Guys,

As you know we are dreaming big this year, and focusing on building football in Houston in many ways, such as Ausball (see http://ausball.com/), Metros (9 a side) and of course normal full matches against the usual suspects such as Dallas, Austin and Baton Rouge.

We are excited to announce that this weekend we will be holding a "Combine" which your Metro Managers will use to select players in the annual Metro draft. The plan is to have two independant sides managed by Matt Stevens and David Edge, they are responsible for their player talent, which means they select their teams and ensure that they turn up each scheduled match. 

The Combine will be lots of fun and you will be scored on some pretty simple activities, such as kicking accuracy, goal kicking, handpassing, fitness (don't be scared - no beep tests). You get the added bonus of cheering on your team mates as they go through their paces.  For full details of what the combine will consist of, see details here. 

Place: Bendwood Park, 12700 Kimberley Ln, Houston, TX 77024 http://goo.gl/maps/NtK5e

Time: Saturday March 1st, 11am

We encourage everyone to make it down, participate if you can, if you are injured come down and help out.

Afterwards, we'll head to our sponsors the Karbach Brewery for beers, tally up the results and hold our first ever Metro Draft. http://goo.gl/maps/4aNU6

ALOT ON THIS WEEKEND LONESTARS SO PLEASE MAKE IT TO AT LEAST ONE EVENT!

The USA AFL Freedom Women's Team are hitting Houston this weekend for their training camp before IC14 in Melbourne later this year. This is an important event for our club and we need to help out the girls on the weekend and put on a good show of support from our club by all Lonestars!  Note: All football will be at new location Cullen Park, just a bit further on I-10 then Bendwood. (See map below)

Volunteers needed from 9-10am Saturday to assist with equipment and ground setup and later at 3-5pm to help umpire a game.  Some help may also be needed Sunday morning between 8.30am-12pm. Please let Dan or DB know your availability Saturday & Sunday via Facebook event page or text before you get assigned something :)

Lonestars Saturday Training will be held at Cullen Park at 10am. Bring the girls and kids out to have a run around too.

Socials: Half-Assed Hash Run from 2pm Saturday at The Phoenix. Run by both our sponsors, Karbach and The Phoenix, so after supporting the USA Freedom team and training at Cullen Park that morning join up for the 3.5 mile/7 stop pub run. Pre-purchase tickets via http://halfassedhashrun.eventbee.com/ 

Later that evening we will be meeting the USA Freedom team at about 7pm for a feed and drink at Canyon Creek - 6603 Westcott St, Houston, TX, 77007. 

Cullen Park Location: 19008 Saums Rd, Houston, TX, 77084 

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