Catch up match results

Played on Tuesday 7th July:
AAL div 2 - Holroyd Rangers v Wenty Waratah White Loss 7-0

Sunday 12th July:
Senior 3 - Merrylands SFC v Holroyd Rangers Won 4-1
Senior 4 - Baulkham Hills White v Holroyd Rangers Won 3-1

Round 13 match results

Sat 11th July:
U6 Green v Merrylands SFC U6 A
U6 Black v Merrylands SFC U6 D
U7 v Merrylands SFC U7 D
U8 Purple v Castle Hill RSL Loss by Forfeit
U9 div 3 v Dundas Loss 3-0
U12 div 3 v PCYC Parramatta Draw 1-1
U13 div 4 v Baulkham Hills Won 6-0
U14 div 4 v St Michaels Won 4-0
A solid win with 10 players against St Micks 11. Just 1-0 at the break then a strong 2nd half finish. Cameron on the right wing fired 2 nice crosses firstly to allow Scott to trap the ball, turn, and fire home. Cameron's 3rd run down the right into the box saw him taken out by their sweeper and after the ref pointed to the spot Cameron groggily staggered to take the penalty and smashed it home. Great game in defence from Bradley, and Scott and Ryan alternated at sweeper and striker to good effect, and Chris F and James made some nice runs and passes in the midfield. This win now puts us into 2nd spot on the table and we cannot miss out on a top 4 finish.

U18 div 1 v Winston Hills White Loss 6-3
O45 div 1 v Kellyville Loss 1-0
O35 div 6 v Rouse Hill Loss 3-0
After winning 6 in a row we have slumped and lost our last 3 games, taking us from 2nd spot back to 5th. Injuries have depleted our squad and the bye next week is very welcome. With 3 points for the bye then hopefully a win against St Micks in the last round we are still a chance to finish in the top 4.

Senior 3 v Castle Hill United Won 2-1
Senior 4 v North Rocks Won 5-0

Sun 12th July:
U14G div 1 v Winston Hills Loss 3-2
U16G div 2 v North Rocks Won 1-0
A frustrating game to watch with HR having most of the play, Megan touching the ball a few times all game, but we did get the win. We did not make the most of our opportunities and were far too bunched up and did not make enough passes to our players feet. Several through balls were neatly played for the forwards but they were unable to get off clear shots or to cross the ball for their team mates. Emily with a good chance 2nd half but it was struck straight to the keeper, and Kacey with a lofted shot from distance that tested their keeper, and Sarah P had to stretch to reach one ball and the shot flew too high. It was Natasha who grabbed our goal with a neat follow up shot that was well struck and well placed. Shayley played well at centre back and centre mid and Rochelle was solid in defence. Again it was our backs who played the best games with DJ, Larissa, Chantelle, and Cassie all playing very good games. Think about spreading out to utilise our speed advantage. Also when playing the ball from a wide position near goals cut it back rather than straight towards their keeper.

AAL div 4 v Kellyville Loss 4-1
The ladies played well but were outplayed by Kellyville in this match. Our defenders Nicole K, Di and Lauren had their work cut out for them and defended tirelessly Danni did a lot of good work in goals. Robyn moved well between assisting in defence to trapping balls in the midfield to send forward. Everyone played well but with the bare eleven we didn't have the flexibility we usually have to move players around to adjust to the other teams play.

AAL div 2 v North Rocks Draw 1-1
An entertaining game to watch flowing from one end to the other. Unlucky early when a shot from Jess struck the left hand post and deflected out. Soon after Jess ran on to a through ball and chipped it over the head of the onrushing keeper. The ball was trickling towards goal when our left-midfielder ran up and tucked it over the line to make sure. NR equalised soon after from a corner. HR with more chances 2nd half and again Jess struck the side netting with a very close attempt that had the keeper beaten. Excellent defensive games from Jackie and Gemma with Sandy and Lauren making some nice plays in the midfield. (Report by John)

Football development clinics for girls and boys July school holidays

Footballl NSW has a number of clinics at different venues around Sydney running each week of the school holidays.
For more information see the listing at the Football NSW website here.

A Girls Football Development Clinic for girls aged from 8-14 years at St Clair, 1pm - 4pm from Mon 13th to Wed 15th Jul. Or at Yagoona from Monday 20th April – Wednesday 22nd April from 9am-12noon each day Cost: $70. Players from the W-league will be on hand to show you some skills. To enrol call 13 13 02.


BSBF Football Academy is running a holiday soccer clinic for ages 6-14 on Monday 20th , Wednesday 22nd and Friday 24th July at Alpha Rd Park Greystanes. Cost per day is $45 or for 3 days $120. Ph: 9721 0111 or email office@beskilledbefit.biz

Round 13 games

Sat 11th July:
U6 Green v Merrylands SFC U6 A at Guildford West Sportsground at 9:00am
U6 Black v Merrylands SFC U6 D at Guildford West Sportsground at 9:45am
U7 v Merrylands SFC U7 D at Guildford West Sportsground at 10:30am
U8 Purple v Castle Hill RSL at Eric Mobbs #3A at 10:40am
U9 div 3 v Dundas at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 10:00am
U12 div 3 v PCYC Parramatta at Ray Marshall Res #3 at 11:30am
U13 div 4 v Baulkham Hills at Ted Horwood #1 at 10:30am
U14 div 4 v St Michaels at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 11:00am
U18 div 1 v Winston Hills White at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 1:00pm
O45 div 1 v Kellyville at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 1:00pm
O35 div 6 v Rouse Hill at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 3:00pm
Senior 3 v Castle Hill United at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 3:00pm
Senior 4 v North Rocks at North Rocks Park #2 at 1:00pm

Sun 12th July:
U14G div 1 v Winston Hills at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 10:10am
U16G div 2 v North Rocks at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 11:30am
AAL div 4 v Kellyville at Bernie Mullane #1 at 1:15pm
AAL div 2 v North Rocks at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 3:00pm

Holroyd Rangers player winner of McDonalds Football Scholarship

Congratulations to Cameron Nash from the U14/4 's who was successful with his application for a McDonalds Scholarship for 2009.

Cameron had to write about his football achievements, how the scholarship would help his football development and how the funds would be used. His application was forwarded to GDSFA where with others from the Granville district it was forwarded to Football NSW for consideration. From all districts across NSW, Football NSW then selected 32 recipients for the scholarship. Only two from the Granville District were successful applicants - Cameron being one of those.
Cameron has already allocated some of the money from the $500 grant towards a Football NSW soccer camp in the first week of the school holidays.
See Football NSW for a list of the lucky recipients

Catch up match results

Played on Sunday 5th July:
U9 div 3 v Wenty Waratah Loss 4-0
U13 div 4 v Pendle Hill Draw 1-1
It was a tough game with the play moving from end to end. After the best of
field position and the lead for 55 minutes we finished with a frustrating
1-1 draw. Ryan, without question our major striking force, hit the back of
the net yet again. Though scoring is essential it needs to be said that it
takes a lot to keep the ball away from our own goals and give the forwards
the chances. At the back Scott gave his usual amazing, acrobatic effort
while Novvie showed great commitment and skill in defence. Exhibiting some
pleasing new aggression today Fadi took the ball in the air a number of
times and depriving the opposition of time to react. Andrew B again put
himself in places where he could hustled the ball from the best of their
guys. Nathan is ever the games "thinker", reading or making the play and
putting quality passes onto the toes of team members. It was confounding
that Thomas didn't score today but regularly was shut down by the defence.
Matty covered a lot of ground, and rubbed himself on quite a bit of it,
while throwing himself into tackles and coverage plays. Using his abundant
skills in numerous runs Andrew O cut through their players, stealing the
ball and feeding it through with slick, selfless passes. He was our MOTM
today. Thanks to Tyler and Ryan for pulling on the keepers gloves. Our
enthusiastic rookie Aaron is all finding his place. An unlucky days guys but
well played.

U14 div 4 v Pendle Hill Won 7-1
O35 div 6 v Dundas Loss 3-0

Round 12 match results

Sat 4th July:
U6 Green v Wenty Waratah U6 A
U6 Black v Wenty Waratah U6 E
U7 v Wenty Waratah U7 D
U8 Purple v Baulkham Hills Won 8-0
U9 div 3 v St Johns Loss 9-0
U12 div 3 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 7-1
U13 div 4 v St Josephs Won 3-2
Another good win for the team with 3-2 over St Joeys. With Scott running
miles and throwing himself into the challenges. He was our Man-of
-the-Match. However he was not alone with exceptional efforts. There are no
slackers in our team, everyone is making significant contributions. We ARE
working as a team. As Alex was sick Tyler took to the goals and did a great
job, in one instance taking a screamer out of the air in a congested goal
mouth from a well weighted cross. Again Ryan scored a double. In one
instance he took on the defence on his own, ploughing through and finishing
with power. Carlos also scored. He has a talent for appearing in the right
place at the right time to finish in style. Aiden had runs and some quality
touches both in defence and attack. It was terrific to see Mitchell back on
the field and played surprisingly well after such a long injury break. All
played well. Good job!

U14 div 4 v North Rocks Won 3-2
U18 div 1 v St Josephs Loss 3-1
O45 div 1 v Baulkham Hills Loss 2-1
O35 div 6 v Parramatta City Loss 10-0
Senior 3 v Guildford County Draw 1-1
Senior 4 v Wenty Waratah Loss 1-0

Sun 5th July:
U14G div 1 v Beaumont Hills Loss 1-0
U16G div 2 v Wenty Waratah Won 2-1
AAL div 4 v Wenty Waratah Won 5-0
The whole team put in a superb effort in this game. Passing was good and lots of talk made sure that players knew what options they had. Initially it was difficult to score as Wenty seemed to have most of tbeir team in the goal box defending. In the second half we made better use of our midfielders to create some space and this helped in the goal scoring department. We could have made better use of our chances if we had made sure that someone was running into the farpost area when in the goalbox. That is something we need to continue to work on. But truly the best team effort so far this season which contributed to goals by Vanessa, Nicky Potts and Lisa.
AAL div 2 v Castle Hill RSL Loss 8-0