Sport
Hockey Draw - Week 8
Division 1 Men – 22/6
College v Monivae – 7.30pm @ Pedrina Park
Division 2 Men – 23/6
College Blue v Coleraine Demons – 9.00am @ Pedrina Park
College Gold v Monivae – 10.30am @ Pedrina Park
Division 4 – 23/6
College Numbats v College Bandicoots – 12noon @ College
College Tassie Devils v College Drop Bears – 1.20pm @ College
Division 2 Women – 24/6
College Scorchers v Demons – 12noon @ Pedrina Park
College Blades v Monivae Saints – 1.30pm @ Pedrina Park
Division 1 Women – 24/6
College Strikers v Monivae – 4.30pm @ Pedrina Park
Division 1 Women – 24/6
College Thundersticks v Dunkeld – 6.00pm @ Pedrina Park
Women's Hockey
A GRADE WOMEN
The Strikers played a superb match on Sunday afternoon defeating Coleraine Black 8-0. The Strikers found the back of the net in the first 30 sec of play and it was non-stop from there. Short corners, deflections and field goals were all part of their scoring arsenal. They really are proving unstoppable this season.
Maddi Mutch, Ruby Cush, Hannah and Chloe Russell and Chloe Anderson were all amongst the better players.
The College Thundersticks also recorded a pleasing 3-0 victory over Coleraine Red. Despite having all of the attack in the first half the forwards simply couldn’t find the back of the net. Fortunately things turned around in the second half with Nina Pern, Alyssa Hocking and Phoebe Sweeney all scoring.
Better Players – Miss Katie Budenberg, Alyssa Hocking, Claudia Roberts and Hannah Nichols.
B GRADE
The Blades should be extremely proud of their efforts on Sunday going down narrowly to top of the table Demons 2-1. The Blades wonderful goalie Mrs Julia Howells made some excellent saves. Charlotte Rowe was the goal scorer with Oliva Allen, Ruby Cush, Millie Howells, Millie Davidson and Georgie Snodgrass all playing well.
College Scorchers were too good for Monivae recording a 3-0 victory. This should be a confidence boosting result for the Scorchers. Well done to Mrs Jodie Russell who bravely put on the goalie gear for this game.
Better Players were Phoebe Russell, Sarah Roberts, Gracie Austin and Sylvia Page.
Well done to Oliva Allen who umpired her first game on Saturday. Thank you to all our students who put their hand up to umpire each weekend.
This year is the first year that a Girl’s hockey team will be representing the College at the ICCES Winter Tour. We wish them every success.
Miss Kristen Waldron
Boys' Hockey
The two Division 2 boys’ teams continued their strong seasons last weekend.
College Blue recorded a fine 15-0 victory over Monivae despite the absence of the skilled Tane Nelson in Central Australia. Ferg Roberts, Matt Spence and Eren Zehir all scored hat-tricks and the team played some scintillating hockey, using space and effective passes to move the ball quickly. Pleasingly, both Ted Koch and Charlie Duver were also on the scoresheet, rewards for continuing to work hard to develop their hockey this year. This team, when “on-song,” is a delight to watch.
College Gold was missing three older players – two of them in the Red Centre – and it took some time for the young team to establish a dominance on the scoreboard. The boys ended up 8-2 victors over Demons-Coleraine and showed plenty of grit and effort. Dave Merrin, Clancy Munro and “Hazard” Austin were multiple goalscorers; again, reward for continued effort was shown when Lachie Rees found the net also. Other than Acting Captain Darcy Wall (and “Mr Merrin”!), all the boys were in Year 8 or below with Rupert Merrin being introduced to this level from Year 3.
Sunday afternoon saw the Open team in action against Coleraine Bulls. We began very strongly using quick movement of the ball and the width of the field to our advantage and at half time we were three goals up, Ferg Roberts having scored a fine hat-trick. Early in the second half, we were bogged down and unable to spread the ball. Bulls scored two goals and looked menacing. Sami Zehir’s goal was a steadier and we regained our composure, with Ferg (again!) and Reagan Simons, who was a key central player for us all game, finding the net to ensure a 6-2 victory. The result is a good confidence-booster before we head to Shepparton late in the week. Hopefully we can perform well there and then again on Friday when we get off the bus for our final fixture before the holiday break.
Neil MacLean