Round 19 Match reports and club news

YOUNG PLAYERS IN HOTSPURS SENIOR TEAMS

Manny Balassopoulos aged 17 played his first game in the senior mens team last Sunday. Manny played a great game in the teams 4-1 win against Cobram.
Manny joined Luke Dahl(18), Zac Fordham (18) and Ben Gardiner(17) in our Senior Men’s team on Sunday. Mitch Anderson (18) and Jacob Schreiber(16) have also played regularly with the seniors. It is particularly satisfying to see so many Spurs juniors representing our club at the senior level.
Not to be outdone we also have many of our great young female players in our Division Two Womens team. Bella Godfrey(16), Yasmin Linssen(16), Alesha MacKinnon(16),Laura Gillard(16) and Ava Tuksar(14) are all playing in this side which has now won six games straight.
Well done to all our young senior players and thank you for your commitment to our club.
Go Spurs!

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 12

HOTSPURS v Heart

at HOME

12 Boys KO 9:35am
13 boys KO 10:40am
13 Girls KO 11:55am
11 Girls v United KO 1:10pm
Thirds KO 9:55am
Res Men KO 1:10pm

Note: 11 Boys, 14 Boys,16 Boys,16 Girls, Div 2 Women, Over 35s, Sen Men all have BYES

Duty Team

Due to the small number of games the duty will be shared as below;

Set up Aloysius Park (Thirds)
Pack up Aloysius Park (Res Men)
Set up Lambert Park(12 Boys)
Pack up Lambert Park (11 Girls)

The canteen will be open but the BBQ will not operate this Sunday

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.

Gala Day Saturday 11 August at Willow Park Wodonga

Games are likely to start around 9am. Further details to be advised by coordinators at training and via Team App.

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.

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 Boys v Cobram won 2 – 1
This game was weeks in the making, we needed to beat Diamonds last week to stay in the race for the league championship. We did.
The next step was beating an undefeated Cobram rep team who were 1 point clear on top of the ladder.
Cobram started in a flurry and for the first 10 mins looked well on top. But to the boy’s credit and some rigid work from the defence under Captain Lenny they battled on. Cooper had a few shots that were either tipped over or just off line but then managed to beat a couple of players, on to clear the way for a crushing effort from distance. 1-0 up
Half time came about and the boys agreed to sharpen up their passing and maintain a more defensive approach.
10 minutes in and the coach challenged 2 benched forwards in Josh and Will to give us 5 powerful minutes upfront.
Our youngest team members were up to the challenge. Josh held the ball in well with some great aggression and managed to bust through one challenge and offload a ball to Will. Young Tiny shimmied and dazzled his way around one or two more and found space to smash one into the net for our second. You little ripper!!
The coach believed the game was ‘iced’ with 5 mins to go so started doing crazy stuff with the interchanges to keep the crowd on their toes.
There were whispers from the gallery, rhetoric like, “Does Brad know Lenny and Cooper are off at the same time?”,
“Has that clown gone mad?” “Check his pulse someone!” “Is this guy even awake?”
Well the truth is, he had momentarily gone crazy, and no less than 20 secs of Lenny coming off the ground, Cobram slotted one right through the gap left by his departure.
We all make mistakes, and it is something Brad discusses with the team on a regular basis.
What you learn from your mistakes is the important lesson, and helps you grow.
Before the re-start, Lenny was back on the ground sweeping, and this incident will not be spoken of again.
We held on, the crowd went wild.
If we win the next 2 games we are assured of the league championship.
Goals,
Hotspurs: Cooper and Will
Cobram: Brad
Awards: Team effort

12 Boys v Cobram lost 0 – 7
The under 12s Cobram rep team are a solid unit and are undefeated.
We made a good fight of it however and the score truly doesn’t reflect how competitive our players were.
Ethan had another outstanding game in goals, Aydan came on up front and probably played his best game, with heaps of aggression and lovely timed passes we just missed our opportunities when they arose. Lenny was tireless at the back and Alonso, Daisy and Ruby had great games also.
Cobram on the other hand, have players cracking shots from 30 yards going into the top corners.
We are confident we will also be playing in such a way in the near future, just not yet. Anything is possible in the finals.

Special mention to our old mate Mitch “Spokesy” Spokes who ran the line in the 11s and 12s, great effort and thanks heaps.

13 Girls v Cobram won 10 – 1
A solid game from the girls. We passed the ball around nicely and created many scoring chances.
Elisha was on fire up front and scored 6 goals. Keely passed the ball well in the midfield with Ruby and Dasiy supporting her.
Our defenders were solid as ever lead by Alex- Emma, Georgia and Bella did well being first to the ball.
Hayley, Ava and Mya chased the ball down and pressed hard up front.
Thanks to Ash who was injured but came and helped time keep. Great work in goals by Lil and Sophie who shared a half each.
Great team work girls- Our special Tupperware award this week went to Elisha with 6 goals. Thanks to Craig and Ava for running the line.

Reserve Ladies v Cobram won 2 – 1
An interesting match vs Cobram this weekend. We had plenty of opportunities to score but were unable to hit the back of the net. Anna was one of the few who were able to, putting an amazing shot into the top corner of the goal, supported by Jess A who was there to follow it in just in case. We had a few other close calls, with Jess B doing some amazing corner kicks. Bella got her head to one which threatened the keeper, while Jess’ next corner almost curved into the net, forcing the keeper to prove her worth yet again.
Yas and Laura continued the amazing effort on the wings, crossing the ball in for shots on goal. Their one-two passes with the defence and midfield opened up opportunities to take the ball down the wings. Alesha, Jess A and B and Sian played the ball amongst each other well in Cobram’s half, again putting the pressure on their defenders.
Our defenders continued their hard work, with Kelly, Caitie, Snowy and Millie proving difficult to get by, and with Christie gathering up the balls that did.
A rare break from one of their attackers meant Cobram levelled the score in the second half. Spurs ladies retaliated though, with Shelby taking a run from the backline to have a crack at goal. Her kick was powerful enough to find net despite an attempt at deflection by the keeper, bringing the score to 2-1.
Thanks Kevin for running the lines for us and congratulations to the ladies on their 6th consecutive win! Celebrations at Brady’s were had and Millie received the mug, well deserved! With next week a bye for us, we will be training this Wednesday (8th), then Monday (13th) and Wednesday (15th) so we are ready for our next game.