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More details emerge on Australian Football stadium in Tianjin

Authored by: Grant Keys
on Monday, November 03 2008 @ 06:30 pm ACDT

Exciting times for Northern Chinese footy.

In Beijing we have recently found an excellent new ground to play on called Xiaowuji on the East 4th ring road (very convienient and close to most here in BJ). Its two soccer fields side by side but excellent turf which allowed us (Beijing Bombers) to host two full scale 18 v 18 matches against the Chinese national squad - the first full scale games ever in China, and another 16-a-side home game vs Shanghai Tigers this year alone.

We also hope to get Hong Kong Dragons up here for a tour next year which will really test us, but the way our club is growing at the moment we reckon we will give them a fair crack on our home turf.

What happens when Tianjin is built is the big question. There is a new fast train connecting the two cities but I believe its still a fair distance outside of the Tianjin town and may prove problematic for Beijing Bombers to host games (and after game functions...) at.

The possiblity of hosting an Asian Champs and more games there against the Red Demons is a possibility, although lets see the ground first before we start making plans. Will try and get some pics of how its coming along.

Our AFL Development Officer Andrew Sawitsch is in Tianjin weekly keeping an eye on developments and working with the Tianjin Demons boys there, as well as the Beijing SiShen Bombers all local team here. They are all improving by the week and I'm happy to say that nearly all of them came back from Melbourne determined to continue playing and go back for another crack in 3 years time. 4 of the boys from the Int Cup team (3 BJ and 1 Tianjin) came away with us to the recent China Cup game in Shanghai and did very well. One of them (Li Cheng) even kicked a goal in our 89-24 demolition!!

The China Cup game report is up on our website [link:]http://www.beijingbombers.cn

If anyone wants to subscribe to our weekly newsletter 'BARF Time' to keep updated on all that is footy in Beijing send us an email at beijingfooty@yahoo.com

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