With only 7 weeks to go until the Last man stands series starts it is high time to get the cobwebs out. Five brave souls turned up at the JCG for the first Södermalm cricket training session of 2021. Regular trainings will be annouced soon so stay tuned.
Thanks for a great season lads, with some major highlights both on and off the field!
We made the SAFF Grand Final again but despite a solid effort the Dockers ran away with the score in the second half to claim the title. Big up yourselves Blues!
Södermalm went undefeated through the cricket season; 2 for 2, marvellous effort that! Moreover, Jordo batted a ton, the first ever in Söder and Jordo history! Our efforts haven’t gone unnoticed and currently we’re negotiating with the league to enter a side in Last man standing next year.
Two new Söder social clubs saw the light of day this season:
The Cycling club has gone from strength to strength with weekly social rides and regular Sunday long distance rides covering all of the greater Sthlm. Due to global warming the season has not really ended for the die-hard cyclists, but we can already crown the tyre-change champion: Danne Jordansson! He clocked a back-tyre change in an impressive 7:55,50 minutes.
Get on Strava and join Team Södermalm!
The Racquet club got off the ground with the Söder Tennis championship at the Catella Arena. Inaugural winners were Andrew Becker and Larry Borg, old school, we’re talking tightly interlaced networks of strings in wooden frame.
The social season has been slightly constricted due to the kung flu pandemic, but we managed to pull off a couple of events.
The first ever Söder Master golf championship was played as a pairs event at the Augusta golf course. Team Law/Jordansson deservedly claimed the Blue Jackets after an even par 30 over the 9 holes.
The Bowling championship was played as a curtain raiser to the Söder Awards night. The four top players in the qualifying round plus two lucky losers played off in the final. After all the pins were down Rappa stood victorious.
Tanka won the Söder Footy tipping competition by a miniscule margin. The same total score as Daniel Perillo but with a 13 goal better percentage.
First time winner of the Fishing competition was Calle, who landed a 600g/35cm abborre.
And let’s not forget the big man turned 40 this year, and he celebrated by bleaching his hair. That’s right Bluey, you’re not older than the woman you feel.
The club recently completed a member survey of the season events and the unanimous response was; more of everything! The board appreciates the feedback and will act accordingly.
Last but not least, the club has landed a new sponsor! It’s the half man, half machine, half glass, legend Perezmo together with his old man and Haninge Terazzogolv AB who will be supporting Södermalm. We are very grateful to see the screaming eagle return as a benefactor.
So what’s up next?
Well, this Sunday at 11.00 Kingsley is organizing ice swimming at Playa del Tanto. Guaranteed to wake you up in these dark times. What doesn’t kill you hey.
The Söder AGM and Boule competition (pandemic permitting) is planned for January 17th so lock it in.
We’ll keep you updated.
Friday the 12th June was to provide the Södermalm AFC faithful with an extraordinarily sunny and warm evening (considering it was only a week out from Midsummers eve) at the prestigious Augusta National golf course of Sweden, aka Ågesta 9 hål pay n play.
The next event on the social ’distancing’ calendar in the wake of no football due to the Covid-19 pandemic was the Södermalm Blue Jacket masters.
12 sharp Shooter McGoverns, 1 late comer and a Happy Gilmour wannabe (more on that later) were to make up the leaderboard in a best ball pairs competition drawn by ‘random allocation’.
Before a ball was to be bashed from the first tee a meet n greet was conducted in the car park with beers and hotdogs thanks to the board for providing such a fitting late luncheon for this prestigious occasion.
Before play got underway the rules were explained and the contestants eyed up each other’s gear and discussed tactics with their playing partners. All except Condo, Jordansson and Law. The pairing of jordansson and law were all smiles at the good fortune of being the only double seeded pairing and Condo was just concerned of where he would be able to wash his balls…..
As this reporter was part of the final grouping to tee off most things written from here on in are reported based off word of mouth and the audible shouts of joy or despair that could be heard during the intense competition.
From the first tee, Law, Condo and Ferguson threw down the gauntlet by producing very fine shots on the green for the rest of us to drool over. This form was to prove misleading however for 2 of those players and their pairing were reeled back into the field by the end of the round.
Highlights of the round included:
Andrew ‘Happy’ Smith landing past the green at the 245m par 4 7th hole from the tee box.
Ironguts Burnell’s berating of playing partner lethal hagberg for missing a 1m bogey put, only to then poke the returning put into the flagstick and have the ball dance around the cup before resting softly only the thickness of a bootlace from he edge of the hole to finish with a disappointing triple bogey and the par 3 5th hole.
The constant battle between golfer and mosquito. A battle which no contestant really ever became the victor.
Rappoccio’s Gardening, and gamesmanship on the 9th hole which caused Condo the cover drive a ball back towards the teebox.
In the end the bookies favourites of Jordansson and Law kept their nerve and fired themselves to an even par 30 over the 9 holes and deservedly claimed the blue Jackets, which is was just as well as bridesmaids Smith and Murphy hadn’t sent their measurements into the tailors to have the jackets adjusted to they varying arm lengths.
Another enjoyable social event, and who knows, soon enough just after the summer the might even be some footy on the cards (in sweden that is!).
Glad midsommar, and stay safe, wherever you are!
Södermalm AFC Championship leaderboard:
Jordansson/Law – 30 (par)
Smith/Murphy – 33 (+3)
Briscoe/Nellbrink – 37 (+7)
Macca/Ferguson – 38 (+8)
Condo/Charlie – 39 (+9)
Burnell/Hagberg – 39 (+9)
Rappa/THE Johan – 44 (+14)
The SAFF season 2017 starts this week with a double header at the J. For the Södermalm it’s a rematch against last year’s Grand Final opposition the Dockers. Come down and support the boys in blue!
Five players turned up to the Södermalm chess and beer championship. A surprisingly low number since the chess title was up for grabs due to Brissles’ late withdrawal. The unluckiest man in Söder missed his second off-season competition due to vinterkräksjukan. In the starting lineup for the chess comp was two time runner up Murf, triple semi-finalist Larry, this winter’s grand slam possibility JR, the dark horse Rappa and the white knight Bobby Love.
Last Friday night the Södermalm boys congregated to O’Connells pub for the annual Söder awards night with vote count. It was a celebration of the season’s achievements coupled with discussions of what could have been. The vote count quickly turned into a two sided affair with one outstanding player in each category. (Outstanding are also these players’ subs for this year). Johan won best non Australian player for the second time, and also took home the Jordo shield with 30 votes. Rob won best Australian player for the third time.
Here are the rest of the winners:
Goal kicker of the year: Marcus Rappoccio
Players’ player: Matthew Barton
Most consistent: Gaelan Doolan
Club person: Lars Hagberg
Fishing competition: Daniel Jordan
Check out the presentation.
A big win against visiting Dockers on the weekend put the Blues in first place on the ladder. A solid team effort with 8 different goal kickers. Honourable mentions go to Rob and Johan who bagged 4 goals each. Final score Södermalm 15.15 (105) Norrtälje 6.3 (39).
Next up is Bromma Vikings on the 21st.
Pre-season training has started and what a great turn-out it has been! The Kaj man is in charge of making old players and new recruits fit for the season.
We’re training on Sundays, contact the club for more info. Bring some cold weather gear for a warm up run outdoors before training indoors. Bring any mates too – training is free!
Södermalm sent down a squad of 18 players plus coach to Malmö for the last game of the season and the decider of the first edition of Elitserien.
The first half was ruff and physical and the umpires 
struggled to control the game. After a couple of send offs the players shaped up and the game continued a hard and well played contest. Poor kicking by Söder put Malmö in front after 3 quarters by 11 points, which was pretty much what they needed to win the competition. But in the final quarter of the season Södermalm showed why they deserve to be called the best team in Sweden. They piled on the whole quarter and won the game by 10.10 (70) to 8.11 (59).
Best on ground was Matt Schulte (6.2)!
“We just wanted to give the guys more game time, we didn’t think we’d go and win the bloody thing” commented President Joel Burnell after playing his only game this season, kicking 2.1.
Everything’s coming up roses for Södermalm, finally.
Summer has just started and the reports are pouring in. First on the board was Larry with a classic catch: Harr (30 cm) from Jämtland. Based on the subsequent results it seems like the ‘Kingsley Cruises’ out of Gnesta is attracting the Söder fishermen. The Condo gets his first recorded Söder catch ever with a 0.65kg/44cm Gös. Hitting the ground running he bagged 2.53kg/75cm gädda straight after. Larry registered his second catch of the year with a 0.56kg abborre from Gnesta.
“Well, they’re both on the dole so I guess they’ve got time to fish. Me, I’m working my heart out trying to get this country back on its feet” was the comment from last year’s fishing champion Jordo.
This year Södermalm Blues went down to Gothenburg and Sweden Cup with only 9 players, of which 1 had never seen an Australian football before (although when he got his hands on it you really couldn’t tell). First up was Landskrona (or was it Helsingborg, or Rainbow Warriors…) who put up a good fight in the first half. In the second Söder unleashed its secret weapon, first gamer Niklas Sahlgren who booted two goals and the boys won comfortably in the end. A solid start in the second game against home team Berzerkers put Söder in front by 3 goals at half time. A premature siren 3.5 minutes before the end gave Söder false hopes cause after that Gothenburg piled on. Continue reading
This Saturday will see the launch of the new national league Elitserien, and what better place to kick off the competition than at the JCG. The Söder board made a bold decision at the start of the year to enter Söder as one of the four teams in this new 12 a-side competition. But the players got behind the idea and have been working hard during pre-season to be ready to take on the rest of Sweden. The first game starts at 13.30 and features Södermalm Blues vs. Port Malmö Maulers. Stockholm Dynamite takes on Helsingborg Saints in the second match.
The club is running the BBQ so you know it’s going to be a good one. Come down and support the boys in blue and don’t miss out on this historic event!
The Söder players turned up in style and numbers at O’Connells in order to kick off the 2015 season. The only one not wearing a tie was Bluey, who as per usual was kitted up and ready to go. A mix of old and new faces pondered the upcoming season over a few beers while Mick did his best to recruit anyone with a pulse. President Burnell rallied the troops with an inspiring speech, letting everyone know what’s expected of them this year. Of course the question on everybody’s mind: “How are we going to avoid another Grand Final defeat?” The answer, as obvious as surprising, bring back the championship coach from 2009, Danne Jordansson! This got the guys excited and the party went on until the late hours with Bluey closing the pub in a closet.
After the hugely successful fishing trip the Söder social season continues on ice. Yes, it’s that time of year again when we hit the ice rink for the Södermalm Curling Championship.
It takes place on Thursday the 19th of March between 5-7 pm at Sundbybergs curlinghall. Equipment and instructor will be provided so all you need to bring is a bit of balance and a track suit. There is room for up to 10 people and the price is 100kr/person, the club is sponsoring the rest. E-mail the club if you’re interested. First come best dressed.
The curling hall is just a 10 min. walk from Duvbo T-bane station on the blue line.
Check out this action packed video from one of the previous championships!
The Söder and Bromma juniors started their social season the other week with curling at Sundbybergs Curlinghall. Both parents and kids turned up and after a short introduction the rocks were flying across the lanes! As always when the footy players take up curling we see some innovative styles. Leo invented the running start and Oliver the backwards sweep, two new techniques that are sure to take off in the curling community. After a few hard fought games it was time to relax with a bit of fika while planning the season of 2015. See you again in January for the next event.
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