16th April, 2016 – note that date Fistball Historians, as that date can now be etched into the history books as the first meeting of our inaugural women’s national fistball team! More details (including the all-important team mascot) to come, but it certainly looks like we will be sending our first ever women’s national fistball […]
A huge thank you to everyone who came along to last night’s Klemens Kronsteiner Medal Night. It’s fair to say that it was a huge success, and we look forward to doing it all again in a little under 12 months time. And congratulations to Jason Beelders – our first Fistols Medallist! A well-deserved winner. […]
Australians can claim two prestigious honours in fistball – we have the greatest national fistball team in the Oceania region, and we’ll be the first fistballing nation to welcome a brand new year for fistball… as we get ready to usher in 2016! 2016 will mark the start of the 4th year of organised fistball […]
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!
The Australian media just can’t seem to get enough of our fistballers… this time it’s Eric “The Dog” Maddocks and Lee “The Power Station” Morony in the Stonnington Leader newspaper! And not only did they get an article in the paper, but they also secured the front page! Fistball will now surely be in the […]
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 […]
Setter/defender for the Australian national fistball team, Chris “Super Mario” Milne, has received some media coverage in his local rag (Heidelberg Leader Newspaper) for the upcoming World Championships in Argentina. Based on the photo, he seems to be showing a stoic and steely resolve in what appears to be the face of an impending fistball […]
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 […]