Anzac Day What happened at your game

[WingerFC]

Gepps did a good job. had the Minute silence, the Aussie Flag flapping in the wind and the Last Post.. bit of a hiccup with the reading (a bit like the Power game sat night ) but can be difficult in front of a fair few ppl.
All in all a little bit of effort does make the day a bit more special and the hairs stand up on the back of the neck. i think the game was played in that spirit too.

[SATCHEL]

SMOSH did a good job with the last post and national anthem. There was a lack of shelter at the college, but people seemed to have a good day regardless.

One huge oversight though - by SMOSH and the SAAFL. There were no showers available for either team. Pretty cr@p effort IMO. I would of thought the SAAFL would check out a venue before giving the all clear.

I never want to hear someone from SMOSH bag anyone elses facilities ever again.

no showers..

yesterday..

wtf

thats primary school stuff really..

No, it was at St Micks secondary campus actually...

Seriously, it was sh!t !!! More i think about it, the more sh!t i think it is !!!

Spoilt what should of been a good day,as far as an ANZAC celebration went.

Is it also true Felch that the little old umpire in the A grade is also a teacher at St Michaels College?? Bit of a joke if it is true!!

Yeah mate he was a teacher at the school. I think the ethnic bloke was an ex student teacher or something?

[Shirtfront]

Great Effort again at Broadview. Weather wasn't kind on the day, but atleast is didn't rain during the ceremony.

Alan 'Thumpa' Keenhan our resident 'Digger' and trainer read the Ode, followed by Last Post, Flag at half mast, 1 minute silence and National Anthem. Thumpa then tossed the coin which was a great idea i thought.

[Choccies]

Greenies v GG we had the lot ..

A grade at dawn service

Club the bugle player..nation anthem..digger doing ode and toin coss

Pie floaters cheap beers....and a win!!!

Hope the GG boys enjoyed the tradiontal part as we will make it grow each year.

Thanks to the GG Football Club , Umpires Etc who made it a great rememberance to those that made the ultimate sarifice to our country

Absolutely.... great day and couldn't agree more with you Turk. Well organised and great to be a part of. Great to have the Diggers a part of it, and great to see both clubs embrace the day and add it to the growing tradition between these two teams.
As for the footy, the B grade game was a slog, the A's was a great game all day and finished in exciting fashion as Greenies ran us down in the last few minutes. Enjoyable day overall though.

[nuggety goodness]

The Pines did a good job with the ode, bugle (via recording) minute silence and i think they did it for both matches... was that standard?

the footy was great too. two hotly contested matches, the magoos got drenched and due to extremely lousy weather 3 goals were kicked in the first quarter and they were the only goals for the match! The A grade was a fantastic contest with the Pines leading all day until the last 5 mins when we overran them.

You just cannot beat ANZAC day footy!!!

[Iron Fist]

The Pines did a good job with the ode, bugle (via recording) minute silence and i think they did it for both matches... was that standard?

the footy was great too. two hotly contested matches, the magoos got drenched and due to extremely lousy weather 3 goals were kicked in the first quarter and they were the only goals for the match! The A grade was a fantastic contest with the Pines leading all day until the last 5 mins when we overran them.

You just cannot beat ANZAC day footy!!!

SMOSH did it for the A's only, but the B's lined up and stood with the A's which I thought was good!!

[turbo182]

Is it also true Felch that the little old umpire in the A grade is also a teacher at St Michaels College?? Bit of a joke if it is true!!

Yeah mate he was a teacher at the school. I think the ethnic bloke was an ex student teacher or something?[/quote]

Reinhardt Schwidder is still a current teacher at the school. Has shown NO bias to us at all, if anything errs ont he side of the opposition.

[Browny25]

I was at Paralowie and they did a great job with a bugle player and the teams lined up and the minute silence. Well done to the people at Paralowie who organised this.

I second that!

[Iron Fist]

Is it also true Felch that the little old umpire in the A grade is also a teacher at St Michaels College?? Bit of a joke if it is true!!

Yeah mate he was a teacher at the school. I think the ethnic bloke was an ex student teacher or something?

Reinhardt Schwidder is still a current teacher at the school. Has shown NO bias to us at all, if anything errs ont he side of the opposition.[/quote]

I dunno Turbo
Schwids seemed to give some stupid free kicks to you blokes on the weekend
usually he is ok but on the weekend SMOSH seemed to have a little bit more help from the man in orange
not that it changed the outcome, smosh were the better side on the day!

[piccachu]

I dunno Turbo
Schwids seemed to give some stupid free kicks to you blokes on the weekend
usually he is ok but on the weekend SMOSH seemed to have a little bit more help from the man in orange
not that it changed the outcome, smosh were the better side on the day!

in all honesty in the first half i think some of the umpire in questions decissions were questionable, although we didnt help the sittuation by going on with it, but in the second half i just think he was pretty poor alround, not meaning any disrespect but in those wheather conditions is there a possibility for a man of his age to struggle seeing things clearly with all the rain/mud and so on?

[Felch]

I dunno Turbo
Schwids seemed to give some stupid free kicks to you blokes on the weekend
usually he is ok but on the weekend SMOSH seemed to have a little bit more help from the man in orange
not that it changed the outcome, smosh were the better side on the day!

in all honesty in the first half i think some of the umpire in questions decissions were questionable, although we didnt help the sittuation by going on with it, but in the second half i just think he was pretty poor alround, not meaning any disrespect but in those wheather conditions is there a possibility for a man of his age to struggle seeing things clearly with all the rain/mud and so on?

I thought he was just grumpy. Having a name like Reinhardt on ANZAC day can't be easy...

[schimma]

I dunno Turbo
Schwids seemed to give some stupid free kicks to you blokes on the weekend
usually he is ok but on the weekend SMOSH seemed to have a little bit more help from the man in orange
not that it changed the outcome, smosh were the better side on the day!

in all honesty in the first half i think some of the umpire in questions decissions were questionable, although we didnt help the sittuation by going on with it, but in the second half i just think he was pretty poor alround, not meaning any disrespect but in those wheather conditions is there a possibility for a man of his age to struggle seeing things clearly with all the rain/mud and so on?

I thought he was just grumpy. Having a name like Reinhardt on ANZAC day can't be easy...

both B grade umps were shocking? i thought the A grade was a fair contest, best we have had all year.

[Iron Fist]

I dunno Turbo
Schwids seemed to give some stupid free kicks to you blokes on the weekend
usually he is ok but on the weekend SMOSH seemed to have a little bit more help from the man in orange
not that it changed the outcome, smosh were the better side on the day!

in all honesty in the first half i think some of the umpire in questions decissions were questionable, although we didnt help the sittuation by going on with it, but in the second half i just think he was pretty poor alround, not meaning any disrespect but in those wheather conditions is there a possibility for a man of his age to struggle seeing things clearly with all the rain/mud and so on?

I thought he was just grumpy. Having a name like Reinhardt on ANZAC day can't be easy...

both B grade umps were shocking? i thought the A grade was a fair contest, best we have had all year.

I thought your bloke was worse schimma
our guy made some horrible calls aswell though!
A's were just as bad I thought!!

your umpire hit one of our players from what I have heard
I didnt see so cant comment but if thats true that is terrible
should never be allowed to umpire again!

[Felch]

Umps were horrid, all day, all grades. Poor decisions given both ways. Will cut them some slack though, as it was a shocking day weather wise.

Schimma, your B grade ump worries me. Not sure he actually knows what he is doing. Doesnt know how to signal a free kick correctly, and is very poor at communicating his decisions. He has been umpiring for a long time too. He was terrible last time i saw him umpire, 5-6 years ago.

[Pag]

Awesome day at Salisbury Oval, had the bugle player with the minute silence with the teams lining up in front of the grandstand. Amazing thing to be a part of before a game of footy. And credit to the crowd too, not one bit of noise until the end of it.

[bionic_knee13]

An awesome day at Glenunga where they played host to us West Croydon boys.
Each team in both grades had a medal for B.O.G.
Prior to the A Grade game commencing all 4 teams lined up in front of the club where the Reserve grade medals were presented followed by the Ode and the Last Post which was superbly performed by a Glenunga U/13's player.
Two veterens were there to present the medals under the Australian flag.
Congratulations to both clubs for the effort that was put into making such an important day a success. Also congrats to all the players for the spirit both games were played in.

Sad to hear some other clubs did not embrace this historical day. Well done to those who did.

[Iwasthere84]

Well reading all of that, seems like I missed out badly....Roll on Anzac Day 2010

[bandar]

Next year being a Sunday with the holiday Monday will be good. I have a feeling that no club will be willing to embrace it in 2011.

[EB53]

It's obvious MagareyLegend that you have no idea what ANZAC Day is all about.Pie Floaters are an ANZAC Day tradition,maybe next year you should go along a spend a day at an RSL club with the diggers and see how they spend their special day,instead of having a go at clubs that are trying to make ANZAC Day special for the War Veterans who attended the game !!!!!!

Class act:lets not be too harsh with Magarey, afterall, she is from Broadview!! and quite acustomed to looking down her nose.