The Under 19 Blue side today (12/5) headed over to the great house of learning to play Monash Blues were they gave their own classic lesson in guts and determination. With a starting line up of only 18 players against Monash Blues who had 24, it seemed the odds were stacked against them from the start. With the aid of the westerly breeze, the Tigers opened brightly and by quarter time were up by 25 points in a great team display. However, by midway through the second quarter, we had Callum Byrnes off with an injured knee and Jake Townley concussed in a heavy knock. The boys were now down to 16 players with Monash Blues in front at half time by 2 points. By the start of the second half, the number able to take the field dropped to 15 players as David Goodchild could not continue with his already damage back. The beeze died and midway through the third quarter, Taylor Gogerly came off with an eye injury and blurred vision. Player count was now SBMT 14 Monash Blues 24 and the meager lead did not seem enough. Stand in coach Tony Bova once again encouraged his charges to continue with the extraordinary level of effort and commit - and they did not let him down. While the Monash boys sprayed a few in front of goal, the Tigers boys took their chances. The endeavour, unity and self belief in our boys to fight it out until the end to achieve a drawn game at 63 a piece was something to witness and really appreciate. A fantastic gutsy effort by all the boys who really did stand tall. Well done boys. You should all be very proud!! Full story.  Posted: 13/05/2012

St Bedes/Mentone Tigers were well beaten by 64 points by De La Salle in boggy conditions at East Malvern on Saturday. After an even start, De La were first to thread the big sticks and with some hard running and ball movement eventually had another but the Tigers, kicking downhill, managed to reply to cut the margin, however, a quick reply from the home team extended their lead to 16 points at quarter time. In the second, St Bedes took control for the first 10 minutes but in the worst ground conditions seen in many years could not manage to trouble the scorers whereas the locals showed their mastery of their home by avoiding the bog in most sections of the ground to move the ball forward with excellent skills to negate the Tigers' ball ascendency and hurt them on the scoreboard with consecutive goals - again the Tigers replied but nonetheless the Blue team took a comfortable 31 point margin into the long break Full story.  Posted: 6/05/2012

St Bedes/Mentone Tigers went down to Old Scotch by 22 points in an extraordinary game of extreme fluctuations in their VAFA Premier Division match at Camberwell on Saturday. The first term started badly for the Tigers and only got worse as Old Scotch ran hard, spread and distributed the ball at will and in so-doing quickly kicked out to a 3 goal margin. The Tigers steadied for several minutes only to see the Cardinals re-initiate the onslaught to register 6 goals 2 before the Tiges troubled the scorer with a rushed behind. As the term wore on the team from Mentone regained some composure and created some contested ball... Full story.  Posted: 29/04/2012

•St Bedes/Mentone Tigers re-iterated how hard they are to beat at home when they extended their long unbeaten run at Fortress Brindisi with a typical gutsy, come-from-behind victory against talented, finals aspirant Old Carey in the VAFA Premier Division season-opener at Mentone on Saturday. The Seniors absolutely willed themselves over the line in a manner typical of this team since their unbelievable, come-from-behind victory in the C Grade Grand Final way back in 2006. •The Reserves continued last year's late season form with a great early-season victory over Old Carey by 25 points while the U19 Premier boys crunched Old Melburnians by 50 points at Albert Park. Our undermanned U19 South team competed well and showed much promise but were just shaded. •Next Saturday, the Seniors travel to Camberwell to take on Old Scotch in what shapes as another close one while the Premier Under 19s take on Uni Blues at Brindisi Street. Full story.  Posted: 22/04/2012

Season 2012 is nearly upon us and promises to be a very exciting year for at all levels. Once again we are running our very popular Tigers Coterie lunches. The lunches (3 per season) are an opportunity to mingle with fellow club supporters and sponsors, enjoy some excellent pre-game dining and listen to entertaining guest speakers. St Kilda legend "Cowboy" Neale is one of the featured speakers this season. Coterie memberships is $180 (inc. GST). Each member will also receive a numbered membership card which includes a full season fixture. Coterie dates are: • Round 4 v Collegians Sat May 12 • Round 9 v Caulfield Sat June 23 • Round 13 v Scotch Sat July 28 Bookings can be made on-line using TigerMart or by contacting John Meyer 0418 597 750 or coterie@stbedesmentonetigers.com.au Full story.  Posted: 10/04/2012

St Bedes/Mentone Tigers is delighted to announce the appointment of Justin Eike to the vital role of Under 19 Development Coach. Justin will be known to many through his teaching duties at St Bedes College. A former VAFA player of note, Justin will be responsible for bringing on our current crop of talented under 19s and coaching the second Under 19 team which will play in the VAFA's south division. Welcome Justin. Full story.  Posted: 2/03/2012

Player Milestones

Congratulations to the following players on achieving their individual milestones.

Next Week's Games

Seniors 19/05/2012
Old Trinity    Away

What's Coming Up

19/05/2012  Under 19 Lunch   

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Seniors  Game to be played  Old Trinity  0 / 0

Reserves  Game to be played  Old Trinity  0 / 0

U19 Red Game to be played  Beaumaris AFC  0 / 0

U19 Blue Game to be played  Beaumaris AFC  0 / 0

U17 Red loss to  Ormond  61 / 117

U17 Blue loss to  Cheltenham  34 / 122

U16  defeated  St.Kilda  67 / 37

U15  defeated  Mt.Waverley  58 / 44

U14  defeated  St.Pauls  82 / 37

U13  defeated  Sth.Melbourne  28 / 20

U12 Blue defeated  East Brighton  40 / 33

U12 Red loss to  East Malvern  9 / 27

U11  loss to  St.Kilda  6 / 92

U10 Blue loss to  Oakleigh  17 / 24

U10 Red defeated  Ajax  36 / 33

U9 Blue loss to  East Malvern  22 / 63

U9 Red loss to  Caulfield  19 / 70