ALBURY HOTSPURS
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0260233561 Fax : 0260232053 Email : ian.belgre@optusnet.com.au Website :
www.alburyhotspurs.com.au Newsletter:
21 October 2006
Newsletter Number 3
Dear Hotspurites,
The under Nines will play their first game
on Saturday 29th April.
DRAW for
SUNDAY APRIL 9th HOTSPURS V
MYRTLEFORD at
HOME All teams
play
DUTY TEAM for SUNDAY APRIL 9th
SIXTEENS
The duty team has to have both home fields set up by 8-30 am
NO GAMES THE NEXT WEEKEND--EASTER
DRAW for SUNDAY APRIL 23rd HOTSPURS V TWIN CITY
at KELLY PARK- WODONGA
The new full season draw is now available on the net at www.saw.asn.au. A new
draw will be issued next week.
CLUB MEETING Next
Monday April 10th at SODENS HOTEL
7-00pm
start -everyone welcome
SHIRTS If any
players have shirts from last year -please return them to
your coach as they are needed by someone else
NEW SIGN
A magnificent ALBURY
HOTSPURS sign has been erected in front
of
the canteen. Scott "Bones" Cremer designed it for us and thanks must
go
to him for his efforts- It looks great!
Finally two things. This correspondent again has to apologise to
Darrel Mills for the spelling of his name.
Apparently Ian has spelled it incorrectly for the last 20 years and I
took it from Ian’s information. The
U11’s win the prize for the use of “smorgasbord” in their report, which will be
collected this Sunday. For you other
reporters, see if you can get “vindaloo” in to your report. ( Didn’t say it was
going to be easy ! )
Under 10’s Won 6 – 0
The under 10’s
were on fire this weekend; they held St Pats off to win 6 to 0. St Pats gave us a run for our money, with a
hard fought game; the score doesn’t show how intense the game was. It was great to see that all players were
holding their positions and using the whole field. Keep up the fantastic work.
Goals to Ryan W
(2) Kyle (2) Joel (1) and Emil (1)
Under 11’s Won
4 – 0
With a smorgasbord of talent to choose from, it was
always going to be difficult to work out who would be subs today. The team that started put together a great
display of soccer, passing and getting it wide.
There was lots of unselfish play and great use of back passes and
players in space. Our frontmen of Chris,
Jack and Harry caused constant problems for St Pats defence. Nida, Kasper, Tom H and Michael controlled
the midfield getting the ball wide and used their field play to pass to open
players creating a smorgasbord of opportunities. The defence of Tom C, Ben and Lindsay with
James in goal tidied up any attack that came their way and sent great long balls
forward. Sam came on to do his usual
good work up front, Jamie did the same in midfield with great application to
getting the ball and Blake was solid and fast in defence. We got the basics right kids, keep it up next
week.
Goals – Jack (1), Harry (1),
Tom H (2)
Under 12’s
Won 3 – 0
Under 13’s Won
4 – 2
After a slow start last week,
the 13s really showed what they are capable of, with a resounding victory over
St Pats. Helped on by the wonderful efforts of Sam B., Nick M. and Mark
F. from the 12s, the team came together, worked hard and did most things
superbly. We had an early scare, but then dominated most of the rest of
the game. The defence remained strong throughout, Sam B. made some great
saves and we appreciated the dogged determination of Mark F. Midfield
looked for the gaps, picked up some valuable loose balls, got them forward and
many ended up just missing our in the back of the net. Our new recruit,
Marcus, showed that he is a skilful and fast striker and we are pleased to have
him aboard. We welcome Tyla back and look forward to his contribution
throughout the season. A well-deserved win!
Under 14’s NO GAME
Under 14’s Girls Lost 1 - 4
Under 16’s
FORFEIT
Under 17’s Girls
Lost 0 - 6
Thirds
Won 4 - 0
Another very
strong and dominant performance in the first half saw Hotspurs up 4-0 at the half time break courtesy of goals
to the ever reliable Matt Townsend &
Chris Vidovic, pocket rocket Jarrod Murphy, & the ever green
coach Sean Maddocks. The team lost its way a bit in the second
half(similar to the week before) and was
unable to trouble the scorer, but thanks to some excellent defence St pats never came close to
scoring. Thanks to the guys
and girls from the Under 16's who helped with numbers this week. Well done to Casey , Gabrielle & Shannon - your
effort in the second half was outstanding,
with the girls easliy handling and outplaying their male counterparts. Solid preformance's from
Glen,Tom and Marcus also impressed. Hopefully
this week we can play the full game with the same intensity throughout the match. Well done.
Reserves Won 3 - 1
Despite all the
absentees and firepower that was missing, the Reserves along with the Thirds as the supporting cast managed
to score three goals for the second consecutive game. With scoring being a
major concern before the game,
it was important for the defence to step up in which they did lead by Mark Belgre. Along with scoring goals from Ben Porta,
Daniel Foden and Johnny Belgre it made
it a good all round effort from everyone who played.
Ladies Lost 4 – 1
We played pretty well against a tough team. St Pats scored a couple of late
goals to get away near the end. Great game from Alex in the sweeper position
and Gabriel and Shannon also played well. Top goal from Sarah after some good
team play. Fiona also played a top game in goals.
Senior Men Won 6 – 0
It was milestone Sunday as the ever present Senior number eight celebrated
a club first milestone. Kelvin Davies
became the first player to reach 400 Senior
games on the weekend against St Pats and celebrated the landmark with a second half penalty as the team finally brought
their scoring boots to rout St Pats. As
a Senior career continues another one has just begun as Chris Vidovic made his debut filling the void
successfully in the absence of key
Senior players.