NewsPage 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Apr 7, 2009, 7:17 pm  With a few months of indoor practice completed the teams is shaping up for 2009. New players are developing the skills required to play the game, experienced players brushing up on their skills and all involved getting a little bit fitter. The team hopes to get outside in the next week however the recent snow on the ground will dictate what happens there. Keep watching the website for the actual "outside" date. We are still recruiting for the 2009 season so email us if you are interested in joining the team for what promises to be a great season of football. Mar 16, 2009, 10:52 am  After an initial trial at Shift Unreal Fitness members of the team have opted take a series of classes beginning this Monday March 30th and runing for 10 weeks. A personal trainer will be on hand to guide the team through a series of drills aimed specifically at the various movements required to excel at Australian Football. The gym is located at 80 Southgate Drive, Guelph. Bring a water bottle and your running shoes. Players can pay Loi at the door.
Mar 12, 2009, 1:35 pm Correction to earlier email is that practice will happen March 12th at the indoor facility in Waterloo. March 19th looks like it will also be scheduled but there will be no practice on March 26th as the gym is not available. Feb 3, 2009, 9:17 pm 
Well, that time of year is here again….indoor training for the upcoming footy season!
This will take place at
Click on the “location” tab on the website for the directions and map. Parking is accessible off of
Bring workout clothes, towel and water/sports drink with you.
Any questions, e-mail me at
chcunning@sympatico.ca
Practice continues each and every Thursday evening for the next few months.
See you there!
Lingus Nov 11, 2008, 2:45 pm 
Saturday November 8th saw the Guelph Gargoyles Australian Football Club hold its annual Best & Fairest awards presentation day. The day was particularly well attended with approx 40 guests making the trip to Frugall MacDougalls Pub & Grill for the afternoon.
The 2:00pm start saw the sponsors tab given a nudge early with pints, ceasers, wine & rye flying off the shelf at a rapid pace. With meals ordered and the awards presentation underway at 3:00pm the first few rounds of vote counts were unveiled. The club annually awards it’s best rookie, best defensive player, leading goal kicker, most improved player and the heart award which goes to the player who displays the most commitment to the club at training and on game days. This year with the rookie contingent making up a third of the clubs roster it was always going to be a tight one. Adam Millen walked away with the award for the Rookie of the Year; Millsy was up against some quality competition this year but held off his fellow rookies with some really tough play and commitment at the ball that surprised the best of us, congratulations Millsy. Best Defensive player was taken out by Jason Fox who was a stand out all year holding down positions in both the halfback and fullback lines. Fox had a fantastic game against the 2008 premiers the Etobicoke Kangaroos setting up his year and just kept getting better. The 2008 Most Improved Player was awarded to Ian Hamilton who despite weighing in at about 150 lbs played some very committed footy during the season. Ian’s game continued to grow and he really came into his own in the last few rounds so we look forward to his game next year. The clubs leading goal kicker was Carl O’Brien who also led the league as the best Canadian in the game with 27 goals. Carl missed a couple of games this year due to family commitments so who knows what next year might hold for him. Great job OB. Cameron Grant was awarded the Heart award for the 2008 season. Cameron who usually resides on the wing had a great year on the ground. His commitment both on and off the field is second to none and he never provides less than 100% regardless of what is asked of him. Scuba Steve his alias took him away to Cuba for a week mid season but he managed to hold off other contenders and walked away with the award this year. Vote counts continued during the day with the remaining rounds counted down for what was to be a very tight race. In the end Greg Logel (30 votes), the teams’ captain for the last few seasons held off challenges from young gun Zack MacDonald (28 votes) and full forward Carl O’Brien (29 votes) to take out the award. Greg capped his season off with a trip to Australia in September representing the Canadian National Team the Northwind. As always his leadership and unquestionable work ethic are inspirations for others on the Gargoyles and we look forward to another successful season in 2009. Canadian players managed to sweep the awards this year shutting out the Australians and once again proving that the Gargoyles have one of the strongest crops of Canadian talent in the country. The club is looking forward to improving their fourth place finish this year and going all the way to the grand final game for 2009. Nov 1, 2008, 11:31 am
The Guelph Gargoyles will be holding their annual club awards presentation on Saturday November 8th. The event is scheduled to start at 2:00pm and will be held once again at the teams sponsor pub Frugal Macdoughall’s in the upstairs room. The team will be counting down the votes for 2008’s best and fairest player, most improved player, best defensive player, leading goal kicker, rookie of the year and the annual heart award. Players are free to attend with partners $10.00 collected at the door. Please plan to return you playing uniform on the day. Meals will be ordered off the regular menu as will drinks until we eat through our funds allocation when you’ll have to break out your hard earned cash or whack your visa card again. RSVP to Aaron Fanning so we can make sure we have sufficient staff available on the day at the pub.
Oct 5, 2008, 8:51 pm On Saturday, October 4th, the Etobicoke Roos hosted the 2008 OAFL Grand Final between themselves and the Toronto Eagles. It was a huge day starting with a friendly match between the City and the Country representative sides. Guelph showed huge interest by sending 9 players and a coach to man the Country team in a losing cause (score not important! :) ) but both teams enjoyed one of the last kicks of the season followed by an exciting Grand Final. Special thanks and congratulations to the Roos for the great job in organizing the day and of course, for winning the Granny by a point! Hopefully, the next team to host the big day will do as good as a job as the Roos showed on Saturday. Maybe it will be in Guelph next year ???!
Foxy, Ed, Travis, Millsy, Twiss, Slingo, Bory, Azza and Loi (good 'ol 88 yard Loi) played hard for the Country team with Tam and Lingus looking on. Great effort fellas.
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