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This is very tyring

Balmain's squad for season 2005 overcame their first major obstacle on the pre season road to peak fitness, negotiating a 26 hour "boot camp" on the weekend. The brainchild of new first team coach, Luke Andrews, the camp was designed to challenge the players both physically and mentally while at the same time strengthening the team bond.

High(?)lights of the camp included the leg-busting two hour warm up which involved run up and down the painfully sloped hill at Leichhardt no2, at times carrying tyres above their heads; an aqua-aerobics pool session that was cut short by a wild electrical storm; and of course the walk around the bay run circuit in miserable wet conditions which began at 5:30pm and ended at 6am.

In all, most of the boys ended up walking around the bay circuit six times, which is a wee bit further than a marathon. All agreed it was a unique experience, some parts enjoyable and others traumatically painful, but most weren't too keen on repeating it any time soon. Time will heal the thigh cramps and the blisters, and the Tigers will emerge physically fit and mentally strong for the season ahead.

Don't miss the selection of photos from the day posted up in our gallery.

Avengers, 6-a-side champions for 2005

Congratulations all round to the Avengers for taking out this year's 6-a-side title. They took home the cup with a hard fought 3-1 victory over their Monday night nemesis, Pie Revolution. We have been waiting for the boys to send us a victory photo before posting this up, so lads if you have a photo send it in. And please, while you're at it, tell us what on earth you're avenging!

In the earlier semi-finals, the Avengers took care of Balmain Athletic in an entertaining 3-2 victory, and Pie Revolution came from behind at half time to defeat Partizan Balmain 2-1.

We would like to thank all the teams for taking part this year, and doing their bit in contributing to making it a smoothly run and enjoyable competition to play in. Keep an eye on the website for details of next summer's competition, which will start late in the year.

Update: the lads kindly sent us this photo of them showing off their new trophy. Apparently there was a ticker tape parade down Darling St after a few of the local supporters got a bit carried away.