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