The Official Tournament Bulletin has been released by the Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA), outlining the details for the 2017 Trans-Tasman Fistball Championships – FiFA’s first-ever international tournament. The tournament will be held over the weekend of February 4th-5th, 2017, in Geelong, Victoria. The document can be downloaded here: Official Bulletin – 2016 Trans Tasman Fistball […]
The Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA) is pleased to announce the official selections for the Australian national men’s and women’s fistball teams that will be competing on February 4th-5th at the 2017 Trans-Tasman Championships in Geelong, Australia. This will be the first time Australia has hosted an international fistball tournament, and New Zealand’s first appearance on the […]
In a thrilling finish, Chris “Super Mario” Milne of the Fistroy Lions has pipped Carl “Carlossus” Creasey of the Bay City Fisters and Lee “Power Station” Morony of the South Melbourne Green Demons to take home the second annual Klemens Kronsteiner Medal. Polling consistently throughout the year, Milne was able to pull ahead of Creasey […]
The Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA) is excited to announce that they will be hosting the New Zealand Fistball Association (NZFA) at the inaugural Trans-Tasman Fistball Championships, to be held in Geelong, Victoria, on the 4th – 5th February, 2017. The Trans-Tasman Fistball Championships, or “The Pavlova Plate” as it will be generally be referred […]
The date has been set. We expect final details for the fistball “night of nights” to follow very soon, so lock it into your calendars. But first, let’s wax lyrical: who will follow in the footsteps of 2015 winner Jason Beelders to claim the coveted 2016 Klemens ‘Fistols’ Kronsteiner Medal? With two Best & Fistest […]
The 2016 Thunder Road Brewing Company Victorian Fistball League Season came to a close yesterday with Fist Club capping their fantastic season by taking out the Roger Willen Shield for the first time. Despite losing in the final to defending champs the South Melbourne Fistball Club, Fist Club had accrued enough points on the season to […]
And so ends the fistballing journey of the Possums at these World Championships. Despite some continuing signs of improvement, the Australian girls were once again shown the door in both their positional playoff matches, ending their campaign and solidifying their 7th place in both international and Australian fistball history. The day began with a matchup […]
With day 2 of fistballing action for the Aussies (and day 3 of the tournament) done and dusted, the Possums returned to their hotel, well pleased with the day’s improved efforts. Rocking the classic green & gold jerseys this day, they kicked off their 4th match of the tournament against pre-tournament training buddies Argentina. Unlike the […]
With the opening match between hosts Brazil and arch-rivals Argentina all wrapped up the night before, the Aussies woke up bright and early on the morning of Wednesday, October 26th, ready to take on the world… or at least some of it. They donned their official playing attire for the first time – choosing to […]
The South Melbourne Fistball Club have completed a sweep of their South African rivals The Archbishops of Banterbury at the 2016 World Cup in Cape Town, winning the best-of-7 set bronze medal playoff in a 4:0 sweep (11:05, 11:05, 11:09, 11:09). After edging past the Archbishops in a come-from-behind 3:2 thriller during their round robin […]
