Over 35 Ladies

Over 35 Ladies training for tonight is off due to the rain. We will try again next Tue at 7pm.

Over 35 Ladies team

Holroyd Rangers will be entering a team into the Over 35 Ladies comp in 2012.
Anyone interested in joining should come down for preliminary training and a meet-and-greet with the other players on Tue 22nd Nov at 7pm.  Each O35L team can have up to 4 players aged 30-34.
For more info call Lisa or email holroydrangers@hotmail.com or turn up next Tue.

AGM and Presentation Day

Holroyd Rangers AGM and Presentation Day held today on a warm sunny day.
Thanks for a job well done to our retiring Committee members not returning for next year.
Welcome to our new Committee members for 2012 - we hope you enjoy working with our club.

Congratulations to our A&V Gray award winner for the Best and Fairest for 2011 - Quinton Nunez (pictured right) from the U14/2s.


Congratulations to our Code of Conduct award winner for 2011 - Rustem Akar from the U15/3s.

Congratulations to the O35/7's, our only Grand Final winning team.

Presentation Day award nominations

Presentation Day Awards - Sunday 23rd October 2011
Holroyd Rangers Soccer Club awards two special accolades to players in our club on Presentation Day.  We invite you to nominate players for the following awards.  

They will be awarded on our Presentation Day on Sunday October 23rd, but nominations must be in by Sunday 16th October.

Last year our whole Under 8s team was nominated for Code of Conduct awards due to their great sporting attitude (see pictured).  
Ultimately the award went to Chris Fenech from the U15s for his great teamwork, fairplay and overall exemplary attitude.

This year we have two awards: 

1. Player Code of Conduct Award. 

Anyone can nominate a player they feel worthy of this award. Players, parents, coaches can nominate a suitable player.

Do you have a player or team mate in your team who displays the following:

• Plays by the rules and understands the spirit of the game
• Plays fair
• Great attitude
• Teamwork
• Never argues with an official, coach, manager or team mate
• Controls temper and avoids verbal abuse, sledging or deliberately distracting or provoking an opponent
• Behaves respectfully towards players, coaches, referees, officials and spectators.

If so, nominate them for the Player Code of Conduct Award.  
Download the nomination form here:
Players Code of Conduct Award nomination form.

2. The A&V Gray Award for Best and Fairest Player
This is a new award, kindly donated by the Gray family.
This award can only be nominated by Coaches or Managers.
Please download the nomination form here to see the criteria
A&V Gray Award for Best and Fairest Player nomination form.

Nominations need to be in by Sunday 16th October to our email holroydrangers@hotmail.com

AGM and Presentation Day

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have had to change the date for our Annual General Meeting and Presentation Day.  It will now be held on Sunday 23rd Oct, and not 16th as previously advertised.

All Age Ladies div 5 gracious in Grand Final loss

Sun 11th:

Holroyd Rangers All Age Ladies div 5 team were gracious in defeat today losing their Grand Final 2-0 v Kellyville. A couple of good early shots on goal did not fall for us then Kellyville scored on the counter attack. The score remained at 1-0 for much of the match. We had 2 more good chances - a curling free kick from Shannon almost snuck in the near post, and a flicked high shot from Kacey almost caught their keeper napping.  It was not to be our day though because with 5 minutes left to play we were pushing forward in an attempt to grab a late goal when Kellyville snuck through for a 2nd goal. All the girls should hold their heads high for a fantastic season and should be proud of getting to the Grand Final. Well done on a great season - we are proud of you all.

 

Holroyd O35/7s win Grand Final

Sat 10th Sept:

Holroyd Rangers Over 35/7s team won their Grand Final defeating the minor premiers Parramatta City 1-0 to be crowned Grand Champions.  Well done team - well played and well deserved.

Unfortunately our U15s team lost their Grand Final 4-0 v Wenty Uniting. Hold your heads high boys for a great season and well done on getting into the Grand Final.

Help needed

We are hosting Grand Finals at Guildford West Sportsground on Sat 10th Sept.
We urgently need volunteers to help us out on the day.
If you can help, even if its just for an hour or so, please let us know by email to holroydrangers@hotmail.com and advise us what times you can assist.
Set up will be from 7am and the day will finish around 5pm.
Crucial times that we need more volunteers for are from 10am - 1pm.
Thanks. John. 0422 006 939

Grand Final Draw

Grand Final Draw has been posted on the GDSFA website.
Holroyd Rangers teams are playing at:

Sat 10th Sept:
U15 div 3 v Wenty Uniting at Princes Park #2, Princes Park Rd West, South Granville at 11:15am
Over 35 div 7 v Parramatta City at Coleman Park #3, Georges Ave, Lidcombe at 1:00pm

Sun 11th Sept:
All Age Ladies div 5 v Kellyville at Commercial Rd #2, Commercial Rd, Rouse Hill at 12:10pm

3 teams into Grand Finals!

Holroyd Rangers have a total of 3 teams through to the Grand Finals. Our U15s and O35/7s teams both won their Finals games to progress through to their Grand Finals which will be played on Sat 10th Sept - game details to be confirmed. They join our All Age Ladies 5s team who had already booked their place in the Grand Final which will be played on Sun 11th Sept - game details to be confirmed.

Finals Match Results

Sat 3rd Sept:

U15 div 3 v Auburn District Won 3-0
Will play v Wenty Uniting in the Grand Final on Sat 10th


O35 div 7 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 2-0
Will play v Parramatta City in the Grand Final on Sat 10th

O35 div 3 v Castle Hill United Loss 4-3 (in extra time)

U9s Gala Day

The Gala Day, held at Granville Park on Sunday 28 August, was thoroughly enjoyed by both players and parents alike. The U9 White team performed extremely well, given the hot weather and playing some teams from higher divisions. The day started on a high, with a win over Winston Hills Orange 3-1. The highlight of the game was William Bremner, who is usually the goalie in the U9 Grey team, scoring his first-ever goal. Game 2 against Castle Hill United Orange was tough and but the teams were evenly matched, reflected in the nil-all draw.

Game 3 versus Kellyville Knots was also tough, with goalies on both sides having great games A goal late in the game by Holroyd reduced the deficit to 2-1. Game 4, against Granville Waratah Brown, was very evenly matched. A great goal by Anthony in the second minute got Holroyd off to a strong start. Basel Georges scored two goals in the second half, with the latter taking the score to 3-2. But a goal by Granville in the dying minutes of the game robbed us of our second victory of the day, with a 3-3 result.

The final two games of the day were a ‘pot luck’ draws played after lunch. We drew two teams from higher divisions, Merrylands and Lidcombe. The entire team put in great efforts in both games, which was not reflected in the 0-4 and 1-3 scores.

Basel Georges was the team’s leading goal scorer for the day, with Anthony Elbazi not far behind. Goalie was rotated throughout the day, with a notable performances by Waseem Salim and Sebastian Hashim. Congratulations to all team members for putting in strong performances over a very long day, which also included Kyle Schembri, Alfie Laguzza, Amber Robertson, Saro Sorani and William Bremner.

Finals Draw

Sat 3rd Sept:
U15 div 3 v Auburn District at Rydalmere Park at 10:30am
O35 div 7 v Lidcombe Waratah at Rydalmere Park at 12:30pm
O35 div 3 v Castle Hill United at George Kendal Res #1, Ermington at 12:15pm

AAL5 through to Grand Finals

1-0 win to the AAL/5 against Castle Hill sees them go straight through to the Grand Finals.  The only Holroyd team to go straight to Grand Finals.
It was an exciting match to watch. 
Sara scored in the first 5 minutes of the match.  Holroyd continued to take shots and were pressing Castle Hills goals all first half.  Second half Castle Hill were at our goals a bit more.  However, Jess made some absolutely brillant saves that gave Holroyd the upper hand. The whole team worked hard to retain their lead but were tiring in the last 10 minutes.   While Castle Hill were in the Holroyd goal mouth quite a few times in those last 10 minutes Holroyd kept at it and with the help of Jess managed to shut the opposition down.
Congratulations Ladies we knew you could do it

3 out of 4 through to finals

Nailbiting finishes today in the race to the finals.

The 15/3s were down 3-1 at half-time.  Showing a lot of heart they then scored 3 goals in the second half and won 4-3.

The 16/2s scored the first goal of the match via a penalty handball call.  Guildford County then equalised.  Plenty of opportunities in extra time for both sides but no score.  Penalties seesawed with AJ making some magnificent saves.  It took 10 penalties to each side to get a result. Unfortunately we missed out.  The boys played valiantly and should hold their heads high.

The 35/3s were up 1 nil after scoring off a free kick.  The opposition scored early second half to equalise.  Then halfway through second half there was a handball by Granville Waratah in the penalty box clearly seen by the linesman.   Holroyd put the penalty away to go up 2-1 and this was the final score.

The 35/7s won 2-1.

Congratulations to the 15/3s, 35/3s and 35/7s all progress to the finals next Saturday.

We look forward to the result at Ladies 5s match tomorrow at Lidcombe at 3pm.

Semi-Final draw

Draw for our teams for semi-finals:
Sat 27th August:
U15 div 3 v Dundas at Coleman Park #2 Lidcombe at 11:15am
U16 div 2 v Guildford County at Progress Park #1 Auburn at 11:15am
O35 div 7 v Newington at Coleman Park #3 Lidcombe at 1:15pm
O35 div 3 v Granville Waratah at Curtis Oval #1 Dundas at 12:50pm
Sun 28th August:
All Age Ladies div 5 v Castle Hill RSL at Coleman Park #3 Lidcombe at 3:00pm

Finals Series

Revised dates for the finals series are:
Semi-Finals (1v2 and 3v4) - boys/mixed/men on Sat 27th Aug and girls/ladies on Sun 28th Aug
Finals (loser 1v2 v winner 3v4) - boys/mixed/men on Sat 3rd Sept and girls/ladies on Sun 4th Sept
Grand Final (winner 1v2 v winner of final) - boys/mixed/men on Sat 10th and Sun 11th Sept and girls/ladies on Sun 11th Sept 
Should there be further wash-outs then the format of the finals series will be altered.

Semi-Finals washed out

Semi Finals scheduled for Sat 20th and Sun 21st are washed out and postponed. No decision has been made as yet regarding how the finals series will progress. Various options are being considered by the Association.

Semi-Final ground changes

Due to wet weather and ground closures many semi-final games have been relocated:

Sat 20th August:
U15 div 3 v Dundas will now play at Rydalmere Park #3 at 11:15am
U16 div 2 v Guildford County - game is unchanged - Progress Park #1 at 11:15am
Over 35 div 7 v Newington will now play at Rydalmere Park #2 at 1:30pm

Sun 21st August:
Over 35 div 3 v Granville Waratah will now play at Guildford Park #2 at 1pm on Sun 21st
All Age Ladies div 5 v Castle Hill RSL - game is unchanged - Guildford West Sportsground #3 at 2:30pm

Semi-Final draw

Draw for our teams for semi-finals:
Sat 20th August:
U15 div 3 v Dundas at Coleman Park #2 Lidcombe at 11:15am
U16 div 2 v Guildford County at Progress Park #1 Auburn at 11:15am
O35 div 7 v Newington at Coleman Park #3 Lidcombe at 1:30pm
O35 div 3 v Granville Waratah at Curtis Oval #1 Dundas at 1:00pm
Sun 21st August:
All Age Ladies div 5 v Castle Hill RSL at Guildford West #3 at 2:30pm

Match results Sat 13th / Sun 14th August

Sat 14th August:

U6 vWenty Taipans
U9 Grey v Loss 14-0
U9 White v
U14 div 2 v North Rocks Won 2-1
U15 div 3 v Auburn District Draw 3-3
U16 div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 3-0
Over 35 div 7 v Newington Won 4-3
Over 35 div 3 v Baulkham Hills Draw 1-1
Senior 3 v Greystanes Black Loss 7-1

Sun 14th August:

U16 Girls div 1 v Pendle Hill Loss 3-0
All Age Ladies div 5 v Winston Hills Black Won 7-1
All Age Ladies div 3 v Wenty Waratah Loss 4-0
All Age Ladies div 2 v Castle Hill RSL Black Loss 3-2

Match results Tue 9th August

Round 10 catch up game
Over 35 div 3 v Toongabbie Won 4-1

Round 11 catch up game
All Age Ladies div 2 v Rydalmere FC Loss 2-1

Match results Mon 8th August

Round 11 catch up game
All Age Ladies div 5 v Pendle Hill Won 3-0

Round 14 catch up game
All Age Ladies div 3 v Guildford County Won 2-1

Match results Sat 6th / Sun 8th August

Sat 6th:
Round 17 games:
U6 v
U9 Grey v Wenty Waratah
U9 White v Merrylands SFC
U14 div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 2-0
U15 div 3 v Toongabbie Won 6-1
U16 div 2 v Winston Hills Loss 2-1
O35 div 7 v Rouse Hill Won on Forfeit
O35 div 3 v Castle Hill United Draw 1-1
Senior 3 v Wenty Waratah

Sun 7th:
Round 17 games:
U16 Girls div 1 v Kellyville Won 2-0
All Age Ladies div 5 v Winston Hills White Won 5-2
All Age Ladies div 5 v Pendle Hill Draw 0-0
All Age Ladies div 2 v Castle Hill RSL White

Round 10 catch up games:
U14 div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 1-0
O35 div 7 v Kellyville Won on Forfeit
Senior 3 v Merrylands SFC

Match results Sat 30th / Sun 31st July

Sat 30th July: U6 v Wenty Goannas U9 Grey v North Rocks Loss 7-1 U9 White v Winston Hills Won 8-0 U14 div 2 v Baulkham Hills Loss 3-1 U15 div 3 v Dundas Draw 2-2 U16 div 2 v Parramatta City Lost 4-0 O35 div 7 v Lidcombe Waratah Loss 3-2 O35 div 3 v Kellyville Black Won 3-1 Senior 3 v Greystanes White Loss 7-0 Sun 31st July: U9 White v Greystanes Won 1-0 U16 Girls div 1 v Winston Hills Loss 3-0 All Age Ladies div 5 v Rouse Hill Draw 1-1 All Age Ladies div 3 v Dundas Loss 2-0 All Age Ladies div 2 v Merrylands SFC Won 2-1

Focus on Under 14s

The Under 14s have come up from playing in Division 3 last year,  to U14 div 2 this year.
 
They have improved throughout the season while adjusting to the higher division.

Initially Mark coached the team but due to some extra work commitments he was unable to continue.  Fortunately, Dave, dad of Jesse, who had coached the team in  previous years offered to coach the team again.

Vicki, mum of Paul, has been managing the team for many years.  Vicki has also coached or managed many different teams at Holroyd Rangers in different age groups. Vicki is also a long serving Committee member.

Some ex players have returned to the team after a break trying other sports.  The team also have some new players.

An example of their improvement during the season:  their first competition points for the season was when they drew with Winston Hills.  Then the second time they met Winston Hills they won 2-0, making that their first win for the season.

All games this weekend washed out

Due to persistent rain and field closures all games this weekend Sat 23rd and Sun 24th July have been washed out.  The Association will review and decide whether these games will be made up.

Match results Sat 16th / Sun 17th July

Sat 16th July:

U6 v Wenty
U9 White v Castle Hill RSL Loss 8-1
U9 Grey v Rydalmere FC Loss 13-0
U14 div 2 v Winston Hills Won 2-0
U15 div 3 v Greystanes Draw 3-3
U16 div 2 v North Rocks Won 7-0

Due to players away we turned up with 9 only to find they also had 9. We quickly took the ascendancy and controlled the game from beginning to end playing a superb passing game. 5-0 at the half but NR toughened up 2nd half and kept the score respectable when a blow-out threatened. Great to see some nice finishing from Omar (3), Huss (2), Chris and Sonthy. Chris, Ryan and Scott played really well, and AJ pulled off a couple of nice saves late in the game to keep a clean sheet. Great to see the 1-2 passing from the boys.

Over 35 div 7 v Granville Kewpies Won 5-1
Over 35 div 3 v Granville Waratah Won 3-1
Down 1-0 at the break we stuck to our game plan and ground out a terrific win with 3 well taken headed goals in the 2nd half. Unofficial ref was fair and did a good job. Inspirational game from the Capt.

Senior 3 v Rydalmere FC Draw 1-1

Sun 17th July:

U16 Girls div 1 v Baulkham Hills Draw 2-2
All Age Ladies div 5 v Ermington Won 6-0
All Age Ladies div 3 v Guildford County
Game abandoned due to injury and to be replayed (we wish Jess a speedy recovery)

All Age Ladies div 2 v Pendle Hill Black Loss 5-3

Mon 18th July:

All Age Ladies div 5 v Granville Kewpies Won 11-0
(Round 13 catch up match)

Focus on Under 15s

The Under 15s division 3 team have a squad of 16 players, coached by Shawn and managed by Paul. The team is fortunate to also have ongoing coaching assistance from Ingrid and Gary.

Many parents from this team are also active in the operation of the club. Julie, Paul, Gary, Michelle and Sharon are on committee, Shawn does the line marking on our fields and John (past Club President) is on our Parks committee, and his wife Amanda who is always willing to volunteer in canteen or help out in any other capacity.

A majority of the boys have been together as a team for many years under the continued coaching of Shawn with some of them having played with Rangers for over 10 years. Their numbers have been strengthened with some new players this year.


In previous years the boys have reached Grand Finals but the Champion trophy has eluded them.

They are hoping that this will be their year. They are currently third on the table.

See more photos of this team on our Holroyd Rangers Facebook page.

Focus on Under 9 Greys

The Under 9 Greys are coached by Rodney and managed by Ian and train together with the Under 9 Whites.  Ian as well as Rodney play for our O35/7 team. Ian's son plays in goals for the Greys.

Recently the Greys team needed a few more players.  Both the Grey and White teams took on the challenge and with the help of some colourful flyers produced by Paul Jones from our committee they helped signed up some extra players.

The Greys have a couple of players that are playing above their age in this team with also 2 girls in the team.

They play 7 a side football with smaller fields and modified rules.  There are mainly new players in this team with a few who have played with Holroyd Rangers before.

Rodney is doing a lot of work with them in preparation for next years change to the big field for those moving to Under 10's.

Match results Sat 9th / Sun 10th July

Sat 9th July:

U6 v Guildford Loss 7-1
U9 Grey v Winston Hills Black Won 5-4
U9 White v Kellyville Draw 1-1
U14 div 2 v Lidcombe Waratah Draw 2-2
U15 div 3 v Kellyville Won 2-1
U16 div 2 v Wenty Waratah Won 7-0
A one-sided game and an easy win. Not pretty but 3 points and good for our goal difference. Wenty a great bunch of guys to play against.

Over 35 div 7 v Parramatta City Won 2-1
Over 35 div 3 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 3-2
Another win over the Goats in a similar fashion to the first. We hit the ground running and went up 2-0 inside 10 minutes with great finishes from our 2 strikers. LW consolidated and grabbed a goal late 1st half after holding a lot of possession. Mid-2nd half we grabbed our 3rd before they hit back with a late goal of their own and then pressed hard for the equalizer. We toughed it out defensively and grabbed a valuable 3 points.

Senior 3 v Winston Hills Loss 1-0

Sun 10th July:

U16 Girls div 1 v Kellyville Loss 2-1
All Age Ladies div 5 vKellyville Draw 0-0
All Age Ladies div 3 v Pendle Hill Won 2-0
A terrific game to watch with our experience triumphing over their youth. Nicely placed goals from Ness and Claire (some would even say spectacular) with great lead up work from Sherrie. Great play in the centre of the park from Mel and Rochelle, and Amy was terrific in goals. 

All Age Ladies div 2 v  Auburn FC Won 4-0

Parramatta FC train with our U16s

Parramatta FC U16s visited Holroyd Rangers tonight to train with our U16s team.

The Parramatta FC coaches took both teams through their pre game warm up routine, did a series of drills for improving ballwork and movement and then organised a game.

Afterwards everyone enjoyed a free sausage sizzle.

Holroyd Rangers was very impressed with Parramatta FC's professionalism, friendliness and willingness to share their knowledge.

Our U16's boys described it as awesome.

Thanks Parramatta FC.

Match results Sat 2nd / Sun 3rd July

Sat 2nd July:

U6
U9 Grey v Winston Hills White Loss on forfeit
U9 White v Toongabbie Loss 2-1
U14 div 2 v Granville Waratah Loss 7-0
U15 div 3 v Wenty Uniting Loss 4-2
U16 div 2 v Guildford County Loss 1-0
Despite us having 10 players it was an even game for the most part and both teams had a chance or 2 to score in the 2nd half. GC finally put 1 away with 10 min to go and that proved the difference. Need to pick up our fitness levels to tough out the final minutes in tight games like this.

O35 div 7 v North Rocks Won 6-1
O35 div 3 v Greystanes Won 9-0
Greys with only 9 were always going to struggle. When Shearers shot hit their keeper and he fumbled it over the line the floodgates were opened. Nice to see a few of our lads getting on the scoresheet. Game played in tremendous spirits.

Senior 3 v Baulkham Hills Won 7-2

Sun 3rd July:

U16 Girls div 1 v Castle Hill United Loss 3-1
All Age Ladies div 5 v Granville Kewpie Game deferred
All Age Ladies div 3 v Castle Hill RSL Loss 6-0
All Age Ladies div 2 v Winston Hills Loss 3-1

Match results Sat 25th / Sun 26th June

Sat 25th:
U6 v Guildford County Loss 10-0
U9 Grey v Rouse Hill Won 10-1
U9 White - bye
U14 div 2 v North Rocks Loss 3-1
U15 div 3 v Auburn District Draw 2-2
U16 div 2 v Wenty Uniting Won 1-0
O35 div 7 v Baulkham Hills
O35 div 3 v Kellyville White Loss 4-1
Senior 3 v Granville Rage Loss 3-2

Sun 26th:
U16G div 1 v Castle Hill RSL Loss 4-1
All Age Ladies div 5 v Kellyville Loss 2-0
All Age Ladies div 3 v Greystanes Won 2-0
All Age Ladies div 2 v Auburn FC Won 3-0

Games this weekend

All games this weekend Sat 18th and Sun 19th June are off due to field closures.

Focus on Under 9 White

The Under 9 White team trains together with our Under 9 Grey team, and both teams are coached by Rodney. U9s play 7-a-side football on smaller fields with modified rules. The White team consists of some players from last years U8s team, as well as some new players to the club.

Rodney's plan for this year is for the players to improve their soccer skills, develop their positional play, and improve their teamwork, with a view towards moving to the U10s and playing on the full field next season.  So far this season the Whites have had 4 wins and 4 losses and are enjoying their soccer.

Rodney has been associated with our club for several years, previously coaching one of our girls teams. His daughter Maddi coaches our U6s team and his daughter Lauren plays in our Ladies div 3 team, and Rodney himself plays in our Over 35 div 7 team. The whole family including Rodney's wife Corinne are committed volunteers at our club. Kyle's dad volunteers to referee most of the home games and Ian is the teams manager. We wish the U9 White team the best of luck for the rest of the 2011 season and look forward to them coming back as part of U10s team on the full field next year.

Look out for a Focus on the Under 9 Grey team coming soon!