REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DAYS FOR 2009 When:
Sat 22 Nov 2008
Sat 29 Nov 2008
Sun 30 Nov 2008

Where: St Clair Shopping Centre 10am - 2pm

Also at the Sydney SWANS visit:

Tue 9 Dec 2008 at Cook & Banks Reserve 5pm - 6pm

REMEMBER TO BRING A COPY OF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH YOU !!! more -->

SYDNEY SWANS to visit ST CLAIR WHEN: Tuesday 9 December 2008
5pm - 6pm
WHERE: Cook & Banks Dr Footy Oval St Clair

* Come along & meet the Swans players
* Register to be a St Clair CROW in 2009

Registration/Information Enquires PH John or Julie on 9834 4620 more -->

Adrian named in Western Sydney Academy of Sport AFL (NSW/ACT) NAMES NEW INTAKE INTO THE WESTERN SYDNEY ACADEMY OF SPORT

The latest intake to the Western Sydney Academy of Sport AFL Program has been announced, with 18 emerging players rewarded for their performances at the recent AFL (NSW/ACT) Under-13 and Under-14 State Zone Trials.

A key component of the AFL (NSW/ACT) Talented Player Program, the academy provides the players with the opportunity to undertake an intensive five-month training program. The program will feature a series of game sense training sessions as well as numerous off-field education seminars.

All academy inductees will attend their first training session at Everley Park, South Granville on Monday, November 3.

The 2009 squad is as follows:

UNDER-13 SQUAD:

Taren Etto, Kyle Hopkins (Camden), Paul Green, Tyson Sims (Ingleburn), Chris Nolan, Patrick Pope (Emu Plains), Joshua Battistella (Baulkham Hills), Adrian Boelhouwer (St Clair)

CONGRATULATIONS ADRIAN FROM THE CROWS!! more -->

PLAY AFL WITH THE CROWS IN 2009 We will be holding the following registration & information days:

Saturday 22nd & 29th November 2008
at the St Clair Shopping Centre

10am - 2pm more -->

PRESENTATION DAY AWARD WINNERS It was great see so many players, family & friends at our Presentation Day last Sunday. Thank you to all players for your team effort this year & a huge thank you to all our Coaches, Managers & parent helpers who assisted the club this season.

Congratulations to the following award winners for 2008:

JUNIOR CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR - Rebecca Smith
SENIOR CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR - Joanne Stevens

BEST & FAIREST & TEAM AWARD WINNERS:

U10
B & FWinner - Oskar Bieganski
B & F Runner Up - Cameron Read
Coaches Award - Liam O'Keefe
Managers Award - Sophie Read
Most Improved - Corey Gurney

U11
B & F Winner - Ryan Higgins
B & F Runner Up - Isaac Heath
Coaches Award - Dominic Holmes
Managers Award - Lachlan Johnson
Most Improved - Brice Starr-Stephens

U12
B & F Winner - Stephen Smith
B & F Runner Up - Jarrad Durham
Coaches Award (Team Player) - Shannon Dimond
Encouragement Award - Jayden Stevens
Most Improved - Liam Lee

U14
B & F Winner - Mitchell Stevens
B & F Runner Up - Sam Neill
Co-Coaches Award - Adrian Boelhouwer
Co-Coaches Award - Matthew Burgess
Rookie Award - Billy McCracken

U16
B & F Winner - Aaron Savage
B & F Runner Up - Jesse Clarke
Best First Year Player - Cameron Walton
Most Improved - Brandon Savage
Most Determined - Michael Fernando more -->

Presentation Day & AGM SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2008 A reminder to all CROWS players and families that our Presentation Day & Annual General Meeting will be held next Sunday 14 September 2008.

Where - St Marys Band Club
Time - 2pm - 6pm (doors will open at 1.45pm)

The afternoon will commence at 2pm with our AGM followed by presentations to all players Auskick through to our U116s.

Registration will be taken on the day for the 2009 sesaon.
Interested in Coaching next season? Applications will be also available.

Please contact Julie if you require any further info. Email jdimond@bigpond.com or call 9834 4620. more -->

Adrian Makes STARZ The AFL (NSW/ACT) Talented Player Program is pleased to announce the U13 and U14 Starz and Pigeons squads for the upcoming State Zone Trials.

The trials will be held from October 7 to 9 at the Narrandera Sports Ground, Narrandera.

Congratulations to Adrian Boelhouwer who was selected in the U13 Starz squad. more -->

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U11 GRANDFINAL - 2008 Under very trying conditions, our U11s battled out against Hawksbury in the Grand Final yesterday. They gave it their all and were very galiant in defeat. What a fantastic effort, you should all hold your heads high, not a bad record to have under yout belt 1 game lost in 2 seasons of football. Congratuations to all players and to Phil for your consistent efforts over the past 2 seasons.

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URGENT GRAND FINAL INFO - GAMES MOVED TO GIPPS OVA Grand Final games have been moved to Gipps Oval Gipps Road, Greystanes (home to Parramatta-Holroyd Goannas), same scheduled times.

U11 St Clair Vs Hawksbury 10.15 am more -->

U11 GRAND FINAL DAY APPROACHES Come and show your support of the U11s!

St Clair Vs Hawksbury

The U11's Grand Final match is on this Saturday 6 Sept 2008 at Dukes Oval at 10.15am.

GO CROWS !!! more -->

Congratulations to our Association Award Winners. The following players were awarded last weekend at the GSJ Sydney West Presentation:

SPORTSMAN AWARDS -

U10's Mitchell Brooks
U11's Nat Loveday
U12's Stephen Smith

BEST & FAIREST RUNNERS UP -

U14's - Sam Neill
U16's - Aaron Savage

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U12s & U14s thru to Preliminary Finals The U12s & U14s had great Semi Final wins. Both teams have progressed to play Preliminary Finals this weekend at Grey Gums. We wish all players and coaches all the best and regardless of the result you have done us proud.

GO CROWS!!

I am sure both teams would love to see as many Crows supporters cheering them on. more -->

U11s Book another Grand Final appearance The U11s won their Semi Final game against the Blue Mountains in a real nail biter. The lead changed that many times during the game that my pen almost ran out of ink! It was a great game of footy with both clubs I'm sure being extremely proud of their players. The U11s get a week off with the Grand Final to be played 6 September 2008 at Dukes Oval Emu Plains. more -->

Latest Crow Zone is now available Check out what's happening around the Club. Issue 11 of the clubs newsletter now available. Click on the Crow Zone tab. more -->

Latest Crow Zone is now available Keep up to date with what's happening around the club by checking out our latest newsletter.
Click on the Crows Zone icon for the latest edition. more -->

SEMI FINALS ARE HERE!!! All the very best to our players in the U11s, U12s & U14s as they compete in the Semi Finals this weekend.

Junior Semi Finals to be held at Francis Park, Blacktown.

Under 11’s
11:50am Game 4 1 v 2 St Clair vs Blue Mountains
Under 12’s
1:10pm Game 5 3 v 4 Blue Mountains vs St Clair


Youth Semi Finals to be held at Greenway Park, Carnes Hill

Under 14’s
9:00am Game 1 Greenway 1 3 v 6 St Clair vs Penrith Red

Come along and cheer loud for the CROWS. more -->

Call To Arms Call to Arms provides local sporting communities with the opportunity to raise funds for all Men facing cancer.
This Saturday 9th August at Francis Park, the Quakers Hill Bombers will be supporting “Call To Arms”. They are asking for our support with this fundraiser as follows:
 They are asking all players to wear a yellow arm band
 A bucket collection for Gold Coin Donations on entering Francis Park.
 Handball competition & Raffles throughout the day. more -->

Crow Zone 09/08 is now available more -->

THE LANDSCAPE OF AUSTRALIAN RULES IS CHANGING more -->

Crow Zone 08/08 is now available. Check out the latest happenings by clicking the CrowZone icon more -->

Wrap Up of Games Sat 5th July After a Super Saturday when all teams were at Home the Crows enjoyed some mixed results against the Penrith Swans. All teams again showed the Crow Spirit and played fair and hard and never gave up in any of the contests. more -->

Latest Crow Zone is now available No 7 of 2008 Keep an eye out for the last wrap up of games played 5th July. more -->

Wrap Up of Games Sat 28th June The MAIN GAME had 3 curtain raisers with the U10s, U12s and U14s all winning. The spectators were warmed up for the BIG game, read on to find out how it went more -->

Crow Zone 06/08 is now available. more -->

Wrap up of games 21st June The Crows travelled up the big hill to visit the Blue Mountains Kangaroos more -->

Young Crows make the Starz train on squads Crows seeing Starz more -->

Club Photos Order forms for club photos will be handed out at training 16th & 17th June. Auskick will receive theirs this Saturday. Please complete your order and return to the team manager asap more -->

Invitational Cup Team Sydney West Region will again compete at the Newcastle Invitational Cup for U12s. We are proud to advise 3 Crows have made the team. more -->

Wrap Up of Games Sat 14th June With the threat of rain gone the Crows and the Lions put on 5 great games to keep the crowd warmed up. A big thanks to those parents and family members who assisted as volunteers, hopefully some new faces to assist next time. Also a big thanks to Damien an AFL NSW/ACT development officer who came to assist the club during the day and gain a better understanding of what needs to be done by volunteers just to get the games played. more -->

Latest Crow Zone No 5/2008 is now available Thanks to some training by BAZ our website Guru we hopefully will see a few more additions to the website. Issue 4 of the Crows Zone is now available. We would like to see some team reports published. They do not have to come from the coach so players if you want to put a report together that would be great. Just submit by email to jdimond@bigpond.com more -->

Play AFL with St Clair Crows The St Clair Crows Australian Football Club are proud sponsors of the Colyton-St Clair Colts Junior Cricket Club (Inc.) for the 2007-2008 season and the above picture is on display on the back of their Shirts. Keep your eye out for them at a field near you! more -->

Sydney West Presentation Day The Sydney West presentations were held on Sunday 30th September, recognising the efforts of the Regions representative teams as well as presentations to the Auskick Coordinators, Umpires, U10's & U12's (Good Sportsmanship Award) & the U14's & U16's Fairest & Best Award (as voted by the Umpires).
Congratulations to St Clair Players Dillan McGillivray (U10's), Stephen Smith (U12B) & Jordon Flanagan (U12G) on their Good Sportsman Awards, Aaron Savage, winner of the Fairest & Best award U14's and to Anthony Lewis, runner up of the Fairest & Best award U16's.
Congratulations also to former St Clair Player, Aidan Grosas, on being named joint winner of the much coveted "Golden Whistle" in his first year of umpiring.

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Combined Presentation / AGM Club Presentation Day & AGM

All players and their families are invited to attend our Annual Club Presentation & Annual General Meeting. Presentations will be made to all members Auskick, U10s, U12s, U14s & U16s. The 2008 Club Committee election will also take place.

When - Sunday 9th September 2007
Where - St Clair High School Hall
Time - 2pm - 5pm
No food or Drink allowed in hall.

Registrations will also be taken for the 2008 season.

Interested in Coaching next season? Application forms will be available.

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