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 […]
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 […]
With the 2016 Fistball World Cup about to kick off in just 2 days in Cape Town, South Africa, now seems like a good time for a quick overview of why it’s kind of a big deal. What exactly is the Fistball World Cup? Well, as opposed to Fistball World Championships (which are for fistballing […]
The tournament bannerettes have arrived, as the Fistball Federation of Australia gears up for arguably the biggest month in Aussie fistball history! With the South Melbourne Green Demons heading to the club World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa for next weekend’s tournament (Oct 14-15) and the Australian National Women’s Fistball Team (aka The Possums) putting […]
Congratulations to Fist Club – Fistivus XXI champions! They overcame a strong South Melbourne Fistball Club outfit in 3 sets to record their second hat trick of Peter Norman Trophies in 2 years, and extend their lead in the 2016 Roger Willen Shield standings with only one Fistivus for the season still to play. After […]
Fist Club have gone back-to-back at Fistivus XX – 20th Century Fist! It was a cracking day in Geelong with 7 clubs battling it out on the fistball field in perfectly cool overcast weather. However, as is the Fistball Federation of Australia way, this PNT victory at the 20th Fistivus was not without it’s controversy, […]
After the first, hastily-thrown-together Fistivus on 17 March 2013, even the most optimistic of new fistball supporter in Australia must’ve doubted that this new sport could ever become a reliable institution in Melbourne. But here we are, still enthusiastically fisting over 3 years later, and about to notch up our 20th Fistivus tournament! A glorious […]
Congratulations to Fist Club – our Fistivus XIX Peter Norman Trophy Champions! After dominating play all day, Fist Club were forced to battle the South Melbourne Green Demons (formerly The Fist & The Furious) in a 3 set thriller to take the title. Brent ‘Jellyfist’ Lehmann of the Bay City Fisters took out the Best […]
Marking the official halfway point of the 2016 Thunder Road Brewing Company VFL Season, the 19th Fistivus will be hosted by the Fistroy Lions on July 2nd at a location still TBD (but will hopefully be Inner North). Fist off will be at 10:30am; the earlier starting time designed to allow for a time gap […]
The Bay City Fisters are PNT champions for the second time in 2016! Overpowering a gallant The Fist & The Furious squad in the final, the Bay City boys and girls will surely enjoy the points buffer at the top of the table after 3 rounds. Australian fistball literary icon and Fistroy Lions captain Chris […]