WFC 2006

[Dooga]

Hi all,

Only 2 sleeps until we depart for Sweden.  Regular updates of our progress will be placed in this Forum.  If anyone would like to send a message to any of the Vic\'s away please do so - we need all the support you can give!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Trivia Night last Friday.  It was a huge succes and the support is greatly appreciated!

Below is a detailed schedule for the team.  Don\'t forget to visit www.wfc06.com and www.planetfloorball.com for statistics.

Cheers,
Dooga #3

Thursday, 4th May 06:

      Depart Australia / Arrive Stockholm
      Flight Details


Friday, 5th May 06:

09:20      Arrive in Stockholm
14:30      Transfer to Kais Mora
19:30      Team Meeting, we need TV, DVD
20:00-22:00   Training 1 at Ryssahallen

Saturday, 6th May 06:

09:00      Breakfast
10:30      Transport to the venue
11:00-13:00   Training 2 at Ryssahallen
13:30      Transport to the hotel
14:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting
16:30      Transport to the venue
17:00-19:00   Training 3 at Ryssahallen
19:30      Transport to the hotel
20:15      Dinner and team going out

Sunday, 7th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 4 at Ryssahallen
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting incl. match preparation
17:30      Transport to the game
19:00-21:30   GAME 1 against Kais Mora (DIV II)
22:00      Transport to the hotel
22:15      Dinner

Monday, 8th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 5 at Ryssahallen
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting
16:30      Transport to the venue
17:00-19:00   Training 6 at Ryssahallen
19:30      Transport to the hotel
20:15      Dinner
 
Tuesday, 9th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 7 at Ryssahallen
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting
16:30      Transport to the venue
17:00-19:00   Training 8 at Ryssahallen
19:30      Transport to the hotel
20:15      Dinner

Wednesday, 10th May 06:

09:30      Breakfast
12:00      Transfer to Stockholm
15:00      take rooms at Quality Hotel Prince Philip Skareholmen
17:00      Team meeting, match preparation
18:00      Transport to the game
20:00-22.00   GAME 2 against Jarfalla (U19s)

Thursday, 11th May 06:

      Time before is free! Use it to recover!
16:00      Meeting at the hotel
17:00-19:00   Training 9 at
20:30      Team dinner

Friday, 12th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 10 at ??
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting incl. match preparation
17:30      Transport to the game
19:00-21:30   GAME 3 against Storvreta (u19s/media))
22:00      Transport to the hotel
22:15      Dinner

Saturday, 13th May 06:

09:00      Breakfast
??      Transfer to Malmo
??      take rooms at Quality Hotel Konserthuset
      maybe team meeting

 
Sunday, 14th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 11 at ??
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting incl. match preparation
17:30      Transport to the game
19:00-21:30   GAME 4 against Stanstad (DIV I)
22:00      Transport to the hotel
22:15      Dinner


Monday, 15th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 12 at ??
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting
16:30      Transport to the venue
17:00-19:00   Training 13 at ??
19:30      Transport to the hotel
20:15      Dinner


Tuesday, 16th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 14 at ??
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
      Time off
19:30      Team dinner


Wednesday, 17th May 06:

07:45      Morning Jog
08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Transport to the venue
10:00-12:00   Training 15 at ?? (easy training)
12:30      Transport to the hotel
13:00      Lunch
16:00      Team meeting
16:30      Transport to the venue
17:00-19:00   Training 16 at ??
19:30      Transport to the hotel
20:15      Dinner
Thursday, 18th May 06:

09:00      Breakfast
      Time off
16:00      Team meeting incl. match preparation
17:00      Transport to the game
19:00-21:30   GAME 5 against Helsingborg (Elite)
22:00      Transport to the hotel
22:15      Dinner


Friday, 19th May 06:

07:45      Breakfast
09:00      Walk to venue
09:30-11:00   Training 17 at Baltiska Hallen


Saturday, 20th May 06:

08:00      Breakfast
09:30      Walk to venue
10:00-11:00   Training 18 at Baltiska Hallen

Sunday, 21st May 06:

      No Training, Malmo
      We will visit by train two games in the morning in Helsingborg.


Monday, 22nd May 06:

06:00      Breakfast
07:00      Transport to Helsingborg
08:15      Starting game preparation
10:00-12:00   GAMES VS SLOVENIA
13:00      Transport to hotel in Malmo
17:00      Transport to Kirsebergshallen
18:00-19:00   Training 19 in Malmo
19:30      Transport to hotel in Malmo


Tuesday, 23rd May 06:

14:30      Walk to the venue
14:45      Starting game preparation
16:30-18:30   GAME VS SINGAPORE


 
Wednesday, 24th May 06:

06:30      Breakfast
08:00      Walk to the venue
08:15      Starting game preparation
10:00-12:00   GAME VS NETHERLANDS
16:00      Transport to Kirsebergshallen
17:00-18:00   Training 20 in Malmo
18:30      Transport to hotel in Malmo

Tuesday, 25th May 06:

05:45      Breakfast
07:00      Walk to the venue
07:15      Starting game preparation
09:00-11:00   GAME VS AUSTRIA
??      Transport to Stockholm


Friday, 26th May 06:

      No training
      SEMI-FINAL

Saturday, 27th May 06:

      No training
      FINAL

Sunday, 28th May 06:

      A-Division Final

[melb]

GOOD LUCK GUYS... KICK ARSE!!!!

[Barb]

Good luck guys, we will all be following your tour with great interest. We know you will do us all proud!

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[Webmaster]

Thanks Dooga.

I will keep the website updated with results and news that I pick up on Swedish floorball pages and from you guys.

GOOD LUCK!!

[Dooga]

Hi all,

Team Australia are currently in a town called Mora, 4 hours north of stockholm.  Everyone is training hard and keeping our medical team busy.  There have been no major injuries to date.

The venue we are training at is great.  The 2nd court has been set up as a dorm - which is a bit much, my back is looking forward to a better bed .  so far we have played 2 matches - our first hit out as a team was against Kais Mora Jets u/19.  We started very slowly and let in 3 early goals within the 1st 20min.  After that the team improved steadily.  The 2nd game was against their senior team who play 2nd div.  A quaulity young team.  The final result was 4 - 14.  In all the team played well and can take many positives from the match.  We played against a system most players haven\'t seen before which proved a challenge.  Everyone improved as the match went on.

All the vic guys are performing well.  

Keep the good wish\'s cooming!!!


Dooga

[Kimbo]

Hey Guys,

I know about now you are getting tired and just want to start the the Champs, but be patient and enjoy the trianing and the time together to sort out your team play systems. You guys all play best when you relax and enjoy yourselves - just do that and I\'m sure everything will go well. Best of luck - we are following your progress closely.

Special good luck to the Viking boys!!!
Cheers,
Kimbo  :laugh:

[Grant#32]

Hi Dooga and all the boys in Sweden

thanks for updating the site, its so hard to get details from way over here so its really great when we see a message from someone. We all know how busy each day is so we appreciate any news you get time to report on.

best wishes to you all during the tour, hope that you all are learning something new and having a great time.

Good luck everyone and remember to listen to your coaches and do us proud ... everyone here is behind you all

cheers
Grant

[Alain]

Hi guys in Sweden

Only 9 days left before I come down to Sweden to scream:::::::

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE HOI HOI HOI
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE HOI HOI HOI
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE HOI HOI HOI
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE HOI HOI HOI

I really enjoy seeing all of you again.


For the WFC, just kick their european ass and show them some tricky grips form overseas.

COME ON AUSSIE

GO ON AND WIN

Alain

[Dooga]

Hi all,

sorry for delay in the updates.  Life in sweden has been busy.  There is only 1 day to go until WFC06 kicks off and 2 days until Team Australia open their campaign against slovenia.

Everyone has been training hard with a mix bag of results.  The team has progresivly come together and have played some good floorball against some quality teams (including some elite division teams consisting of some national players).  We had a couple hicups along the way but they should be ironed out before face-off.

The Vic guys are really coming along.  Prepare for some new and improved players upon our return.

Former Victorian Warren (Wazza) Mazurek has been named captain and myself vice-captain.

Our last game saw 5 players come out injured - all are expected to be able to play come Monday.

Janne Iinoven - ankle
Kris Collopy - ankle
Mark Benfield - neck / back
Ben Monckton - ankle
scott o\'brien - hamstring

Don\'t forget you can watch live comentry on the WFC website (www.wfc2006.org)

Go Aussie!!!


Cheers,
Dooga

[Dooga]

Don\'t forget you can follow all the action of our match v slovenia tomorrow 6pm Melbourne time

www.wfc2006.org

[Don]

A quick link to get all your Aussie play-by-play updates...
Currently 3-3 vs Slovenia!

We are Aussies! Mighty Mighty Aussies!

http://www.wafloorball.org/links/wfc06Updates.htm

[Miagi]

Hi Boys,

RE: Australia vs Slovenia

Firstly, unlucky against Slovenia. I was watching your game very closely on http://www.wfc2006.org and no doubt it was a very slow start where Slovenia slotted 2 goals in less then 4 minutes. And when Mike Woods scored the 1st goal for Australia, I was so proud and alive!! Well done Woodsy!! I was over the moon when O’Brien scored the equalizer 2-2 (assisted by Hammer) on the start of the 2nd period. And when young Daniel Clay put Aussie to a 3-2 lead (assisted by O’Brien), I nearly fell off my couch!!

Although it was a lost, you really had shaken Slovenia with a 3-2 lead during the early 2nd period. Stats at that point showed it is possible to do well against a respected team.

Forget about the result now; focus on your next game against Singapore.

Goal percentage counts so shoot as many goals and block those shots at goal. Defend comes first! I always like to say, play smart, be strong and do your very BEST!!

Good Luck.
Miagi

[Dooga]

Hi all,

Not the greatest start to our 2006 World Championship campaign.  A nervous start saw us down 0-2 after 4min.  Team Australia found their feet after about 10min and worked their way back into the game.  A great goal by Mike Woods saw the score back to 1-2.  Ben Monckton fought hard for the ball late in the 1st period to earn Australia a powerplay.

Australia only had 33sec of the powerplay left at the start of the 2nd period.  They only needed 18 with scott o\'brien scoring a nice goal assisted by David Hammond.  Only 4min later Mark Benfield opened up slovenia with the opening move with an offload to scott o\'briend.  Daniel Clay worked himself into the \"backcentre\" to recieve the pass before casually slotting it into the net.  slovenia then made use of a powerplay to level the scores.  

The game remained tight, but Australia weren\'t able to make use of their opportunities.  In all it was a good game and the Aussies were still the 1,000 strong crowd favourites.  One young player (Damien Monckton) being mobbed, chassed and pinned to the wall just to get his valuable autograph.

Tomorrow - look out singapore (1230am AET)


Dooga

[Webmaster]

I am sure that all the Australian players played well. I think all of us wish we could be there and cheer you on and proudly wear the gold and green.

Now reload, recharge, and give the Singapore team a game to remember, just do it!!

Good luck!

[Webmaster]

Bad luck guys!

Singapore won with 1 goal and they scored 2 goals in power play. According to Swedish media Australia was  the better team with 5 players on the field, there is only so much you can do with one player less on the field!

It was so close I reckon, I was biting my nails! Now go get the Dutch, fight on! We\'ll be watching.