2012 Annual Report & Year Book - saafl

LOOKING BACK ...
FIVE YEARS AGO: 2007 TEN YEARS AGO: 2002
he major highlight of the year was SA winning the AAFC Carnival
T for the first time since 1985. This was the first ever Under 23
Carnival spread over three years (2005-2007). It came down to the
SAAFL v Victoria game played at Woodville Oval in July. A seven goal
to one first quarter paved the way for SA to win by 53 points. SA had a
very rare nine players chosen in the All Australian Team including Rick
Giles as the Captain, and Bob Cross as the Coach. Giles completed a
big year when he later won the Division 1 medal, tying with Ben Casey
from Broadview.
John Dicker retired as a leading figure in amateur football. J.D. played
over 400 games for the Glenunga and then became their President. In
1981 he joined the SAAFL as its Treasurer, and continued in that
position for 12 years. He then took on the chairmanship for 4 years
followed by 10 years as President.
The departure of J.D. following that of Statton, Sims, Bert and Daveron
really closed the book on the old guard. It was now up to the new crew
to keep the ship afloat and carry on the good work. One of the things
that must have concerned the new crew was the number of players
reported which jumped from 100 in 2006 and 213 in 2007. A
significant increase in the number of reports for striking was bad
enough, but of even greater concern was the increase in the number of
players reported for unacceptable behaviour towards umpires. As
always, recruiting and retaining umpires was the continuing nightmare
faced by the umpiring committee.
Adelaide University continued its amazing run of Premierships winning
the C1 Grand Final for a total of 16 in the last 9 years, winning at least
one in each of those 9 years. Adelaide Uni also supplied, yet another
two Medallists in 2007.
Port Districts won both A’s and B’s (D2, D2R) Premierships and
Mitcham (D4R, C4), SHOC (C2, C6) and SMOSH-West Lakes (D3,
C3) also won two flags each.
tate matches were resumed in 2002 on a tri-state basis with the
S match against W.A. being the first against that state since 1996.
An Australian team was selected at the completion of the tri-state
matches.
Negotiations continued with the S.A.N.F.L. regarding affiliation which
would see agreement in 2003.
The League’s website was in full operation, the constitution was
reviewed, a safety policy adopted, and retrospective Division 1
medals awarded. Since 1987, the use of a count-back to determine
the outright winner in a division when two or more players had the
same vote tally was discarded in favour of awarding medals to each
of the leaders. It was now decided that medals would be awarded
retrospectively to those Division 1 players who, before 1987, had lost
the medal on a count-back. Eleven players were so honoured at the
medal count night for Division 1 and 2 held at Alberton Oval.
The introduction in 2001 of the final five in Divisions 1 to 6 and
Reserves was extended to all divisions (provided there were
sufficient teams for the division). Following loss of its oval and under
a new administration, Glandore moved its home base to Ovingham
and dropped from Division 1 to Division 5 due to an exodus of
players, thus saving Athelstone from relegation to Division 3 and
Plympton to Division 4.
The Under 17 team Adelaide Kenilworth split with the Adelaide
Buffalos and Kenilworth each fielding a team under its own name.
The Buffalos, however, forfeited the first 2 rounds then disbanded.
Two clubs left the League in Adelaide High OS and Burnside
Kensington, and no new ones were admitted.
TWENTY YEARS AGO: 1992 FIFTY YEARS AGO: 1962
n response to an approach from SASRAPID, a grade A12 was
I formed to cater for players with integration difficulties. Matches were
held at Goodwood Oval on Sundays and six clubs took part, each
team having 9 players.
Members of the Amateur League were saddened to hear of the
deaths of two very prominent personalities, Howard ‘Chops’ Mutton
and Dr. Elix. ‘Doc’ Elix had played for University and the State in the
'30s, then was a member of the Tribunal for 25 years, receiving Life
Membership of the League in recognition of his great service. ‘Chops’,
was the most successful state coach ever, winning three straight
carnivals in 1970, '73 and '76.
Brilliant and controversial League footballer Phil Carman achieved the
rare distinction of becoming one of the very few people to be refused
reinstatement in recent times.
The modern scourge of AIDS and Hepatitis B was recognised in the
League with the direction that players bleeding during the course of a
game must be taken off the field until the bleeding ceased.
The Executive in 1990 decided to increase the requirement to 150
games and 1992 was the first year that the new certificates were
awarded. The Keith C Sims 300 Club Honour Board was also erected
at Amateur League House in North Adelaide.
Three clubs departed and a new one was admitted. Immanuel O.S.
and Kingswood (formerly National Bank) disbanded, and Norwood
Union went into recess for a year. The new club was Cedars
comprised mainly of players with a Lebanese background and which
had been playing in the Sunday Association.
The A1 competition was a three-horse race as the district clubs Port
District, Broadview and Kilburn showed they were a class above the
rest. Port District made an amazing leap from A2 runners-up to A1
minor premiers, especially as its 1981 masters Rostrevor O.C. could
win only five matches. The difficulties faced by old collegiate clubs in
trying to compete at A1 level were evident with the three old collegiate
clubs finished the season at the bottom of the ladder.
A
proposal was received from the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association
to discuss a joint-venture to acquire an oval as the playing
headquarters for both bodies. Though a meeting did take place the
details are not known, but the proposal obviously fell through.
Alan Statton took over from A.F.R. Dodd as Secretary. Former state
player, Secretary of Kenilworth and long-serving member of the Umpire
and Permit Committee Hibble Main, was awarded Life Membership of
the League. Frank ‘Sandy’ Cockburn was appointed trainer for the
state team. Sandy was trainer for Semaphore Central and later
Adelaide University, and continued as the state team trainer for 34
years until his death in 1994.
The S.A. Mid-week Night Football Association was formed to organise
pre-season Wednesday evening matches under lights at Thebarton
Oval. Brighton, Payneham, Riverside and Semaphore Central took part
along with Central Districts & Police. Several League stars such as
Gary Window (Centrals), John Vaughan (North & Norwood) and Brian
DeBroughe (West Adelaide) took part.
Two new clubs in Seaton Ramblers (only three years old and from the
West Torrens Association) and The Teachers (newly formed) were
admitted to the League. Teachers were mainly comprised of players
who had graduated in their teaching course and so did not qualify for
the Teachers College team. The two new entrants brought the number
of clubs to 30. Because there were now 60 teams, it was decided to
increase the A1 and A2 grades to 12 teams in conformity with the other
three grades, and so no teams were relegated. With each team in a
grade playing its opponents twice, 22 rounds were necessary.
Kilburn, in only its fourth year in the Amateur League, had been
promoted to A1 after being undefeated premier in A2 and A3 the
previous two seasons. It continued to win most of its matches and was
sitting second at the end of the minor round, its winning streak of 45
games coming to an end in May when beaten by undefeated
University.
79 SA AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Greg Clarke Adelaide Lutheran 2004-2012
Mark McFarlane Adelaide Lutheran 2004-2012
Aden Miegel Adelaide Lutheran 2004-2012
Darren Milligen Adelaide Lutheran 2005-2012
Ben Noll Adelaide Lutheran 2004-2012
Mark Richardson Adelaide Lutheran 2000-2012
Matthew Henderson Adelaide University 2003-2012
Simon Lewis Adelaide University 1999-2012
Scott Sullivan Athelstone 2004-2012
Shane Brown Brahma Lodge 2003-2012
Shane Kinter Broadview 1997-2012
Darryl Cotter Elizabeth 1996-2012
Gary McNamara Elizabeth 2004-2012
Graham Millwood Elizabeth 2002-2012
Daniel Paradiso Elizabeth 2004-2012
Troy Perrett Elizabeth 1995-2012
Daniel Casey Fitzroy 2002-2012
Simon Dupe Fitzroy 2002-2012
Johnny Portaro Fitzroy 2000-2012
Shaun Flanagan Gepps Cross 2004-2012
PLAYER LIFE MEMBERS
Jeremy Brook Golden Grove -2012
Phil Jordan Golden Grove -2012
Shane Trinne Golden Grove -2012
Russell Biar Henley -2012
Paul Eadon Henley -2012
Lee Pastyn Henley -2012
Craig Turner Hope Valley -2012
Matthew Artz Hope Valley -2012
Shane Arnold Ingle Farm 2002-2012
Nathan Stacey Ingle Farm 2002-2012
Adrian Burgess Rosewater 1997-2012
Josh McDonald Rosewater 1998-2012
Patrick Murphy Rostrevor OC 2001-2012
Kane Manning Salisbury North -2012
Sam Nicholls Scotch OS 1995-2012
Nathan Prior Scotch OS 2002-2012
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