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Fixtures now available for Autumn 2018 Competitions

Tim Benton

The Fixtures have been released for all Autumn 2018 Competitions commencing in February:

  • Junior competition commences on Friday 2nd February and Saturday 3rd February
  • Saturday Afternoon competition commences on Saturday 3rd February
  • Tuesday Night Ladies competition commences on Tuesday 6th February
  • Wednesday Night Mixed competition commences on Wednesday 7th February
  • Thursday Ladies competition commences on Thursday 8th February
  • Thursday Night Mens competition commences on Thursday 8th February

Please note that the Club has two new Mixed Teams that play on Wednesday Nights, so two Courts will in use for Competition. Please refer to the Court Availability timetable on the Club’s Web Site for further information.

The Club also welcomes a new Thursday Night Mens team to the Club who are in some cases playing their first season or others playing first season in many years. We hope they have a great season.

Team captains will be contacted in the coming week to pick up Fixtures and Balls for the upcoming seasons.

Spring Competition Semi Finals are on this Week

Tim Benton

The regular season has ended for most Competitions and the Club has multiple teams in the Finals in the coming week:

  • The Thursday Ladies Section 3 Team play Sunbury at Keilor East this Thursday.
  • The Mens B Special 2 Team play Hillside at Merlynston this Thursday.
  • The Mens B Grade 2 play Essendon at St Monica’s.

The finals draws for the Juniors and Saturday Afternoon are not publicly available, when they are this post will be updated.

Please note that the Club is hosting Night Finals on Tuesday 21st November (Ladies B Reserve 1),  Tuesday 28th November (Ladies B Special 1) and Thursday 30th November (Mens B Reserve 4).

Good luck to all teams in the finals and thanks to all teams for a great season.

Entries Open for Autumn 2018 Seasons

Tim Benton

Entries are now open for all Competitions for the Autumn 2018 Season for the following competitions:

  • NSNTA Ladies, Mixed and Mens Week Night Competitions
  • NSJTA Junior Competition
  • NSLTA Thursday Ladies Competition
  • NSTA Saturday Afternoon Competition

Please register your interest to play by recording your name on the sign up sheets that have been posted in the Club house or by sending the Club an Email.

Autumn 2017 Finals Update

Tim Benton

The Club has had quite a few teams playing in Finals in recent weeks, with the Juniors leading the charge towards the Grand Finals.

Juniors

The Club has had all five Teams playing in the Semi Finals this weekend, with all five winning and progressing to the Grand Final on the 16th / 17th June after the long weekend:

  • The A Grade 4 combined team with St. John Bosco’s defeated Taylor’s Lakes and advance to play Buckley Park next Friday night.
  • The B Reserve 2 team defeated Coburg and advance to play Keilor East next Saturday morning.
  • The D Special 3 team defeated Keilor to and advance to play Royal Park next Saturday morning.
  • The D Grade 1 team defeated Keilor and advance to play Essendon next Saturday morning
  • The D Grade 3 team defeated Westmeadows and advance to play Sydenham next Saturday morning.

 

Saturday Afternoons

Two of the Club’s teams played in semi finals, with one advancing to the Grand Final:

  • The B Grade mixed team defeated Cragieburn and advance to play Hadfield on Saturday 17th June at Hadfield.
  • The Open Singles Doubles B Special team were defeated by St Monica’s by 4 points in a very close match.

Weeknights

The two Ladies teams playing in Semi Finals were unfortunately defeated:

  • The B Reserve 2 Team were defeated by Royal Park
  • The D Special Team were defeated by West Brunswick.

Good luck to all teams playing in Grand Finals next weekend and thanks to all teams for a great season.

NSNTA Autumn 2017 Semi Finals Announced

Tim Benton

The NSNTA Season wrapped up this week and we have two Ladies teams in Semi Finals:

  • The Ladies B Reserve 2 Team play Royal Park at Essendon
  • The Ladies D Special Team play West Brunswick at Delahey

For all the details please visit the NSNTA Website at www.nsnta.org.

Good luck to all teams in the finals and thanks to all players for another great season.

Please note that the Club is hosting the following finals:

  • Ladies’ final on Tuesday 23rd May
  • Men’s finals on Thursday 18th May and Thursday 25th May.

NSNTA and NSTA Team Entries for Next Season

Tim Benton

Entries are open for next season for the NSNTA (Weeknights) and NSTA (Saturday Afternoon) Competitions.

If you are interested in playing please notify the Club by recording your name on the sign up sheets in the Clubhouse or by sending the Club an Email.

Please don’t assume that because you played this season that you will automatically be registered to play next season. All participants need to inform the Selection Committee of their wish to play.

Entries close on Monday 12th June.

Mens NSNTA Spring Dates Survey

Tim Benton

Last season many teams across the association had issues fielding teams on the Thursday Night before the new AFL Grand Final Friday Public Holiday and there were many forfeits.

Therefore the NSNTA have asked the Clubs if they wish to play on the Thursday Night before the AFL Grand Final Friday Public Holiday.

This causes an issue as the Mens competition already skips a week due to Oaks Day. So the NSNTA is interested if teams wish to play on Oaks Day.

The Club is looking to the Mens Teams for their opinion, so we have created a poll on our Facebook page so we can provide our formal response. Vote on the poll here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/douttagalla/permalink/10155067210342403/

The options are:

  • Don’t play on Thursday before AFL Grand Final Friday and play on Oaks Day.
  • Don’t play on Thursday before AFL Grand Final Friday and don’t play on Oaks Day (season starts one week earlier).
  • Play on Thursday before AFL Grand Final Friday and don’t play on Oaks Day (current arrangement).

If you have any questions please ask away and we are happy to answer them.

If you don’t use Facebook you’re welcome to send the Club an Email with your vote.

Spring Finals Update

Tim Benton

It’s Finals Season and the Club has had quite a few teams in the Finals in recent weeks:

– The Thursday Ladies Section 5 play a Grand Final this Thursday against Strathmore at Keilor East. The Ladies lost to Strathmore in the Semi Final, but defeated St. Vincent;s / Airport West in the Preliminary Final.

– The Saturday B Grade Mixed Team made their Grand Final, after defeating Hadfield in the Semi Final but were unfortunately defeated by Maribyrnong Park by 12 games.

– The Juniors C Special 1 Team were defeated by Merlynston in a Semi Final by a narrow two games.

– The Tuesday Night Ladies B Special 1 Team were defeated by Merlynston by 3 games in a very close Semi Final.

– The Tuesday Night Ladies B Reserve 2 Team were defeated by very strong Buckley Park in a Semi Final.

– The Saturday B Special Mens Team were defeated by Merlynston in the Semi Final by 22 games.

The Committee wishes the Ladies Grand Final team luck for the upcoming Final and congratulates all teams for a great season.