So you think losing by 100 points is bad?

**BeeEmmAre** · 21st July 2009, 05:35 PM

Who thinks their club is having a pretty rough trot at the moment, with getting belted every week?

Just think, things could be a lot worse - you could be playing for the Callington Eagles in the Hills Country League in South Australia....

Take particular notice of Round 8 in the seniors - when they played the second bottom team, who also hadn't won a game to that day.

Round 1 - April 4, 2009
Kangarilla 45.34 (304) def Callington 1.1 (7).
Goals - Kangarilla: R Pinkerton, S Norsworthy 8, B Wakefield 6, J Wingrove, M Young 4, D Ludwig 3, C Pannach, J Clarke, D Cooney 2, D Stringer, J Stringer, B Keen, M Raidis, T Thorpe. Callington: L Birthisel.

Round 2 - April 18, 2009
Nairne Bremer 46.21 (297) d Callington Eagles 4.2 (26).
Goals - Nairne Bremer: N Twomey 11, C Jinette 6, C Foster, J Lines, H Gamma. Callington: M McMurtrie, T Colwell, A Tucker, C Watkins.

Round 3 - April 25 & 26, 2009
Gumeracha 29.24 (198) def Callington 1.1 (7)
Goals -Gumeracha: M Ashby 8, D Wanganeen 6, S Garner, O Graham 5, N Melting 4, A Mik 1. Callington: A Tucker.

Round 4 - May 2, 2009
Kersbrook 80.22 (502) def Callington 1.1 (7)
Goals - Kersbrook: R James 23, B Pearce 10, L Hughes 7, J Rider, R Treglowan 6, D Tapp 5, M Gardiner, P James 4, M Soden, D Bingos 3. Callington: S Lambe.

Round 5 - May 9, 2009
Macclesfield 51.26 (333) d Callington 4.3 (27).
Goals - Macclesfield: C Quinn 8. G Patman 7, K Goody. K Woodards, K McLean 5, D Hall 4, J Waninetti, S Mahomet, R Rankine 3, M Daniele 2, M Foster, R Long, R Lommon, C Johns, J Herbert, D Fox. Callington - C Watkins, T Colwell, B Florence, C Wilson.

Round 6 - May 16, 2009
TorrensValley 62.28 (436) d Callington 0.0 (0).
Goals - TorrensValley: J Sitters 13, J Hill 12, M Clayton, J Trewen 8, R Battams 6, D Fox 5, C Young 4.

Round 7 - May 23, 2009
BYE - (So they can have a rest from being beaten every week)

Round 8 - May 30, 2009
Meadows 44.26 (290) def Callington 0.2 (2)
Goals: Meadows - Chad Dawe 14, D Cross 10, R Frahm 7, A Minne 2, S Russell, L Myers, Williams, N Burgan, J Young, M Bateman

Round 9 - June 13, 2009
Echunga 50.32 (332) d Callington 0.3 (3).
Goals Echunga: B White 11, J Edwards 6, L Munn 5, D Agars, T Habner 4, M Warburton, D Rowsell 3 C Hall 2.

Round 10 - June 20 & 21, 2009
Kangarilla 43.31 (271) def Callington 0.2 (2).
Goals - Kangarilla: S Norsworthy 6, D Pinkerton, A Liverton, R Home, J Stringer 4, I Wakefield, D Ludwig, B Wakefield, S Ewens, Livingston 2.

Round 11 - June 27, 2009
Nairne Bremer 55.27 (357) d Callington 0.1 (1).
Goals ? Nairne/Bremer: F Foster 12, C Jinette 11, J Crawford 5, L Percy 4, B Arbon, S Howard 3, H Gamma, L Walker, N Twomey, S Miles, K Heinrich, N Davey 2, J Zanker, S Work, J Walker, T Heinrich, T Bean.

Round 12 - July 4, 2009
Gumeracha 49.24 (318) d Callington 2.3 (15)
Goals - Gumeracha: P Graham 15, N Melling 14, S White 8, S Kavamagh 3, A Clark, A Mik, Binkley 2. Callington: A Gilgen, W Gilgen.

Round 13 - July 11, 2009
Kersbrook 67.43 (445) d Callington 0.0 (0).
Goals Kersbrook: R James 16, L Hughes 11, D Bingos 8, B Pearce 7, P James, N Pearce 5, J Farrugia J Levett, P Delucia 2, S Carslake, D Anderson, K Paves, M Gardner, M Cox, P Thomas, J Moyle, F Treglown, B Quill.

Round 14 - July 18, 2009
Macclesfield 53.30 (348) d Callington 0.0 (0).
Goals - Macclesfield: G Patman 14, W Harrison 8, J Herbert 7, M Daniele, J Vaninetti 6, D Roushton 4, D Guttilla 3.

LADDER
Club Win Loss Draw For Agnst Pts %
TORRENS VALLEY 11 1 0 2171 460 22 471.96
KERSBROOK 10 2 0 2387 599 20 398.49
ECHUNGA 10 2 0 1603 796 20 201.38
NAIRNE BREMER 7 6 0 1522 1124 14 135.41
GUMERACHA 7 6 0 1323 1394 14 94.90
KANGARILLA 5 7 0 1427 1140 10 125.17
MACCLESFIELD 5 7 0 1475 1364 10 108.13
MEADOWS 1 12 0 992 1676 2 59.19
CALLINGTON 0 13 0 100 4447 0 2.24

AND THINGS DON'T GET MUCH BETTER DOWN THE GRADES!!!

RESERVES
Rd 1: Kangarilla 27.22 184 def Callington 1.1 7
Rd 2: Nairne Bremer 23.23 161 def Callington 0.0 0
Rd 3: Gumeracha 19.15 129 def Callington 0.2 2
Rd 4: Kersbrook 35.13 223 def Callington 0.0 0
Rd 5: Macclesfield 24.30 174 def Callington 0.1 1
Rd 6: Torrens Valley 25.15 165 def Callington 3.2 20
Rd 7: Callington bye
Rd 8: Meadows 19.19 133 def Callington 1.10 16
Rd 9: Echunga 21.17 143 def Callington 3.0 18
Rd 10: Kangarilla 27.14 176 def Callington 1.0 6
Rd 11: Nairne Bremer 29.17 191 def Callington 0.1 1
Rd 12: Gumeracha 26.20 176 def Callington 0.2 2
Rd 13: Kersbrook 22.19 151 def Callington 0.0 0
Rd 14: Macclesfield 12.7 79 def Callington 6.5 41

LADDER
Club Win Loss Draw For Agnst Pts %
KERSBROOK 12 0 0 1457 302 24 482.45
TORRENS VALLEY 10 2 0 988 282 20 350.35
NAIRNE BREMER 10 3 0 1078 548 20 196.71
KANGARILLA 6 6 0 930 565 12 164.60
ECHUNGA 6 6 0 838 727 12 115.27
GUMERACHA 6 7 0 697 711 12 98.03
MACCLESFIELD 4 8 0 670 938 8 71.43
MEADOWS 2 11 0 520 1134 4 45.86
CALLINGTON 0 13 0 114 2085 0 5.47

COLTS

Rd 1: KANGARILLA 21.11 137 def CALLINGTON 2.1 13
Rd 2: NAIRNE BREMER 17.13 115 def CALLINGTON 1.4 10
Rd 3: GUMERACHA 12.16 88 def CALLINGTON 3.2 20
Rd 4: KERSBROOK 13.7 85 def CALLINGTON 5.5 35
Rd 5: MACCLESFIELD 28.13 181 def CALLINGTON 1.0 6
Rd 6: TORRENS VALLEY 21.9 135 def CALLINGTON 0.0 0
Rd 7: CALLINGTON bye
Rd 8: MEADOWS 11.13 79 def CALLINGTON 0.0 0
Rd 9: ECHUNGA 24.14 158 def CALLINGTON 1.0 6
Rd 10: KANGARILLA 17.13 115 def CALLINGTON 0.1 1
Rd 11: NAIRNE BREMER 9.9 63 def CALLINGTON 1.0 6
Rd 12: GUMERACHA 6.10 46 def CALLINGTON 4.6 30
Rd 13: KERSBROOK 7.16 58 def CALLINGTON 5.4 34
Rd 14: MACCLESFIELD 24.19 163 def CALLINGTON 0.0 0

Club Win Loss Draw For Agnst Pts %
KANGARILLA 11 1 0 1154 200 22 577.00
ECHUNGA 9 3 0 1082 305 18 354.75
MACCLESFIELD 9 3 0 1151 443 18 259.82
TORRENS VALLEY 9 3 0 909 393 18 231.30
MEADOWS 8 5 0 788 477 16 165.20
NAIRNE BREMER 5 8 0 635 716 10 88.69
KERSBROOK 3 9 0 249 1074 6 23.18
GUMERACHA 2 11 0 231 1329 4 21.51
CALLINGTON 0 13 0 161 1423 0 11.31

UNDER 13

Rd 1: HAHNDORF WHITE 9.3 57 def CALLINGTON 3.4 22
Rd 2: NAIRNE BREMER 10.0 60 def CALLINGTON 0.0 0
Rd 3: HAHNDORF WHITE 5.6 36 def CALLINGTON 4.6 30
Rd 4: KERSBROOK 5.6 36 def CALLINGTON 1.2 8
Rd 5: NAIRNE BREMER 9.6 60 def CALLINGTON 0.0 0
Rd 6: TORRENS VALLEY 11.0 66 def CALLINGTON 1.0 6
Rd 7 & 14: CALLINGTON bye
Rd 8: MT BARKER WHITE 5.4 34 def CALLINGTON 0.3 3
Rd 9: ECHUNGA 6.18 54 def CALLINGTON 0.0 0
Rd 10: HAHNDORF WHITE 7.8 50 def CALLINGTON 1.1 7
Rd 11: NAIRNE BREMER 9.8 62 def CALLINGTON 0.0 0
Rd 12: HAHNDORF WHITE 1.11 17 def CALLINGTON 1.1 7
Rd 13: KERSBROOK 6.4 40 def CALLINGTON 1.0 6

Club Win Loss Draw For Agnst Pts %
TORRENS VALLEY 10 1 0 562 194 20 289.69
ECHUNGA 9 2 0 505 191 18 264.40
NAIRNE BREMER 7 5 0 503 239 14 210.46
KERSBROOK 5 6 1 200 406 11 49.26
HAHNDORF WHITE 5 7 0 238 391 10 60.87
MT BARKER WHITE 4 7 1 253 357 9 70.87
CALLINGTON 0 12 0 89 572 0 15.56

See? Things really aint that bad.

**stellation** · 21st July 2009, 06:07 PM

No mercy rule over there?

**Junior** · 21st July 2009, 06:07 PM

Fantastic BMR. Just what I needed to see! Hillarious!

***Norris Lurker*** · 21st July 2009, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by BeeEmmAre

Round 4 - May 2, 2009
Kersbrook 80.22 (502) def Callington 1.1 (7)
Goals - Kersbrook: R James 23, B Pearce 10, L Hughes 7, J Rider, R Treglowan 6, D Tapp 5, M Gardiner, P James 4, M Soden, D Bingos 3. Callington: S Lambe.

This one is truly mind-boggling. Assuming they play 20 minutes plus time on each quarter, there would have to be an average of 1 goal for each minute of play - plus enough time left over for Kersbrook to score 22 points and for Callington to get 1.1 themselves.

**BeeEmmAre** · 22nd July 2009, 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by Norris Lurker

This one is truly mind-boggling. Assuming they play 20 minutes plus time on each quarter, there would have to be an average of 1 goal for each minute of play - plus enough time left over for Kersbrook to score 22 points and for Callington to get 1.1 themselves.

Usually in country footy it's 25 minutes plus time on, so you'd be looking at 40 minute quarters in a game like this - I believe they kicked 18, 21, 18 and 23 goals per quarter.

And yes, the R James is the same Roger James who played 150-odd games for Port Adelaide.

**floppinab** · 22nd July 2009, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by stellation

No mercy rule over there?

Those 60 point margins in the U13's would be mercy rule stella, but no unfortunately not in the seniors.

**shinerunner** · 22nd July 2009, 07:24 PM

WOW this could be the worste team in the country. I wonder how they would go against Balmain.

**ShortHalfHead** · 22nd July 2009, 08:00 PM

You gotta give them full credit. Of all their sides getting flogged every week, they are at the rear end of the season and not a single forfeit. Probably got all their Under 14's playing all four games.
I reckon they must be a tight bunch who look forward to their footy every week. And there is plenty to talk about over a beer at the end.

Well done Callington Eagles !!

**tara** · 22nd July 2009, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by ShortHalfHead

You gotta give them full credit. Of all their sides getting flogged every week, they are at the rear end of the season and not a single forfeit. Probably got all their Under 14's playing all four games.
I reckon they must be a tight bunch who look forward to their footy every week. And there is plenty to talk about over a beer at the end.

Well done Callington Eagles !!

Balmain could learn a thing or two.

**stellation** · 22nd July 2009, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by floppinab

Those 60 point margins in the U13's would be mercy rule stella, but no unfortunately not in the seniors.

Even at Auskick level you don't always get coaches willing to use a mercy rule; we're split up into 2 teams and my lot recently were completely destroying a visiting team and I went mercy rule at half time, to the extent of telling the backs to let any shot on goal bounce twice (so that it wasn't touched on the line/in case it got a lucky bounce etc.), and the guy who coaches the other group just said "why'd ya do that?" when we were chatting after the game!

Mercy rule rocks, percentage blows.

**shinerunner** · 22nd July 2009, 09:15 PM

to the extent of telling the backs to let any shot on goal bounce twice (so that it wasn't touched on the line/in case it got a lucky bounce etc.), and the guy who coaches the other group just said "why'd ya do that?" when we were chatting after the game!

Mercy rule rocks, percentage blows.[/QUOTE]

why did you do that, maybe just stop the ball from going through the sticks is a better option.