What a fantastic game to start the finals – both teams were evenly matched and hard at from the start. Isaac Daly was awesome in defence and was well supported by Jenna Wright, Piper Hobson and Sara Fleming in goals. Henry Grant was tenacious in attack with Chelsea Beca, Felicity Johnson and Jarrod Smith controlling play through the centre. Caitlin Jones found plenty of activity of the ball, as did Nathan Smith in the second half. Grace Park and Jarrod Pearson played their respective wings well providing options out wide. Kelsey Powell filled in the gaps beautifully. Gulls attacked hard in the second half but good team play by Drouids saw us hold them out until the final siren.
An
exciting match that could have been anyone’s, as both teams gave 100%. The score
of nil all showed what an even game it was. The teamwork amongst the Gulls keeps
improving every week, and this week was no exception. Thanks to Samuel Wells,
Gabrielle Carbon and Eliza Greenall for playing up, and filling the gaps nicely-
we couldn't have done it without them. Mathew Dutneall and Isabelle Donders were
magnificent in defence. Isabelle Mann, Mitchell Nunan and Stewart Bedford were
skilful in intercepting the ball and passing it on. Travis Gallagher and Samuel
Gilbert ran the field well and did some great hits. Jeremy VanWicken-Robinson
didn't see much actions in goals. Despite many attempts at goals we were unlucky
not to score.
Warriors dominated their
goal circle in the first part of the match. Sam Cumming made a terrific
save when one of the Drouid players got away. Lauren Gooden got the first
goal of the match just after half time, hitting it from the left side. The
Drouids quickly matched this goal. Now the game was on, with both teams
eager to score. Play was fast and Warrior forwards took the ball up to the
goal circle. Damian Crawford scored Warrior’s second goal, hitting it in
from the post, after a great pass from Lauren Gooden. Again the Drouids
were able to match this goal. Warriors kept up the pressure with everyone
in the team putting in a superb effort to keep the ball in their goal circle.
The game finished with Drouids scoring an extra goal allowing them to move into
the Grand Final, but Warriors still have the opportunity to go forward in their
semi final game next week. Good luck team!
Goal Scorers: Lauren
Gooden
What a great game from both sides. It
was a game that had huge drama and treated the parochial crowd to the
spectacular skills on both sides. Drouids being the top team after the home and
away season looked extremely nervous. Warriors took this opportunity to seize
the game and scored first. Ed Edmonds was stoic in defence teaming well with
Charlie Park to defy Warriors attacking moves. Lachie Hannah was everywhere,
displaying his silky stick work. Zoe Bush started to get busy in the centre with
Meghan Wright. As a result saw Thomas Park snag the first goal. This gave
Drouids the confidence to keep attacking. Warriors after good play slotted their
second goal. Within a minute Lachlan Hannah got Drouids second and tied the
game. Riley Jamieson was full of determination and teamed well in attack with
Steph Zurrer, Robert DiPietro and Cassie Sherlock. Mitchell Park held his
position well as instructed by his coach. Time was running out, both teams and
spectators were trying to lift to win the match. It came down to the last minute
when Drouids had the ball in the goal zone shots were coming from all angles at
Warriors goal keeper until one ball crossed the goal face to see Grace Park
perfectly positioned on the post and slotted the goal for the Drouids win. A
special mention to both the Sams, Samantha Cumming of Warriors and Sam Watts of
Drouids , they were outstanding as the goalkeepers for both teams, stopping
numerous shots on goal for their respective teams. Go the Sams!
The
Warriors were radiating confidence today as they ran on the field to face the
Aztecs. Samatha Cummings did exceptionally well in the goals the whole day,
stopping continuos shots at goals. Tayla Stephens and Karla Lee Hudgell were
moving the ball down the wings at a very quick pace and Hayley Knerch was in the
centre, ready to receive it. Adien Cummings and Lauren Mascardi were excellent
on the back line, clearing any balls that came down the field. Jemma Rinehart
tackled opponents with so much power, as well as Brenton Lowes. The first and
only goal for the game was shot by Brendan Noye, which gives the Warriors a
chance for a win at finals in a couple of weeks.
A great hard game was played by both teams, with Drouids keeping the Gulls scoreless until well into the second half. Our goals were achieved by some great hitting by Lachie, Ed, James, Sam and Jacob, who all scored a goal each. Our defence was kept busy with some great playing by Rosie and Will with of course the always reliable work in the goals by Liam. A strong Gulls team made scoring hard work, making our players push that bit harder with Alec, Prue and Ann-Marie challenging the Gulls players at every chance. A new comer to the game is Naomi who improves with every game and a near miss at goals today is a welcome new team member. Great teamwork was played which saw Drouids win the game after a hard fought battle between the strong teams.
Warriors had
been struck with a full team for the first time in a while, unfortunately, the
Aztecs did not have these same benefits. Sam Lodge held his team together as he
ran and tackled down the field continuously. Leigh Boreham and Nick Brown
dominated field play, continuously getting the ball past opponents. Jacinta
Brown and Jemma Rinehart helped out all they could to get the ball down the
other end of the field, and Jo Betoli tired his hardest all game. The Warriors
did not come out with a win, but they tried extremely hard.
A fast game with the
players all-settling in well to playing on the turf. Great teamwork resulting in
three quick goals in the first half. Ashley Gaylard, Kiarn Uliando, Joel
Claxton and James Bedford all showed great skill when defending and attacking
and moving the ball up the field. Thankyou to Narelle Armstrong, Evan Tyson, Sam
Tyson, Elliott Campbell, Jesse Dent and Aubrey Gaylard who have played up an age
group each week to help fill an undermanned side and resulting in Gulls making
it through to the Grand Final.
Goal Scorers: Aubrey Gaylard 2, Melinda Kemp 1, Sam Tyson 1 and Joel Claxton 1.
Drouids played hard against Gulls today and although the ball was passed quite well there were many times it was intercepted to the Gulls advantage. The one goal scored by Luke Jamieson was a good hard shot and a welcome encouragement to the team who strived to gain more but just missed a few opportunities. Goalie Bronte Hobson had a lot of pressure put on her but handled herself extremely well under the circumstances.
Goal scorers: Luke Jamieson
Great team
effort, but warriors were too strong for Gulls who only had 8 players, they
tried hard. Lisa Smith and Belinda Hatfield were great up forward keeping Gulls
busy. Good luck to Warriors in the Preliminary Finals next week.
Aztecs’ defence fought hard against the attacking team effort of Drouids. Barb Beale put in some great saves in goals with strong support from Jackie Mowat. Cass Jolley, Jan Park and Robyn Ridsdale displayed strong and tenacious tackling, shutting down the attack on many occasions. Sam and Steph Hill did a fantastic job at marking player together with an ill Steph Crookston. Chloe Bourke was outstanding on the wing and Alicia Wood-Davies put in her best effort despite being sick all week. Nat Tyson, Jane Rees and Bridgette Ockerse had some good runs up the field and were unlucky not to score.
Drouids played there best ever game with a lot of team work. The girls flowed the ball up the field utilizing every player. Drouids scored two goals in the first half, which helped to keep the fighting sprit going, and manage to score another 3 in the second half. Our defence work well, which was displayed in the score line. Fiona Conochie and Gita Walker kept the ball out of the defence with some powerful sweeps out of the circle. Heather Fleming now can enjoy her holiday! There were some impressive passing and poisoning up the wing to Claire Wigglesworth, where she moved it to our attacking circle. Meg O’Brien displayed fantastic jabs in her attacking. Our tiger award goes to Justine Gooding, for her outstanding play in the mid field. Stopping some powerful hits and attacking strongly. Well done girls, and good luck to the Drouids men’s playing in the preliminary finals next week.
Goal scorers: Bec Smythe 4, Talia
Leggett 1
The Drouids fought hard all game but with a few key players missing they couldn’t quite match the Aztecs intensity. The defence worked hard with Michael Smythe (GK) giving his all despite carrying an injury. Chris Garden, Nathan Furphy and Rohan Lester did well in the back half while Alec Zurrer, Dillon Thomson and Tom Copping worked hard up forward. The goals were scored by Chris Garden and Dan Wiglesworth from short corners and Mitchell Haylock in general play. Their last goal was scored right at the last minuets of the game, but wasn’t enough. The Drouids will have to work harder next week to make the Grand final.
Goals: Chris Garden 1, Dan Wiglesworth 1, Mitchell Haylock 1