Week 12 Update

Another Bad Week at the Office!!!!!!

Things didn't get much better for Uni this week, both weather wise and results wise. Again only two teams were able to come away with victories with A-Grade and A-res both narrowly losing their respective games.

A grade - Uni 10.12 - 72 def by Nth Beach 12.12 - 84

A res - 6.9 - 45 lost to Nth Beach 9.5 - 59

A colts - 10.6 - 60 beat Nth Beach 6.7 - 43

Thirds - 5.6 - 36 def by Nth Beach 12.7 - 79

Dingoes -9.10 - 64 def Nth Beach 4.6 - 30

C - colts -1.1 - 7 lost to Nth Beach 13.20 - 98

That loss for A-Grade sees them slip to 7^th spot on the ladder. However, only one game separates 3^rd from last so every week now is so critical. The Dingoes continue on their merry way and it was good to see the A-colts get back on the winners list. Hopefully the C-colts can get some numbers back and notch up another win this week. The thirds still sit one game out of the 5 so some wins in the next couple of weeks are crucial

For a full summary of all games please see the match reports below.

THIS WEEK

This week all teams are up against Trinity Aquinas. Some massive 8 point games for a couple of teams this week. A-streams are away and E are at home.

A Grade v TA's - Bill Grayden Reserve - 2.30pm

A Res v TA's - Bill Grayden Reserve - 12.35pm

A Colts v TA's - Bill Grayden Reserve - 10.45am

Thirds v TA's - McGillivray Oval - 2.30pm

Dingoes v TA's - McGillivray Oval - 12.35pm

C- gulls v TA's - McGillivray Oval - 10.45am

100 / SUPPORTERS CLUB DAY - 1^st AUGUST

This year the 100 club / Supporters Club event will be held on the 1^st of August when the A grade side plays Whitfords at McGillivray Oval. There will be a bar tab available and door prizes on offer for those that turn up on the day including golf sticks, wine and other items.

If you are yet to renew your membership please contact Andrew Johnston - acjohnston@kpmg.com.au or myself - peter.toll@bdo.com.au we look forward to seeing you all down at the club on this day.

MATCH REPORTS

A Grade

Uni 10.12 - 72 def by Nth Beach 12.12 - 84

On a torrid day against the leagues top side Uni went down by a narrow margin with the game in the balance right up to the last 5 minutes.

Going with the wind in the first quarter Nth Beach scored 5 goals to 1 and Uni returned the favour in the second quarter to go into half time at 6 goals a piece. In the 3rd quarter, going into a stiff breeze Uni got on top early and kicked away to a 2 goal lead mid way thru and held the lead up to the 18 minute mark of the quarter when Nth Beach kicked 4 late goals including 1 after the siren to take a 3 goal lead into the last.

With Burner on the way to hospital in an ambulance at half time after a head high collision, our ruckman Marsh on the side with a suspected broken leg, Hoggy out of action and Stewy running around looking like a Mummy having had his head split open in the 3rd quarter we had our work cut out even with the aide of the breeze.

Direct play and accurate kicking saw Jones bag 2 in the first 3 mins with another from Crud to follow to narrow the margin to less than 1 goal and from then on it was an arm wrestle as Nth Beach refused to give up the lead and the Uni boys worked to bring the ball into the attacking zone.

But ultimately it was not to be in spite of the valiant efforts of all players. Particular mentions to Grabbaz (BOG), Juddy, Mumf, Krudd (at his electrifying best), Breeny, Flayva and Brabbaz who all played exceptional games - every player contributed on the day and was gutted to lose another close one to last year's premiers. We must learn, collect ourselves and move onto this weeks game vs Trinity Aquinas which will be another tough encounter.

A Res

No Report

A Colts

With the holidays hitting the squad hard for numbers due to the Bali contingent off to spend K-rudd's stimulus package overseas. We had only 18 players for the day which was helped with north beach only having 20. In wet windy conditions the colts played some of their best team footy for the year and produced an excellent four quarter effort against a team who had only lost one game for the year. The eventual margin was 4 goals.

Well done to Jake Carter who played his first game and held the dangerous North Beach Full Forward for most of the day. Best players were tough to determine due too everyone contributing with 100% game time (except eyrsey who got a yellow card), compared to our normal 6-7 man bench.

Votes were given to 5-Chips Verrazi, 4-Brett Millman, 3-Calium McNish, 2-Mitch Cattlins and 1-Blair Humphries. Big game this week against TA's who are top of the ladder.

Thirds

North Beach 12.8 - Uni 5.6

There was a smaller squad to pick from for thirds thanks to the Uni break, but we still managed to put a handy side on the park for a big game against North Beach.

A win would have given us a big chance of pushing up into the five, but we were unable to sustain a four quarter effort and eventually went down by seven goals.

The North Beach ground made the windy conditions even trickier and we lost the toss and had to kick into the howling breeze in the first quarter. We did well though restricting North Beachs' scoring opportunities while being able to push forward and score ourselves.

We didn't make full use of the breeze in the second quarter. We controlled the play, but couldn't capitalise going forward.

We matched it with North Beach for 10 minutes in the third quarter, but a no show due to car trouble before the game and the loss of two players to injury in the first half left us with only one on the bench and the lack of man power began to take its toll in the second half of this quarter, with North Beach posting five goals in this quarter to set up the win.

Despite the injury setbacks Uni never gave up, but in the end we just couldn't match their disciplined style of play for a four quarter effort. The signs are there though that if we get to the finals we are going to give the top sides a big shake.

Final score was 12.8 to 5.6. Better players were Captain Kane Moyle, Labrat at fullback was good all day, Witty in the ruck, Adam Stanford on half forward and the ball and Mozza at centre half forward provided a target and a contest all day.

This week is a must win if we are to be any chance of playing finals footy.

Dingoes

E Reserves

The Uni Dingos were looking at spending a few nights in the dog house on Saturday Morning (literally. as it is only Stralo who is physically in the dog house). Firstly, playing North Beach at North Beach isn't exactly a Dingoes cup of tea. Secondly, playing football in 30 knot winds is not a dingoes cup of coffee, and thirdly with big outs, dingoes rushed in, and one of the star coaches missing it would seem the dingoes were as confused as a blind lesbian in a fish market.

A North Beach person who attempts football (as they cannot be categorized as football players) may have felt an upset looming. Unfortunately for them, the dingo juggernaut pranced along unfazed and unworried. With Slattery dominating off the half back flank, the full back line of Law, Kraken and Hoff as solid as a virgins first lap dance, and Stralo winning every tap, a Dingo lead at half time was inevitable. A small lapse in concentration in the third quarter saw North Beach pile on a few goals to come within 10 points at the final change but it was again the strong running and silky skills that brought home the bacon for the Dingoes. Congratulations to Stix Alleymore and the magnificent, self proclaimed, super coach Lawto for stepping in for the coaching roles and filling those positions like a Kama Sutra expert.

C-colts

Friday night came along only to see the coaches calling any player they could, fortunately we were able to get 16 c-gulls to make the trip up to NB, a good sign during the uni break. The game was played in atrocious conditions on an only slightly better ground. Having to start the game with only 13 on field (NB is a long way away after all) meant we were always going to be up against it early. To the boys credit they played well and held NB out for about 10 mins, only for NB to promptly jump away to a 12 goal lead at half time. The second half showed a huge improvement as we looked to hold onto the footy and use the extra space available.

The improvements showed on the scoreboard too. Whilst NB went on to win by about 80-90 points, the second half showed a huge improvement. Any game without a forfeit for the c colts during the break is always a good result, so mentions to the big keats who played with suspected cracked ribs (and a raging hangover on all accounts) and to brownie who cam back from a broken collar bone 2 weeks early. also to pretty much every other player as everyone seemed to have a flu, or was buggered from mid year rotto.