tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-611737608445438862011-11-27T17:21:51.593-07:00Play 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)Gareth Williamsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61173760844543886.post-83443272432996069022010-05-24T23:31:00.014-06:002010-05-25T00:06:34.476-06:00

The new Calgary Kookaburras website is under construction. Visit www.calgarykookaburras.com to view the progress. Full website launch will be announced on the blogspot webpage.

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Calgary will enter a third club in the Alberta Footy Women's League for the 2010 season. We need your help naming the new team!The AFWL is our local 9-a-side competition incorporating teams from Calgary and Edmonton. Each Calgary Kookaburra and Edmonton Emu is allocated to a local team to help further their footy development and to promote local matches and rivalries across Alberta. The

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The Calgary Kookaburras are abuzz following two recent signings.The Kookaburras announced via Twitter feed last week that Danny Reid has been appointed Head Coach for 2010. Danny was an assistant coach of the club during the 2008 season, when Calgary first won the US Nationals in Colorado Springs, and he brings a wealth of footy knowledge to the role. Danny played 15 seasons of junior and

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The Kookaburras have kept busy during the off-season and have a couple of news clippings that will interest our supporters.Leslie Gurba was the pride of the club when she was selected to run with the Olympic Torch when it passed through Canmore on January 20th, 2010. Gurbs entered a Coca-Cola competition and was selected from among thousands of applicants for the privilege. The weather could

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Long time Kookaburras Head Coach Jake Anson is looking to stand down after three seasons at the helm, to better focus on off-field administration and coaching the Canadian national team. The Kookaburras are consequently in search of a new coach for 2010 and beyond. Jake has built a successful squad that has won both the Canadian and US National Championships over the past two seasons, and one

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The Richmond Hill Wines Calgary Kookaburras held our annual Best & Fairest Presentation Night on October 23rd, 2009 at sponsor venue Buzzards Restaurant in downtown Calgary. As in previous years, the girls were looking resplendent in their dresses and make-up, while some of the coaches and boyfriends even scrubbed up well for the big event.Awards were presented for a number of exceptional

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Our 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

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The 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 squad

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The 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

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To 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

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Stampede 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

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The 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-based

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Our 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

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Kensington 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

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Australian 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

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Reining 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 this

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The 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

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A 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 campaign

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During 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

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The 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.

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A recap of our 2008 season, put together by Beck "VB" Jones and Lori "Boss" Bossert.

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The 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

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The 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

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The 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 squad

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Downunder 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

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CONGRATULATIONS 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

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The 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

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The 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.

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LOOKING 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/

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Due 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

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Congratulations 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!

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On Saturday, July 19th, Round 7 of the Runge Metro League was held at Queen Elizabeth School in Hillhurst in perfect, sunny conditions. Two players made their debuts - Australian national Kathryn "Mumf" Mumford who recently arrived in Calgary and Courtney "Walshy" Warden, who was finally coerced onto the paddock after a year of training with the Kookaburras.The Night Hawks looked reinvigorated

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Preparation for the biggest event of the 2008 season - our participation at the US National Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado - is well underway. Currently we have 20 ladies committed to travelling with the club with their flights books and accomodation organised for the weekend of 11/12 October. Our aim this year is to send a minimum of 22 girls (a full match squad in Australia)! This

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On Saturday, July 5th, the Kookaburras participated in their second Calgary Stampede Cup, held at Saints Rugby Ground in Calgary's beautiful northeast. Beautiful football weather, a full-size footy ground with goalposts and the presence of a couple of hundred spectators provided a carnival atmosphere and made for a wonderful exhibition of Australian football. Like at the Kelowna Cup a month prior

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Due to the Tuesday public holiday and the fact that many girls are away camping this weekend, there will be no training tomorrow at Riley Park. Instead, any girls who wish to kick the footy around and watch an AFL game on TV are invited to go to Jake's pre-Canada Day barbeque from 5pm on. Bring your own meat and booze and join us for a fun night!

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Wednesday 25 June, Jake, Holly, Ciara and Becky ventured out to the Calgary Chieftains Gaelic football training to teach their girls a little bit about Australian football and to extend a formal invitation for them to compete alongside our club at the Stampede Cup. The training session was a success and many of the Chieftains girls exhibited skills that suggest they will make great Aussie Rules

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On Saturday, June 7th, the club travelled west across the Rockies to hold our first annual Kelowna Cup in the sunny Okanagan Valley. The feature of the tournament were the third and fourth matches of the Runge Metro League between the rival Kingfisher and Night Hawk teams. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Playing on a field adjacent to

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On Sunday, June 1st, the second match of the Runge Metro League was held in beautiful weather on the Queen Elizabeth II School fields in Kensington.The first term was dominated early by the Kingfishers, who peppered their goals without recording a major score. Solid defensive pressure from the kick-ins kept the the Night Hawks in trouble, though they broke through twice to record goals to

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The Richmond Hill Wines Calgary Kookaburras are officially go for 2008! Our Season Launch & Jersey Presentation night was held on Saturday, May 31st at the Richmond Hill Wines store and the adjacent Buffalo Bob's pub in Calgary's SW. The night commenced with an official welcome to the club inside the Richmond Hill Wines store, where players and guests got to sample some wine and peruse some of

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On Sunday, May 25th, a number of Kookaburras braved Calgary's wet and cold late-Spring weather to participate in the first match of the 2008 Runge Metro League. Two teams were selected, with Kathryn "Gangles" Zakus and Beck "VB" Jones co-captaining the Kingfishers team, and Holly "Witchy" Greatwitch captaining the Night Hawks.In slippery conditions on a very soggy Riley Park, the teams lined up

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On Saturday, May 17th, our club competed in its first tournament for 2008 in Edmonton. Competing in two matches of Gaelic football during the afternoon, we fielded an inexperienced team of girls who were mostly new to both Aussie Rules and Gaelic footy. The Calgary Chieftain girls jumped us in the first half of game one, but their early lead was pegged back by some great midfield play by Vicki "

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Congratulations to Kathryn "Gangles" Zakus as she has been announced as the Calgary Kookaburra's Captain for 2008. Her offsiders are Lori "Boss" Bossert, and Beck "VB" Jones - Vice Captains for the Kooka's this year.

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Our second season is fast approaching and the Kookaburras are actively recruiting new players for this summer. The Calgary Kookaburras is a fun, social club for women aimed at introducing them to a new sport and a chance to meet new people. We accept girls of all nationalities and no experience is needed for this fast, fun sport.Training is now on, each Monday and Thursday at Riley Park in

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On Friday, November 2nd, the Calgary Kookaburras held our inaugural end-of-season presentation night at our sponsor venue Loco Lou's Grill & Bar. Over forty players and partners were in attendance to celebrate the club's first season playing Australian football, along with representatives from each of our major partners, with several opting to speak positively about their association with the

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The Kookaburras have returned from a very successful campaign at the 10th Annual US National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. We fielded a team in conjunction with players from the Washington First Lady Eagles for three of our four matches for the weekend. In our inaugural season, we were very competitive against well-established clubs from Arizona and Milwaukee and put in a solid effort

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The countdown has begun to the biggest event of the 2007 footy season – the 10th Annual US National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 13th & 14th. Our club will be the first women’s club from Canada to compete in this event and will play against strong teams from cities across America. In our inaugural season we are lucky enough to partner with another club formed this year to

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It's September. The Calgary summer is drawing to a close and it is nearly time to swap footy boots for skis and boards. Down Under, the footy season is also coming to an end, with the best clubs from around Australia fighting it out to be declared Premiership champions.In co-operation with our sponsor, Downunder Travel, the Calgary Kookaburras are hosting a big celebration to end the 2007

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Thanks to the generous sponsorship from Down Under Travel and Loco Lou's Grill & Bar the Kookaburras are proud to show off the design of their new jumpers and shorts.

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The Calgary Kookaburras are currently searching for both major and supporting sponsors to partner with us through our first season and beyond. This is an exciting opportunity as the club gains members almost daily and the sport itself is growing in popularity across North America. Sponsorship is open to any organization or individual and will assist the club in purchasing training equipment, new

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Kookaburras' Head Captian Bri Johnstone has been chosen to represent Canada at the 5 Nations Cup Netball Tournament in Singapore this September. Bri will be competing against teams from Singapore, Trinidad & Tobago, Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka. We wish Bri our best of luck in the tournament and safe travels overseas.

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August 18 marked the Kookas' second victory over the combined Calgary and Edmonton Women's Gaelic Football Club.Despite a narrow loss during the first game of the day, which saw the Gaelic girls up by one point, the Kookas came back to win the tournament by claiming a 16-8 victory in their second match. The following day allowed the Kookas to train the Gaelic girls in Aussie Rules drills, leading

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