Competing in the Fistball World Championships for the first time in their very short history, the ‘Fisting Wombats’ performed admirably to finish 13th of 14 teams in the final rankings. Not only did the Aussies compete for the first time, but they also recorded their first ever international fistball tournament win. In fact, they recorded three of […]
And they’re off to Sydney! As for the rest of the squad – Team Manager Greg ‘Huppo’ Huppatz and defenseman Brent ‘Jellyfist’ Lehmann will meet up with the boys in Sydney tonight, while Chris ‘Super Mario’ Milne and Richard ‘Buckfist’ Williams will join the squad in Villa General Belgrano on Friday. Fist on!
Fresh off an article about Chris “Super Mario” Milne and the Australian fistball journey to Argentina, he was also contacted to speak to Tom Elliott on 3AW Radio’s Drive program about the sport of fistball. Link to the 3AW article (with audio) can be found here: Tom Elliott discovers the curious sport of fistball In case […]
The Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA) is pleased to announce the official selection of the ten-man Australian national fistball team that will be competing this November at the 2015 Men’s 15th Fistball World Championships in Córdoba, Argentina. This will be Australia’s first-ever appearance at the Fistball World Championships. The final selections are as follows: Jason […]
The final total is in… after checking, double-checking, triple-checking and quadruple-checking our numbers, checking under all the cushions on the couches and even checking in the filter of the vacuum cleaner at the Melbourne Bowling Club for loose change, we are delighted to announce that the total amount raised from the Trivia and Auction night […]
The Fistball Federation of Australia (FiFA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurence Young as National Head Coach of the Australian National Fistball Team, for their inaugural World Championship campaign at the 2015 Men’s Fistball World Championships this November in Cordoba, Argentina. With an impressive history of leadership and coaching roles within various Australian […]
Calling all Fisters! We’re asking you to give the most important part of your body (the fist of course) a rest for the night and call on the second most important part of the body for the very first FiFA Trivia Night. As most of you know later this year FiFA will be sending a […]
Only 2 days to go until our 2015 Season Launch! The keg has been confirmed, and the weather will be perfect (27 degrees, low winds)… so it’s all systems go. As part of our “Enlist To Fist” campaign, members that have already signed up and members that sign up on the day will both receive […]
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In preparation for both the relaunched F-League and Men’s World Fistball Championships next year, we have officially launched our 2015 Memberships! We will be asking all fistballers playing next year to fill out a membership form and pay the small membership fee ($20), and this will be used to pay some of our 2015 costs. […]