Men’s Coach Glenn Ormsby has spoken to FiveAA night-time presenter Peter Godfrey about all things AFL in New York. Ormsby also provided Godfrey’s Adelaide listeners with some details of the Magpies upcoming ANZAC Day function.
Audio of the interview can be found here.
The 12th annual ANZAC Day Bash is upon us and it promises to be bigger and better than ever! Join us at New York’s best waterside venue, the Frying Pan, on Saturday, April 21st to remember and celebrate the contribution of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC’s) in protecting and serving the citizens of Australia, New Zealand and the world.
Entry includes:
FREE fair dinkum Aussie lunch provided by Pie Face and MooLife Group
FREE door prizes and all day giveaways from our great sponsors and supporters including The Australian Bar & Restaurant, Eight Mile Creek, Nelson Blue, Toby’s Estate and many more!
FREE Live MUSIC from: The Telephones, Hurrah! A Bolt of Light!, and Laura Bowman with Level 2
FREE Handball competition (with a chance to win great prizes)
Formal ceremony commemorating the ANZAC’s including the Australian and New Zealand anthems and the playing of the Last Post
Date: Saturday, April 21st, 2012
Time: 1pm – 12am
Location: The Frying Pan, Pier 66. Map and directions.
Cost: $25 online or $30 at the door.
Details of the New York Magpies 2012 schedule were outlined by Men’s Coach Glenn Ormsby and Women’s Coordinator Andrea Casillas at the Season Launch Pub Crawl which saw players new and old and supporters visit club sponsors The Australian NYC and Galway Hooker as well as Wharf Bar.
Training will commence on Tuesday March 13th at Gantry Plaza in Long Island City before the games start the week after the Magpies ANZAC Day event on April 21st. April 28th will see the men’s team head to Boston to take on arch rivals the Boston Demons in the ANZAC Plate while the Lady Pies will begin their season across the border visiting Montreal.
The men’s team then heads to Chicago for games on May 5th before games against Baltimore-Washington and Philadelphia and a tournament, also in Philadelphia, involving teams from Ontario and Fort Lauderdale into early June. It’s likely that the Lady Pies will join the men for some or all of the games in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
June and July will be primarily reserved for the NYCAFL competition with rumors that defending champions the Village Bohemians are already in training. The Lady Pies will travel to Minnesota to compete in a tournament at some stage during July while the men’s team hosts Florida and North Carolina on July 28th for the first home games of the season.
After the mid-season break in August Boston and Baltimore-Washington will visit New York during September (likely with the Lady Demons and Lady Eagles joining their men’s teams). The New York Magpies massive AFL Grand Final event will cap September on Friday the 28th.
Finally, with the regular season over, the New York Magpies will head to Mason, Ohio over the weekend of the 13th and 14th of October to seek national championships for all teams.
A full season schedule will be posted on nyfooty.com soon. 2012, year of the Magpies!
The New York Magpies Australia Day party in 2012 took on an iconic feeling with numerous well known Australian’s joining the Magpies to celebrate the greatest country in the world. Angus Young from AC/DC mixed with Chopper Read and the Red Wiggle while Pat Cash faced off with Pat Cash and Lleyton Hewitt got involved as well. Contrary to popular rumour Warwick Capper is not the Magpies latest recruit although Shane Warne may be having a run around in the NYCAFL later in the year. Olympic Champion Cathy Freeman led the charge as everyone at the party chased down the jar of Vegemite for a proper Australian meal to end the night.
As has been the way throughout the Magpies history, Australia Day was celebrated long and hard into the night. Photos of all the costumes which were taken by superstar club member Rob Donner can be found here.
The New York Magpies would like to thank everyone that attended as well as our great club sponsors and supporters especially Matt Astill and the Australian Bar & Restaurant for hosting the event as part of a busy Australia Day week.
Several costumes stood out above the rest with the winners of the costume awards being:
Best Group Costume – Eddy Buckingham and Kayli Shallik
Best Female Costume Winner – Kylie McMaster
Best Female Costume Runner Up – Christina Licata
Best Male Costume Winner – Tristan Keeffe
Best Male Costume Runner Up – Chris Norman
