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South Augusta Newsletter 2025  August

2025 Yearbook

With the 2025 footy season now done and dusted, we are looking forward to how we can improve going forward into the 2026 season. We have
finished all of the formalities, with the presentations, footy trip etc all finished for the year.
Congrats to the trophy winners and all involved on the presentation night, it’s great to have that many people that are so passionate about the club.
The Footy Committee are again going to work extremely hard to try and recruit players that can complement our existing list, while making sure
we keep the current lads together. If we can add a few talented lads to the exciting group we have, there is no doubt that better results on the
field are coming.
We would like to congratulate Adam on his reappointment as A Grade Coach. I sincerely hope the boys put in a huge effort over the pre season
and get some reward from that. Fitness is a huge factor in this league and our on field results can change dramatically just with improvement in that
area. if everyone is out doing the hard yards it solidifies the team and can actually be fun in doing so.
Remember that we still have Thursday and Friday night teas available, and our club is open as usual for drinks etc, so please try to get up to the
club and keep supporting over the footy break.
Get out to support the cricket lads also.

There are still a number of volunteer jobs that will pop up over the next few months, whether it be cooking snags or serving at the Bunnings BBQ,
helping in the kitchen, set up and help for club catering etc, please continue to help out where possible.

Mark Horner
President

A GRADE COACH REPORT FROM PRESENTATION NIGHT

Firstly, thankyou to all the volunteers and helpers throughout the season. Football season doesn’t function without you. And our football club would be in a much worse state if it wasn’t for some extremely dedicated and loyal volunteers.
I apologise as I am sure to miss some of the people, but just a couple I would like to highlight are: Nicole McInnis as Head Trainer and every other hat that you wear throughout the year. It is much appreciated, all of the time you put in we would be genuinely stuffed without you. Craig Ritter as Matchday Manager and everything else in between. It doesn’t go unnoticed the amount of time and dedication you have shown this football club over a long period of time and continue to do so. Thursday night tea crew. Thanks for spending time helping to feed players and supporters alike. I am sure everyone that comes up for a meal on Thursdays appreciate it.
Drinks van & BBQ on the Hill. Thanks to everyone who participated in getting this off the ground. I think it did create more of an atmosphere at the games, hopefully it was a valuable contribution to the clubs financial situation for the year. To the people who offered to umpire not only the field but also goal and boundary line. It is an enormous help to mainly Nicole who has to perform the SGLs job in arranging the umpires for our games. Thanks to Bronte, Gilly and Stuey for the
season assisting at trainings and games. Whilst we didn’t get a lot of results go our way, and it was a tough year at times, I hope your players thank you for your commitment, dedication and efforts in trying to help them this year. Thank you to the footy committee who worked hard to change a bit of the atmosphere on game day with some new ideas and in particular the Footy Frenzy Day which was well supported by all age groups, culminating in Mitch Robinson’s performance for the A
Grade. It was a great atmosphere and experience that was the envy of a lot of other clubs in the SGL.
On field we had a disappointing season overall with only the U15s representing the club in the finals. In fact we were the only club to not be represented on Grand Final day, that’s not a good place to be in, and we should be striving to feature on Grand Final Day every year.
From the start of the season when 51 people showed up to the first preseason training to then finish the year with Stuey having to find 8 players the morning of the last minor round game, probably says a lot about where the club is currently at in terms of its playing stocks. I have said to the players that I’ll be honest with them, and I honestly think our club is in a world of trouble. It would not surprise me if we struggle to field a B Grade side next year. I hope that I am wrong but
given the lack of commitment by a lot of players, some of the team being shift workers, therefore unavailable every week and the use of veterans who have likely played their last season of football, I really do worry about the senior numbers moving forward. I want to congratulate all those who win awards tonight and also to the players who made their senior debuts and reached milestones throughout the course of the season. Congratulations on these individual accolades.
I really hope this season is a humbling and learning experience for a lot of players. Humbling in terms of results and finishing at the bottom of the ladder. A learning experience because as a group there needs to be significant improvement in attitude, dedication and commitment to being a good team mate, a good player and ultimately a good team. We aren’t that at the moment. But things can change quickly if everyone is willing to put in the work and not accept the season that
we’ve just had.
We need to be a better club at embracing and welcoming new people, new families to our club. There is a common theme locally that this isn’t a very welcoming place which is disappointing to hear. We need to do better.
“Culture is not what you write on the walls, culture is what people feel when they come in”  Everyone just expects the South Augusta Football Club to be there year after year. Because for 100+ years we always have been. Everyone thinks that Friday night teas will just happen because a cooking team is rostered on like it has always been.
Our existence in this competition is going to depend on how hard we are willing to work from this moment on. We have dwindling numbers in the junior grades compared to a lot of other local clubs, and our volunteers are the same people week after week, year after year.
We may be here now, but tomorrow is not guaranteed. Please do your bit to get involved no matter how big or how small the task maybe.
What if the South Augusta Football Club isn’t here tomorrow?
Could you have done more to help?
Thank you
Adam Grantham  

 

UP AND COMING EVENTS 2025

 NOVEMBER 2025 

8 – Racing Tips Start 

15/16 – Bunnings BBQ Volunteers Required 

14 – 2026 Season Senior Coaches Applications Close 

17 – AGM Vacant Positions Nominations Close 

23 – SAFC AGM 29 – BBQ at Commercial Road—Volunteers Required