Pictured is Social Committee man Simon Stewart with the beautiful Ryleigh at last year's dinner.

This year we will be having a black tie dinner to celebrate the end of the season and to recognise the achievements of teams and individuals for the 2010 WAAFL season.

The dinner will be held at the beautiful Tawarri Reception Centre on the foreshore in Nedlands. There will be a brief presentation from each coach and perhaps we might even be adding to what is the biggest collection of premiership flags in the WAAFL!

The format for the evening will be drinks, nibbles, a sit-down dinner and dessert. Free beer and wine provided. Bus to Subiaco, too.

How do I get tickets? See Siobhan at the bar or you can pay for your ticket to:

UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL CLUB

Make sure your write: “Awards Dinner”

Account Number: 152 932      BSB: 036 034

Surfing the worldwide internet connectivity portal? RSVP through Facebook by clicking here

A-GRADE
Trinity-Aquinas 13.7 def University 10.15

Footy can be cruel at times, and Saturday’s game against Trinity Aquinas was one of those times. The game was best summed up by club legend Wiesey with his words after that game that “we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory”.  To a man the lads tried their hardest and managed to dominant the possession all day, which gave us plenty of scoring opportunities, however it was just not meant to be as the ball kept going the wrong side of the goal posts. Kicking five goals and 10 behinds in the first half really came back to bite and in the end TA’s pipped us at the post to take out a close game.

Best players were hard to pick as there were so many fellas having a real crack. Mayo was great, Hally showcased his talents and Grabbas led all day. In the end it was obviously not quite meant to be this year, as evidenced by losing Cruddman and Jesus in the last two weeks.  A huge well done to everyone involved for their herculean efforts this year. Time now for a few off-season ales before the lads will be jumping back on the horse again next year for the mighty UFC.

THIRDS
Trinity-Aquinas 7.8 def University 6.10

Uni 3rds headed down to Gil Fraser Oval for the second time in two weeks, this time to take on Trinity Aquinas in a preliminary final. Unfortunately we decided not to turn up until half time. The first half was all one way traffic and we were lucky to still be in the contest. We managed to tighten up in the third quarter but were still down by about 4 goals at three quarter time. We knew if we put the pressure on in the last, they would start to crack and that’s exactly what happened.

The boys played well and we were all over them. With a minute to go, a TA’s player kicked it out on the full on our forward 50. Cloon Dog kicked it in and Kano took a great mark but unfortunately wasn’t able to convert and we went down by four points. A really disappointing finish to what has been a great season.

DINGOES
Mt Lawley 8.6 def University 6.5

The Dingoes went out of the finals race in straight sets and were a disappointed bunch of Native Australian Dogs on Saturday. Despite being 2 goals up at the last break Mt Lawley ran over the top of us and won by two goals. In the end it was probably their superior use of the footy that pinned us down. They negated our running style for much of the game and had big strong targets up forward who managed to get on top late in the game.

Wooda was an absolute star at CHF who continually presented and won possession in dangerous positions and the entire backline were superb throughout (Saturday and all year) and can be extremely proud of their efforts.
No one came off the park without being able to hold their head high and say they gave it their best shot. We loved the competition and know that you can’t win ‘em all.

2010 has been a great year for the Dingoes and there are certainly exciting times ahead for the team.

A-COLTS
Trinity-Aquinas 16.6 def University 11.4

Nothing out of the A-Colts boys today but when you consider that Junior Rourke and Juddy started their weekend at 8am Saturday and didn’t finish until around 9pm on Sunday, that can be forgiven. Junior even managed to fit in a date on Sunday before coming to medal count so you’ve got to appreciate the all-round effort.

The A-Colts went down by about five goals, the major difference probably being the opposition’s key forward who kicked five himself in a pretty strong display. The game was a real see-saw with several shifts in momentum. However, it was their boys who got on top in the early part of the final quarter and the UFC couldn’t claw their way back. I believe the best player award went to Tom Harding.

The boys can rest assured that they don’t look 25 years old like a few of the TA’s Colts. We will age more gracefully.

University 8.10 def Wesley Curtin 7.7  
What a cracking game! Both home and away fixtures with WC had been decided by under ten points, so a tough match was on the cards in the UFC’s highly anticipated return to finals footy. WC jumped out of the blocks to kick 3 of the first 4 as the attack on the ball was ferocious by both sides.

Rocket was doing a magnificent job on the dangerous Cooper, whilst Breen and Dunin’s tag-team on the opposition ruckman started to take its toll.  Woodsy, Hally, Jack and a host of other lads played superb games and were able to outlast WC in a tough, hard game of footy. 

A narrow victory, which delighted the crowd, was a just reward for 100 minutes of persistent footy. Jesus was an unfortunate casualty, copping a severe blow to the head, which has seen our spiritual leader having to have an operation this week on his cheekbone.  Wishing Jesus a speedy recovery from all at UFC.  The lads raring to go for another great challenge this week.

A Colts (Qualifying Final)

University 6.14 def by Wesley Curtin 7.12  
A very disappointing result for the A Colts boys this weekend, losing our chance to play for the grand final. Going into the game we felt that we had the cattle on the park and game plan in place to get us there. The start of the first quarter saw uni come out and play very determined football into a strong breeze but couldn’t kick any goals. WC ended up kicking 3 goals in quick succession which saw them take a three goal lead to quarter time.

The next two quarters saw WC increase their lead to 4 goals before our lads finally started playing our brand of footy and managed to get within four points. With several close chances missed in the last quarter combined with numerous mistakes throughout the game we were left to reflect what could have been. The positives coming away from the game was that we were no where near our best footy and almost won. Big game v Ta’s next week as we need to regroup and move forward as we attempt take the hard road through the final games.

Best Players: Matthew Greenwood, Emerson Walker, Tom Harding, Harry Donovan, Dave Mcleay

E Grade (Second Semi Final)

University 5.10 def by North Fremantle 9.5 
The Thirds had plenty of opportunities on Saturday to move straight into a grand final, unfortunatley we weren’t able to grab those chances and North Fremantle made us pay. 

E Reserves (Second Semi Final)

University 5.4 def by Wesley Curtin 13.5
The Dingoes knew what a great prize was on offer in this match and came out looking a very strong outfit. A couple of great running goals to John Simpson proved we were right in the hunt and around the ground the Dingoes were getting on top of Wesley Curtin. Kael Killer Williams was having an outstanding day down back hitting the contests at pace and we went into half time 2 goals up and feeling confident.

As the rain began to fall so did the intensity of the Dingoes and Wesley Curtin sensed their moment. We forgot how hard we needed to work and found ourselves  a couple down going into the final change. Despite kicking the first goal of the last quarter the disciplined unit that had played in the first half was nowhere to be seen and Wesley Curtin piled on the goals to win by about 35 points. A disappointing day for the boys.

The Dingoes know that anything worth having is bloody difficult to achieve and are raring to hit Mt Lawley this weekend.

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University 9.12 def by Trinity Aquinas 15.6
It felt like finals footy came a week early as the tempo of this game was high paced from the start.  TA’s applied frantic tackle pressure and it took the UFC all of the first quarter to settle into the contest, by which time TA’s had skipped away to a three goal lead.  The UFC went hard at it, but it was one of those days where nothing went right.  21 scoring shots a piece showed that both sides had their chances, however TA’s played Billy Grayden Reserve in a smarter and more efficient manner. 

Cruddi, Hoggy and Jesus led the way on the weekend.  After a strong home and away the UFC now has a home elimination final next week.  Good luck to all grades playing finals and well done on efforts of those sides that missed out. 

A-Reserves Round 18

University 7.4 def by Trinity Aquinas 11.10
The boys were very focused coming into this game as a win would’ve put us into the finals. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be. TA’s are the best side in the comp (17 wins and one loss this year) and they proved to be too strong around the ground for us. Experienced heads like Scannas, Nicho (three goals) and Connor gave us a continual drive but we weren’t able to get enough decent forward-50 entries to get over them. The boys were disappointed, especially being the only Uni team not to make finals this season, but we are hoping for a bigger, better year next year. Thanks in particular to Erkdog for his leadership, to Rev and Sammy A.

A-Colts Round 18

University 4.9 def by Trinity Aquinas 7.16
A very disappointing day for the lads on the weekend as we were comprehensively beaten by a much more determined TA’s outfit on the weekend. Our boys didn’t turn up to play today and was evident missing three easy opportunities in the first quarter whilst TA’s started dominating the game. Apart from 10 minutes in the third quarter were the boys showed some spirit to kick some much needed goals we couldn’t put any pressure on the scoreboard.

After finishing second on the ladder, we have Wesley-Curtin in a Qualifying Final at McGillivray (10.45am) this Saturday and will go in knowing what we need to do to play our best footy.

From the President: Why not get down early this Saturday? Support the Colts before the A-Grade kick off later in the afternoon!

Brett Jones Colts Elimination Final

University 9.9 def by Collegians 9.12
It can be pretty hard to subdue Ducky and the boys, but Collegians finally managed it. This was the first time all year that Ducky spoke for less than fifteen minutes at Coaches’ Comments and also the first time he has failed to get his match report in. No doubt Rendog, Ducky and the boys are disappointed with the way the season ended. But they put up a terrific fight all year long and were less than a goal away from pushing deeper into the finals race. You should be proud of your year, boys.

A handful of the boys will be training through with the A-Colts in the finals and we also hope that those who are in their last year of Colts stick around to play at Uni next year.

From the President: Played your socks off this year, boys. Bad luck!

E Grade Finals Week 1

After finishing second on the ladder E Grade had a bye for the first week of finals.

E Reserves Finals Week 1

After finishing second on the ladder the Dingoes had a bye for the first week of finals.

University 19.11 def Wembley 4.7
Standing in the way of the A Grade side confirming a birth in the finals for the first time since 1999 was Wembley FC.  The Green Machine played a tremendous game of football against Wembley in the sides’ first encounter this year, and the challenge was to repeat the dose. 

Wembley kicked 2 of the first 3 of the game before the UFC went into over-drive and kicked the next 15 goals of the match.  The defence was miserly, gaining much reward for playing accountable and switched on footy.  The midfield again worked well and provided many scoring opportunities up the ground.  On a day when there was a great turnout of old boys for the Skinny Maskiell Trophy it was El’ Presidente who led the way, with Toll donning the leather jacket and having a full bag full at day’s end. 

Best players were Hoggy, Greaney, Dunin, Breeny and Tollmeister.  Big game for us this week. 

A-Reserve Round 17

University 9.1 def Wembley 7.7
What a win! These are the wins that set up seasons and define some careers. It’s a pity that we had to wait until the second last game to show some real spirit but better late than never. The boys wanted to win this game to keep their finals aspirations alive but started slowly against a fired up Wembley team (who were fighting for finals in fifth spot) to find themselves three goals down. For most of the first half the Uni boys were playing lacklustre footy but found themselves only two goals down at half time and still with a chance of an upset. 

The third quarter was a time for some guys to step up and step up they did – going hard at the ball, winning contests and throwing themselves at packs and at three quarter time the game was back on level peggings. Wembley kicked away at the start of the last quarter to be two goals up but the Uni boys tried everything to hang on and eventually persistence paid off with two great goals to get us level again. With five minutes to go, a draw looked on the cards but some individual efforts and a great set shot from Marky Mark put the boys six points up and we managed to hold on for the remaining few minutes to seal a sensational win. We’re still a chance for finals.

Best were: Stevo, Verazzi, Connor, Pizza and Shoobs.

E-Grade Round 18

University had a bye for the last match of the regular season

E-Reserves Round 18

University had a bye for the last match of the regular season

PHIL SCOTT A-Colts Round 17

University 17.10 def Wembley 1.4
Solid four quarter effort from the boys who managed to get a nice percentage boast a week before the finals. Big game against finals bound Trinity Aquinas next week as we start getting ready for the premiership defence.

Best Players: James Kirkland, Tyler Cauldwell, Wade Spooner, Tom Harding, Wes Lefroy, Patrick Smith 

BRETT JONES C-Colts Round 18

University 10.8 def Trinity Aquinas 3.4
Another wonderful performance by the Gulls this weekend, keeping the top side in the comp to just three goals in a game. With Operation Smackdown running in full effect (man on man) the boys dominated all over the ground. With Shaggy clearly the best big man on the ground and with the help of Red down back and Thommo, Hey Arnold and Jimmy Levine in the middle the boys controlled the match from start to finish. We have Collegians next week in an Elimation final so really looking forward to that.

5. Shaggy; 4. Thommo; 3. Red; 2. Arny and JL; 1.Everybody else.

You could win more pineapples than Queensland grows in a year*.

The $1,000 Draw is everybody’s favourite social event of the Uni Footy Club calendar. Players, coaches and committee men are currently selling tickets that will put you into the running to win $1,000. Yes, that’s right – not a meat-tray or a signed Q-Factor momento – but $1,000 in cold hard cash. All you have to do is buy yourself a ticket (in fact, why not buy a few?) and you can come along and enjoy all that the day has to offer. On the day we will be having:

• Nearest-to-the-pin golf shots down the AJ hill
• There is talk of live music! (Sorry DJ Stew)
• Other exciting games that we can’t advertise here
• Cash bar with all your favourite drinks still at 1996(ish) prices
• Potentially a bus to somewhere rhyming with Bearmont
• Free parking

All Uni Footy Club players will be selling tickets soon and mark it in the calendar as this is not one to miss!!!

RSVP through Facebook by clicking here (Yes, Woolfy – left click).

We have booked a ginormous bouncy castle for the kids, plus food and drink available under the marquee for ALL to enjoy.

Please show your support for this important annual event which recognises the contributions of the great Greg ‘Skinny’ Maskiell to his two beloved clubs – UFC and Wembley.