{"id":4532,"date":"2018-08-09T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T01:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2018-08-09T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T01:12:32","slug":"a-word-from-the-new-atfa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/?p=4532","title":{"rendered":"A word from the new ATFA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4534\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4534\" src=\"http:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Australian Junior Benji Batten, ATFA President Adrian Connolly, and Australian Open catgory player Fabrizio Coco finalising World Cup preparations\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australian Junior Benji Batten, ATFA President Adrian Connolly, and Australian Open catgory player Fabrizio Coco finalising World Cup preparations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations to all my fellow board members who were elected last Sunday 5th August. Personally, it is an honour to be elected as the new President of ATFA. \u00a0It is quite surreal to have been nominated by FISTF President and ATFA Legend Steve Dettre some 30 years after first getting in touch with Steve in his role in the old ATSA \/ ASA, sending me the old Tri-Flick \u201cmagazines\u201d and VHS tapes of Gary Hosie vs Willy Hoffman that elevated\u00a0my interested in the game. \u00a0As ATFA President I endeavour to help build upon the great foundations set by Benji Batten and his passionate board.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the immediate priorities of the incoming board are:<br \/>\n&#8211; FISTF transfers. These must be completed this month. More information will be distributed shortly to clubs on what is required.<br \/>\n&#8211; ATFA Memberships. The current memberships expire on 31st August. With membership required to compete in FISTF events (IO, GP and satellites), at only $10 this represents a great value way to support ATFA and cover costs associated with FISTF registration. The process for renewal and new members joining will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I would also like to pass on my best wishes to those that are representing Australia at the upcoming World Cup in Gibraltar:<br \/>\nFabrizio Coco<br \/>\nPaul Mercer<br \/>\nRobert Green<br \/>\nHugh Best<br \/>\nBenji Batten<\/p>\n<p>It was great to catch up with Fabrizio and Benji this week in Melbourne as they finalise their preparations. \u00a0Like many ATFA members, I will be watching the scores (and live streams!) with interest. I am sure they will all enjoy the experience and enhance our reputation by competing with the values and behaviours of the ATFA code of conduct: Friendship, Respect, Sportsmanship, Control, and Understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Connolly<\/p>\n<p>ATFA President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to all my fellow board members who were elected last Sunday 5th August. Personally, it is an honour to be elected as the new President of ATFA. \u00a0It is quite surreal to have been nominated by FISTF President and ATFA Legend Steve Dettre some 30 years after first getting in touch with Steve in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4535,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532\/revisions\/4535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}