SA Footy

More interest if it was a race meeting.

Race meeting on Wednesday! Publican's Day!

Na, seriously, the club has put a heck of a lot of work into preparing the oval and facilities for the match. We're really looking forward to it and hoping for decent weather, although May generally means rain!

Oval will have had a massive break between matches on it, so it should be in top nick, it's a good sized deck so hoping to see a decent contest.

meh

OnSong wrote:Na, seriously, the club has put a heck of a lot of work into preparing the oval and facilities for the match. We're really looking forward to it and hoping for decent weather, although May generally means rain!

Oval will have had a massive break between matches on it, so it should be in top nick, it's a good sized deck so hoping to see a decent contest.

Good for the local sporting club and I hope you guys get a few out there. Unfortunately there is no novelty draw crowd this year so I wouldn't be expecting a massive crowd except for probably yhe locals wanting to see some football.

stan wrote:

OnSong wrote:Na, seriously, the club has put a heck of a lot of work into preparing the oval and facilities for the match. We're really looking forward to it and hoping for decent weather, although May generally means rain!

Oval will have had a massive break between matches on it, so it should be in top nick, it's a good sized deck so hoping to see a decent contest.

Good for the local sporting club and I hope you guys get a few out there. Unfortunately there is no novelty draw crowd this year so I wouldn't be expecting a massive crowd except for probably yhe locals wanting to see some football.

Drop Tex you reckon?

OnSong wrote:

stan wrote:

OnSong wrote:Na, seriously, the club has put a heck of a lot of work into preparing the oval and facilities for the match. We're really looking forward to it and hoping for decent weather, although May generally means rain!

Oval will have had a massive break between matches on it, so it should be in top nick, it's a good sized deck so hoping to see a decent contest.

Good for the local sporting club and I hope you guys get a few out there. Unfortunately there is no novelty draw crowd this year so I wouldn't be expecting a massive crowd except for probably yhe locals wanting to see some football.

Drop Tex you reckon?

John Butcher is playing

carey wrote:

OnSong wrote:

stan wrote:

OnSong wrote:Na, seriously, the club has put a heck of a lot of work into preparing the oval and facilities for the match. We're really looking forward to it and hoping for decent weather, although May generally means rain!

Oval will have had a massive break between matches on it, so it should be in top nick, it's a good sized deck so hoping to see a decent contest.

Good for the local sporting club and I hope you guys get a few out there. Unfortunately there is no novelty draw crowd this year so I wouldn't be expecting a massive crowd except for probably yhe locals wanting to see some football.

Drop Tex you reckon?

John Butcher is playing

We're not promoting that.

OnSong wrote:

carey wrote:

OnSong wrote:

stan wrote:[quote="OnSong"]Na, seriously, the club has put a heck of a lot of work into preparing the oval and facilities for the match. We're really looking forward to it and hoping for decent weather, although May generally means rain!

Oval will have had a massive break between matches on it, so it should be in top nick, it's a good sized deck so hoping to see a decent contest.

Good for the local sporting club and I hope you guys get a few out there. Unfortunately there is no novelty draw crowd this year so I wouldn't be expecting a massive crowd except for probably yhe locals wanting to see some football.

Drop Tex you reckon?

John Butcher is playing

We're not promoting that. [emoji38][/quote]
I think the aim is to get people through the gates. So yeah drop Tex and play Butcher in the AFL [emoji6]

carey wrote:John Butcher is playing

Wouldn't be parking the car anywhere between the behind posts and the 50m arcs...

CENTURION wrote:meh

I look at comments such as these and on one hand, I get the whole "No AFL in the SANFL" thing but then we wouldn't have an opportunity like we have this weekend to showcase some of the state's best football talent in our back yard.
No other club in the history of the SANFL has ever had the initiative to cater for the regional crowd in this area by playing a match for premiership points in Balaklava.
We're chuffed to have it, even if it isn't a "traditional" SANFL club competing. We've put in so much time and effort into preparing to host it and we're looking forward to holding it on Sunday. Jam your apathy.

OnSong wrote:

CENTURION wrote:meh

I look at comments such as these and on one hand, I get the whole "No AFL in the SANFL" thing but then we wouldn't have an opportunity like we have this weekend to showcase some of the state's best football talent in our back yard.
No other club in the history of the SANFL has ever had the initiative to cater for the regional crowd in this area by playing a match for premiership points in Balaklava.
We're chuffed to have it, even if it isn't a "traditional" SANFL club competing. We've put in so much time and effort into preparing to host it and we're looking forward to holding it on Sunday. Jam your apathy.

On good on you guys. Like I said I hope you get a good turnout. Will be good for your club and the people from around the area to see the game.

OnSong wrote:

CENTURION wrote:meh

I look at comments such as these and on one hand, I get the whole "No AFL in the SANFL" thing but then we wouldn't have an opportunity like we have this weekend to showcase some of the state's best football talent in our back yard.
No other club in the history of the SANFL has ever had the initiative to cater for the regional crowd in this area by playing a match for premiership points in Balaklava.
We're chuffed to have it, even if it isn't a "traditional" SANFL club competing. We've put in so much time and effort into preparing to host it and we're looking forward to holding it on Sunday. Jam your apathy.

Well said there Onsong.

What are you hoping for crowd wise Sunday OnSong? There were 5,000 odd last year at Clare, however Tex was playing so would add a few extra supporters plus Clare is a bigger area. I would think anything over 3,000 would be a great result, however not sure if that's around the mark for what you are aiming for?

FWIW I will definitely make the effort to get to the ground and have a look for sure.

Would've gone up for this, but it clashes with Glenelg so that's where we'll be. Weather is looking about as good as it gets this time of year so certainly that won't turn anyone off. Hope for a good crowd and a Crows win; unfortunately I fear I'll have to be satisfied with a good crowd as I think Port will win this by around 6-7 goals.

Who benefits from the game?
where do the profits go, is it all to the Balaklave Footy Club?
Last years match was for a charity wasnt it?

Whilst I don't think this particular game benefits/enhances the SANFL "brand" (for lack of a better term) greatly, it would be good to see 1 or 2 country games each year involving genuine SANFL clubs.

saintal wrote:Whilst I don't think this particular game benefits/enhances the SANFL "brand" (for lack of a better term) greatly, it would be good to see 1 or 2 country games each year involving genuine SANFL clubs.

Reckon we played a couple in our south east zone going back a decade or two. Penola I think? Westies gave us a touch up there from memory

kneedeepinthehoopla wrote:

saintal wrote:Whilst I don't think this particular game benefits/enhances the SANFL "brand" (for lack of a better term) greatly, it would be good to see 1 or 2 country games each year involving genuine SANFL clubs.

Reckon we played a couple in our south east zone going back a decade or two. Penola I think? Westies gave us a touch up there from memory

Penola rings a bell yeah. One of the season guides that PhilH etc put out a few years back listed all the country venues that have hosted a match. Was an interesting read.

Used to enjoy the trip to Encounter Bay to watch South (usually) get belted.

saintal wrote:

kneedeepinthehoopla wrote:

saintal wrote:Whilst I don't think this particular game benefits/enhances the SANFL "brand" (for lack of a better term) greatly, it would be good to see 1 or 2 country games each year involving genuine SANFL clubs.

Reckon we played a couple in our south east zone going back a decade or two. Penola I think? Westies gave us a touch up there from memory

Penola rings a bell yeah. One of the season guides that PhilH etc put out a few years back listed all the country venues that have hosted a match. Was an interesting read.

Used to enjoy the trip to Encounter Bay to watch South (usually) get belted.

That's commitment. You could've just gone to noarlunga to see that!

OnSong wrote:

CENTURION wrote:meh

I look at comments such as these and on one hand, I get the whole "No AFL in the SANFL" thing but then we wouldn't have an opportunity like we have this weekend to showcase some of the state's best football talent in our back yard.
No other club in the history of the SANFL has ever had the initiative to cater for the regional crowd in this area by playing a match for premiership points in Balaklava.
We're chuffed to have it, even if it isn't a "traditional" SANFL club competing. We've put in so much time and effort into preparing to host it and we're looking forward to holding it on Sunday. Jam your apathy.

There have been plenty of SANFL games in the bush before.

With the current look of the Adelaide Reserves due to the Crows injury list many of the players will be "bush" top up players who would have never achieved an SANFL game than by default.