Söder secure 2nd place

On a beautiful day and near perfect football conditions it was round 3 of SAFF, Södermalm at home against Neighbouring club Årsta swans.

The Årsta swans got the jump on the Södermalm team with only taking minutes to score their first goal! it was a classy bit of play thru the experinced and hard working Damo Gatfield, SAFF Stalwart Boots and Simon faremo of Årsta that set their goal up! Comments from Årsta super coach, Thor Birtley, were heard on the Söder bench, “great work guys! keep this up and we will really rattle the cage!”

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Elks walk over Stockholm Dynamites

With near perfect conditions Swedish national team the Elks defeated Stockholm Dynamites 71 to 55.

The Dynamites started slow and only managed two points in the first quarter, letting the Elks sail off to a two goal lead. The Dynamites returned with new strength in the second quarter to find themselves in an eight point lead by half time. Much thanks to solid defending by full back Brendan, powerful rucking by Årsta’s Dan and solid performance all over the field. Söder player “Lethal” Lars Hagberg made a solid performance in the Elks back line making life tough for the Dynamites forward line.

At third quarter time the Elks were back on top by five point, a lead that the dynamites could not close in the last quarter making the final scores 11.5 71 to 8.7 55.

Dynamites game this weekend

On saturday the Swedish national team will battle it out against against Stockholm Dynamites. The game is played at Årstafältet and will start at 15.30.

If you’re not playing please come down and help out with anything around the field. And also, bring a friend!

The regular training on thursday will be a Dynamites training. Time and place is the same as always, Årstafältet 18.00.

Good Old Södermalm win again at Bromma

Good Old Södermalm opened their account in 2010 with a hard fought 15pt win over Bromma at Bromma on Saturday. In windy conditions, Söder outscored Bromma against the wind in the final quarter to win 67 – 52.

Both sides fielded depleted line-ups which resulted in limited subs for both teams, but it was Söder who came out on top of the close but scrappy game. In this first Grand Final replay of 2010, the two sides showed a high level of respect for each other.

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