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Fall 2014 Events!

AFL Grand Final Viewing Party

USAFL Western Regional Tournament - Sept 13

USAFL WESTERN REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

Saturday, September 13, 2014 - LOS ANGELES

For our last matches of the season, we will be traveling to OC to take on
the LA Dragons and Golden Gate Roos. 

Our games are at 11am and 1pm. 

 

TOURNAMENT GROUND

Harbor Sport Center, 1221 N Figueroa Place, Wilmington CA 90744. 

If you search this on Google maps it takes you to the Golf Course. Enter only the address and not the name of the place and I think will get you what you need.

 

CARPOOL MEETING SPOT

We will be leaving the car park in Sorrento Valley at 8am. Please be on time.
12741 Sorrento Valley Rd., San Diego, CA 92121

Thanks everyone!

Let's close out the season strong!

LA Dragons at San Diego Lions

 Saturday August 23, 2014 at 11am

The Lions will host the LA Dragons this Saturday 
ON THE MESA at 11am

Black Mountain Middle School, up on the mesa.

9353 Oviedo St

San Diego, CA 92129

Players arrive by 10am.

GO LIONS!! 

Lions at OC 8/16/14

Saturday August 16, 2014 at 10am

The Lions will travel to Orange County once again to take on the
OC Bombers in a hit-out that will challenge both sides.
The Lions have improved each time they've met the Bombers this season
and this test will be no exception.

Travel Details for this Saturday in Orange County:

The carpool/caravan will meet at the car park in Carmel Valley at 8am
2879 Carmel Valley Rd, San Diego, CA 92121

The game is at 10am at:
Venado Middle: Middle School, 4 Deerfield Ave., Irvine, CA 92604

We will be meeting at Green Flash Brewery
in Mira Mesa after the game. Make it there is you can.

6550 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92121

GO LIONS!! 

Sacramento Match August 2

AUGUST 2, 2014

Our first visit to Sacramento will consist of a Women's match at 10am and
The Lions vs Suns full match will start at 11:30am.

GROUND:

Bryte Park
425 Todhunter Ave
West Sacramento, CA 95605

You'll see that the airport is very close and a straight shot to the ground.

HOTEL:

The club has reserved rooms for Saturday night at the
Vagabond Inn Old Town Sacramento
909 Third St. | Sacramento, CA 95814

If you need additional nights before or after Saturday, please book them yourself.
Use group code: San Diego Lions and you'll get the discount.

PLEASE SEND POKEY YOUR
TRAVEL DETAILS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!

We'll need to keep track of you all to coordinate ground travel between
the airport and the ground.

GO LIONS!!!

Lions to battle the LA Dragons July 19 in Riverside

Saturday, July 19 at 10am

We will be traveling to Riverside to play the Dragons.

Ryan Bonaminio Park

 5000 Tequesquite Ave.

Riverside, CA 92506

We will meet at the Mira Mesa Park 'n Ride

on the west side of I-15 on Mira Mesa Blvd

at  7:30am to arrive at the ground by 9am.

Please advise Brando if you will be making the trip or not.

GO LIONS!!!

Brewery Tour - Juicy Details!

Pick-up point:  

July 12, 11:00am at Miller's Field: 4465 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109,  

If you want to grab some food or a pre-emptive beer then stop by a little earlier.

Drop-off point:  

Miller's Field, 430 pm.

Bring:  

$30 cash for the bus, 

Cash for beers at the breweries

 iPod if you want to play DJ on the bus

We will provide: 

a bus, some beers for the bus

The route:

 Breweries are still in the final stages of planning, but we are going to be hitting at least a few new breweries this time.

RSVP:  

Please RSVP to AJ ASAP at ajhubner@gmail.com or 858.775.5499.  Friends are welcome.

See you Saturday.

Orange County Game Details

ORANGE COUNTY TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014

GAME DETAILS UPDATE:

Field Location:

South Lake Middle School

655 West Yale Loop

Irvine CA 92614

After Party Location:

The Harp Inn

130 E 17^th St

Costa Mesa CA 92627

Game Schedule and Umpiring duties:

We have a field umpire scheduled to handled all three games but we will
need assistance for boundaries and goals.

10:00 am Bulldogs Vs OC (Lions to provide boundaries and goals)

11:00 am Lions Vs Bulldogs (OC to provide boundaries and goals)

12:00 pm OC Vs Lions (Denver to provide boundaries and goals)

We are responsible for boundaries and goals for the first game so we need to be there by 9:45am. 

 The car pool will LEAVE the car park at
I-5 and Carmel Valley Road at 8am. 
12739 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, CA 92121
Please get there by 7:50am to organize your ride.

Game at Sacramento Confirmed!

Put it on your calendar:

August 2, 2014

Our first visit to Sacramento will consist of a Women's match at 10am and
The Lions vs Suns full match will start at 11:30am.

Travel details to follow in the coming days. Choose how you'd like to get there.
There will be a fair amount of us that will drive. Others on tight schedules might fly.

Of course, the Lions will hit the town post-game to maintain our "Best Off Ground" status.

Let Pokey or Brando know if you are able to make the trip. 

If your budget is tight but would still like to make the trip,
talk to Pokey or Jimbo and we'll try to work something out.

GO LIONS!!

Wednesday Training Changes

It's a little late, but as of Wednesday June 11...

Wednesday Training HAS MOVED!!!

We will now be training at Doyle Elementary School in the UTC area on Wednesdays at 6pm for the foreseeable future.

Please be ready to go at 6pm so we can maximize the remaining daylight!

3950 Berino Ct.
San Diego, CA 92122

We will continue to train on Saturdays at the ground across from the roller coaster in Mission Beach at 10am.

High Noon Shootout at Black Mountian with OC Bombers, Saturday, May 31st

For our first contest this season: 
The San Diego Lions will take on the Orange County Bombers, at home, Saturday, May 31st, at 12:00 PM. 

We will be playing a regulation game with full 20 minute quarters. So, make sure you eat your pasta on Friday night, and fully hydrate before, during, and after the game. 

We will be using a different game field than we usually do: 
Black Mountain Middle School
9353 Oviedo St, San Diego, CA 92129

Watch the Facebook Page for updates. Parking may be a challenge, so arrive 1hr. early. at 11AM. 

After the game we will reconvene at 'The Green Flash Brewing Company' to rehydrate.  6550 Mira Mesa Blvd. San Diego, California, 92121

Everyone welcome!

2014 Pie Day and Awards Presentation

Please join us for our Annual Pie Day!

We will meet at Jan and Bob's house once again for our annual Pie Day event. Along with Jan's AMAZING homemade authentic Australian meat pies and Bob's signature Wet Cement beer (had a sample the other night and it will be epic), we will be handing out the 2013 awards as well. It will be $25. Eat and drink until the pies and beer run out!

There will be the traditional coin toss game and a corn hole tournament as well.

It's always a fun time. We hope to see you there!
 

2014 San Diego Lions Dues

Hey Guys,

It's time again for you to show your support for the club by submitting your membership dues. This is the single most important fundraiser we have and it is imperative that you get these precious funds to us so we can continue to run the club in an effective manner.

Your dues allow the club to rent practice and match grounds, pay league dues (yes, the USAFL charges us to be in the league), pay for equipment and other things that pop up over the course of the season.

Your membership dues of $125 this year will include a training shirt, to be distributed at a later date (within the next month). As soon as they are ready, I will start to distribute them to those who have paid their dues.

Please use the paypal link above to submit your dues to the club as soon as possible.
Thanks a bunch guys!
-Pokey

2014 SDAFC Board Elected

Thanks to everyone who made it out yesterday to the San Diego Australian Football Club AGM/Australia Day celebration.  And thanks to Bob and Jan for hosting us yet again!  Your 2014 board members are

President - Michael "Pokey" Pekonen
VP - Bob Bitmead
Secretary - Simon Schenk
Treasurer - Jim Boyer
Director of Football Operations - Brian Nickel
Member at Large - Brian Traichel

Congratulations to the new board.  We're all looking forward to hearing what the new board and the 2014 season has in store for us.  Go the Lions!