Old Ignatians Football Club Inc.

The club is pleased to announce the appointment of David "Tilt" Lemire as A-grade coach for 2009. Cliff Flower has remained as his assistant coach. Garry Minuzzo has also been appointed 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!

Congratulations to club captain Craig Frinsdorf on winning the DG McKay Medal for best player in division 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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