Hello,
After a long regular season we have reached the pointy end of Season 2013. A huge congratulations to all of our players and staff on getting all four of our teams through to the finals. Only Norths and Goodna have managed to get all their sides qualified this season in what has been a tight contest in just about every grade. A massive congratulations need to go to Mick, Doylie, Brett and our Under 18s who have taken out the 2013 Minor Premiership.
Last Saturday saw Norths Leagues Club hosting a fundraiser for young Tiger, Toby Wedrat. Although the weather closed in late the day was a great success and helped raise valuable funds to help cover Toby’s medical expenses. Thanks to all those who turned out in support of Toby. A special thanks to our senior players who attended the day and dug deep into their own pockets. The boys whipped the hat around and then donated another $100 from their trip away fundraising to help Toby Out. That’s the kind of club spirit Norths are all about.
Saturday night also saw the annual IRL awards dinner at the North Ipswich Conference Centre. Mick Newton accepted the Under 18s Minor Premiership on behalf of his team while Daniel Sykes received the award for top point scorer in Open 2s. North’s biggest honour of the night went to Mick Newton as he was awarded the IRL Coach Of The Year for his work with our Under 18s this season. The award is not only recognition of Mick’s work but a reflection of the great team spirit shown by our Under 18 squad and staff this season. Well done.
This weekend sees our A and Reserve Grade sides contesting knock-out semifinals on Saturday evening against Goodna and Swifts respectively. While we are now walking the razor’s edge the boys have trained well this week and are all going into these clashes confident of taking out the win. Meanwhile Sunday our C Grade and Under 18s will be contesting their Grand Final Qualifiers against Redbank Plains and Brothers respectively. A win for either side will see them move straight through to the Grand Final while a loss will give them a second bite at the cherry next week. Here’s to four good wins this weekend and two sides booking their place in the Grand Final early.
Please find out team lists, game times and date claimers below:
Date Claimers:
IRL Grand Final Weekend – Friday the 6th – Sunday the 8th September.
This year’s Open Division (C Grade) Grand Finals are currently slated for Friday the 6th. They may revert to Saturday the 7th, but that is yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile, Sunday the 8th will see A Grade, Reserve Grade and Under 18s Contest their Grand Finals. Here’s hoping we are cheering our boys on in all four grades.
Presentation Night 2013 – Saturday the 21st September.
The night will be held at the North Ipswich Reserve Conference Centre. More details will follow in the coming weeks.
This week’s teams are below:
A Grade v Goodna
Saturday 24 August, 7pm @ The Oval
1 – Jarrod Biggs
2 – Anava Fesolai
3 – Gerico Cecil
4 – Tonga Mounga
5 – Andrew Campbell
6 – Josh Roberts (c)
7 – Steven West
8 – Tuuta Manu
9 – Robbie Peters
10 – Steve Harling
11 – John Luhrman
12 – Brad Oddi
13 – Stephen Kafer
14 – Dale McDonald
15 – Alex Profke
16 – Jay Brookfield
17 – Desmond Mok
Reserve Grade v Swifts
Saturday 24 August, 5.30pm @ The Oval
1 – Beau Baker
2 – Lindsay Narrier
3 – Jesse Jeffers
4 – Michael Honicke
5 – Damian Eggmolesse
6 – Wade Seden
7 – Steven Rach
8 – Samisoni Latu
9 – Paul Court (c)
10 – Scott Martin
11 – John Dykeman
12 – Nathan Teaonui
13 – Leolaga Lemalu
14 – Jake Hooper
15 – Brenton Mirallez
16 – Damian Peters
17 – James Stephenson
18 – Kaine Aiga
19 – Keiren Gibbs
Under 18s v Brothers
Sunday 25 August, 11.45am @ The Oval
1 – Ritchie Lowe
2 – Lyndon Reimers
3 – Steven Fili
4 – Cameron Woldt
5 – Benjamin Bell
6 – Spencer Fitzpatrick
7 – Mitchell Raine
8 – Max Lehmann
9 – Dale McDonald
10 – Lui Afele
11 – Stuart McCabe
12 – Haymish Willis
13 – Johnathon Newton
14 – Dylan Gale
15 – Jayden Howson
16 – Justin Boisen
17 – Ethan PAge
18 – Dylan Martin
19 – Bradley Baartz (Two to be omitted)
C-Grade v Redbank Plains
Sunday 25 August, 9am @ The Oval
1 – Mark Smith
2 – Samuel ballinger
3 – Jay McColm
4 – Keith Mercer
5 – Matthew Lawerance
6 – Daniel Sykes
7 – Raymond Thompson
8 – Mitchell Allen
9 – Greg Brooks
10 – James Vaoliko
11 – Matthew Sua
12 – Ben Strehle
13 – Matthew Hayes
14 – Chris Howego
15 – Tim Stanley
16 – Brayden Haug
17 – Blaine McColm
18 – Chris Warnock
19 – Tim Grant
20 – Sean Jolly
21 – Aaron Groth (Two to be omitted)
Cheers, and as always,
Up The Tigers!
Shane Ritchie
President
Norths Tigers Senior RLFC – Ipswich