Saddle up Fisters, as the finest fistslingers in Australia will be heading West once again! After the success of Fistivus XXVI at Hanmer Reserve in Yarraville, we thought we’d try for a little bit of continuity for a change – we will once again grace the food truck-adjacent field of Hanmer Reserve, fisting off at […]
Fistivus XXVI is done and dusted, and we have now officially passed the halfway point of the 2017 VFL Season! It was a fantastically competitive day all round, with only 1 team failing to record a win, and no team going undefeated. A huge congratulations to the record-smashing Fist Club outfit, claiming their 4th straight […]
Congratulations to Fistivus XXV trophy winners Fist Club (Men’s Division) and Bay City Fisters (Mixed Division)! Another tightly fought tournament, with no team going undefeated on the day. Special congratulations to Fistroy Lions for finally picking up their first win of the season! Rick Sheers (FistStorm) won the Best & Fistest for the Mixed Division, […]
We did it! Can you believe they didn’t think it would last? “Just a sporting fling,” they said. “I give them maybe 5 Fistivi before they get bored of each other,” some proclaimed. “I bet FiFA’s wandering eye will looking for a newer, more obscure sport in no time,” others sneered. But here we are, […]
Congratulations to Fist Club and FistStorm, with both teams defending their Fistivus XXIII respective trophy wins in Fistivus XXIV! Once again, Fist Club took the chocolates on points percentage (this time from Bay City Fisters and Mutt Fisters) after all three teams finished on 3 wins and 1 loss for the day. FistStorm on 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, […]
The second Fistivus of the 2017 VFL Season – Fistivus XXIV – has been announced! Playing on the Kiefer Sutherland classic “real-time” action TV series, it has been named Fistivus 24: Fist Another Day. It will be hosted by the Fistroy Lions, with the fist action to take place at Flemington Road Cricket Oval, one […]
Congratulations to the winners of Saturday’s Fistivus XXIII trophies – Fist Club (Men’s League) and FistStorm (Mixed League)! After a competitive slog fest in both divisions in sweltering, unwavering 31 degree heat, both winners had to claim their trophies on points percentage from their division rivals, after both leagues had teams tied at the top on […]
Come gather around people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone And if your breath to you is worth saving Then you better start swimming or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’ Fistball is […]
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 […]