Round 18 Match reports and club news

JUNIOR PRESENTATION

The Junior Presentation is set down for Saturday 15th September.
Save the date -more details later.

SENIOR PRESENTATION

The Senior Presentation will be held on Friday 21st September at the Commercial Club.
Save the date -more details later.

CLUB MEETING

Monday 13th August, 7:00pm Brady’s Hotel

Agenda

Junior Presentation
Senior Presentation
General business

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Draw

Round 17 Sunday August 5

HOTSPURS v Cobram

at HOME

11 Boys KO 8:30am
12 Boys KO 9:35am
13 Boys KO 10:40am
14 Boys KO 11:55am
13 Girls KO 1:10pm
16 Boys KO 9:55am New time.
Thirds Men No game, Cobram forfeited.
Res women KO 11:20am
Res Men KO 1:10pm
Sen.Men KO 3:00pm

NOTE: 11 Girls, 16 Girls and Over 35s all have BYES

Duty Team

The next duty team for Sunday 5 August v Cobram is the SENIOR MEN.
Please be at the grounds at 7:30am to help set up. Volunteers are required to help on the BBQ between 11am and 3:00pm. Thank you.
Please organise your numbers and book your seats at Brady’s Railway Hotel for your team dinner or drinks.

Brady’s Team Dinner

The Club Committee have suggested the Duty team of the day are to organise their players and family members to have an evening at Brady’s that day. If you have already had team duty and wish to show support to our major sponsor, please book your table any day or night and where you Hotspurs apparel.

2018 MAJOR SPONSOR – BRADY’S HOTEL

Remember to let John Irvine or Simon Baker know you’re from Hotspurs when purchasing you next vehicle, the club benefit with bonus sponsorship and they will make sure you get the best available deal.

Social Club Member

All registered players are automatically a Social Club Member and receive Social Club Members prices to Hotspurs functions. Non members shall incur a slight surcharge.
If you are a non-registered supporter or friend of Albury Hotspurs, for $20 you can now register as a Social Club Member through myfootballclub. Details on how to register as a Social Club Membr can be found on our Registration page.

Miniroos

Training at Aloysius Park, South Albury
5-6pm Every Tuesday after that, except NSW school holidays.

Draw Saturday 4 August at Jelbart Park

5 years, Hotspurs Black v Melrose SSF1 12:30 pm kick-off
5 years, Hotspurs Gold v Albury City SSF3 12:30 pm kick-off
6 years, Hotspurs Black v St Pats SSF10 12:30 pm kick-off
6 years, Hotspurs Gold v Albury City SSF7 12:30 pm kick-off
7 years, Hotspurs Black have a BYE
7 years, Hotspurs Gold v City White SSF4 1:30 pm kick-off
8 years, Hotspurs Black v United Green Q1 12:30 pm kick-off
8 years, Hotspurs Gold v St Pats Q2 12:30 pm kick-off
9 years, Hotspurs Black v Hotspurs Gold Q4 1:30 pm kick-off
9 years, Hotspurs Gold v Hotspurs Black Q4 1:30 pm kick-off
10 years, Hotspurs Black v United Green H2 2:30 pm kick-off
10 years, Hotspurs Gold v Melrose H1 2:30 pm kick-off

Please be at the ground 20 minutes before kick-off

Full season draw now available on our website from menu, MINROOS>Miniroos Draws>
And on Team app under schedule for each age group.

Make sure you have requested access to your appropriate age on your Hotspurs Team App.

For more information please call Paul Kinning – 0400422805 or Wayne Davies – 0477 872410

Teamapp

Albury Hotspurs Teamapp users, If you haven’t done so already, please open your app and request access to your appropriate teams. Especially Miniroos. We can’t notify you if you don’t have an access group and allow notifications to you mobile.

Hotspurs Club Shop is open

This year the senior group have developed a NEW club Senior polo $30 and jacket $35.
The club has decided to keep some stock of these to be available for purchase (see below) (New WOW hat $15 and club neckties $25 will also be available).

ALL other items in the online shop need to be ordered by certain dates where a bulk order will be placed into production and delivery will then be 3 to 4 weeks after said date. GO TO SHOP

STOCK CLUB WEAR

Please email if you are interested in purchasing any of the below (limited) stock items.
Purchase/Delivery can be arranged.

Jackets $35

Men’s XS(3), S(4), M(sold), L(1), XL(1), 2XL(1), 3XL(1).
Ladies, L8(1), L10(1), L14(1).
Kids, K10(3), K12(1), K14(3), K16(2).

Polos $30

Men’s, XS(3), S(2), M(2), L(1), XL(2), 3XL(1).
Ladies, L16(1)
Kids, K4(1), K6(2), K8(2), K10(2), K12(2), K14(2).

Caps (WOW Trucker cap) $15

Neck Tie $25

To view size charts please follow link.

Also available,

Preseason shirt $30, L(1).
Preseason Singlet $25, L(1), S(1).
Soft Shell Jacket $40, Ladies 14(1).

If your size is not in stock please email your requirements and these can be added to the next production run and shipment

Hotspurs Club Coaching Panel

Coaching sessions available to down load and follow for all age groups go here

The Hotspurs Club Coaching Panel has been formed, and consists of the following members of the club, John Belgre, Robert Tuksar, John Irvine, Matt Townsend and Fiona Smith.

From time to time there will be some useful information posted here for our coaches.

Coaches can also utilise the Coaching Panel for help, with any aspect of coaching. It’s an experienced, and great group, to assist those wishing to develop their coaching and ultimately the teams performances.

15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Did you know in our club history this year not only marks our 45th year but 15 years since the Senior Men won the League and Cup double in 2003.
Below is the profiles of the squad members. You may recognise a few who are not only still around at the club but are also still playing.

Junior Encouragement Awards

We are currently seeking interest from the current and new businesses who would like to supply/support our junior members with awards for this season 2018.
We would like to thank and acknowledge these businesses for their support.

Match Reports

11 Girls v Diamonds won 2 – 0
Spurs were confronted with a 10 man defence in this game and found it difficult to find a way through and despite numerous chances went into the break 0-0. Credit to the Diamonds girls, they put their bodies in the way of our shots and were fearless. The Spurs girls however outclassed them and eventually the pressure we put on paid off. An indirect freekick was taken brilliantly, Elisha passing into the path of Poppy who slotted it into the top corner to get our first goal. Not long later, Elisha put a nice pass through the defence for Ava to run onto who calmly put it past the keeper. Bianca played out of her skin and took home the Mad Mex award this week. Her work rate was amazing and she created chance after chance up front. Once again the backs 3 of Zali, Taylor and Eloise (and later on Isla who moved back) were like brick wall, deflecting any attacking chances the opposition had. Lucy made her debut as Keeper and did fantastic keeping a clean sheet, as did Ava in the first half. Rylee is playing a great role as striker and has developed a brilliant possession game where she is always looking to offload to someone in a better position as she normally has 6 defenders marking her. Seanna and Elisha are working well together in the central midfield positions while Alice and Poppy had strong games out wide, both making numerous runs and crosses. As usual, Mia was always sneaking around goal and was unlucky not to snag a goal or two. Chelsea overcame an early injury to put in a strong performance in the midfield and later on up front. We have a bye this week but let’s get everyone to training, only 3 games left before the finals.

11 Boys v Diamonds won 1 – 0
With everyone back from holidays, albeit a little rusty, we had good freshen up training session with Rob Tuksar, a few Senior Spurs and 14 Pizzas on Thursday. This game was very important and we treated as a mini final.
Cooper scored a ripper header off some silver service from an Aydan corner. We had many other opportunities but the defence of Diamonds were very well drilled and will be sporting many bruised legs from parried shots from Lenny, Josh, Cooper and Carl.
Speaking of Carl, he was a very welcomed return in the centre midfield position, freeing up other players to return to their regular spots.
Our backs were superb on Sunday, Diamonds were a fast, highly skilled outfit that slipped past our defences on only a few occasions to be stopped by our sweeper Dustin and right back John. Our other backs, Charlie, Nick, Murray and Sam also deserve mentions as they played a stanched roll with many selfless acts that eventually saw us driving the ball into attack.
We decided to keep a very defensive structure in the second half, moving big Lenny into the sweeper roll and letting Dustin move a little further forward in the midfield. A roll which he relished and a move that just might make the difference come finals.
A must win that kept the league hopes alive. Our best win at that.
Next week, match of the season against the Cobram rep team, and should decide the league.
We also need one or two parents to help out with the BBQ this Sunday please. 11-3pm
Goal: Cooper
Awards: Team Effort

12 Boys v Diamonds won 4 – 2
The Latrobe Uni ground really brought the best out of our 11s and 12s today.
Headed towards the University road end, there was no breeze. We started off in our usual flurry. Keeping the ball in our attacking half with plenty of action on goals eventually amounting to arguably our best team goal of the year through Alonso slamming in one just outside the 6 yard box off a well guided header from Lenny off a Cooper corner. We finally had some reward for effort.
At half time, the change of ends somehow saw the arrival of the Roaring Forties, completely isolated and concentrated to Ground 3 Latrobe University in the direction Diamonds were facing. Brad fair dinkum nearly blew onto the road himself.
This stroke of luck for the opposition saw them capitalise within minutes, scoring 2 goals to take the lead.
The battle continued for a dour 20 minutes having all the hallmarks of another honourable loss where we had a few chances and tried hard. There was no way we could get it past half way, let alone into the box for a shot.
Enter Ruby, who was having none of it, if the ball was at her feet then the cyclonic conditions made no difference.
Through some great runs in the middle by Lenny, Ben and Alonso, a few wide balls were provided for Ruby to stamp her mark. She connected a through-ball to Cooper who finally used his pace to cut through defences and slot one off the post. (2-2 @48mins)
Phew, we deserved a draw, we all thought, a draw at least.
The Diamonds kick-off was swallowed by Lenny, he beat one, off loaded to Alonso then onto a break away forward Aydan, who took on one more and his sublimely timed through-ball to Cooper saw him score a brace in 20 seconds. (3-2 @ 48.2mins)
Wow, what a comeback!
Diamonds were punch drunk. How are they behind? (Brad heard the gallery say)
Spurs weren’t done. We won a corner and Coopers cross landed on Lenny’s soaring header. Keeper was beaten, Lenny was rewarded for is great game with a goal. (4-2@49mins)
What an effort Spurs. Anything is possible.
Goals: Cooper x2, Alonso and Lenny x 1 each
Awards: All the parents who battled frost bite and typhoons to watch were rewarded with the greatest finish to a game they will ever see.

Thirds v Diamonds lost 2 – 4
The Thirds played a ripper of a match on Sunday and, though we didn’t win, coach Joel called it one of the best games of the season. Against a very speedy opposition the team worked hard to retain possession of the ball and play to feet. Within the first 15 minutes Jacob scored the first goal after a terrific pass from Cody, then Diamonds scored a pair. We had our second after a rough bump from the opposition keeper led to a penalty which Charters calmly slotted away. That meant we went to the break, taken a little early after Denzel injured his knee, evenly poised at 2-2. Alas we couldn’t keep up the pace in the second half but it wasn’t until the final 10 minutes that Diamonds scored the decider; they then followed it up with another with half a minute to spare. Well done to all the team for a great effort, with the defenders always switched on and the attackers managing some great runs forward. Thanks to Ben for running the lines.

Over 35s v Diamonds lost 0 – 1
After the 35s split into 4 seperate teams on Friday night to give the rest of the club a chance to win something they reunited for the battle of 4th verses 5th at Diamond Park. With 20 players on our roster we had our backs to the wall with only 12 available for this match. After a long injury break we finally welcomed Butsy back in goals much to the relief of our former keepers Gaz, Aido and Ed and it was nice of Diamonds to put us one the massive main ground to entertain the sold out crowd. The first half was an end to end battle but we just couldn’t seem to get a meaningful shot on goal while Diamonds had us under pressure with every break they made. At half time we spoke of the importance of not playing the ball so wide on such a big pitch and taking some more shots and the team responded accordingly. We had a few clear cut chances that we couldn’t get past the keeper before unfortunately a defensive effort was judged to have been a foul and Diamonds scored from the resulting free kick that came off the underside of the bar. We pushed and pushed but could not get the equaliser, with the loss pushing us to 6th. Kelvin, Rob, Wayne and Damo all played great games and we now head into a 3 week break before the final match of the season against Melrose. Also, we would like to acknowledge the effort of the referee and his professionalism on Sunday and Coasty for running the line and Aido for running the bench. Good luck to Rob and Ed who picked up injuries and hopefully they will be ok for the finals.

Div.2 Men v Boomers won 2 – 1 (round 17)
A cracking game of football was played when we ventured over the hill to play a spirited boomers outfit. After some good performances over the previous weeks the boys were in a great mood after watching their mentors smack the boomers 35’s before kick off. The game was fast and furious and played with a fair bit of passion, with our evergreen forward getting a fair bit of advice from the officials. The game featured a two wonder strikes from Ethan and JC and another great game from Will in goals again along with each and every player giving everything to see us win 2-1. Thanks to all the supporters for sticking around in the cold.

Div.2 Men v Diamonds lost 2 – 10
After some great efforts over the last month we came crashing down to earth at the hands of a merciless diamonds outfit who are chasing a cup title. We were completely overwhelmed in the first 15 minutes and were 6-0 down before we found some composure with the guidance of JC. At half time we spoke about changing the game into an active training drill and what we could get out of it, the boys were set 2 goals, not to concede a goal in the first 10 minutes and to score a goal. Coach Butsy was wondering if he needed to adopt the officials ear pieces and mikes for half time talks as we conceded after 20 seconds! To their credit the boys stepped up again and were awarded a penalty. JC stepped up to the spot only to see the keeper save his first effort before getting another crack after the keeper moved off his line early. JC collected his thoughts and again went to stroke the ball onto the net only for the keeper to pick the right way again and save it.With Will holding down the keepers role our other keeper Oscar was thrown in the deep end and played up front and scored his first goal for Spurs with a great finish. The boys continued to battle hard and were awarded with another penalty, a hush fell over the crowd as Captain Mickett walked forward to get the ball only to give the to Lee for him to calmly slot the ball home. In the end we ended up losing 10-2 but with five third grade players gaining more valuable game time and two thirty fives filling in as well we were outclassed but are still a long shot of making the finals.

Div.2 Ladies v Diamonds won 1 – 0
The reserve ladies continued their winning streak with a close win over Diamonds on the weekend. Christie was tested a bit more in goals this week, but kept the score sheet clean. Caitie, Millie, Kelly and Shelby also challenged the Diamond attackers, preventing them from having too many chances at goal. Laura tested her skills out in the midfield, proving her skills in any position she is put in. Yas, Alesha, Bella and Anna continued to be reliable, creating chances in the Diamond’s half. Ava also appeared on field again for reserve ladies, testing Diamond’s defense and providing more opportunities for the ladies to get a goal. Jess A had a great game until injury prevented her from continuing.
It was not until the last five minutes of the game that we were able to put points on the board. Jess B used her skills to receive the ball, hold off a defender whilst lining up the shot, then decisively putting the ball in the back of the net. An amazing goal, which earned the reserve ladies their 5th win in a row.
Thank you to Justin and Lilly Godfrey for running the lines for us and the support from Snowy on the sidelines, who was out due to injury this week. Cheers also to our coach Townie. I’m sure he would appreciate it if we didn’t leave it to last minute to score next time though. Let’s continue our hard work at training to prepare for next week ladies!