Newsletter // Round 13

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Draw for Saturday, June 29: All matches at Jelbart Park

Please note there has been a change to the Under 7s draw

July 6 is a general bye for SSF

The complete season draws on our website here

SSF Training
Wednesday U9 & U8 kids 4:15-5pm with Lewis and Caleb (U9 Gold managers).
 
Thursday U6-U9 4:30-5:30pm with Mia, Nathan and Milla, Justin, Andy & Kel.

Next round – Sunday, June 30

HOTSPURS  v Twin City
at Kelly Park, Wodonga

Word of the Week

Finally the award for our best report using the word of the week “frosty” judged by the newsletter editor (me) goes to Alison Mildenhall of the U13’s, pick up your drink prize from the canteen at the next home game. Thanks to all who put in reports this week, have fun with the next words.  The words for next report are “world cup”.

Match Reports

SSF
U9 Hotspurs White (5)  vs Melrose FC (1) – but who’s counting?
With two away we again relied on the ever keen Cody from U8s to help out and he played very well. We got off to a blistering start, driving forward with wave after wave of attacking foray but for all our dominance we were unable to beat the Melrose goalkeeper. Ashleigh was awesome in the first half with speed and determination and she was very unlucky not to get her first goal. It wasn’t until midway through the first half that we broke the deadlock when Brodie got through and smashed the ball past their keeper with tremendous power. Brodie had an excellent game and went on to score 4 of our 5 goals to Melrose 1 goal which Reese was very upset that they got as he was our champion defender and stopped them on many attacking  opportunities. Tomoki scored our other goal and had a very good game as well. Lucy had the first half in goal then Ashleigh the second. Both girls didn’t have much to do in goals due to our dominance of the match. Lucy was going very well until the dreaded “falcon”, when the Melrose keeper went to throw the ball out but it flew straight in to Lucy’s face. Speaking of which, Rupert was in their faces all game, putting pressure on the ball carrier, making tackles and had a few good headers as well. Great all-round team performance, well done kids.

Under 11’s V St Pats

Under 12’s V St Pats   Won  3 – 0

Under 12’s Girls V St Pats   BYE

Under 13’s V St Pats Won  9 – 0

The ice had left the field by the time the Under 13s began playing but the team gave the opposition a frosty reception anyway. It was a slightly lopsided game which saw the fully thawed-out ‘Spurs win comfortably 9-0. It was pleasing to see how the whole team persevered throughout the game, exhibiting some good passing and much sharing of the ball. They managed to freeze out their opponents much of the time while keeping their collective cool whenever St Pats went on the attack. Special mentions to Gilbert who had a terrific game in the backline, Luke (5 goals) who only stopped scoring when he went to the bench, and Anna who did a great job as second-half goalkeeper. A perfect way to celebrate John’s 50^th win as a Hotspurs coach.

Under 14’s Girls V Melrose FC    Won  5 – 0  
What was beaming as a stunning day turned into a first half deluge of errors, it appears the weekend off stole our girls stunning form from the previous round as 95% of our young ladies were asleep and not into this game, captain Nicole was trying hard to enthuse them but to no avail and a good effort by Anna in goals for the first half had us leading 1 nil at half time. It didn’t help when Melrose only turned up with 9 players, this made our lot switch off when taking the field with 9 also to be fair to the opposition.
The coaches were imploring at half time for a more concentrated effort in the second half and for the first 10 minutes it appeared to have fallen on deaf ears, then all of a sudden our second deluge for the match only this time it was goals with four being scored in the last 15 minutes. Who turned the light on we do not know but we are happy it came in time to rack up another win. Great first goal of the season to Chelsea Condon with a stunning kick from outside the box, other goals to Chelsea D, Nicole C, Anna P and Shelby B. Great first time in goals for Bethany in the second half, kept a clean sheet, well done.
We have a bye this coming round and then play Myrtleford the following week, training will definitely be on this week, we obviously need a run

Under 14’s Girls V St Pats   BYE

Under 16’s V St Pats  Lost  2 – 4

Under 17’s Girls V St Pats   Won  2 – 1

Third’s V St Pats   Draw  3 – 3

Over 35’s V  Albury City Blue  Lost  1 – 2
It was not that frosty when we got to the ground but as the duty team we felt it at 7.30am.  We played well in patches and covered up our mistakes pretty well though we did let them get a goal in each half.  Our midfield did a ton of work and a cross / shot from an unnamed midfielder bounced over the keeper and in the resulting melee with Wayne and Ben the ball got to Ben who scored.  We do well considering the amount of training put in and still continue to enjoy the game.  If we keep our formation we will continue to be competitive.

Reserve Women V St Pats  Won  1 – 0

Reserves V St Pats   Lost  4 – 5
A spectacular game for the spectators but a game the Ressies should not have lost after leading 3-1.  After dominating the first twenty minutes the team switched off too many times to allow the opposition  to score five times. Milky had a great game in scoring a hat trick. Michael Wright and Ryan Weston were the best of the rest.

Ladies V  St Pats   Won  2 – 1
It was a top performance by the girls to get their first win of the year. The team put in a great second  half to come from a goal down to get three points. Jess Briggs scored both goals but Micky, Sam, Emily and Jamie played great games. The defence led by Katie, Both Bec’s,Beth  and Simone also played great.

Seniors V St Pats     Won  5 – 1
This was a good display by the seniors particularly after conceding the first goal. Musarra, Giles, Harriss and both Eggys scored in a sound team effort. Clemo and Jack Percy were great at the back and Sam, Alex  and Giggsy also had very good games.