It’s Sign on time again for the Maleny Rangers Players & Officials. This year you can sign-on in person at the following times  OR by clicking here for more details on how to sign up online.

MALENY SHOWGROUNDS Main Pavilion :
Sun 29 Jan – 9am to 2pm
Sat 4 Feb – 9am to 2pm
As usual our wonderful volunteers will be cooking up a storm on the BBQ, FREE snags.

Under 6 players are FREE in 2012. Any child born in 2006/2007 will pay no fees, only the cost of their match gear.

More registration information, including table of fees, please click here.

For Returning Players please bring;
- payment (cash, cheque, debit card, credit card, cheque ‘Maleny Rangers Soccer Club Inc’).
PO Box 390, Maleny QLD 4552
- change for raffle

For New Players please bring the above and;
- passport size photo for registration card
- form of id, i.e. birth certificate

If you wish to coach this year please contact Maleny soccer asap to get a special discount on 1 of your kids fee’s (as per previous years).

For all wonderful Club Officials please ensure you fill in the registration form at the Officials desk. This is all our groundsmen, ground officials, first-aid officers, coaches, managers, and small sided team leaders/referees. This is also an opportunity to update/renew your blue card for free. Our teams can not exist without you!

For more information please contact our Registrar Emma Richard on 0413 647 114 OR our Secretary, Clive Brodier, 0428 148 678

The following uniforms are available at our Sign-On and more.

Maleny Rangers Caps
Shorts
Club Hoodies

Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting.

The 2012 committee is as follows:
President – Richard Bojack
Vice-President – Alan McDonald
Joint Secretaries – Clive Brodier and Lisa Marsh
Treasurer – Laura Jensen
Registrar – Emma Richards
Director of Coaching (small sided) – Lindsay Muir
Director of Coaching (competitive) – Scott Whitaker
Publicity Officer – Alison Kemp
Website Manager – Kate Beard
Precinct Project Manager – Richard Jones

The following positions are still vacant:
Ground Official –
First Aid Officer –
Equipment Officer –

Anyone wishing to nominate can email the club at malenyrangersfc@gmail.com

Maleny Rangers would like to thank our outgoing Treasurer, Anne-Mette Markwort, for doing such a wonderful job over the last couple of years and welcome Laura Jenson who will be taking over this position in 2012.

The womens team ‘PINK PANTHERS’ made up of players mainly from the Maleny Rangers Football Club, came away with the ‘GOALIE OF THE TOURNAMENT TROPHY’ awarded to Natalie Hyde.

“Our team has won this trophy 3 out of the 4 years that we have played, which is a fantastic result, said Serena Brejcha, Team Manager of the Pink Panthers.

The mens team ‘BLACK PANTHERS’ also from the Maleny Rangers Football Club with players from Rockhampton & Bundaberg to lend a helping hand, was successful in achieving the ‘FAIR PLAY TEAM AWARD’, another great result especially since this is the teams first year of playing in the Masters.

A big thank you goes to Bob Smoothey – Coodinator and all committee members for organising this event each year for us oldies to showcase our ‘football skills’, to get together with old friends and make new ones!!

If any over 30 year olds for womens or over 35 year olds for mens are interested in playing the ‘Beautiful Game’ please contact Serena Brejcha on 0418209800 for details.

The Roar blow up soccer field was a huge success with young and old alike, with organized games to keep everyone entertained. As always, the jumping castle proved popular with the younger members.

Thanks to everyone involved in planning, setting up and running the day’s events and to all the club members and their families for making it a day to remember.

Congratulations to all those who won awards on the day and during the season, for their efforts both on and off the field. We look forward to seeing all our players, coaches and managers back next season and welcome new members to our club.

Please click on photos below to see full image. If anyone is interested in a full resolution photo please contact our wonderful club photographer Bernie on dwywit@bigpond.net.au Bernie Dwyer is happy to email copies of presentation day photos (1 to 3 photos) free of charge if anyone is interested.

Saturday September 10th was a big day for our Maleny Rangers U16 girls team as they made the trip to Maroochydore for the Grand Final against Bribie Island.

Having received the Premiership Trophy for finishing the season on top of the ladder, only 1 loss, a lot was expected of our girls. A massive turnout from

Maleny to support them was a much welcomed sight.

In the most blustery windy conditions we have ever played in we knew it was going to be a tough game. The Maleny girls hit the field with intent and the battle began.

The tackling was intense and we knew that speed and passing was to be our natural game. Bribie Island took control of the ball early in the first half and tried very hard to convert this to goals. Molly Erickson and our defence stood up and made sure nothing got through. The first half concluded nil all.

The second half began with Maleny all fired up and as soon as the whistle was blown, we took control of the game. Our strikers, wings and mid field worked magic keeping the ball low and passing. Our first goal! This was put away by Ruby Donohoe but was a testament to team play. Spirits much bolstered, the play got a lot harder as Bribie struggled to even the score. Summer McGladrigan soon put a stop to that with a beautiful goal getting past their goalkeeper. The game wasn’t over, but our girls were on top of the play. With 5 minutes to go, an injured Sarquin Hunt took to the field and almost scored a third goal! The game finished with a 2 – nil win to Maleny.

Special mention must also be made of Mary-Anne Bryce who played the game with a totally bandaged hand due to taking the top off her finger!

We also acknowledge the help of the U14 girls and their parents who have supported us and played for us this season.

At the medal ceremony, Molly Erickson was awarded the Player of the Game, congratulations. None of this would have been possible without our coach Grant Erickson and the support of parents and the Maleny Rangers Football Club. We look forward to a great season again next year!

U16G – Maleny vs. Bribie, Maroochydore F2 kick-off @ 12:30pm

U14B – Maleny vs. Buderim F3 kick-off @ 12:45pm

All supporters very welcome.

Please be aware that there is a gate fee of $3/adult, $1.50/pensioner.

Maleny Hotel manager Toby Sargent (centre) with members of Maleny Rangers FC

On Saturday, 2^nd July, Hotel Maleny manager, Toby Sargent, presented members of Maleny Rangers football club with a cheque for $1000.00.

This generous donation will help towards the purchase of much needed equipment for the club. By improving equipment we hope to retain existing players and encourage new members to our small club, thus securing our growth into the future.

Donations such as this benefit our community’s small, volunteer-run clubs who rely mainly on fund-raising activities to stay afloat.

Maleny Rangers FC would like to welcome Mr. Sargent as new manager of Hotel Maleny and thank him  for his valuable, ongoing support.

Thankyou for your support and help at the Show this weekend, the event proved a big success. Such a success in fact that we have decided to recreate some of the atmosphere and have a special canteen open on Tuesday June 14th after training where we will again be selling the delicious toasties that went down so well this weekend! We will be selling toasties and a drink for $5.

Thankyou to everyone who donated soups and cakes – your containers will be available for collection from the canteen on Tuesday 7th June after training.

There will be three individual awards and one team award. Participation, development and commitment is the key for all award categories but especially for the ‘Team Award’. Teams which are nominated for the ‘Team Award’ will receive a fantastic Optus Small Sided Football kit.

For more details please see the attached here. There are only 200 packs available for the Sunshine Coast Region. So be quick to enter.

The Maleny Show is almost upon us and it represents one of our main fundraising events of the year. The Football Club is running a foodstall from 6am -9pm Friday & Saturday 3rd and 4th June. As you can imagine we would love to see vast numbers of volunteers to make this year a success and fun for everyone. If you can spare some time over the Show weekend or on the Sunday morning to help clear up if would be most gratefully received.

Key organizer of this event is Annemette Markwort. She will oversee the kiosk throughout the show but requires a minimum of 3 other people on each shift PLUS a person dedicated on the BBQ for each shift (total of 4 extra people).

Additionally we are looking for any donations of cookies, biscuits, muffins or soups. Any donations of muffins etc need to have an ingredients list attached. These can then be dropped off to Annemette at soccer training the night before the show (Thursday evening – 2nd June) or directly to our stall on the Friday & Saturday mornings. Could you also please let Clive know what you will be able to donation, so we have an idea on quantities.

If volunteers could reply to Annemette on 0400 703 588 or her email markwort@bigpond.net.au,  with times that they can help that would be great. It’s a great way to get to know other parents better, and is a lot of fun.

FOOD STALL VOLUNTEER TIMES

Fri 3 June
6.30am – 10am U6/U7
10am – 2pm U12 girls
2pm – 6pm U14 girls
6pm – 10pm U16girls

Sat 4 June
7am – 10am U8, U14 boys
10am – 2pm Womens
2pm – 6pm U9 & U10
6pm – 10pm Mens

Sun 5 June
Pack up & Clean up