Tasmanian Results: June 4th-5th

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VFL
Northern Bullants 10.20.80 - TFC Devils 9.8.62 Att: 2116 at Devonport Oval

SFL Premier League
Clarence 21.7.133 - Glenorchy 4.9.33 at Bellerive Oval
New Norfolk 25.13.163 - Kingborough 19.15.129 at Kingston Beach Oval
Hobart Lions 28.15.183 - Lauderdale 12.4.76 at TCA Ground
North Hobart 25.15.165 - Brighton 1.6.12 at Pontville Oval

SFL Regional League
Kermandie 15.8.98 - Sorell 12.16.88 at Pembroke Park
Cygnet 16.11.107 - Dodges Ferry 15.11.101 at Shark Park
Huonville 14.10.94 - Lindisfarne 11.8.74 at Huonville Rec. Ground
Claremont 11.11.77 - Channel 8.7.55 at Abbotsfield Park

NTFL
Devonport 11.17.83 - Burnie 6.7.43 at Devonport Oval
South Launceston 19.11.125 - East Devonport 7.5.47 at Youngtown Oval
Launceston 22.17.149 - Penguin 4.8.32 at Windsor Park
North Launceston 24.18.162 - Wynyard 16.6.102 at Wynyard Oval
Ulverstone 20.10.130 - Latrobe 12.11.83 at Latrobe Rec. Ground (Sunday)

NTFA - Division One
Deloraine 14.15.99 - Hillwood 10.5.65 at Hillwood Rec. Ground
Bridgenorth 15.17.107 - Scottsdale Magpies 12.11.83 at Parrot Park
George Town 20.26.146 - Bracknell 2.9.21 at Blue Gum Park
Longford 14.10.94 - Rocherlea 8.17.65 at Rocherlea Oval

NTFA - Division Two
Perth 16.19.115 - Tamar Cats 14.9.93 at Perth Rec. Ground
Fingal Valley 14.13.97 - University-Mowbray 12.14.86 at Fingal Rec. Ground
St Patrick's 21.16.142 - Old Launcestonians 11.10.76 at St Patrick's Oval
Evandale 15.16.106 - Old Scotch 7.8.50 at Evandale Rec. Ground

Old Scholars FA
St Virgil's 17.17.119 - University 10.10.70 at University Ground
DOSA 26.16.172 - OHA 10.9.69 at Dominic Oval
Richmond 22.21.153 - Friends' 14.9.93 at Richmond Oval (N)

ODFA
Bothwell 8.15.63 - Oatlands 5.4.34 at Bothwell Oval
Mt Pleasant 18.10.118 - Triabunna 11.4.70 at Pawtella Football Ground

NEFU
Branxholm - Ringarooma at Branxholm Rec. Ground
Scottsdale Crows - Winnaleah at Scottsdale Rec. Ground
Lilydale - St.Helens at Lilydale Oval

Darwin FA
Yeoman 23.18.156 - Somerset 9.8.62 at Yeoman Rec. Ground
South Burnie 22.17.149 - Queenstown 9.11.65 at Wivenhoe Sports Ground
Yolla 28.21.189 - Cuprona 8.3.51 at Cuprona Rec. Ground
Myalla 20.6.126 - Natone 14.13.97 at Natone Rec. Ground

NWFA
Motton Preston - Sheffield at Motton Football Ground
Spreyton - Wesley Vale at Spreyton Rec. Ground
Rosebery Toorak - East Ulverstone at Maidstone Park
West Ulverstone - Forth at West Ulverstone Rec. Ground

Circular Head FA
Irishtown 9.10.64 - Scotchtown 8.9.57 at Scotchtown Rec. Ground
Forest-Stanley 32.22.214 - Trowutta-City 1.0.6 at Stanley Rec. Ground

King Island FL
Currie 21.12.138 - North 18.14.122 at Currie Football Ground

Leven FA
Mole Creek 10.4.64 - Castra 5.11.41 at Castra Football Ground
Railton 22.20.152 - Latrobe Saints 2.4.16 at Railton Football Ground

 

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4th June 2005: Rev up, Kingborough . . . or get run down by Eagles
By David Stockdale

Like Grand Prix drivers, footy teams need to get a good start to figure in the finish.
Especially against New Norfolk, which humbled reigning premier Clarence at Boyer last week to stretch its unbeaten start to the season to eight.
So Kingborough coach Adrian Goodwin will tell his fifth-placed Tigers they must smarten up their tardy starts to have a chance of bringing down the high-flying Eagles in today's Southern Premier League clash at Kingston Beach.
"Our starts have been disappointing and we did it again against Glenorchy last week when they kicked five goals to our one in the first quarter,'' Goodwin said.
"We picked up the pace after that to score a good win, but we can't afford to do that against a top side like New Norfolk or they'll bury us.''
The Tigers' midfield of Kent Steele, Adam Doran, Jason Philp, Tim Lamprill and Josh Godden should be competitive on the smaller confines of Kingston Beach against Brock Ackerley, Roger Belcher, coach Matthew Smith and Nathan Barwick.
What will be harder is for their backline to stop the goalkicking firepower of the Eagles' Michael Thompson, Sean Salter and Adrian Burdon.
Not that Kingborough doesn't have firepower of its own.
Chris Joyce has been its focal point in attack with 29 goals and, supported by Sam Unsworth and Andrew Lamprill, will stretch New Norfolk's defence.
At Bellerive, Clarence (third) should bounce back from its loss to New Norfolk by beating arch-rival Glenorchy.
Especially as the Roos have got back some of their young guns from the Mariners such as Sam Iles and Jack Riewoldt to mix in with old hands like Scott McCallum, Gavin Cooney and Jarrod Read.
By comparison, Glenorchy has been hard hit by the loss of Jonathon Bowring with a posterior cruciate injury, David Kamarick and Jesse Crouch.
"We have brought in a few youngsters who have been going well and hopefully we can get back to the processes which we've strayed from in recent weeks,'' coach David Newett said.
Lauderdale (sixth) got a big scare from bottom side Brighton at home last week and will have to play a lot better to beat Hobart (seventh) at the TCA Ground.
Winless Brighton will go in with a more positive attitude when it hosts North Hobart after finishing only 18 points shy of Lauderdale.
But the second-placed Demons know they can't afford to drop their guard because Clarence (third) is breathing down their necks on the same number of points.

 

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4th June 2005: Sharks facing Cygnet brick wall
By Brett Stubbs

It has become Dodges Ferry's equivalent to climbing Mt Everest or breaking the four-minute mile barrier - beating Southern Regional League powerhouse Cygnet.
Again the two sides meet, this time at Shark Park, with Dodges sitting in first place, percentage putting the hosts on top of the ladder from today's opponents.
Since joining the competition in 2002, the Sharks have repeatedly pushed Cygnet, but have eventually had their spirit broken against the three-time reigning premiers. It was a similar story when the teams met in round three, the Sharks leading by two points halfway through the last quarter and seemingly having the run of play, only for Cygnet to kick the final three goals and register another victory over Dodges Ferry. Dodges coach Danny Ling said he did not believe there were mental scars from many Cygnet losses.
"We are just approaching it like another home game but we know it is going to be a challenge,'' Ling said.
"They are the yardstick of the competition and have been for at least the past three years.
"It is a very similar side to the one which won the flag last year, except for the addition of [playing-coach] Anthony Cole.''
Dodges will welcome back Mariners duo, midfielder Jesse O'Neal and key forward Justin Howe, but has lost forward Adrian Close and key defender Andrew Weeding through injury.
Ling said captain Jamie Curran was likely to line-up on Cygnet star forward Michael Darcy.
"But to be honest, I can't see any glaring weaknesses in their side.'' Ling said.
"We just have to get on top in the midfield and give our forwards the first opportunity.''
With full-forward Sam Bowering returning to the nest, third-placed Sorell will start slight favourite against fourth-placed Kermandie at Pembroke Park.
But Kermandie also has a returning key forward in David Reynolds.
After a brilliant start, Lindisfarne has won only one of its past six games and needs to win today at Huonville to keep the Lions from replacing it in the five.
Channel's form as finally turned in recent weeks, and it should extend its winning run to three with victory over bottom side Claremont at Abbotsfield Park.

 

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Burnie lost again, looks like the Dynasty is looking a bit shaky. Expectations unfullfilled in the Prem league, nearly all games taken by over 100 points. My dad was at the Hobart game and enjoyed it emensly (being an old Tiger) he hadn't been to the TCA for 25 years and he said all the memories came flooding back. He said nothing had really changed, Hobart still didn't have many supporters or money, but those who were there, were as passionate as always about Hobart. He said about 500 turned up which is a good crowd, he also said the standard in the 2nd half was just as good as the AFL Canberra comp, which includes the Sydney Swans reserves team, so they must be doing something right. I just hope that one day we can work with this potentially viable comp and turn it into something special.

 

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Burnie lost again, looks like the Dynasty is looking a bit shaky. Expectations unfullfilled in the Prem league, nearly all games taken by over 100 points. My dad was at the Hobart game and enjoyed it emensly (being an old Tiger) he hadn't been to the TCA for 25 years and he said all the memories came flooding back. He said nothing had really changed, Hobart still didn't have many supporters or money, but those who were there, were as passionate as always about Hobart. He said about 500 turned up which is a good crowd, he also said the standard in the 2nd half was just as good as the AFL Canberra comp, which includes the Sydney Swans reserves team, so they must be doing something right. I just hope that one day we can work with this potentially viable comp and turn it into something special.

Yes, Burnie have had a small touch of the staggers in the last couple of weeks. Good for the NTFL though.

In the Premier League, Clarence thrashed a pathetic Glenorchy, the Roos were wearing thier original maroon with white V guernseys which they wore in the TANFL from 1947-1978.
New Norfolk came from a fair bit down to beat Kingborough in a very high scoring game at The Pit.
Hobart Lions apparently were very good defeating an undisciplined Lauderdale at the TCA. Lauderdale were absolute rubbish apparently with the exception of the second quarter, after Lions blitzed them early.
An extremely fiery game with a lot of brawls in front of just under 400 people.
North Hobart gave Brighton a bath, with the Robins kicking a pathetic 1 goal for the day.

In the Regional League, Claremont broke the drought with a good win over an inconsistant Channel. They've been pressing for awhile now, and finally had a win.
The Port yet again beat Dodges, this time at Dodges. Cygnet have been the Sharks bogey side, and that once again proved to be so. But at least Dodges got closer than in previous occasions - 6 points.
Huonville came from behind to defeat the up-and-down Lindisfarne, and Kermandie won a boilover at Sorell, the Eagles are a notoriously hard side to beat on Pembroke Park, so the Robins will be very pleased with the win.

 

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I think i am right

Heard it on radio
the first time in the history of the NTFL that Burnie has lost 2 in a row??
thats what i heard?
that cant be right can it??
the 1st time they lost against Devo at Devonport since 98

they'll get better

 

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I think i am right

Heard it on radio
the first time in the history of the NTFL that Burnie has lost 2 in a row??
thats what i heard?
that cant be right can it??
the 1st time they lost against Devo at Devonport since 98

they'll get better

That'd probably be about right too Camel.
They've been back in the NTFL since 2001 after the TFL folded in 2000, and from memory didn't they win about 35 in a row there at one stage?
They were dominant in their premiership years of 2001-2002-2003-2004, hardly dropping a game during that time.
I don't reckon the Blues/Power/Magpies (Devonport) have beaten them too many times in the last ten years anywhere to be honest.

 

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This seasons NTFL comp has been awesome, great crowds, great footy and an extremely even competition, with only 2 teams looking as if they wont make the top 5 (out of 10). With Burnie losing a couple in a row, more intrest will be in the NTFL than the Devils if there isn't already.

NTFL Highlights so far:
- Crowds of over 2,500 for both ANZAC day derby games.
- Launceston defeating Burnie at Windsor Park, by 3pts
- Wynyard's Resurgance as an NTFL power.
- Smithton defeating Wynyard round 2
- Penguin being competitive against most sides and defeating Smithton
- All clubs being relatively financially stable.

NTFL = Great Competition that will prosper in years to come.

Just one more thing I think the biggest crowd in the North for the devils was something like 1,500 or something, while 4 NTFL games have overcome this mark.

 

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In the Regional League, Claremont broke the drought with a good win over an inconsistant Channel. They've been pressing for awhile now, and finally had a win.

Stop being kind Tigers, the Mont hadn't even looked like winning a game until yesterday! And what a win it was! To make it sweeter it was against your friend and mine, Noel Morrison's beloved Channel Saints! And they lost to the side who, I promise you, he'd rather see go under than any other club!

Had a Grand Final like atmosphere in the last quarter with the Saints looking like they might pinch it, the Mont faithful cheering the boys on hoping for Victory No 1 whilst the Channel fans were hoping they wouldn't be the laughing stock they no doubt are today in Regional League circles!

Undoubted lowlight of the day was right on half time when Claremont forward Ben Barrow went down after suffering a few broken ribs. Not so much the injury itself, but the fact, how do I say it nicely, some Channel SCRAG saw fit to yell out "Get up ya weak c---"!

A poor comment which was given the appropriate acknowledgement by the Claremont gathering on the Balcony.

Gave me a great deal of pleasure yelling out to see if she was still there, something that brought laughter from the faithful, when with five minutes to go, the Magpies kicked the sealer!

I think the skank had already headed for the Outlet!

 

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Stop being kind Tigers, the Mont hadn't even looked like winning a game until yesterday! And what a win it was! To make it sweeter it was against your friend and mine, Noel Morrison's beloved Channel Saints! And they lost to the side who, I promise you, he'd rather see go under than any other club!

Had a Grand Final like atmosphere in the last quarter with the Saints looking like they might pinch it, the Mont faithful cheering the boys on hoping for Victory No 1 whilst the Channel fans were hoping they wouldn't be the laughing stock they no doubt are today in Regional League circles!

Undoubted lowlight of the day was right on half time when Claremont forward Ben Barrow went down after suffering a few broken ribs. Not so much the injury itself, but the fact, how do I say it nicely, some Channel SCRAG saw fit to yell out "Get up ya weak c---"!

A poor comment which was given the appropriate acknowledgement by the Claremont gathering on the Balcony.

Gave me a great deal of pleasure yelling out to see if she was still there, something that brought laughter from the faithful, when with five minutes to go, the Magpies kicked the sealer!

I think the skank had already headed for the Outlet!

Sounds like it was all fun and games out at Abbotsfield.
Doesn't surprise me with some of those Channel shielas yelling out stuff like that. Channel were never one of my personal favourites.
Our dear friend Noel would be most upset at his beloved Channel losing to Claremont, we know how much he a) hates any Huon side losing and b) hates Claremont.
I must admit I cheered when I heard that result.
I loved it the day they came to the TCA in 1999 and reckoned they were gunna flog Hobart and send all thier players off on stretchers, it was the last roster match and both sides were in a fight for the flag.
Hobart tonked them by 80-points
Then in Round three the following year, some of thier supporters were gobbing off before the game about how they were "gunna get revenge over last year" - it was tight early, then Hobart kicked 13 in the second quarter.
A quick look at the stand just before halftime saw all the Channel supporters quietly filing out of the ground.
I wished that they had stayed, and I wished our dear friend Noel had have been standing near us in the last quarter - as we preceded to kick another 14 at them (10 in the last 11 minutes) as we won by 164-points and kicked a club record

 

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5th June 2005: Eagles swoop on Tigers
By David Stockdale

At half-time, Kingborough looked to be in the box seat to inflict
New Norfolk's first Southern Premier League defeat of the season.
Urged on by a big and noisy home crowd, the Tigers led by 18 points
thanks to their ferocious attack on the ball and the influence of big Chris
Joyce and his crumbers up forward.
But the Eagles showed why they are the side to beat for the
premiership by piling on a gun-barrel straight 16.3 to 7.7 in the second
half to win 25.13 (163) to 19.15 (129).
Most of their big guns in attack fired, led by Michael Thompson with
six goals and the versatile Matthew Martin with five.
Kingborough coach Adrian Goodwin was pleased with his side's efforts
and felt only inexperience - with seven players having played less than
nine senior games - cost them victory.
"We applied pretty intense pressure and got plenty of good
clearances through guys like Josh Kline in the ruck, Kent Steele, Adam
Doran, Cam De Goyer, Jamie Harris and Brady Jones," Goodwin said.
"I was also pleased with the jobs Zane Parker did on Sean Salter
and Matty Creek on Adrian Burdon."
The Tigers' sizzling second quarter, in which they kicked 10.6 to
5.1, suggests they will worry plenty of teams this year.
While that game was a riveting contest, the clash between
arch-rivals Clarence and Glenorchy at Bellerive Oval for the annual
Bingley-Linton Cup was a complete fizzer.
It didn't look that way in the first quarter when the Magpies kept
the Roos scoreless while kicking 1.3.
But after that wake-up call it was all one-way traffic as the
rampaging Roos shot the lights out in amassing 21.7 (133) to 4.9 (33).
Compensating for the lack of a contest was the performance of
Clarence's star young forwards Robert Dutton and Jack Riewoldt, who kicked
six and five goals respectively.
Riewoldt, 17, took one hanger in front of goal - which would have
shown up on radar at Hobart Airport - and he seems destined to follow his
cousin, St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt, into the AFL.
Busy midfielder Nick Paine won the medal for best afield, Sam Iles
wasn't far behind him and Stuart Probert was impassable in defence.
Hobart ended its losing streak by crushing Lauderdale by 107 point,
28.15 (183) to 12.4 (76).
Hobart's rampant midfield fed the forwards generously in what was a
welcome harvest for the young seeds new coach Ian Wilson has sown.
The mismatch at North Hobart became the Robbie Devine Show.
Devine kicked 11 goals as North belted Brighton 25.15 (165) to 1.6
(12).

 

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5th June 2005: Ladder leaders in tight thriller
By Adam Smith.

The top-of-the-ladder battle in the Regional League between Dodges
Ferry and Cygnet lived up to expectations at Shark Park yesterday.
With only percentage separating the top two, Port Cygnet led at
every change to hold off a determined Sharks outfit to win by a solitary
goal, 16.11 (107) to 15.11 (101).
The stage was set in the first term where a report was made before
the ball was bounced and a stretcher was required deep into time-on.
Port kicked seven goals to five to take an 11-point lead but the
Sharks hit the front two minutes into the second term.
From there, neither side could break clear, trading goal for goal
for most of the day.
In a tag team display up forward, Michael Darcy booted six goals and
Daniel Walter five for Port, while Michael Wiggins kicked four for the
Sharks.
Cygnet coach Anthony Cole said although his side lacked
conditioning, pure will was making up for that.
"Our fitness is down but we showed a bit of character and a bit of
heart," he said.
"We have probably got through our sixth game now on pure character.
"I think we tend to get a bit complacent. Three grand finals is
excellent but we expect someone else to stand up.
"That's probably why our fitness isn't where it should be."
For Sharks coach Danny Ling, it was once again a case of deja vu.
"It's the same old story, we're edging a bit closer every time,"
Ling said.
"We had our opportunities today and in the end we have no one to
blame but ourselves.
"We gave away three goals from undisciplined acts."
In other Regional League games, Claremont scored its first win of
the season by defeating Channel at home.
Claremont led at every change to eventually win 11.11 (77) to 8.7
(55).
The celebrations will probably go well into the night at Abbotsfield
Park after their breakthrough victory.
Huonville defeated Lindisfarne by 20 points, winning 14.10 (94) to
11.8 (74).
Coach Michael McGregor kicked six goals, while youngster Jarrod
Collis, in his first season, again produced an outstanding game.
At Pembroke Park, Kermandie overran Sorell in the final term to
score a 15.8 (98) to 12.16 (88) win.
After trailing by nine points at the last change, Kermandie held the
Eagles goaless while kicking three themselves.
In his first game for the club after walking out before the start of
the season, Sorell's Sam Bowering kicked five goals.

 

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6th June 2005: Q AND A with Hobart coach Ian Wilson
By David Stockdale.

Stockdale: What is your long-term plan for Hobart in the Southern Premier League, and how is it going ?
Wilson: Our plan is to rebuild mainly through our youth, with the more experienced players like captain Daniel Gray, Brent Dickson and Matthew and Justin Harvey helping show the way. The results are taking time, which is hardly surprising when you consider our average age is about 20, plus the fact we've debuted about eight players who are between 16 and 18.

Stockdale: Who are some of the top youngsters capable of helping Hobart return as a force in the future?
Wilson: One is Mariner Jamie Charlesworth, who was terrific in Saturday's big win over Lauderdale. He did a great job in tagging Matthew Wade in the first half and then kicked four goals in the second, taking one huge mark on the shoulders of a big opponent. There's also Jarrod Mason. He's a 16-year-old half-back who is a great scrapper in the Dean Laidley mould.
Unfortunately he's out at the moment with a broken wrist. Another is Michael Clark's younger brother, David, who is a fine running type and very courageous.

Stockdale: How have the players and supporters reacted to the switch in colours and nickname from the Tigers to the Lions wearing the Brisbane strip?
Wilson: The players are 100 per cent behind the changes, and the dressing rooms at the TCA Ground have been refurbished to show our new identity. But the disappointing thing is we are still getting negative attitudes on the club's website from our older members and supporters. We have a number of knockers on our website, but what irks me is they won't put their names on their emails so we can at least get back to them and discuss their differences.
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No, not 100% of the players are behind the change. There are players who aren't that pleased at the colour change but, from fear of risking ostracisation and possibly missing out on selection, keep thier opinions to themselves.
As for the supporters, two longtime supporters (Wayne Thomas & Steve Denehey) HAVE made thier feelings known to the club and have been banned from the club by Phillip Baker for doing so.
I also made my feelings very well known on the 19th December to these arse-clowns, as well as a few others.
A number of other letters have been sent to the club by other longtime members and fans registering thier disgust at what has transpired. But that has been conveniantly ignored and forgotten.
And who the f*cking hell is Ian Wilson anyway? He's been coach of the club for three or four months - who the f*cking hell is this arrogant little c*nt to be gobbing off in the paper, complaining about longtime supporters and members - many that have been there for 45-50+ years.
I suggest he turns up to a Past Players function and gobs off like that, and see how long he lasts.

Stockdale: What's happening with Hobart's connection with the Brisbane Lions?
Wilson: Not a lot initially, but we've spoken to Alastair Lynch, who used to play with us, and we plan to take a squad of six of our best 16- to 18-year-olds to Brisbane early next year to train up there.
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You won't get the crusties off a scab from Brisbane. After all - they've never even met a Hobart representative.
Lynchy? The bloke that hasn't been near the club in 17 years?
The bloke who wouldn't even sell a raffle book to help fundraise for the club a couple of years ago.

Stockdale: Is it fair to say you're a coach who mixes the old methods with the new?
Wilson: Yes, I think so. I work practice match sessions into our training and I'm big on one-percenters, whether they're rewarded or not.

 

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6th June 2005: OSFA - St Virgil's maintains control of second place

St Virgil's strengthened its grip on second place with a comfortable victory over University in the Old Scholars Football Association on Saturday.
St Virgil's led at every change and a final-quarter blitz saw it pile on eight goals to University's three to run out 49-point winners.
St Virgil's Murray Wise was a tower of strength in defence, John Gill provided drive across midfield, Jarrod Free and Kim Youd were busy onballers while Youd was also dangerous around goal.
Midfielders Paul Brooks and Cameron Burgess, defenders Dan Bearman and Sam Maguire and onballers Dan and Nick Blacklow were best for University.
DOSA continued its winning run, convincingly defeating OHA.
OHA had the better of the opening quarter kicking six goals to four to lead by 13 points but it was all DOSA after that as they clicked into gear to completely dominate, kicking 22 goals to OHA's four for the remainder, winning by 103 points.
Peter Jelkic, who is enjoying a great season across half forward, was the star for DOSA with seven goals.
Gavin Quirk, Richard Wilson and Jarrod Lynch were best for OHA.
Richmond exacted revenge on Friends' with an important win at Richmond under lights.
The first quarter was an even contest with Richmond leading by five points, which they increased to 37 points at half time.
The forward lines dominated the third quarter with Richmond the more consistent and they stretched their lead to 50 points entering the final quarter which they increased to 60 points at the final siren.
Cameron Johnson, Leigh Jacobson and Dale Wood stood out for Richmond while the consistent Jeremy Ackerley, Todd Ryder, Tom Murray and Craig Ribbon were best for Friends.

 

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6th June 2005: ODFA - Bothwell stamps its dominance

Bothwell moved two games ahead and clear on percentage at the top of the ladder following a comfortable victory at home to second-placed Oatlands in the Oatlands and District Football Association at the weekend.
The contest was a low-scoring affair, although the 29-point final margin could have been far greater if not for the inaccurate kicking of the home side.
The Bothwell backline completely blanketed the Oatlands attack, as well as providing much of the forward drive on which the victory was based.
Scott Brazendale was back on the ball and gave a blistering display, while Troy Branch was superb at centre half-back.
Matthew Hay gave plenty of run playing alongside Branch while Ben Eyles and Damian Triffitt each kicked two goals and were influential in the final result.
Richard Headlam was outstanding for Oatlands playing in the ruck, but his onballers were unable to capitalise on his hard work.
Andrew Emery was solid at centre half-back while Clinton Curtain was lively across the half-forward line.
Youngster Rob Harwood booted two goals but the forwards in general were stifled by a dominant Bothwell defence which helped the side strengthen its grip on premiership favouritism.
Mt Pleasant continued its recent run of fine form, achieving a 48-point home victory against Triabunna.
Coach Darren Kaye celebrated his 400th career game in style, finishing the day with five goals.
Damien Alexander was brilliant, giving his best display of the year out of the backline, while ruck-rover Tom Gregg was impressive as always.
Dale Evans worked tirelessly in the ruck after being promoted from the reserves, while Damien Wilson booted four goals to continue his surge up the goal-scoring table.
Trent Wiggins tried hard all day for Triabunna and Damien Hodgson gave a strong showing both on the ball and up forward, where he finished with four majors.
Corey Mills continues to enjoy a fine season while Nick Cruse and Trent Graham were both valuable contributors to their team

 

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6th June 2005: OSFA - St Virgil's maintains control of second place


DOSA continued its winning run, convincingly defeating OHA.
OHA had the better of the opening quarter kicking six goals to four to lead by 13 points but it was all DOSA after that as they clicked into gear to completely dominate, kicking 22 goals to OHA's four for the remainder, winning by 103 points.
Peter Jelkic, who is enjoying a great season across half forward, was the star for DOSA with seven goals.
Gavin Quirk, Richard Wilson and Jarrod Lynch were best for OHA.

This latest effort made me laugh....... DOSA win by 16 goals, one player from them gets mentioned in the write up where as THREE players from OHA get a wrap!

Christ, these three must have played some kind of a game!

Yet another example of a ridiculous lack of professionalism from the Merc in reporting on local football!

Saw another couple of pics in Mondays paper I think, with the wrong names to the wrong faces, can't recall exactly who they were but they are getting to numerous to mention!

 

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I'm sorry to have to say this, but this will be the last time that I will be doing threads on Tasmanian football.
I have become increasingly bitter and furiously angry at what has not only happened to the club that I loved so dearly, and which gave me some of my fondest memories over the past 30 years, but the state of the sport itself in Tasmania.
I have noticed myself changing from a usually sunny, happy disposition to a dark brooding anger in the last few months - I don't want to end up like this.
I do not want to let people like Hobart Lions president Phillip Baker and SFL General Manager Noel Morrison destroy my life, and in many ways, that is what they have done in respect to what has happened to the Hobart Football Club - they've destroyed what was once a great club.
I've seen many men and women destroyed mentally and spiritually by this and I have to say, I just don't need it anymore.
I will never forgive them for that, but if I don't walk away and leave it, it will eventually destroy me even moreso than it already has.
Life's too short for that, and there are too many others things to do in life, than worry about this.
Even if Hobart were to get its colours back, its emblem, its playing uniform, I still wouldn't go back.
The game to me is about passion - I don't have any passion anymore - that's been destroyed.

Thankyou to all contributors of our little threads we created - it's time to move on fellas.

 

[WCL]

Mate i think I speak for all of us when I say you will be missed, not only to this forum, but to football in general, you are a dying breed, those who love footy for what it is, not for the politics. Good luck in the future.

Cheers
WCL

 

[bakerman]

Mate you will be back, you have the passion and you will fell yourself drawn back, it is only natural.

 

[bakerman]

Mate you will be back, you have the passion and you will feel yourself drawn back, it is only natural. You are a fotty lover, just do not look to much into the Hobart club.

 

[Kingpin]

Thanks for the kind words there WCL & Bakerman
I may pop in to help anytime someone wants a question answered, but as for doing anything in relation to Devils or SFL or that other mob on top of the hill - hmmmmmmmm....nah

I've completely walked away from Hobart now as well, and cut all ties with the place. Probably my only involvement with anything Hobart would be a few beers with mates I hung around with over the years up there, that stopped going too.
I actually feel kind of better for having walked out on them for good, it's a big relief in a lot ways, it felt like about 8-10 years of stress just lifted off of my shoulders in an instant.