Round 7 results - boys and men

U/6 v Red Wenty Waratah Loss 14-0

U/7 Aloisi v Kewell Rouse Hill Rams Won 5-0

U/7 Neill v Cahill Rouse Hill Rams Won 3-2

It was a cold, wet and slippery morning at Rouse Hill and the boys and girls had to run up hill in the first half. We started off well with Lucas making a couple of good breaks but without any success. The opposition was quite quick in chasing our breaks and this spoiled a few of our opportunities to score. We managed to go into the half time break with the score 1-1. Everyone is starting to use the skills they learn at training in the game and the second half saw plenty of passing and breaks but we just couldn’t score more often. George and Ethan worked well together and scored our second half goals to let us win 3-2. It was a great effort as Rouse Hill had not been beaten up to this point. Without some great defense work late in the second half by Jordonn it could well have been a draw. Player of the match went to Nikolai for his great first half goal keeping and his work in defense in the second half. The encouragement award went to Jordonn for his great defensive work.

U/8 v Blue Parramatta City Won 3-0

U9/6 v Winston Hills Won 3-0

Today’s game took a bit to warm up but once we got going we mainly dominated the play. I was pleased to see a big improvement on our throw ins this week. Training last week showed the improvement today. There was a lot of shoving from Winston Hills today I was pleased to see our boys didn’t retaliate even though the ref didn’t penalize Winston Hills for the shoving. Some great passing today resulted in Modassir getting a hat trick. The result today was a 3-0 win. Keep up the team work guys.

U/10 /3 v Rouse Hill Rams Won 4-0

A great game for Holroyd which we never looked like losing from the kick-off. Some excellent play up front this game with Jake, Chris, Alistair and Jimmy scoring for the Rangers. (Jimmy his first one for the season, well done mate!) Cameron was unlucky with a couple. It was especially pleasing to see him hit one with his right foot which the keeper just managed to save. Daniel played very well this game, especially his run close to goals where he shaped to kick and then kept on going and then crossed it for one of our players. Well done Daniel! Shania, Koria and Laith all had great games as well, and it was good to see Eliza getting in there and having a real go. Shania you didn't give up today which was great to see! Probably the "play of the day" was when Jake had the ball somewhere on our penalty box, he looked up for someone to pass to, and Josh Ryan (from left fullback) ran down the side-line into space. Jake passed him the ball and Josh was away on one of his strong runs. You've really improved this year Josh! Keep up the good work.

U/11/4 v Toongabbie Loss 7-2

U12/5 v North Rocks Won 2-0

Today was an exciting game. Playing as a team certainly has its rewards. In the 2^nd half you passed the ball well and talked to each other. We are still having problems actually getting the ball into the goal mouth but…. Luckily the North Rocks goalie dropped the cross from Daniel inside the goal mouth and although we had the majority of the possession, once again, we didn’t score until a nice chip over allowed Ryan to place the ball in the net in the last five minutes of the game. Great game Joel (Man of Match). Boys you have improved so much this year, you are finally showing respect to each other and to Euan, Greg and Ray. I’ve noticed a huge change in attitude at training and it’s all about attitude…I am just waiting to see the game when it all comes together because that will have everyone yelling and cheering with pride for HOLROYD RANGERS. Go for it boys, make it under 12’s year!! (Janelle: Manager)

U15/3 v Castle Hill United Loss 5-2

What to say about the game? The boys played hard in the first half with Mat [dibs] Dibley scoring to make it 1-0 but couldn’t quite seem to get on top. Then I found out how hard it is to coach because Rob had to go to his own game. In the second half our boys started out well with Mat Dibley scoring in the first 5 min, but Castle Hill then scored 2 quick goals and they lifted to another level. Our boys were more worried with the extremely bad calls from the ref and they seemed to forget about the mid field, without them it makes it very hard for the back line and the keeper. Castle Hill went on with it and the final score was Castle Hill 5 Holroyd 2. This is one of the sides that is going to be there at the pointy end of the season. The only thing that I feel that let us down is that we didn’t try for the entire game. (Fitness, fitness, fitness.) Manager: Mick Dolton

SEN 3 v P.C.Y.C. Parramatta FC Draw 1-1

SEN 7 v North Rocks White Won 6-1

O/35/4 v Pendle Hill White Won 2-1

A good side to play against the Whites, a tough game played in good spirits on a hot afternoon. Capt G scores his 3rd for the season, all off the golden melon. As always the Wombat claims the assist for flicking it off his melon for Capt G to finish. Pendo equalise from a corner we failed to clear properly. Ace bags our 2nd from the spot. Terminator lands 2 on the nearby house roof (over the fence is a great place to aim whem you're tired). Slowfox quipped about returning to the glory (goal scoring) days of yesteryear, which normally means you're supposed to score some. How can you bag our strikeforce for the amount of shots they missed? Red-Face went missing in the 2nd half, hiding behind the Supersoaker on the bench. I suppose he will blame his phantom personal trainer for working him too hard the day before. Well played team, a bit of desperation showed today, good stuff. (Courtesy of the Terminator.)

O/35/5 v Winston Hills White Loss 4-1