It’s an old saying but an apt one, because this week – for reasons not quite clear to this old football scribe – the Senior Roy Girls were fixtured to run out first in the daylight hours, with the Reserves taking to the field under lights to face ...
I'm often asked this question when out visiting fellow gorillas when on leave from the zoo. I almost always decline. Strange, because I normally like a drink. I reckon I’ve worked out why I decline. I don’t really like Old Scotch the team. I mean ...
Our club recognises that we all have a part to play in ensuring the protection of our environment for the benefit of current and future generations. Comitted to embedding environmental sustainability into everything we do, we have developed ...
In her first game taking the reins at the helm of the Roy Ressie Girls, super boot Liz Olney transformed into super coach with the ease and the grace she’s been known for at Fitzroy for over a decade. “Accountability was at the forefront of everyt...
Back to the Melbourne Uni campus again in Round 9, this time to take on the well-heeled Uni cousins, the Blues. Back at the Pav: surface a bit better than this time last year, but slippery still This is a mob sponsored by a boutique advisory compa...
With the smiling Winnie on hand (or should we say dog lead), the great Liz Olney rolled in early, ready to play her role as assistant coach in what she thought would be her turn for a stint on the sidelines. Always the team player, Liz displays th...
Being based just a couple of kilometres down the road, the Uni Blacks are Fitzroy’s nearest rivals, our neighbours. Their players have been known to train on our oval during the off-season, procure their caffeine from our village eateries and a fe...
As I seem to say for most home games at the Brunswick Street Oval, a perfect autumnal backdrop greeted participants and spectators alike for Fitzroy’s Senior Men’s clash against the traditionally strong Collegians outfit. Another huge challenge l...
The wicked problem the Fitzroy Women’s squads face – having too many great players and not enough spots to fill – only got worse yesterday when at the midnight hour, Westbourne Grammar let us know they couldn’t field two sides and would have to fo...
Back at Brunswick Street, the Roys hosted our annual Women’s Pride Game. This year against Williamstown CYMS. Ressie’s coach Mick McFarlane deemed it a tight contest, the Twos not putting the game away early despite their overall domination in the...
