2008 DEFENCE JOBS CARNIVAL

The 2008 Defence Jobs AFL Carnival is on again. This year’s carnival is being held at TIO Stadium, Darwin from Friday 10 October to Sunday 12 October. The carnival will incorporate Round one of the TIO NTFL season, a community division and also a women’s division. The Defence Jobs AFL Carnival will be a three day round robin series to launch the football season in the Top End. It will also provide an opportunity for teams from across the NT to come together and showcase their talents.

The highest placed Indigenous community team will win the chance to play in the ‘Dreamtime at the G’ match during the AFL’s Indigenous round in 2009. NB. Conditions apply.

 So, come along and watch some great footy over the weekend. Discounted tickets available for the weekend. More information will be available closer to the carnival dates.

Click on the document link below to download the Defence Jobs Carnival Rules and Regulations and Nomination Form.

Rules and Regulations and Nomination Form

LARRAKIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CUP

The Larrakia Development Corporation Cup is the Senior Boys and Girls Football Competition for Term 3. The senior boy’s competition has two divisions this year. Division 1 consists of St Johns College, Kormilda College, Darwin High and Casuarina Senior College. These four schools will compete in preliminary games leading up to the finals on September 10^th. The first game of the competition was held between St Johns and Darwin in fine dry season conditions at Marrara Oval.

It was a fiercely contested game between St Johns and Darwin with excellent skills displayed by both teams. At the long break St Johns was 4-4 to Darwin 3-0. For St Johns College Dion Gordon and Tarquin Zahra was finding a lot of the ball and for Darwin Lindsay Lawler was contributing through the midfield. The second half was just as competitive with Darwin pushing St Johns until the last quarter when they kicked four goals which was their best for the match. The final score saw St Johns College defeating Darwin 9-12 to 5-3.

Kormilda played Casuarina Senior College on Friday the 15^th August. Kormilda recorded an excellent start to the competition with a convincing victory 13-10 to 2-1.

Captains from Darwin and St Johns Julian Brown and Juan Huddleston

Larrakia Development Corporation Cup Ladder after Round 1

                                    W                    L                      %

Kormilda                      1                      0                      677
St Johns                      1                      0                      212
Darwin                         0                      1                      47
Casuarina                     0                      1                     14

This weeks game

Thursday 21^st August, 4pm       Casuarina v Darwin at Jingili Oval

      NORTHERN STATES CUP WRAP

In its inaugural year the Northern States Cup is being contested by Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales and the Australia Capital Territory. The Northern States Cup is an initiative of the AFL, AFL (NSW/ACT), AFLQ and AFLNT to create a participation pathway for players and schools at the Under 14 age level.

On Thursday August 14^th Northern Territory held their regional finals at Southern Cross Oval in Palmerston. Five schools participated in a round robin contest which included St Johns College, Kormilda College, Sanderson Middle School, Taminmin and Palmerston. The matches started early in the morning with Kormilda, St Johns and Sanderson all registering wins in their first appearance.  Sanderson and Kormilda provided the match of the day which was a thriller that ended with a goal kicked by Jed Anderson in the dying seconds of the game.

The final game of the day was contested by rivals St Johns and Kormilda and Sanderson were hoping for a Kormilda victory which would keep them alive and percentage would decide who would progress to Sydney. St Johns were very consistent all day and their lunchtime trainings payed dividends with some excellent football in the last game winning by five goals and booking themselves a spot in the national finals in Sydney. On the AFL preliminary final weekend St Johns College will play the best Schools from Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to decide the winner of the Northern States Cup.

 
Left: captain of St Johns College Jeramiah Edwards and best and fairest winner Matthew Cubis

Best and Fairest for Each School

Taminmin – Dylan McLachlan
Palmerston - Sam Autio
Sanderson - Jed Anderson
Kormilda College - Dylan Cann
St Johns - Mathew Cubis

INTERSTATE FIELD UMPIRES WANTED FOR THE 2008/09 NTFL SEASON

The AFL Northern Territory is looking for Level 2 accredited field umpires for it’s up coming 2008/09 NTFL season. If you are looking for an opportunity to fast track your umpiring career then this may be for you.

The AFL Northern Territory will be offering 4 -6 contracts for the 2008/09 TIO NTFL season. The AFLNT will pay the bond for rental accommodation, travel costs from your current address and return flights home for Christmas. You will also be paid in-accordance of the AFLNT/NTFLUA’s new 3 year CBA agreement. If you are successful AFLNT will endeavour to assist you to find employment whilst in Darwin. To become a successful applicant in this program you will need to consider following points: 

• Must have Level 2 NUAS in Australian Rules Football Field Umpiring
• Must be available to Field Umpire during the 2008/09 TIO NTFL season which runs from 4th of October 2008 to 22nd of March 2009 with a week break during the festive season
• Field Umpire to the best of your ability
• Prepare fully and professionally
• Learn as much as you possibly can during games and at training sessions
• Behave well on and off field
• Enjoy the whole experience of what the Northern Territory has to offer

 Past participants in the NTFL competition include current AFL Umpires Hayden Kennedy and Brett Rosebury. Brett umpired the 1998/99 NTFL season and the NTFL grand final before heading back to his WAFL umpiring panel. Since 2000, he has been a member of the AFL panel. Brett said “it was a great experience in the Top End for the 6 months I was there and it was a great stepping stone in my career by umpiring good quality footy in a 3 umpire system”. Scott McPhee (WAFL) is also an interstate field umpired who spent last season in the Top End umpiring in the NTFL. He has recently umpired in the 2007 NAB Under 18 National Championships. You can contact Scott on smcphee84@optusnet.com.au to find out more about his Top End experiences.

For further details about this once in a life time opportunity please contact:

Mark Noonan -Umpiring Development Manager
AFL Northern Territory
Phone: (08) 8980 4811
Mobile: 0411 037 811
Email: mnoonan@aflnt.com.au

Applications close Friday 5th September 2008- 5pm CST 

Emerging Alice Springs and AFLNT Umpiring Academy field umpire Jeremy Borgas spent 5 days in Brisbane and recently became the 5^th participant of the AFLNT-AFLQLD Umpiring Exchange Program since its conception in early 2006. A veteran already of a senior AFL Central Australian Grand Final in 2007 and he has provided us with a detail insight into his Brisbane adventure…

The 2008 AFL Community Exchange program was again very successful this year thanks to the extensive planning by the Auskick centre in Melbourne. There were four communities from the Northern Territory invited on the exchange who got to experience the busy Melbourne lifestyle. This was a great experience for all involved, especially the children as most of them had never left the Territory before. Each community were given the opportunity to send six children and two community members to Melbourne, with each community accompanied by an AFLNT staff member. During the four days the three communities had the chance to meet up at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic centre and the Melbourne Zoo, however during the rest of the exchange the community’s were in different locations.

Belyuen was one of the communities who got to experience this exchange, with three boys and three girls making the journey to the other side of the country. The children were broken up into groups of two, and were billeted out to families who have been heavily involved with the program since 2004. During the exchange the children were exposed to a range of new experiences which they have never been familiar with before.

After the four hour flight on Thursday the children were picked up by the billets and taken back to their homes where they were introduced to the families. Two of the communities then met in Richmond where they were able to watch the mighty Tigers train. After wards everyone made there way to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic centre where they were able to leave the cold weather outside, and enjoy themselves in the heated wave pool.

                                       
        Tara's school experience                                                                                 Group photo with Richard Tambling (Tigers)

The following day the children got to share a school experience with their billets, where they participated in maths competitions, reading and grammar activities as well as physical education classes. After their busy day, shopping was next on the agenda where they were able to see the range of shops that were available in a major city. The billets recommended taking them to a smaller shopping centre as the main street would be too over whelming.

Saturday morning was off to cold start as the children had the opportunity to be involved in an Auskick Centre. Here they were shown a range of activities which were based around the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which was then followed by a modified game. From here they went to the Melbourne Zoo, where they were amazed by the range of animals which they had never seen before.

The highlight for most of the children from Belyuen was the grid game at the Telstra Dome on Sunday. All of the children on the exchange were able to play at half time during the North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs game. They were blown away by the size of the stadium and the number of people there watching them.

Overall this exchange program was a once in a life time experience for the children and something that they will not forget. They all did a great job for their age and being away from home for the four days. They were able to adapt quickly to the different surroundings and adjust to living with complete strangers. The experiences they were given are irreplaceable.