Thunderbird Is A Go

The West Coast Challenge will be contested at the premier Australian Rules Football Venue in North America, UBC Thunderbird Stadium. On Saturday July 29 four teams will hit the picturesque Thunderbird Oval to try and claim bragging rights as the best team in the North West.

Coach Freeman is encouraging all players to head to training on Thursday, July 27 at the Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex (Artificial Turf) East from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. After training we will be heading over to the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club for Beers and Pies. Hope to see all the Eagles Players there.

Once again I encourage all Eagles players to contact Coach: Chris Freeman at 604 988 8734 or freemo76@hotmail.com to confirm their availabilty for the day. It is going to be a sensational day of footy!

If you are not sure where Thuderbird Stadium is located click on the following link to the map. UBC ThunderBird Stadium

THE WEST COAST CHALLENGE

Tournament Schedule, July 29th
11:00 Cougars vs Eagles
12:00 Calgary vs Seattle
1:00 Calgary vs Eagles
2:00 Cougars vs Seattle
3:00 Calgary vs Cougars
4:00 Seattle vs Eagles

Saturday July 29th will be a HUGE day of footy! Rosie's Calgary Kangaroos will be driving over the Rockies to attempt a three peat and retain the West Coast Challenge Cup. Big Andrew Donlan will be leading the Seattle Grizzlies in their hunt to add some more hardware to their trophy cabinet after leading the Grizzlies to a victory in the 2005 NWPAFL Grand Final. Stuey Grills is already breaking down the Cougars three games into six mini games within games. Eagles coach, Chris Freeman has been over in Calgary spying on the Kangaroos practices and has been bending Myk Aussie's ear on the Kangaroos match day line up. It's going to be a huge day of fantastic footy!

All Eagles players are asked to contact Coach: Chris Freeman at 604 988 8734 or freemo76@hotmail.com to confirm their availabilty for the day. It is a great opportunity to be involved in some of the best footy action in North America.

This Week In The Nest

Training will be on Thursday, July 20 at the Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex (Artificial Turf) East from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. After training we will be heading over to the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club for Beers and Pies. Hope to see all the Eagles Players there.

GUN CANADIAN TO JOIN THE EAGLES

In one of the biggest recruiting coup in the history of the North West Pacific Australian Football League the Burnaby Eagles Football Club have received word that an ex gun player is signed, sealed and delivered and primed to play in the next Eagles V’s Cougars local derby. Rumors abound that the Cougars tried their best to sign the recruit, but there was never a chance that he was ever going to be a Cougar. The highly talented and much recruited player did not want to play for the Cougars after discovering that “Glamourboy” Vargo was their Captain. The mercurial recruit goes on to say, “Nothing against Douglas, but I like Captains that wear their hearts on their sleeves, like Stevie Harper. Not their cufflinks on their sleeves like Dougy Vargo.” It’s believed Stuey Grills is still in shock about losing this high profile player to the Eagles and the only response about the affair was his typical, "Yeah that’s just crap fellas." President Hilton is stoked about the new recruit. While trying to keep a lid on his excitement stated, "Things are looking pretty bloody good for the Eagles for the rest of the season.” Stay tuned for more information on the recruit as it comes to hand.

This Week In The Nest

Training will be on Thursday, July 13 at the Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex (Artificial Turf) East from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. After training we will be heading over to the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club for Beers and Pies. Hope to see all the Eagles Players there.

Will the blonde bombshell return from Saskatchewan?

Source: Eagle Eye

Season 2004 NWPAFL season saw blonde gun footballer and Eagle original, Bobby Marshall win the Best and Fairest. Evan “The Wiz” Ozirny took Bobby’s success on board and came into season 2005 looking more like Barney Rubble and Beavis, from Beavis and Butthead, he looked ten years younger, he was much quicker on the field and a bit more buffed, nothing like The Wiz of old. The star Canadian utility sported blonde locks in a desperate attempt to garner some Best and Fairest votes. The Wiz constantly missed training and spent most of his time off the training track as he was at his West End hair stylists, Ben Dover’s Salon. The attention to detail and the constant touch ups administered by Dover saw The Wiz sport a head of hair that would make both Shane Warne and Shane “The Hammer” Heal envious.

When questioned about his look The Wiz went on to say “Season 04 left an empty feeling in my stomach. I felt like fellow brunette quaffed and former Carlton player, Brett Ratten who was the hot favorite to win the 2000 Brownlow Medal. Ratten was pipped at the post by that bloody, bottle, blonde, Melbourne footballer, Shane Woewodin. Much like me in the 2004 with Bobby Marshall. You just have to look at the long list of Brownlow Medalists who have gone blonde in recent times, Shane Crawford, Woewodin and Jason Akermanis. There are three I can name just off the top of my head, not bad for a blondie.” Although The Wiz was unable to achieve his goal in 05 and win the B&F he did go on to receive the Most Improved Canadian award. In summing up his season The Wiz said, “I did alright in the end, winning the award, but I had more success off the field as Kit certainly enjoyed the blonde locks! If you know what I mean”

The question still remains; will The Wiz go blonde in 06?



Robert Harvey, The Wiz and Stan Alves celebrate another Saints wooden spoon

This Week in Eagle Land & Dates!

Please note the following -

Training
Will now be moved back to Thursdays and back to the ARTIFICIAL turf (on the other side of the road to the Grass Fields

Game Week
This weekend will be game 6 in the Cougars v Eagles series. This will be our last game of footy for 3 weeks until the WestCoast Challenge, so don't miss it. ALSO, the game will be played out at UBC Rugby fields. Further details will come out later this week.

Dates

Please make your calender with the following important dates in July....
6th July - Training Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex East 6:30pm to 8:30pm
8th July - Match Day Burnaby vs Vancouver UBC Soccer Fields 1pm (dont worry the World Cup Final is on Sunday!!!!!!!)
13th July - Training Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex East 6:30pm to 8:30pm
20th July - Training Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex East 6:30pm to 8:30pm
27th July - Training Burnaby Lakes Sports Complex East 6:30pm to 8:30pm
29th July - West Coast Challenge @ Burnaby Rugby Club

Webmaster

Current webmaster Jase Stratford is off to Adelaide to watch the Crows for a month. Please bare with Pete Taylor and Col Hilton who are stepping up to look after the website (in a basic way) while Jase is gone. Go Crows!!!