AFO 2012 Round-up

Yesterday saw the close of another successful AFO.  After 4 days of hotly contested games the eventual winners were Pakenham Squishees (juniors)  Dingoes (women) and Pakenham Squishees (mens).

A very sincere thank you to all the players, clubs and supporters who made this tournament what it was!

The AFA would like to thank Pakenham Floorball Club, it's President Gordon Hodges and the AFO 2012 Organising Committee headed by Joanne Staindl-Johnson for the outstanding tournament they delivered which we know was enjoyed by all who attended whether they were players, supporters or spectators.  Great work guys! We hope you got some well earned rest last night!

We would also like to thank the Cardinia Shire Council for it's generous support of the AFO, along with Cardinia Mayor Cr. Ed Chatwin, Cr. Brett Owen and Cr. Graeme Legge who attended.

AFA President Stephen King was pleased to announce that the AFO for 2013 will be held in Queensland.  More details will follow on this in the coming weeks, and we thank the Queensland Floorball Association for taking on this important event.

Australian Floorball Open 2012

The AFO got underway yesterday, with the official opening being announced by the Mayor of Cardinia Cr. Ed Chatwin. Good crowds were in attendance to watch the first days games.

One of the many highlights of the day was an exciting game between local junior team Squishees B v Redbacks juniors from Western Australia. It was great to see so many young players, most playing at their first AFO and it seemed fitting that the game ended in a draw as both sides played so well.

Due to some limitations with updating the AFO Website, the most up to date results should be able to be found on the official AFO 2012 Facebook page.

We look forward to watching more tightly contested games over the remaining days of the tournament.

AFO 2011 Roundup

After 4 long days of great games the 2011 Sale AFO has drawn to a close. Congratulations to winners Western Exports (mens) and Litto FC (womens) on their success. Well done to Story Bridge and NSW Vipers, this years runners-up for giving us two exciting finals to watch.

The AFA wishes to thank the VFA, City of Wellington, Mark Benfield (Sale) and John Orr (VFA) for organising a very successful tournament and we also thank the many helpers who made it all run so smoothly each day.

Awards were presented at a well attended after party at Sporting Legends in Sale, where players socialised and enjoyed relaxing after the pace of a long tournament.

All Star Lines for 2011 were as follows:

Men

• Mitchell George (GK)
• Carl Hammarlung (D) Marko Niemela (D)
• Tim Campbell (C)
• Anders Ostling (A) Shaun Frazer (A)

Women

• Cien Pereira (GK)
• Karen Bowden (D) Sara Laidler (D)
• Cheong Pui Ling Jaime (C)
• Lui Sut Ching Ethel (A)  Sofia Schimmelpfennig (A)

Juniors

• Sean Arbuthnot (GK)
• Shaun Griffin (D)    Chris Arbuthnot (D)
• Dillon de Waal (C)
• Benjamin Allen (A)    Daniel Lee (A)

Mens Point Scorer award went to Shaun Frazer of Newcastle Cobras.
Mens MVP was Jaxon McSwain of Redbacks FC.

Womens Point Scorer award went to Nicole Allsopp of NSW Vipers.
Womens MVP was Blaise Hodges of Pakenham.

Junior Point Scorer award went to Dillon de Waal of Pakenham.  Dillon also took out the junior section Most Valuable player award.

AFA Merit Awards were presented also. These go to members nominated for outstanding contributions in their own states. This years recipients are Karen Roberts (QLD) Sam Turner (NSW) David Speldewinde (ACT) Mark Benfield (Vic) and Lois Boteler (WA). Thank you to all of them for their great work on behalf of floorball. Each will receive one years complimentary registrations from the AFA.

AFA President Steve King announced that the AFO for 2012 will be held in Pakenham in Victoria. Pakenham has a great venue which we are sure you'll all enjoy, with onsite gymnasium and swimming pool complex as well as space for several rinks.

Last but by no means least, our thanks go to all the players who travelled from far and near to make this AFO so successful. We look forward to seeing you all in Pakenham next year!

For a full rundown of results please visit www.vicfloorball.org

AFO 2011 Scores Update

Mens Division

Glebe (1st Pool A) defeated Sale (M) (4th Pool B) 8 - 0

Story Bridge (2nd Pool B) defeated Vikings (3rd Pool A) 4 - 1

Western Exports (1st Pool B) defeated Redbacks (4th Pool A) 16 - 1

Newcastle (3rd Pool B) defeated Pakenham (2nd Pool A) 5 - 3

Womens Divison

Litto FC defeated Pakenham (w) 6 - 1

Vipers defeated Westies 4 -3

Saturday 9th July Program

10am SF1 Glebe v Story Bridge

10am SF2 Western Exports v Newcastle

11.30am Juniors Pakenham v Sale

12.45 Womens Grand Final Litto FC (Singapore) v Vipers (NSW)

14.45 Mens Grand Final  Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2

Results from AFO 2011 - Sale

After some exciting games the first day of the AFO has drawn to a close.  The VFA has arranged for results to be updated to the net regularly during the day and these can be accessed via this link:

Victorian Floorball Association SportsDesq

Dont forget results can be followed also on Twitter via @AFOSale2011