Sports Reports

Rugby

12’s – Jason and former union great David Campese receiving rugby tops for our very own Ben Maslin and Charlie Hansen at breakfast before the game against Tudor House.

Mr McLean

Football

U7 Jauguars (11/8) -

Depsite the windy conditions in the north of Orange the fans turned up in record numbers to see the top of table clash between Waratah Ninjas and Kinross Mighty U7 Jaguars.

“Andy Ronaldo Bell” was reasserting his nickname of Striker with solids hits, multiple opportunities and some solid curve balls often beating the keeper in the top right-hand corner. Enough were on target to keep him in the running for the leading goal table for the season. “Sam Cahill Marvasti” was solid throughout the centres, clearly deserving the man of the match award with all the accolades and sponsors gifts and despite the tackle from behind during the second half (which was clearly deserving of a yellow card), Sam shrugged it off, barely stumbling and showing his resilience.

“Jack Beckham Kenny” is fast earning his nickname The Phantom, just appearing all of a sudden regularly to cut off the counterattacks. His corner kicks are really proving strong, clearly showing why Bayen are trying to court him to Germany.  “Harry Messi Oldroyd” and “James Rooney Hulme” were solid in the backs with regular clearing kicks and the odd pass through to strikers. They are obviously both hardened from quarter final world cup exposure having learnt a few more tricks from training.

Clearly the world cup took its toll with “Luca Pogba Kotasthane” missing the game with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Whilst the teams medical support group were working hard 24/7, the rest of the team wished him well and a speedy return.

Whilst it was a game of two halves with altitude clearly having an effect towards the end of the game, overall the score was fitting for the day out and both teams will progress through the season with better knowledge of the opposition tactics. 

1st V Players: Sam Marvasti, James Hulme, Harry Oldroyd, Andy Bell, Jack Kenny.

Coach and ref: Sina Marvasti

Mrs Harbison

U7 Jaguars (18/8) - We took to the field and after some confusion over which way we were going we saved an early goal from our opponents. Well done Jack! The ball stayed in our half for a considerable amount of the first half and our boys displayed some excellent attacking skills and directional kicking. The ball then got away from us and some outstanding ball control and attempts at goal were displayed before our eyes. It was great to see. Watching certainly inspired us to examine our own game. We came out keen as mustard in the second half and James was so close to a goal at one point. Some excellent chasing was on show from Jack as he nearly prevented a goal against us. This was a tough game against a skilled opponent. It certainly reminded us how focused we need to be on the field. It was great to have Luca back again after being sick. His renewed enthusiasm was evident as he was constantly on the run, chasing and making contact with the ball.

Mrs N Harbison

U7 Pumas – On Saturday 11th of August KSW Pumas played Molong Magpies. Molong team won the game 2-1, both teams played very well. Molong scored first, after few minutes, Chrysalide’s great effort resulted in scoring the equaliser for Pumas. Unfortunately Chrissy’s eye was hit by the ball, she was substituted by another player but she was very brave and started playing again in the second half. Congratulation Charlie you deserved to be the Player of the Week.

Zaro Jalal

U8 Cobras – Cobras v Waratah Braves, 11 August 2018. The Cobras endured a tough loss to a very sporting Braves outfit on an extremely windy Saturday morning at Waratah’s home ground. The silver-lining was that the team took another huge step forward, continuing their development of true team-play. Hannah and Harry were anchors in defence making several important tackles and passing the ball well to the mid-fielders. Vivaan played strongly in mid-field helped by Arad, who kindly filled the big shoes left by Pixie. Both Vivaan and Arad made a number of strong dribbling runs followed by well-placed passes. Lucas was a consistent force in the forwards and was unlucky not to convert at least one of his shots on goal. George and Jed shared the goal keeping. Both completed several quality saves. When not in goal both George and Jed ran tirelessly making numerous penetrating runs often completed by another well-placed pass. Well-done to all. 

George Nash

U9 Fury – Sat 11/8/18 V Waratah Raiders

It was a sunny, windy day at Waratah Sports Ground. Highlights of the match were 2 goals to Hamish Buckley and 1 goal to Max Horne. Ricky Zhang was a great goalie - he saved a goal from being scored by Waratah using his head! In the end we went down 3-8. Another good game and thank you to Mr Dunworth for coaching us each week. 

Tom O’Connell 

Netball

U9 Doves – On 11 August we played a great game of netball against OAGS. We have been improving our passing every game. We were able to score some great goals and we passed the ball around the court well. It was a great game.

Chloe Caro 

On 18 August we played netball on a freezing cold day against Waratahs. We played well with some great attack and defence but unfortunately they were too strong for us on the day.

Sophie Caro

U10 Bluebirds – On Saturday morning (4/8), the Bluebirds played against the top team in the competition. They have always been a great side and in the first round of competition they beat us 16-3. Thanks to our dedicated coach, Mrs Seedsman, we have improved a lot since then. We have been working on playing as a team and on Saturday we really put this into practice. It is only fair though, to make special mention of the efforts of our defensive players; Julia, Harriet and Olivia. They played an outstanding game that saw us take the lead early and had us in front at the end of the first, second and third quarters. In the final quarter, we all felt the pressure and began to rush our game. Our experienced opponents were far better at playing under pressure and they managed to take the lead from us right at the end. The final score was 9-12. We were so happy to know that we have improved so much since the beginning of the season.

3.2.1. Bluebirds…(clap, clap)

Alice Scholte

Monday 20/8- The girls played really well!!!! Winning with 20 to 6 goals, the defence was amazing, attacking was strong and I was honoured to be their captain. Well done everyone.

Olivia Watts

U11 Firebirds – On 11 August the under 11 Firebirds played an exceptional game against Cyms Storm. Our attacking game was great and our defenders did a wonderful job protecting the goal. Unfortunately, we lost by three goals however, the previous game we lost considerably to this team. We were proud of our improvements and how much we have improved over the season.

Emily Caro 

U12 Falcons – On Saturday 18th August, the Falcons played against the OUNC Under 12s. Our team played extremely well in cold and windy conditions. After the first two quarters our teams were tied but then we pulled ahead and won 7-10! Congratulations to all those players who went out of their comfort zones and played in positions that they don’t usually play in. Well done to all.

Sophie Smith

Hockey

Foxes - At the hockey fields on Monday 6th the Foxes competed against the Hornets. Our team did a great job, our defence was strong and everyone played well together as a team. Lara did a fantastic job of tackling the opposition and Grace made some great saves in the goal. All the girls worked hard passing the ball with the results 2-2. Overall the Foxes had a fantastic game!

Ava Buesnel