By Julian Pitts
A pretty wet and drizzly weekend it was! All four of our senior teams either had match simulation or practice match sessions over the weekend, so they should be ready to take on wet weather footy this season! Our Coolum-Noosa colts had a tough, gruelling encounter against newcomers the Southern Suns on a drenched Valour Stadium surface on Friday to run out narrow victors. It was great to see the availability of several Lions academy boys who definitely made a big difference to the Shane Dawes coached colts.
The Rococo Senior Men had a sharp and efficient training session on Saturday morning after their proposed practice match with Sherwood was cancelled. The senior boys look like having a hit out this Thursday night before having the weekend off and resting in preparation for their round one blockbuster against Wilson Grange on Easter Saturday! This is the only QAFL game for the weekend so we expect a huge turnout at Rococo Oval. Senior coach Adam Bovalino is more than happy with how the Tigers have prepared for the seasons start. “I couldn’t be happier with how the boys have connected both on and off the field over the pre-season. We have new faces across the board as well as plenty of young talent coming through the Colts. Just super excited about hitting round one at home on Easter Saturday. Can’t wait!”
Our Mischief Hair Senior Women had a solid forward v defence match simulation session with coach Graham Burgen happy with what he saw. “It was a really good little session where we got to see more of our younger group and we’re able to look at girls in different roles”. The Tigers women head down the M1 this weekend to face fellow iconic resort town Byron Bay in a practice game on Saturday. I’m sure it will be a fun weekend!
Another Sunday of grading games for our Junior teams as competition structures and formats for season 2021 to be finalised within the next fortnight. Thanks to all the fantastic volunteers who filled the coach, manager and other helper roles over the last few weekends. Junior registrations are still open for all age groups and we are also still looking for some parents to help with coaching and team manager roles.
We have a brand-new TV in the clubhouse for Thursday night AFL games and meals are back on Thursday nights, with weekly specials to be posted on our social media platforms.
Please stay tuned for all that is happening at Tigerland by joining the Noosa Tigers Facebook page, where you can access Tiger TV interviews and all other Noosa Tigers info.
To finish, a big congratulations to dual Tiger premiership players and Noosa locals Connor McDonald and Harry Maher who played pivotal roles in PINT footy club’s AFLNT Division 1 flag win in Darwin last weekend! On ya boys!
Go Tigers
Cheers
Pittsy
