Fathers Day raffle

Thanks to everyone who donated items towards our raffle and who purchased tickets. The raffle was an overwhelming success and we were able to make up 14 prizes including Bunnings gift cards, wine and beer, car care products, and gardening equipment. Our winners were:
1st - S. Tibbs
2nd - I. Bremner (O35 and U8)
3rd - B. Dessay (U16G)
4th - N. Mastrippolito (AAL/4)
5th - A. Webb (O35)
6th - G. Irish (U16G)
7th - S. Sorano (U8)
8th - P. Elliott (U13)
9th - P. Allen-Pike (U16G)
10th - A. Webb (O35)
11th - M. Nash (AAL/4)
12th - S. Mason (AAL/2)
13th - C. Cucciardi (U8)
14th - L. Beckett (U14)

Grand Finals

We have 2 teams in Grand Finals.

Sat 4th Sept:
U15 div 3 v North Rocks at Coleman Park #3 at 11:30am

Sun 5th Sept:
U16 Girls div 2 v Kellyville at Girraween Park #2 at 10:45am

Lets get a huge Holroyd Rangers crowd to both these games to cheer our teams to victory!

Match Results Finals Sat 28th / Sun 29th

Commiserations to our U13s and our All Age Ladies 4s, both teams losing their Finals.

Sat 28th:
U13 div 3 v Granville Waratah Loss 6-1

Sun 29th:
AAL div 4 v Dundas Loss 1-0

Hold your heads up high everyone - great effort to make Finals.

Hosting Finals at Guildford West Sportsground Sat 28th

A huge thank you to all those who helped out at our grounds today. It was an absolutely massive day and it would not have gone as well as it did without the help of you all. It doesn't matter whether you helped for an hour or were there all day, it was all very much appreciated. I think this shows the fantastic team spirit and camaraderie that we have at our club. Steve (GDSFA Sec) was there refereeing and thanked us for our hospitality.
Thank you all
John

Finals Sat 28th and Sun 29th Aug

Sat 28th:

U13 div 3 v Granville Waratah at Ray Marshall #2 at 9:30am

Sun 29th:

All Age Ladies div 4 v Dundas at Rydalmere Park #1 at 1pm

Match results Sun 22nd August Semi-Finals

Sun 22nd:

U16 Girls div 2 Holroyd Rangers (1) v Kellyville (2) - Won 2-0
Our U16 Girls progress directly to the Grand Final on Sun 5th Sept

All Age Ladies div 4 North Rocks (1) v Holroyd Rangers (2) - Loss 6-1
Our Ladies will play in the Final on Sun 29th

Match results Semi-Finals Sat 21st August

Sat 21st:

U13 div 3 Holroyd Rangers (3) v Auburn FC (4) - Won 5-1
Our U13s will play in the Final on Sat 28th

U14 div 4 Holroyd Rangers (3) v Pendle Hill (4) - Loss 2-1 in extra time
Our U14s are out of the competition

U15 div 3 Holroyd Rangers (1) v Wenty Uniting (2) - Won 4-2
Our U15s progress directly to the Grand Final on Sat 4th Sept

Senior 3 Holroyd Rangers (3) v St Josephs (4) - Loss 1-0 in extra time
Our Senior 3s are out of the competition

Semi Finals for Sat 21st and Sun 22nd August

Sat 21^st:

U13 div 3 v Auburn FC at Ron Mondy at 9:45am

U14 div 4 v Pendle Hill at Curtis Oval #3 at 11:00am (Amended 18/08/10 6:45pm)

U15 div 3 v Wenty Uniting at Robin Thomas #1 at 9:35am

Senior 3 v St Josephs at Robin Thomas #2 at 1pm

Sun 22^nd:

U16 Girls div 2 v Kellyville at Max Ruddock #1 at 11:30am

All Age Ladies div 4 v North Rocks at Max Ruddock #1 at 3pm

Last chance to get your Fathers Day tix in

Thanks to everyone for supporting our Fathers Day Raffle with donations and purchase of raffle tickets. 
We now have 14 great prizes to win including Bunnings gift cards, wine, car care products and other goodies.   $15 for a book of 20 tickets.
If you haven't got your tickets in and want to be included in the draw drop you tickets in on Wednesday night to the canteen.
Raffle will be drawn on Saturday 21st.  Winners will be notified by phone.

Sat 14th August:

U6 Black v Wenty Waratah D

U6 Green v Wenty Waratah E

U7 v St Josephs

U8 v Auburn B Loss 3-2

U10 div 4 vSt Johns Loss 8-0

U13 div 3 vLidcombe Waratah Won 4-2

U14 div 4 v Auburn FC Draw 2-2

U15 div 3 v Kellyville Won 4-2

O35 div 6 v Kellyville Draw 1-1

Senior 3 v Pendle Hill Won 9-1

Sun 8th August:

U16G div 2 v Rouse Hill Won 3-1

All Age Ladies div 4 v Wenty Waratah Loss 5-1
There was lots of individual good play in the game today but we seemed to lose team formation and that gave the opposition their chances. So even though we all put our 100% in it just didn't click in the right way. It wasn't an enjoyable match either due to  the behaviour of some of the opposition.  Lets not dwell on it  but learn from it, be positive, work on ways to improve and pick ourselves up from this one and move forward to the semis being proud of how far we have come..

All Age Ladies div 2 v PCYC Parramatta FC  Draw 1-1

6 teams into Semi's

6 of our 9 competitive teams have confirmed their places in this years semi-finals - our U13s, U14s, U15s, All Age Mens 3s, U16 Girls and All Age Ladies 4s.  Congratulations to all our teams.
Semi-Final game details will be posted on this website when we know them.
Semi-Finals games will be played at neutral venues on Sat 21st / Sun 22nd August.

Fathers Day Raffle

A reminder to get your tickets in for the Fathers Day Raffle by Sunday 15th August.
We have 13 great prizes to win including Bunnings gift cards, wine, car care products and other goodies.   $15 for a book of 20 tickets.
Raffle will be drawn on Saturday 21st.  Winners will be notified by phone.

Car keys found

A set of car keys have been found on the grounds this evening (Thursday 12th Aug).  Ask at the clubhouse if they are yours.

Competition Tables

Congratulations to our U15s and U16 Girls teams - they have both secured the Minor Premiership in their respective competitions.  Well done to all the players and the coaches and managers.

Our U14s, Senior 3s and All Age Ladies 4s have also secured a spot in the semi-finals.

The U13s and Over 35s teams are both in with a chance to make the semi-finals, but need to get the right results in their round 18 games.  We wish them both well.

Our U6s, U7s, U8s, U10s, and All Age Ladies 2s will all play their last games for the season in their round 18 games this weekend.  We hope they enjoyed their 2010 season.

Round 17 match results

Sat 7th August:

U6 Black

U6 Green

U7 Won 8-0

U8 Loss 7-0

U10 div 4 v Merrylands Loss 7-1

U13 div 3 v Newington Gunners Won 5-1

U14 div 4 v Merrylands Won 1-0

U15 div 3 v St Michaels Won 6-4

O35 div 6 v Lidcombe Waratah  Won 2-1

Senior 3 v Merrylands Won 4-1

Sun 8th August:

U16G div 2 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 6-0

All Age Ladies div 4 v Dundas Won 1-0
Well ladies this had to be the match of the season. Every single player stepped up and made the game their own.  Defense was rock solid and control of the ball was excellent.  Balls were being brought down to the defenders feet and then with control kicked back up the field to one of our players.  Midfield and forwards were anticipating and moving to receive the ball.  Also they were using the field and lots of  1-2 touches to get around the Dundas defence.   Our goalies also kept us in the game with their quick reflexes.  As one of the team noted we went in hard after every ball even when not sure if we could get to it.  We hassled and kept at Dundas until either we got the ball or made them kick it out or kick it blindly. We did not stop even though there were no reserves. 
A special thanks to our coach who puts in lot of effort to improve our skills and to our family and friends who come along each week to support us and motivate us.  Hope you guys enjoyed the match as much as we did.
While there may have been a vote for one player of the match, I believe every single player deserved player of the match this week.    Super effort.  Bring on the semis girls.

All Age Ladies div 2 v Beaumont Hills Loss 3-0

Holroyd Under 8's - great ambassadors for our club

Holroyd Rangers Soccer Club Committee has recently received the following email about our Under 8's team great sporting spirit. 

From Greystanes Soccer Club Re U8/1’s 
Please pass on my congratulations to your U8's team.

My boys played against them last week and it was a very enjoyable experience.

The kids from the Holroyd team played the game with good sportsmanship

The spectators were very encouraging to all the players and some even applauded good performances by Greystanes.

The referee (I assume one of their coaches) was very fair and honest in his interpretation of the game and gave both teams equal opportunities

The coach displayed great sportsmanship and when we only had a total of 6 players prior to kick off, he offered to only play 6 kids on his team too, so that we were equal, even though he had 4 reserves.

The Holroyd Rangers Soccer Club committee thanks the Under 8's players, parents, spectators and coach and manager for being great ambassadors for our club.  Keep up the great work

In memory - Edwin Cordova

Sadly Edwin Cordova passed away this weekend.  Edwin was a player in our All Age Mens div 3 team that won the Grand Final in 2009.  Edwin had been playing with the team in division 2 this year.  He has been a player with our club for several years.  Edwin will be sorely missed by all who knew him, and all his team mates at Holroyd Rangers.
Edwin with his team mates (bottom row, third from the left).

Mixing it with USA players

Saturday 31st July one of our All Age Ladies 2 joined in with a combined Granville team to play a match against a team of 16- 20 year old American girls. At very short notice Jackie from our AAL2 took on the challenge to take part in the team.
The combined Granville team played really well together considering that they hadn't had any chance to train together before hand.  A great experience for all the girls.