Arncliffe Scots Rugby League

Saturday 21st June, 2008

Peakhurst Park     G.M.     Earlwood Saints
9.45am    under 6     Arncliffe Scots    V Hurstville United Blue
12.05pm    under 9    Arncliffe Scots    V Kogarah Cougars
12.55pm    under 10  Brighton Seagulls V Arncliffe Scots

1.50pm    under 11   Earlwood Saints V Arncliffe Scots
2.45pm    under 12   Earlwood Saints V Arncliffe Scots

H.V. Evatt Park
10.05am    field 1    under 7 Arncliffe Scots    V Riverwood Legion    3 way
10.25am    field 1    under 7 Penshurst RSL Gold V Arncliffe Scots    3 way
10.05am    field 2    under 8 Arncliffe Scots V Hurstville United    3 way
10.25am    field 2    under 8 Penshurst RSL V Arncliffe Scots        3 way

Sunday 22nd June, 2008

NOTE: Games previously scheduled for Hurstville Oval have been moved to HV Evatt Park

H. V. Evatt Park ( ex Hurstville Oval)
10.05am    Under 14 (ii)     Penshurst RSL V    Arncliffe Scots
12.30pm    under 17    Renown United V    Arncliffe Scots
3.10pm      under 19    Penshurst RSL V Arncliffe Scots

Scarborough Park
12.10pm    under 15    Arncliffe Scots V North Ryde

Birchgrove Oval
1.20pm     Under 16 (i)    Holy Cross V Arncliffe Scots

Goddard Park, Concord
12 noon    Under 13 (ii)    Concord Burwood Blue V Arncliffe Scots

Kareela Oval
1.30pm     A Res.    Arncliffe Scots V Cronulla Caringbah

Reminder general committee meeting – tomorrow – Wednesday 7.30 Scots club.  This one is important please make every effort to attend.

Urgent Managers meeting
Thursday 19th (this Thursday) at the park

• U/6 to u/12 at 6p.m.
• U/13 to a.grade at 6.30p.m.

If the Team Manager can not attend then a representative of your team must.

Tonight - Wednesday 11th June

Kids night – u/6 to u/12

Also

This is a compulsory team event for grades u/15 – u/17 and u/19

Family and friends are welcome to come along.

Scots club – auditorium- 7p.m. game on the big screen

$5 entry includes ticket in raffle (signed andrew jones football) and two doubles tickets (one n.s.w one qld)

Soft drinks and potato chips on sale upstairs – bar open for over 18 players downstairs.

Remember that this week team photos are also being taken (whether there is a game - come rain, hail or shine).

Saturday – 14TH JUNE
U/6 –  vs Earlwood Saints   Cahill Park     9.00a.m.
PHOTO - 10.30a.m. taken after the match

U/7 –  Earlwood Saints        Cahill Park    9.45a.m.
PHOTO – 11.30a,m. taken after the match

U/8  - Earlwood Saints        Cahill Park    10.30a.m.
PHOTO – 12.30p.m. taken after the match

U/ 9 –Renown United           Cahill Park    11.20a.m.
PHOTO -  10.a.m. before match be at ground by 9a.m.

U/10 –Hurstville United Blue  Cahill Park   12.10p.m.
PHOTO  - 11a.m. before match be at ground by 10a.m.

U/11 –Kingsgrove Colts Blue  Cahill Park   1.00p.m.
PHOTO -  12noon before match be at ground by 11a.m.

U/12 –Kingsgrove Colts Blue   Cahill Park   3.00p.m.
PHOTO – 1p.m. before match be at ground by 12.30p.m.

There is not a mistake in the U/12 time there is a game between the Scots U/11 and U/12 games

Sunday – 15TH JUNE
U/13 – Penshurst R.S.L.            H.V.Evatt Park Lugarno  9.30a.m.

U/14 – Penshurst R.S.L.            H.V.Evatt Park Lugarno   10.35a.m.

U/15 – Bye  - Remember State Of Origin Wednesday Night – Compulsory Team Event

U/16 – Leichhardt Juniors        In Balmain To be Advised

U/17 –North Ryde                    In Balmain To be Advised
State of Origin Wednesday Night – Compulsory Team Event

U/19 – Bye – Remember State of Origin
Wednesday Night – Compulsory Team Event

A Grade – Aquinas Colts          Blaxland Oval       3.00p.m.

DRESSING ROOMS – ALL TEAMS MUST CLEAN THE DRESSING ROOM BEFORE LEAVING

If it rains – game day or training

If the game or training is called off you will get a text message or phone call from your team manager.  If you don’t get a call then the game or training is on as per usual.  Any message you will get will just be for your team and you shouldn’t assume that your message is the same one that other teams are getting.

We come from Arncliffe today – hooray
We are the Scotties they say
We don’t care if we don’t win the match
Cause we will always come up to the scratch
For we come from Arncliffe today – hooray
We are the Scotties they say
If we win or we loose we will have a good booze
Yip yi yaddie yi yah

EXPLANATION – THE SONG WAS WRITTEN IN 1947 AS AN AFTER MATCH DRINKING SONG FOR THE A. GRADE – It was soon being sung by A. grade to D. Grade after match wins also. When the Junior teams were introduced in 1961 they refused to sing modified words choosing to sing the traditional words. So although the words about having a booze may not be exactly right for Junior player the song with its original words has been part of Arncliffe Scots tradition and culture for the past 61 years. It’s sung at every Scots winning Premiership, all functions, and Scots events, even at a couple of funerals, not to mention the number of times we hear it after good wins during the season.

For the past 50 years the traditional start to the song is for the team captain or club official to call out “Where do we come from”

SO LETS KEEP SINGING OUR SONG

We are lucky to have the support of Hardcore Gym as the sponsor of our weekly Man of the Match Awards for our senior teams. Here are the results from the past few weeks.

Senior Teams –Man Of The Match Awards – April

A. Grade
Huw Ellis And Graham Harris Jnr – Week One
James Makea – Week Three
Kassum Salemeh – Week Four – Playing Up From U/19

U/19
Phillip Temehana – Week One
Aiden Butterfield – Week Two

U/17
Moe Zahr – Week Three

U/16
Adam Kepreotes – Week Three

Senior Teams- Man Of The Match Awards – May

A. Grade
Gareth Ellis – Week Five
Huw Ellis – Week Six
Jay Bonsteain – Week Seven
Graham Harris Junior – Week Eight
Huw Ellis – Week Nine

U/19
Tuitupou Lolohea (Tom) Week Six
Tom – Week Eight

U/17
Akram Tehfe – Week Five

U/16
Nathan Dunn – Week Five
Phil Delfakis – Week Six
Scott Wilson – Week Seven
Ahmad Tehfe – Week Eight

TRAINING: Unless players hear from team staff (and team staff receive a message from Glenys) all training is on this week.

PHOTOS: U/6 to U/12 photo will be taken at Cahill Park on Saturday regardless of the weather and if games are on or off – they will be taken under the Veranda.  Details on times for photos will be made available tomorrow.

STATE OF ORIGIN: Game Two is on Wednesday night at again we will be having an evening of fun (and a chance to do some much needed fundraising) – ALL welcome! Entry is $5 and includes a ticket in the draw for an Andrew Johns signed football and two doubles tickets.  Make sure you are there!

Training for Thursday 5th June is off for U/6 to U/17 grades. No decision has yet been made on U/19 and A. grade.

Also no decision yet on whether the wet weather has effected the A. Grade games this weekend in Cronulla.

UPDATE : please note that all games in the Cronulla district have been cancelled this weekend due to grounds under water – therefore the A. grade game has been called off this week to be played the following weekend.

Scots have always provided strong, skilled players to the ranks of St George’s junior representative teams and 2008 is no different to years past.  We are proud of all our players but in particular would like to congratulate the following St George rep players.

• Congratulations to Nathan Dunn U/16 on winning Best and Fairest St. George Matthews Cup 2008.
• Congratulations to Nathan Dunn, Dion Harris and Joseph Rokoqo – selection in St.George High Performance Training Squad 2008
• Congratulations to Kenny, Tayleb and Cleveland U/13 – Rikki, Ali and Peli U/14 and Sitti, William and Nicholas U/15 on selection in first Development Squad of 2008

Well done guys!

Due to the wet weather (Barton Park ground is under water) and there are no games this weekend for the U/6 to U/19, training has been called off for today Tuesday 3rd June.  Thursday training will be reviewed and advised on Thursday morning.