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2024 Preseason Camp in Lorne

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Reading an article yesterday that we will be going on a pre season camp.

Anyone know where the camp is held at and what dates confirmed?

The club has always done Maroochydore but since Covid that has stopped.

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    • Demonland changed the title to 2024 Preseason Camp
     

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    Do they really need to go on a camp?  The male bonding espirit de corps stuff is a worn out cliche in the 21st century.

    They already have to constantly travel between two training venues.

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    It is the quickest way to break down barriers and help integrate a new group into the team structure and also provide close daily contact for the youngsters with our core playing group via the use of positive team building exercises. Eating Together breakfast, lunch and dinner and spending time together after hours. Rekindling the love for each other after a horrendous fade out two years in a row. The coaches and players can benefit from this type of exercise, like we did in SA & WA in 2021.😁😁

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    53 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    Just spoke with one of the trading staff….Lorne

    Mmmmm…lorne 😋

    The Lorne sausage, also known as square sausageor slice, is a traditional Scottish food item made from minced meat, rusk and spices.[1] Although termed a sausage, no casing is used to hold the meat in shape, hence it is usually served as square slices from a formed block. It is a common component of the traditional Scottish breakfast.

    Edited by Rab D Nesbitt

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    52 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    Just spoke with one of the trading staff….Lorne

    Hey G.o.t.o.

    Thanks for all your well written and interesting articles over the years.

     

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    1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

    It is the quickest way to break down barriers and help integrate a new group into the team structure and also provide close daily contact for the youngsters with our core playing group via the use of positive team building exercises. Eating Together breakfast, lunch and dinner and spending time together after hours. Rekindling the love for each other after a horrendous fade out two years in a row. The coaches and players can benefit from this type of exercise, like we did in SA & WA in 2021.😁😁

    Spot on, DZ. I liken it to one great big slumber party 🎉 🥳 🎊 And who doesn’t love a slumber party?!

    In the same vein, albeit to a much lesser degree, I love interstate matches because it’s a bonding experience like nothing else. We all get early flights so we can spend time together before the match and at the end of the match we hang out together, have dinner, drinks, whatever then mostly sleep together in the same hotel or hotel room or a nearby hotel or even share a bed (I’ve slept with so many members of the DA it’s not funny 🤭). We meet up for brekky then hang out together in groups ‘til our flights home are due. This is as opposed to matches in Vic where we pack up the gear and go our separate ways. 

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    I'd much rather my first experience of Steven May be in a coach ride to Lorne than on the training track thank you very much.

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    29 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Spot on, DZ. I liken it to one great big slumber party 🎉 🥳 🎊 And who doesn’t love a slumber party?!

    In the same vein, albeit to a much lesser degree, I love interstate matches because it’s a bonding experience like nothing else. We all get early flights so we can spend time together before the match and at the end of the match we hang out together, have dinner, drinks, whatever then mostly sleep together in the same hotel or hotel room or a nearby hotel or even share a bed (I’ve slept with so many members of the DA it’s not funny 🤭). We meet up for brekky then hang out together in groups ‘til our flights home are due. This is as opposed to matches in Vic where we pack up the gear and go our separate ways. 

    Um too much information. The mind boggles

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    1 hour ago, Jeremy said:

    Is the camp before or after Christmas?

    I'm not entirely sure to be honest, I presume it's after Christmas?

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    When it was at Maroochydore was it at the Maroochydore multi sports complex ?

    I played there in a Masters carnival in October it’s a great facility with six or so ovals with a carpet like surface

    Its humid but so is Brisbane Alice and Darwin and there is warm water surf and golf for recreation 

    no offense to Lorne but I know where I’d be going!

     

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I'm not entirely sure to be honest, I presume it's after Christmas?

    It’s next week. Mustn’t go for very long because they have time off at Xmas.

    @Jeremy

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    59 minutes ago, dino rover said:

    When it was at Maroochydore was it at the Maroochydore multi sports complex ?

    I played there in a Masters carnival in October it’s a great facility with six or so ovals with a carpet like surface

    Its humid but so is Brisbane Alice and Darwin and there is warm water surf and golf for recreation 

    no offense to Lorne but I know where I’d be going!

     

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    1 hour ago, dino rover said:

    When it was at Maroochydore was it at the Maroochydore multi sports complex ?

    I played there in a Masters carnival in October it’s a great facility with six or so ovals with a carpet like surface

    Its humid but so is Brisbane Alice and Darwin and there is warm water surf and golf for recreation 

    no offense to Lorne but I know where I’d be going!

     

    I think the footy department cap cuts and probably the shorter preseason took care of the interstate training camps. Huge expense to get up there for a week +.
     

    A few days at Lorne can accomplish the team bonding for a fraction of the cost 

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    10 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Mmmmm…lorne 😋

    The Lorne sausage, also known as square sausageor slice, is a traditional Scottish food item made from minced meat, rusk and spices.[1] Although termed a sausage, no casing is used to hold the meat in shape, hence it is usually served as square slices from a formed block. It is a common component of the traditional Scottish breakfast.

    RDN - that sounds rather like a haggis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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    11 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    RDN - that sounds rather like a haggis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    Nah. Both are as greasy AF but square sausage tastes much better. You can actually sense your arteries furring up as you eat it. 

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    8 hours ago, dino rover said:

    When it was at Maroochydore was it at the Maroochydore multi sports complex ?

    I played there in a Masters carnival in October it’s a great facility with six or so ovals with a carpet like surface

    Its humid but so is Brisbane Alice and Darwin and there is warm water surf and golf for recreation 

    no offense to Lorne but I know where I’d be going!

     

    Pretty sure it was, on Fisherman's Rd. Was always a great trip to the open sessions. Really miss it. After training and the player meet we would call past the Mooloolaba fish markets to take a seafood feast home. It was a good set up and always got a great crowd.

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    17 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Nah. Both are as greasy AF but square sausage tastes much better. You can actually sense your arteries furring up as you eat it. 

    better than a chip butty, rab?

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    On 12/12/2023 at 11:59, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Spot on, DZ. I liken it to one great big slumber party 🎉 🥳 🎊 And who doesn’t love a slumber party?!

    In the same vein, albeit to a much lesser degree, I love interstate matches because it’s a bonding experience like nothing else. We all get early flights so we can spend time together before the match and at the end of the match we hang out together, have dinner, drinks, whatever then mostly sleep together in the same hotel or hotel room or a nearby hotel or even share a bed (I’ve slept with so many members of the DA it’s not funny 🤭). We meet up for brekky then hang out together in groups ‘til our flights home are due. This is as opposed to matches in Vic where we pack up the gear and go our separate ways. 

    Arrrrh! Just as I suspected.

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    1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

    better than a chip butty, rab?

    Absolutely daisy 👌

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    4 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Arrrrh! Just as I suspected.

    But wait, there’s more! I once slept with *10 DA members at the same time. Throw in a Board member for good measure, and what a night! Did you suspect that????

     

    *it was Sleep at the ‘G so technically I slept with 800 people at the same time. 😅

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