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2011 Mens All Star Team
2011 Womens All Star Team
2010 Mens All Star Team
2010 Womens All Star Team
2009 Mens All Star Team
2009 Womens All Star Team
2008 Mens All Star Team
2008 Womens All Star Team
2007 Mens All Star Team
2007 Womens All Star Team
2006 Mens All Star Team
2006 Womens All Star Team

2011 Mens All Star Team

2011 - Mens All Stars

ANZAC Day Challenge - ADF All Stars VS ACES
23 Apr 11 - AAMI Stadium, Adelaide

2011 All Stars Admin Instruction - Mens

Risk Appreciation Summary - ADF All Stars ANZAC Challenge

2011 Mens All Stars

Coach - COL Andrew Fidge
Asst Coach - Mr Graeme Anderson
Manager- MAJ James Weaver

NAVY
MIDN Sam Laidlaw
LS Matthew Polman
SMN Nick Rusling
SMN Kieran McDowell
AB Mathew Cameron
LT Jeremy Sims
AB Darren Clinton
AB Caleb Demunck

ARMY
SPR Michael Leamer
LCPL Adam Stevenson
CPL Lee Scanlon
SPR Daniel Harper
SPR Daniel Gojanovic
OCDT Jack Lush

RAAF
AC Tryston Bennet
CPL Jebal Williams
CPL Shannon Burke
LAC Craig Pullen
OFFCDT Nick Downward
LAC Glenn Meulendyks
LAC Jadan Morton
SQNLDR Shane Calliess
CPL Jacob Berry

2011 Womens All Star Team

2011 - Womens All Stars

ADF All Stars Vs NSW Police
21 Apr 11 - Picken Oval, Croydon Park,Melbourne

All Stars Admin Instruction - Womens

Risk Apprecation Summary Sheet Signed - ASAFA Womens National Carnival

Risk Appreciation Summary - ASAFA Womens National Carnival

2011 Womens All Stars

Coach Ashley Haywood

Navy
Renee Herezma
Jemma Cassily
Nicole Palmer
Ashley Hudson
Jenna Mercer
Trish Muller
Kim Thompson
Hayley Merrick
Jessica Sullivan
Sarah Beard
Nicki Furlong
Candice Freeman

Army
Lucy Edwards
Alex Smith
Rhi Busch
Margarita Obien
Jorja Jones
Casey Tinker
Heather Rosenzweig
Melissa Kennedy
Eliza Oates

RAAF
Kylie Wilson
Amee Slocombe
Emily Currer
Trudi Lyons

2010 Mens All Star Team

2010 - Mens All Stars

ANZAC Day Challenge - 24 Apr 10 - AAMI Stadium, Adelaide
Game Results
ACES 17.12 (114) Defeated ADF All Stars 4.1 (25)

Most Valuable Player
PTE Jesse Hall - Army

ASAFA - Admin Instruction for 2010 ANZAC Day Challenge

Player, Umpires and Staff Lists
Staff
PO John Tootell - Navy - Coach
SQNLDR Anthony Calliess - Air Force - Assistant Coach
WO1 Ray Beddome - Army - Manager
LT Jeff Kirka - Army
CPL Matthew Crocker - Army

Umpires
WO1 Clay Baker - Army
MAJ Greg Barrowcliff - Army
SGT David Nicholas - Army
WO2 Darryl Miller - Army
POWTR Paul Sheehan - Army
CPL Darren Abercrombie - Army

The All Stars
ABATA Sean Byrne - Navy
LSATA Matthew Cace - Navy
LSATA Andrew Mazey - Navy
ABMT Patrick Wilson - Navy
PO Ray Scarlett - Navy
ABMT Joel Minichiello - Navy
ABMT Mitchell Cers - Navy
LSCSO Simon Horner - Navy
AB Scott Belford - Navy
SBLT Joel Ettridge - Navy
SPR Christopher Burdon - Army
PTE Jesse Hall - Army
GNR Sean Dupont - Army
CPL Sean Kilsby - Army
PTE Chris Tucci - Army
LCPL Luke Sypott - Army
GNR Sean Osip - ARmy
CFN Andrew Diggens - Army
CPL Robert Frankland - Army
PTE John Brazendale - Army
PTE Keith Roberts - Army
PTE Jae Butler-Evans - Army
AC George Marshall - Air Force
CPL Shannon Burke - Air Force
FLGOFF Neville Moyle - Air Force

2010 Womens All Star Team

2010 - Womens All Stars

ADF All Stars Vs NSW/ACT State Rep Team

ASAFA 2010 Administrative Instruction - 2010 Women's ADF All Star Event

Results
Game 1 - ACT 9.7 (61) def Defence All-stars 0.3 (3)
Best & Fairest Votes: 3 votes: Holly Cogle (ACT), 2 votes: Elise O'Dea (ACT), 1 vote: Fiona Rose (Defence)

Game 2 - ACT 7.6 (48) def NSW 3.4 (22)
Best & Fairest Votes: 3 votes: Holly Cogle (ACT), 2 votes: Karina Demant (ACT), 1 vote: Emily Diprose (ACT)

Game 3 - NSW 6.4 (40) def Defence All-stars 4.8 (32)
Best & Fairest Votes: 3 votes: Eliza Oates (Defence), 2 votes: Una McKay (NSW), 1 vote: Jenna Linehan (NSW)

Awards
Coaches Choice Awards
ACT: Genevieve Netting
NSW: Jenna Linehan
Defence All-stars: Fiona Rose

Players' Player Awards
ACT: Holly Cogle
NSW: Una McKay
Defence All-stars: Amy Carpenter

Player of the Carnival
Holly Cogle (ACT)

NAB Challenge Team of the Carnival
ACT

All Stars
Coach
WO1 Ashley Haywood - Army

Navy
ABBM Kate Goggins
LSDEN Heather Flannery
ABBM Hailey Merrick
LSPT Trish Muller
ABCSO Natasha Wilson
LSPT Candice Freeman
MIDN Melanie Pring
LEUT Liz Quinn
LEUT Deanna Garbutt
SMNMED Mel McLean
SMNBM Stephanie Rodert (R)

Army
SPR Emma Murphy
PTE Rhiannon Busch
CPL Fiona Rose
CPL Margarita O'Bien
LT Elly Poyntz
PTE Eliza Oates
SIG Casey Tinker
CPL Sandii Rixon
PTE Lucy Edwards
CPL Kristy Stroop

Air Force
ACW Christine Van De Werken
CPL Debbie Grylls
OFFCDT Gabby Szekely
OFFCDT Bayleigh Potter
CPL Shannon Malloy (R)
SGT Katie Staines (R)

2009 Mens All Star Team

2009 - Mens All Stars

Final scores:

ADF	0.0	2.1	2.1	3.4	(22)
ACES	6.7	8.8	10.11	11.12	(78)

Admin Instruction - ANZAC Day Challenge - ASAFA All Stars Vs ACES

Mens All Stars

Support Staff
MAJ James Weaver - Army - XO
PO John Tootell - Navy - Coach
SGT Tim Smith - Army - Assistant Coach
WO1 Ray Beddome - Army - Manager
LS Geoff Crossman - Navy - Assistant Manager

Umpires
WO1 Clay Baker - Army
MAJ Greg Barrowclif - Army
SGT David Nicholas - Army
AB HSO Luke Heard - Navy
WO2 Kyle Coleman - Army
CFN Phillip Hannam - Army
CPL Darren Abercrombie - Army

The All Stars
GNR Ben Cadzow - Army
CPL Rob Frankland - Army
PTE Zac Afeaki - Army
SPR Xavier Tieppo - Army
CPL Wayne Myers - Army
CPL Simon Blizzard - Army
AB Patrick Wilson - Navy
AB Scott Belford - Navy
LS Matty Cace - Navy
AB Wayne Sullivan - Navy
AB Leon Noel - Navy
AB Sean Byrne - Navy
AB Simon Horner - Navy
AB Joshua Cooper - Navy
SBLT Joshua Sims - Navy
AB Adrian James - Navy
LS Andrew Mazey - Navy
LS James Miller - Navy
CPL Ryan McKee - Air Force
LAC Dale Butcher - Air Force
SQNLDR Shane Calliess - Air Force
CPL Stuart Bond - Air Force
LAC Anthony Stewart - Air Force
AB Neville Skinner - Navy
LC Matty Polman - Navy

ADF aced in ANZAC Day Challenge
The ADF All-Stars Australian Rules team suffered its first loss in the history of the Anzac Day Challenge, after the Australian Combined Emergency Services (ACES) team halted the ADF's unbeaten run.

The ADF team had won the previous five encounters, however the ACES side was this year meticulously hand-picked to notch up its first victory against the ADF.

The match was played on Anzac Day at Adelaide Oval as a curtain-raiser to the South Australian National Football League's (SANFL) grand final replay between Central Districts and Glenelg and provided a memorable opportunity for the players to be part of a big Anzac Day occasion.

Adelaide football hero and Vietnam veteran Graham Cornes gave a pre-match pep talk to the ADF players that emphasised their actions on the field would be likened to those in battle, however driving rain throughout the match hampered the true spectacle of the action.

The ACES were able to break through for the first two goals after early pressure on the ADF backline. The ADF soon made its first charge on the back of three penalties, but was not rewarded on the famous Adelaide Oval scoreboard.

The ACES then added further two goals in quick succession and another right on quarter-time to take a very handy 43-point lead, while keeping the ADF scoreless.

The ADF responded in the second term with the first two goals and made its intentions clear of getting back into the game by getting to the ball first in the slippery conditions.

The ACES however, also responded with two goals against the run of play, with the conditions making it near impossible to tackle the ball carrier.

At half-time, Navy's Able Seaman Leon Noel came in for some running repairs to a head wound, while the ADF side regathered its composure for the second half.

While the rain eased slightly, so to did the flow of scoring opportunities, with both teams working hard to find easy possessions.

In a lack-lustre third quarter, the ACES added just two goals to take a seemingly unassailable lead in the final term.

ADF forward Able Seaman Patrick Wilson made one of the goals of the game when he held a strong mark in the third minute of the final quarter, but that was the end of the ADF's scoring.

With players still going very hard for the ball, a bad head clash with less than 10 minutes to go saw an ACES and ADF player take away some physical mementos of a hard-fought game.

The Australian Services Australian Football Association will now gear itself to match the ACES' effort at next year's Anzac Day Challenge. Interested players should take note of update to the ASAFA website on the Defence Intranet for further information.

The ADF All-Stars would to thank their sponsors: ISS Facility Services, GHD, Australian Defence Credit Union, Bayer Environmental Science, Toll Transitions and Thales Australia for their support. Special thanks are also due to the six ASAFA umpires, who helped officiate at the game.

2009 Womens All Star Team

2008 Mens All Star Team

2008 - Mens All Stars

Navy

MIDN Joshua Sims
AB Daniel Johnson
SIG Jye Keath
LS Matt Polman
LS Andrew Mazey
AB Dustin Roberts
LS Matt Cavendon
SBLT Aaron Convery
LS Luke Sargent
AB Neville Skinner
SMN Patrick Wilson

Army

PTE Simon Blizzard
SIG Jye Keath
CFN Luke Sypott
WO2 Adrian Wilson
PTE Scott McLeod
CAPT Rodney Davis
SGT Michael Krake
PTE Luke Cook
SGT Lindsay Black

Air Force

OFFCDT Neil Robinson
LAC Aaron Clayden
LAC Shannon Burke
OFFCDT Jonathon Dowl
OFFCDT Chris Burke
CPL Adrian Borlace

2008 Womens All Star Team

2008 - Womens All Stars

Womens All Stars 9 Aug 08 Admin Instruction

2008 Womens All Star Team

Navy

AB Jenny North
AB Haley Park
LEUT Krystelle Venn
AB Katie Goggins
LS Trich Muller
AB Hailey Merrick
MIDN Lucy Hall
AB Tash Wilson
AB Nikki Furlong

Army

CPL Sarah Adamson
SGT Jorja Jones
OCDT Alex Smith
Allison Smith
SGT Amy Hall
LCPL Margarita OBien
CPL Emma Vorbach
CAPT Jane Worme
CPL Emma Hender
SGT Davina Pye

Airforce

CPL Debbie Grylls
CPL Rebekah Allen
SGT Katie Staines
FLYOFF Debbie Herberz
LACW Sharon Purdon
OCDT Gemma Casserly
CPL Rebecca Phoenix

ADF Female All Stars Play on the MCG - 9 Aug 2008

The ADF's finest female Australian Rules footballers grabbed a unique opportunity of playing on the hallowed Melbourne Cricket Ground, when they took on a Victorian development team in a curtain-raiser to the AFL match between St Kilda and Collingwood on Saturday, 9 August.

In trying conditions, the ADF squad of 21 pushed the more fancied Victorian development side of 30 players, to go down by 20 points - 8-9 (57) to 4-13 (37).

In what was its pinnacle of representation, the Australian Services women's team had to overcome initial nerves and a strong start by the Victorian team before the ADF found great momentum in the second half, when the teams were more evenly matched.

In his first match as ADF women's coach, WO2 John Saunders said the Victorian team dominated early by kicking five goals in the opening quarter, but to the credit of his players, the ADF was able to claw the deficit back to a respectable 20 points at half-time.

With a strong crowd building for the AFL fixture, the ADF team stepped up and was unfortunate not to convert many scoring opportunities that could have resulted in a memorable victory.

The ADF team had eight scoring shots in the final quarter, but was only able to convert one into a goal, with scoring shots for both sides being even at the full-time siren. "If we had have kicked straight, we could definitely have won the match" said coach WO2 Saunders. However, he praised the concept and hopes it can become a regular fixture on the ADF Australian Rules calendar.

ADF vice-captain Sergeant Katie Staines (Russell Offices) said the experience was memorable for all involved despite coming up against a well-drilled Victorian team. "The Victorian team had been training for months and they were awesome to watch, whereas we had three days in camp" SGT Staines said. "We had about eight debutantes in the team and all the girls gained a lot from the experience. Even the Victorian players commented on how good our standard was, which was pleasing. It would be great if this can happen annually".

Leading Seaman Candice Freeman (HMAS Cerberus) was rewarded for her efforts with the best-on-ground award for the ADF team, while Leading Seaman Trish Muller (HMAS Watson) was named players' player.

Honourable mentions also went to Sergeant Amy Hall (8 CSSB) who was kept busy at centre-halfback, while Leading Aircraftwoman Sharon Purdon (Russell) was tested out in almost every position on the field before fracturing her collarbone in the last quarter.

Forwards, Flight Lieutenant Trinette Bagnell (RAAF Glenbrook) and Flying Officer Debbie Herberz (RAAF Williams) were also unfortunate not to score on numerous occasions in the drizzly and slippery conditions.

2007 Mens All Star Team

2007 - Mens All Stars

Five in a Row
The ADF All Stars have recorded an impressive win in an annual challenge against the National Emergency Services.

THE Australian Services Australian Football Association All Stars proved too strong for the National Emergency Services team in their annual challenge to record a fifth successive win in Sydney on April 28.

The All Stars successfully defended the Services Challenge Cup 10.5 (65) to 5.10 (40) against the best that NES could muster from police and fire-brigade ranks around the nation.

ASAFA ANZAC MATCH 2007 Admin Instruction

HIGH_FIVE

2007 Womens All Star Team

ADF Results
Day 1 - 9 Jul 07
SA 7.6 (48) defeated ADF 2.2 (14)

Day 2 - 11 Jul 07
QLD 4.7 (31) defeated ADF 0.1 (1)
VIC U19s 11.4 (70) defeated ADF 0.0 (1)

Day 3 - 12 Jul 07
NSW 5.5 (35) defeated ADF 2.5 (17)

Day 4 - 15 Jul 07
ACT 3.5 (23) defeated ADF 0.0 (0)
VIC 18.13 (21) defeated ADF 0.0 (0)

GRAND FINAL
VIC 12.6 (78) defeated WA 4.3 (27)

ADF Member in the 2007 All Australian Team
Kate Goggins (ADF) was selected in the 2007 All Australian Team.

Womens AFL Win NSW Police Games

What a Team
A combined services ADF women's team from Sydney and Canberra played a well recruited NSW Police Services team in the annual NSW Police Games at Picken Oval Croydon Park on Saturday 24 Feb 07. The first quater was an out and out arm wrestle with both teams feeling each other out despite the fact the Police team kicked the first goal with 60 seconds of the game commencing. At the first break the scores where level at one goal two each.

The second stanza saw scoring opportunities reduced but accuracy had increased. Only three goals were kicked in the second quarter, two to the police side and one to the ADF. The ADF had more of the ball and inside their 50 more often but could not make the best of their opportunities. The girls in blue lead by six points at half time.

After the main break the police stepped up a notch as the ADF let in two cheap goals and failed to register a score for themselves. With the job ahead of them and a few changes to the onfield line up and three goals in arrears, the ADF then showed they had come to play by having a six goal one behind quarter lead by surprise package SMN Hailey Merrick. The police failed to build on their three quarter time score and never entered their attacking 50 in the last period.

Final Score: ADF 8 - 3 (51) def NSW Police 5 - 2 (32).

Best for ADF:

SMN Hailey Merrick (Navy),
CPL Rebekah Allen (RAAF),
AB Candice Freeman (Navy),
CPL Amy Hall (Army),
CPL Kristy Stroop (Army), and
CPL Emma Hender (Army).

2006 Mens All Star Team

2006 - Mens All Stars

ADF All Stars 21.13 (139) defeated NSW Emergencey Services Team 11.9 (75) - Sydney Cricket Ground

Winners are grinners

Star team wins with Anzac spirit

2006 Womens All Star Team

2006 - Womens All Stars

Australian International Team

ADF member makes International Team

Duntroon PTI CPL Emma Hender was selected for the Australian Women's International Rules team to tour Ireland between October 20 and November 7. CPL Hender was previously selected in the All Australian 2003 and 2004 teams.

Service newspaper Article:

PTI to take on Ireland

CPL Emmal Hender's Report
Well what an experience, not only playing for Australia but getting to know a great bunch of talented girls and showing the Irish that Aussies never give up!

The tour kicked off when we arrived in (a cold rainy) Dublin on the 15 Oct 2006. The first week involved 25 girls, including myself and representatives from QLD (2), NSW (1), VIC (15), WA (6) getting to know each other, training 2-3 hours per day and acclimatising to the weather.

The coaching staff ran quality training sessions which including skills ends and full field drills. Most of the drills focussed on improving our skills with the round ball and there were some long and intense workouts.

On 25 Oct we had our first scratch match against Rounding Towers, a local Dublin team. We won that match by 50 points, a good result especially considering it was the first game the Aussie girls had played together as a team. The major benefit of that game was that it gave us the opportunity to assess our strengths and weaknesses in preparation for the upcoming matches. In addition, the opposition's coach kindly offered us some pointers which we took on board and worked on during the following training session. And so we went into the first game of the series with confidence that we could give the Irish a run for their money.

The score board however showed a different story - with Australia being beaten by 115 points. It was a hard game and although we made many mistakes, (kicking long and not hand passing the ball enough etc) the girls staunchly fought to the end.

We learnt some good lessons from that first game. Firstly we learnt that, for a non-contact game, there was a lot of Irish-style tackling involved and the Irish were good at it! Secondly we learnt that if we wanted to be competitive we would have to get more involved with the game. And as a result the next couple of training sessions focussed more on tackling and going harder at the ball.

The second match was held at Parnell Park on 4 November 2006 in front of a crowd of about 500 people. I think it's fair to say that the revised training approach and our ever-increasing knowledge of the game really showed in the second match (we narrowed the gap significantly and finishing only 18 points down). It was a good note to finish on and the girls held their heads high as they walk off the field.

There were other highlights of the trip too, we got to watch the boys play their games (and win the final!). We got to meet the Australian Ambassador (a lovely lady) and of course we got to see a little bit of Ireland and meet lots of Irish people.

Hopefully next year we will show the Irish what we can do on our own turf.

International Football Team 2006

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