World Footy News

St Kilda Football Club is excited to this year be taking their pre-season training camp overseas, with the Club travelling to New Zealand for a week. Departing for Queenstown this weekend, the Saints will continue their preparation for the 2011 season with an intense training schedule and range of sporting activities to be undertaken along New Zealand’s stunning south island.

As the first overseas training camp for the Club under the guidance of Ross Lyon, the Senior Coach said it was fantastic for the group to embark on the trip to assist their preparation ahead of the 2011 season.“The players will be taken out of their comfort zone and pushed to the limits in order to give them the best opportunity to continue to play Saints Footy throughout the coming season.”
“We’ve been planning this trip for a long time and all the players and staff are really excited for the challenge ahead” Lyon said. Elite Performance Manager, David Misson, further explained the purpose of the training camp. “With the Club recently moving into the state-of-the-art Linen House Centre at Frankston, this training camp will further expand on the running and strength training the players have developed during their pre-season period.”

“As NAB Cup is just around the corner and with just over two months left before we start our 2011 campaign against Geelong in Round 1, this camp will be vital in ensuring our boys are at their peak for the start of the season” Misson said.

The team will depart for the training camp on Saturday 22nd January and return to Melbourne on Saturday 29th January.