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THE KANGA CUP NEXT HOME GAME!
MAFC V LABRADOR SATURDAY AUGUST 6
QAFL:
Colts: 8:30 AM
Reserves 10:30 AM
Seniors 1:30 PM
QFAW DIV 1:
Seniors 4:15 PM
Reserves 6:00PM
This round is sponsored by CNW Electrical Wholesalers who are a fantastic sponsors of the club.
BE IN IT TO WIN IT! + FREE COFFEE WITH EVERY TICKET PURCHASE
Enjoy FREE morning coffees on Downtown Toyota!
You’re then invited to use your morning coffee money on a Good For Footy raffle ticket and go in the running to win a brand new Toyota!
Get along to the coffee van between set up near the umpires room for your free shout and chance to enter the raffle!
OPERATION 848! GOOD FOR FOOTY RAFFLE
WE NEED YOU - Toyota Good For Footy Raffle – PANTHERS PROJECT 848
OPERATION 848!!! Results are in! Week 3 we did it! A third straight $1000 plus week! We now have raised $4000 in three weeks and a whopping $11,455!!! We are 7th highest in Australia! Unfortunately, this week we have lost top Queensland club to Sherwood Magpies. Let’s get a bit of friendly rivalry going! With 321 ticket transactions and over 2000 active members we have plenty of opportunities to do another $1000 week.
Leonie Picerno was the Week 3 $100 club Bar and Bistro Voucher - please buy a ticket and help us fix the mess and financial impact rain like Friday brings! We can do great things in OUR club with a few dollars 8 $1000 in 8 weeks is the target
Our 848 Project is asking our members to work with us over the next 8 WEEKS to raise $1000 per week and deliver the same fundraising result as last year $17,000.
We achieved $1000 sales last week we know can do it! Just imagine what we can do with the money!!!! All funds raised go to our club infrastructure improvement works to benefit all members over a number of years!
Buy some tickets, help the Panthers, and have a chance to win one if three Toyotas plus other great prizes! Purchase Ticket Here
Let’s stick together- Go Panthers!
Paul Mazoletti
Chair MAFC
SENIOR FOOTBALL RESULTS
SENIOR MEN'S: - Wilston Grange
It was a tough game for the senior men as they lead in all but one QTR, falling agonisingly short in that final QTR against Wilston Grange. Although there was plenty of heart they could not stop the home team from clawing back the lead in that final QTR. A special mention to Keegan Downie who scored 5 goals and to Jackson Hille with 3.
The boys look to move forward and start preparing for their game against Mt Gravatt this weekend.
RESERVES:
Once again the side started extremely well both in attack and defence. We kicked the first goal and held the opposition goalless until around the 20 minute mark of the first quarter.
The second quarter was an arm wrestle where we just could not manage to bring scoreboard pressure to bear finishing the quarter 3 goals in arrears. We let Grange off the leash in the third but we were still only the 3 goals down thanks to their wayward kicking. Grange kicked on in the last and we couldn't go with them kicking only the 1 goal to their 5.
There is no doubt the effort and work rate is there and there has been improvement each week. The last few weeks it has only been 1 quarter that has let us down. Consistency is what we seek.
COLTS:
Another slow start this week again allowing the opposition to get the jump on us. This is something we will need to address as this is the second week in a row. Although we regained some of our own Panther spirit to get ourselves back in it after kicking 4 goals of our own in the second term to be only trailing by 14 points at the main break. The second half saw us draw level with 5 minutes remaining in the 3rd term only to again allow the opposition to kick away in the dying minutes. With our numbers reduced again through some injuries we just couldn’t gain any momentum to get us within striking range. Again, going down by what we gave away in the first term.
There are encouraging signs, so it’s important for us to remain positive as we aren’t far away from sealing our 5th victory of the season. Hopefully at the expense of Mt Gravatt this coming weekend.
SENIORS:
Final Score: WGFC 17.15 117
MAFC 14.15 99
RESERVES:
Final Score: WGFC 11.15 81
MAFC 5.3 33
COLTS
Final Score: WGFC 11.6 72
MAFC 7.4 46
QFAW DIV 1 - Rd 13 vs ROBINA
Although the conditions weren’t ideal on Saturday with the Robina fields extremely wet and muddy, the Women's teams got the job done with a couple of good wins. A decent scoring first quarter set up the seniors for the rest of the game, with Emily Triggs particularly influential in the first half claiming best on ground honours.
Our reserves were up next with a very tight first quarter, however the team built up the momentum over the game and were able to take their chances in front of goal. The fitness of the group allowed them to run the game out well, put some good scores on the board coming home with a strong win, Teresa Dixon was our Place Bulimba best on ground. The win puts the reserves team on top of the ladder with 3 important round games left before finals.
SENIOR WOMEN'S:
Final Score: ROB 2.5 17
MAFC 5.7 37
RESERVES WOMEN'S: Final Score: ROB 1.3 9 MAFC 5.9 39
DOMINIOS MORNINGSIDE SIGN ON FOR ANOTHER YEAR!
GREAT NEWS! We are once again continuing our fantastic partnership with Domino's Morningside for another 12 months. Keep an eye out for Dominos vouchers amongst our Morningside Juniors ranks . It’s a big thank you to the team at Dominos Morningside for keeping our hungry players fed!
PLACE BULIMBA - PROPERTY INFORMATION NIGHT
It was a great evening last night, with Place Bulimba talking to both our women's teams about investing for the future and owning their first home. It’s was a great opportunity for the girls to ask questions with those experienced in the housing market.
Thanks again to our lovely sponsors! Carla Haddan
Remembering Brenden Longland
To the President of the Morningside Junior Football Club,
I just wanted to inform the Morningside Junior Football Club about the passing of Brenden Longland a “Sider for Life”. Whilst he had many strings to his bow he was a proud Panther and was most proud of his contribution to the Morningside Junior Footy Club as a coach and committee member.
As a Morningside player
In 1961 he and a good mate Darryl Chambers, after trying a bit of league and rugby went along to Aussie Rules as a bit of a joke. They fell in love with the game and stayed. He stuck with it and turned himself into a fairly handy ruck rover. He played in the Reserve Grade in 1965 in Morningside’s first ever Grand Final.
Backing that up again with another premiership in 1967. He left Morningside after this Premiership marrying Kathryn Whitehead the next year and settling down to start a family.
Still attending Senior games on a regular basis he returned to the club when his two sons were ready to play in 1978. As a Morningside Junior Coach
When his boys were old enough to play in 1978. He coached a different team each year from 1978 through to 1988 from Under 8s through to Under 15s. He was not a fan of coaching either of his son’s teams, believing they needed different voices. But he eventually relented one year to coaching Roberts’ team because they needed a hand.
Along with Alf Weston and Charlie King (Morningside Men), Brenden advocated for the successful introduction of modified football in Queensland. Identifying the benefits to the players’ development and the attraction to introducing parents to the game. Proud that Morningside were very influential in bringing modified rules into the league.
His coaching style was simple and focus was about skills and basics. Teaching kids to kick both feet and handball both hands was his primary focus for each year and the football would take care of itself.
His mantra for coaches was “Senior Coaches expect perfection, Junior coaches teach perfection”.
He was later recognized for his contribution to Junior football with a life membership to the Queensland Junior, Australian Football League, in 1992.
When the boys moved to seniors he eventually hung up the coaching boots and took on managing senior teams. Amongst other teams, managing the A grade team in Morningside’s drought breaking 1991 Premiership.
The thing he would be most proud of is seeing boys he coached bring their own boys back to play to continue the cycle of Siders for Life.
CLUB REMINDER:
Please ensure players are not tracking their boots through the Club House after training sessions. Thank You.