Team Announcements From Michael 31/08

After last Sundays successful training session we are keen to keep up the momentum leading up to our first game.

Can everyone please reply/comment with a yes or no attendance for this Sunday 03/09 at 2pm at Fawkner Park.

In addition we require all potential players who have not paid to forward their fees by this Sunday so that we can decide our final playing list.

If you have not paid a deposit or your fees in full by this Sunday we will consider you a non starter.


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Unfortunately Belinda has advised that she is unable to commit to the team moving forward so that is a shame for our team. This also means that we are down to 6 guys and now 5 girls following a few withdrawals last week.

Can we all this week see if we can possibly recruit another couple of candidates as any total of team members less than 12 will spell difficult times come start of competition.

Be mindful that on the night of a game we are bound to have a few people who won't be able to play and that could mean either the guys or girls or both having no interchange bench.

No interchange bench becomes very demanding on the team because it means that during the game you will not be able to have a rest on the sidelines.

So lets see if we can boost our numbers a little?


From Michael.

Sunday's Meet & Greet day (with Pics)

6 team members turned up for the inaugural Acers touch team footy training. Below are the team members (I hope I’ve got the correct spelling).

Michael
Vanessa
Sean
Kate
Arnold
Tyler

Luke (Michael's son – who helped out a lot. On-ya Lukes)

As Fawkner Park is reasonably large, a few people got a little lost at first. Well Kate did :) apparently the distress call to Mik which went something like “umm, aaah … I think I'm lost?” was one to save for the after season playback.

Well after the brief intros we did a couple of laps around the oval passing the ball, then up and down the field as well.

We then went through some of the basic rules and practiced passing in a circle. After that We practiced the all important skill of ‘rucking’ the ball up (ie. taking the touch and pushing forward, concentrating on quick smooth transitions). If done properly rucking can gain an attacking team a lot of ground for comparatively little effort, which is key to outlasting your opponent and winning in the second half. We then finished off with a 3 a side scratch match.

Thanks again to all those that turned up and paid their registration fees. Mik says we should have enough to place our team deposit and register as the Acers. Unfortunately we didn't go to The Max Hotel for a drink as some had other commitments but we'll try and go there next training session just so team members can get to know each other better and enjoy the rest of the day.

As promised, below is a picture slide show of the team members that participated on the day. Well done everyone.

Enjoy.

Welcome to all Acers Touch Rugby team members

This is just an initial post just to welcome everyone to the team blog. This blog will be used to publish team information such as game rosters, announcements and other vital information.

All team members are encouraged refer to this blog and post any questions and comments where other people can see and also comment.