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This months post-long-weekend update from the coach – this edition contains information about the upcoming tournament in Madison, WI the MAAFL home game vs Columbus and the trip to Minnesota. (Note: the original email has been translated from South Australian – skills such as reading, writing, geography and learning about calendars seem to have been left off the school curriculum over there).

Training tonight, everyone should be refreshed after the long weekend and looking forward to this Friday nights Metro game between the Piranhas and Tigers, Rhinos to set up and provide umpires.

Another Key position arrives: Congrats to Ness and Roofy, welcomes another tall to the club, Myles Ward!

Madison Tournament (11 June): We have good numbers (35, 33 players) for the tournament on the 11th June. The guys driving are: Hendrie, Fitzy, Hoyty, Dougy, Ian Kolda, Henry, Kansas. Do the math, we need a few more blokes to drive, if you have a vehicle and intend driving let me know as soon as possible.

Columbus (18 June): This will be a Chicago United home game and a lot of what the selectors see in Madison and on the training track will determine the 24 to represent us against Columbus.

Minnesota (23 July): At the moment only a handful of guys have given Rocky and myself their itineraries for the JULY 23 game. Please book your tickets this week, right now flights are still $89 both ways! Get on it lads, with Nashville not stacking their side this year, this game looks like the most important this year!

Cheers,

Hendrie

It is time to make your membership in the Chicago Australian Football Association (CAFA) official. Visit the CAFA website and pay your 2011 dues. There are two separate annual dues required to be paid by each player:

(1) 2011 Chicago Australian Football Association (CAFA) Dues

• $80 Per Player / $50 for first year players
• Required to be eligible for Chicago Metro games
• Due prior to Metro Round 1 – Friday, April 15th

(2) 2011 USFooty Dues

• $40 – $100 Per Player, rate depends on how soon you register
• Register yourself at www.usafl.com
• Required to be eligible for Chicago United games
• Due prior to the Chicago United game on Saturday, June 18th

Dues are essential to the continued success of the club, funds raised from collecting dues are used:

• Obtain permits for Waveland Field from the Chicago Park District for all Metro and United home games
• Register Chicago United with USFooty/The MAAFL
• Purchase equipment
• Offset team travel expenses

2011 dues must be paid by the deadlines above to be eligible for the Chicago Metro and Chicago United games. Don’t let your team down. Pay your dues.

EZ, Treasurer

That’s right… the snow is melting.. beers with orange peel, sea salt and “hints of citrus” are again appearing in liquor stores across Chicago.. this can only mean that the footy season is almost upon us! Training will being on Tuesday 22nd March at Chicago Indoor Sports, 3900 S Ashland Ave 6-7pm so for all of you that have been hibernating all winter, time to start stretching and getting in shape for footy training!

NOTE: Change of date. Indoor training starts 22nd March…. no excuse to slack off on your pre-pre-season training however.

The season schedule so far for 2011 is as follows. The Metro teams and schedule is still TBD:

May 21 – Canada (home)
June 18 – Columbus (home)
July 23 – Minnesota (away)
July 30 – Milwaukee (home)
Sept – 17 Metro GF
Sept 24 – Nashville (home)
Oct – Nationals (Austin, TX)

The Annual General Meeting was held in blustery, snowy conditions. Luckily this meeting was held inside the warmth of the Brownstone Tavern and not out on the field. All 2010 board positions were declared open and voting for a new board in 2011 was conducted.

The 2011 CAFA Board is as follows:

President: Frank Bradley (re-elected)
Vice President: Mike Panek (re-elected)
Treasurer: Eric Zukowski (2010 Al MacGlashan)
Secretary: Tyler Dorsett (2010 Gordon Ambrosino)

Congratulations to the new board members and a huge thank-you to the outgoing members. There are also a lot of other club positions which are detailed in the minutes. Have a read and view the tentative 2011 calendar.

The 2010 season finished with a bang at the Red, Black and White Gala held at the Sidebar Grille then celebrated into the wee hours of the morning at Benchmark. The season awards for 2010 went to:

Rich Noty Award – Anthony Hendrie
Coaches Award – Pedro Jimenez
Rookie of the Year – Eric Zukowski
MacGlashan Medal (Goalkicker) – Paul “Oscar” Meyer
Burgmann Medal (Metro B&F) – Matt Leibowitz
MAAFL MVP – Frank “Poncho” Bradley
Runaway Train – Rocky Deehan

Cheers to all on a great season!

The AGM is going to be held @ 1pm on Sunday 12 December @ Brownstone Tavern. This is your chance to voice your opinion and we would like to have as many of you attend as possible. If you cannot be there and would like to nominate to be a part of the organizing committee next year, then email your nomination to: CAFAnominations@gmail.com.

All officers positions will be declared open and we ask you to nominate either yourself or another for the following positions: President (Frank would love to continue and will be re-nominated), Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Operations/Social/Travel Co-ordintator(s), Coach, Assistant Coach/Fitness, Oscar did such a great job at Webmaster we would have to say he has it stitched up! Let us know what you want to do to help ….. remember send your emails to: cafanominations@gmail.com

President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Coach
Training/Assistant Coach(s)
Operations Manager
Alumni, Events & Social Committee
Recruitment Manager(s)
Merchandising/Sponsorship Manager
Webmaster
Metro League Co-ordinator
Lincoln Square Captain/Coach
Wrigleyville Captain/Coach
Lincoln Park Captain/Coach