Mick “MC”Carter will take charge of the Women’s team and Stephen “Youngy” Young will head the Men’s team.

MC and Youngy both bring a wealth of touch knowledge to their respective teams having both played the game since Jesus played left link and Moses in the middle for the Northern Eagles. Lately the two have played in the ACT Men’s 30′s team at the 2011 NTL’sand will join forces to also guide the Victorian Men’s team at the upcoming NSW State Cup in December. As foundation members of Vipers Sports Club, both hold many roles within the club so whats another one to the list, they will bring passion and their experiences to a young list of players looking to make their mark on the VTL in 2011/12.

The club would also like to announce that Chris “Blue Eyes” Casey will take on the role of Football Operations Manager working with all Vipers VT league teams to ensure that all things run smoothly on game night and that the coaching staff and players just need to focus on winning matches and nothing else, Chris has been a member of the Men’s team and inaugural Men’s captain in past seasons, however due to a recent knee injury will be sidelined for this season.

We would like to wish the guys all the best in their new roles and best of luck for the upcoming VTL season.

The VT League is predominately played on Friday nights with the commencement date expected to be Friday 4th November with the Finals day to be conducted in February 2012. The competition draw will be posted on the website when released.

All players wishing to trial are advised to attend this one off trial. Should any player be unavailable to attend the trial they should send the below details to the club with their expression of interest. Email Vipers

Name

Email address

Mobile number

Brief playing history over last 2-3 years

Please note: Any player attending trials who participated with another permit last season is advised to make contact with their current permits President and advise of their intentions to trial with Vipers.

This Saturday at Elwood the club will once again be vying for the envious title of Men’s and Women’s VT Champions for 2010/11.

The Vipers Women’s team have been relatively unchanged from last year although have recruited some quality players in the off season with first tie VT players Amy Lewicki and Gemma Hocart teaming up with Amanda Bourne a current Australian Women’s 30′s player and fellow Aussie player Brooke James. The team have once again been rock solid throughout the season and have finished just behind old foes the City Lions. However a new challenger has landed on the scene in 2010/11 and could very well see the tightest finals day in history with the Falcons having already recorded a shock win over the ladies this season. Mel Ashmore, Nicole Doig and Sharyn Cassell will need to bring their A games to the finals on Saturday as Suzy Barrett, Tamara Lowen, Andrea Frankpitt, Lani Harris and Hellie Dracup all foundation players with Vipers look to make four straight Grand Finals and win back the VT Women’s title.

The Men’s team the current VT Men’s Champions will have to do things alittle harder then last years run at the title and will be required to play and win three games to capture the title. The squad is full of confidence and completed their final training session on Wednesday with out concern or injury. Key player’s will help the team attempt to become back to back champions with Jason “JK” Kaiwai, Clinton Burke, Vincent Demaria, Stephen Young and Mick Carter sure to inspire their team in attack and defence. While the go forward of the team will be firmly placed on Steele Tallon, Thomas Naughtin and Simon Sharland to lay the platform for the light footwork of Callan Donner and the fast finishing of the teams wingers in Tim Watkins, Michael Shadbolt, Josh Chan and the ever youthful Russ Bari to score plenty on game day. The team have played each week with passion and at time’s pure determination due to short numbers on certain weeks but have managed to have a quality month of touch to ensure that come Saturday they are every bit the chance to claim back to back titles.

GO VIPERS!!!!!

The sessions are a great way for new players to receive coaching from some of the State’s most experienced coaches and none more experienced then honorary Viper Tony El Takchi. Tash has been a regular visitor to Victoria at the request of Vipers as well as the State Coaches over the years and is always willing to lend his experiences and knowledge to those willing to listen.

Tony recently made the local Melbourne Weekly magazine when visiting for the Vipers training sessions.

Click HERE to view the article

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“The vision of The Sports Rewards Foundation Ltd is to become the largest financial contributor to grass-roots sport in Australia.”

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Steele is the newest celebrity to become part of VipersSports Club Inc. Steele will play his first game for the club in the opening round of the VT League on Friday 12th November.

Check out Steele on the TODAY show appearance

Tashie as he is more affectionately know has been a stalwart in the Touch committee for what seems like forever having been involved in all areas and levels, from representing his Country, State and Permit on numerous occasions in the Mixed Open division to his contribution off the field with coaching clinics for all levels of particpants from juniors right up to the National teams.

Vipers are pleased to have Tash conduct this clinic and pass on his knowledge to all our players.

The Coaching clinic will commence with our VT League teams being put through their paces as we look to continue our success in this years VT League. Once the VT teams have finished we invite all our park and social players to come along and learn from one of the games best.

So we invite all our members and any other players and coaches to come along and have some fun and learn some new skills.

VENUE: Elwood Park Touch Fields, Head St Elwood

TIME: 10am start for Vipers VT Teams with 11.30am open to all.