Australia Day Party for 2012 in Stockholm. Raffles, door prizes, meat pies, VBs, great atmosphere and Best Dressed Prize. Aussie music all night long.
Pay at the door & go in the draw for an Swedish Elks AFL jumper, signed by Swedish 2011 International Team.
Check the image for details and get the latest news on the 2012 Australia Day Party Facebook page.
Australia Day Party Stockholm 2012
Årsta Swans undoubted star player, Rob Young, took home the prize for Best Australian Player in the SAFF for 2011, polling the most votes over the course of the year. Votes were given after each match by the field umpire and by both team’s coaches and Rob’s outstanding year was rightly recognised by all, both the voters, opposition and team mates alike.
After the 10-round season, Rob had polled 22 votes and secured the Lars Hagberg medal. Truth be told, Rob actually tied for the award with Bromma Viking’s goal-machine, Steve Edwards. Unfortunately Steve couldn’t accept his award in person, as he was lazing by a pool somewhere in Australia sipping pina coladas, or so rumour had it.
Congratulations to Falun’s Henrik Andersson on winning the SAFF’s Best Non-Australian Player in 2011, in only his first season – a truly amazing effort in anyone’s books!
As has been the custom, The Oxen restaurant in Stockholm hosted the SAFF Awards Evening, with some great food and drink and of course, the evening was MC’d by Ryan Kingsley. Each of the five teams’ coaches gave us an insight into the workings of each team; Coach Wiese was first out of the blocks and made the team truly proud.
We can’t report on the evening without covering the All-Star Select team for 2011. Årsta had three very worthy representatives – Peter “The General” Hammarström, Mats “The Bulldog” Sundin and Jon “The Terrier” Högman.
Mats and Hammar both had a great 2011 season, continued their fantastic work of the last two years and really took their games to the next level. Jon had an unbelievable first year of Aussie Rules, leaving his opponents running scared with his ferocious attacks on the ball (and sometimes man) and breaking-the-line running. With guys like these tearing the game apart, look out 2012, the Årsta Swans are coming!
Come and watch the AFL Grand Final with a full audience in a great pub in Gamla Stan, with great staff willing to open up to us at 6am in the morning.
Doors to the pub will open at 6am, with the telecast of the coverage commencing immediately. The first bounce is scheduled at 6:30am.
Following the game there will be live Rugby World Cup matches shown – England vs Scotland, and Australia vs. Russia. It’s going to be an awesome day.
PRE BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL via the Solna Axemen website
After losing out in a tough, physical and fun match against Solna in the Prelims last weekend, Årsta’s season is unfortunately over. However, there’s still some events left to keep your Aussie Rules fix going through the autumn.
First up, the SAFF Grand Final is this coming Saturday (17th September) at 12.00 down at Årsta rugby fields. Come along, enjoy the BBQ & we can watch Söder vs Solna in what should be a good, hard match. Both teams have played some top footy during the year, so it should be an exciting to the 2011 season. Afterwards, there’s an after-event at The Liffey, who are giving a 100kr mealdeal (certain meals + a beer) to all players.
Saturday Oct 1st is the AFL Grand Final: set alarm clocks for an early morning start (6:00) to watch the showpiece match of the AFL season! Solna is organising this, so stay tuned for more details.
Saturday Oct 15th is the SAFF Presentation night. Lock it in your calenders – last year’s was a cracking party and I’m sure this one will be too! 350kr gets you a 3-course meal at The Oxen; drinks can be bought over the bar. There’ll also be door prizes, awards, plus the naming of the Swedish Team of the Year. Bring your partner, dress up nice & get in touch with Thor or Wiese for tickets.
Stay tuned for more details!
After a number of enquiries to us and our friends at The Liffey in Gamla Stan, they have taken up the challenge and are showing this huge match LIVE starting at 12 lunch time on Wednesday May 25th.
Come on down and enjoy the spectacle that is STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE!!!
More info here on The Liffey’s State of Origin Event Page
Thanks for all the support & the wonderful turnout for the 2011 Australia Day Party, organised by the Årsta Swans, hosted by The Liffey, Irish Pub & Restaurant.
It was great to see so many people having a great time! Our beancounters are counting the buckets of donations we received for the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. We’ve picked out the best photos & put them on the Årsta Swans Facebook site and shared them here, below. Thanks to Jorja Scholes for taking the vast majority of the photos.
Email contact@arstaswans.se if you want a full-size photo.
Thanks again!
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Supporting the Queenslad Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal
Come along & celebrate what makes Australia such a great country at the 2011 Australia Day Party hosted by the Arsta Swans Aussie Football Club.
In light of the terrible floods that are tearing through Queensland right now, Arsta Swans will be donating Entry proceeds to the “Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal“, which supports the the victims of the Queensland floods. Even though we are over the other side of the world, we can still lend a hand.
The Australia Day party kicks off at 6pm on Wednesday 26th and continues until 1am. There’ll be live music throughout the night, as well as some classic Aussie tunes from the jukebox, plus a live DJ finishing off the night. A guaranteed fun-filled time for all! Our good friends, The Liffey Irish Pub & Restaurant in Gamla Stan are providing the venue.
The main details are on the poster, but continue reading for more details.
(Download the 2011 Australia Day Party Poster – why not print it out & stick it up at your gym or local cafe?)
PARTY
The Party will be starting at 6pm with some home grown Aussie tracks being played. Our DJ will be pumping out the tunes between 9pm and 1am so come on in and get your boogy on.
PRIZES
Up to 1000kr in raffle prizes to be given away courtesy of The English Shop in Medborgaplatsen. In addition to that, a 250kr return visit meal voucher will be awarded for the BEST DRESSED AUSSIE ICON on the night, courtesy of The Liffey. The raffle will be drawn at 9pm sharp.
PAYMENT INFO
50kr GENERAL ENTRY
Meat Pies will be available for those who have pre-booked and paid. Aussie beer is available for everyone over the bar. Pies may be available for purchase on the door depending on how many remain available when you arrive.
If you need to get in touch send an email to: contact@arstaswans.se
QUEENSLAND FLOOD RELIEF APPEAL
Entry proceeds will go to support the victims of the Queensland floods. Learn more about the Appeal or even make a private donation to them via this link: Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal.
WHERE
Of course the party will be held at our good friends, The Liffey, Irish Pub & Restaurant. Get the Tunnelbana to Gamla Stan & to Stora Nygatan 42.
See you there!
The 2010 AFL Grand Final was a draw after an amazing match leading to an extraordinary result!
As per the rules of the AFL, there is no extra time in the Grand Final; the teams just have to come back the next week for a rematch. We’ll be arranging the same deal as before for this Saturday, October 2. Doors will open at 6AM again, for the coverage beginning at 6:15.
You must pre-book your tickets and let us know how many breakfasts or general entry you are paying for.
Download the 2010 Grand Final Rematch poster, print it out and stick it up somewhere prominent in your area – gym, cafe, caring sharing pub…
Bring it on!
The Årsta Swans will be hosting the 2010 AFL Grand Final Breakfast, showing the match live on The Liffey’s big screens from 6:15.
Doors open at 6AM and because it’s so damn early, The Liffey will put on a good Grand Final feed for us. Breakfast is not to be missed and costs 170kr, which also includes entry. Drop us the money and get in touch with your name and the amount of people you’re booking for.
Otherwise, 70kr gets you entry to watch and enjoy (or not) the match.
Download the 2010 AFL Grand Final Breakfast poster, print it out and stick it up at your local gym or cafe.
May the best team win!
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