Tigers off to Mildura for community camp - Feb 20-21

[dwaino]

 

[WilliamPowell]

I want one of those Jeep Beachballs 

[afightingfurydotcom]

Its good to see the Tiges staying close to home for a change!

[one-eyed]

Plenty of pics from Mildura and video of Cotch's interview:

www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/129267/default.aspx

[one-eyed]

A video wrap of Day 1 of our Mildura Community Camp

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roarvisionarchive/tabid/11454/contentid/424080/default.aspx

[Smokey]

Its good to see the Tiges staying close to home for a change!

I thought you might like them to hold a community camp somewhere in Spain?

 

And welcome to OER aff.com.   

[one-eyed]

Some training pics and other pics from Mildura:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/gallery-e6frf9o6-1226277485531?page=1

[TigerLand]

Cousin of 6 years old had Nahas and Post visit his school, he's now changed from being an Adelaide supporter to a proud Tiger. Reckons he can play AFL after seeing how tall Nahas is. 

[one-eyed]

More pics here:

http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/multimedia/35822/471887/afl-community-camp-feb-2021.aspx?Start=25&page=1


Tigerland: Sea of yellow and black sweeps across Sunraysia
By Gabrielle McLeod and Mitch Rodd
Sunraysia Daily
21 Feb, 2012

A SEA of yellow and black swept across Sunraysia yesterday as the Tigers came to Mildura.

Although they had a slight delay to original plans the Richmond Football Club did not disappoint AFL fans in Mildura.

The boys from Tigerland visited local schools and hospitals yesterday for their first day of their AFL community camp.

Number eight for the Tigers, Jack Riewoldt spoke to students at Mildura Specialist School yesterday with vice captain, Trent Cotchin as they answered some of the hardest hitting questions that have been put to them.

“How long do you think I’ve been playing football for,” an excited football fan asked.

The Tigers stars answered question after question before moving on to visit patients and staff at the Mildura private and base hospitals.

Jack said it was great to be in the heartland of the Richmond Tigers.

“Being the old zone for us there is a lot of great players who have come from here,” he said.

“I haven’t been here before but obviously Matty Dea is from here as well as Dale Weightman who was a great player for us.

http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/news/local/news/general/tigerland-sea-of-yellow-and-black-sweeps-across-sunraysia/2461767.aspx

[one-eyed]

VIDEO: The boys had a training run on their last day in Mildura, here's the vision

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/roarvisionarchive/tabid/11454/contentid/424295/default.aspx



Mildura community camp: Day 2

http://bigpondvideo.com/RichmondTV/424443//

[one-eyed]

Club impressed: Mildura turns out
By Mitch Rodd
Sunraysia Daily
22 Feb, 2012

AS Mildura winds down from being Tigerland for the past two days, Richmond’s players and coaches have praised the city and the turnout.

With Sunraysia being part of the Tigers’ old recruiting zone, the AFL side jumped at the chance to return for their Australia Post AFL Community Camp this year.

Club coach Damien Hardwick said the city had a history of producing quality AFL/VFL players.

“It’s been a good crop of grass for us around here with Dale Weightman, Mark Lee, and Matthew Knights among others coming from Mildura,” he said during a civic welcome in the Langtree Mall yesterday afternoon.

“We like to give back us much as we can, and we’re still having fun as well.

“I’ve been out (to Mildura) a couple of times, not so much in an official capacity, it’s still hot,” he laughed.

Captain Chris Newman also said many great players had come out of Mildura, especially Richmond players.

http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/news/local/news/news-features/club-impressed-mildura-turns-out/2463241.aspx


Fans in awe of training run
By Mitch Rodd and Toby Prime
Sunraysia Daily
22 Feb, 2012

LOCAL footy fans could hardly believe their eyes as they watched an AFL club training session on one of their ovals.

Richmond ran a full-blown training session on the surface of Sarah Oval, home of the South Mildura Bulldogs.

A crowd of about 200 people, including an eager bunch of primary school students stood glued to the boundary line as the Tigers hit the training track.

The Tigers started with light running, followed by kicking drills, getting their skills on target.

That was followed by drills of dummy leads, oriented with decision making.

As part of their recovery from injury, midfielders Trent Cotchin and Nathan Foley did reflex drills off to the side of the group, as the main session’s intensity increased with full ground drills and circle work.

http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/news/local/sport/general/fans-in-awe-of-training-run/2463188.aspx

[one-eyed]

Heaps of pics here:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150631578488276.413394.298686323275&type=1&l=9a9985f388

[Eat_em_Alive]

I hope the club was able to get a few signatures themselves of the supporters on membership papers....
We want to smash the memberships this year! 

[one-eyed]

The local Mildura paper today praised Richmond for how the community camp went. Well done RFC  .

More teams to visit
By Mitch Rodd
Sunraysia Daily
23 Feb, 2012

TREVOR Ryan believes this week’s Richmond visit could be the beginning of more time spent in the region by AFL clubs.

The Sunraysia football development officer declared the Tigers’ AFL Community Camp a success, and said it could become the catalyst for more AFL visits.

“Other clubs may look at the success we had here and perhaps try and tap into the area as far as fan-bases go,” he said.

“I’ll put some feedback reports into the VCFL and Richmond back into the AFL, then it is just a waiting game until next year.”

Aside from the team’s plane being delayed on Monday morning, Ryan said the whole event ran smoothly.

“The plane being delayed on Monday morning was the only real hiccup, it all ran pretty smoothly after that,” he said.

“It did limit the time spent at the schools, but the clinic started on time and the talent squads enjoyed their time with the coaching staff.

“The function Monday night was tremendously popular, around 350 people went.

“I just enjoyed relaxing on the Tuesday morning and watching the training session.

http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/news/local/sport/general/more-teams-to-visit/2464713.aspx

[Willy]

Thoroughly enjoyed the photo of the Mullet doing a bomb.