On Saturday, Maleny Rangers FC welcomed some of the best young footballers from across the Sunshine Coast to our home  ground at the Maleny Showgrounds, for the U9 football carnival. With some 40 teams and over 350 players in attendance this was a great way to start the 2011 season.

The day kicked off at 9am with beautiful blue skies and a gentle breeze and continued on until early afternoon, with rain holding off until the final matches.

For the Maleny Rockets this was a fantastic start to the season and the team played great football, with some fine displays of passing and teamwork in general, proving they will be a force to be reckoned with throughout the season.

As with any event, it takes many dedicated volunteers to make things run smoothly and there were plenty of positive comments about the condition of the fields and the running of the event, as well as congratulations on having organized it at such short notice.

Thank you to our members and their families who helped with baking, setting up, preparing and serving in the canteen, packing up and for generally assisting where needed; without such volunteers we could not have run the event. Thanks also to David & Fiona Lapsley for providing the fabulous U9’s team photo.

And lastly a huge thank you to all the teams and their families for making the trip up to Maleny to be part of the carnival; seeing the smiles on the players’ faces as they left with their medallions and ice blocks is proof of the value of these events.

Guess How Many Jelly Beans competition

Thanks to everyone who took part in our competition and had a guess at the number of jelly beans in the jar. The winner was Peter Williamson (our very own U9’s coach). Congratulations Peter; you said you’d win it and you did!