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G`day fellas,
Hope all are well since the Townsville meeting. Sorry if I have been a bit quiet but I was bitten by a white tip spider and had to do a stretch in hospital to beat the bugger. All ok now as I am finally able to have a beer or two!!
I have rounded my boys up and season 2010 is underway. I have only 8 to 10 training at present but this number should double over the next month.
As you can see we now have a direct email address for our Whitsunday Bald Eagles Masters AFL club. Please change any other email address that you may have as this will now be the most direct route to communicate with us and to get your info out to the Whitsunday lads.
We are all set to host a carnival on the Mayday long weekend. We propose to play on Sunday 2nd of May. This will allow a travel day before and after the event. As mentioned in Townsville we are keen to host a City/Country game for over 45`s, with a possibility of a 35`s game as well. We will be calling for nominations from ALL regions to make up the teams and with just an 8 week window until the event the game maybe North vs South with a line drawn below Townsville. Thus Whitsunday and below may join with any players coming from further south. This option will be guided by the number of nominations. I am open to communication. Nominations will close 7 to 10 days prior. Info on flyer.
There will be an informal dinner and drinks afterwards as well as presentations.
For those wishing to book accommodation or extend their stay and have some fun I have arrange for Airlie Beach Travel to handle bookings and questions. It is the biggest travel agent in Airlie and also one of our sponsors. I have spoken to several accommodation houses to provide special rates and these will be made available to you when Masters AFL is quoted either by phone or email. I have also arranged special rates and packages for some cruises as well. I will get a flyer out to you by midweek with suggested rates, accom, trips and info.

Details......
Date......... 2nd May
Games......Over 45`s and Over 35`s (2 x games)

Bookings......Airlie Beach Travel
Website....... www.airliebeach.com
Phone.........1800 677 119
Quote.......... Masters AFL at time of booking for special rates.

Whitsunday Bald Eagles

Contact....Jack Lumby
0417 628 939

2010 Cairns carnivals posted 06/03/2010

There will be 2 Masters Football Carnivals in Cairns in 2010 – the Cairns AFL Masters Carnival at Cazaly's Stadium on Saturday 20 th March and the NQ Games, also at Cazaly's Stadium, on Saturday 10 th April. Players from other centres who are in the area at that time are more than welcome to participate as members of the composite NQ Stingers team or any teams which are short. Anyone available and interested can call Dale Treanor on 0447461188 or Peter Brosnan on 0418391163 for further information.

Gold Coast Old Boys Join AFL Masters Qld posted 19/02/2010

The 2010 season represents the 21 st year that old boys footy has been played on the Gold Coast This year the Gold Coast Old Boys league has formed an affiliation with the AFL Masters to form the ‘Gold Coast AFL Masters' league. Any new or old players wanting to have a kick in 2010, then come down to the knock out carnival to be held at Robina on Saturday 13th March and experience the ‘footy for fun' carnival atmosphere. Teams from Brisbane , Melbourne and the Gold Coast will be competing. Season games commence on the 27 th March and are played every second Sunday, predominately on the Gold Coast, and also including a few bus trips away. Local Gold Coast teams competing in 2010 will be reigning premiers Broadbeach, as well as Labrador ,Palm Beach , Surfers Paradise , Mudgeeraba and BurleighIn addition new teams are being formed in Robina and Coomera, as well as other potential new teams from Pottsville/Tweed Heads and Pacific Pines.

The newly formed ‘Gold Coast AFL Masters' league will maintain the over 30's competition in 2010, and with anticipated growth, expansion teams will join current over 33's and over 40's Masters teams from Coolangatta and the Gold Coast over 40s team (based in Labrador ).

Masters football offers the opportunity for players to participate in this great game with some modified rules in your respective age groups.

The National Carnival will be held in Canberra from 12-19 October, where all states compete against each other in their respective age groups from 35' to over 55's for bragging rights of being National Champions and selection of All Australian teams.

Other representative opportunities include the international series against the Irish using the round ball, Townsville country carnival in June, the Bali 9's, as well as the inaugural Aussie Rules competition to be played at the Pan Pacific Games on the Gold Coast from the 6-14 November 2010.

Check out www.mafq.asn.au or contact Matt Glynn 0434 194 524 to find your local team.

Remember you are never too old to play as the older we get the faster we were.

2009 Cairns Carnival. posted 9/10/2009

Qlds Masters 1 team lead by coach Ian Fraser have taken out the Masters Div 1 title by beating Tasmania by 1 point in a nail biting final game.

Full game results can be found here Sporting Pulse AFL Masters results page

This is a link to the Cairns Post pics they are mainly Nth Qld players.Carins Post AFL Masters Carnival pics

More news and pics soon.

Queenslands All Australians

35's Chris Barett, Leigh Stevenson

40's Phil Heers, Jeff Skinner, James Perejmibida, Ian Fraser, Richard Eggins, Paul Newbury, Rick Dickenson

45's Rod Wilkie, Cliff Holland

50's Bill Magin, Bruce Steensen

55's Chris Modra, John Ford

AFL Masters Hall of Fame.posted 9/10/2009

Queensland AFL Masters has had it's 5th inductee into the AFL Masters National Hall of Fame, Gary Mitchell was presented with his award at the Hall of Fame dinner held at Cazalys in Cairns during the AFL Masters National Carnival 1st October - 8th October, here is an overview of Gary's achievements that were acknowledged by the AFL Masters National Board

Gary has served Queensland for 15 years in a variety of roles. He first commenced as a player and attended his first Carnival in Sydney 1995. At the conclusion of the local season in 1996 he was delegated the responsibility of Zone Delegate for Easts which at that time had 12 players. From 1996 to 2000 he recruited and fostered a playing group that encouraged growth and a family friendly environment that saw the player numbers grow to 60 registered players and Easts was the first club to instigate a Masters Team (over 40's) and encourage a Masters Competition in Queensland .

In 1999 the President of Queensland Warwick Ansell nominated Gary to the Queensland Executive Committee in the Role of Registrar to create the first official records of Registered Players that fostered accountability and responsibility within the Clubs. Gary created a database of players and provided the Clubs with Team Sheets, Game Report and general administration duties. Gary also created the first website in 1997 which he still maintains and updates. Gary has continued in this capacity for 12 consecutive years in this role supporting 4 Queensland Presidents and Executive Committee members. Gary has been able to provide consistency and support in his role on the Committee to all new incoming Presidents and Treasurer's enabling a much smoother transition and confidence in the Committee. Gary also assists the Clubs with any general queries they have and is always prepared to help in any capacity.

Gary has attended many of the National Body AGMs and Carnival Preparation Meetings either with or on behalf of the Queensland President and has been instrumental in preparations for Carnivals both away or within our State assisting for the co-ordination for the Gold Coast Carnival in 2001, Cairns in 2004, Maroochydore 2006 and the Current carnival in Cairns 2009. Gary also played a major role in ensuring all players were registered for all carnivals since 2000 and assisted in the co-ordination of accommodation and uniforms and Team Management.

Gary himself has attended 8 Carnivals as a player in the Sydney Carnival in 1995, Canberra 1998, Gold Coast 2001( Captain of Div2 Masters), Melbourne 2002 (V/Capt Div1Masters), Perth 2003, Cairns 2004, Adelaide 2005 and Maroochydore 2006 which is the last year Gary played football. He came out of retirement. to attend the 2009 Carnival in Cairns.

Gary 's player achievements include Best and Fairest Player for Queensland Masters(over 40's)Competition 2004 and Runner Up for Easts Supers(over 35's)1999.

Gary 's Queensland Achievement Awards are His Life Membership awarded in 2005 and his Queensland Superman of the year 1998 Award.

In 2002 Gary represented The Allies (Rest of Australia) vs Vic Metro/Country at Optus oval as the curtain raiser to the E.J.Whitten legends game.

In 2004 he represented Australia in the 0ver 40's International Match vs Ireland played in Brisbane.

Gary has always played his footy in the spirit in which he first introduced to the Queensland website. “Footy For Fun” “Never Too Old To Play” and has been a leader both at club level and Queensland Level on and off the field. Even though Gary retired from football in 2006 he has remained on the Queensland Committee and continues to volunteer his time, knowledge and support to Masters Football.

Previous Inductees from Queensland have been

Doug Jones (1997), Tim Gleeson (2001), Alex McRae (2006) and Bruce Steensen (2008)

2009 Cairns Carnival posted 9/10/2009

 

Qlds Masters 1 team lead by coach Ian Fraser have taken out the Masters Div 1 title by beating Tasmania by 1 point in a nail biting final game.

Full game results can be found here Sporting Pulse AFL Masters results page

This is a link to the Cairns Post pics they are mainly Nth Qld players.Carins Post AFL Masters Carnival pics

More news and pics soon.

Always pay the extra insurance when hiring a bus.

 

Vale Marty Rayner posted 23/09/2009

It is with great sadness that we have been informed of Marty Rayner's sudden passing on Tuesday, September 22 of a suspected heart attack.

Marty was the driving force behind the Sunshine Coast Superules club for the last 18 years. Marty has been a long-time life member of MAFQ and represented QLD in many national carnivals, winning All Australian honours on several occasions. He was also instrumental in the success of the National Carnival held in Maroochydore in 2006.

We pass on our condolences to his family and many friends and pay our respect to the work he did to further masters footy on a club, state and national level and to a great bloke and character of our game.

Marty was 52.

Rest In Peace Marty.

 

News from the Fruitbats posted 11/04/2009

Hervey Bay Fruitbats wish to advise that we can now host night matches with the upgrade to our lighting completed so any team traveling up to play us let us know if you would like to play Saturday nights.

We will be hosting the Capricornian Barbarians on Saturday night 9th May we look forward to playing Spiceys. boys. Cheers from the Colony.

Wattsy

Queensland Country Championships 2009

The Queensland Country Championships 2009 will be played on the Sunday of the Queen's Birthday weekend in Townsville.

•  Sunday 7 th June 2009

•  12 noon to 6 pm

•  Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville

The competition is for all players over 35, you must be registered with a Master's team in Queensland in order to qualify.

Team nominations close Friday 8 th May 2009

Entry is free.

A bar and canteen will be operating on the day.

For further info contact

Luke Chapman

AFL Masters Delegate

0428476715

lukec@choicetrainingqld.com.au

New forum added posted 28/12/2008

Just added to the site is a members forum this will help all our members state wide keep up with what is happening in the AFL Masters Queensland community whether it be match reports, club social gatherings or just plain gossip it can all be posted by you our members so please register and help get our forum community up and running. The link is in the top menu on the home page.

2009 National Carnival Cairns posted 28/11/2008

The carnival will be held from first game day Friday 2 nd October 2009 to Thursday 8 th October 2009 .

These were not our preferred dates and we would have preferred to have the usual timetable of the Sunday after the AFL Grand Final to the following Saturday but we were governed by two factors.

  1. Queensland school holidays finish the week after the AFL Grand Final and many Queenslanders holiday in Cairns . There was not enough accommodation for all our carnival participants during the first week after the AFL Grand Final (same situation as in Maroochydore in 2006).

  2. The only venue capable of holding our Presentation Night with 1200+ attendees is the Cairns Convention Centre. It has been booked out for a medical convention on the first and second Friday, Saturday and Sunday of October. The only other option was to have a huge marquee, which would have cost an additional $50 - $60 per head so the Presentation Night component would have been around $180 per head for ladies and officials and it would have added an extra $50 - $60 to player entry fees. Therefore we have booked the Cairns Convention Centre for Thursday 8 th October 2009.