Well the weather gods returned to us for yesterday’s Fistivus XXXII, with the monsoon being forecast early in the week turning out to be just a couple of spits of rain and an otherwise dry (although cold and blustery) day. In the men’s division it was a breakthrough day for the Mutts FC who finally […]
14th April 2018, ‘Soggy Saturday’, a day that will forever live on in Australian Fistball History – the day that, after 6 years glorious sunshine, the weather gods finally smote us. We fisted on despite the severe weather warnings until the courts became unplayable, but eventually we were forced to concede defeat and abandon preceedings. […]
Congratulations to Fist Club (Men’s) and Westside Wombats Fistball Club (Mixed) for taking out the first trophies of the 2018 season at Fistivus XXX! Both teams went undefeated in their respective divisions to unanimously claim top points on the day. Rod Matthews (Fist Club) took home the B&F for the Men’s Division, while we had […]
Behold the 2018 Australian Fistball Calendar, including all Fistivus dates for the VFL, as well as the major international tournaments to come this year. Dates will be added as they come to light, in particular this year’s fundraising Quiz Night, deadlines for national team nomination, and national team training sessions. All VFL results and standings […]
Carl ‘Carlossus’ Creasey of the Bay City Fisters has capped off a great 2017 VFL season by claiming the highest individual honour in Australian fistball – the Klemens ‘Fistols’ Kronsteiner Medal. After claiming the highest number of votes at the first 3 Fistivi of the year (including maximum points at Fistivus XXIV), he raced away […]
Well, the 2018 Trans-Tasman Fistball Championships are over, but what a cracking good weekend! The Australian men’s team (aka the Wombats) were able to retain the Trans-Tasman Men’s Fistball Championship, winning the first 4 matches before dropping the final match in a thriller, while the New Zealand women’s team were once again too strong for the […]
Congratulations to our inaugural Australian Fistball Championship winners – Fist Club (Men’s) and Bay City Fisters (Women’s)! Fist Club had to battle through a 5 set thriller against the Bay City Fisters men’s team in the final, winning the final 2 sets to clinch the Championship victory and help atone for their tight loss in […]
Congratulations to our two 2017 Champions – South Melbourne Fistball Club (Men’s Division) and Bay City Fisters (Mixed Division)! Both teams came from behind in thrilling circumstances to pip their respective leaders by just 1 win (4 points) at the final hurdle – an appropriately exciting conclusion to the 2017 season, and in line with […]
Congratulations to the Bay City Fisters for completing a clean sweep at Fistivus XXVIII yesterday! Both their men’s and mixed teams went undefeated on the day to claim the respective trophies of each division, with the mixed team refusing to even drop a set. Rick Sheers of FistStorm claimed the Best & Fistest in the Mixed Division, while Swiss Faustball import […]
And just like that, the penultimate Fistivus for the 2017 VFL season is upon us! We will once again be returning to Hanmer Reserve at 12pm, in FiFA’s attempt to complete it’s own personal hattrick and give some sense of continuity in the latter half of the season before the final Fistivus of the year […]