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2010 Canberra Carnival Schedule.
we have 3 teams for Canberra those being 40's, 45's and over 50's – hence per previously years we will ensure that every player has a team to play with.
Please contact Wolf on 0421335306 if you have any concerns or require further information or assistance.
National Carnival Clothing posted 05/08/2010
You can view photos of this years uniform by clicking here
Vale Paddy Denny posted 26/05/2010
It is with deep regret I inform past Superulers that Paddy Denny has passed away today.
Paddy was one of the original group of players that stared playing superules in Queensland back in the mid 1980's. Paddy played for Easts now known as Springwood Pumas and represented Queensland at numerous Carnivals and was an All Australian for the Adelaide carnival in1997. AFL Masters Queensland would like to extend it's deepest sympathy to his wife Doris and the extended Denny Family.
AFL Masters Qld Forum posted 15/04/2010
The AFLMQ Forum has been revamped for easier use please visit and join up it will have updated news from around the State as players from those areas post their thoughts. You will also find anouncements from AFLMQ as we would like this to be a direct avenue along with the website to pass on news. This forum will give the members of AFLM from all over the state the chance to interact with each other and to have you voice heard. There is also a section to post game changes,.times or grounds so please check this before each game. This forum will only work if you the members utilise it to it's full potential, you can post storys, game reports,pictures,videos, links to interesting news storys the limit is endless. To access the forum just click on the link in the menu bar on the home page.
Country Championships Townsville Report posted 15/06/2010
The Queensland Country Championships were held on Sunday the 13 th of June at Tony Ireland Stadium hosted by the Townsville Masters. There were 4 teams competing for the trophy. Townsville Sharks have won the event for the last 9 years and where favourites to win again. Being a home game for Townsville there were plenty of players willing to participate with numbers of 54 on paper and more in the grandstand on the day. Townsville fielded 2 sides, Townsville Sharks and Townsville 2 with the other players making themselves available to support the travelling teams of Mackay/Airlie Beach and Cairns. We also had a few guys travel from Brisbane to get involved, Wolfie, Frase and Derek, jumped into the Mackay team while Ray lee joined the Townsville 2 side and Ian McKenzie helped out the Cairns team.
The first game was Townsville 2 versus Cairns, inaccurate kicking by Townsville 2 saw Cairns stay in it until the end where Townsville 2 slipped away to win 5 goals 7 to Cairns 3 straight.
The second game was between the Townsville Sharks and Mackay /Airlie, with the new recruits from Brisbane playing for Mackay/Airlie the Sharks new they would have to take things seriously; when you see Derek line up at centre half forward and Frase at full forward you have to be ready for an onslaught. However with a back line as solid as the Sharks you just knew it wouldn't be easy for the ‘Guns' to score. The backline repelled everything that came there way and the midfield took over and delivered to the forward line where Ox and Shep took turns in putting the ball through the big sticks and not the little sticks. The Sharks had 21 scoring shots to just 3 for Mackay/Airlie.
The third game was between Cairns and Mackay/Arlie. Cairns had an opportunity late in the game to kick a super goal which would have closed the score right up however Mackay/Airlie caused a turnover inside 50 and shot the ball forward and scored a late goal that put the result beyond doubt.
The fourth game was between the Townsville Sharks and Townsville 2, as this was the game between the 2 teams that hadn't lost, they were to play off for the Championship. Townsville 2 was very aware of the Sharks game plan and gave themselves every chance of causing an upset. The Sharks proved too strong and came away victors by 4 goals.
Thank you very much to the teams for travelling, it can only make Masters football strong if we have a healthy competition between the regions. The umpires were very impressed with players conduct and all the players need to be congratulated for their support of Masters footy and making the day a huge success. Thank you also to the volunteers who gave up their time to assist on the day, we know without your support it would be not have been as successful as it was.
The winner of the John Van Der Linden medal for best on ground in the final was Glenn Bailey from the Townsville Sharks, Johns family had travelled from interstate to be in Townsville and were on hand to award Glenn with the medal. Glenn also picked up the coaches award and Glenn Jackson collected the coaches award for Townsville 2. There was a trial game of over 45s which was well represented from all regions, this concept is only new to Townsville and by all accounts was well received by the players and spectators. The game will continue to be trialled at future events. Thanks to Peter Young(maggie island) for managing this game and making sure it went ahead.
Results |
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Game 1 |
Townsville 2 5 - 7 - 37 |
Def |
Cairns 3 - 0 - 18 |
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Game 2 |
Townsville Sharks 12 – 9 – 81 |
Def |
Mackay/Airlie 2 – 1 – 13 |
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Game 3 - 3 rd and 4th |
Loser of game 1 Cairns 4 – 4 – 28 |
Def by |
Loser of game 2 Mackay/Airlie 6 – 13 – 49 |
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Game 4 - Final |
Winner of game 1 Townsville 2 4 – 2 – 26 |
Def by |
Winner of game 2 Townsville Sharks 6 – 7 – 43 |
Latest Pan Pac Masters Games news. posted 21/05/2010
Click on the link to read the latest news for the Pan Pac Masters Games in October.
Pan Pac Masters Games Newsletter
Whitsundays May Day weekend report.
The breathing was heavy, the sweat was flowing and the knees sounded more like castanet's that athletes joints as the Whitsunday Bald Eagles ran onto the ground to contest the Whitsunday Shield at the Whitsunday Sportspark last Sunday. Visiting Masters AFL teams from Cairns , Townsville and Mackay were ready for action. The hair may be thinner, the waistlines may be thicker but the sparkle from the eyes and the fire in the belly was like days gone by. These descendants from the Airlie Bloods of old proudly took the field once again to do battle with their NQ visitors. Competition was fierce, rivalries were strong but friendships and mutual respect was at the forefront. Townsville Sharks eventually won the day but the local lads did themselves and their town proud. Thanks must go to the organizers of the day and the support from the junior and senior Sea Eagles committees for catering the carnival. All visiting teams commended the Bald Eagles for a well run carnival and looked forward to coming back again next year. For the local boys we have our next game at the NQ Country Championships in June. Training is each Thursday night at 6-00pm and all are welcome. Give Jack Lumby a call on 0417 628 939 and come along and have some fun.
Rear from left
Paul Mansell, JohnSeipolt, Ian Copeland, Jamie Fuhrmann, Mark Gunders, Neill Holmes, Mick Murtagh, Brian Pearce, Steve McGregor, Jack Lumby, Ben Hall, Clint Taylor, Rick Norder, Ken Deakes, Jim Barnett, Duncan Robb
Front from left
Rod Tulk, Matt Erwin, Jay James, Tony Adamson, Glenn Taylor, Tim Perkins
Absent
Jason Franner, Dave Stephens, Stephen Shipard, (all injured).
Cairns Masters Carnival Report posted 23/03/2010
Andy " Stump" Evans reporting.
On Saturday the 20th of March, Cairns Masters hosted the annual carnival at Cazaly's stadium.The carnival saw the return of the Capricorn boys to defend the title won last year and a strong Townsville influence with Luke and some of the boys coming up. A magnificent effort considering the inpending weather event.
The weekend also saw the welcome return of the NQ Stingers team as the second Cairns masters side.
The first game saw the Cairns Mulchers vs Capricornia in a closely contested match. Both teams were willing at the ball and both defences held up under some sustained pressure. Capricorns defence was led by first game player Bruce Grundy. Bruce was judged best carnival player for the Barbarians. Cairns Mulchers was well led by Vaughn Emery and Michael ( Smudge) Smith.
Final scores, Cairns Mulchers 4.7.31 to Capricornia 1.3.9
Best players, Brett Macey, Richard Eggins, Duane Forward, Michael (Smudge) Smith, Peter Fomiatti, Vaughn Emery and Andy (Hanibal) Deslandes.
Next up was the NQ Stingers vs Capricornia with both sides showing plenty of running skills and excellent disposal skills.The Stingers showed what a bit of talk out there can do with Steef Dommers being clearly heard from all points of the ground. He was well supported by Paul (Tucky) Tuckett, Paul(Juddy) De Nittis, Mark(Smedtsy) Smedts and Matty (Goldie) Goldfinch, NQ Stingers player of the carnival.
Final scores, NQ Stingers 7.5.47 to Capricornia 1.2.8
The final saw the battle of the two Cairns teams with some outstanding football on display. The midfield battle was a sight to behold with both teams trying to out do each other in the posession stakes. NQ Stingers ran out evetual winners. Best players were, NQ Stingers, Matty Goldfinch, Mark Smedts, Paul De Nittis, Shane (Bucko) Buckley, Luke Bolden and the mighty Fish for his first carnival. Best for the Mulchers, Richard Eggins (Mulchers carnival best), Duane Forward, Michael Smith, Anthony Fields, Nathan Young who played a great game at full forward and Brett Macey, if we could get him to training, how good would he be?
Final scores NQ Stingers 5.6.36 to Mulchers 3.4.22
A big thank you to Spicey, Docker and the Capricornia boys as well as Luke and the Townsville boys for their support of our carnival.
Thanks also to Bros and Dale for organizing the weekend and to Eggy for his efforts on the track with coaching. Congratulations to Joey for his perfect coaching record of the Stingers, 2 from 2, best retire now mate while you are on top.
Umpires Course posted 17/03/2010
Sunday the 11th of April from 9.30am until 12.00pm. at the umpires rooms Birubi st Coorparoo
nominations for the umpires course need to be emailed to Chris Guice by Wednesday the 7th of April .
The course will follow the same agenda as the last time ,which includes theory and out on the ground. Those attending shall need to bring training gear along.
For this to be successful we shall need 15+ to attend.
Guicey
0413 199 472 cguice5@bigpond.com
Whitsunday Bald Eagles news
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.
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).
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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.
