2015 MATCH SCHEDULES & RESULTS
2015 QGFHA Football Championship.
Both the Men's Senior Team and the Ladies Team are in action in Championship semi finals this Sunday, August the 16th, at Gaelic Park; 318 Bowhill Rd, Willawong.
The Ladies team face off against Harps at 12:30 pm in their semi final while the Mens Senior team are taking on John Mitchels straight afterwards, with a 2:00 pm throw in.
All former players, members and supporters are encouraged to get out to Willawong and cheer on the two teams as they strive to make the Championship finals.
2015 QGFHA Football Fixtures.
The fixtures have been released for both the 2015 Carpenter Cup and 2015 Queensland League competitions and are listed below.
Carpenter Cup
Sunday the 19th of April, Willawong:
2:00pm - Souths Men's vs Gold Coast
Sunday the 26th of April, Willawong:
11:00am - Souths Ladies vs John Mitchels
2:00pm - Souths Men's vs John Mitchels
Saturday the 2nd of May, Willawong:
5:30pm - Ladies Carpenter Cup Final
7:00pm - Men's Carpenter Cup Final
Queensland League
Sunday the 10th of May, Willawong:
12:30pm - Souths Men's vs Gold Coast
2:00pm - Souths Ladies vs Easts
Sunday the 17th of May, Willawong:
11:00am - Souths Ladies vs Harps
3:30pm - Souths Men's vs John Mitchels
Sunday the 24th of May, Willawong:
12:30pm - Souths Men's vs Easts
2:00pm - Souths Ladies vs Shamrocks
Sunday the 31st of May, Willawong:
12:30pm - Souths Ladies vs Easts
3:30pm - Souths Men's vs Shamrocks
Sunday the 14th of June, Willawong:
12:30pm - Souths Ladies vs Harps
3:30pm - Souths Men's vs Harps
Saturday the 20th of June, Gold Coast:
6:00pm - Souths Men's vs Gold Coast
Sunday the 21st of June, Willawong:
2:00pm - Souths Ladies vs Shamrocks
Sunday the 28th of June, Willawong:
2:00pm - Souths Ladies vs Easts
3:30pm - Souths Men's vs John Mitchels
Sunday the 5th of July, Willawong:
12:30pm - Souths Ladies vs Harps
3:30pm - Souths Men's vs Easts
Sunday the 12th of July, Willawong:
11:00am - Souths Ladies vs Shamrocks
12:30pm - Souths Men's vs Shamrocks
Sunday the 19th of July, Willawong:
12:30pm - Souths Men's vs Harps
Queensland Championship
Sunday the 2nd of August, Willawong:
2:00pm - Souths Men's vs Shamrocks
Sunday the 16th of August, Willawong:
12:30pm - Souths Ladies vs Harps
2:00pm - Souths Men's vs John Mitchels
Sunday the 30th of August, Willawong:
Football Finals
2015 Souths Training.
The fixtures for the 2015 season are out and both the Souths Men's and Womens teams have started training in preperation for the season ahead.
There will be training for both teams at 7:00 pm sharp this Thursday, at the Eagles Sports Complex; 3 Weedon Street, Mansfiled, QLD, 4122. All newcomers are more than welcome to attend.
Melbourne 7-A-Side Competition.
As a team bonding weekend, we decided to enter our mens team into the 7-a-side tournament in Melbourne. It was hosted by the Padraig Pearse's GAC club on the 22nd February. The weekend was based on team bonding more so than the football. We got Fiddlers Green Irish Bar in Surfers Paradise on board, who are one of the clubs main sponsors and they kindly provided us with polo tops and sleeveless jerseys for the trip. In total 15 players and supporters made the trip down for the weekend. There was a mixture of lads, from new members to veterans of the club of 10 years or more. It was a great way to welcome the new players to the club and improve team camaraderie for the coming season.
As this was a pre-season trip and the lads had only trained a handful of times together prior to the weekend, we knew our football wouldn’t be up to speed, to which we found out very quickly in the first match, and it was reiterated in the second (enough said!). But as far as off the field shenanigans goes, you couldn’t have planned a better weekend, with plenty of alcohol consumed in many establishments, with The Snug deserving a special mention. They look after us every year with great food, plenty of the black stuff and all the craic you could ask for from an Irish pub. We had plenty of sing songs, Phil Ward had the Quiet Man hopping with his guitar talents and excellent selection of songs on Sunday.
Plenty of stories were told and written, nick-names formed (some for good and not so good reasons). "Farrelly dyes his beard, dyes his beard, Farrelly dyes his beard, nah nah nah nanah na nah nah nah nah" was heard on numerous occasions over the weekend and became our team tune. I think the whole of Gaelic Park was singing it at one stage. All in all it was a great weekend, everyone had a ball and strong bonds were made amongst the players. It was a great way for the lads to get together and gel as a group before the hard slog of the season begins.
Souths 2015 AGM.
The South's AGM for 2015 took place on Saturday the 7th of February, at the Irish Australian Support Association Centre. We would like to thank all those who attended, especially those who were happy to volunteer to help run Souths this year. With the committee that has been put in place, we are all hopefull that it will be a great year.