Our fellow fisters, the Trivia Night fundraiser for 2017 has been officially announced, Friday, July 21st at the Flemington & Kensington Bowling Club. So get your tables together and get ready for a great night of fun and games (and more than a few cheeky froffies), at what is one of the most eagerly awaited nights […]
The Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA) is excited to announce their commitment to hosting the 2nd Asia-Pacific Fistball Championships in November, 2018. While the final dates, structure and venue are yet to be finalised, the tournament is expected to take place in Melbourne, Victoria. The tournament will host national men’s fistball teams from across the […]
For the first time in fistball history, the International Fistball Association (IFA) have introduced the IFA Fistball World Tour – a seven month-long worldwide series of club tournaments designed to determine the wild-card invitations for the restructured 2018 World Cup. Under the restructure, the 2017 club champions of each of the 6 continental regions – Europe, South America, […]
And so concludes a remarkable weekend of fistball at the inaugural Trans-Tasman Fistball Championships. Thanks again to the New Zealand Fistball Association and its players for making the trip over the pond to engage us in the legendary sport of fistball, thereby allowing us to host our first ever international tournament and get to know […]
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 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 […]