12/06/2026
Good Morning La Fiammaians'
Another beautiful Sunday day for football on the weekend albeit the cold nips of Jack Frost are starting to bite with those early Easterly winds.
I heard so many positive comments and feedback from all of our La Fiamma Junior teams this week, regardless of the scores, the kids performed admirably and gave their best. The supporters have also been fantastic showing respect and positive vibes to the players, including the opposition teams players and supporters and of course the officials. It sets a wonderful example to our youth, thank you!
It was hard to separate and arbortrate the team of the round and it seems to get more difficult every week, the coaches are certainly pulling their weight, doing the hard 'yakka' and earning the 'big coin' we promised them (it's in the mail ladies / gents - you know Australia Post they take so long nowadays 😖).
Prior to the announcement of team of the round, special commendations to our U15 and U17 sides who really stuck it to the respective Strath Lions teams who are older and have bigger bodies, but they never gave in nor dropped their heads and were unlucky not to come away without a point. However they will be richer for the experience and will have learned a lot about themselves as individuals and collectively as a group going forward that will only benefit and strengthen their resolve as a team.
Anyway I digress, I really couldn't split two teams this week the first being Tom Mitic's U7 Mighty Mini's La Fiamma "Raging Rossa's" and Dave Stratfords U11 La Fiamma "Lethal Lupo's". Both teams displayed real football nous, silky skills, determination and grit to make the Mighty 'Reds' proud.
Congratulations to the players, cpoaches, parents and families.
Darren Armitage
La Fiamma Junior Coordinator
