Training

Official training starts on Thursday the 11th of April at 6pm on Sketty Lane playing fields (as last year). Sunday training will continue until the start of the season. Please make the effort to attend both sessions so we can make sure we are as prepared as possible for the start of the new season. Directions to training can be seen below. We will be on the pitch labelled 1.

If you have any issues, please contact Geraint on 07824770312

Polo shirt

I will start collecting money to order team polo shirts on sunday. You will have until thursday the 18th of April to get the order in. Polo shirts will be £20 and will have the Magpies logo on the left breast and Swansea Magpies Australian Rules Football Club emblazoned across the back.

Hopefully we will have these polo shirts ready in time for the start of the season. Further stash will be considered if there is enough demand.

Fixture list

This is the fixture list for the upcoming season:

May 4th - Pre-season tournament (Cardiff)
May 11th - Cardiff Double Blues (A)
May 18th - Cardiff Panthers (H)
June 1st - Bristol Dockers (H)
June 8th - Chippenham Redbacks (A)
June 15th - Vale Warriors (A)
June 22nd - Cardiff Double Blues (H)
June 29th - Cardiff Panthers (A)
July 6th - Bristol Dockers (A)
July 13th - Chippenham Redbacks (H)
July 20th - Vale Warriors (H)
July 27th - Grand Final (Venue TBC)

Pre-season training

Swansea Magpies get back into pre-season training hoping to build on last seasons performances. Training is currently being held on the rugby pitches behind the firestation on sketty lane, just up the hill from Singleton Hospital. Training is at 2pm on sundays and is open to everyone who wants to give Australian rules football a go. Don't worry if you've never played before, we will get you up to speed in no time.

If you have any questions then please feel free to phone Geraint on 07824770312 and join the Swansea Magpies Australian rules football club 2013 on facebook.

Final WARFL Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Forfeit	Pts	For	Agst	%
		8	7	1	0	0	29	1084	426	254.5
		8	7	0	0	1	28	1218	466	261.4
		8	3	4	0	1	16	604	690	87.5
		8	2	4	0	2	12	374	761	49.1
		8	1	7	0	0	11	498	1165	42.7

A mixed bag of results, but plenty to take forward! A message from the Captain.

First, I'd like to thank everyone that contributed to this season. Special thanks to Geraint for coaching, Alex for organisation, all the boys that came down and travelled for games and also our admin queen Kim and very helpful Carla.

Despite some heavy losses we've shown that we're a team with great ability and potential. We've given both Grand Final teams reason to worry at times, even if the final score line hasn't always reflected it, with our ability to move the ball and eagerness to attack effectively.

If it wasn't for an injury blight in the middle of the season I feel we could have flourished further and made a Grand Final return that is long overdue. That said, the experience many new players have taken from this season will be invaluable in future as we hope to continue the development of the team in 2013.

So again, thank you. I've enjoyed it, I hope you have too. Good luck to anyone hoping to gain national representative honours this season, and see you all again early in 2013!

Regards
Evan Phillips

Saturdays game

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This weekend the Swansea Magpies will play host to the Vale Warriors, who will surely looking for revenge for the loss in the reverse fixture last month. This is the Magpies chance of consolodating 3rd place in the league for this season.

We will be meeting at 12 noon outside Sketty Lane pavillion for a scheduled 1pm kick off. Match fees are £3.