All Age Ladies div 5 and All Age Ladies div 2 2008 Grand Champions

Congratulations to Holroyd Rangers All Age Ladies div 5 and All Age Ladies div 2 teams, both winning their Grand Finals to become Grand Champions for 2008.

All Age Ladies div 5 v Baulkham Hills Won 1-0 in extra time

All Age Ladies div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 4-2

U9's and Senior 6's 2008 Grand Champions

Congratulations to Holroyd Rangers U9's and Senior 6 teams, both winning their Grand Finals to become Grand Champions for 2008. Commiserations to our U10's who lost their Grand Final game.

U9 div 2 v Greystanes Won 1-0

U10 div 5 v St Josephs Rydalmere Loss 4-3 in extra time

Senior 6 v Granville Kewpies Won 1-0

Grand Final games at Guildford West Sportsground

Saturday 30th August:

Field 1:

U12 div 3 - Toongabbie v Castle Hill United at 8:30am

U13 div 4 - Kellyville v Castle Hill United at 9:45am

U15 div 3 - Pendle Hill v Dundas at 11:15am

O35 div 5 - Winston Hills Black v Kellyville at 12:30pm

Senior 9 - Dundas v Winston Hills Black at 2:45pm

Field 2:

U11 div 4 - Dundas Black v Lidcombe Waratah at 8:30am

U12 div 5 - Granville Kewpies v Auburn District at 9:45am

U14 div 4 - Kellyville v Baulkham Hills at 11:00am

U16 div 2 - Kellyville v Greystanes at 12:30pm

O35 div 4 - Dundas v North Rocks at 2:30pm

Grand Final draw for Holroyd Rangers teams

Saturday 30th August:

U9 div 2 - Holroyd Rangers v Greystanes at Rydalmere Park #3, South St, Rydalmere at 8:30am

U10 div 5 - St Josephs v Holroyd Rangers at Ray Marshall Res #1, Erie St, South Granville at 8:45am

Senior 6 - Holroyd Rangers v Granville Kewpies at Robin Thomas Res #2, Harris St, Parramatta at 12:00

Sunday 31st August:

All Age Ladies div 5 - Holroyd Rangers v Baulkham Hills at Eric Mobbs Res #4, Excelsior St, Castle Hill at 10:30am

All Age Ladies div 2 - Holroyd Rangers v Pendle Hill at Eric Mobbs Res #3, Excelsior St, Castle Hill at 12:15pm

Finals Match Results

Saturday 23rd August:

U10 div 5 v Guildford County Won 1-0 Our U10's progress to the Grand Final on Sat 30th Aug

U12 div 4 v North Rocks Draw 2-2 (Loss 3-1 on penalties)

Sunday 24th August:

U12 Girls div 1 v Pendle Hill Loss 6-0

Finals draw

Saturday 23rd August:

U10 div 5 - Guildford County (2nd) v Holroyd Rangers (3rd) at Fred Caterson #3, Gilbert Rd, Castle Hill at 8:30am

U12 div 4 - Holroyd Rangers (2nd) v North Rocks (4th) at Fred Caterson #3, Gilbert Rd, Castle Hill at 9:45am

Sunday 24th August:

U12 girls div 1 - Pendle Hill (2nd) v Holroyd Rangers (4th) at Rydalmere Park #1, South St, Rydalmere at 9:00am

Semi-Final Match Results

4 teams straight into Grand Finals! 3 teams into Finals.

Saturday 16th August:

U9 div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 2-1 Our U9's progress straight to the Grand Final on 30th Aug.

U10 div 5 v Castle Hill RSL Won 2-0 Our U10's progress to the Final on 23rd Aug.

U12 div 4 v Rouse Hill Rams Loss 2-1 Our U12's will play in the Final on 23rd Aug.

Senior 6 v Pendle Hill Won 4-2 Our Senior 6 team progress straight to the Grand Final on 30th Aug.

Sunday 17th August:

U12 Girls div 1 v Wenty Waratah Won 2-2 (2-0 on penalties) Our U12 girls progress to the Final on 24th Aug.

U16 Girls div 2 v Baulkham Hills Loss 1-0


All Age Ladies div 5 v Baulkham Hills Won 3-0 Our AAL/5's progress straight to the Grand Final on 31st Aug.

All Age Ladies div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 2-1 Our AAL/2's progress straight to the Grand Final on 31st Aug.

Semi-Final Draw

Semi-Finals games for Holroyd Rangers teams for Saturday 16th August:

U9's - Holroyd Rangers (1st) v Castle Hill United (2nd) at Ted Horwood #2, Park Rd, Baulkham Hills at 8:30am amended 13/08/08 7:20pm

U10's - Holroyd Rangers (3rd) v Castle Hill RSL (4th) at Webbs Ave #1, Auburn at 8:30am

U12's - Rouse Hill Rams (1st) v Holroyd Rangers (2nd) at George Kendall Reserve #2, Trumble Ave Ermington at 8:30am

Senior 6's - Holroyd Rangers (1st) v Pendle Hill (2nd) at Ted Horwood #2, Park Rd, Baulkham Hills at 12:30pm

Semi-Finals games for Holroyd Rangers teams for Sunday 17th August:

U12 girls - Wenty Waratah (3rd) v Holroyd Rangers (4th) at Ted Burge Sportsground #1, Centenary Rd, South Wentworthville at 8:30am

U16 girls - Baulkham Hills (3rd) v Holroyd Rangers (4th) at Colquhoun Park, Lavinia St, South Granville at 9:15am

All Age Ladies 5's - Holroyd Rangers (1st) v Baulkham Hills (2nd) at Ted Burge Sportsground #2, Centenary Rd, South Wentworthville at 11:00am

All Age Ladies 2's - Holroyd Rangers (1st) v Pendle Hill (2nd) at Colquhoun Park, Lavinia St, South Granville at 2:45pm

Team Standings

Congratulations to all our teams that qualified for the Semi-Finals.

Our U9's, Senior 6's, AAL/5's and AAL/2's all finished as Minor Premiers in their respective competitions. Our U10's, U12's, U12 girls and U16 girls
also all qualified for the Semi-Finals.

Good luck to all of our teams in the Finals.

Final positions for all of our teams:
U9 div 2 - 1st (Holroyd Rangers team with the most wins [13 from 16] and least number of goals scored against them [9])
U10 div 5 - 3rd
U11 div 2 - 6th
U12 div 4 - 2nd
U13 div 3 - 8th
U16 div 2 - 7th
O35 div 4 - 8th
O35 div 5 - 7th
Senior 3 - 5th
Senior 6 - 1st (Holroyd Rangers team with highest goals for [56] and highest goal difference [+40])
U12 girls div 1 - 4th
U14 girls div 1 - 8th
U16 girls div 2 - 4th
All Age Ladies div 5 - 1st (Holroyd Rangers team with most comp points [43 from possible 48])
All Age Ladies div 2 - 1st

Not forgetting our other teams who do not get to play Finals football - our U6's, U7's and U8's.
We hope you enjoyed your season with us at Holroyd Rangers.

Round 18 match results

Sat 9th / Sun 10th Aug

U6 Holroyd v Guildford

U7 Orange v Rouse Hill Rams Black

U8 Blue v Baulkham Hills Blue

U8 Red v Greystanes

U9 div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 4-1

U10 div 5 v Castle Hill United Won 1-0

U11 div 2 v Winston Hills Draw 1-1

U12 div 4 v Baulkham Hills Won 6-1

U13 div 3 v Guildford County Won 2-1

U16 div 2 v Baulkham Hills Won 2-0

O35 div 4 v Dundas United Loss 4-1

O35 div 5 v Winston Hills Black Loss 5-0

Senior 3 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 5-3

Senior 6 v Dundas United Won 4-2

U12 girls div 1 v Rouse Hill Rams Won 3-0

U14 girls div 1 v Pendle Hill Loss 7-0

U16 girls div 2 v Castle Hill RSL White Loss 3-0

All Age Ladies div 5 v Guildford County Won 3-2

All Age Ladies div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 4-1

Round 17 match results

Sat 2nd / Sun 3rd Aug

U6 Holroyd Black v Holroyd Green

U7 Orange - bye

U8 Blue v Ermington United

U8 Red v Wenty Waratah

U9 div 2 v Merrylands SFC Won 4-1

U10 div 5 - bye

U11 div 2 v Baulkham Hills Loss 2-0

U12 div 4 v Rouse Hill Rams Loss 3-2

U13 div 3 v Winston Hills Loss 2-1

U16 div 2 v Castle Hill United Loss 5-0

O35 div 4 v Ermington United Loss 2-1

O35 div 5 v Granville Kewpies Draw 4-4

Senior 3 v Baulkham Hills Won 3-0

Senior 6 v St Josephs Won 6-1

U12 girls div 1 v Wenty Waratah Draw 0-0

U14 girls div 1 v Winston Hills Loss 2-1

U16 girls div 2 v Guildford County Won by Forfeit

All Age Ladies div 5 - bye

All Age Ladies div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 4-0

Round 16 match results

Sat 26th / Sun 27th July

U6 Holroyd Black v Holroyd Green

The other 2 clubs called their U6 games off due to the wet weather but
at HR we like our players to play as much soccer as possible.  So we
scheduled our 2 teams to play each other at home and it was a terrific
game enjoyed by all.  In an even game it was great to see everyone have
fun and try hard.  The highlight had to be Jesse scoring 2 goals.

U7 Orange v St Josephs

U8 Blue v Rouse Hill Rams Loss 3-0

U8 Red v Winston Hills Black Loss 6-2

U9 div 2 v Lidcombe Waratah Draw 1-1

U10 div 5 v Castle Hill RSL Loss 1-0

U11 div 2 v Kellyville Draw 0-0

U12 div 4 v Pendle Hill Draw 3-3

U13 div 3 v North Rocks Loss 6-0

U16 div 2 v Greystanes Loss 3-1

O35 div 4 v North Rocks Loss 3-1

O35 div 5 v Greystanes Loss 4-1

Senior 3 v PCYC Parramatta Draw 1-1

Senior 6 v Granville Kewpies Loss 5-2

U12 Girls div 1 v Beaumont Hills Loss 4-0

U14 Girls div 1 v Beaumont Hills Loss 4-0

U16 Girls div 2 v Pendle Hill Draw 2-2

Nice to score some goals and get a draw after 2 losses.  Our 1st half
was very slow, we were too bunched and watched the ball instead of
attacking it.  Consequently we soon found ourselves a goal down.  Some
nice efforts on goal from Daniela, Emily & Mel were unlucky until
Rochelle's strike from the 18 yard line was hit low & wide to make it
1-1 at half-time.  2nd half we played better and had much more of the
run of play.  A counter attack from PH saw their striker run through
from near halfway (a dubious offside position but the referee didn't
call it so we must play the whistle) and placed it wide of Megan as she
came out from goal.  The equalizer came from Mel wide on the left when
she neatly tucked her shot low into the far corner.  Our shots later in
the game were unlucky not to go in, we just need to hit them a bit
harder or place them a little better.  Good general play from everyone,
but we need to mark players tighter and challenge for the loose ball,
and stay spread out.  Twice we came back from being a goal behind so it
shows we can get back into games even if we go behind.  Great game from
Rebekah at centre back, our player of the match, tracking back to run
down the ball numerous times under pressure from their attack and often
turning the ball back up the field to our midfield.

All Age Ladies div 5 v Rouse Hill Rams Won 4-1

All Age Ladies div 2 v St Josephs Won 3-0

Round 15 match results

Sat 19th / Sun 20th July

U6 Holroyd Green v Guildford Blue
U6 Holroyd Black v PCYC White
Ahmad played well today with great determination. Jesse with some solid defending. Jamal ran and tackled well. Maddison improves each week but needs to attack the ball more. Fayez always has a smile on his face and is improving. Waseem and Patrick read the game well and both can defend as well as score goals. Kiara has only played a few games but is getting better with every game. A great effort from all players.

U7 Orange v Castle Hill United Black

U8 Blue v Wenty Waratah Blue Won 4-1

U8 Red v Castle Hill United Red

U9 div 2 v Castle Hill RSL Won 2-0

U10 div 5 v Baulkham Hills Won 11-2

U11 div 2 v Pendle Hill Draw 1-1

U12 div 4 v Wenty Waratah White Won 1-0

U13 div 3 v Dundas Loss 5-1

U16 div 2 v Kellyville Loss 3-1

O35 div 4 v Lidcombe Waratah Black Loss 7-1
Too good for us in every area but we did score the best goal of the 8. We also hit the bar twice and the keeper made a good save from the Slow Fox in the 2nd half. A couple of tempers flared but overall a good hard game. [Courtesy of Slow Fox]

O35 div 5 v Winston Hills White Draw 3-3

Senior 3 v Winston Hills Loss 1-0

Senior 6 v Greystanes Won 5-0

U12 Girls div 1 v Castle Hill RSL Loss 2-1

U14 Girls div 1 v Castle Hill RSL Loss 3-2

U16 Girls div 2 v Winston Hills Loss 2-0
Our 8 players battled bravely against WH 11 + 4 subs. Some terrific play 1st half saw Emily with a few breaks towards goal and Lauren also getting up into the penalty box. Katelyn with some good passing in midfield and Natalia and Heather with good anticipation and clearance kicks from the backs. Natasha with a terrific snap shot on goal that was only thwarted by a sharp reflex grab from their keeper - excellent stuff, we need more shots 0n goal like this. Alas with only 8 the girls quickly tired. The 2nd half we spent long periods defending in our half, making the occasional run forward. The score could have been worse except for solid defending at centre back from Rochelle, a worthy player of the match.

All Age Ladies div 5 v Winston Hills Won 6-0

All Age Ladies div 2 v Kellyville Won 2-1

Round 12 catch up games match results

Games played on Sunday 6th July

U12 div 4 v Winston Hills Loss 1-0

O35 div 4 v Lidcombe Waratah White Loss 2-0
Hard and good game from both sides with Lid scoring both in the 2nd half. Both sides had chances but didn’t take them and that has a lot to do with the positions on the table. [Courtesy of Slow Fox]

Round 9 catch up game match result

Played on Thursday 26th June

U12 girls div 1 v Rouse Hill Rams Won 3-1

Round 14 match results

Sat 5th / Sun 6th July

U6 Holroyd Black v PCYC Red
U6 Holroyd Green v Guildford Gold
With players away from all teams some of the kids are playing in both games. Great game from Ahmad, Amber, Jamal, Jesse, Maddison, Patrick and our new player Kiara. Kiara was upset she didn’t score a goal but she has a strong kick and if she keeps trying she is sure to get one soon. Tackling and timing is getting better, but we all need to concentrate on the game. We have to score goals for us and stop the other team from scoring goals. Keep up the good efforts.

U7 Orange v Dundas

U8 Blue v Pendle Hill

U8 Red v Pendle Hill Loss 9-0

U9 div 2 v Greystanes Won 2-0

U10 div 5 v Pendle Hill Won 4-0

U11 div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 5-2

U12 div 4 v Wenty Waratah Black Won 1-0

U13 div 3 v Lidcombe Falcons Won 2-1

U16 div 2 v Pendle Hill Draw 0-0

O35 div 4 v Baulkham Hills Loss 5-0
Hard and enjoyable game with BH a little slow to start and we had a few chances but unable to take advantage. 1-0 at half time. 2nd half BH had more control, 2nd goal was a penalty and the last 3 came in the last 10 minutes. Excellent performance from the Rangers and the result probably flattered BH a bit - I thought 3-0 was a fair result but that’s the way it is when the spoon is in your hand. [Courtesy of Slow Fox]

O35 div 5 v St Josephs Black Loss 5-1

Senior 3 v Parramatta City Won 6-2

Senior 6 - bye

U12 girls div 1 v Castle Hill United Draw 2-2

U14 girls div 1 v Castle Hill United Draw 0-0

U16 girls div 2 v St Josephs Loss 4-0
If we don’t finish off our goals and if we don’t mark our players in defence this result is what happens. Too many defensive errors saw us concede soft goals. Lots of scoring chances all game long, but we did not take the chances when we had them. How different the game would have been if we’d put away 2 goals in the 1st half – we certainly had 2 great chances to do so. 2nd half again we had at least 4 good chances. If we get the ball into the 18 yard box take the first good shot at goal you can and strike it well - often you can catch the goalie off guard or get a deflection. I say it every week – to score goals we have to take shots. We created many chances but really only had 2-3 shots on goal – that’s not enough. 2nd half we tired with 10 players but they only had 11. Player of the match was Lauren for a great game at left back. Think about it – mark your players in defence, and take your shots in attack. We have a great team who can achieve great things but we have to do the basics right.

AAL div 5 v Wenty Waratah Won 5-0

AAL div 2 v Wenty Waratah Loss 3-2

Round 12 catch up games

Washed out Round 12 games will be played as follows:

Sunday 6th July:

U8 Red v Lidcombe Waratah at Coleman Park #3, Georges Ave, Lidcombe

U12 div 4 v Winston Hills at McCoy Park #1, McCoy St, Toongabbie

O35 div 4 v Lidcombe Waratah White at Coleman Park #2, Georges Ave, Lidcombe at 1:00pm

Sunday 20th July:

Senior 6 v Pendle Hill at Binalong Oval #2, Binalong Rd, Toongabbie at 3:00pm

Soccer-a-thon!

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Round 13 match results

Sat 28th / Sun 29th June

U/6 Holroyd Black v Guildford Blue
U/6 Holroyd Green v PCYC Red

With players away sick and some that did turn up also sick we used all 7 players in both games and rotated them as subs. Both games were well played with many goals being scored by both teams. Waseem and Patrick both scored multiple goals. Amber went close but overran the ball, and Jamal and Jesse both pulled off some great tackles. Maddison battled bravely until she went home sick and Ahmad continues to improve.

U/7 Orange v Rouse Hill Rams

U/8 Blue v Castle Hill United Blue Won 2-0

U/8 Red v Merrylands SFC Red

U/9 div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 2-1

U/10 div 5 v St Josephs Draw 1-1

U/11 div 2 v Merrylands SFC Won 3-0

U/12 div 4 v North Rocks Won 5-1

U/13 div 3 v Castle Hill RSL Red Loss 1-0

U/16 div 2 - bye

O35 div 4 v Kellyville Loss 6-3

A good game played in good spirits. The past 2 games we've scored plenty of goals but need to strengthen our defence if we're going to be competitive. Fox was hoping to get on the score sheet with a nice strike from outside the box that went just wide - we won't talk about the one off the melon . . . [Courtesy of MrAliB]

AliB you scored with no good luck charm. It was good to see our midfield & forwards getting a chance on goal for a change. I think our stand-in keeper Eddie the Big Bottomed Wombat needs to stay on the park & just use his feet. Hopefully our number 1 keeper is back on Sat & Sun. Mr Hop played his first full game for 8 weeks & looked like he was going to explode. When is he having that baby? He’s been preggers for 10 years now. [Courtesy of Slow Fox]

O35 div 5 v Kellyville Loss 2-1

Senior 3’s v Castle Hill RSL Loss 2-1

Senior 6’s v Toongabbie Won 9-2

U/12 Girls div 1 v Winston Hills Won 1-0

U/14 Girls div 1 - bye

U/16 Girls div 2 v Baulkham Hills Loss 5-1

1st half we looked pretty good, creating lots of chances, but just could not score. Emily had a couple of breakaway runs but their sweeper kept enough pressure on that the shots went wide. Late in the half Mel had a tap in from close range but lifted it just over the bar. BH responded with a goal right on half-time. Obviously the half-time talk did very little as BH scored again soon after the break and then bundled in 3 more. Only the BH goal struck from range over Megan’s head was a shot of any quality, but we still allowed the other 4 goals to go in. Our goal was a late consolation when Mel neatly placed her shot into the corner giving their goalie no chance. Too many of our passes went to BH players instead of ours. We did not use the width of the park and ended up bunched in the middle, stifling our free-flowing play and preventing us from playing through balls to our strikers. BH got the ball in front of our goal and we sagged back and did not clear it, allowing them to score most of their goals from scrambles in front of goals. Learn from this girls – do the basics well and good things happen, mess up the basics and it’s a struggle. A good first game from our new player Heather. Rochelle put in a good performance in the midfield and later at centre back to earn the player of the match.

AAL div 5 v Baulkham Hills Won 2-1

AAL div 2 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 5-2

Wash outs and July school holidays

At the June Granville Association meeting it was agreed that Rounds 4 and 10 are washed out and will not be replayed.

No games will be scheduled for the middle weekend of the July school holidays - Sat 12th / Sun 13th July.