1. Söder off-season kick off

    By Blue Baller

    Södermalm chess club

    Södermalm club awards night is only a few days away, Fri 28th of Oct, 19.00 at our sponsor pub O’Learys Liljehomen, but we are already looking ahead towards the end of next month, when the prestigeous Chess night is being held. Reigning Södermalm chess champion Brissles, with two consecutive wins, is organizing this years event in his föreningslokal the 25th of Nov, in combination with a beer tasting. The selestion is a well kept secret, but it has been made clear that Harboe pils, by some referred to as Harboe p**s, will not be the drink of choice again.

    Beforehand roumors talk about a repeat of the classic 2009 Max vs. Ryan game, with Ryan looking for revenge for his abrupt 3-move loss.

  2. SAFF Awards night at the Oxen bar

    By Blue Baller

    SAFF proudly presents the winners of the Lars Hagberg medal

    According to tradition, SAFF invited all clubs for a grand evening at the Oxen bar in Stockholm last Sat. The presentation of the Lars Hagberg medal for SAFF best and fairest and a SAFF all-star team, new for this year, was in the hands of MC Ryan Kingsley.

    The odds on the combination of  winners, well-earned Årsta’s Robert Young and Falun’s Henrik Andersson was being played at 7.5 times the money in the back room earlier under the day, but as the odds dropped shortly before the presentation to little more than the money back, in combination with MC Kingsley winning the tipping comp earlier, a sucpicion arose that there is a leakage from the SAFF headquarters. A disgruntled Joel Burnell was overheard mumbling “this would have paid our ticket for the honey moon trip, and now I have nothing, NOTHING!”

    A big thanks to relentless Dave Carde, for arranging the evening, and for making the chocolate cakes for dessert(!!!), and a huge congratulations to Rob and to Henrik – playing his first season aussie rules ever, good job!!!

     

  3. Bitter defeat for Södermalm in final

    By Blue Baller

    With one victory each during the season, even though Södermalm made minor premiers convincingly, it was really anyones game in the Grand Final. The short version is – The blues got themselves a small lead in the first quarter, Solna got back and got a few goals ahead in Q3. Söder gave chase in last quarter, and w ith only 5 minutes to go of the game Solna was up by one goal only. Failing to fully convert the momentum regained, it was Solna who got the last goal and sealed the 2011 SAFF championships. Ultimately Södermalm lost to Solna with 102-114. Best on ground was Söder’s Natis Johansson. Have a look at Frank Heuts’ pics on Facebook. 

    Special thanks to Solna for a good game, Ryan for umpireing, all who came to watch and to all of Södermalm for an outstanding season!

    Stay tuned for SAFF and Södermalm off-season activities, starting off with AFL GF breakfast at the Liffey Sat 1st of Oct, Södermalm end of season dinner at O’Learys Liljeholmen Fri 7th 28th of Oct, and SAFF awards night at the Oxen Sat 15th of Oct