Club focus- come along and join us

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Petter Eek

In Sweden, sports and club atmospheres have played a significant role in enhancing men’s health, both physically and mentally. Our club in particular has long been known for its active lifestyle, with a culture that emphasizes the importance of physical activity and community engagement and a focus on men’s health.

The Södermalm Sports club, in particular thru popular activities like Cycling, Curling, Cricket, and running, offer a structured and supportive environment where men can improve their physical and mental fitness while building social connections. Regular participation in sports helps reduce the risk of chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, which are common health concerns for men globally.

By engaging in physical activities, Our members maintain better cardiovascular health, muscle, as well as overall endurance. Beyond the physical benefits, sports clubs provide a valuable space for fostering mental well-being. Physical activity is known to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, which is crucial in addressing the mental health challenges faced by many men right here in Stockholm.

*Team södermalm completing 5th annual Gotland 360 cycling event sept 8*

Furthermore, Our social aspect of the Södermalm sports club creates a strong sense of community. This sense of belonging is essential for men’s mental health, as it encourages open communication and emotional support. Being part of our social club provides men with an opportunity to share experiences, challenges, and victories, both on and off the field. This camaraderie helps combat social isolation, which can be detrimental to mental health specially now as we head into the darker months of the year.

Our club atmosphere plays a vital role in promoting men’s health by offering a balanced approach that combines physical fitness with mental and social well-being. The integration of regular physical activity with a supportive social network creates a holistic foundation for healthier, happier lives.

Please contact the club if you would like to join in on some fun elevating experiences and to develop a new network of friends right here in the hear of Stockholm.

*photo from a social cricket match* *this summer*

Södermalm CC Obliterate opposition

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Jordo

On en overcast day Södermalm CC Travelled to the far north of Stockholm to take on 4th place Upplandsbro CC. Winning the toss and electing to bowl was the decision of the day.

Sean Logan became the first South African in the club to obtain the beloved “Baggy Blue”. He was the cap 7 for the club and he was presented with it by club stalwart Andrew “guru” Smith.

After Smithy’s long and uplifting teary eyed speech the players took the field. It was immediately from the outset the opposition was in trouble and unable the handle the pace and swing of söders dominating left arm opening combination.

The movement, line and length was unplayable. After 3 overs the score was 4-10 with a catch going down to give the batsman a chance to make a game of it.

Joel Burnell claimed his 5th wicket in his 4th over putting the home team at 5-16 and becoming only the second player in the club to do so, after the Condor. Joel finish with figures 5-20 whilst newly capped Sean Logan a sharp 0-15.

Captain Kingsley brought on impact bowler Daniel Jordan who took of where Joel had finished. immediately into the action Jordo was looking a club second hat trick on only his 4th ball. There was abuzz around the players as the all come in close for a catch. with 4 slips in place it was a dot ball thru to the keeper.

Finishing the over with 2-0 off 1. Jordo was supported by the fiery and wild Alex Tesdorf. Tesslars pace was too hot not only for the batsman but himself. He was unplayable, batsman only scoring of his 5 wides finishing up with figures of 2-5 off 2.0.

The condor came on the clean up the last batsman with the score on 42. off 11.3 overs.

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Söder lost 2 early wickets to give Upplandsbro CC a glimmer of hope. however after the protest against thirdly dismissed batsman, Sam “big Blue” Austin, for poor uniform and incorrect thigh pad application, it was all over.

Ned hall and “Tip rat” Murphy remained unbeaten and steer the blue cappers to an anstounding thrashing victory chasing the 43 run in 5.4 overs

Södermalm CC now sit in 4th place with 3 wins and 2 losses. Those 2 losses coming off the last last ball of the innings.

Post match drink were enjoyed at Willis Pub and subsidized by the club legend “Guru”.

Next game is September 1st at home against 3rd placed Stockholm titan gladiators captained by Imran khan. Hopefully we can continue our form.

Cricket and summer have arrived

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Jordo

As the weather and therefore, the moods all around have vastly improved, there are plenty of Södermalm Sports Club functions to look forward to and brace yourself for (see attached). We have 36 paid up and registered members for Sodermalm Sports Club 2024!

Thats right folks it is official! the Club has Offically changed it name to Södermalm Sports Club! (SSC) now we officially cater for all sports! Our motto is “too much sport is not enough”.

In addition to our name change the club as found sponsorship in the ways of long time club member! Tim Readwin and Readwin consulting AB

READWIN Consulting AB specialise in building energy efficiency work place environment and economy.

Our LMS cricket chaps have got their penultimate fixture on the go as I type this and their final fixture is early July – our fearless chairman, Daniel Jordan, has just fallen 2 agonisingly runs short of a half ton, ably supported by Dan Kennedy (DK) on 47*. The Sunday T20 league cricket season kicks off pretty soon so please reach out to Alex Tesdorf if you are keen to join the squad! we are 3 wins and 3 losses

Club Drinks on Friday 5th of July from 17h00ish is the next official club event. +1 has been our mantra this year for the functions so bring a pal, a mate who is like-minded, and keen to have a beer, a laugh and meet some of the Soder living legends. Pelago Roof Top – Slussen.

Some of our latest Clubs members at Pelago sporting the new club Blazer.

Dads n’ lads camping wraps up the Soder festivities for July, Benjamin Condo is your man for that. That event is in Gnesta from Thursday 18th of July – always been a hit and all are welcome even if your kids are busy or do not exist.

What you won’t see on the calendar are some events where you would need to reach out to those particular individuals heading them up. Please do so:

– Andrew Smith is getting some tickets for an ODI at Lords in September: Auz vs Eng.

– Sean Logan is running a trail half-marathon 17th of August just outside Uppsala. There is a full marathon and 10km too. He is also running the Lidingo Loppet (30km), Sunday 29th of September. Any runners out there?

See you at the next Club event, July 5th,

Sean Logan,

Södermalm Sports Club

Jordo takes home the Bowling trophy in 2024

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Blue Baller

Once again the 2024 Blue Ribbon Bowling event was held at Lucky Bowling on Sveavägen 118. A near record 15 players turned out. Defending champion Sean ‘Kungen’ Hargreaves was back despite having recently recovered from debilitating knee surgery whilst previous winner Condor was out sunning his flower in the Wild West of Australia and Kingsley was planting seeds in Nepal… The scene was set and the mob grabbed one or 2 cold ones before devouring the club sponsored Lucky burgers and chips. Somewhat prematurely, Jordo cracked one through the covers and immediately everyone made their way quickly to the bowling lanes…..

The scoring was free and fast just like Loges on the cricket field and many made it past the 100 mark. The far right lane was made up of Jordo, Big Bla and Jimmy O’brien and there were some high scores in the first round. It felt like we already had the finalists congregated. In the far left lane, Macca, Laser Larry and John Cullen were struggling with gutter throws, toilet visits and general poor play. In lane 2, Tesla was paired with the newbies Alastair and Abba Fernando. Alastair was still drinking the bar dry when the bowling started so they were constantly playing catch-up. Guru was floating around so it was difficult to know what lane he was assigned to however his greatest concern was beating Abba F.

The second game proved once again to be the high point. Jordo open like Condos arse with 3 strikes and from that point it was WA dust between him and the rest of the field however he pulled Big Bla and OB1 along with him and all 3 comfortably passed the 150 mark. And in the far left lane Lazer Larry (previous champ), Kelly Cullen and Macca were in a cat fight for last place. Loges was screaming like a hyena and 3M was scanning the talent on offer.

In the end, it was Jordo that won the night and he got his 4cl shot of tequila. 3M got a free beer for being best dressed and Kungen for being a good bloke and ManU supporter. Big Blue Austin handed over the trophy to Jordo but it was a bit of a tug of war as the protest he had left in had not been fully determined.

Well done one. Well done all. A great night to kick off the year.

Jordo won with 202 and will have his name inscribed on the trophy. Strangely, the 2022 winner was not present on the trophy but that maybe due to the rank cheating that went on that year…

A great evening was had by all participants, We warmly welcome the new members, Alastair, Fernado and big Dave the Victorian, to the club.

after the post match awards and drinks people made their home at a respective time.

We hope to see you all our next club event in March!

By Alex Tesdorf

CLUB AGM 17th Feb

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Jordo

The club will hold its AGM 17th feb. Venue and time to come to members via email.

it will be followed by the 16th annual club bowling championship!

Go Söder!

2023 Söder social Tennis Open

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Jordo

Sunday, 27th of August at the Good to Great Collector Bank Area, Danderyd, was the setting for this year’s annual and always, hotly-contested, Söder tennis championship. With the weather, traditionally, proving to be pretty inclement in the last few days of August here in Stockholm, the championship was held indoors which proved to be not only a magnificent setting but a classy one too, and boy, was there some classy tennis action on the 3 side-by-side courts as the morning turned to afternoon! A lot of ‘ringers’ turned up to play which always makes for top competition.

Hot favourites and eventual winners, Jimmy and Big Blå were brought back down to earth in the first round of fixtures losing 6 – 3 to Ned the lover of Led and Danny Perillo. Meanwhile, centre court action saw the South Africa duo of Loges and Big H blowing a 4 – 2 lead to the late additions to the tennis ‘tournie’ of DK and Murphy, who powered through from behind to come out tops 6 – 4. This momentum gained by this cool and composed pairing saw them see off their next two sets of opponents to qualify automatically for the final, which was again to be staged on centre court. They would be heading into this final with an ‘undefeated tag’ – heavy lies the crown proved to ring true come finals time!

Other highlights from the first three rounds of pool fixtures saw a few tie breaks which always makes for exciting and at times, some desperate tennis and attempts with some of the Söder boys throwing their bodies around the courts. What was pleasing was that not too much colourful language nor raw emotions were thrown around but would tennis be tennis without a racquet or two being thrown at least once? Keeping with this theme, there was some racquet throwing on court 1 in the final round of pool fixtures – no names mentioned but one of the opponents happens to hail from WA, who got aced, so a lot of antagonising had taken place back and forth.

2023 FINALIST

Immediately after club president Jordo and Söders tennis guru, A Brent Smith, went down in a gut-wrenchingly tight tie break to BIG Blå and Jimmy, a play off on centre court took place with WA’s Big Bronza “Condy” and the lucid left-hander Triple M-Macca joining the fray but got pretty much blown away by the tennis trend-setters of the day. Crowd favourites DK and Murph had the boys howling encouragement and plenty verbals but this attempt could not help derail the ‘Blue Train’ with both Jimmy O and Sam full steam ahead from their serves, net play, general tactics and believe it or not, fitness! final score 6-0, 6-4.

See you at our next social event! The 2023 Södermalm Golf handicap – Sep 23

Author Sean Logan

2023 winner Jimmy O and Big Blå

5th Annual Camping weekend Success!

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Jordo

The Clubs 5th Annual Dads and kids Camping long weekend took place at the Klämmingen lake in Sunny Gnesta.

Again The Mayor of G town B.Condon provided some great weather and late evening BBQ ribs to match! As the drizzle cleared up in the first hours upon arrival people began to pitch the tents! and enjoy the late summer weather over the course of the weekend.

With the temperature soaring above 20 degrees the kids were hopping from the 5 metre hop platform all day long late into the evening. The club welcomed Matt Hodgson and kids as first time club camper. He turned up in Style in his vintage 1950’s Red SAAB classic car which created a buzz amongst all the campers, he also manage to land a 40cm Pike with his Boy Oscar.

The chess board was alight all day, to late into the evening with Grand master Elias K giving everyone a tickle up! especially Murf who he played blind folded.

On the Saturday arvo it was annual Kids v’s Dads cricket. the kids are finally coming of age with the bat and ball posting 148 runs on the board. the dads though it might not be enough. Starting the chase strongly the dads were off the a flyer! however a late breakthrough and a middle order collapse saw the kids in total control! brilliant bowling and masterclass catching brought them back into the contest.

Piney almost went for another Quacker but escaped narrowly escaped! to wag the tail but alas the dads could only post 135 going down by 13 runs! the kids celebrated hard ! with a late evening swim in the lake.

By Sunday the fun was all over and many wished it could have been longer. We all started the pack up around lunch and manged to slip away before the Rain came back.

Another successful camping weekend with 6 dads and 11 kids. We hope more can get along next year and we look forward to the cricket rematch against the kids!!!

feel free to get in contact with the club about more info on camping! 20230729

Cricket season comes to a close

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Jordo

As we approach summer holidays our cricket season is coming to an end. We have had a team in SCF the national league and a team in LMS weekday comp. Our first season with a team in the league has been a success. we were challenged with injury however With a solid base of 25 players, we managed a team to all games. we are actively looking for new players to join our club.

Whilst the Wins have been few and far between, again we were the most social team with a few post BBQ and beers. Some highlights this season were Smithy notching up his first 50 n.o, Jordo taking clubs first Hattrick, DK getting a diamond duck. We look forward to the awards night later in the year. to reveal all achievements from the season. feel free to join us.

After the summer break we will head into our social events! first up is the Södermalm ProAm golf on a Friday night 11th of august 17:30 at Ågesta GK.

But next up is DADS and Kids camping weekend in Gnesta 27-30 july. contact the club if you would like to know more about our social events or get involved.

Go Söder. you can follow us on instagram södermalmafc

https://www.instagram.com/sodermalmafc/?igshid=MjEwN2IyYWYwYw%3D%3D

email: sodermalmafc@gmail.com

Södermalm AFC 15th Annual Bowling championship

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Ryan Kingsley

Södermalm AFC AGM and Bowling Night

Saturday 4th March 2023 Södermalm AFC held it’s annual general meeting yesterday at the Old Brewer in Stockholm. A big thank you to all the members from last year and if you missed the Presidents Report we all should be congratulated on a very successful year. During the meeting, the club welcomed a new board member and had some exciting news about the new Södermalm Sports Club to play this year in the Swedish Cricket competition. All members can catch up on the minutes or check up all the news via the Official WhatsApp Group.

The 15th Södermalm Ten Pin Bowling Trophy followed the AGM and there were a few big names out. While the reigning champion was bronzing himself naked on the beaches of WA and Mr Professional had packed up his shoes and ball and gone home, there was no clear favourites. That all changed when The president himself bowled 212 in the warm up game before the final. The tickets fell off him pretty quickly though and while Don Key and Larry had a crack but it was Sean ‘Kungen’ Hargreaves who took control of the final to win the trophy with a score of 165. Congratulations Kungen!! and to top of his day his son Jack took home the club fishing trophy fishing trophy earlier in the day.

Thanks for a great afternoon and for all the members who came along. It is going to be an exciting year.

Please contact the club if you would like to join our social events or play some sport!!

Next up is the annual social Curling event held on 24th march 17:00 at Sundbyberg curling centre let us know if you want join.

By Ryan Kingsley 20220306

Presidents report 2023

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Jordo

Date: 202300304 Presidents report

In 2022 we are coming off the back of the Covid 19 pandemic. This year we held no less than 15 social events with 1 new event the Södermalm cricket awards night, couple of social cricket matches, Aussie fathers day, kids camping, Gotland 360 curling was back by popular demand and several LMS cricket matches.

Our membership was 29. holding steady

some of the highlights from the year was –

bowling was won by condo
SAFC golf open won by briscoe and Zach tipping
footy tipping – AFL – Clayton NRL-Jordo
9 games of LMS was played at the JCG -we came 3rd
7 members rode the Gotland 360 bike race representing Söder
The SAFC handicap golf – Sam P Austin again
Pool – Daniel Fergusonl
Chess – our junior in the club Elias Kingsley
Jack hargreaves another junior won the Fishing comp with his gädda

we attracted 3 sponsors

Hyundai center stockholm –
Niras AB –
Andrew smith

Hopefully we can retain these sponsors.

We have entered a cricket team into the swedish league for this coming season

We look forward to attracting new members and also having a better attendance from all our members in 2023. so get around you mates and be sure to bring them along in 2023!

Södermalm C.C to enters the big league

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Petter Eek

Södermalm CC will be enter their First XI into the national Cricket competition 2023 starting in 2nd division. We welcome all new players to the club and hope to see everyone at the upcoming AGM to have their say on how the club should be run this year.

If you interested in joining the Club to play cricket or be involved on the board or even just to help out or have beer, please drop the club an email!

see you all soon at the AGM, date to be set for March soon.

Go Söder!!!

Sodermalmafc@gmail.com

Södermalm First XI

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Petter Eek

Södermalm First XI took on a combined DIF/SCC old boys in a T25 down at the J, skarpnäck cricket plan last saturday 17/9/2022.

Södermalms Captain Danne Jordansson won the toss! and with clouds building up he elected to bat! it was obvious we were playing under English condition. PDP and smithy opened the innings for Söder, however after a huge defensive campaign to take the shine off the ball, both openers were dismissed within 3 over! in came Jordansson and Big blue, quite vigourously noted on the day they were partially representing MacArthur Cricket club from Sydney, unbeknownst to the cricketing public at the ground that the Macarthur CC had been defuct. for 20 years…….

The pair manage to take the total from 2/13 to 3/82 at 10.1 even batting thru the rain, this steady the ship and allow the remaining batter come out swing! Stalker went cheaper however Murf, Condy and Kingsley closed out the innings smashing boundaries and moving the total to a Södermalm highest T25 score 6/199

Setting a target of 200 for the visitors, play resumed after a 15 minute down pour. there was some talk of finishing the second innings at the Pub but the old boys were having none of that talk from skipper Jordansson.

The old boys started strong with Tiwari and Anand starting strong, Big blue and Condy were get hammered all over the park, so a changed was called upon. New recruit Will e boy came in and broke the partnership with a great catch by PDP on the boundary. next over J:sson dismissed Tiwari with an absolut garbage balls which should have been hit for 12. but alas the tactic work and the visitors had slipped from 0/48 to 4/72. the bowling changed took 4/23 of 4.2. 2 wickets each!

then on came Smithy the Destroyer. looking to get a triple wicket maiden first time not only in the clubs history but smithys life as well, however 2 of the wicket were unfortunately called no balls so hi finished his second over 1/2, byt a break thru none the less.

Highlights of the day was bug blue trying to take a catch running in from the boundary in the wet only to fall slipping on his arse and letting the ball bounce once for 4. Another missed opportunity was J. murphy missing a stumping and dropping the 12 year old, ring in, Vijay singh, off his first ball! Vijay was forced to retired by Capt. Cribbin for defending to well and not being able to get out.

Highlights of the day was bug blue trying to take a catch running in from the boundary in the wet only to fall slipping on his arse and letting the ball bounce once for 4. Another missed opportunity was J. Murphy missing a stumping and dropping the 12 year old, ring in, Vijay singh, off his first ball! Vijay was forced to retired by capt Cribbing for defending to well and not being able to get out.

The hong Kong born Captain Cribbin and Ayyappa made a last ditch effort to smash there way to 200 in the remiaing over only to finish at 6/167.

a great day was had by both team, the weather was drissly and shit until the BBQ started. Söder put on a lushous BBQ for both team and we all join the Local weekly Peruvian national day celebrations with loud music coin tossing and beers! as the weather cleared.

Jordo