I would’ve welcomed an interruption, all I get is people whinging at me haha!

Kenilworth aren’t a bad unit across the grades - C/B grade obviously not in the same calibre as A grade but what was evident is a consistent message and strategy across all grades. The Kookas know and understand how they want to play, and execution aside don’t stray often from the aim, which is why they proved so good today as well.

C grade is frustrating, blokes who don’t listen and do their own thing, your left footer (his 150th?) absolutely ripped it up, and the African guy at CHF could be anything in the future - big, strong, agile.. loved it!

B grade there is no luck but what you make. Umpiring continues to baffle me at this level but overal facts are we were lazy in the most parts and didn’t execute properly, and we lack genuine key position players and experience. Today we had 4x U16 players, another 6x U19, 3x guys 30+ and 8x 25 or under. On top of that, very few are still in my side from recent years, most are in the A grade, and a most of my side are either new to footy, senior footy or B grade footy. I’m super proud of how far they’ve come and continue to develop and improve - we won’t win many this year, but the foundation is (hopefully) being laid for future years.

Enjoy the win, see you on the return bout


Further too that.

Your C grade showed a bit in that second qtr. Down 7 goals they fought well. They definately had speedy legs which apart from 1 or 2 we do not have. Your boys need to use that to their advantage.

Your B grade i had as favourites heading into the last with the scoring end only down by 11. Suprised you guys haven't actually got an extra win or two.

Your A grade I thought prevented us playing our game for a strong majority of the day. I know 46-9 scoring shots might say otherwise but actually at the game I thought they toiled hard and pressured us into some silly turnovers. Some we did without pressure also haha. I will be relieved when we get a couple guys back into that side.

Lady behind the bar, very friendly and told me you guys have lost quite a few from last year, combined with jumping a grade makes life hard. Sucks loyalty isn't exactly common in amateur footy. Love the facilities to watch the game from & the mini casino which i was informed was not regular place in the clubrooms (although it should haha).

Special mention to the blokes on the hill chucking banter all day. I love banter & clubs that have that makes me enjoy a visit.

See yaz at St Marys.

Must say Well done to OSB/Lonsdale, on making the Granny. Marion gave them a run though. Hopefully a rematch in a fortnight.

OSB/Lonsdale is definitely a very welcoming and friendly club, from people involved in the club to its supporters.. Drinks prices were very good also. very good. :D

* Also saw a chick walking a ferret, that's something I haven't seen at a local footy game.

There has been some bloody good sides go up the last two years,

Glenunga & CBC were miles ahead.
Pooraka started slow but were a bloody good side, Woody south are always tough regardless of form.

I'm sure Lockley's will be up and about. But the same could be said about quite a few. Injuries stuffed a couple clubs last year, but to be fair It was a race to lose to CBC in the Big Dance

Came up against Pulteney in C5 today.

Wow that is a good side, will be very difficult side to overcome.

Very proud of the fight the Kenilworth boys showed today, a lot was learnt.
Pulteney C grade beat us by 30 goals last year and I thought we were competitive in patches today and halved that margin this time round.

C5 should be interesting with them, HV & Salisbury

Can Be hard to get numbers at times when travelling, and knowing it will be a belting.
It is a very lopsided competition at least in some of the Divisions.

Unfortunately though this is how it needs to be. Triple headers are the way to get people out, have a kick and then a beer and watch the A/B grades.
Some teams have alot of young Men learning the game (ours is one of them). Some teams are lucky enough to have some great players from a few years ago that have decided to hang around and keep playing.

Its always going to be very difficult to have parity, so probably best to deal with how it is now.

Hopefully a new BBQ setup

PNU won a D1 flag starting training in January fwiw

Absolutely love this.

You could make an extremely good case that starting pre season in November end up being more hazardous then beneficial, especially if not done correctly or done by someone based on bro science.

Could not agree more.

Back in Tassie I was lucky to be involved with a very strong side in the SFL that used pre Christmas as more a bonding time rather than hard training. I'd argue that amateur club benefit very little if any from pre Christmas training. The bonding side of it if used correctly is where the benefit can be made.

Kenilworth boys were amazing, down 6 points and against a 4 goal breeze at 3qtr time is a big deal. Very proud of such a young group. Great belief. W oiuld have been easy to roll over but they didn't.

Lockleys are quality, will not want to lose again this year. Very strong group.

I’m telling you 100% the MDO never called them chests

Can confirm the term Cheat was not used by the MDO from CLG, I copped an aggresive 38-10 comment :lol: but it's just passion Boiling over.


Absolutely Fantastic day for Kenilworth with the A's, B's and the inclusive teams making the big dance. Can't wait for next week.
Huge win by the inclusive side.. #1 was brilliant as was the CHF in skins with the rocket leg.. roosting them from 50.

Absolutely loved the passion and energy from those lads on both sides, thoroughly enjoyable game.

Thought the guard of honour from the KFC A grade then the cheers/support from the crowd after the win was top shelf and clearly the lads loved every moment of it.

Inclusive in every sense.

It's a brilliant form of the game, watching these kids get a chance. The fella that kicks them from 50 is brilliant.
Our A grade has regularly welcomed them onto the oval. It's a real shame we won't be able to see their GF next week.

Kenilworth with a Goal after the siren to beat Pooraka.

This Division just keeps getting tighter!

Heard correct. We asked before Christmas break.
Considering where we finished we wouldn’t be able to compete in 5 and also needing to go through a rebuild.

As per the new system it says we are D6. But will clarify with the league this week.

Unsure about who goes up though… can’t help you there. all I heard was the teams for possible nominations to go up said no on the basis they “weren’t ready” to make that move up.
That’s not 100% fact though, just what I heard.
But by your own clubs admission you’re the “most financially stable D6 club” you have apparently good infrastructure, you are “extremely ambitious”, you openly want to discuss player incentives and you’ve made no secret of a desire to “climb back up the grades”.. add in a comment about not giving up all your players to a rival club as rumoured.

Doesn’t sound like a rebuild to me, sounds like you want to play D6 to win a cheap flag so you can strut around like a peacock.

Correct. Why would you ever ask to go down? And if given an opportunity, why would you not go up? You might have a tough season but who knows what will happen, especially this year. Of all seasons for strange results to happen, this is going to be it


I remember the few years back when Kenilworth lost to lockleys in the last round. As a result were to be relegated to D6, players were shattered. Volunteers and people at the club were all shattered. It was a horrible feeling.
Only survived due to Rosewater losing points for a suspension I believe.

I'm sure the club would not be in div 4 this coming year had we been relegated to 6 back then.

I would rather hang in there, prove you want to be a stronger club.

Never understood the facilitation with people talking about, alluding to or questioning what a bloke might get paid.

WGAF.. No one’s business except the clubs, and the players.

Got to know what you need to offer to get him across the line next year. :lol:

A house opposite the oval and a meal voucher by the sounds of it :)

Club president Brendan Loechel said both the A and B Grade sides had decided not to go ahead with their games against Gumeracha this weekend as they continued to deal with Mr Loiacono’s passing.

“It’s a moving beast which rears its head every so often and the boys made a pact that if it was still impacting part of the squad then the rest of the squad would stick by them,” Loechel said.

“We’ve been led by the lads here as well as the coaching staff and decided that it was the best call to make at the moment.”

Loechel said the club had been in discussion with the Hills Football League and Gumeracha ahead of making the decision.

“We’ve had ongoing discussions with them.

“Each club is feeling their way through it all as best they can but as long as we’ve got individuals who are still processing it we’re going to respect that.

“I think everyone recognises what the club is going through and we’re going to stick by our players and staff.”

Birdwood is set to face Meadows next week, while Gumeracha will clash with Kangarilla.

On the face of it these two clubs have been nothing short of exceptional in their attitude and decision making. Fantastic to hear of such a pact that would have them unite if there are some struggling more than others may. Love that Birdwood and the players are putting there own mental well being first.
Not everyone will agree but if you are not involved with Birdwood I don't think you have a right to tell them its the wrong decision.

whufc wrote:

OKC! wrote:Heard chompers only got 4 weeks.

Lucky not to be banned for life.

Will have a storry to tell however.

Seems quite happy about it all judging by Social Media

Naturally attracting players is easier as you move up in grades as well, so you have to have success to attract people in a sense.

There is no easy way to rise from the bottom, But if you have strong clubs all around you (especially out north and far south.. Hackham-OSB) then you may be forced into paying what some deem overs. Also hard to build a good juniors if you have strong clubs around you, so once again if you have to pay to grow then so be it. There are examples of this failing but if you dont naturally attract it what do you do? If you buy success it CAN (not always) breed further success along the way.

All clubs are in different positions, only clubs i would rag on are the teams that attract players who want a cheap flag and constantly move from club to club. Brahma are in that book, Then they welcome blokes back with fanfare despite those people abandoning them in their hour of need.

I mean, If you ignore basically every factor aside from them both being footy clubs ----- then yes you can compare the two.