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| BC | AD | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Cibubur | Whither to Hither? | Club Song |
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An intra club game was organised on Australia Day with around 25 players attending and participating in a 10-a-side game at ISCI followed by much drinking and commitment to 'doing this more often', 'training every Sunday', 'personal fitness programs', 'I used to be much better' and other such crap that generally surfaces after 25 beers.
At this stage a Mr. Steve Mangan, occasional whistle man (ie., he is an umpire but only occasionally uses his whistle), started a formal footy tipping competition. This not only raised the level of interest in Australian Football but because of the internet and other wonderful technological advances meant that former players, ladies and even pommie bastards could also be involved in our great game.
Bali obviously saw some promise from the first game and it was with much enthusiasm and taunting from their Mucho Loco Captain, Greg Hinchliffe, that the Bintangs were invited back to Bali in July 1998 with assurances that we would get a good game. True to their words, the Bali boys had been practicing more than surfing and had even snared Quicksilver as a sponsor. The game was promoted on the ATVI football show with Dale Lewis initially favouring Bali but Nick McArdle better serviced by a slick Bintangs organisation which saw him decked out on TV in our fashionable and rather attractive, red Bintangs t-shirts, complete with stubby holder. The match was indeed a close encounter with the Ghekko's going in very hard in an effort to throw (literally) the Bintangs off their game. The Bintangs stood tall however and took control in the final term to run out winners 10 18 78 to 9 8 62.
August 1998 saw another hastily assembled team take on the pride of Australia's Flotsam in a three-team round robin event. The Bintangs won the day however and drinks were had well into the night. The tournament was notable for the goal kicking spree of founding father (since removed to Sydney) Ben Giles, who managed to kick 7 goals in one match (and believe me, we don't let them go on for very long in this heat !).
Grand Final day 1998 saw the culmination of the combined efforts of a dozen people who put together an extravaganza that any AFL side would have been proud to be associated with. Some 500 people gathered at the Regent Hotel Jakarta from early morning to watch the 1998 AFL Grand Final, with TNT our major sponsors. Nick McArdle, Dale Lewis and Dave Lennon from the ATVI Footy Show, plus Jack Daniels of St Kilda, came as guests and entertained the crowd, as did an auction and raffle that raised money for ANZA and charity, as well as putting a bit in the Bintang's account to fund the purchase of new footy gear. |
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