UTS Gridiron

Tonight UTS Gridiron will be holding our Annual General Meeting at 6pm, followed by 2009 Division One presentation night from 7pm. Ashfield Hotel is located at 204 Liverpool Road, Ashfield. See you all there!

Friday night scores were Titans (36) vs Predators (8) at Pennant Hills. For the Kymeegah game scores were Spartans (32) vs Raiders (20).

The UTS Titans defeat the Trojans 30 points to 6 at Pennant Hills on Friday Night and the UTS Spartans took victory over the Mustangs 36 points to 12 on Saturday afternoon.

Next Weeks Games:
UTS Spartas V Raiders
UTS Titans V Predators

Click on the Calendar link for further details on times and venues.

The UTS Titans completed the first leg of the double by putting together a game winning drive on their last possession to defeat the Sydney University Cubs 18 to 16 on Friday night.

Then on Saturday the UTS Spartans took to the road for their Round 2 clash with the Central Coast Sharks at Buff Point and put together a solid team effort in the second half to take victory 28 to 20 in warm conditions.

Next Week:
The UTS Titans take on the West Sydney Trojans at Pennant Hills Hockey Friday 5th March. While the UTS Spartans head South to take on the Wollongong Mustangs Saturday 6th March.

Click on the Calendar section to get directions to the either of the grounds.

If you’re a new student at UTS this year, we will be at Orientation day. Come along and say hi, ask us any questions you may have, and register to play some football!

‘O’ Day is run by the UTS Union and is held at Building 1, City campus, 9am-4pm 23 February.

UTS Colts week 1 Results:

• UTS Titans win season opener 36 to 30 over the Penrith City Chiefs
• UTS Spartans go down narrowly in their inaugural match to the Seahawks 38 to 24

Next week Games:

• The UTS Titans take on the Sydney Uni Cubs @ Kyeemagh RSL, Friday 26/2 with kick off scheduled for 8:30pm
• The UTS Spartans take on the Central Coast Sharks @ Buff Point, Saturday 27/2 with kick off scheduled for 2:00pm.

On 13 March the club will be holding our Annual General Meeting. All executive and committee member positions will be vacated by the current members, and will need to be voted back in if they choose to continue within those roles. New candidates may also nominate themselves to join the voting process.

Club Executive Positions:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• University Liason Officer

Committee Member Positions:

• Equipment Manager
• Welfare Officer
• Webmaster

So if anyone is interested in these positions or want to know whats invovled please email info.

Time: 6pm – 7pm Saturday 13 March 2010
Where: Ashfield Hotel
204 Liverpool Road, Ashfield

Hey guys, while Jamie and myself continue to put together videos to put up on the UTS Gridiron Podcast, it’s time for you to help out our club.

If you subscribe to the video podcast via iTunes (which is probably the easiest way to go), why not head over to the iTunes store and give it a rating – five stars of course! If you’re in the mood, why not write a quick review and let people know what you think of the podcast.

Your rating and reviews help us gain visibility within the iTunes store, which introduces new players to the sport, which in turn gains more new players to our club.

And of course, the UTS Gridiron podcast will always remain completely free, and compatible to play on your iPod, iPhone, and most other portable media devices.

The 2010 NRL Season is fast approaching, getting under way Friday the 12th March.

So if you’re interested to get involved in the UTS NRL Tipping Comp for 2010 below are the details on how to go about it.

The cost to enter for the entire season (which includes the NRL Finals) is only $20.

The format will involve selecting the winners of the weekly games.

For that you receive:

• 1 point for tipping the correct winning team
• 2 points for tipping a draw
• 3 bonus points for tipping the round

Details of the tipping comp

Selections are due 5 minutes prior to kick off of each match, and if for some reason you miss submitting your tip you will receive zero points (0) for those games only.

A knockout comp. Where each tipper nominates one winning team that they think will win each week (Tippers cannot pick the same team in two consecutive weeks). If the team they select wins, they progress to the next week. If the team they select loses, they are knocked out. (NOTE: this will not knock them out of the overall tipping comp – it only affects the bonus knockout comp).

You as the tipper are responsible for submitting your tips through the Oztips website (Oztips send out reminders). Alternatively you can SMS me you tips (by the required cut off point) and I can update your tips for you being the Competition Manager. My Number in case you don’t have it is 0418 600 326.

The allocated list of Prize money:

Overall Tipping Comp (Place getters)

• 1st place = 55% of the overall prize pool
• 2nd place = 20% of the overall prize pool
• 3rd place = 10% of the overall prize pool
• Winner of the Knockout Comp = 15% of the overall prize pool.

* Please note the percentages may vary in the event of shared place getters

To join the UTS Gridiron NRL 2010 Tipping Competition go to OzTips.com and follow the 6 simple steps below to register

Comp Name: UTS Gridiron NRL Tipping Comp 2010

Comp #: 193909

Comp Password: uts2010

To join:

1) Go to http://www.oztips.com/

2) Click the ‘REGISTER’ button on the homepage and set-up a Login (if you don’t already have one with OzTips).

3) Once you have successfully registered a Username and Password, click the ‘JOIN A COMP’ button.

4) Enter the Comp # and Comp Password details above.

5) Arrange Payment. Refer to the below Payment methods which can be made in a number of ways

Cash Payment:

Payment in person

Cheque:

Please forward payments by cheque/money order made out to: UTS Gridiron Football Club and send to my home address:

Matt Steel

32 Rawson St,
Mascot NSW 2020

Net-Bank:

Account Name: UTS Gridiron Football Club

BSB: 062 010
Account Number: 28006368

[Please put name in description box so we know it is you depositing the money] and let me know when you have deposited the money.

6) That’s it! Full instructions on how to Tip can be found on the website by clicking on the ‘Help’ link in the top header.

Please also forward this onto anyone who you may know that’s interested in joining a tipping comp because the more people involved the bigger the prize pool.

Regards,
Matt Steel
Tipping Comp Manager

FIVE players from the UTS Gridiron Football Club celebrated the New Year with a friendly match in American Samoa, after they were selected in the national under-19s team.

The five players who joined the 40-strong Australian Outback team were selected from the 2009 junior nationals held on the Gold Coast last year.

The players were defence back Lachlan Facchini, defensive lineman Nick Kondilios, offensive lineman Sateki Mafileo, wide receiver Stephen Palmer and quarterback Jean Prill.

Read the article in the Inner West Courier…