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Newtown Swans feast on history

The 10th Anniversary of the Newtown JAFC - a significant milestone in the Club's history - was celebrated in great style on Friday 4 September at the Grandstand Function Centre at Sydney University.

It was a fabulous location with great food and atmosphere among the Newtown faithful, long-standing members and newer representatives from younger teams alike. Our wonderful team of Coaches, Team Managers, Parent Helpers and Committee members were all represented.

They were joined by representatives from the AFL, including Anthony Landahl, Sydney University Australian Football Club, including President, Jason McLennan, Balmain AFC, including President, Dave Britton, Glebe JAFC, including Vice President, Jeff Wright, Drummoyne JAFC, including President, Darren Lewtas and Vice President Gavin Nelson, and Moore Park JAFC, including President Michael Luvio.

Our Special Guests were the Inaugural Committee members from 1999 - Brad Newell, Neil Jones, Eddy Greenaway, Andrew Loveridge, Jeffrey Thomas and Jenny Howard. Also present were our immediate Past Presidents, Mark Whitehead and Rodney Monk.

We were entertained by Tommy Dean as MC and the Shout Brothers band (including Andy Travers), who did a great job. Who will forget Tommy Dean's description of the original framers of the AFL Rules coming up with the "speccy" and the "knee to the spine" as a great Rule.

Speeches were mercifully short and passionately given by Ed Greenaway as the Club's Founding President, Chris Venville as long-serving Football Manager, and myself as "current" President (courtesy of Tommy Dean).

Brendan Read provided a fantastic slide show of 10 years of photographs of the Newtown Club from Auskick to Junior and Youth teams, which was a real hit on the night. Thanks, Brendan.

Thanks to our sponsors LJ Levi Real Estate (and Janine Coyle for organising it) and the Bang Football Club (and Jon Dyster for organising that). Their sponsorship helped us enormously.

A special thanks go to the Magnificent Seven, the group who organised the whole event - Sandra Nadel, Michelle Stewart, Georgina Black, Katrina Foster, Helen Moore, Margaret Fitzgerald and Emma Gooding. These women have over 50 years collective service to the Newtown Club and, as this event shows, are still going strong. They are, indeed, the Grand Young Dames of the Club.

Over two months organising effort went into this event. Well done, everyone. It was a great achievement and a 10th Anniversary to remember. Who knows what the next 10 years will bring? But I feel we can confidently predict, we will have a very strong Junior Australian Football Club.

It augurs well for the kids, who play this great AFL game at the Newtown Club, that we have such a dedicated group of parents.

Steve Black
President
Newtown Junior Australian Football Club

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Thankyou...

The Newtown Swans Football Club [NJAFC] would like to give a BIG thank you to the sponsors of the 10th Anniversary Dinner held last Friday night. It was a huge success and the Sponsors backing made it so.

CONGRATULATIONS.....Newtown Swans swoop the Pigeons

The following players have made it through to the State Zone Trial Squad for 2009 known as the Pigeons. It is a very significant achievement and the Club salutes you.

Sam Lonergan-Stewart has been selected in the U/14 Pigeons squad
Orson Heidrich and Vivek Sainju have been selected in the U/13 Pigeons squad

posted 4th Sept 09

GRAND FINALS END OF SEASON UPDATE 2009

This year Newtown were in 2 Grand Finals - our U14s and U11s Red teams. Even though we did not win a Premiership flag, we can be proud of the efforts of both teams. The Grand Finals were a marvellous spectacle with great teamwork, team spirit and comraderie.

U14s

Sydney Harbour Youth Competition U14s, Division 2, Grand Final on Sunday 30 August at Macquarie University - Pennant Hills 9.13.67 def. Newtown 6.8.44

Newtown led after the 1st Qtr and by 2 points at Half-Time and tried valiantly in the 2nd Half, but Pennant Hills proved too good on the day. Congratulations to them.

For Newtown it was a great disappointment and the tears flowed. But it has been a great year and it was a mighty effort to be Minor Premiers and to make the Grand Final. If someone had offered a GF at the start of the year I think we would have taken it. There is no embarassment in defeat and this team will be richer for the experience.

There has been great individual and team development this year. Well done to the players and well done to the Coaching and Managing Group - Trevor Hall, Paul Murphy, Brendan Read, Simon Lonergan, Chris Venville, Tim Vaughan and Russel Keifel - a wonderful joint effort. It demonstrates the level of organisation and committment that is needed to be competitive at this age level.

U11s

Sydney City Junior Competition U11s Grand Final on Saturday 29 August at Picken Oval - Easts Blue 7.10.52 def. Newtown Red 1.5.11

Newtown gave Easts Blue four goals start in the Semi-Final a fortnight ago and won in the last Qtr. For a while in Saturday's Grand Final we thought it might happen again, but wayward kicking cost Newtown dearly. Well done Easts. They were too good on the day. And once again for Newtown there was great disappointment and the tears flowed. However, it's been a great year for the Newtown Reds. They were Minor Premiers and had a fantastic year. Well done to the players and first year Coach, Andy Ryan, and to Team Manager, Peter Newton.

The Newtown U10s Premiership team of 2008 was split into two this year. The U11s Reds finished 2nd and the Whites finished 3rd - a formidable result and a testament to the strength of this group at Newtown. Well done also to Fred Pawle, Whites Coach and Bill Nettheim, Team Manager.

U10s

On Saturday at Picken Oval the 2009 U10s Representative Players for the Sydney City Junior Competition had an exhibition match between East vs West. East comprised rep players from Newtown, Easts, Maroubra and Moore Park. West comprised players from Glebe, Wests, Drummoyne and Concord. Four Newtown players represented in the East side.

In a skilful display of football by both teams, East won the match. A Newtown player, Lawrence Neil-Smith, won the Best on Ground Award of a new Sherrin football. Well done, Lawrence, the Newtown rep players and the other Rep players from both sides. Also to the coaching team involved.

Our Newtown U10s squad played some very good footy in the first two weeks of the Finals and Coaches, Michael Neil-Smith and Rustum Abdurahman, have done a wonderful job this year.

U9s

The 2nd week of Gala Day Round Robins was held at Picken Oval on Saturday 29 August. The Newtown Reds and Newtown Whites played some great footy over these two weeks and will be better for the experience. The Round Robin Competition was won by Maroubra. It was a well organised competition played in a great spirit.

The Newtown Coaches, Ed Greenaway (Whites), Nico Genaris (Reds) and Will Ley (Assistant Coach, both teams) have done a very good job developing these players this year.

Sydney City Comp

Thanks to Nick Miller (President) and the Western Suburbs JAFC for being our Grand Final hosts this year. All games were played in a competitive and fair spirit. This Grand Final Day was a showcase for Junior AFL. The relationship between the Sydney City Clubs sets a standard of behaviour that many Regions would envy. The relationship on Saturday between players, Team Officials, Umpires, Ground Managers, parents and spectators was excellent.

Great Final Series for Newtown

All teams made the Finals in their respective competitions.
U14s were Minor Premiers and Grand Finalists.
U12s were Semi-Finalists.
U11s Red were Minor Premiers and Grand Finalists.
U11s White were Preliminary Finalists.
U10s made the Final Six Round Robin Group of their Comp.
The U9s, U8s and U7s had Gala Day Round Robins which were very good for their development.

Sydney Harbour Junior & Youth Competitions Awards

On Monday 24 August at Next Generation, Ryde Aquatic Centre, the Sydney Harbour Region had its Awards night. Winners for Newtown were:

Junior Awards
Sydney City Outstanding Achievement Award (nominated by Club) - Newtown U9s Red - Will Salkeld
                                                                             - Newtown U9s White - Wesley Greenaway
                                                                             - Newtown U10s - David Charlton
                                                                             - Newtown U11s Red - Andrew Merriman
                                                                             - Newtown U11s White - Sam Lawson
                                                                             - Newtown U12s - Rawiri Coleman
( Outstanding Achievement Awards were for the player the Club Coaches considered made a significant contribution to the development of the team.)

Youth Awards
Best and Fairest for all clubs (voted by the Umpires, Home & Away Season) - U14s, Division 2 - Winner - Sam Lonergan-Stewart, Newtown

Sam polled a massive 34 votes, 18 clear of his nearest rival. Well done, Sam - a great achievement. Tom Killingly from Newtown polled 10 votes. Well done, Tom.

Sydney City Auskick Co-ordinator of the Year: Jon Dyster.

Well done, Jon. Some recognition by the Region for the fantastic job that you have done with Newtown and Sydney City.

Umpires Awards

The Umpires Awards were held at the AFL headquarters, Moore Park, on Wednesday 26 August. Two umpires from the Newtown Club won Awards:

Most Improved Umpire Award: Orange Shirt - Milan Monk
Dedication to Umpiring award: Green Shirt - Daniel Black

Season 2009

Great season, Newtown. And a great Final Series, particularly with Newtown hosting the first week of Finals at Alan Davidson Oval. Some wonderful Junior AFL Footy was played in a competitive spirit with excellent sporting behaviour on display. Well done to all our players, Coaches, Team Managers, Ground Managers, Canteen & BBQ crew, all our parent helpers and the Club Committee for making it happen.

It is inspiring to watch our youngsters growing into confident, resilient and mature young adults.

2009 was certainly a year to remember for Newtown and I am sure it will prove to be an important milestone (our 10th Anniversary) in the further development of the Club.

Steve Black
President
Newtown JAFC

Sponsor ship puzzle solved

The club would like to thank Monkey Puzzle Toys (Andrew & Pamela) for becoming our first major sponsor for 2009.
We encourage all our members to support the local businesses that are supporting our football club.
As the club grows, sponsorships such as this are going to be vital in ensuring we can provide facilities and training equipment for all our teams. If there any other businesses that might be interested, please contact a committee member. Wet Weather - In general if it has been raining for a day or two the Council may choose to close grounds for play. Sometimes these decisions are last minute. Keep in touch with your team manager OR watch this space for updates

Michael N-S
Vice President

A message from the President....
I believe it is timely for all those associated with the Newtown Club - Players, Parents, Coaches, Team Managers and Club Officials - to familiarise themselves with the AFL Code of Conduct. [Click here to download the Word doc.] Please read it carefully as it applies to you and everyone associated with the Club. Parents please go through this policy with your child.
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