Snorter’s Report
Swinburne University Hockey
Volume 2007 Issue 6
6th June 2007
In this issue:
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Behaviour both on and off the field
•
Return of the reverse stick!
•
Match reports.
•
Presidents report, dates to remember, player profile.
Presidents Report
Hi everyone
Well, we are fast approaching the
half way mark and there have
already been plenty of memorable
hockey moments. Which I am sure
we will read all about them again in
the year book at the end of the
season, so check your eye out for
that.
It has been great to see many of
you around especially on home
days watching and supporting the
other teams in the club. Which I am
sure will continue through out the
rest of the season. Thank you to
those people who have been
helping out with the running of the
BBQ's on home days and those
assisting with the umpiring.
Just a quick reminder that fees are
now OVERDUE. If you have not
already paid your fees or have not
made arrangements with Dan
Eason to pay them, then it is
important that you do so as soon
as possible. As if you have not paid
them in full by round 10, then you
could find that you may not be
selected to play until they are paid
up or an arrangement with Dan is
made. It is possible to pay money
to your team managers on game
day if you are unable to make
training. So please pay your fees
ASAP.
On the Social front we have a few
up and coming events to be aware
of and put in your diary.
The club is running their Annual
Pub Crawl along Bridge Rd on
Friday the 22nd of June. This event
has been a great success in
Welcome
previous years, providing plenty of
funny stories and many sore heads
the next day. I encourage you all to
attend and to bring along as many
husbands, wives, partners, friends
and siblings that you can find or
pay to come along. We are planning
to start at the Bridge Hotel, so if
you are planning to eat dinner at
the pub make sure you get there
early as we plan to leave there at
8pm. Heading toward the city along
Bridge Rd. There will be various
challenges to be completed along
the way. If you are planning on
attending please either email
Bridget N or the committee or
simple add your name to the list at
training. I look forward to seeing
you there.
Swinburne is this year co hosting
the Uni Ball in conjunction with
Monash Uni. This is a fantastic
night out and an even better
excuse especially for the girls to
lose the hockey uniforms and put
on a pretty frock, and for the guys
to bring out the favourite suit for its
yearly wear. The club is in the
planning process at the moment
but keep your eyes and ears open
for more details soon.
Good Luck with your games
Donna
Welcome to the slightly new look issue of
SNORTER'S REPORT, the Swinburne
University Hockey Newsletter, for
2006/7. Over the next few issues I will
be playing with the layout to see about
re-vamping the newsletter. Let me know
if there’s anything that you like or hate by
sending
me
an
email
at
[email protected].
SNORTER'S REPORT will be as good as
you want it to be - feel free to comment
on what you want to see in it as well as
contribute to it by providing match
reports, pictures or even some good old
fashioned gossip. Contributions can be
sent to [email protected] or
scribbled down on a scrap of paper
handed over at matches.
Apologies on the late issue. But as you
can probably see it was a big issue this
month!
Dates to remember:
Pub Crawl — Starts @ The
Bridge Hotel
June 22nd
Player Profile
Name:
Name Jessie
McCartney
Alias:
Alias J-Macka
Age:
Age 20
Star Sign:
Sign Leo
How long have
you been in the
club:
club This year.
How did you find out about the club:
club Through
one of my subjects at Uni. Was assigned to be
university liaison.
Worst injury:
injury Tendonitis in knees and achillis
Position (on the field):
field) Right Half Back
Quote:
Quote Everything is hard before it gets easy.
Favourite Colour:
Colour Dark Blue
Favourite Food:
Food Carbonara
Favourite TVTV-show:
show Blackbooks
Pets:
Pets None
Favourite Music:
Music
60's & 70's rock and
roll
Least favourite
thing:
thing Smoking &
people being late
Moved house?
Behaviour both on and off the field
In light of a few issues of late, the committee decided that it was important
to emphasise the impact of your behaviour both on and off the field.
As many of you are aware the way that you behave both on and off the field
reflects on not only you but the club and your fellow team mates. How
many times have you said “Oh, [insert club name here] they’re a pack of
dirty players”. How did they get that reputation? By the way they conduct
themselves on the field. Both in interacting with their team mates, umpires
and opposition players. This is a reputation that we as a club do not want
to obtain.
So, what can you do to help stop Swinburne Hockey from obtaining a
reputation like this?
On the field
Team mates:
mates Treat your fellow players with respect. They have been
selected for your team by the selection committee for a reason. You may
not be privy to that reason.
I know, at times, when you’re under the pump or losing badly it’s difficult to
not blow your stack. But think of it from the other side. How would you feel
if you were trying your hardest and someone went off at you? Now is the
time to focus and take a few seconds to regroup your thoughts and
channel them more effectively. If you have bench then sub yourself off the
field and take a few moments to collect yourself. It is not appropriate to
throw a tantrum and storm off the field and leave your team mates. They
haven’t left you. They’re still out there giving their all and trying hard not
only for themselves but for you and everyone else on that team.
Opposition:
Opposition Don’t give them the satisfaction of riling you up. If they push
then hold your ground. Don’t push back. If you do then you’re no better
than they are. Beat them will skills not rough housing. If someone is
starting to get to you then talk to your fellow team mates and swap position
for a bit until they’re not longer a factor. Again, if you have a bench then
sub yourself off. Remove yourself from the situation before it comes to a
head.
Umpires:
Umpires Let me guess, don’t get you started on the umpires. We have all
had bad experiences with umpires. They don’t always get it right but
they’re there to do a job. Umpiring is a difficult job. They can’t see
everything or be everywhere. They do the best job they can. The first thing
that you need to ask yourself when you’re about to go off at an umpire is
“When was the last time that I umpired?”. If the answer is never or a long
time ago then you have no right to argue with the umpire. Put your money
where your mouth is and umpire a few games and you’ll get a better
appreciation for the job they’re doing.
If you have changed address over the past year
can you please let either Terry (Vice-President) or
Donna (President) know your new details so that
we can keep in contact with you.
Off the field
Transfers
At the end of the day we’re all there because we love the game and want to
have some fun. So let’s do our best to make it fun for everyone that
includes the opposition, supports, umpire and team mates.
If you have come from another club or have ever
played for another club you need to get a
transfer! If you’re not 100% sure then let Donna
or Terry know and they can chase it up and find
out for you.
Feel free to cheer for your team. Yell, scream and shout encouragement to
your club mates. You are not there to jeer and yell at either the umpires or
opposition. That’s not what we, as a club, want to build a reputation of
doing.
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Goal Scorers Tally
OVERDUE
Fees are now overdue and MUST be paid. You
need to have made an arrangement with Dan
before now if you are to pay in instalments or
week by week.
If you weren’t aware the fees are:
NonNon-students - $380
Students (all institutions) - $280
This is only $10 more than the fees for last year.
If your fees have not been paid by Round 10 you
will not be eligible for selection in ANY team.
Leigh risking life
and limb to put the
banner up at a
home day
Catherine Altson
Jo Raine
Lauren Deppeler
Alex Wong
Braden Betley
Mark Brown
Jason Clarke
Sara Clohesy
Bronwyn Clarke
Matt Eason
Jayne Handasyde
Donna Oram
Rohan Hardman
Bridget Naughton
Steve Pinter
Rohan Rickards
Terry Rodrigues
Rhys Boyar
Damian Cockfield
Cameron Degraaf
Lauren Keam
T.j. Lariba
Nick Leahy
Vu Long Tran
Jo Mahony
Colin McCaffrey
Stuart Mcgoldrick
Alyson Mcness
Honor Murdoch
Mario Perera
Paul Smart
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If this is incorrect please contact the editor at
[email protected].
On the Reverse Stick
2007 Year Book
Bronwyn Clarke is acting as editor for the Swinburne Hockey Club year book
for 2007. She is keen to see any photos of Swinburne Hockey and its
members either playing on the field or socially. Bronwyn would also like you
all to write down funny stories, match highlights or anything you remember
about the Club over the last 12 months, ie Summer Comp, Albury, Winter
Season, Training, Parties etc. Or if you happen to be an artist - give Bronwyn
your best drawings. It is hoped that we will have the Year Book out for Winter
Presentation Night 2007. Everyone please contribute.....
We, once again, have a new addition to the
rapidly developing junior team. This time an
addition from the womens side of the club.
Nadia Farrell gave birth via c section to a
bouncing baby boy, Theodore, on 18th May
2007
Quotes
Brownie: How many goals did I score!
Mario: Yeah, but how many did you miss?!?
Submissions Close after Round 18 (2/9/06) to allow time for final editing
and printing. Submissions can be emailed to [email protected]
or handed over at training, games or whenever you see me.
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Match Reports
Women’s State League 4
Round 7 vs Sandringham Women
Author: Lucy Marks
The WSL4 Women's match on Sunday got off to a slightly shaky
start but the girls settled and started to build the play resulting
in the first goal by Jo Jo early in the game. Sandringham fought
back with lots of drives up the middle but even with some
patchy teamwork and communication Swinburne held them
off.
After half time Swinburne came back with renewed energy
getting in some good passing combinations resulting in a
stroke. Lauren narrowly missed out on her hat trick of 3 for 3
with the ball just slipping passed the wrong side of the goal
post. The girls continued to build the play well culminating in a
number of shorts. Jo R and Jayne combined beautifully to score
the second goal putting the match out of Sandringham's reach.
Women’s Metro 4 South
Round 5 vs
Mentone
lifting in their skills and game tactics.
Author: Lauren Keam
Playing the top team
with 3 players short,
we knew we were in
for a tough game.
However, the teams
were pretty even, with the game remaining scoreless for the
majority of the first half. Considering the odds were against
us, the girls played extremely well, with great defence and
only just missing out on a few great opportunities at goal.
Although we were defeated, a 0-2 loss is a great result
against the top team, with no bench and 1 player short,
indicating that as a group the Metro 4 ladies team are really
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Match Reports (cont’d)
Men’s Metro 2 East
Round 7 vs Chadstone
Author: Matt Eason
Coming in to the game with our Captain Colin and our starting
fullback Leigh missing, Swinburne would have to produce
some top quality Hockey to get the points against a highly
rated opposition. With Phil Watts starting at an unfamiliar
LHB and a very surprised Matt E moving in to CHB we were
playing an experimental line-up at best.
Building on our blazing start from last week, Swinny once
again jumped out of the blocks with Terry having 2 quality
shots on goal in the opening minutes. Our strategy of hitting
long into space for our 3 high forwards was paying off with
Steve, Terry and Rowan playing like a well-oiled machine up
front.
Despite the vast majority of attacking play in the 1st half we
were unable to put on any scoreboard pressure and we
headed to half time locked at
0-0 but with the Swinny
players really starting to hit
their straps.
After
a rare
forward entry by the Chadstone forwards Nick found himself
the victim of a blatant elbow to the head directly in front of
the Umpire. However to our amazement the offender got off
scot-free and Nick is sent of for remonstrating with another
player. Rough Justice for Nick but another Slab in the Kitty.
After a long period of attack from Chadstone they finally
scored the equaliser off the 3rd shot from a Penalty Corner,
to make it 1-1 with 10 minutes to go.
Swinburne found another gear and after some tough defence
in our own half, we pushed forward to pepper their goal with
shots for the last 5 minutes, Steve’s shot just going over the
At the start of the 2nd half crossbar and various others just not finding their way over
it seemed that every the line.
Chadstone Player was
screaming about how they Final score 1-1, on another day it could have been 6-1 but
would slot an early goal and them’s the breaks. Without a doubt our best game this
take this game away from season against quality opposition. Best players included
us, but it was not to be, Rowan Hardman, Nick Leahy and Paul Smart and about 9
with some simple passing others too numerous to mention here.
putting Rowan into space Overall a hard-fought bruising affair, with the Swinny fellas
and on his way to the circle. really putting their bodies on the line for the team. Now if we
Rowan duly delivered for can figure out some way of keeping Colin at work on the
his 2nd goal of the season weekends we should play finals. That’s 2 wins and a draw
and Swinny was 1-0 within while you’ve been away Col.
the first minute.
Spirits high after a dream
start Swinburne pressed
hard on the Chadstone
defence playing 20 mins of
high quality Hockey, but
confusion reigned in the
attacking circle with many
chances going begging.
Contributions welcome!
I will be trying to ask a difference person each week from each of
the teams to put together a match report. If you would like to
freely volunteer a match report that would be fantastic! All you
need to do is email it to me at:
[email protected]
This also goes for any gossip or stories you feel like sending
through!
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Match Reports (cont’d)
Men’s Metro 2 North
Round 3 vs Brunswick
penetrated into their 25. With strong on the ball play we worked
another short corner. Bubbles again faked right and found that the
Author: John Wright
second runner had gone to me leaving him free. With typical
Swinburne started strongly with an early attack within the opening aplomb, he slotted it! The Swinburne crowd burst into cheers!
seconds of the game. But it was not to last, and Swinburne’s GAME ON!
defence soon found themselves under almost constant attack from
Brunswick. Cam Degraaf played an excellent game at full back Again Marcellin took the ball from the half. Quickly we had
under tough conditions. But despite of this, and the solid possesion again only to find through some luck and good work,
resistance from Adrian and Dieter, Brunswick led 4 nil at half time. Marcellin found themselves in the D and past our keeper, well
against the tide of play. The clock was ticking. The order was
The second half saw more attack from Swinburne than in we had passed around "Get a short!". We dropped a half off our back line
seen in the first. On numerous occasions Stuart reaped the and into right wing / inner. The pass back from TJ to Bubbles
rewards of his second efforts in the midfield. While TJ made some resulted in a lovely flick to the 25 and a run at the D. Could it be?
good advances into Brunswick’s defence. Swinburne’s forward line Not yet. Again we were able to strip Marcellin of the ball and up the
however, was still unable to sneak any past the keeper. In what right wing again we went. I crossed into the D and the whistle went.
was a tough game for Swinburne the final 8 nil score line bears no Another short corner. Marcellin were not happy and one gentleman
indication of the efforts and perseverance of all the Swinburne had a discussion with the umpire about his qualities and found
players on the day.
himself red carded and taking his dummy and putting his tracksuit
on. (Authors note: Marcellin have 4 red cards for that team as of
Round 5 vs Marcellin
round 5..) Our first short corner was not looking likely, only to find
Author: Jason Clarke
that they had broken. Our second was looking likely but only
With the sun setting over the goals a slightly short swinburne team resulted in another short.
took the field, with Mario and Damo to take the field after a 15
minute siesta. Lining up against a very short Marcellin we looked
confident. This was soon to change as the explosive speed of the
Marcellin team pushed our defense hard very quickly. Due to the
amount of speed the Marcellin team was able to put on we soon
looked up at the score board at the 10 minute mark and saw we
were down 3-0. Our inners, halves and backs redoubled their
efforts and stymied the Marcellin attack.
Suddenly though, we found ourselves pushing up their foward line,
we were cutting passes off and shutting down players. The
difference? Damo and Mario blunted their attack. Soon we found
ourselves pushing their halves, then their backs and steadily
putting more heat on the keeper who up until the 20 minute mark,
hadn't had any work. After a short period of time we found that the
offensive D was incredibly packed and scoring opportunities were
very limited.
We worked a couple of short corners and with Phil W pushing out
and Bubbles (Braden B) trapping, goals were sure to come. One did
after a mad scrable the keeper was found to have stood up too
long and a goal went in under them. Score one me!
Half time came and we found that our spirits were fine, our will still
strong. We were deterimed to push and push we did. Our passing
was picking up, our tackles and calling were clearly called and it
was showing, we had Marcellin on the back foot. Early into the
second half we found we had more short corners. The simple trap,
bunt and hit wasn't working, their first runner was too quick.
Bubbles faked off to the right, passed in and I was able to glimpse
the keeper flat on the group. A slap of the ball produced a slow and
agonising arc that cleared the keeper and THUNKED into the
backboard. Score two me!
It seemed at this point that Marcellin had dropped their forward
line, along with their shoulders, to the backs and tried to shut us
down. In hindsight this was our best opportunity as we seemed to
be lucky with our corners. Sure enough, with fantastic calling from
the likes of Mario, Phil, Cam, Bushy and an injured TJ we
Then the whistle went!
Our third short corner broke down and Marcellin were unhappy
about the award of another short corner. Our fourth was textbook.
The pushout was smooth, sharp and accurate, the ball stopped 2
blades of grass outside, travelled over the line again by 2 blades of
grass. I hit it, I watched it travel towards the far post. Keepers boot
was moving towards, then past! OFF THE BOOT! IN! DRAW!
WHISTLE! MANLY LOVE ON THE TOP OF THE D!
The 2nds played the game of our season sofar, and the scoreline
sure doesn't show it.
P.S. Score hattricks and expect to be asked to write the match
report.
Round 6 vs LaTrobe
Author: Justin Bush
Round six saw Swinburne Hockey Men’s 2 North take on the boys
from Latrobe Uni - and what a game it was! Swinburne entered the
Hawthorn hockey arena full of confidence after hearing that they
were two men up on the opposition. It wasn’t long though into the
first half when Swinburne realised that Latrobe Uni weren’t going
down without a fight. Some excellent defence work by Swinburne
kept the ball out of the opposition’s attacking 50 and some equally
good attacking by Swinburne’s forward line made sure Latrobe felt
the pressure. About halfway through the first half (some would call
that a quarter of the way), disaster struck when Latrobe managed
to penetrate our back line and pocket their first goal. This was
shortly followed by one massive roar emanating from one of
Latrobe’s players. Thankfully the Swinburne Sideline Support Crew
(SSSC for short) were on the ball and retaliated with a chant of “No
Garry, no!” aimed at the sweatband wearing player. Swinburne
played out the rest of the first half with many close shots on goal
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Match Reports (cont’d)
(Continued from page 6)
but to no avail.
After some priceless advice from coach Jesse (and Jason) at half
time, Swinburne leapt from the change room benches and
returned to the field for the second half, full of vigour. As the
Men’s 2 North tend to do, we played a much tighter second half.
A touch of drama was added to the mix when a Latrobe player
went down at the hand of one his own team members. Like two
boxers in a clinch, neither team seemed able to score and before
long the final whistle was blown. All in all, a good game with the
final score: Latrobe Uni – 1, Swinburne – 0.
Round 7 vs Doncaster
Author: Damien Cockfield
The game started out in the oppositions favour when only 10 of
us could take the field. Thankfully, an injured Bron offered to
come on the field and take out a player for us by molestering him
profusely. The game started out well, with many a close contest,
which managed to last for the whole game. The scoreboard was
empty for quite a while early in, despite Doncasters best efforts,
thanks to some brilliant saves from Adrian and great work by all
players in getting back and defending. Doncaster struck first with
a flicked in goal off a short corner. Thankfully due to some good
passage of play and a nice tap in by TJ we were able to level the
scores. We almost managed to get on top of Doncaster with Bron
coming out after leaving her defender in her wake and pounding
the ball into the goalies helmet, and then a very near miss by
Huan later on. Everyone played well throughout the game, with
the wings Huon and Jason doing excellent work up forward, and
Rowan and TJ doing great work as inners feeding the ball
forward with their pace and skills then always making the run
back to help defend. Everyone helped move the ball forward,
even with full backs Dieter and Matt getting up into the forward
D once or twice after some good passages of play. The backline
worked well together as one strong wall consisting of Reece,
Johnny, Damian as first line, and Matt and Dieter doing excellent
work down back. Adrian played his best game of the year in the
goals, stopping many of the Doncaster strong hits at goal.
Unfortunately due to some bad luck on our part, Doncaster
managed to squeeze through a goal right before the end to give
them a 2-1 lead, which despite some good last effort attempts
we couldn’t get back. Special thanks to Mario for umpiring, Bron
for helping us make up the numbers even though she was
injured. Matt for playing a second game to help us out, and
Johnny the temp, for gracing us with his presence. A win is
definitely not far away for us.
Men’s Metro 3 South
Round 4 vs Collegians-X
There was one embarrassing moment when we all thought Ed was
trying to chat up Alex; he was actually asking the new player
Michelle to smack it at him!
Author: Braden Betley
Metro 3 South Match report: Round 4, 9 Nil win against Collegians
Warm-up was getting monotonous but the umpire was not keen to
X. (Collegians)
start the game until he had a friend; so we dobbed in Cupcake. She
Though my memory is slightly hazy on the facts; I had left a 40th in had badly damaged her ankle in a fishing accident and was getting
full swing to come and play; I will attempt an accurate record of the around on crutches. Unable to run away, she was the only
events.
contender.
It was a dark and stormy night at the Mentone playing fields - not Precisely at this moment Mario turned up with Adityakumar Sinh
Mentone The Suburb; which is several miles away. Did I mention it Maharaulji in tow. Now we had more of us; less of them; "Dork" the
was dark? And cold? And when you go for a warm-up jog you take umpire, and his captive friend Cupcake, the game could begin!
your life into your own hands, hence the mantra "Always carry a big
stick!"
The previous game ended, the crowed thinned, we
took the field. Our hit-up was an interesting affair. We
only had one ball! Cam kept hitting it way over the
other side of the field. I think he was eager to be
accosted by the shadowy figure lurking over by the
dark bushes. Some kind soul took pity on us and a
few more balls turned up. We took turns to smack it
as hard as we could at Ed who calmly kicked it back
to us along the ground so we might smack it at him
again!
Before
After
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Match Reports (cont’d)
Men’s Metro 3 South
Brownie the Usurper, played centre forward, scored 4 goals and
missed 11. I was counting, firstly because I was the idiot passing
him the ball and secondly I don't have to take my socks off to get
past 4!
Alex was disappointing in front of goals this week, but then Brownie
"if
wouldn't pass him the ball. Jess can we work on Alex's passing
Mitch wins the toss, then we will loose the game". Sadly the
skills because he wouldn't pass to me either.
prediction came true with Swinburne losing 3-1.
The new chick Michelle is great and she can play a bit of hockey
Ed Corsar, once again strapped on the pads for Swinburne and
too. Vu ran and ran and ran then ran some more 'cause I told him
played a great game in goals. His time out of the net has not dulled
to. Josh was a fine performer and even looks good on the field.
is attacking style of goal keeping and assisted in preventing a rout.
Missing our M3S star goal keeper - Nick saw the "Return of Ed to
He also took the time to give Cam a bit of a hug after cleaning him
the Net" only three touches for the game (will Ed get his 6 games in
up in a tackle.
before the finals?) .
The game did not start well for Swinburne & it took well into the
I thought Andy McNess's game was appalling, didn't even touch the
first have before the team "switched on", by which time Chadstone
ball once, and Paul Smart once again played like "Richo", it was like
had scored. The first Chadstone goal came in the opening minutes,
they weren't even there!
catching Swinburne flat footed and behind play. Lucky for
Over all it was a great win, not only because we pumped Coll X, but Chadstone & unlucky for Swinburne - the first Chadstone shot on
because of some of the promising team play that started to goal was saved by Ed, (ask him what with - go on.) but
develop (passing game, use of ball out wide, through the half unfortunately rebounded off Will Law into the Swinburne net.
backs, running up in support, etc)
Positional play left the Metro 3 team stretched from attack to
Team Captain Mitch & Team Vice Captain Stuart proved that you defence, giving Chadstone the opportunity to use numbers in
don't have to be at the ground make sure that your team wins! attack. Hard work was done to build the ball up into attack and to
the credit of the forward line, including Jason Clarke, Mark
(Both promoted to Swinburne Seconds)
"Brownie" Brown, Alex Wong and Vu Long Tran, they were able to
Thanks to Cupcake and SOS for umpiring!
turn the ball over & pressure Chadstone when they were in
possession.
Round 7 vs Chadstone
Author: Mitch & Phil
Redoubtable veterans Braden "Bubbles" Betley and Mitch Dovey
worked tirelessly in the midfield and were rewarded in the second
half with Swinburne making more determined thrusts into attack,
resulting in a number of shots on goals and short corners.
Cam DeGraff, playing out of the full back position ran the length of
the field and scored Swinburne's only goal for the game after some
gritty work getting the ball into the circle. Throwing caution to the
wind, the Swinburne team played the rest of the game with lone full
back Phil "Poleaxe" LeHunt and Ed the goal keeper in defence,
moving Cam as a free player into the attacking mid field.
Not only was the depleted defence able to hold off Chadstone for
the remainder of the game, the move of the extra player into the
mid field assisted in building up the Swinburne attacking plays
For the second time in as many weeks, the Swinburne Metro 3
resulting in a number of goal scoring opportunities that just went
South team made the trip out to the Waverley Hockey ground - this
begging as well as a short corner right at the conclusion of the
time to play Chadstone. Reeling after the devastating loss to Ajax
game.
Maccabi 7-nil in the previous week. A subdued Swinburne Metro 3
South team took the field.
Despite this late game attacking momentum, Chadstone won 3-1
leaving the Swinburne Metro 3 South team clinging to 4th place on
Seriously late players and a miss-count of team numbers lead to
the ladder. The captain - Mitch - would like to take this opportunity
Bronwyn Clarke volunteering a return performance of her 'strike
to invite all M3 players to attend training as often as possible. Each
forward' prowess.
week for the rest of the season will include a short session on
The team welcomed the Justin "Bushy" Bush and Jason Clarke to match day tactics, roles and marking assignments.
the line up for their first games with the Metro 3 South team for the
Topics include year. Also, with the return of Mario "Mars" Perera and Cam DeGraff
for this week's encounter the team on paper looked very strong 'Do as I say - not as I do' The art of Marking.
indeed.
'Yes your arse does look big from here' The art of leading towards a
Ominously, team Captain, Mitch "Dodgy" Dovey won the toss & free hit.
elected to take the ball. Mutterings from the ranks predicted that
'Hack the bone' The art of tackling.
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Upcoming Matches
Round 8 — 16/17 June — Home Day
Round 10 — 30 June / 1 July
WSL4 — Sat 16th 2pm H2 vs RMIT
WSL4 — Sat 30th 5pm DAN vs Dandenong (sock clash)
WM4S — Sat 16th 6:30pm H2 vs Sandringham Women
WM4S — Sun 1st 3:30pm FNK vs Mornington Peninsula
M2E — Sat 16th 5pm H2 vs Waverley
M2E — Sat 30th 6:30pm MNT vs MHSOB
M2N — Sat 16th 3:30pm H2 vs Greensborough
M2N — Sun 1st 6:30pm MNT vs Old Xaverians
M3S — Bye
M3S — Sun 1st 2pm KNX vs Eastern
Round 9 — 23/24 June
WSL4 — Bye
WM4S — Sun 24th 5pm MON vs Monash Uni
M2E — Sun 24th 5pm H2 vs Hawthorn
M2N — Sat 23rd 12:30pm F1 vs RMIT
M3S — Sun 24th 12:30pm MON vs Monash Uni
Please notify your team manager if you are unavailable for any matches. The sooner the better. If you don’t know who your team
manager is then here they are:
WSL4 — Sara Clohesy
WM4S — Honor Murdoch
M2E — Jessie McCartney
M2N — Dieter Burkhardt
M3S — Alex Wong
Please show them your support and help them out if they ask.
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