FOOTBALL KICKS OFF TOMORROW

After a long preseason our footballers meet Grovedale in Round 1 of the GFL season tomorrow at West Oval, hoping to emulate the netballers fabulous start last week.

Congratulations to Luke Sharry and Russell Whiteford on their appointments as co-captains of the senior team for 2008. Unfortunately Russ will be missing with injury this week. Congratulations to Paul Kelly on his appointment as reserves captain.

Good luck to all our players new and old.

The senior team for this week is:

B.  Sean Lever (new? welcome back Sean!)  Mark Flanders  Ben Stornebrink
HB.  Adam Morrow (new)  Luke Sharry (c)  Josh Sells
C.  Shane Jack  Scott Faulkner  Peter Riccardi
HF.  Luke Parker (new)  Nathan Saunders  Tyson Stott
F.  Adam Jago  Dale Carson  Rhys Burke
R.  Paul Chambers (new)  Paul Carson  Brad Shannon (new)
I/C.  Rick Wilde (new)  Tim Andrews  Chris Urie/Robert Chamberlain
E.  Josh Young  Ben Toner  Angelo Marcantonio

NETBALL: A GREAT START TO SEASON 2008
by Dawn Douglas

Season 2008 kicked off in awesome form, with 5 of 7 Saturday teams winning, and 3 of 5 Friday teams also scoring victories.

The little U11s went down by a few goals despite strong games from new players Allanah Banano, Chiara Caruana and Grace Waldron.

U13s Red found the going tough but were well served by Maddie Robinson and new comers Shannon Dunn and Gracie Lugiani. U13Blue scored a huge win, the whole team played well, in particular Cathryn Eastman, Holly Fenton and Georgia Caruana.

U15s also won easily, the best players were Steph Gross, Elizabeth Crossan and new player Gabby Cincotla.

To complete a successful night the U17s recorded a big win, the best efforts came from Jess Young, Alice Eastman and Lou Rix.

Saturday morning saw many nervous players, coaches and officials. But the nervous energy was put to good use, with lots of wins and two close defeats.

U13s let the game get away in the first quarter and had to play catch up all game, Cathryn Eastman was best on, supported by Jess Leader and Mary Waldron, the girls went down by 10.

The U15 game saw the only other loss for the day, the girls going down by 6. New players Paris Kontelj and Holly Spears were the best players along with Mollie Roberts.

The U17s staged a great come back after being down at quarter time to win by 6 goals. Aleisha Hook was the best player along with Rachel Leader who shot 20 of the 29 goals. Ashleigh Quinn was also good in defence.

The D grade girls came out firing and took the game away to record a 26 goal win. Returning player Ashton Jerinic was the best player along with Rachael Wheeler and Lauren Mohr.

C grade also recorded a big win (15 goals) New player Lick Blendiron was the best on court, along with the perennial Kathy Huntley-Mitchell and Gayle Hartshorne (who score 32 of the 36 goals).

B grade came away with the biggest win of the day, a 34 goal victory. Renee Scott carved it up in centre, while the Callaghan twins revelled in playing together.

A grade started shakily but then settled to power away to a 29 goal win. New comer Bree Cail was the best on superbly against tough defence. Ash Salter was also a strong contributor in the centre court.

So after a great start to the season, this week we host Grovedale at home; this should see some very competitive games.

50 GAMES FOR GAYLE HARSHORNE

Congratulations go to Gayle Hartshorne on notching up 50 games for the Roosters. Gayle started at West in A grade, since then she has played in finals in both B and C grade. Gayle is a goaler and is deadly accurate from anywhere in the ring. As well as playing, Gayle has coached juniors and this year has taken on the job of B grade coach. Well done Gayle. 
 

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