Match day activities
Merchandise
Our Saints Locker Truck will be located on the Southern Cross Station footbridge, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm Monday night.
**GET YOUR STAR WARS TEE AT THE GAME**
Saints Locker is the only Club operated merchandise outlet at the stadium, and every cent spent with us stays at the Club!
We are only able to stock a limited amount of merchandise – so if you ever want something specific, place your order in the week leading up to the game and we can bring it to the game for you!
Go to http://shop.saints.com.au to view our entire stock listing, and follow us on Twitter @SaintsLocker for up to date merchandise information and special offers.
Saints Locker Moorabbin
Open Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, and Saturdays 9am – 2pm
32-60 Linton Street, Moorabbin
Ph – (03) 8765 4321
saintslocker@saints.com.au
LEDified Savings Vault
Thanks to LEDified – St Kilda’s Major Partner and Rd 8 Match Day Sponsor – we have the LEDified Savings Vault on the concourse outside Gate 5. To gain access to the Vault, each supporter must handball a football through the target from a set distance.
They only ONE shot. One supporter at a time will be allowed to step into the LEDified Savings Vaults. Blindfolded, the machine will be turned on for 10 seconds in this time the contestant has to grab one docket. Once they step out their blindfold will be removed and the ticket collected. Prizes’ range from a signed jumper or ball to Saints cap or a free seat upgrade to the LEDified Lounge on Lv 2, Aisle 30!
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Level 2 Ultimate Members
All Lv 2 Ultimate Members are invited to head up to the Laureate Room (located on Dining Level, Aisle 30) which provides dining options & private cash bar. The room, hosted by Comedian and Saints tragic Matt Hardy, is open from gates open right throughout the game and for an hour after the game. Join fellow St Kilda members in a Saints friendly atmosphere.
Face in the Crowd Competition
The Face in the Crowd competition is back again in 2014 You can win one of 3 double passes into the Robert Harvey Room for the Rd 14 v West Coast Eagles game – just for attending the game! Stay in your seat at half time to see if you are this week’s face in the crowd.
Saints Kids Zone & Ozito Goal Kick Challenge
Head on down to the Gate 5 member gate and participate in the new Saints Kids Zone. Challenge yourself in the handball competition, compare your height, hands and feet size to our players, have a photo with the team and test your Saints footy knowledge with the “Saints Player Match Up”.
Also visit the Saints Kids Zone for your chance to go on the ground before the game for the Ozito Goal Kick Competition. We are looking for 3 participants aged 15+ to head onto the ground to kick for goal before the game to win BIG! Just register your interest at Gate 5 and you could be a winner.
Social Media
Don’t forget to follow the Saints on twitter @stkildafc or @stkildamembers, on Instagram @stkildafc and 'like' us on Facebook for up to date Saints news.
We are asking all Saints followers to tweet what you think will be the final score the Saints score on Monday (total points) using the hashtag #SaintsScore – entries accepted until the end of the first quarter and the first correct entry and nearest to the score without going over will win a Saints merchandise prize pack!
AFL Playground
Don't forget to get down to the AFL Playground. Located outside Gate 5 at Etihad Stadium on match days, it's a great, fun interactive zone for kids under 12 years old. There's plenty to do, including practicing your goal-kicking, taking a specky, face painting, giveaways and heaps more. It’s open from 90mins before the game through until the end of halftime - and it’s absolutely free!
Solider On
The St Kilda Football Club has formed a new charity partnership with Solider On.
Soldier On is about Australians coming together to show their support for our physically and psychologically wounded; we will always have their backs. They work to enhance recovery, inspire communities and empower Australia’s wounded servicemen and women, giving those who have served our country the dignity they deserve and the chance to do and be whatever they choose.
It is a partnership that the entire club – from the playing group to our staff and board – have embraced.
An important element of the partnership is to recognise a wounded ambassador at each game. This week’s ambassador is Mark Johnston
Mark joined the Army in 1989 as an officer cadet at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Following his time at the Academy in Canberra, Mark was posted to Toowoomba as part of the 7th Signal Regiment where he worked on tactical electrical warfare support. He chose work with Signals in the hopes that it would lead to a posting with the intelligence corps in the future.
Following his time in Toowoomba, he was posted to Darwin for 2 years, where he oversaw the handing over of responsibility of border patrols and maintaining a human intelligence network in the Northern Territory and finally he was deployed to Papua New Guinea for work in Bougainville for 2 ½ years.
With injuries to his knees, back and shoulder, and having undergone several surgeries and physio treatment as a result, Mark says he will not be the same after his time with the Army. Formerly a keen and talented runner, Mark doesn’t have the ability to run or even cycle, due to his injuries. Due to the variety of issues he faces, he also finds it difficult to swim or undertake other exercise he used to enjoy.
With a young family and wife, he says this is particularly difficult as there are many things he’d like to do, but find impossible due to the injuries he has. However, he says without the support of his family, it would be much harder. Though he will never be back to what he was before he joined the ADF, he says it’s important to live life in a positive way, without letting your issues get in the way.
To find out more about Soldier On and how you can help – visit http://soldieron.org.au/
