tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:43:06 +0000Play women's Australian Rules Football in Calgary. Email calgary.kookaburras@hotmail.com for details. Training every Monday and Thursday from 6:00 pm at Queen Elizabeth II School (corner 18 Street & 6 Ave NW NW)http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Gareth Williams)Blogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-7161169208570755006Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:15:00 +00002009-09-30T12:40:54.891-06:00Our end-of-season trip to US Nationals in Mason, Ohio, gets underway next week. We are very lucky in 2009 to achieve another of our club development goals in sending two squads internationally to the tournament, enabling us to expose more girls to the fun of travelling with our club and helping to improve their footy at the same time. It is our understanding that we will be the first women's http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/09/road-to-mason.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-5645685498968432256Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:40:00 +00002009-09-29T16:38:16.772-06:00The Calgary Kookaburras have completed their final local hit-outs for the summer and have their sights set on next week's end-of-season trip to the US National Championships in Mason, Ohio (Oct. 8-12).In a fitting end to the 2009 season, the club travelled north for the inaugural Battle of Alberta game versus the Edmonton Emus and escaped with a narrow win. The Emus fielded their strongest squadhttp://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/09/calgary-tested-in-first-battle-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-7789907602540903832Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:06:00 +00002009-09-29T17:14:19.656-06:00The Hillhurst Nighthawks have recorded back-to-back premiership victories after stunning their Alberta Footy Women's League opponents in Edmonton last Saturday. The 'Hawks went into the finals in second-place, having lost four matches to their cross-town rivals the Kensington Kingfishers. Those losses - including an 86-point drubbing in round 3 - meant that Hillhurst would have to overcome an http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/09/hillhurst-go-back-to-back-in-alberta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-6299911967496923981Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:49:00 +00002009-09-08T15:23:41.652-06:00To have more girls playing more Australian football, more often. Such is the gist of our club's vision statement. Getting women involved in our game and passing on a love for the sport is a goal that many around our football club strive toward daily. Whether by leading training sessions, kicking a footy in the park or sitting down to watch an AFL match with friends, each Kookaburra is an http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/07/presidents-mid-year-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-5730352502140111261Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:49:00 +00002009-07-29T16:37:37.147-06:00Stampede Cup is the biggest day of footy annually in Alberta, with men's and women's clubs from across western Canada travelling to play during North America's biggest outdoor festival - the Calgary Stampede. Stampede Cup 2009 was a great showcase of footy, with men's clubs from Burnaby, Edmonton and Vancouver joining the local Kangaroos and Bears teams in a round-robin tournament, and the best http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/07/alberta-blue-wins-09-stampede-cup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-2399250562147986756Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:52:00 +00002009-06-24T17:08:30.239-06:00The Calgary Kookaburras have recorded a strong start to the northern hemisphere summer footy season by winning the inaugural Canadian National Championships, held at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on June 20. Fourty-seven women from Calgary and the Edmonton Emus travelled from Alberta to contest the Nationals, which were played in a round-robin format against the Vancouver-basedhttp://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/06/join-kookaburras_1020.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-3176063624777223755Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:34:00 +00002009-06-15T12:37:32.866-06:00Our club is flying west to compete in the inaugural Canadian National Championships at the picturesque University of British Columbia rugby fields in Vancouver on June 20. It is two years since the Kookaburras formed as a training group to provide a few girls for two Canada vs USA exhibition matches at the same venue and were comprehensively flogged. My, how times change. We return to http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/06/join-kookaburras_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-4944030981976680492Mon, 25 May 2009 19:40:00 +00002009-06-12T13:47:05.728-06:00Kensington shot to the top of the Alberta Footy Women's League ladder on Sunday, June 7, after posting two impressive wins over reigning premiers Hillhurst at Queen Elizabeth School in Calgary. Round Three saw the Kingfishers regain Erin "Sav" LeBlanc - Best & Fairest in the US Nationals final of 2008 - and field their strongest lineup to date. The tale in the Nighthawks dressing room was very http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/05/join-kookaburras_25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-1402336590690156685Mon, 11 May 2009 19:13:00 +00002009-05-25T15:08:21.092-06:00Australian football has returned to Edmonton in a big way, with Round Two of the Alberta Footy Women's League going down as a smashing success on Saturday, May 23rd. Edmonton turned on a perfect, sunny 22-degree day, when the three clubs assembled at Queen Alexandra School in Strathcona to do battle. The overall standard of footy was high, with the Calgary clubs putting on performances akin to http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/05/join-kookaburras_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-5163052773287995741Wed, 06 May 2009 18:40:00 +00002009-05-25T15:01:55.071-06:00Reining Alberta Footy Women's League Premiers, the Hillhurst Nighthawks, made a strong start to their premiership defence on Saturday with two wins to open the 2009 season. Played in front of a healthy crowd at Parkdale Elementary School in Calgary, the day's matches showed that women's footy in Alberta hasn't lost anything over the long winter,and that the standard is set to improve further thishttp://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/05/join-kookaburras.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-8193394175553085748Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:31:00 +00002009-05-06T15:10:21.777-06:00The long winter is over and footy is back for the summer. Hillhurst's Ciara "Lanners" Lanigan (left) and Kensington's Sam "Newman" Woodward train in the snow for the 2009 Premiership Season.The Kensington Kingfishers' captain, Kathryn "Gangles" Zakus, has declared that her side "will finish on top this year" as they prepare for for the opening matches of the 2009 Runge Alberta Footy Women's http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/04/join-kookaburras_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-3640580991119791477Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:25:00 +00002009-04-23T14:42:04.638-06:00A lot has been happening in Kookaburra-land during March and April. In addition to training-the-house-down at a mix of Calgary locations, we have held a successful Quiz Night fund-raiser, have donated a substantial sum to victims of the Australian bushfires, have travelled Down Under to form links with Australian footy clubs and we've appointed a strong leadership contingent to lead our campaignhttp://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/04/join-kookaburras.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-4576466763155228000Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:31:00 +00002009-04-21T16:55:08.350-06:00During early April, we ran a poll of Calgary Kookaburras, Calgary Kangaroos, Calgary Bears and Edmonton Emus players and supporters to choose a new logo for Alberta Footy. Of the short-listed designs, we selected a new logo representing footy in our province. Along with the distinctive sherrin footy, it features the Rocky Mountains and a Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep, which is a provincial emblem http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/04/alberta-footy-needs-logo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-5250805704288653762Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:01:00 +00002009-03-27T13:42:05.687-06:00The Calgary Kookaburras' 2009 season has started in fine form, with a lot happening around the club. On January 24 we co-hosted an Australia Day function with the Calgary Kangaroos at Dicken's Pub. The event was a great success - we raffled off a popular Aussie hamper featuring Australian staples such as vegemite, scotch-finger biscuits, Bundaberg rum, South Australian wines and an AC/DC album.http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2009/01/applications-open-for-head-coach-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-5473358667430187741Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:51:00 +00002009-04-21T16:31:58.727-06:00 A recap of our 2008 season, put together by Beck "VB" Jones and Lori "Boss" Bossert.http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/12/kookas-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-4816032219143079665Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:13:00 +00002008-12-30T16:12:45.522-07:00The Calgary Kookaburras held their 2008 Presentation Night on Friday, October 24th at Bottlescrew Bill's Old English Pub. The night featured the clubs' annual awards ceremony, reports from the outgoing club committee and the election of new office bearers. It was a smashing success.With social coordinator Elise Botero in control of the evening's proceedings, the event commenced with reports on http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/11/club-presentation-night-smashing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-4260695381040695926Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:23:00 +00002008-11-03T12:44:32.839-07:00The Richmond Hill Wines Calgary Kookaburras have capped off a stellar 2008 season by winning the US National Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Kookaburras were unbeaten in four games to win their first National Championship, overwhelming the previously-undefeated Atlanta Lady Kookaburras in a thrilling final.The tournament win was made more remarkable because Calgary finished last http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/10/congratulations-kookas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-736734368661706220Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:50:00 +00002008-10-06T13:38:31.808-06:00The Richmond Hill Wines Calgary Kookaburras have entered our final week of preparation for the 2008 US National Championships, to be held in Colorado Springs, CO, on October 11-12. Our club will become the first women's Australian football team to travel internationally for a tournament, and will be the only non-American team competing at the Championships.The 2008 Kookaburras US Nationals squadhttp://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/10/kookaburras-ready-for-us-nationals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jake)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-867435338807484707Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:06:00 +00002008-09-17T00:04:35.815-06:00Downunder Travel and the Calgary Kookaburras women's footy club invite you to join us for the biggest day of Australian football for 2008!Australia's two best footy teams will battle it out in the Aussie equivalent of the Super Bowl. This is the 11th year that Bottlescrew Bills have hosted Calgary's best Grand Final party.- 2 SUPER screens- the game on every screen in the bar & restaurant- Meat http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/09/afl-grand-final-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-5201819243392903132Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:02:00 +00002008-09-16T22:06:02.841-06:00CONGRATULATIONS CARISSA!On Monday 15th September Carissa "Junior" Glasier found out that she had won the CTV Junior Athlete of the Week award. Lisa and Les from the station came out and interviewed her, Jake, and Beck then took some great footage of the kookas training session.Carissa was nominated because of her commitment to excelling in Aussie Rules, her dedication to putting in her all week http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/09/ctv-junior-athlete-of-week-carissa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-659369208907974680Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:54:00 +00002008-09-18T16:32:58.165-06:00The Nighthawks have cemented their spot on top of the Runge Metro League after splitting the Anson Cup matches with the Kingfishers on September 13th. In beautiful conditions at the Calgary Canadian Irish Sports fields in the northeast, the two teams met in the closing rounds of the summer league. The Kingfishers needed to walk away with two wins to go into the final round with a chance of http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/09/inaugural-anson-cup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-4688555245192724837Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:13:00 +00002008-08-30T08:28:38.070-06:00kookaburras trivia AFL calgary auction footyThe Calgary Kookaburras have been in full flight over the past fortnight, having held two very successful fund-raising functions and played matches #9 & #10 of the metro league.On Friday, August 16, we held our first annual Slave Auction at our sponsor pub, Loco Lou's Bar & Grill. The venue had been kind enough to organize a free buffet and pint of Big Rock beer for everybody in attendance. http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/08/kooka-slave-auction-fundraiser.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-8547412495331015806Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:27:00 +00002008-08-11T23:00:57.093-06:00LOOKING FINE LADIES!If you're interested in purchasing any of our apparel - check out our new web page link: http://calgary-kookaburras-apparel.blogspot.com/http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/08/kooka-apparel-has-arrived.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-3197785013867212996Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:05:00 +00002008-07-22T23:06:20.775-06:00Due to some overzealous City bylaw officers harassing us at Riley Park, training for this Thursday and beyond has been moved to Queen Elizabeth School on 6th Aveunue NW - a few blocks west of Riley Park. The school has a large training space, free parking and has hosted a couple of our matches this year. If you need directions, contact the club via calgary.kookaburras@hotmail.com. Make sure to http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-training-venue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-2900282754696277372Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:26:00 +00002008-11-13T04:31:42.333-07:00Congratulations to the Night Hawks who unveiled their new playing stripes on the weekend with a win over the King Fishers.It must have been the new bright kit which blinded the 'Fishers and caused them to kick so many behinds!http://calgary-kookaburras.blogspot.com/2008/07/night-hawks-unveil-new-stripes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)