Junior Football Scholarships

McDonald’s and Football NSW are searching for the next rising junior football stars with the launch of $16,000 worth of Junior Football Scholarships.

Applications for McDonald’s Junior Football Scholarships are administered by Football NSW Associations with a panel of Football NSW High Performance Unit Officers selecting the winners.

The winners will be awarded to both talented players and those aiming to develop their football skills and ability.

Scholarships are awarded to players who have shown great improvement and have achieved significant honours in their football career or simply have aspirations to improve their game. Applicants are asked to explain how the scholarship will benefit them and to detail any recent success they have had on the field.

The scholarships are a reflection of the continued support for Junior Development that McDonald’s provide to Football NSW each year and are available to players aged between 10 and 17 years of age.

Applications for the scholarship grants are now open and will close on Friday 22nd May 2009.

Click here to go to the Football NSW information and download the application form

Round 3 games

Round 3 games for HR teams: (modified 01/05/09)

Saturday 2nd May
U6/A v Wenty Waratah U6/A at Guildford West Sportsground at 9:45am
U6/B v Wenty Waratah U6/E at Guildford West Sportsground at 9:00am
U7 v Wenty Waratah U7/A at Guildford West Sportsground at 10:30am
U8 Purple v Baulkham Hills at Ted Horwood Res #1B at 11:40am
U9 div 3 v St Johns at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 10:00am
U12 div 3 v Castle Hill RSL at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 10:00am
U13 div 4 v Pendle Hill at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 11:00am
U14 div 4 at North Rocks at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 11:00am
U18 div 1 v St Josephs at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 1:00pm
O45 div 1 v Kellyville at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 1:15pm
O35 div 6 v Parramatta City at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 3:00pm
Senior 3 v St Josephs at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 3:00pm
Senior 4 v Wenty Waratah at Ted Burge Sportsground #1 at 3:00pm

Sunday 3rd May
U14G div 1 v Winston Hills at McCoy Park #1 at 10:10am
U16G div 2 v Winston Hills at Max Ruddock Reserve #2 at 11:30am
AAL div 4 v Wenty Waratah at North Rocks Park #1 at 1:15pm
AAL div 2 v Wenty Waratah Black at McCoy Park #1 at 3:00pm

Round 2 match results

U6/A v Wenty Waratah U6/E Won 7-6

U6/B v Wenty Waratah U6/H Won 9-1

U7 v Merrylands SFC U7/D Loss 6-3
2 goals to Kyle Schembri and 1 goal to Amber Robertson

U8 Purple v Castle Hill United Loss 1-0

U9 div 3 v Baulkham Hills Draw 1-1

U12 div 3 v Wenty Waratah Loss 5-1

U13 div 4 v Wenty Waratah Loss 7-2
Difficult in windy conditions the game was tight in the first half. Wenty had the wind at their backs and scored twice from many attempts. We scored late in the first half with a well structured attack finished by Tyler. Second half saw 6 goals, another well put together build up finished by Nathan. Our goals were constantly under attack swallowing the ball 5 more times. Despite the score it was universally agreed that keeper Alex was man of the match. His commitment, determination and reflexes kept the deficit from reaching the high teens. Our defensive structure will be a priority at next training. (Paul – Manager)

U14 div 4 v Castle Hill United Loss 3-2

U18 div 1 v Castle Hill United Loss 3-0

O45 div 1 v Baulkham Hills Won 3-0

O35 div 6 v Lidcombe Waratah Draw 2-2
A bit of a see-sawing match with Holroyd going ahead 1-0 midway through the first half and keeping that lead at half time. A good goal scored by Ace for the Rangers. Lidcombe came back strongly then and put in a couple including one from a free kick about 15 yards outside the penalty box courtesy of a free kick. It sailed over our keeper's arms who was temporarily blinded by the sun. Thankfully we got one back to level the score and had a last gasp effort just minutes before time when Ace pulled out his sand wedge and somehow chipped it over the bar from inside the six yard box. But he could be forgiven considering he scored both our goals. A good match played in good spirits! (Match report courtesy of Mr Ali B)

Senior 3 v Wenty Waratah Loss 2-1

Senior 4 v Baulkham Hills Loss 2-0

U14 Girls div 1 v Beaumont Hills Loss 1-0

U16 Girls div 2 v Lidcombe Waratah Loss 2-1
An ordinary first half, our girls with few exceptions sat back and did not tackle or challenge for the ball. Lidcombe with a lucky early goal when they chipped it into the wind, Megan was slightly off her line and the ball went over her and under the bar. Their 2nd goal was more from our poor marking - girls, when we leave players with too much space or unmarked in front of goal then they score against us. Adriana with a chance late in the half when she was given the ball around the 18-yard line but the shot was rushed - make the first touch to set the ball up for your 2nd shot to be a good shot on goal. Second half the girls came out fired up and we were probably the better team. We got back an early goal through some nice passing in the midfield which Sheri finished nicely. We created a few more half chances but could not convert anything. The pleasing thing was how much better our tackling and defensive effort was in the 2nd half, not letting Lidcombe control the ball at all. Give the passes a little earlier and don't wait until they shut down your passing options. Good play in midfield from Natasha and Kacey, and some nice runs from Sarah P. DJ earned player of the match with her constant running and tackling in the backs, even pushing up occasionally to support the mids and strikers.

All Age Ladies div 4 v Pendle Hill Black Won 7-3
An awesome game from the ladies. With their confidence a bit battered from the previous weeks loss and with only 10 players they played to win from the kickoff. The first goal in 15 seconds was a great start with Vanessa and Nicole putting together some spot on passes enabling Lisa to neatly slot in the goal. Good passing was the key to scoring further goals. The midfielders and defenders worked extra hard to keep the ball forward. A free kick late in the first half saw Claire crack the ball from distance, hit the cross bar and bounce in just behind the line to cement our score. As usual, Crystal's long distance throw-ins kept the pressure on Pendle Hill. With 10 players we got a bit tired in the second half and Pendle Hill scored 3 goals but with 15 mins to go Rangers scored another goal to make it 7 and kept the opposition to 3 goals. Keep up the good work ladies.

All Age Ladies div 1 v Beaumont Hills Loss 14-1

Round 2 games

Round 2 games for HR teams:

Sunday 26th April
U6/A v Wenty Waratah U6/E at Ted Burge Sportsground at 9:00am
U6/B v Wenty Waratah U6/H at Ted Burge Sportsground at 9:45am
U7 v Merrylands SFC U7/D at Merrylands Park #2 at 10:30am
U8 Purple v Castle Hill United White at Guildford West Sportsground at 10:00am
U9 div 3 v Baulkham Hills at Ted Horwood #1 at 8:30am
U12 div 3 v Wenty Waratah at Ted Burge Sportsground #2 at 10:30am
U13 div 4 v Wenty Waratah at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 10:30am
U14 div 4 v Castle Hill United at Fred Caterson #2 at 11:30am
O45 div 1 v Baulkham Hills at Ted Horwood #2 at 1:00pm
O35 div 6 v Lidcombe Waratah at Coleman Park #2 at 1:00pm
Senior 3 v Wenty Waratah at Ted Burge #2 at 3:00pm
Senior 4 v Baulkham Hills White at Guildford West Sportsground #1 at 3:00pm
U14 Girls div 1 v Beaumont Hills at Greenup Park at 10:10am
U16 Girls div 2 v Lidcombe Waratah at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 11:40am
All Age Ladies div 4 v Pendle Hill Black at Guildford West Sportsground #2 at 1:00pm
All Age Ladies div 1 v Beaumont Hills at Greenup Park at 3:00pm

Wednesday 29th April
U18 div 1 v Castle Hill United at Fred Caterson Res #1 at 7:30pm

Round 1 match results

U6/A v Wenty Waratah U6/C Won by forfeit

U6/B v Merrylands SFC U6/F Draw 4-4

U7 v Wenty Waratah U7/D Loss 9-2
2 goals scored by Kyle Schembri

U8 Purple v Ermington United Won 7-0

U9 div 3 v Wenty Waratah Loss 3-0
The boys tried hard - need a little more training together.

U12 div 3 v Castle Hill United Draw 3-3

U13 div 4 v Merrylands SFC Loss 3-1
The team played very well in the first half displaying good skills with controlled passing and organised build up and were rewarded with a 1-0 score line at half time. Merrylands fired up and scored 3 unanswered goals in the second half despite our boys making many more opportunities, 2 rattling the crossbar and one other off the post and a number well handled by their keeper. While our attack was strong our defensive structure let us down. Nathan finished off our well constructed attack to score and Novneal was todays stand out player. Strong positional play and controlled defense leaving a number of the opposition booting clear air. Overall the team showed the skill to augur a strong season. (Paul - Manager)

U14 div 4 v Pendle Hill Won 9-1
A goal in the first minute to new player Elcin got our season off to the best possible start. Strong tackling, passing, talking, and calling in the first half saw more goals including Chris M's first ever goal, a second for Elcin, and 2 screamers from Mark struck from well outside the box. 6-0 up at the break. Second half our structure fell apart a little as the boys got a bit too greedy to score, and lost their passing game and stopped talking. End result was still a big win. Great start boys. (John - Manager)

U18 div 1 v Toongabbie Loss 3-2

O45 div 1 v Winston Hills Loss 5-1

O35 div 6 v Dundas Loss 1-0
Ordinary start to the season. Struggling to find team cohesion with several new players. Not enough decent shots on target. Dundies with many efforts on goal and one lucky one sneaks inside the post. But for us it was a case of if you don't shoot you can't score. Chop almost bagged us a late equalizer with a neat deflection just tipped wide by Dundies keeper. A couple of yellows and Chops 40-20s were noted. Not a great game for our spectators including special guest Capt G.

Senior 3 v Merrylands SFC Draw 1-1

Senior 4 v Granville Waratah Won 8-0

U14 Girls div 1 - bye

U16 Girls div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 3-0
What a terrific start to our season. Marking was good for the most part but deteriorated in the 2nd half, particularly in the midfield, we need to work harder on this for the whole game. Passing started off poorly with too much 'blind' kicking, but improved as the 1st half progressed and the girls grew in confidence. This controlled passing eventually wore down the CHU defence and a nice through ball from Shayley allowed Sheri to tuck away a well placed shot to open our account. Sheri also got our 2nd goal when she anticipated from a CHU goalkick, stole the ball from their defender and neatly sidestepped to again tuck the ball low into the corner. Up 2-0 at the half. Our 3rd goal was just superb - after stopping a CHU corner our defence flicked the ball up to Kacey in midfield, who passed to Renae to her left, who played a perfect through ball for Sheri who again put it low and wide to bag her hat-trick - 4 passes in all from inside our own 18 yard line to scoring! Some defensive lapses saw CHU threaten our goal several times late in the game - we went soft on tackling and did not clear the ball away from goal strongly enough - something else for us to work on. A penalty late in the game saw Megan given the opportunity to score her first ever goal but alas she put it over the bar. Great game from Chantelle in defence, DJ who ran hard all game, and Cassie was brilliant at the back. Everyone passed well but Kacey and Renae did particularly well. Emily ran well up front and could have also scored a few but needs to finish stronger and place her shots better - keep trying and the goals will come. Sheri earned Player of the Match with her hat-trick but it was a great team effort that won us this game.

All Age Ladies div 4 v North Rocks Loss 7-2
Off to a good start with HR scoring first. NR capitalised on our errors and scored off almost every mistake we made. Our 2nd goal was neatly done with a nice through ball on the right which Lisa ran onto and flicked a perfect pass across to Niccy P running towards goal and tucked the shot away. But by this stage the game was gone. NR are not a better team by that margin but they did take advantage of our errors. Need to tighten up in midfield and defence and not concede so many goals to be competitive in this division.

All Age Ladies div 1 v Baulkham Hills Loss 7-0
A good effort against better opposition than we are used to. Thanks to Cassie from U16G's for filling in. Keep working hard. We will get better.

Revised draw

Round 1 of the 2009 competition (Mixed and Ladies) will be played over the weekend of April 18 & 19.

Round 2 (Mixed & ladies) will be played on Sunday 26 April.

A revised Draw for Mixed Competition is available on the internet.
Ladies draw up to and including Round 6 is available on the internet.
www.granvillesoccer.com.au

Round 1 games washed out

Due to ground closures all Round 1 soccer games have been washed out for Sat 4th & Sun 5th April.

Round 1 games

The full draw is now available for viewing on the GDSFA website. Ladies draw is only available for Round 1 and future rounds will be added progressively over the next few days. U6 and U7 draw for Small Sided Games has been distributed to relevant coaches.

Round 1 games for HR teams:

Saturday 4th April
U6/A v Wenty Waratah U6/C at Guildford West SSG field at 9:00am
U6/B v Merrylands SFC U6/F at Guildford West SSG field at 9:45am
U7/A v Wenty Waratah U7/D at Guildford West SSG field at 10:30am
U8 Purple v Ermington United at George Kendall Res Mini at 10:45am
U9/3 v Wenty Waratah at Guildford West #1 at 10:00am
U12/3 v Castle Hill United at Fred Caterson #3 at 11:30am
U13/4 v Merrylands SFC at Merrylands Park #2 at 10:40am
U14/4 v Pendle Hill at Guildford West #1 at 11:00am
U18/1 v Toongabbie at Guildford West #2 at 1:00pm
O35/6 v Dundas at Guildford West #1 at 3:00pm
O45/1 v Winston Hills at Guildford West #1 at 1:15pm
Senior 3 v Merrylands SFC at Guildford West #2 at 3:00pm
Senior 4 v Granville Waratah at Robin Thomas Res #1 at 3:00pm

Sunday 5th April
U14G/1 - Bye
U16G/2 v Castle Hill United at Guildford West #1 at 11:30am
AAL/4 v North Rocks at Guildford West #2 at 3:00pm
AAL/1 v Baulkham Hills at Guildford West #1 at 3:00pm

Trial games

Thanks to Bonnyrigg FC, AC United, Canley Heights RSL Soccer Club and Pendle Hill Soccer Club - all of whom played trial games against Holroyd Rangers teams last weekend. All games were played in great spirits and our teams all enjoyed the run.

Some of our teams have trial games arranged for Sat 28th / Sun 29th - contact your coach or manager for details.

Trial games

Thanks to Liverpool Olympic for organising and hosting trial games between our 2 clubs on Sunday 15th March at Hoxton Park. All of the games were played in the right spirit and the day went really well.

Holroyd Rangers have trial games organised for Sat 21st and Sun 22nd at various grounds including Bonnyrigg Sports Club, Powhatan Reserve at Greenfield Park, and at King Park Wakeley. Check with your coach or manager for details.

Trial games

A big thank you to Freeman Sports for organising and hosting trial games between our 2 clubs on Sat 7th March. All our teams enjoyed the opportunity for much-needed match practice and thought that the day went really well.

Our next trial games are organised for Sunday 15th March at Hoxton Park Reserve, Wilson Rd, Hoxton Park, v Liverpool Olympic. Most Holroyd Rangers teams have games for this day - check with your coaches for times.

Many clubs have been in contact with us about trial games. Any coaches wanting more trial games should contact John Nash on 0422 006 939.

Coaches and Managers Meeting

March General Meeting with all Coaches and Managers will be on Monday 2nd March at 7:00pm in the clubhouse. John Nash 0422 006 939

Players and Coaches needed

Some of our teams do not yet have coaches for this year. Volunteers welcome. These teams include:

U6's, U7's, U8's, and All Age Ladies div 4.

Some of our teams are still short of players. These include:

U8's - need 2-3 players

U9's - need 2-3 players

U14's - need 3-4 players

Over 35's - need 4-5 players

Over 45's - need 1-2 players

U12 Girls - need 8-9 players

U14 Girls - need 2-3 players

All Age Ladies div 2 - need 3-4 players

All enquiries to John on 0422 006 939

Victorian bushfires fundraiser - Holroyd Rangers connection

The Wyatt family, who have contributed a lot of their life to to the continuation and growth of Holroyd Rangers, are now living in Victoria - a short distance from the terrible bushfires that have destroyed villages and towns across the State.

Fortunately they were not directly hit by the fires. But the Wyatt boys are undertaking a swim-a-thon this Sunday 22nd February to raise money for the bushfire victims.

If you would like to sponsor the boys in the swim-a-thon or donate some money to their swim-a-thon please contact Vicki on 0419 608 311. Vicki is the contact person collecting donations from our area which will be sent to the swim-a-thon fundraiser, and all donations need to be arranged with Vicki before the end of the week.

Football scholarship for girls 7-9

Football NSW are seeking interested girls in the 7-9 age categories to participate in an intensive
development program aimed in developing the next generation of elite representative girls.

FNSW will grant sixteen (16) female scholarship to players aged 7-9 years (born 2000/2001/2002).

The squad of 16 players will train twice a week between April-October 2009 at Valentine Sports Park.

We are requesting that players wishing to be involved fill out an expression of interest form and
return it to FNSW before 13th March 2009. Contact Lisa Nash on 0425 285 735 for a form.

Rangers players flag bearers at Matildas game

Eleven Holroyd Rangers players were flag bearers at the Matilda v Italy match on Saturday 31st January at Parramatta Stadium.

The game, a 2 all draw was very exciting with an seemingly impossible shot from Lisa De Vanna off her left foot curling into the top of the goals.

Fittingly, Cheryl Salisbury, in her last game added to the score with a penalty shot. With nearly 3000 people at the stadium the atmosphere was fantastic and no one minded the heat. After the game the players were generous with their time in signing balls, posters and shirts for the kids.

ID Cards for Coaches and Managers

GDSFA have advised all clubs that ID cards for coaches and managers will not be issued until Working With Children declarations have been completed and signed. These forms will be available from our clubhouse.

Pre-season trial games

Holroyd Rangers has no Competition Secretary as yet for the 2009 season. Therefore arranging pre-season trial games for March 2009 will be somewhat problematic. I urge all interested parties (coaches, managers, players and parents) to organise any trial games for their own teams as much as possible, and to keep me informed by email or text. I will be making enquiries and attempting to arrange what trials that I can.

Trials have been tentatively arranged for our U12 Girls, U14 Girls and U16 Girls teams for Sunday 29th March (thanks Rodney). Confirmation and further details to be advised at a later date.

John Nash, Club Secretary, mob: 0422 006 939, email: holroydrangers@hotmail.com

2009 Rego fees

For the 2009 season players rego fees must be paid in full before players ID cards will be released. Part payment of rego fees will be accepted, on the understanding that ID cards will not be released until full payment is received. This is a new procedure put in place by the HRSC Committee to avoid having to chase outstanding rego fees at the end of each season.

Matildas playing at Parramatta Stadium

Match: International Womens Soccer match - Australia Westfield Matildas v Italy

Date: Saturday, 31 January 2009

Kick off: 4:00pm

Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Sydney