Round #1 – NWPAFL Results

March 28th 2009

UBC – Sports fields witnessed round #1 games for the NWPAFL.
Wet conditions and bitterly cold weather made for unpleasant footy conditions but the rain held off and all the teams battled hard to offer some great first round footy given the circumstances.

Game #1
VAFC Cougars versus BAFC Eagles
Q1 VAFC 1.0.6 BAFC 2.3.15
Q2 3.1.19 4.5.29
Q3 5.1.31 5.12.42
Q4 5.1.31 6.14.50

Eagles win by 19 points!

Goal scorers
Eagles Cougars
Pete Cristoforo – 3 Leon Grams – 2
Rich Joyes – 1 Brian Kelly – 1
Stephen Wolfe – 1 Karl -1
Adam Cole – 1 Brad Jorgensen -1

Best players
Eagles Cougars
Rowan Tilley Brian Kelly
Matt Piljek Karl
Justin Connie Brenton Short
Ryan McKenzie Leon Grams
Matt McDowall Tony Cooper

Game #2
ISSC Harps versus WCSAFC Saints

Q1 Harps 2.1.13 WCSAFC 3.3.21
Q2 3.1.19 7.3.45
Q3 4.5.29 10.4.64
Q4 4.6.30 15.6.96

Saints win by 66 Points

Goal Scorers
ISSC Harps
Sean O’Neil -1
Justin Hoines -1
Garry Howe -1
Adrian -1

Best Players
ISSC Harps
Sean Twomey
Brian Mahoney
Darren Duffy
Donal Keane
Peter Gunn

NWPAFL Ladder

Saints 1 0 320% 4 Pts
Eagles 1 0 161% 4 Pts
Cougars 0 1 62% 0 Pts
Harps 0 1 31% 0 Pts
Delta* 0 0 0 0 Pts

VAFC Favourite Son now a father!

The Vancouver Australian Football Club is thrilled to congratulate one of the clubs favourite sons – Dr James Donkin (Donks) and wife Beck on the arrival of a beautiful baby girl – Alexis, born March 22nd 2009.
While Donks is suffering from some sleep deprivation wife Beck and baby are doing great!

Footy – let the season begin! March 28th 2009 Rnd 1

The NWPAF Season gets underway this weekend, and if you haven’t heard, the BC Footy League has expanded to 5 teams!

This season will see the introduction of the North Delta Bay Hawks and the Irish Harps. They will join last year’s newcomers the West Coast Saints and the veteran teams of the Burnaby Eagles and the Vancouver Cougars!

Saturday 28 March, 2009
Cougars v Eagles 2:00PM – 3.40PM
Saints v Harps 3:45PM – 5:25PM

All Cougars players need to arrive no later than 1:15PM

Both games are at UBC next to Thunderbird Arena, where we played in the Grand Final last year. After that, off to Mahoney’s for a few beers.

Canadian Ready for AFL – Paul Roos Remarks

Canadian pushes for call-up
Richard Hinds | March 16, 2009

THE impressive form of Canadian rookie Mike Pyke is way ahead of schedule and gives Sydney an unusual ruck quandary going into round one.

Pyke, who turns 25 on March 24, has performed well as a tap ruckman in the Swans’ final two practice matches, raising a prospect unthinkable even a month ago, that a man who earned a spot on the club’s list as an international rookie on the strength of a videotape of his rugby union exploits might become an instant AFL player.

With the retirement of Peter Everitt, none of the possible partners for ruckman Darren Jolly, including youngsters Jake Orreal and Daniel Currie, have made a strong claim for a permanent spot in the trial games.

“You look at it and you might not pick him just because he’s from Canada and he’s only been (training and playing) for four months,” Sydney coach Paul Roos said.

“But if you just look at it in pure football terms, on merit, then he has very strong claims.”

St. Patrick’s Day Gaelic Football Game CANCELLED

GAELIC GAME IS ONLY CANCELLED – TOO MUCH RAIN

We will be continuing the BC Footy tradition of having all teams march in the St. Patrick’s Day parade.

The parade attracts thousands of spectators, and is a great place to kick a few 50m bombs down Granville St and promote our sport.

Location: Downtown – Georgia and Broughton Street (new 2009 meeting spot).
Time: Sunday 15th March @ 10:45am (Parade starts at 11:30am)

All marchers will be wearing their affiliated footy jumpers and will be free to kick the footy as we walk – in front of around 125,000 people!

After the parade, we will be heading to Brockton Oval in Stanley Park for the traditional Irish vs Aussies game of Gaelic Football. The Irish beat the Aussies on Australia Day at AFL, so it’s time we turn the tables and beat them at their own game!

All are welcome, even if you haven’t played Gaelic Football before. It is very similar to AFL, just a little less contact and a different shaped ball.

Click here for the flyer on the ISSC website

Join the Cougars on Facebook!

We have a Facebook group with over 100 members.

It’s a great place to add the other guys on the team, and to keep informed of what is happening around the club and the league.

Click HERE to Join Today!

Nearly Neal 60’s 70’s 80’s Night

Tickets: $30
Includes: Entrance, one FREE drink, entry into door prizes.

There will be prizes for best dressed on the night!

Get your tickets from your clubs contact below:

Cougars – Stu Grills
Saints – Ward Frost
Eagles – Chris Freeman
Harps – Peter Agnew
Bay Hawks – Mike McFarland

ANZA Club is on corner of W 8th ave and Ontario St.
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