Last week’s loss seemed to have shattered the Söder boys as only 9 players turned up for the game against Solna. Stand in coach this week Paul did what he had to and calmly explained how they would have to play to win the game. The guys nodded their heads and went out on the field and did just that.
Was it because it was the first game after the holidays? Or the fact that it was Friday the 13th? Or that we have started training with Årsta again? Who knows, but one thing’s for sure, Södermalm made a bleak appearance in this game.
In the first quarter the Södermalm players didn’t seem to find each other on the field and hesitated in the contests. Årsta on the other hand used their voices and worked hard for the ball. Solid play by Iron Guts in the back line kept the Årsta’s lead to only 3 points after the first quarter.
The second quarter was much like the first and hadn’t it been for poor kicking by Årsta, the lead would have been more than 8 points at half time.
Here are the remaining trainings and games for 2010. See you at training!
Schedule Autumn_2010.pdf
Hope you are all enjoying the hot summer, and staying fit. The first game after the summer break is against Årsta on the 13th of August. To get the team into shape training commences on the 28th of July.
Bring everyone along to this years Ladies Night. There will be two games of footy
Under constantly changing weather conditions Södermalm faced the Solna Axemen for the second time this season. Söder were still missing a few key players but happy to see the return of SAFF B&F winner Max Larsson, who had been out since the Anzac Day round.
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!”
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.
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 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.
On a sunny but windy Anzac day Södermalm kicked off the season by losing a tough game against the Solna Axemen 94 – 84. In the second game Bromma defeated Årsta 70 – 61.
A new, younger Södermalm team graced the fields of Årsta in Round 1 of the SAFF 2010 competition. With no fewer than 7 players making their club debuts, the Blues got off to a great start in the 1st Qtr into the wind to lead by 3 goals at qtr time.
Photo: Kristy Pirovano (thanks!)
After the double header on sunday the Stockholm Netball Club will be ready to escort everyone interested to GIH (Gymnastik och idrottshögskolan, near Stadion) where the first ever open day will be held. Kids are more than welcome to the open day as sunday is the start for junior netball in Sweden.
For those of you not familiar with netball it is a social, fun and safe sport derived from basketball.
Please see the Stockholm Netball Club homepage for more information.
Trainings for the rest of the spring will be held on Thursdays except from the weeks when we play friday night games when training will be held on Wednesdays. Time and place is still 18.00 at Årstafältet.
Next training is Thursday, and with only a few weeks unit season premiere it’s important for everyone to make an effort to come down.
Update: Get the full schedule for the spring here: Schedule Spring 2010.
SAFF 2010 kicks off with a double header on Sunday 25th of April at Årstfältet. The first two team to battle it out are last years newcomer Årsta Swans against hard-training Bromma Vikings.
Schedule for April 25
13.00 Årsta Swans – Bromma Vikings
14.30 Södermalm Blues – Solna Axemen
See the full fixture here.
It had been a long road for Södermalm to get to this year’s Curling Championship with the lineup constantly changing but finally last Tuesday the boys in blue hit the ice. Jordo created an upset early on by breaking up the triumphant trio from last year’s championship.That stone, reducing a 5 point loss to only 1 point. The Merrymen managed to stay in the game.