Round 1 match results

Round 1 - Sat 5th / Sun 6th April

U6 Won 6-2 and Won 2-0
A new format this year for the U6's playing on a smaller field, with smaller goals and just 4 players per team and no goalie. Games were played at Greystanes and our 5 young players were anxious and eager to begin. 2 short games were played against 2 different groups of players. All our players scored goals either in the games or during the goal scoring drill between the games. Congratulations to Amber, Badie, Jamal, Patrick and Waseem for a great start to their soccer season. Hopefully Fayez will recover from his illness to join us for next weeks games.

U7 v Wenty Waratah Won 6-1
What a great way to start the season ... with a win!! We had some great goals from Epaphras and Tim. Joseph showed some really good skills by passing to his team mates when he had lots of defence around him and saved a couple of good trys at goal from Wenty. Romanous did a great job as our goalie in the 2nd half and never stopped chasing the ball. Mikhaila made some good tackles and didn't give up trying to get the ball from the other team. Sam and Daniel were always there to help out their team mates and also made some good tackles. We need to continue to practice on our defence, and chasing the ball even after we have kicked it. The team played really well and tried their hardest. Well done to all of them!!

U8 Blue v North Rocks Draw 3-3
Holroyd U8 Blue played their 1st competition game for the year at home against North Rocks U8 Blue. In fact this was their 1st game together this year. The game was a thrill a minute for all concerned with the result being a very pleasing 3 all draw. Holroyd got the ball rolling and scored quickly through Ethan Skinner. North Rocks were the next to score and we went to half time at 1 all. The boys and Billie (the only girl on the team) deserved a drink at half time. Both sides had played with a lot of skill and determination. In the 2nd half North Rocks scored to go ahead 2 - 1. Our boys were equal to the task and soon scored through George Chemuel. North rocks scored again before Ethan equalised to make it 3 - 3. Holroyd had the better of play in the 2nd half and were unlucky not to walk away with a win. Constant pressure and good team work along with individual skill by George and Ethan nearly got them the win. The most improved player was Joel Seymour and the Best Player on the day was Kyle Habkouk with some great defending. All the kids played well and Coach Jack Chemuel was very proud of them. Jack would also personally thank all the parents and grandparents for their support.

U8 Red v Baulkham Hills

U9/2 v Merrylands SFC Won 5-0

It was the first game for our U9/2 on the big field & what a game it
was.  After looking like we were still sitting in the shed for the first
5 min Merrylands attacked from the outset & were unlucky not to score an
early goal but thanks to our goalie Brandon he prevented them from
scoring.  Once the boys got the ball at their feet we were away.  Our
first goal came in the sixth minute with some great passing from the
boys.  The lead up work was done by Bradley, Kyle, Liam and then Ahmed
placed it beautifully in the back of the net.  Not long after Merrylands
kicked off we were on the attack again thanks to some great work from
Leonardo.  Merrylands managed to stave off the attack by getting the
ball out for our first corner.  Leonardo placed the corner kick right in
the goal area and Ahmed did the rest with another great finish.  Our
boys attacked again after the kick off down the right hand side of the
field with some great passing leading to Kyle scoring a cracker over the
keepers head from just inside the 18 yard box.  Our next goal again came
from a corner.  Leo put the corner again into the goal area and our new
boy Bradley did the rest against his old club.  Just before half time
some great passing from Nathan Bampton, Liam and Kyle led to our 5th
goal by a good shot from Leonardo.  At half time we led 5-0.  In the
second half our defence had to do some work.  The defence stood up with
a special mention to Josh, Saagar and Nathan Baker for keeping
Merrylands from scoring any goals as we rotated our players around the
park.  A special mention to Konor who this year returned to soccer after
playing rugby league last year and he never stopped trying.  A great
first game boys after a slow start.  If we keep working hard at training
and practice our passing and team work we can only get better.  A top
first game to ALL the boys, you made me proud.  Everyone did their bit
for the team.  Remember boys next week we need to be on our game from
the first kick off.  Man of the Match Ahmed. 

U10/5 v North Rocks Won 9-0

Today's game started off a bit slow, we only had 10 players compared to
North Rocks 16.  At half-time we led 1-nil.  It was great to see the new
players fitting in so well.  The 2nd half saw the Rangers come to life
and started putting away the goals.  Today's goal scorers were Moadassir
2, Mitchell 3, Mustapha 3 and William-Harley 1.  The final score Rangers
9-nil.  Well done guy's.

U11/2 v Pendle Hill Won 2-1

U12/4 v Wenty Waratah Won 5-0

U13 /3 v Merrylands SFC Draw 2-2

U16/2 v Kellyville Loss 7-1

O35/4 v Lidcombe Waratah Black Loss 5-2

3 quick goals introduced us to the season the wrong way.  Musky's run
into the box was obstructed and Ace slotted home the penalty.  Slow Fox
went off as Lame Fox.  Fluey CHop had one good run and then subbed off.
Darko's cross onto Air-Eddies melon was a gem for our 2nd.  We have to
stop the soft goals to be competitive this year.

O35/5 v Granville Kewpies Won 10-0

The opening game of the season was a bit of an anticlimax with only 8
players for Kewpies turning up and no official ref.  We were not tested
and dominated the play.  Jack Jurisic top scored with the goals followed
by Dennis Out, Michael Borg and Domenic Mastrippolito.  Kewpies never
looked like scoring even with the aerial long shots from the half way
mark.  They made a number of runs down the side and crossed the ball to
have no one in the middle.  We made some good runs and had plenty of
options at the end.  Domenic Mastrippolito was voted man of the match.

Senior 3's v Greystanes Loss 2-1

Senior 6's v Baulkham Hills Won 9-0

Another great start to the season by the boys.  We dominated from the
start with cosi celebrating another year with the season opener, then a
great cross from Age hit pava in the box to make it 2, Juls also found
the net which made it 3-0 half time.  The 2nd half saw us put away
another 6 with hat tricks to Pava and Juls and Baza and Greksa getting
their names on the score sheet.  Man of the match would have to have
been Luka the Bling Vula with a faultless display!

U12G v Pendle Hill Loss 10-0

U14G/1 v North Rocks Won 2-0

U16G/2 v Winston Hills Won 1-0

Just 10 of our girls available today & we were fortunate to have help
from our other girls teams.  WH had more of the attack than we did but
our solid backline of Danielle, Rebekah and Lauren never budged.  When
WH did break through Megan was superb in goals & was quickly off her
line to block shots or gather the ball.  Great midfield work from
Daniela and Natasha, with Rochelle & Mel combining up front really well.
We had a few good chances which we should have put away.  Our goal was a
scramble in front of goal which Miray poked home.  However the
difference today was our defence and our goalie, keeping WH from scoring
& getting us the win.  Player of the Match was Danielle for holding
position & clearing well from the back.

AAL/5 v Winston Hills Won 4-0

AAL/2 v Castle Hill RSL Won 5-4