POWER PRESS issue 5
RESULTS
WIN SOME
Women VL1 RES V Mornington 7-2
Men PL V Camberwell 3-1
DRAW ONE
Men Metro A central V MUHC 1-1
LOSE SOME MORE
Women VL1 V Mornington 1-2
Men PL RES V Camberwell 0-7
Women PA V Mentone 2-0
Men PB v Camberwell 1-10
Women metro A C v KNOX 0-8
Men Metro B V Old Melb 3-6
HOME SATURDAY 9 MAY
12.30 Women's Pennant D PHSTK V Footscray
2pm Women's Pennant A PHSTK v Footscary
SATURDAY AWAY
MON 12.30 Women's Vic League 1 Reserve - Monash V PHSTK
MON 2pm Women's Vic League 1 Monash v PHSTK
ESS 12.05 Men's Premier League Reserve Essendon V PHSTK
ESS 1.30 Men's Premier League –Essendon V PHSTK
MHS 12.30 Men's Metro A Central MCC V PHSTK
GRB 2.00 Men's Pennant B GB v PHSTK
SUNDAY HOME
APK 11.00am Men's Metro B Central Macabbi V PHSTK
APK 12.30 Women's Metro A Central PHSTK v MUHC
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NEWS
U21 MEN’S SQUAD
CONGRATULATIONS TO
HarryPage
Lochie Stock
THANK YOUS
WILL ZOE RAF =selectorsfor Junior championships. An early start at 7am Sunday
Alex Hopkins and Jezza for helping Pauline empty bins.
Ball KIDS
THEDOC –Peter Brukner
REPORTS
JUNIORS
U12 Shield (Coach Paul Jensz)
Lost 5-1
1-1 midway through second half was a great start to the season. Players ran into space when in attack,
and covered opposition when they had the ball. Backs cleared ball wide or hit to half backs coming
towards them. Good passing both forwards and backwards. Corners gave a few chances.
A happy looking U12 Shield team with coach!
U12 CENTRAL (Coach Gabby Stewart)
Lost 1-0
With only 10 players, the team started well against a strong opposition. Players
applied their skills well, with most effectively protecting their feet and keeping
their five meters on free hits to hold TEMs off for the first half. Sadly an
unfortunate goal was conceeded in the final minutes
WOMEN
Vl1
We started the game strongly and positively following a win and a draw in Rd 1 and Rd 2.
With Lydia away and Kate and Anna injured, we welcomed Sharon Occhipinti who stepped up to fill
the gap and proving she was up to the task.
As the game progressed it started getting very warm which made it hard to keep up the work rate,
but we dug deep and getting rewarded with plenty of corners. At half time we were only 1-0 down
but didn't lose hope as it was very even with play going both ways.
We started the 2nd half a bit slow but picked it up with great teamwork and being patient and
linking up around the back then running the ball up the right hand side with Doody touching the ball
to Gemma in the circle who scored her first goal of the season late in the game, (hopefully one of
many), all we needed was one more goal to level the score for another draw.
We had multiple opportunities to score off short corners in both halves, in the dying seconds of the
match Tilly managed to get a PC which would even the score to a 2-2 draw, but unfortunately it was
not to be.
Something to work on at training this week Penalty Corners!
We are a newly constructed cohesive team squad and continuing to grow. We are getting excited for
next week’s game and bringing away the 3 points vs Monash.
Go House!
By Annabel Thomson
VL1 RESERVES
WVLR vs. Mornington (2nd May, 2015)
Written by Nicki Addy
As the sun beamed down creating a lovely Autumnal Melbourne afternoon; WVLR brought their
game faces to the third match of the season.
Initiated with a succinct and solid warm up, led by Briony Clare, followed by a good pep talk from Mr
Wilson himself, WVLR were primed and pumped for whatever was about to be thrown their way.
From the whistle, the entire team pressed hard and limited Mornington’s attacking chances thanks
to some great talking and direction from the back (Cho – GK, Rachel and Naomi – Defence). It wasn’t
too long before WVLR
took the lead.
A sneaky ball from
Mornington’s
defensive half, straight
down the line to a high
playing forward
converted a goal for
the opposition. WVLR
reacted quickly and
knocked home a
couple more goals to
secure the lead.
A strong score line
advantage leant itself
to some very positive
WVLR play. From distributing the ball round the back, strong leading from the forwards and some
dominating play through the middle, spaces were created and more goals were scored. The final
score ended 7-2 to WVLR. Those who made the score sheet were Rachel Inman (1), Mary Munson
(1), Naomi Smith (1), Mae Welch (2) and Lucy Fogarty (2).
A special thanks goes to all the PHSK sideline supporters and, of course, to Bella for making a sterling
performance despite illness in the lead up to the game (not self-inflicted I might add). A fantastic
team effort and a well-deserved win... Bring on Monash this weekend!
PEN A LOSS2-0
On a Sunny Sunday 10 of us travelled out to sunny Keysborough for some hockey in the country side,
it was a short 40 minute drive for most or a 4 hour tram ride for the 11th player coming from Park St
in Fitzroy. Everyone, especially Miwa was delighted to see the return of Vicki and Dasha (yes this
says return you’re not going anywhere now ladies) to the squad, everyone that knows Vicki knows
that she is tough but the bionic woman was super hero tough owning the field on her first game
back! In true Pen A form we scrapped together our 10 players and took to the field knowing we had
a tough match ahead of us in the hot sun with no reserves.
The game was more action than the Pacquio v Gayweather fight with what felt like a player down
every 3 minutes, there were footballs, knee high balls, head high balls and finally a nose high ball to
one of the poor players from Mentone. Vicki was planning to send her a get well soon card.
We didn’t deserve the loss and with the combined power of Sasha, Laura, Nicki & Vickster holding
the centre like a dream we only had 1 penalty corner against us.
Badass Laura Evans was rightfully green carded after tackling right after the whistle was blown
against her, to be honest even if you didn’t know the rules of hockey you probably would have
carded her, she claims to have not heard the whistle but the team claims she owes us all a tequila
shot.
Cho saved a ripper one on one, amongst other shots from Mentone’s youthful forward line.
Kristy in her debut for the Club dominated the sideline and went on several runs defeating multiple
players and had several shots on goal that she was unlucky not to convert.
Special mention to Mae our 11th player for making the journey out via 5 trams with fluro paint from
head to toe, getting in cars with strange men, losing her phones (yes both of them) and probably
quiet the sore head only to arrive and be put in a position she had never played before!
In summary it was an awesome game played well by all, again we were lucky enough to have the
continued support of Cam William who’s guidance is much needed and I know I speak for the whole
team when we thank him very much for his attendance each week! Pen A are slowly but surely
getting use to each other’s style and are developing into a strong team, with some key players still
missing from the team look out Mentone - next time we see you you’re going down!
Melissa Bouffler
METRO A
Only 9 of us turned up at sunny Footscray but we played like 10 people - and if we had one other we
would have won. Despite being vastly outnumbered (they had an interchange) we were very
competitive and had a number of opportunities to score including 2 corners.
We lost 1-nil, in the last 2 minutes of the game. It would have been much worse but for the
amazing, and I mean amazing goal keeping on the part of Di. I don't recall how many times 3
attackers got into our defensive circle to be faced by only 1, yes 1 PHSK person in the form of the
goal keeper.
And time and time that goal keeper came out repelling each and every attack. Who was best ...
clearly Di but everyone played well on Sunday especially the defenders: Jeannette Collier and Annie
Beattie, seemingly impossibly were there time and time again in defence,
Sarah also played a back -- she is so fit and fast at times you would be excused thinking that she was
a forward. Well played Metro A ... hopefully more players next week.
By Merinda Northrop
MEN
Premier League
Round 3 was highlighted in the calendar well before the start of the season as an opportunity to
avenge the loss that we took in last years semi-final to Camberwell HC. In what was a memorable
day for the PL mens team, as we achieved the win at our home ground defeating camberwell 3-1 in
what was clearly our best game for the year to date.
Jake Sherren in a long awaited return from injury scored a highlight real goal early on with what was
his second touch for the game. Harry Page contributed twice on the scoreboard with a first half
short corner goal and a late sealer thanks to a goal assist from Brett Dempster.
We have set ourselves the challenge of ensuring that the level we played at on Saturday is
maintained and improved upon for the rest of the season. Sunday's game against Essendon gives us
our first opportunity to achieve it.
WILL G (VC)
Men's Metro A. Round 3.
Away to MUHC.
Historians will discuss the past weekend of sport for many years to come. Chelsea recorded another
Premier League title against Crystal Palace and stamped their dominance on English Football with
another clinical display. The following day, across the pond, in a country famous for inventing
obesity and terrorism, Floyd Mayweather Jr defeated Manny Pacquiao in the $400m super-fight
which will go down as the richest ever. Both these events however, pale into significance as
Powerhouse travelled to Melbourne Uni as 2 of the 3 teams with 100% records in Metro A went toe
to toe in what many experts predicted would be round 3.
For several of the Powerhouse squad, this was their first encounter with a university, and some were
so awed by the experience that they have vowed to learn to read and write, as the first step on a
journey to returning one day on a more academic level. Not everyone was as impressed though,
including me. What sort of university closes their student union, eliminating the chance of it's
visiting patrons enjoying an after-match pint?
As Melbourne Uni were one of the teams in the league we have not played in recent seasons we
didn't really know what to expect. The only info we had was that they won their two opening games.
We would get no assistance from our coach Jesse McCartney on this either, as he maintained his
100% record of attending none of our games. We also had no guidance from our inspiring captain
who works tirelessly to organise us, sometimes up to 3 emails in a week. Brendan was unfortunately
on the injury list for the week, and we got word that his ailment was so awful he couldn't even make
it to the game to provide guidance and share his tactical wisdom. This however, along with his
commitment to the cause and his trustworthiness, has now been thrown into question, due to Mark
Zuckerberg informing us later that day, that he was fit and able enough to venture out and purchase
a new motorcycle. What should the fine be? Answers on a postcard.
With the no-show of Brendan, the responsibility of captain for the day was given to myself. (I can
only presume some sort of alphabetical selection policy was in effect) My first duty as captain was
an unusual one. With us warming up near the entrance to the pitch, we were approached by one of
the umpires who inquired whether our opposition could play with the 17 players they had amassed
instead of the regulation 16 that the rule book states? With utter disgust at the request, I managed
to calmly remind him that the rule was 16. After his objections and the third time I stated the rule, I
had to add "end of story!" I really wanted to suggest a bodily orifice he could file that request in.
What did he expect? Did he honestly think I was going to allow our depleted squad to go to battle
against a young fit university side with an extra pair of legs, which would have came in useful on a
day where the heat of the sun made us question whether this was actually a winter sport? Perhaps
this was the reason why we didn't get a single call from him all afternoon? Never seen an umpire
play disadvantage so much during a game.
Brendan was joined on the ever expanding injury list this week, by both of last weeks absentees
Lyndon Mengler and Tim Pyke. Also on the list this week was Nick Haigh who's encounter with the
Footscray lumberjack last week, resulted in a fractured knee. Also absent this week was Damien
Hashemi, who has obviously forgotten he had just moved into a new house, and opted to sleep in a
temporary canvas hut for the weekend in the back of beyond. (Whoop-whoop for all you Australian
readers.) We were also looking like we may be another man short when word came through on the
grapevine (iPhone 6 to be more precise) that our centre half had just arrived at Melbourne High
School instead of Melbourne Uni in a move which will bring ridicule for at least the rest of this
season. This made me have to reshuffle the starting lineup, which undid all of the 3 minutes of
preparation I had put in en route.
As the game got underway Powerhouse dominated possession with no real end product visible. This
can mainly be put down to the poor quality of the pitch which was about as rough as a badger's
backside and saw many of us having such a bad 1st touch, our second was a tackle. As we became
more used to the surface, our play became more positive, and we started gaining some possessions
in the opposition circle. After about 20 minutes Owen Parry found himself in space down the right
hand side. (This was purely by accident as he was trying to substitute himself). He then intelligently
drove to the baseline and cut the ball back to yours truly in acres of space at the top of the circle.
With the keeper committed to closing Owen down, I majestically finished with a superb first time
shot, low into the bottom corner of the net. (No bias here).
Half time came and went with Powerhouse maintaining their 1-0 advantage. You could be forgiven
for believing that Jose Mourinho had performed Melbourne Uni's half time team talk, with them
effectively "parking the bus" leaving 9 men in their own 25. Powerhouse again dominated
possession, but had nothing to show for it, as the opposition fortress proved hard to break down.
Then, out of nowhere, Melbourne played a long ball upfield. The ball was mis-trapped by one of
their forwards which somehow sent the ball towards the other. Forward number 2 also mis
controlled and somehow managed to accidentally direct the ball passed our keeper and into the
goal, for an extremely undeserved equaliser.
The game continued in similar fashion, with us dominating the play and chances went a begging.
Tim Ford came close to sneaking one in at the back post. Jeremy Duggan squandered a chance by
shooting from the "Dan Coulson zone" when the rest of the team were queueing up for a tap in.
(Dan Coulson zone = so close to the baseline that the angle is nearly impossible to score from.) Then
Tony Archer somehow managed to hit the junction of the crossbar and post with a shot, only to see
the ball ricochet out over the base line on the opposite side of the goal. Something that clearly
seemed to defy physics.
The game finished a disappointing 1-1 which saw Melbourne Uni rejoice in celebration, and
Powerhouse looking deflated, in what felt like a defeat. Alas our 100% record has gone, but we still
remain unbeaten. I have confidence this will continue next week as we travel to MCC. With no pun
intended, this has the potential to be a cricket score as Footscray put 11 past them this week.
Regular subscribers will remember that we beat Footscray 7-2 last week. I could really do with a
note taker for this fixture, as I hope to have difficulty keeping up with the amount and scorers of the
goals. Surely one of our injured members, has the ability to hold a pen, unless you are all to busy
buying motorbikes?
Special mention has to go to Nick Cerche, who after a two year sabbatical, was a welcome member
of our squad on his return to hockey. Hopefully we can hold onto him for the next few weeks. I'm
sure it will only be a matter of time before he returns to the more elite squads within the club. This
will be dependant on him getting slimmer, fitter, stronger, faster and generally better at hockey.
Only kidding bud, welcome to the squad! Stay tuned for next weeks instalment.Alex 'The' Bruce
GTI VOUCHER WINNERS
PL Joel Hamilton round 3,George Hurley round 2
PLR Darcy Morrow – round 3,Andrew Garry – round 2
WVL1Rd 2 Jill StanfordRd 3 Rachel Doody
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