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20th September - NEWS FOR FRIDAYS GAME
Obviously now that the Pies/Cats game is a sell out on Friday night, Channel 7 are showing the game live everywhere....  everywhere, that is except WA !!!!  We urge people to get in contact with Channel Seven Perth and state the case for showing the game live, especially as on of the top bods from the station appeared on 6PR last Friday and stated that no matter whether who went through from last weeks game, this weeks game WILL be shown live due to contract obligations. It appears that Channel 7 only honour their obligations whilst the Eagles are still in the competition. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE email Channel Seven at programs@7perth.com.au or call them on 9344-0777 and complain, complain, complain. The squeakiest door gets the most oil so the more of us that contact them, the more chance we'll have of getting it live. Good Luck...

Obviously is this does work the timings for the function would be moved an hour forward, i.e. function starting at 4.30pm, game starting at 5.30pm. Either way we hope to see everyone there on the day, our biggest day since 2003 !!!

Mei, Myself, Kathy, Joffa, Rose and Courtney at the final siren.

Training will be held at Subiaco Oval from 4.30pm on Thursday 13th September. Collingwood have still yet to confirm their flight details but I would presume that they will be flying in on the 12pm (ish) Qantas flight from Melbourne on the Thursday. More details as they are known.

In the meantime, tickets will go on sale from Tickmaster tomorrow morning (Monday) from 9am FOR COLLINGWOOD MEMBERS ONLY. Collingwood members will be able to purchase 1 ticket per membership, with a max of 8 tickets purchased in 1 transaction. The tickets will be priced between $51.90 and $66.00 depending on where they are seated. People buying tickets from Ticketmaster please ensure you ask for tickets  IN THE COLLINGWOOD ALLOCATION to ensure you will be sitting with Collingwood supporters and not uneducated moronic Eagles supporters. For non Collingwood members the rest of the tickets will go on sale to the General Public from 9am on WEDNESDAY morning.

As mentioned before, The Western Magpies WILL be in contact with the club on Monday, but in the event that we have no success in acquiring tickets via them, we urge people to ensure that they look into the above means to get tickets.

Also the Western Magpies would like to thank everyone who came down to the Quinn last night and made our first finals function of 2007 such a great success. Over a 150 Magpie mad fans came down and cheered the boys on to a rousing victory. Congratulations go out to all our Major Raffle winners, especially Percy Dias who won the Signed and Framed 2007 jumper and Matt Douse who won the Signed and Framed Dale Thomas print. Both guys have been Die-Hard Western Magpies members since our inception and it was great to see them finally win something in the raffles.

Bring on next week and Bring on the Eagles...... Guess what...  My "Wheres Benny" sign can now come out of retirement....  look for some new writing on the back of it though !!!! 

Hoping to see everyone there on the day, if you have any questions regarding the function then contact a committee member.

We will also be selling tickets for our end of season Major raffle at this function, again there are some great prizes up for grabs and tickets are only $3 each. Keep an eye out for the committee members as they come around selling the tickets on Saturday. Remember you gotta be in it to win it !!!!! See you all on Saturday !!!!!

On a lighter note, it appears I had my picture taken while abusing the boundary umpire in the game against Geelong a couple of weeks ago.....  here's the photo as it appears on the CFC website.

See if you can spot me.........

Next Monday sees the Pies take on the Dees in the traditional Queens Birthday game. Now obviously this game is not an official function as it is not a public holiday here in Perth, but there WILL be committee members at the Quinn for the game (namely myself, Mei, Danni, Pete and Colleen) as we have all either taken holidays or pre-empted sickness for that day. So if you are lucky enough to get the day off of work of feel a strange illness coming on feel free to come along to the Quinn and cheer the boys on (there is no better cure for Flu than coming down to the Quinn having a beer and watching the Pies thump the Dees !!!!). We hope to see you all there on the day !!!!

This Saturday see our next function at the Quinn as the Pies take on the Lions. The function will start at 4.30pm with the game starting at 5.10pm, please come down and make yourself heard as we all cheer the Pies on to a win over the old enemy. We need the win to bounce back from the disappointment of last Sundays game against the Doggies. Also make you that you tune into 90.5FM this Saturday morning at 10am for Magpie Radio as we have arranged a very special (and very apt) guest for this weeks show.... can you guess who it might be.......  

We hope to see you all at the Quinn this Saturday night....... !!!!

Courtney and Kathy from the Cheersquad with little ole me holding the famous sign.

Onto happier things though, I would like to personally thank the members of the Collingwood Cheersquad who came over and added their voices and chants to the Magpie Army... We were making more noise than the Wet Toast fans... hence the Tannoy system to try to drown us out !!! We hope you all had a good time in Perth. The game was disappointing in the end, if we had kicked straighter and not made so many skill errors that game would have been ours... Three posters and one miss from directly in front, and thats just the tip of the iceberg...  How protected is Chris Judd....  I mean you only had to look at him funny and he would be given a free kick, whereas we couldn't buy a freekick if we tried. Still we can't blame the game on the Free Kick count, we lost the game because of errors at the end of the day..  the same a last year... not a game that Wet Toast won... a game that Collingwood lost !!!! We had the Eagles scared and rightly so... if thats the best they can do, then all the Free kicks in the world aren't gonna get them to the Grand Final again.....  Well done to the boys for putting on such a brave fight in the "House of Meth". 

This Friday sees the Pies take on Richmond and the Western Magpies will be holding a function at the Mighty Quinn for this game. The function will start at 8.00pm and the game will start at 8.30pm. We hope to see you all there !!!!! 

6th April - West Coast game will be televised at the Mighty Quinn !!!
For those of you who weren't able to get a ticket to Saturdays game versus the Weagles, the game will be televised live at the Mighty Quinn, there will be other Pies fans heading down to watch the game, so if you can't get to the game do the next best thing.. Head to Collingwoods home here in Perth and cheer the boys on to a historic win !!!

Remember this will be the ONLY place you can see the game live this weekend, so if your serious about your football and serious about Collingwood, then the place to be on Saturday arvo is The Mighty Quinn !!! 

• Scroll down to the section that reads "Been invited by a friend/colleague?" and enter 'Western Magpies' in the competition field. Then click on the 'Find my Comp' button.
• All you will need to do then is enter the online password (which can be obtained by posting your name and email address on the forum. We will then send you the password) and then click the 'Join This Competition' button.

Please note however this competition is ONLY open to Western Magpies members, memberships will be checked before any prizes etc are handed out.

14th March - Supercoach league started....  Footy Tipping Competition coming soon !!!
At the request of some of our members I have setup a Supercoach League on the Herald Sun website, if you are interested in signing up then go to this link, register on the site and then in the section for private leagues enter the league code 404342. This will add you to the Western Magpies Supercoach league, there is however only room for 16 teams in each league, so depending on interest and numbers I will start up extra leagues so there are enough to accomodate everyone. If you have any questions on joining the league just post them on the Forum. I will post weekly updates of all the leagues on the website.

Also we are in the process of setting up a Western Magpies Footy Tipping competition, There will be some great prizes up for grabs. To register your interest go onto the forum and post your name, email address and (if know) Western Magpies membership number. Please note however, this tipping competition will only be open to Western Magpies members. Once again, if you have any questions, just post them on the Forum. Once again weekly updates will be posted on the website.

12th March - Forum added to the Website... Western Magpies Radio Show returns !!!!
I have added a forum to the website now to allow everyone to talk about all things Collingwood, there is also a section to "Ask the Committee" if you have any questions regarding the Western Magpies etc. All you need to do is go to the forum, register a name and then you're off and running.... 

No-one can say I never give you guys anything......  ENJOY !!!!

In other news, this weekend sees the return of the Western Magpies Radio Show in its new timeslot of Saturday at 10.30am. We are still broadcasting on 90.5FM and are in the process of trying to line up some great guests for the show this year. The show also has a new sponsor, Wizard Home Loans have proudly agreed to sponsor the show for 2007. So remember to tune into 90.5FM this Saturday morning, you can listen to the show live here.

11th March - Very important information regarding Round 2 and tickets for the Eagles game...
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have been informed by the Collingwood Football Club that the Round 2 function and game ticket package being sold through the Western Magpies and Collingwood, is no longer available. Anyone who had their name down on the Western Magpies list, will be contacted by the club and informed as to what is going on.

9th March - Rocca in for Practice match versus Swans, Rusling out till Round 16...
Good news and bad news for Pies fans, First the good news, Rocca will be playing in the practice match against the Swans at Narranda tonight. This will be his first game since the loss to the Bulldogs last year. Unfortunately this good news has been overshadowed by the bad news that Sean Rusling will be out till at least round 16 after injuring his shoulder in the Williamstown game last weekend. He will have to undergo a shoulder reconstruction and looks likely to miss at least 3-4 months of football. Well its not all bad news though Magpie fans because on a lighter note, it looks like the Pies have found a replacement to fill in during his long recovery. The new player was put through a rigourous training session today and when asked if he would like to play for the Pies said "The pies. I can be a pie. I like pies''  an exclusive picture from the training session below !!!!

6th March - Pies thump Saints by 48 points 100-52...
A great performance for the Pies on Friday night saw them convincingly beat St Kilda 100 to 52. Josh Fraser led the goal kickers banging home 4 goals, while Dale Thomas, Travis Cloke and Heath Shaw all kicked doubles. The game was marred by injuries to both Paul Medhurst and Brad Dick (The latter being taken out by Stephen Baker 35 metres behind play... funnily enough... no report). Both players were having great games too, Medhurst left in the first quarter with an injured foot (bruised in-step), While Dick left just before half time after the behind play hit with a leg injury. Hopefully both will be okay and ready for round 1, More news as it becomes clearer.  Next week see's the Pies once again take on Sydney in country NSW.

26th February - First function at the Quinn sees Pies lose to Roos 117-66...
We had our first function of the 2007 season on Friday night at the Quinn and despite the game not being televised live had a good turnout. Thanks to everyone that came along and made the atmosphere in the Quinn Collingwood Loud and Collingwood Proud. Unfortunately the result didn't exactly go our way with the depleted Pies going down 117-66. However the game wasn't exactly important and I get the impression the lads were only treating it as a hitout (You could pretty much tell that from Micks face in the coaching box). The one downside of the game was Haroldinios rib injury in which he slightly punctured a lung and was taken to hospital. However he has recovered okay from it and should be back playing in a couple of weeks. There were certainly some good signs from the Pies and the performances of a few players were exceptional, players including Dale Thomas, Pendles and big Travis Cloke all had good games, while Rhyce Shaw also had a good game (although made a couple of mistakes, from trying to hard). Good things look like coming from Paul Medhurst and Chris Bryan too. So its all looking good for 2007.

The scheduling has also changed for the rest of the NAB cup, The Pies are no longer coming over here to play the Eagles this weekend, they are instead playing St Kilda at Princes Park, whereas Essendon make the trip across the continent to take on Wet Toast. Disappointing I know, but in a way I think that can only be a good thing.... I mean its a long way to travel for a scratch match, Still we'll be here in Round Two and if you haven't put your name down for Tickets for the Eagles clash then contact Danni as soon as possible to register your interest. We can only reserve tickets for Western Magpies members and it is only one ticket per member, so if you haven't signed up yet, there is no better time to do so.

Finally we are thinking of holding a function at the Quinn for the NAB Cup final, just as a final get together for everyone before the season starts proper, more on this if it happens.

19th February - Family Day, A success... Pies go down by 15...
A big thank you to everyone who came up to King Park yesterday for the Western Magpies Sign up and Family day. The day was a great success with over 70 people coming down to enjoy the fun and festivities (not to mention the great sausage sizzle). I t was great to see plenty of new faces there as well as some very familiar faces too. Another big thank you must also go out to our new sponsors Meat Lovers Paradise for supplying the great sausages that eveyone enjoyed so much. The butchery is just across the road from the Mighty Quinn, so give them a try. I will be posting some pictures of the Family Day in the next few days, so stay tuned.

In other news the Pies went down to the Swans on Friday night 66-51 in a practice match at North Sydney Oval. Standouts for the Pies were Travis Cloke who kicked three goals (and missed two sitters apparently), Martin Clarke, Shannon Cox and Harry O'Brien. The Swans were pushed hard by the Pies for the whole game. The Pies next hit out will be against the Kangaroos on Friday in Round 1 of the NAB cup. The game is being televised on Channel 7 at 8.30pm, so the Western Magpies will be holding their first function of the year at the Mighty Quinn this Friday at 8pm. We hope to see everyone there, come down and sample the great beer, great food and great hospitality of the Mighty Quinn... not to mention cheer the Pies onto a great win.

Finally in the unlikely event that the Pies go down to the Roo's on Friday, they will have to travel over here to play the loser of the Shockers / Wet Toast game up in Joondalup. More on that IF it happens....

16th February - Pies take on Swans in Practice match tonight...
Collingwood will have their first hit out this evening when they take on the Sydney Swans in a practice match at North Sydney Oval. Expected to play for the first time in Black and White will be Paul Medhurst and Irish Rookie Martin Clarke. A few of the new draftees are also expected to play. Nathan Buckley, Holland, Didak, Rocca and Licca are amongst the senior players being rested, while Scott Burns and Shane Wakelin will play. News of the result as soon as I have it.

5th February - Its nearly Here, Sign up/Family Day 2007 !!!...
Hello everyone, just wanted to remind everyone that sign up and family day is almost upon us and will take place on Sunday 18th February at Synergy Park (Kings Park). There will be heaps to do on the day, Wizard Home Loans will be coming along and setting up a marquee, There will also be the chance to win several pieces of Signed Collingwood Memorablia on the day. Everyone that signs up to the Western Magpies on the day and fills in a Wizard Home Loans survey form will automatically be entered into a draw to win a Signed Jumper or a Signed Football, both prizes will be up for grabs on the day. The Kids will also be able to win prizes on the day too as the winner of the handball contest will win a Collingwood Training shirt. So there is plenty of reason to come along and enjoy the fun. There will also be a discount for everyone who signs of with the Western Magpies on the day. We will also be setting up a cricket match and various other fun activities. We hope to see everyone there.

9th January - HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!...
Better late than never eh....   Happy New Year to everytone, sorry for the slacking off on the website, I have family over for Christmas and New Year and they are kinda taking up most of my spare time at the moment. Still I have updated the site today, so its all good. Just wanted to let everyone know that our brand spanking new incorporated Family and Sign Up day will be held on Sunday 18th February at Synergy Park (formerly Western Power Park) up at Kings Park. This will start at 11am and go through to 3pm, there will be food and drink available (a free sausage sizzle and drinks via gold coin donation) and games for the kids. Also anyone signing up on the day will receive a discount on their membership, so we hope to see everyone there on the day and remember this... 2007..  Year of the Magpie !!!!! 

5th November - International Rules function CANCELLED...
Unfortunately due to Channel 10 deciding not to televise tonights International Rules game live, we have had to cancel the function at the Mighty Quinn tonight. Apologies to everyone.

4th November - Australia - Ireland game televised live at the Mighty Quinn this Sunday night...
The second and deciding International Rules game is being televised LIVE at the Mighty Quinn this Sunday night, The Quinn has got an extended license to televise the game. The will be some committee members at the Quinn on Sunday night, myself included, so come along and cheer the Aussies (or the Irish, whichever takes your fancy) home. If you are coming down to watch the game though you will need to be inside the Quinn by 10pm as no-one will be let into the bar after that, the game itself starts at 10.30pm. So if you're not doing anything come along and once again enjoy the Quinns wonderful hospitality. Hope to see you there.......

18th October - AGM date announced, Latest Newsletter sent out...
You have probably all seen the news above that the date for the Western Magpies AGM has been announced and it will take place on Sunday 29th October at 12pm at the Mighty Quinn Tavern on Wanneroo road, we hope to see everyone down there to attend and try out the Mighty Quinns hospitality. In other news the latest newsletter has been completed (well done Mei) and was sent out last night, so they should be with you all in the next couple of days.

19th September - Big news !!!!....
I promised you all some big news, well I can now deliever on that promise. It probably wasn't the best kept secret that we were looking at moving venues for the 2007 season, well after some tireless work by the committee, trying out different venues (then sobering up and trying some more) we have found a venue for next season. Drum roll Please.............

The Mighty Quinn Tavern at 112 Wanneroo Road, Yokine. We have been in talks with the management at the Mighty Quinn and they are more than happy to have us along there. They have some of the best prices is Perth when it comes to Food and Drink and they have also promised us that they will be able to provide live (albeit with a 20 minute delay) Friday night games as the Tavern has WIN and Imparja channels hooked up. We will have more news soon, However we will be holding our AGM at the Mighty Quinn so that members can come along and try the facilities out for themselves. I'm sure you will all find them to be as great as we did....

We still have not confirmed a date for the AGM but as soon as do we will be letting all members know. (It will be in the next newsletter). So things are moving onwards and upwards for the Western Magpies as we say goodbye to the Hyde Park hotel and say a big Hello to the Mighty Quinn Tavern !!!!! We would also like to thank the Hyde Park Hotel for their help over the past two years that we have been there.

On a final note, lets see everyone get behind the Adelaide Crows this weekend.... in the hope that they can knock off Wet Toast and shut the Chardonnay Set up... The Eagles end of season trip is already booked..... they leave Adelaide Airport at 4pm (wst) on Saturday....... apparently they are heading for Columbia (a few players have "uncles" over there allegedly)  The Dockers have also booked their end of season trip..... They're off to Rottnest !!!!