The last games of season 4 in the AFL were played yesterday. Congratulations to Phuket Morning Star for winning this season, and to Mark Lightfoot for the topscorer award! View results and table here ›
Photos from top left: Phuket Morning Star / Organizer Martin Hill awards PMS team captain Karl Ward / Top-scorer Mark Lightfoot from Island Boys / Players from Phuket All-stars and Phuket Wanderers enjoying the games / Phuket Wanderers vs Talang Tigers / All-stars vs Phuket Morning Star
Quote from AFL organizer Martin Hill:
I would like to thanks one and all for the whole running of this successful AFL season, please pass this thanks onto your players, the level of intensity during games is always there and I feel your sportsmanship and fair play came out on top, you do play a physical game but you do abide by the rules for 99% of the games
What a fantastic league we have running now and thanks to all that turned up last night in the rain. I was nervous we wouldn’t get all games played, but we did and the games were played on a rather slick surface.
Congratulations go out to Karl and the whole Phuket Morning Star team for their AFL win last night, a fantastic debut season. Your team has so much quality in depth and the fitness levels of your team is also a big contributing factor. The vast majority of your attacking moves ended up with shots on target and you all made an effort to get back to defend, a well organized team. Congratulations again
Congratulations also go out to Island Boys Mark Lightfoot for being top goalscorer with 33 goals, that is a fantastic achievement in just 7 games, this could be a record that will stand for a while, well done Mark, clinical. We are getting you a golden boot made up.
A massive thanks goes out to all the captains for their continued support and guys without you there would be no league, your love and passion for the game shines through and that’s why we managed to get all the games completed in what is the wet season here in Phuket, I think we all need a break now to enjoy the WC semis and finals, I am rooting for Brazillia to bring home there 6th title, cant wait for the game tonight vs de Dutch.
I have enjoyed reffing to the best of my ability, as a qualified coach I have sat referee exams and have enjoyed putting this into practice. It does make you realize what a tough job they have in the 11 v 11 game, trying to cover so much ground and having players constantly crossing your line of vision. We tried 2 refs in USA (one in each half) and I believe that’s the way forward, the game is just to fast nowadays, anyway that’s up for discussion……
We are planning an awards dinner at Skippers on the Sat 21st Aug at 8pm. We will have the medals for both Phuket W and Phuket Morning Star plus the golden boot to present. Plus we will have the new sign up forms for the current teams and also new teams (one more confirmed already-MV FC are back) We then have Liverpool vs Man C at 9pm, which should be a corker to view. More details to follow……. Please mark your diary
Talking of diary’s…
Sep 2nd will be the opening night for season 5 AFL and Sep 6th will be opening night for the VFL all at PIASLC
Cheers for now
Martin Hill