UTS Gridiron

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has selected 35 athletes from 12 countries for the IFAF Development team as part of the annual Team USA vs. the World event in Austin, Texas.  The aim of bringing together the group of international American football prospects is to identify and develop candidates for future World Team rosters. 

Three players on the 2011 IFAF Development Team will be elevated to the roster for the World Team that will take on the U.S Under 19 National Team assembled by USA Football on Wednesday, February 2 at Austin Westlake Stadium.  The World Team features the best players from the 59 IFAF member countries.

The IFAF Development Team is taking part in practices in Austin with the World Team this week, enabling the coaching staff to select the three players who best fit the needs of the roster and are likely to make an impact against Team USA.

The 2011 World Development Team roster is comprised of players representing American Samoa (6), Australia (4), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Japan (7), Mexico (1), Netherlands (2), Norway (2), Serbia (3), Spain (2), and Sweden (5).

Due to the Queensland floods, the episode featuring UTS Gridiron members in the audience was moved from the usual Wednesday timeslot to late Friday night.

To watch the episode online, visit The Trophy Room website, or catch it on iView.

Did you see the episode and want more information about playing gridiron football? Check out our Play Football page for more details.

The 2010/11 NFL Season is fast approaching, getting under way Friday 10 September @ 10:30AEST (New Orleans V Minnesota)

So if you’re interested to get involved in the UTS NFL Tipping Comp for 2010/11 below are the details on how to go about it.

The cost to enter for the entire season (which includes matches all the way to the Superbowl) 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
3 bonus points for tipping the round

Details of the tipping comp
All Selections are due 5 minutes prior to kick off of the first scheduled game. (This is the only way Oztips do the NFL Tipping Comps)

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
1st place = 60% of the overall prize pool
2nd place = 25% of the overall prize pool
3rd place = 15% of the overall prize pool

Also at this stage Oztips haven’t set up a knock out comp side of things, so if they do I will more than likely introduce that as well.

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

To join the UTS Gridiron NFL 2010/11 Tipping Competition go to http://www.OzTips.com and follow the 6 simple steps below to register

Comp Name: UTS Gridiron NFL Tipping Comp 2010/11
Comp #: 234863
Comp Password: utsgators

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

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!

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.

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…

Want to catch up on the latest game highlight videos and other clips from the club? Now there’s a super-easy way with the UTS Gridiron Podcast to download videos and watch them on your computer, iPod (5th gen video or better), iPhone, or other mobile device.

You can one-click subscribe using iTunes, or use the manual feed for other clients. Don’t forget to rate and review on iTunes if you have an account :)

Currently we have the Jenki Ice Mint commercial published, with this season’s game highlight clips going up in the next few days.

We’re looking to put various videos up for everyone to enjoy, so if you have highlight clips from past seasons or other content to publish, please drop me a line and we’ll discuss.

Props to Weeksy for reviewing and editing-down the game videos this year.