Hi All,

Welcome to the penultimate round of the season and I hope your all enjoying your 9s footy. The finals are just about set now and the structure will be the same as last season with everyone involved; 1v2. 3v4....ect. 
We think we eventually got the grading right and each comp has been very competitive with close results seen through most divisions. 
All Finals will be played at Basil reserve due to the failing light experienced as daylight saving ends. FULL INFO ON FINALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER Rd 7.

PARKING AT BASIL

Due to large numbers decending on Basil reserve come finals, we encourage players to use parking avaiable at Darling station at the rear of Dunlop reserve. It is only a 2 minute walk through to Basil from the car park. Wesley teams in particular who are not familiar with parking in the area might be well advised to use the Darling station parking.

BOOTS

Umpires have noticed some footy boots starting to worn by players. Not only is this no allowed under our ground lease agreement but it gives players an unfair advantage.  Field 1 at Basil Reserve was particularly chopped up due to unauthorised footwear. If your still confused as to what you can and can't wear ask the umpire before the start of the game and pack runners just in case otherwise ask HYNSEY who seems to have a good handle on it.

AUTUMN SEASON. (IMPORTANT)

R40s is doing their best to secure a ground for an Autumn comp which is planned to run for 8 weeks between May and June. So far we have been unsuccessful in finding a ground and would like to put it out there to all players who may be able to assist. Our preference is the Glen Iris, Ashburton and surrounding area, but we will look at any options offered up and REMEMBER lights are a must!!. We will keep teams updated as soon as a venue becomes available.

AUTUMN TEAMS

In the event that a Ground is located we need to know which teams are returning so that we can work out how many fields we need. We have so far had a positive response from around half the teams but need Captains to reply in the negative or affirmative to assist us with Competition Management.

I just want to finish off the Blog by asking all players to remember that R40s AFL9s is a non contact sport and the more we follow this no1 rule the more everyone can will enjoy the sport. Look after each other fallas as it hurts a little bit more than it use to. 

Cheers
R40s

Hi all,  

Firstly we look like we have the time slots and playing fields at Basil reserve finally right as complaints are limited, congrats go to Macca who is doing a ripping Job out there. There is some top shelf footy being played out at Basil in the higher levels, with limited or no contact, which is great to see. Finding space is the name of the game and teams have worked this out and ran with it.

Wesley Comp is humming along nicely and the attitude of the competing teams is fantastic exactly what R40s is all about, great social footy.

Summer Finals

Only 3 weeks away until finals and the ladders are starting to take shape. Hynsey's Dragons look the team to beat and sit well clear on top of the Ladder in 1st Div. Big Dogz are looking good in the 2nd Div but are closely followed by the Knights and Sharks, who will fight it out to make the final. 3rd Div sees the Scorchers on top who have been consistently getting better each season. Over at Wesley the mighty Thunder are once again proving hard to beat, Trev's team have more silverware than any other team in any comp and look to be adding to it. Very tight for second, but the way the Zero's played Monday, Thunder better be ready. 
Finals Format will be the same as Spring comp. with 1&2 playing off and so on and so on. 

ANZAC DAY CARNIVAL Cancelled !!

We have listened at R40s, and the general consensus is that local carnivals are of little interest to our teams. So we have cancelled the ANZAC DAY carnival and are reinstating the Autumn comp under lights, which has met with positive response.

AUTUMN Comp

We are currently in Negotiations with Stonnington Council to remain at Basil Reserve through the Autumn Season. Autumn, will run from April 20th to June 8th being an 8 week season. Depending on numbers Divisions will be made up of 8 teams, so that each team gets to play one another. We hope to have Registration up and running as soon as we have ground confirmation, so could all interested teams register as soon as it becomes available to assist us with fixturing and avoid the problems seen earlier this season.  New Teams Welcome!

Until next BLOG "Watch Your Contact"

R40s

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