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Cougar wrote:Tahu has let Meadows down before hasn't he??

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Tahu has let Meadows down many times but I think they would still welcome him back if wanted to play there.

Cougar wrote:WTF is Adam Walden?? Any credentials??

Coached Tantanoola to a premiership in Mid South East League in 06, he'll do well at Meadows.

ORDoubleBlues wrote:

choppy wrote:heard wallace was coaching maccy next season?? interesting.

No, that's certainly not the case and since I'm on the committee at the club I won't publicly divulge who was appointed until it appears in next week's Courier.

Shayne Mitchell?

LaughingKookaburra wrote:

ORDoubleBlues wrote:

choppy wrote:heard wallace was coaching maccy next season?? interesting.

No, that's certainly not the case and since I'm on the committee at the club I won't publicly divulge who was appointed until it appears in next week's Courier.

Shayne Mitchell?

From the games i saw he coached last year

Cougar wrote:
Eastern Rangers Flying High?? Blast from the past. Ashton Oval was a 'One Kick Full Forward Oval' and makes Meadows Oval look long.



Troy Kerwood was the last good footballer to come from Eastern Ranges, who ended up playing State Amateurs while at Athelstone.

And that was uphill. Downhill it was over the back, five miunte wait

From what can remember hearing, didn't he almost have an undeafeted Echunga on toast one year in GF before he went off injured?

Does anyone recall if Eastern Ranges ever had junior teams, and we're they any good?
I reckon this club added a certain uniqueness to Hills footy

FlyingHigh wrote:

Cougar wrote:
Eastern Rangers Flying High?? Blast from the past. Ashton Oval was a 'One Kick Full Forward Oval' and makes Meadows Oval look long.

And that was uphill. Downhill it was over the back, five miunte wait

Troy Kerwood was the last good footballer to come from Eastern Ranges, who ended up playing State Amateurs while at Athelstone.

From what can remember hearing, didn't he almost have an undeafeted Echunga on toast one year in GF before he went off injured?

Does anyone recall if Eastern Ranges ever had junior teams, and we're they any good?
I reckon this club added a certain uniqueness to Hills footy

Sorry for the ignorance, but who were the Eastern Ranges? Where were they based?

Ashton and Lenswood merged to form Eastern Rangers, and they played their games at Ashton. Must have merged late 70's, earl 80's, but could be wrong

Pag wrote:

FlyingHigh wrote:

Cougar wrote:
Eastern Rangers Flying High?? Blast from the past. Ashton Oval was a 'One Kick Full Forward Oval' and makes Meadows Oval look long.

And that was uphill. Downhill it was over the back, five miunte wait

Troy Kerwood was the last good footballer to come from Eastern Ranges, who ended up playing State Amateurs while at Athelstone.

From what can remember hearing, didn't he almost have an undeafeted Echunga on toast one year in GF before he went off injured?

Does anyone recall if Eastern Ranges ever had junior teams, and we're they any good?
I reckon this club added a certain uniqueness to Hills footy

Sorry for the ignorance, but who were the Eastern Ranges? Where were they based?

Cheers.

dont think they had colts teams BUT their "A" grade went premiers in 1987 and then i think they disbanded??

magpie in the 80's wrote:dont think they had colts teams BUT their "A" grade went premiers in 1987 and then i think they disbanded??

Pretty sure 1996 was their last year before being taken over by Uraidla

FlyingHigh wrote:

magpie in the 80's wrote:dont think they had colts teams BUT their "A" grade went premiers in 1987 and then i think they disbanded??

Pretty sure 1996 was their last year before being taken over by Uraidla

you might be right with the date. players might have gone to uraidla. i don't think uraidla took them over.

Well it was called a merger and Uraidla Redlegs changed to the Uraidla District Demons, both red and blue, and no more Div 2 footy at Ashton

FlyingHigh wrote:

magpie in the 80's wrote:dont think they had colts teams BUT their "A" grade went premiers in 1987 and then i think they disbanded??

Pretty sure 1996 was their last year before being taken over by Uraidla

yeh 96 was their last year... and they had at least senior colts that year, i remember playing against them! from memory im pretty sure they were easy beats though.

Tex wrote:

LaughingKookaburra wrote:

ORDoubleBlues wrote:

choppy wrote:heard wallace was coaching maccy next season?? interesting.

No, that's certainly not the case and since I'm on the committee at the club I won't publicly divulge who was appointed until it appears in next week's Courier.

Shayne Mitchell?

From the games i saw he coached last year

One thinks I may be on to something.........Nah not really but I reckon it's a pretty good guess. Not the most liked bloke in the football community but even now he can still play.

FlyingHigh wrote:Well it was called a merger and Uraidla Redlegs changed to the Uraidla District Demons, both red and blue, and no more Div 2 footy at Ashton

From Memory, there was going to be an equal sort of spread of both clubs in the merger but when the Eastern Ranges side of the deal only contributed 1 player Uraidla decided to pretty much keep the status quo.
Perhaps '96 was their last year, thought it might have been '97.
Think Troy Kerwood went on to play A grade amatuers in Perth later on as well.

FlyingHigh wrote:Ashton and Lenswood merged to form Eastern Rangers, and they played their games at Ashton. Must have merged late 70's, earl 80's, but could be wrong

Yeah, i think it was early 80s. I believe that 1998 was the first year of the Uraidla 'Districts' as i was playing senior colts at the time.

It's a shame that Lenswood lost that football connection. Very very few Lenswood blokes were representing the ranges in their final few years, and i dont think many if any play at Uraidla these days. All the guys from this way now play for either Lobey or Onkas.

saintal wrote:I believe that 1998 was the first year of the Uraidla 'Districts' as i was playing senior colts at the time.

In the year of the Devil!!! I would have played against you then, in the Devils U17 side that Big O himself still describes as the best to have graced Hills Footy (I was the weak link!!!). Unfortunately, only 3 from that side still play at Mt Lofty.

did anyone notice that this topic was hills country 08...were already starting to talk about central div.

ORDoubleBlues wrote:

FlyingHigh wrote:Well it was called a merger and Uraidla Redlegs changed to the Uraidla District Demons, both red and blue, and no more Div 2 footy at Ashton

From Memory, there was going to be an equal sort of spread of both clubs in the merger but when the Eastern Ranges side of the deal only contributed 1 player Uraidla decided to pretty much keep the status quo.

Think you're right ORD, but obviously that's not the way it turned out

choppy wrote:did anyone notice that this topic was hills country 08...were already starting to talk about central div.

You're right, Chop, but this F#@$wit - living amongst his pillow-biter mates in England knows Hills footy inside out and just HAS to have something to say!! Let's all bow down to $$$$ and listen to the great MLFC revival once more.