Old Ignatians Football Club Inc.

1The Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Pedler as a Playing Assistant Coach for season 2010. The Club is extremely excited about attracting a player of Joe’s quality to our Club.

Joe played 124 games for the Eagles in the SANFL. He won the Best Team Man Award in 2005, The Best Defender Award in 2006, was a member of the Eagles Team of the Decade and The SANFL Team of The Year in 2005. Joe experienced the ultimate success, playing at CHB in the League Premiership of 2006.

Joe is a teacher at St Ignatius and is looking forward to playing footy with the many players he used to teach, as well as those he will teach over the next few years.

The Club has been active in trying to strengthen our playing list for 2010. We have a wonderful group of young players, which was highlighted with around a dozen players under 21yo playing in the A Grade Finals last season. The B and C Grade also featured a large number of young players, which is great for the seasons ahead.

Michael Zillante has rejoined the club after spending several successful seasons at Uraidla in the Hills League. Michael played senior footy at Norwood, before moving to the Hills League and enjoying a premiership at Uraidla. After watching a few games last season, he was impressed with the youthfulness and quality of our team and has decided to rejoin our Club. His experience and strength will be a valuable asset for the Club.

The Club is pleased to announce Stephen White will be joining the club for season 2010. Stephen is a Sturt Premiership team mate of Andrew Whiteman’s and is looking forward to playing with Andrew and his new team mates.

A benefit of improving the A Grade List will be a stronger B and C Grade squads. Aba Tomich, who played league footy at West Adelaide, has been appointed B Grade Development Coach. He will be working alongside Garry Minuzzo with the younger players to help them improve and get ready for A Grade footy.

The Club is extremely excited about the season ahead and the quality of players joining our strong list. I strongly encourage all players to participate in pre-season and get yourself in the best condition possible for a successful season ahead. A full pre-season program will be sent out prior to Christmas.

Please contact the coaches if you are unable to attend training, or if you would like to discuss any issues further:

A Grade – Dave LeMire (dlemire@internode.on.net or 0412 252 744 )
B Grade – Garry Minuzzo (0411 592 785)
C Grade - TBA

Congratulations to the C Grade who won the C3 Grand Final, beating SMOSH in a hard-fought match at Hope Valley on Saturday. The boys led at every change and full credit must go to Coach Tom Besanko and the lads who gave their supporters a day (and night) they will remember

Best: Whittleston, Ruediger, Harley, Opie, W Burke, Culshaw, M Gardner, Sheens, Haarsma

The club would like to recognise the efforts of the following players/supporters who managed to sell several cases of wine during the Old Iggies/Step Rd Wine Promotion:

Luke Kerins
Matthew Hitch
Adam Alessandrini
Adam Falkenberg
Andrew Whiteman
Anthony Silvestri
Connelly Brothers
Daniel Eddington
Daniel Robinson
David Watson
Drew Prestwich
Eric Casciano
Garry Minuzzo
Liam Carr
Mark Papadimitriou
Matt Scholz
Matthew Boyd
Matthew Overy
Nick O'Loughlin
Paul McEntee
Paul Zollo
Peter Tyson
Peter Zollo
Richard Scollin
Scott Colegate
Shaun Fulton
Tim Rice
Tom Jaworski
Tom Meaney
Xavier Moore

Stay tuned in coming weeks for a second wine promotion to assist in the redevelopment of the Railways changerooms!

The club is pleased to announce that David "Tilt" Lemire will continue as A-grade coach for 2010. Cliff Flower will remain as his assistant coach. The club is currently looking for a B-grade coach.

The playing group all look forward to working with such great stalwarts of the club and moving forward in a positive manner next year!

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Congratulations to club captain Craig Frinsdorf on winning the 2008 DG McKay Medal for best player in Div 3.

In other news, the club has bid farewell to coach Paul "Robo" Dorian who has announced his resignation after 3 years in the top job at Iggies. We wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavours.

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We welcome O'Loughlins Lawyers as new sponsors and we thank Simon O'Loughlin for the generous support he has shown to the club

We would like to thank Michael Janus, father of Anthony, for joining on as a clud sponsor with his business Janus Lawyers. The good work done by Anthony has ensured that he gets free subs for season 2008!

We would like to thank Jason Tranter for his support of the Club, coming on as a major sponsor in 2008!

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Over the past month a small and dedicated group of players have been working on improving our changerooms and general facilities. Click on the link below to view some of the results of these efforts.

Work will continue each week on Sundays from 10am so it would be good if some additional guys were to come out and help!

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We are pleased to announce that the club has secured the Bath Hotel as our major sponsors from this season. Please make every effort to come back to the Bath after trainings and matches this season and enjoy the scenery of one of Adelaide finest pubs.

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With pre-season well under way, and the season fast approaching, I am pleased to update our valuable supporters on some exciting news at the Club.

I am thrilled to announce that the Club has secured a major sponsorship deal with The Bath Hotel at Norwood. Undoubtedly the best Hotel in the eastern suburbs, the Club is excited about the social benefits of making this our new home base. The support of the Franzon family has been very much appreciated, and I encourage all of our supporters to patronize our new home base.

In appreciation of their long-term support, Adrian and Leon Saturno were awarded Life Membership at our AGM in December. Their financial contribution to the Club over approximately 20 years was crucial to the Club's survival, and we sincerely thank them.

In recent years our Family Day Luncheon at the Junior School has become the most important social event of the season. With close to 200 supporters, players and past players socializing, it's a special day on the calendar. While final details are yet to be confirmed, please put Sunday April 13th into your diary. I hope by providing 2½ months notice, all of our supporters can attend. The event will again be held at the junior school and further details will be provided as soon as they are confirmed.

Pre-season training commenced prior to Christmas, with good attendance by players. I'm pleased to inform you that around a dozen new players have joined the Club direct from St Ignatius. As you all know, our future relies on maintaining our close links with the College, and the influx of school leavers helps continue the tradition. The DePoi family has kindly put together a package to help the Club entice and retain school leavers to the Club. Their long term support is greatly appreciated, as is that of all of our valuable sponsors.

Please feel free to contact me to discuss anything regarding the Club at any time.

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After having been sponsored by "Booze Brothers" for many seasons, the club has felt it only right to recognise the contribution that Adrian and Leon Saturno have given to the club during this team. At the recent AGM, a proposal that Adrian and Leon should receive life membership for the Old Ignatians Football Club was unanimously approved.

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