This Saturday 26 June from midday, the Noosa Tigers AFC will be celebrating 50 years of existence, which in a non-AFL state has to be considered a wonderful achievement. Club co-founder Len Daddow will welcome guests in the clubhouse just after midday, followed by some words of wisdom and humour from Geelong great Billy Brownless.
Of course, we do have plenty of footy to be played as the Rococo Noosa Tigers play Gold Coast heavyweights Labrador who are coached by Sydney Swans premiership hero Nick Malceski. Bova’s boys went down by 6 goals last Saturday to Sherwood in a much-improved effort. Seb Rogers continued his stellar form of the past 5 or 6 weeks to be again adjudged Noosa’s best player. Vice-captain Isaac McCrimmon was terrific, whilst key forward Aaron Wilson and skipper Aaron Laskey were among the best also.
Our Tiger Women have gone to the top of the AFL Division 2 north ladder with a terrific 10 goal victory over Sandgate at Rococo Oval last Saturday. Cass Young was the instigator of the win and was clearly the best player on the ground. Maddy Trompf controlled the defensive half superbly for 4 quarters whilst Shauna Kelly always looked dangerous up forward. The women play North Shore at 10 am at Mudjimba this Saturday so plenty of time to get back for our 50th year celebrations.
Here’s a rundown of the day at Tigerland this Saturday:
Midday – Official welcome and some words from club co-founder Len Daddow
12.30pm – Special guest Billy Brownless
1:00pm- Senior game v Labrador
Half-time- Noosa under 8s exhibition game on main oval
4:00pm – Live music begins coinciding with Noosa v Labrador Colts game
Colts half-time: Senior awards and interviews with team of decade recipients
7:00pm – live music finishes
The bar will be open from 11am, with Heads of Noosa mobile in the clubhouse from midday. The canteen will be open all day, and some finger food will be provided in the clubhouse from midday.
Check out the Noosa Tigers Facebook this week as we unveil a Team of the Decade each day!
The day is for all Noosa Tigers people; Seniors and Juniors, ex-players, current players, administrators, coaches, and supporters. This little resort town at the tip of the Sunshine Coast is the only Sunshine Coast AFL club with a 50-year history! Something to be proud of!
Go Tigers
Inclusion Team Update
The Noosa AFC Inclusion team played its first game last Saturday at home taking on a combined Yeronga AFC / Surfers Paradise AFC. This is the first time clubs and the AFLQ have come together to create a competition for Inclusion Athletes over the age of 16 years with an Intellectual Disability to participate. The clubs competing are Noosa AFC , Yeronga AFC and Surfers Paradise AFC.
Players have been training for over 6 weeks to prepare for this match. The game was played in great spirit with a lot of spectators commenting on the skill level and will to compete, with all players committed to the match.
There will be further games scheduled throughout the year, with this coming Saturday (19th June) sees Noosa travel to Yeronga, then down to the Gold Coast on July 3rd to play Surfers Paradise.
Upon completion of these matches a Queensland State Team will be selected to travel to Adelaide to compete against other states over a week-long AFL Inclusion Carnival.
Anyone wishing to join the Noosa Tigers Inclusion team, come down to training on Wednesday evenings at 5.00pm and join in or contact Coach Rob Purves on 0433 240 005.
