We would just like to highlight a very generous offer from one of our members who recently joined our business directory.

Andrew Goulopoulos played a few years of reserves grade footy for the Blues in the early 1960s and he is a principle at GSM lawyers.

Andrew has made the generous offer of donating to Spirit of Carlton ten (10) percent of professional fees recovered from referrals generated from this directory out of accounts paid.

So if you or your organisation is looking for a lawyer and you want to help the club out at the same time give GSM lawyers a call and tell them you found them on the SOC business directory.

http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/busines ... ory/legal/

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1981 30th Anniversary Reunion Lunch

Tickets are now available to our flagship annual Luncheon, this year celebrating the magnificent and gritty 1981 premiership against the Magpies.

Join with legends of the club and fellow supporters to experience this unique event.

Date: THURSDAY 25th August 2011
Time: 12:00pm
Dress: Lounge Suit
Venue: Victory Room at Etihad Stadium
Cost: $175 (all inclusive)
RSVP By: 29th July 2011

To get your application form please download it using the following link.

http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/wp-cont ... ncheon.pdf

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If it is as good as last year's 1970 reunion it should be a ripper of an event, cant wait to go

I'll be there on my lonesome....should we get a TC table organised?

Let's get a table organized Doc!

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As someone whom flies down from Sydney regularly for games but usually sits with an opposition supporter or on my own (Lot of AFL followers as mates none Carlton though) I would be up for that just to meet some fellow Blues fans.

Seems that Collingwood really does control the AFL...

Dear Spirit of Carlton member, Past player, Official, Sponsor, Supporter,

Due to the extraordinary contract arrangements that the Collingwood Football Club has with the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Club),and the immanent sell out of the Carlton versus Collingwood game on 16/7, the Spirit of Carlton room and tickets unfortunately are now not available for this game. We are very disappointed with this situation and we apologise for any inconvenience this causes to you our valued members.

Once again apologies for this situation but it is out of our hands.

Thanks for your support of the Spirit of Carlton Past & Present group. It is very much appreciated.

Geoff Southby
Executive Member SOC

I have two friends from Perth coming over for this...damn...sometimes I wonder if there's any such thing as a Collingwood away game.

This has been a big problem not only for the Spirit of Carlton but also the Football Club itself and other insititutions of the club such as the Carltonians.

The tradition is that the president lunches are put on by the president of the 'home' team. Collingwood are beginning to break this tradition and bring in a new paradigm where they take over the whole ground, almost every room for their own purposes even if it is their away game.

We are extremely sorry that this is occuring for the Round 17 match. We have accomodated the club so that the club can provide facilities it normally would at the expense of what we would normally provide. Sadly SOC members, and club members coterie members have had to suffer from the direct actions of the Collingwood football club.

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This spells immanent doom for all other teams.

Well technically a sell out is immanent in this case, but you get what I'm saying.

Oh, and: Collingwood are a bunch of blow hards. What an absolute bunch of wankers, rolling in and declaring home seating arrangements their own. Check the stats MCC, AFL & Coll. FC; Carlton will be drawing in the revenue for this game.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Don't we share the gate with the filth?

But otherwise, agree with your sentiments re their arrogance and self-centredness

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Split revenue share might be on the table, but the seating arrangements are supposed to differ depending on the home side.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

OMG this makes me feel sick.

We must turn the tables.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Anymore on this is TC getting a table.

If you guys are keen on getting on the same table please let Justine know about it and have full names organised that the people you want are on the same table.

We are more than happy to get people together but we need some cooperation to get it organised.

There will be a Blueseum table on the day as well. Would be great if you guys could be next to the Blueseum table.

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I know Justine well, so PM me your name if you have booked, or plan to, and I'll arrange to pass on details to her.

That's disgraceful.

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JUST FIVE WEEKS TO GO
1981 30th Anniversary Reunion Lunch

http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/07 ... big-event/

Tickets are now available to our flagship annual Luncheon, this year celebrating the magnificent and gritty 1981 premiership against the Magpies.

Join with legends of the club and fellow supporters to experience this unique event.

Date: THURSDAY 25th August 2011
Time: 12:00pm
Dress: Lounge Suit
Venue: Victory Room at Etihad Stadium
Cost: $175 (all inclusive)
RSVP By: 29th July 2011

To get your application form please download it using the following link.

http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/wp-cont ... ncheon.pdf

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Might try and get down there and take a long lunch break.

How long do these events go for approximately? In need of a decent alibi.

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HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

The function officially goes from 12-3pm.

The bar is open after this time (for about another hour I think). Great time for a chat.

Then you will see groups of past players head off to other venues.

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http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/08 ... ball-club/

The Spirit of Carlton is dependent on the success of its various functions throughout the year so that we can offer assistance to the club and the current playing group in their journey towards the next premiership.

Our functions serve two significant purposes, firstly they are a chance for Carlton people to get together socially to strengthen the bonds within the community of Carlton past and present players, corporations, officials and members and supporters of the Carlton Football Club. Secondly these functions raise funds which are used to assist the club in several important areas.

Currently the Spirit of Carlton Past and Present allocates funding to these areas:

1) The current playing group and football department.

2) Past player welfare needs.

3) Carlton Football club history management and preservation.

In 2011 alone the following funds have been allocated already.

- approx $9k for two Game Ready injury recovery machines

- These were provided to assist Michael Jamison and Shaun Hampson with their knee injury recovery programs. These machines will also be able to be used for any future player injuries.

- approx $15k for the Father and Son Junior Academy

- In what was a very popular and successful initiative about 20 sons of past players enjoyed a structured program where possible future father and son prospects become better acquainted with the club, to see how the players train, how team meetings are conducted, listen to some Carlton greats speak, and do some skills sessions with Carlton football staff.

- http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/01 ... t-academy/

- approx $29k for an iPad weight management system for the current playing group

- approx $47k for GPS units for the current playing group

- If you watch the players out on the ground you might notice a small bump in the middle of the back up near the neck on the player guernseys. These are GPS units which monitor the speed and distance a player covers in a particular game. These units provide invaluable information so that the coaching and fitness staff can finetune the players performance levels.

- approx $25k for the history management project

- part of this project was the wonderful display cabinet in the Visy Park foyer which currently displays memorabilia from our 1981/82 premiership wins. This cabinet is a now a permanent piece of infrastructure that all Carlton supporters can enjoy.

- http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/02 ... tallation/

The upcoming Spirit of Carlton Luncheon is our biggest fundraiser for the year. As you can see, the money that is raised goes to some wonderful projects which help the whole Carlton supporting community.

In order to maintain this support we need as many people to attend our events as possible. So if you would like to experience an amazing afternoon celebrating the 1981 premiership and at the same time know that your attendance provides direct support to the Carlton Football club, then download our order form which can be found by CLICKING HERE --> http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/wp-cont ... ncheon.pdf

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