm at Geilston Bay High School and at 6pm Thursdays at Risdon Vale oval.  At this stage, training is not compulsory but you are most welcome to attend. 

There will be an information meeting and barbeque on Friday 26^th February at 6pm.  It is being held at the rear garden area of the Willows Tavern Risdon Vale.  Senior players will also be in attendance.

For any other information please contact any of those listed below. 

Kind Regards,

Tony Hilder                                                    

Director Junior Development & Coaching     

Ph. 62724161                                                  

Scott Bester                                                                 Rod Ingram

Colts Coach                                                                 Junior Development Officer

Ph. 0419982737                                                          Ph. 62438087  

With pre-season fast coming to a close and practice matches about to commence, it seems an opportune time to reflect on the LFC’s performance during the pre-season thus far.  The pre-season has seen us spend a considerable amount of time pounding the turf at Geilston Bay High School, along with some time spent at Risdon Brook Dam, Bellerive Beach and Risdon Vale Oval.  Irrespective of the venue, rest assured the sessions have been tough!

New coach, Chooky Rainbow, has been working the playing group extremely hard through the summer which should see the boys well prepared to take on Triabunna on the East Coast on Easter Saturday.  The sessions have generally involved around thirty minutes of running and fitness work prior to working on our skills and game related drills with the balls.  While the playing group have found the sessions tough, they have been varied and enjoyed by all on the most part.

The club has farewelled a few players since the end of season 2009, however we also welcome some new faces to the playing group for season 2010.  Dave Woolley is likely to be a welcome addition to the midfield, Leigh Milbourne is competing with Tom Robinson for the best rig at the club and Josh White has seen the light and joined the club from Sorell.

As for the current players Tom Robinson looks as though he is even bigger than last season (if that’s possible!), Scott “Fritz” Bester has taken on extra responsibility moulding the youth of the club as coach of the under 18s, Justin Myers has been solid, as always, during pre-season, but will most likely face his biggest test once the season starts to ensure he remains uninjured.  Shaun Haberfield has been outstanding and not missed a target by foot since round 13 2008, ageing superstar, Kaine “Mr Sheffield” Menzie, has a new lease on life after kicking the habit over summer, Brad Johnson has carried his good form from the Footy Trip on the Gold Coast on to the training track and reappointed captain, Nick Braslin, is keen to spend more time forward this season.  It is worth noting for the female fans of the LFC, that youngster Kase “Muggsy” Miller has been performing well and will no doubt provide plenty of eye candy for them this year!

Numerous underage players have been training throughout the preseason and those that have been attending consistently are reaping the rewards.  Big improvers have been Col and Cam “Harry” Potter, while Kizza Isles is building on his underage best and fairest winning form from last season.  While the young boys have been training well it has been noticed by other members of the playing group that the underage players seem to be spending more than their fair share of time on the trainer’s table with Rod “Rocket” Smith prior to training each night!

The LFC’s self appointed number one supporter, The G-Train, has also shed plenty of weight over summer and is nearly down to playing weight.  This should allow “G” to run even more water this season!

Chooka announced the leadership group for 2010 after training last night.  The leadership group consists of the coaching staff of Chooka, JM, Luke “Calves” Goodsell and Besty as well as Bras as captain, Dave “the Doctor” Scott as his vice captain and Brad Turner.  I’m sure these guys will lead the club admirably in 2010 and hopefully see the club go one step further than the previous couple of seasons!

Preseason has been pretty full on to date, however those that have been attending regularly are noticing the benefits.  The playing group is in great condition and are really looking forward to taking on the ‘Bunna (and the bus trip back home) on Easter Saturday.

Paul 'Smokey' Jackson

This years event will be held in the Tasman room at the Wrest Point Casino and tickets are on sale now by contacting Janine at Wrest Point Service Centre on 03 6221 1706. Tickets cost $110.00 (or $1000.00 per table of 10). This includes a 3 course meal, all your basic beer, wine, & soft drink (until 11.30pm), guest speakers, comedian (Gavin Baskerville) and local band RPM (members of popular local Hobart band Morning Glory).

Guests include Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), Michael O’Loughlin (Sydney Swans) and Ursula Beck (Aust Female Body Building Champion).

A great night for a good cause, so get along.

Please contact Scott Morrisby if you have any question about the dinner or the fund on 0409 342 055.

We played some spirited football and probably had more use of the ball, we had everybody contributing but we were let down by our skill errors which caused turnovers and New Norfolk were able to counter more effective than us.

Our back line held up super strong in the face of New Norfolk’s three pronged power forwards.  Ricky Batt proved how valuable a player he has been for us all season, Shaun Haberfield had another terrific game by keeping his direct opponent under control and by giving us some attack from our defence and Dave Smith used his smarts to counter our opponents attacks.  Trent Laird also played a good game from the half back flank.

On the ball and up forward Tom Robinson was elusive and hard working and Daniel Rattenbury tried hard all day in and under the packs.

Every coach goes into the season with the only goal being a premiership but what this group of young men have achieved in the last two years is remarkable and they all should be proud of that fact.  If it wasn’t for the inclusion of New Norfolk and Kingbourgh then maybe The Lindisfarne football club reserves could of had a premiership this year.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish the seniors all the best for this Saturday.  With some belief, hard work and a never say die attitude, I am sure we can cause the upset.  All the best, bring it home for the Two Blues….

Kaine Menzie

We all knew what was required and in the first quarter we blew the lions off shark park with quick ball movement and our ability to run the lines and feed our forwards with some good delivery.  At the break we had a five goal lead which was a bonus for us as we are generally not good starters to games.

The second quarter turned into a slog for both teams and in the third we were blown away by a harder working Huonville unit that thought to lead by a goal at three quarter time.  Luckily for us it could have been a lot more, but they were inaccurate on goals.

In the last quarter we found the form that we had in the first quarter and even though we were tired we dug deep and started to move the ball quicker which resulted in us winning by 19 points.

In a really good moral boosting win for us, we had numerous players that played well.  Dave Smith played exceptionally well up forward and down back.  The on-ball brigade of Tom Robinson, Nathan Hollis and Paul Johnstone gained a lot of the ball and were well feed be the big man Josh McWilliams.  Others that played well were Anthony Clifford, who improves every game and the dependable Matt Stone and Chris Harper who go about their business without fuss.

Next week we have another big task when we play New Norfolk for a spot in the Grand Final.  If we play four quarters of good football I am more than sure we can give the lads from Boyer another upset.

Kaine Menzie

Kicking with a 3 to 4 goal breeze in the first quarter, we got off to a good start but inaccuracy in front of goals cost us and we only held a two goal advantage at quarter time. In the second quarter Dodges Ferry showed more desire and used the ball better than we did and they went into the main break with a 16 point lead.

If the Two Blues were unaware of what this game meant then they were well aware when they came back out for the second half and to our credit we kicked 9 unanswered goals in the third quarter. We eventually won the game by 45 points.

Leigh Proud was ever reliable up forward and his brother Trent was good, giving us a target to kick to when coming out of defence. Our big ruckmen in Matt Phillips and Josh McWilliams controlled the ruck contests giving a small’s first option which was capitalised by Justin Fielding gaining numerous possessions. Down in defence Shaun Haberfield held strong as usual and Andrew Clarke continually rebounded especially after a poor start to the game.

A special mention should also go to Simon McCarthy who sacrificed his own game to play a defensive game and do it well. This week we play the last roster match against the pacesetters, New Norfolk. This game should be a good contest if we can be discipline enough to stick to our structures and team plan, any deviation will cost us.

Looking forward to the challenges ahead.

Kaine Menzie

At the end of the match we were victors by 103 points, which was a pleasing result considering the blustery wind that continually pushed the ball over to the road side and the fact that we continually kicked the ball out onto that wing when we should have been using the corridor or the other wing. Another aspect that is pleasing for us coming into the business end of the season is that we still have a number of players to come back into the side which will defiantly strengthen the side to take on the better teams.

Up forward Trent Proud did a great job of straightening us up and continually lead into the right spot on the ground to receive his team mates kicks. Brodie Phillips was again elusive when in the forward line kicking five and Mark Rutherford kicked three and unselfishly gave a few off. Other players to play well were on-baller Matt Triffett who must have received half a dozen free kicks and a huge amount of possessions.

The two big men in Ricky Batt and Josh McWilliams were also good, both having a huge work rate through the ruck and Mitch Leale was as elusive as ever.

A pleasing fact for a coach is the number of player that have played in the reserves and who have made the transition to senior football and have performed well. This week we play at home against an improving Central Hawks unit that will always give us hard fought game.

Kaine Menzie

All the players appreciated the conditions we found ourselves in and played accordingly. We had a lot of run and we used each other at every opportunity, getting the ball into our forwards quickly.

Leigh Proud played an awesome game, kicking 16 goals and won the ball even when the opposition dropped another two in front of him. In a very good team effort, were everyone contributed and stuck to the team structures and rules it was an struggle to pick only six best players.

On the ball Matt Triffitt and Tom Robinson got a lot of the ball and up forward Brodie Phillips and Anthony Clifford were elusive and Matt Phillips played another good game.

This week we face Sorell at Pembroke Park and it will be interesting to see if we can maintain the good footy and 100% contribution from everybody when some more pressure is applied to us.

Kaine Menzie

The big ground was always going to suit our style and we were able to dominate every quarter and run out 171 point victors. Although we won by a big margin i still believe we’re far from our best. At the moment we’re making too many basic errors which is something we need to address quickly. I think we have a lot of improvement in us going forward which is a positive for the club.

We had some great performers on the day, none better than Jamie Tubb who booted 14 goals. Justin O’Brien is starting to recapture his best form, Tim Bracken was a giant at half forward, while Kurt Baker, Justin Rainbird, Kase Miller and Gavin Quirk were all strong contributors.

Next week we travel to Sorell which is a game we’re looking forward to as they gave us a big test last time we met.

Daniel Willing

This week we had 22 contributors on the field that were all prepared to give 100% for each other. As a team our work rate was good but we are still consistently turning the ball over with bad decision making and disposal.

Up forward Brodie Phillips provided us with the polish we needed to convert our hard work into goals and he finished off with eight in a best on ground performance.

Other players that played well in an even team performance were Trent Proud and Nathan Hollis. The back line was superb all game letting very little through and rebounding well considering the ground conditions and was well led by Shaun Haberfield and Dave Smith. Josh McWilliams and Paul Jackson were tireless worker in the ruck and through the forward line.

Back on track now and with another challenge this week against Cygnet at Cygnet who we just managed to beat last time we met.

Kaine Menzie