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Gibbke said:
I'd conference it, absolutely. Getting in the car and driving...it's just un-Tasmanian!

Division 1 South
Bracknell
East Coast
Evandale
Meander Valley
Perth
Old Scotch
St Pats
OL’s
plus Deloraine

Division 1 North
Bridgenorth
Bridport
George Town
Hillwood
Lilydale
Rocherlea
UTAS
plus Scottsdale

This is all geography, and to be honest should be. Any old Esk team or old Tamar Valley side is going to be happiest playing their old rivals as often as possible...the three private school old boys would probably be happy in a separate Old Boys division, maybe inviting Uni. If you're going to convince young players to sign up to community footy, they need to know their weekends can still be their own. Numbers are the key factor for all of these teams, and it has to be aided in every imaginable way. If a kid decides not to join because of a few too many 100km journeys, then you've lost a player - you can bemoan the attitude of today's youth forever, but bottom line, that's bad...

Not convinced of the merits of Scottsdale or Deloraine in the top league. Scottsdale are talking the talk, but it's not 1973 anymore. I'd have a 4 team Premier division, Longford the only country side, full S/R/U19's. The other lower division sides could pick and choose their structures. Finals between both Division 1 conferences, and a Statewide Premiership for the Premier League...or not...just make sure everyone plays with full sides, and the elites get plenty of hard competition...
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Premier League is decided with Scottsdale & Deloraine in.
the options given to the clubs are for the remainder of the teams.
 
DANMAN said:
Premier League is decided with Scottsdale & Deloraine in.
the options given to the clubs are for the remainder of the teams.
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I know. But the current landscape makes you wonder how they'll make this work. Two teams demonstrating no ability to get out of a long term funk, and a big group of teams battling the obstacles every team in Australia is up against. Reorganisation for its own sake is a killer unless it's done with a degree of foresight, and it's not obvious yet...
 
Gibbke said:
I know. But the current landscape makes you wonder how they'll make this work. Two teams demonstrating no ability to get out of a long term funk, and a big group of teams battling the obstacles every team in Australia is up against. Reorganisation for its own sake is a killer unless it's done with a degree of foresight, and it's not obvious yet...
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my personal opinion is the NTFA would like to see less clubs.
Division 2 would be a slow death to some clubs .
 

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What ever happened to Fingal, noticed in the weekend CT wore there jumpers. Lived in the north of the state around the time they had the incident with St Pats.from memory they were a strong side ?


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Gibbke said:
I know. But the current landscape makes you wonder how they'll make this work. Two teams demonstrating no ability to get out of a long term funk, and a big group of teams battling the obstacles every team in Australia is up against. Reorganisation for its own sake is a killer unless it's done with a degree of foresight, and it's not obvious yet...
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To be fair, Deloraine has at least shown a degree of competitiveness in recent times. Their seniors made a grand final about 10 years ago and then won the flag in the Covid-interrupted season of 2020.

Scottsdale has been nowhere near it for a long time. Although, you only have to look at the various North Launceston premiership teams over the past decade to see an array of footballers from the North East. Hopefully these kinds of players choose to play for the Magpies in the future, thus making Scottsdale more competitive while bringing North back to the pack a little bit.
 
tassiemagpie said:
What ever happened to Fingal, noticed in the weekend CT wore there jumpers. Lived in the north of the state around the time they had the incident with St Pats.from memory they were a strong side ?


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A lot of the players from that time were based in Launceston, others were from St Helens, St Mary’s, Scamander etc. I heard that some of the club stalwarts were disgusted by that incident and asked the Launnie based players to move on, as they’d rather wind up the club than have their club and town portrayed in that way (I hope that I’m not sharing incorrect info, just what I heard on the grapevine back around that time). A lot of the local boys went to play for the East Coast Swans who have got a fair bit stronger since then.
 
Cunnington Cartel said:
A lot of the players from that time were based in Launceston, others were from St Helens, St Mary’s, Scamander etc. I heard that some of the club stalwarts were disgusted by that incident and asked the Launnie based players to move on, as they’d rather wind up the club than have their club and town portrayed in that way (I hope that I’m not sharing incorrect info, just what I heard on the grapevine back around that time). A lot of the local boys went to play for the East Coast Swans who have got a fair bit stronger since then.
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Not entirely true, the committee held a secret meeting about moving the current coach on and the coach got wind of it and handed in his resignation. I was part of the playing group that season and most of the list would have stayed on had they been asked, but the committee simply assumed that we would follow the coach out the door. Not a single player was contacted about signing on for 2025.

Most went to Longford, Evandale and East Coast.
 
Division 1
Bracknell Football Club
Bridgenorth Football Club
Hillwood Football Club
George Town Football Club
Rocherlea Football Club
Old Scotch Collegians Football Club
St Patrick's Old Collegians Football Club
Lilydale Football Club
Old Launcestonians Football Club

Division 2
Perth Football Club
Meander Valley Suns Football Club
UTAS Football Club
Bridport Football Club
East Coast Swans Football Club
Evandale Football Club
Campbell Town Football Club
 

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Division 1 certainly looks the most interesting of the three divisions. Glad they went with 9 in Div 1 so one of Lilydale or OL's didn't miss out. The other two were always going to get in as they're four team clubs with junior pathways.

Hopefully they can tell AFL Tas to **** off and do the smart thing and keep men and women separate and have promotion and relegation in both. Keep unders as one comp, although apparently Launceston one meeting in are already whining about that as they won't be able to poach kids like they used to.
 
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Have been unsuccessful in finding a coach, despite offering substantial money. Losing a swag of players and looking completely unsustainable as it stands. Bridgenorth and Rocherlea have been contacted for an urgent meeting is my mail.
 
Cunnington Cartel said:
Do you hear about their reasons why? It might make Scottsdale’s position in the comp a bit shaky. I heard that Bridgenorth were pissed they were overlooked, so perhaps they’ll be offered the sixth spot.
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Rocherlea makes sense, Bridgenorth look likely to lose many players back to Launceston
 
OneEyedPie7 said:
Have been unsuccessful in finding a coach, despite offering substantial money. Losing a swag of players and looking completely unsustainable as it stands. Bridgenorth and Rocherlea have been contacted for an urgent meeting is my mail.
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Probably a wise decision then if they saw the writing on the wall. Better for them to go back to Div 1 and rebuild instead of trying to push on as a basket case in the PL.
 
DANMAN said:
Rocherlea makes sense, Bridgenorth look likely to lose many players back to Launceston
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It boils down to more than just their playing lists though, pathways need to be strongly considered as well. Rocher have been a force in Div 1 for ages and they have decent facilities; however, they came up short on a couple of key selection criteria. They don’t have a women’s program or a junior program.

Bridgenorth have a well-established women’s team. They don’t have juniors either, but I believe they have an affiliation with the Tamar Valley Demons juniors, which will probably help their cause.

As an example. South have always had strong juniors, but over the past decade some of their talented junior players have left to play state league footy with Launnie or North. That won’t happen as frequently anymore now they’re in the same comp, so in time, I’m tipping the gap between South and the other two clubs will shrink.

Alternatively, Rocherlea has always picked up plenty of NLJFC players, who don’t want/ are unable to commit to state league footy. Once again, that pathway might be impacted down the line if Rocher and North are in the same comp. They’d be super competitive straight up, but that might not be the case in another 10 years without their own junior program.
 
Cunnington Cartel said:
It boils down to more than just their playing lists though, pathways need to be strongly considered as well. Rocher have been a force in Div 1 for ages and they have decent facilities; however, they came up short on a couple of key selection criteria. They don’t have a women’s program or a junior program.

Bridgenorth have a well-established women’s team. They don’t have juniors either, but I believe they have an affiliation with the Tamar Valley Demons juniors, which will probably help their cause.

As an example. South have always had strong juniors, but over the past decade some of their talented junior players have left to play state league footy with Launnie or North. That won’t happen as frequently anymore now they’re in the same comp, so in time, I’m tipping the gap between South and the other two clubs will shrink.

Alternatively, Rocherlea has always picked up plenty of NLJFC players, who don’t want/ are unable to commit to state league footy. Once again, that pathway might be impacted down the line if Rocher and North are in the same comp. They’d be super competitive straight up, but that might not be the case in another 10 years without their own junior program.
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Bridgenorth have a meeting tonight with the NTFA . they have not been officially told what the meeting is about.
 

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