Sunday, September 20, 2009

SAINTS STORM INTO FIRST GRAND FINAL

The Quebec Saints delivered a statement in week 1 of the OAFL DIVISION 2 FINALS series with an emphatic 103 point demolition of the Central Blues. Splitting the regular season honours at one game a piece, the Blues went into the match knowing they had the Saints measure on Quebec's previous road trip to Toronto. This time however the Saints would get a fair shot at the legitimate Blues Division 2 squad and in doing so proved that the last round match up that saw the Saints run away 71 point victors was no fluke.
The Saints dominated in every position. The midfield combination of Matthew Wood, Ben Vawser, Greg Bretiere and Cam Stark winning every single centre clearance giving forward Shane Blight a field day and a club Division 2 record 8 goals. The only bad news for the Saints was the injury to star ruckman Matthew Wood early in the second half. The Saints will now enjoy the week off and wait to see who out of the Hawks and Roos will be there Grand Final opponent.
Saints 17.17 (119) def. Blues 2.4 (16)


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Stark and Vawser take honours at Saints Second Annual Awards night in Montreal


At the 2009 Quebec Saints Awards night it was Cam 'Cam Down' Stark and Ben 'Maximus' Vawser who took home the Best & Fairest awards for their respective categories. Cam won the Canadian/World Best and Fairest whilst also claiming the overall club MVP honours. Ben won the Australian Best & Fairest after a stellar year. Runner -Up in the Canadian/World category was Ronan Shaughnessy, Luke Anderson Runner-Up for the Australian award.
First year phenom J-R 'JimBob' Theis claimed Rookie of the Year, while Saints goal sneak and first year player himself Nick 'Showtime' Switzer was awarded the '09 Coach's Award.
The Montreal Angel's player of the year was awarded to Aimee Legault for an outstanding season, one that will continue with Margo and Lindsay at the U.S Nationals.
The winner of the 'Anthony Williams Medal' for leading goalkicker in the ECAFL went to Cam Stark after his 28 goals in 7 games. The 'IRONMAN' award for players playing over 75% of the matches were awared to Cam Stark, Ben Vawser, Ronan Shaughnessy and Luke Anderson. Mark of the year, also caught on film went to Cam Stark after his beauty on PJ in the ECAFL GRAND FINAL.
Last but not least Anthony Williams took home Runner-Up int the 'What the Puck!?' award for his post-game ECAFL GF speech while the winner of 'What the Puck!?' went to JimBob for his excellent crowd control and transformation into the 'Veggie Mad Hulk"

Sunday, September 6, 2009

BOMBERS WIN 2009 ECAFL GRAND FINAL

The Laval Bombers have made it back to back premierships with a record winning margin today in Laval. After a tough first quarter where the Montreal Saints jumped to an early two goal lead the Bombers hit back with four of their own and a 2 goal lead at quarter time. A 5 goal to zero second term extended the Bombers lead to 47 points. The flood gates opened after half-time as the Bombers added 18 second half goals to zero to take out an emphatic 156 point victory.
The "Fleur de lys" medallist went to Renaud Carbonnel who played an outstanding match in the ruck for the Bombers, while Ben Vawser picked up the "Southern Cross" Medal for his fantastic game in the midfield.
Laval Bombers 4.2 9.8 17.11 27.12 (174) defeated
Montreal Saints 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 (18)
Goals:
Bombers: S.Blight 8, C.Stark 7, J-R. Theis 5, R.Carbonnel 4, B.Vawser 3
Saints: Fred Frost 2.