The time for team mates, coaching and support staff, parents and supporters
to come together, share a sausage and drink from the canteen,
and celebrate great teams and a great club

Presentation Day

Sunday 10 September
@ Brunswick Street Community Rooms

Under 10s

U10 Blue 3: 10.00 - 10.20
U10 Blue 4: 10.20 - 10.40
U10 Green: 10.40 - 11.00
U10 Gold: 11.00 - 11.20

Under 14 Brown

Under 11s

Club Awards
(Champion Teams, Club Person of the Year, Club Champion,
Colts Top Age Player of the Year, FFC Champion Jumper)

Colts

Under 13s

Under 14 Green

Under 15 Section 1

Under 12s

Contacting Fitzroy

Fitzroy caps off a fine season

Congratulations to the Colts 4, the U14 Browns, U14 Greens, U13 Golds and Under 13 Blues for making this week's Grand Finals.

While none of the teams made it to that elusive first place, we couldn't have been prouder of the boys' efforts.

The support staff, parents, family, friends and supporters - who were with you in spirit, or lucky enough to watch your valiant efforts on Sunday - thank you sincerely for the way you played the game and represented your club, not just on Sunday but all season.

It's fitting this week to feature an image of the Colts 4, a team who really believed in themselves and against the odds, the pundits and the critics, made it to the Grand Final (ultimately only missing out by 3 points).

We think you'll agree that this shot encapsulates the determination and dedication that took the boys to the final contest.

Presentation Day - Running Order

12 Browns bow out, but FIVE Fitzroy sides to contest Grand Finals!

The Fitzroy Under 12 Browns, pictured above in front of the grandstand at Brunswick Street, ended their season going down fighting in their Preliminary Final on Sunday.
The team can be immensely proud of their efforts throughout 2006.

The Colts4, Under 14 Brown and Under 13 Gold sides all won their Preliminary Finals to join the Under 14 Greens and Under 13 Blues in Grand Finals next Sunday.

First-semi finalists do Fitzroy proud

This week, four Fitzroy teams lined up to play knockout games as first-semi finalists. Although only the Colts won through to fight another day, all our teams played with true Fitzroy spirit - for their club, their teammates and individual honour.

Parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents, cousins and friends flocked to the grounds to cheer on their local heroes. The disappointment of getting knocked out of the finals was quickly replaced with feelings of great pride and the realisation that every contribution has been rewarded ten fold in a fabulous season we can all look back on and build on.

Well done U10 Blue 2s, U11 Gold and U12 Blues on a great season and best of luck in the year ahead!

U11 Gold coach, Kevin Walsh, wishes his team well in the rooms before
Sunday's game against Camberwell at Balwyn Park

U12 Blues and coach, Peter Newnham, gather for a team shot
before a valiant effort against Ivanhoe at Templestowe Reserve

Colts 1 make their last game one to remember

Three weeks ago, the Colts 1 made a pact to end their footy campaign for the Lions on a high. The boys did just that, netting wins over the three top teams three weeks in a row, leaving them just outside the final four.

Today, in what was their last game together for the mighty Junior Fitzroy Football Club, a brave and determined Colts 1 team blitzed third-placed Ivanhoe in a bone-crunching encounter. For most of the boys it was their last game for the Juniors after 9 years at the Club.

Glass ceiling shattered at Fitzoy

Next week, the U14 Greens are facing their biggest test of the season - a second semi-final appearance against Greythorn at Telfer Reserve. So this Sunday when the team lined up to play a combined Kew Comets/Kew Rovers side for an all-important practice match at Stradbroke Park, the coach didn't muck around. He knew he needed the best back-up possible and he called on it - an all-female support staff enlisted from inside the team's ranks.

Three members of the elite team, from left, Betty Shallard, Helen Doherty and Bridget Gale.

U14 Greens celebrate the stellar careers of 9 of their stars

Playing against the top team this Sunday, the Under 14 Greens celebrated 50 games for Ryan Cuell, Chris Doherty, Tom Dyson, Patrick King, Peter Melilli, Viv Michie, Gus Selaidinakos, Zander Ripon and Michael Velianis. The team rose to the occasion with an impressive win.

In toppling the ladder leaders, the boys moved into second spot, not only ensuring a place in the finals, but letting everyone know they're ready and able for the ultimate challenge.

Under 13 Gold delivers a warning to all comers

The boys from U13 Gold scored an uncompromising win this Sunday. By all accounts they did not even give the opposition a chance.

So bring on the finals and, with them, the challenge to prove what they really can deliver!

Under 13 Blue 2s win unseats ladder leader

The victorious Under 13 Blue 2 wallk off together after their courageous win last Sunday

In the twelfth week of a long season more often than not slogged out in wet and rough conditions, the Under 13 Blue 2s hit the ultimate high last Sunday when the boys dug deep and pulled off a win against competition leaders, Camberwell.

The win not only propelled the boys into a position just outside the 4, but gave their fellow Under 13 Blue 1s the top spot.

According to the boys, this is only the beginning of better things to come, and they've got just one thing on their minds - a berth in the finals and a win overall!

Trivia Night sell-out success

Friends and supporters of the Fitzroy Junior Football Club packed the Richmond Town Hall on Saturday night to enjoy a rollicking night of trivia and serious fundraising.

People were happy to go to ridiculous lengths to score bonus points for their teams, from donning Dolly Parton wigs, climbing on tables to dance to the soundtrack of the Rocky Horror Show, throwing money at targets, to breaking their backs doing the limbo.

In the end, the scores were very close, proving what wasted lives the FJFC parents and supporters have spent watching daytime soapies and late night movies.

Under 13 Blues do it for the 50 gamers

Mitch Clemens (left) and Jack Ford (right) celebrated their 50th game with a resounding win for the Under 13 Blue 1s at WT Peterson oval. The team is having a stellar year and yesterday's 10 goal win over Doncaster propelled the team to the top of the ladder!

First game back after the holiday break and the Under 12 Blues were ready to roll

The image isn't all that clear, but the intentions of the FJFC Under 12 Blues certainly were. The boys were up for the task and ready to face all comers. Unfortunately for their opponents, Heidelberg, this determined Fitzroy outfit knew their history and knew what they had to do.

10 years after their forefathers were forced to move north and merge with Brisbane, the young Fitzroy players did the old boys proud and earned the right to do what countless Fitzroy teams have done before them: belted out the song after a determined win.

U12 Browns storm towards the finals

Another great win for the Fizroy U12 Browns as they head towards August with only one goal in their minds. With their 9th win in the bag, and their only loss a close 2 points, the boys are brimming with confidence and indomitable team spirit.

Sheeds spotted talent spotting at FJFC

On the evening of his 600th VFL/AFL game, Kevin Sheedy graced the Fitzroy Bowling Club as Fitzroy Junior Football Club's special guest presenter.

We thought he was doing us a favour, but the next week we found out the real reason, when on the media he revealed his intention of signing up any and every uncontracted player of potential brillance to boslter the Don's fragile lineup.

Here he is getting the low down on FJFC talent from his former star Essendon backman and FJFC coach, Kevin Walsh.

FJFC gathers on senior team reporting night and Stan Alves holds the crowd in the palm of his hand

The Fitzroy Bowling Club was packed on Sunday night for the senior FJFC teams' reporting night with parents, players and their families loudly making merry and discussing the day's events.

So when MC Michael Fry introduced football legend Stan Alves and appealed for quiet, he didn't have much success - at least initially.

But as Stan unfolded his football journey everyone in the room listened. From the days in the outlying suburbs of Melbourne where he started in the thirds and slept in his treasured but oversized jumper, onwards to a series of devastating rejections and putdowns about his slight frame from everyone from Norm Smith down, to the glory days of captaining Melbourne and winning the premiership with North in the twilight of his career, right through to the gut-renching sacking as St Kilda coach, this was a story of a footballer who just wouldn't take no for an answer.

It was also the story of someone who valued what football had to give, who put winning in perspective, overshadowed by the mateship and fun derived from playing with and supporting your teammates.

The individual teams followed with stories of their own successes and endeavours, and a wonderful night was capped off with a stiring rendition of the Fitzroy Club song led by the U14 Browns.

U11 Gold knows what it means to have eyes for the ball

In last week's game, the U11 Gold's fronted up to competition favourites, Kew. Despite never really threatening to win the game, as these images show, the guys never gave up the fight, and throughout the four quarters, maintained a good focus that belied their tender years.

U10 Gold completes the quadrella

Over the past few weeks we've been featuring shots of the youngest cohort of FJFC teams, the U10s.

This week we focus on the U10 Golds and despite what looks like a clear day, they too braved rough and windy conditions last week, and they did it a long way from home.

This shot features John Brock who donned the trainer's singlet but opted for doing the job without footwear.

John's reasoning: In the mud and hoar frost of a Warrandyte morning, the threat of pneumonia was preferable to ruining his shoes, and John ran the water bottle in bare feet all game.

FJFC youngest benefit from the game's finest

Young players and supporters at the U10, 11, 12 Team Reporting Night

The FJFC Junior Teams Reporting Night was a spectacular success with young star, St Kilda's Aaron Fiora joined by AFL's 600-game coach, Kevin Sheedy, as special guest presenters.

The players from the four Under 10 teams got up first and sang 'We're a Mighty Bunch' together. Then the individual U10 teams addressed the gathering.

Kevin Sheedy arrived to universal acclaim and spoke about his own experiences in junior footy. He emphasised how great it is that all types and shapes play Australian Football, from 'skinny' mobile players like Kevin Bartlett, Keith Grieg, Robert Flower, and Michael Tuck to the bulkier stalwarts like Tony Lockett, Jason Dunstall and Mick Nolan. He also put losing in perspective, highlighting the fact he lost the first 5 games of his coaching career at Essendon. As he pointed out, losing can actually have some real benefits. In Essendon's case, one week's massive losing margin gave two young boys called Hird and Mecuri an opportunity the next, and 27 weeks later, they were premiers!

The Two Kevins front the crowd

Kevin Sheedy also talked about the role he played in developing junior football, inventing smaller-size footballs, putting dimples on the ball so small hands wouldn't slip, and demonstrating his backward-spinning handball. He took questions from the crowd and signed autographs.

The other guest was St Kilda player Aaron Fiora. He too spoke about his junior football career and enlightened the captive audience with insights into his current playing experiences. Aaron was good enough to draw the raffle and was ably followed by the seniors of the juniors, the Under 11s and 12s, who concluded the night with their own brand of unforgettable and entertaining football stories.

In a week that saw Bulldog's great, slim-line, local hero Robert Murphy do a season-ending knee, this week's FJFC hero shot features Jacob Fraser from the trusty U11 Greens. Jacob was luckier than Murph though, and is expected to front up next week to play his usual gutsy game.

Team Reporting Nights

This year there will be two Team Reporting Nights - one for the younger, and one for the older age groups.

Another FJFC U10 team braves the weather and comes up trumps

Last week, it was our U10 Green team who faced up to a wet and windy Sunday morning and revelled in the conditions. While the coaching team huddled under umbrellas, the boys hit the field running, and kept it up until the final siren sounded and the game was theirs.

Fitzroy Junior Football Club establishes its own Conduct Panel

The Fitzroy Junior Football Club is committed to conducting its activities - on and off the field - as a model club and we stress the need for good conduct by everyone involved in the Club. In 2006, a new group has been formed to investigate any matters relating to alleged misconduct of parents, supporters, officials or players. The FJFC Conduct Panel will convene in response to any written notification of an issue or incident.