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Swans Get Tough and Muddy

Paul Meyer — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:17:38 +0000

Mud. Water. Fire. Electricity. A 12 mile course with a few obstacles along the way. The Tough Mudder was billed as a rugged challenge to test even the toughest. So obviously when it was suggested (possibly under the influence) that the Swans should field a team in the Chicago event, that a flock of 20 [...]

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2013 Metro Rd 3

Paul Meyer — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:49 +0000

Blue Jacket: Eric Zukowski Oxford Landing Estates Wine: Xavier Burton Goose: Too many candidates…

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New Season. New Look.

Paul Meyer — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:22:09 +0000

You might have noticed that there have been a bunch of changes to the look and feel of the club this year. In addition to some new faces on the team, the Chicago Swans website and logo have received a face lift. Thanks to the hard work of our marketing committee and others, we’ve carved [...]

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2013 Metro Rd 2

Paul Meyer — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:00:37 +0000

Welcome back to Friday Night Footy at the Wavo! Tonight’s match saw the Wrigleyville Rhinos’ first match of the new season. Their targets were the Lincoln Park Piranhas who are coming off of a solid victory against the Tigers. 1600 people braved the conditions, ate their Meat Pies and enjoyed a great night of Football. [...]

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Fish Sneak Past Tigers in Round 1

Paul Meyer — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:39:41 +0000

Welcome back to another season of CAFA Metro Footy! We’re excited to get the season underway and boy did we ever. It was a blustery, cold and wet night at Waveland Oval where the Piranhas took on the reigning premiers, the Tigers. Could David slay the mighty Goliath on opening day? What a statement that [...]

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Preseason Update

modra — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:28:13 +0000

Well we’re well and truly into Preseason 2013 with only a few weeks to go before we start our Metro Season in May. Numbers so far have been very encouraging with many new faces as well as a few of the older ones coming back to see what’s left in their tanks. The less than [...]

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Ponyboy the Revo

modra — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:00:20 +0000

The USAFL held a training camp in Los Angeles back in March to build the USAFL Revolution squad for the upcoming 49th Parallel Cup between the US and Canada in August and looking forward to the 2014 International Cup in Australia. Our own Jason “Ponyboy” Wilhelm took part and recently received notice that he has [...]

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ANZAC Day Celebration

modra — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:00:50 +0000

The Chicago Swans will be hosting an ANZAC Day celebration at Bar Forza on Saturday 27th April (9pm start). A replay of the Swans vs St Kilda match played in New Zealand will be televised. $38 (includes tip) and gets you all the draft beer, Oxford Landing Estates wine and well drinks you can handle [...]

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2013 Season Countdown

modra — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:00:17 +0000

As we awake from another delightful midwest winter, it is time to look forward to the footy season. We have a lot to build on after last years victory at the USAFL Nationals Tournament and there is a lot going on and off the field this year: » The season schedule has been released. You can [...]

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Big Bash 2013 – Australia Day Party

modra — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:39 +0000

Join your fellow Aussies, fans of Aussies or just people looking to escape from the frozen streets of Chicago and “throw a shrimp” on the barbie to celebrate Australia Day! Come celebrate whats good about being (or knowing) an Australian!

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