Monash Gryphons Amateur Football Club

After a great season and finishing off the Home and Away season on top of the ladder, the Reserves are playing in the Second Semi Final vs Kew.

Bring your pom poms and come on down and support the Gryphs this weekend!

WHERE: Weatherall Rd, Cheltenham. Melways: 86 G3
WHEN: Saturday 2nd of September @ 11.20am

Congratulations to all players and staff for making it this far and lets hope they can record a win to go straight into the final.

Good luck to all involved.

It was not a successful day on the Ground with two losses but it was one off the ground. A good contingent of past players came down to East Caulfield Reserve to enjoy a luncheon during the twos game. Many of the Elsternwick Past Players and supporters also joined in with the luncheon. It was a great atmosphere with plenty of drinks had, food eaten and stories swapped.

The Last Game night was also held at East Caulfield Reserve. About 40 people turned up to celebrate the end of the season. Plenty of drink was consumed with certain people removing their clothing in a dance off. There were rumours that President did have far too much to drink!

Finally the vote count was had yesterday. Lee Wells won his sixth Club Best and Fairest. What a fantastic achievement. Well done Wellsy. Leigh Dooley came in 2nd with Captain Dan(Darren) Baxter coming third.

A special thanks must be Given to Gareth for the work he did organising the weekend. Without his help all these functions would not have occurred. Also thanks to Sara, Robbo, Heals, Jono, Zac, and Rats for their help. Also thanks to Tammy for helping the club out being a trainer for 1 and a half games.

SENIOR VOTE COUNT RESULTS:
53 Votes – Lee Wells
39 Votes – Leigh Dooley
34 Votes – Dan Baxter
31 Votes – Tim Bourbon
28 Votes – Nick Rutherford
24 Votes – Lachlan Vallance
18 Votes – Luke Wilson
14 Votes – Kye Cherian
13 Votes – John Rutherford
11 Votes – Ben Rose
10 Votes – Jesse Burgess
8 Votes – Chris Leeton
8 Votes – Phil Gomizel
6 Votes – Peter Rutherford
5 Votes – Ross Hedley
4 Votes – Gareth Kent
4 Votes – Brad Senior
3 Votes – Mike Davies
2 Votes – Guy Keating
2 Votes – Robert Fletcher
2 Votes – Jake Rotstein
1 Votes – Gavin Block
1 Votes – Mark Wilkinson
1 Votes – Jeremy Landberg

RESERVES VOTE COUNT RESULTS:
52 Votes – Justin Hetherington
49 Votes – Geoff Still
25 Votes – Brett Coxhead
22 Votes – Vaughan Coffey
18 Votes – Anthony Shufflebotham
18 Votes – Tim Vesey
12 Votes – Rob Fletcher
10 Votes – Glenn Wadley
10 Votes – Joel Gladman
10 Votes – Matthew Parker
9 Votes – Jeremy Flemming
9 Votes – Otto Mareczky
8 Votes – Gavin Block
8 Votes – Adam George
7 Votes – Ezra Shaked
6 Votes – Adam Burgess
6 Votes – Richard White
5 Votes – Dave Charleson
5 Votes – Jason Harrak
5 Votes – Walter Pocock
5 Votes – Darren Grenfell
5 Votes – Jeremy Landberg
3 Votes – Jason Park
3 Votes – Mark Paolucci
2 Votes – Mark Graydon

All are welcome to come along to the last game night to be held at ECR Hall after the Elsternwick game. Bring friends, family and partners to help celebrate another season for the Monash Gryphons.

WHERE: East Caulfield Reserve Hall.
WHEN: 26th August 2006 8pm.

This will be followed by the VOTE COUNT DAY on Sunday. All players are required to come along. Usually a great day, where all players get auctioned off and a lot of fun is had by all…
Can Still and Wells make it back to back?

WHERE: East Caulfield Reserve Hall.
WHEN: 27th August 2006 12pm.

BE THERE OR BE A

Round 18 vs Elsternwick is the day of the Family/Past Players Day. The day will commence at 12pm. Drinks will be served until 2pm but you are more than welcome to stay the rest of the day.

Cost $10. This includes BBQ and First Drink Free. All are Welcome.

Come down and Watch the Twos try and secure Ist place on the ladder and also watch the ones ruin Elsternwicks Finals campaign.

Texas Hold ‘em poker night on Saturday 19th August was a great success with 40 players battling it out for a range of prizes.

Congratulations to the winner Andy Mac. Who hit pocket Aces in the final hand to take out Jase Harrak!

Tim Bourbon came in 3rd.
4th – Andy Rob
5th – Tim Vesey
6th – Joel Gladman
7th – Joel Arnott
8th – Phil Warren

Best hand of the night. 4 jacks – Jezza

Unluckiest hand of the night to the Bags, who hit a full house on the flop only to loose to a bigger full house!

PHOTOS

Andy Mac collects first prize of $500 cash and an iPod shuffle.

Andy Mac’s pocket Aces in the final hand of the night!

Andy Mac gets a bonus 2 bottles of wine to take out 3rd place. Timmy Bourbon.

The final table begins.. Hot favorite, Joel Gladman can only muster 6th place…

Pete Rudda, first out of the tournament, takes a seat at the final table.. And thinks what could have have been….

Seniors
SWINBURNE 15.13(103) defeated MONASH GRYPHONS 7.14(56)
Goals: Parker 2, T. Bourbon, Dooley, Rose, Vesey
Best: Baxter, N. Rutherford, Wells, George,Vesey.

Reserves
SWINBURNE 13.9 (87) defeated MONASH GRYPHONS 8.12 (60)
Goals: B. Lukav 2, B. Coxhead 2, V. Coffey, G. Harrak, J. Hetherington, R. White
Best: M. Healy, D. Grenfell, A. Robilliard, J. Fleming, V. Coffey, R. White

Congratulations from all in the Gryphons Community on Mark Graydon reaching his 200^th game and Brett Coxhead and Gareth Kent on reaching their 150^th game vs Kew this weekend.

Mark Graydon commenced his career at the club at the start of the 1993 season. He has played 45 senior games and 155 reserves games. His best season was in 1998 where he played the majority of the year in the seniors and played in the first final in the clubs history. He is a former captain of the Reserves and Runner Up in the Reserves Best and Fairest. He has mainly played across half back and on the wing but he is trying his hand as a leading forward this season. The club thanks him for his efforts on and off the field. He has been on the Committee since 1999 and has performed the duties of Treasurer, General Committee, and is the current President of the club. He also received the honour of being named a Life Member of the club in 2004. He has been know by many nic names over the years such as “Wigs”, “Piglet”, “Wiglet” and “Worst”. From all at the Monash Gryphons the club congratulates you for becoming only the third Player to reach the 200 game mile stone.

PS Will he play next year and beat Heals record of 206 games? You bet he will!

Brett Coxhead started at the club during the 1994 season. He has played 120 Senior games and 30 Reserves games. He mainly played at Back Flank and Wing during his senior career. The highlight of his career would be to have played in the 2003 Senior Grand Final vs Swinburne University. For the last two seasons he has played in the Reserves where he played in last years Grand Final vs St Johns. This year he has become a focal point up forward. He has almost doubled his career goals in 15 games this season. Brett has been a great contributor to the club on the field. Well done Brett!!

PS Will you playing next year?? You need another 50 games to become a Life Member!

Gareth Kent commenced at the club from the University in 1998 and is the youngest player at the club to reach 150games. In his first few seasons at the club he was a Reserves player but has worked extremely hard to become a regular senior player. He has played 84 senior games and 66 Reserves Games. Gareth (Scooter) has got the best out of his ability and this can all be put down to hard work. He has always been a lively member of the club. Over the last few years he has been a very important member of the Committee. His contribution to the club is almost second to none over the last few seasons especially in the Social Side and recruitment during O’week. This season he has contributed more than required and without him the club would not have moved forward this season. Well done Scoots.

Come down to Kew”s ground this weekend and support these guys who have contributed greatly to our club.