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Albury Hotspurs v Wodonga Panthers–Sunday, July 14 2002
Seniors v Wodonga Panthers, won 5-3
It was good to run and have a run for the running and will lead us into
the week ahead of three matches in eight days. We cannot rely on Milli Vanilli
if we wish to accomplish great things. The time has come for good individuals
to unit and become the great team it can be.
A good effort by everyone in our first game for three weeks. A solid
defensive effort with Rhys, Will and Trevor doing a good job at the
back. Briggsy scored from a well taken penalty and then disappeared with
the team pizza. Hugh and Johnny played well in midfield.
Upfront Peter scored a really good goal and nearly got a couple of others.
Overall a good result.
Junior Ladies v Wangaratta, lost 5-1
The game didn't start well with only 7 Hotspurs girls on the
field. Wang, of course dominated the first 15 minutes until they kindly
offered us two of their players. This made the game a lot more even and
our combination of Jess & Shannon finally put our girls on the scoreboard
with our first goal of the season - hurray!! Emily, Rebecca and Kelly
didn't stop running in the backline and Stephanie and Laura tirelessly worked
in the midfield. The girls are improving each week and it is good to see
that they haven't lost their enjoyment of the game. The referee was also
very encouraging to the girls and was impressed with our youngest member of the
team Bec who never gives up. Keep it up girls.
The middle weekend of the school holidays left us desperately short of
player with 5 regular players out, however we were bolstered by 2 new recruits,
Stan and Barry, so a big welcome to the two. We were also helped out by the
regular four under 14s, Luke, Seato, Mark and David. Fortunately United were
worse than us as they had 8 players out which left them fielding a team of 8
players. The numerical advantage we had almost did not make up for the way we
played, we were like sleepy bears awakening from a long hibernation, no
talking, no team work and lots of silly mistakes. At half time we were
fortunate to be up 2 - 0 due to goals by Stan and Josh, after half time we
did not improve even after the encouraging words by the coach, before long
United had leveled the score at 2 all and we looked like losers, fortunately
Josh was able to squeeze in a late goal to give us an unlikely win. No doubt
training will help revive our holidaying players who must improve
dramatically next week to be competitive.
Under 14 Hotspurs v W.Panthers, won
5-1
Not a bad result considering coach Pete was on holidays and we didn't
train last week. The team took a while to get working together and we had
plenty of shots on goal with a few near misses. A lapse in concentration
and communication saw them get through our defence. Goals to Paynter,
Seato and Briggsy 3. We have three big games ahead of us now so we can't
afford to take it easy. Well done Briggsy on being a member of the Under
14 SAW Rep team that were successful in winning the Vic. Country Championships
in Geelong.
Once again a great game to watch with pressure from
both teams. Fantastic team work was shown by the kids, they all had a
chance to shoot for goals. Goals by David 2,Caleb 2,Aras 2,Steven 1,Daniel and
tries at goals were Shannon, Jess, Brad and Paddy. We changed the back line
around to give the other kids a chance to score. The awards went to Brad for
best on the ground and coach award to Shannon well (bully always knocking
over the other team). By the way it`s Shannon`s birthday on the 16/0702. Thank
you Kia and Tim for playing for us.
The team started as they should this week, with the boys' minds on
the job. Maybe it was the lack of warm-up - a clever ploy by the coach to trick
players and supporters! The first half saw some great play up front, with
excellent passing and teamwork leading to three early goals, two to Kai Ward
and one to Tim Holt. This included a screamer which saw Kai head the ball into
the back of the net from a bullet-like Tim Holt cross. Of course, the coach
took credit for the set play. The second half saw the opposition claw
their way back into the match with a goal early in the session. Although
Hotspurs still had numerous breaks up front, they just could not convert
them into scores. This included Shaun Dalitz continuing to take layers of paint
off goal posts with his unlucky long-range strikes.
Shaun was rewarded, however, with best-on-ground for his long runs
down the wing, excellent crosses and dogged defence. Johnny Lindsay
received two points for never stopping up front, while Liam O'Dwyer played his
usual rock solid defence and excellent through-balls - in goals and on the
field. Nick Ridley also received the Coach's Award for a top effort, playing
his best game so far this season. A well-deserved win, though it could
have been by more! Well done boys and keep up the strong play.
Under 9s v Diamonds, won 6-1 (previous week)
A welcome return to form for the under 9s in very bleak conditions at
Diamond Park. It was great to have Sam Cronin and Daniel back from injuries,
both contributing strongly to the team’s performance. A big thank-you to
Phillip Robbie from the under 10s who filled in due to school holiday absences.
Some great teamwork during a first half blitz resulted in a 4-0 scoreline
with Thomas Schultz bagging a classy hat-trick and Fill in Phillip scoring the
other after some great passing from the midfield of Dylan, Michael, and
Max. Our defence of Ben and Jocelyn slackened off during the second half
after a faultless first half when Ben moved up field to the strikers role and
coolly slotted another past their keeper after a nice pass from Daniel. Daniel
scoring himself a few minutes later with an unselfish pass from Sam Cronin put
him through with only the keeper to beat. Domenic kept goal superbly in the
first half saving a bullet shot from their striker at point blank
range. A great team effort from all. Thank-you to Steve
Foden for refereeing at the last minute as the referee failed to appear. Star
player award - Sam Cronin for setting up goal opportunities for fellow
strikers.
Draw for Sunday 21st July
All teams play DIAMONDS at DIAMOND PARK, which is on the Lincoln
Causeway. Normal Kick-off times except 15 Boys v SSA at Glen Park, 15 Girls v
TCW at Diamond Park, Nines v SSA at Home on Saturday at 1-10pm
HOTSPURS PASTA NIGHT at THE TERMO, on Sunday 28th July (Wang Home Game) Start 6pm
Adults $7 Children (15 & under) $4, Includes pasta, salad and dessert. Drinks at bar prices.
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