AFL Footy Tipping – Round 8

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It feels like it has only just begun but we half way through the shortened Football Season for this famous year 2020.

This year is full of “Who would have thought..?”. Monday night football? Port Power on the top of the ladder? Crows on the bottom? Collingwood losing by 66 points!!!! St Kilda in the top 4. Richmond out of the top 8.

The lines are getting blurred now between the rounds. Round 9 starts on Wednesday. Not much recovery time for injured players and not much training time either, especially when teams have to fly to another hub.

The West Coast Eagles are obviously happy little Vegemites being home in their own nest. They absolutely humiliated Collingwood on Saturday which was the birthday of their coach, Nathan Buckley. He probably wasn’t going to be much fun blowing out the 48 candles afterwards. It probably did not help the Pies to have Scot Pendelbury pull out before the game. The Eagles were absolutely unstoppable after half time, with Josh Kennedy kicking a total of 7 goals, Nic Natanui just being awesome and the whole team achieving the highest score of this season so far. 18 goals 3 points really shows that the Eagles are possibly back to their old premiership form now that they are safely home in WA.

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Great Northern Crab Challenge 2020

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Thank you to everyone who participated in our Great Northern Brewing Co. Crab Challenge at the weekend. We had a great time and loved hearing all of your crabbing tales (and woes!) at the weigh-in.

Hopefully see you all again next year, and maybe next time someone can finally knock George off the top spot for Biggest Buck!

Coopers Blue Water Classic 2020

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It is with regret that we announce the cancellation of the 2020 Coopers Bluewater Classic.

Our Council and Bluewater Classic Committee, with consideration to the current restrictions around Covid-19 set by the Northern Territory Government, have declared that in the interests of safety plus the welfare of all competitors and parties associated to the event, including our valued sponsors, that an early decision to cancel the event is in the best interest for all.

In cancelling the event for 2020, which was set for September this year, we have considered both the local and interstate participation levels in the event, the restraints set for social gathering and the quality of the event itself if held under restrictive policies including the use of the Club premises in maintaining safe environment for our competitors, guests and our fantastic Club staff, all of which when factored in would see our event under pressure to deliver the premier Bluewater Fishing event it is known for.

We have also made our decision in consideration to the many long term loyal sponsors who support this event in that they also currently working through their own Business commitments with Covid-19 restrictions, many of whom we have spoken to directly in giving our support back to them and wishing them all the best for the future.

In closing, we thank everyone over the many years who have supported or participated in the Coopers Bluewater Classic in making it one of the premier fishing competitions in the Northern Territory. We thank our sponsors who have supported our decision in sticking by us and lastly the commitment from the DTBC Bluewater Classic Committee, all of whom volunteer their time in organising this event year after year in growing it to what it has become.

We now look forward to 2021 in coming back bigger and better.

If you have any further questions relating to the cancellation of the event please contact our Club Secretary email address [email protected]. 

DTBC Bluewater Classic Committee

Club Re-Opening!

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We never thought that the Club, nor the whole world, would be facing anything like this COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a truly testing time for all.

The Club has faced many hardships over the past 62 years and we will rise to meet this new challenge.

That said, we are thrilled to announce that we are able to re-open our Club doors at 12PM on Friday 15th May.

There are several social distancing practises that need to be followed in order for us to re-open and we are sure that you will all gladly comply. We Territorians are the first in Australia to re-open and I know we will all play it right.

On behalf of all of our team, we would like to thank those of you who came down and supported our takeaway initiatives over the last 5 weeks – especially those who donated to our Community Kitchen. We would also like to extend a special thank you to our staff who volunteered their time to help.

We have been working tirelessly towards next week’s re-opening and look forward to continuing our Darwin Trailer Boat Club journey.

All the best,

Team DTBC

DTBC Community Kitchen

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Every Tuesday night until we re-open, the Club will be holding a Community Kitchen. We will be serving wholesome and hearty meals, in take away portions.

The Community Kitchen is a way for all of us to work together to pull through these tough times. The meals will be sold by donation to ensure that everyone can access a meal, without concern for the price.

The Club’s staff will be donating their time and any profits made will be passed on to Foodbank NT.

🍜 EVERY TUESDAY • FROM 5:30 PM
🍜 DRIVE THROUGH BY FISHO’S BAR

Finally, we kindly ask that you please observe social distancing rules at all times. Please remain behind the marked lines, or in your car where possible. For those of you who arrive on foot, an area will be clearly marked for you to wait.

We hope to see you all on Tuesday night.

Team DTBC