U6 SSF Gala Day

This years Gala Day was held at Rouse Hills Rams home ground at Rouse Hill. It was a great day complimented by the brilliant weather. It was a well-oiled operation with the Granville Association doing an excellent job at ensuring the schedule was followed.

After arriving and finding a parking spot as the car parks were full, we set up camp near field 14 as 4 out of 5 games were to be played at this field. We had an addition to the team from Merrylands as being a small team (5 players – 1 unable to attend), we welcomed the additional player fielding 4 with 1 on the bench.

The 1st game started at 9:40am followed by a game every 1hr and 20mins this giving the team 45mins between games to rest. The last game was played at 3:00pm. The team played well considering that this was their first year of playing soccer. Holroyd U6 won 3 games, drew 1, and lost 1.

The emphasis of the Gala day was on participation for pleasure and winning was part of the fun.  The team met players from Sydney FC and took photos. At the end of the day a presentation of a medallion and show bag was given to each participant.

As the coach of the U6, I must say that I thoroughly ended the experience of training and guiding the team during the season and to finish off with the Gala Day was thoroughly enjoyed as the players gave a tremendous effort and showed great team spirit. I shall look forward to doing the same next season.

A big thank you goes out to the parents who persisted with the training and early Saturday games.  Holroyd U6 Gala Day team; Josiah Palu, Lukeman Elbadar, Sahil Arya, Dominic Horley and Javish Nadan.

Coach: Alistair Nadan

Finals game details

Finals game details for our teams:

Sat 1st Sept:
U16 div 2 - Holroyd Rangers v Wenty Uniting at Princes Park #1, Princes Rd West, Auburn at 12:15pm

Sun 2nd Sept:
U16 girls div 2 - Holroyd Rangers v North Rocks at Girraween Park #2, Toongabbie Rd, Toongabbie at 10:30am
All Age Ladies div 3 - Holroyd Rangers v Pendle Hill at Girraween Park #2, Toongabbie Rd, Toongabbie at 12:30pm

Semi-Final match results

Sat 25th Aug:
U16 div 2 v Pendle Hill Loss 2-0
Our U16/2s will play in the Final v Wenty Uniting on Sat 1st Sept
O35 div 5 v Rouse Hill Loss 6-1
Our O35/5s are now out of the competition

Sun 26th Aug:
U16 girls div 2 v Auburn FC Loss 7-2
Our U16G/2s will play in the Final v North Rocks on Sun 2nd Sept
All Age Ladies div 4 v Winston Hills White Loss 3-1
Our AAL/4s are now out of the competition
All Age Ladies div 3 v Greystanes Loss 2-1 in extra time
Our AAL/3s will play in the Final v Pendle Hill on Sun 2nd Sept

Semi-Final game details

Semi-Final games for our teams are:

Sat 25th Aug:
U16 div 2 - Pendle Hill (1st) v Holroyd Rangers (2nd) at George Kendall Res #2, Trumble Ave, Ermington at 10:30am
O35 div 5 - Holroyd Rangers (3rd) v Rouse Hill (4th) at Curtis Oval #1, Quarry Rd,  Dundas at 12:30pm

Sun 26th Aug:
U16G div 2 - Auburn FC (1st) v Holroyd Rangers (2nd) at Merrylands Park #3, Burnett St, Merrylands at 10:45am
All Age Ladies div 4 - Holroyd Rangers (3rd) v Winston Hills White (4th) at Rydalmere Park #3, South St, Rydalmere at 12:30pm
All Age Ladies div 3 - Holroyd Rangers (1st) v Greystanes (2nd) at Rydalmere Park #2, South St, Rydalmere at 2:30pm*

* Game details amended Thur 23rd 4:00pm

All Age Ladies div 3 team finish as Minor Premiers

Congratulations to our All Age Ladies div 3 team - winning their round 18 game and taking out the Minor Premiership for their competition.

Congratulations also to all our other teams making semi-finals - our U16 boys (2nd), U16 girls (2nd), O35 div 5 (3rd) and All Age Ladies div 4 team (2nd or 3rd). Our AAL/4 team have to play a catch-up game Tue 21st at 730pm at home - a win and they will finish 2nd and a loss will put them in 3rd place.

Congratulations also to all our other teams for a great season of football. Our U6s, U7s, U10s, U15s, U17s, and All Age Men div 7 teams - we hope you all enjoyed your season of football with us at Holroyd Rangers.

Round 18 match results

Sat 18th Aug:
U6 v Merrylands SFC C
U7 v Wenty Waratah C
U10 div 3 v Wenty Waratah Loss 1-0
U15 div 2 v North Rocks
U16 div 2 v Winston Hills Won 4-0

Matty with a trademark left foot cross

Ryan on the attack

U17 div 1 v Merrylands SFC Loss 5-2
O35 div 5 v Baulkham Hills White

All Age Men div 7 v Winston Hills Black Loss 5-0

Sun 19th Aug:
U16 Girls div 2 v Winston Hills Won 3-1
All Age Ladies div 4 v Pendle Hill Won 1-0
All Age Ladies div 3 v Winston Hills White Won 3-0

Emily controls the ball

Mel R takes the throw-in

Kriscia on the attack

Holroyd attack the Winston Hills goal

U16 Girls catch-up game

Our U16 Girls team will be playing a catch-up game v Auburn FC on Wed 15th Aug at 7:30pm at Guildford West Sportsground. This is a 1st v 2nd clash and the winner of this game will almost certainly finish their competition as minor premiers. Good luck girls - we know you can do it!

5 teams confirmed into semi-finals

With 1 round of regular season competition games still to be played, there are 5 Holroyd Rangers teams confirmed into semi-finals in their respective competitions. Our U16 boys, U16 girls, O35 div 5 team, and All Age Ladies div 3 and div 4 teams, are all booked as semi-finalists. The last round of regular season competition games will confirm where each team will finish in their competitions. There is also the possibility that as many as 3 of these teams could finish as minor premiers. Good luck in the last round of games and good luck in the finals. Once semi-final game details are confirmed we will keep everyone advised via this website.

Round 17 match results

Sat 11th Aug:
U6 v Toongabbie C
U7 v Toongabbie C
U10 div 3 v Winston Hills
U15 div 2 v Auburn FC Loss 2-0
U16 div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 3-0
U17 div 1 v Parramatta City Loss 7-0
O35 div 5 v Parramatta City Loss 1-0
All Age Men div 7 v Pendle Hill Loss 3-1

Sun 12th Aug:
U16G div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 5-2

Shania turns the ball inside her marker

Shayal on the ball

Holroyd kicking off

Team prepares to defend a corner in front of clubhouse & supporters

All Age Ladies div 4 v Auburn FC Match abandoned due to injury
Game abandoned at half time after injury to an Auburn FC player

Holroyd on the ball with official and supporters in the background

Holroyd on the attack

All Age Ladies div 3 v Greystanes Won 2-0

Round 16 match results

Sat 4th Aug:
U6 v Guildford B
U7 v Greystanes A
U10 div 3 v Kellyville Won 1-0
U15 div 2 v Winston Hills Loss on forfeit
U16 div 2 v Dundas Won 5-1
U17 div 1 v Winston Hills Loss 2-1
O35 div 5 v Baulkham Hills Black Draw 1-1
All Age Men div 7 v Toongabbie Loss on forfeit

Sun 5th Aug:
U16G div 2 v Rouse Hill Won 10-2
All Age Ladies div 4 v Guildford McCredie Won 1-0

Holroyd players defending hard

After the game team talk for the victors

All Age Ladies div 3 v North Rocks Won 5-2

Tammy heads home top right corner for another Holroyd goal

Megan tells Crystal "kick it that way!"

Holroyd in possession of the ball

Holroyd attacking the North Rocks goal again

Round 15 match results

Sat 28th July:
U6 - bye
U7 v Merrylands SFC
U10 div 3 v Rouse Hill Loss 2-1
U15 div 2 v Guildford County Loss 23-0
U16 div 2 v Auburn District Loss 3-0
U17 div 1 v Greystanes Loss 1-0
O35 div 5 v Merrylands SFC Won 2-1

All Age Men div 7 v Baulkham Hills Won 4-3

Sun 29th July:
U16G div 2 v North Rocks Won 2-0

Maddie dribbles past her marker

Susie fights to win possession of the ball

Marina wins the ball from an opponent

Susie and Kayla on the attack

Sharon chips the ball through

All Age Ladies div 4 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 2-0

All Age Ladies div 3 v Pendle Hill Won 2-0

Holroyd players wait in front of goals for the corner to cross in

DJ dribbles past her marker

Team photos

Team photos are this weekend Sat 28th and Sun 29th July:
Photo session times:

Sat 28th:
U10s - 9am
U6s - 9:20am
U16s - 9:40am
U17s - 10am
U7s - 10:20am
U15s - 10:40am
Sun 29th:
U16G - 10:20am
AAL/4 - 10:40am
AAL/3 - 11am

All players, coaches and managers need to be present and ready at least 10 minutes prior to your teams scheduled time. All orders need to be paid for in full in our clubhouse before your photo session. Parents wanting family or sibling photos may ask for these on the day.  

Round 15 game changes

Holroyd Rangers AAL/4 game on Sun 29th July has been moved.
The game v Lidcombe Waratah will now kick off at 1:15pm at Coleman Park #1.

Round 14 match results

Sat 21st July:
U6 v Wenty Waratah D
U7 v Greystanes B
U10 div 3 v Pendle Hill Won 3-0
U15 div 2 v Rouse Hill Won 3-2

This was sent to our club email address from a parent from the U15/2 Castle Hill United team:

"I just wanted to pass on congratulations to your U15/2 team for their win on Saturday v Rouse Hill.

 I am the parent of an U15/2 player at Castle Hill United (and also previous committee member) and we have played your U15/2 team twice this season. Both games resulted in wins to CHU, but our parents and our boys were so very impressed by your team’s spirit, morale and attitude on both occasions and we admire their resilience in turning up each week to play in what must be a very frustrating season for them. We normally call such a tough season “character-building” but your boys appear to have that in spades already!

 I was speaking to some parents from Castle Hill Rockets 15/2 team on Saturday and they also commented on what a fantastic group of boys you have in that team. You should be justifiably proud of them as they are great ambassadors for your community.

 I was absolutely delighted to see them post a win on Saturday and I’m sure I speak on behalf of quite a few parents and U15 boys here in the Hills in saying we wish your boys much success in their future soccer."

U16 div 2 v Wenty Uniting Loss 3-1
U17 div 1 v Guildford County Loss 3-1
O35 div 5 v Auburn FC Won 3-0
All Age Men div 7 v Rydalmere Loss 7-0
All Age Men div 6 v Winston Hills White Loss 6-2

Sun 22nd July:
U16G div 2 v Merrylands SFC Draw 0-0

The girls played a fantastic game full of enthusiasm which resulted in a nil all draw
against Merrylands.  The team is suffering from a few injuries but managed to struggle
through the game.  On the previous Monday evening, the team had an amazing win against
Castle Hill United with a score of 10-nil.  Again due to injuries the girls played short but
lifted themselves to keep on scoring and defending brilliantly.  Although Castle Hill are at
the bottom of the ladder and our team is currently leading it was still an excellent effort
to keep the opposition to nil for both of these games.  Hopefully this coming Sunday we will
be back to our full strength team. Thanking all the parents and supporters of this group of
girls - you are superb supporters and all the girls thrive on this backup.

All Age Ladies div 4 v Rouse Hill Loss 4-2
All Age Ladies div 3 v Kellyville Won 1-0

Round 8 catch up games

Played Wed 11th July:
All Age Ladies div 3 v Greystanes Won 1-0
Greys undefeated before this game and we took the game right to them. We dominated all over the park and barely gave Greys a shot on goal. We had 2 shots 1st half both off the crossbar - Kriscia with a header then Tanesha with a long range effort - score 0-0 at the break. 2nd half was more of the same and we had a couple of counter-attacks from sweetly timed through balls. Great effort defensively tightly marking their players to blunt the Greys attack. The break-through finally came 6 minutes before full time with Tanesha running onto a through ball and slotting it into the corner to start much elation from all the Holroyd players and spectators. Good to see such a large contingent of Holroyd supporters out for this night game.

Played Mon 16th July:
U16G div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 10-0

Round 13 match results

Sat 14th July:

U6 v Wenty Waratah A
U7 v Wenty Waratah B
U10 div 3 v Greystanes Loss 3-1
U15 div 2 v Castle Hill United Loss 17-0
U16 div 2 v Merrylands SFC Won 3-1
U17 div 1 v Auburn District Loss 9-0
O35 div 5 v Rouse Hill Loss 2-0

All Age Men div 7 v Winston Hills White Loss 7-1
All Age Men div 6 v Dundas Loss 3-2

Sun 15th July:
U16G div 2 - bye
All Age Ladies div 4 v Ermington Won 4-2
All Age Ladies div 3 v Castle Hill RSL Won 1-0
A bit of a scrappy game but we did enough to get the win. We won lots of corners but could have and should have pressed harder when in front of goals. Numerous half-chances at their goal which we failed to capitalise on, we need to convert many more of these half-chances. We are capable of beating any team in this comp and winning it, but we need the hunger when we play. 38th minute after corner number 50 (or so it felt like) the corner was taken low and along the goal line, ball trapped by Ness who turned around her player and chipped her shot from a tight angle and into the far top corner over the keepers head.  

Amy kicks out from goals after another safe pick up

Typical of this game, lots of Holroyd players trying to win the ball

2nd half we pressed again and had several good chances with Kriscia shooting wide and Tammy a couple of good runs onto through balls as well as a header from a cross but alas nothing could find the target, and their keeper was quickly out to gather the ball. Last 10 minutes we stopped and let CHRSL attack us and with a better striker they could have got the equaliser. Remember to play the full 90 minutes and it ain't over until the final whistle. When we are winning the game don't stop and give them a chance to get back into it. Otherwise a good win - roll on AAL/3s!

Ness and Tam wait in front of goals for the cross to come in

Mel D on ball with Kriscia in support

Niccy on the attack

Round 13 game changes

Due to field closures some Holroyd Rangers games have been moved.
Sat 14th July:
U17 div 1 v Auburn District will now kick off at 11:50am at Ray Marshall Reserve #2, Erie St, South Granville
O35 div 5 v Rouse Hill will now kick off at 3pm at Guildford West Sportsground

Round 10 match results

Sat 7th July:
U6 v Guildford County A
U7 v Guildford County A
U10 div 3 v North Rocks Draw 2-2
U15 div 2 v Pendle Hill Loss on forfeit
U16 div 2 v Castle Hill United Won 3-1
U17 div 1 v Wenty Uniting Loss 5-1
O35 div 5 v Newington Won 3-0

All Age Men div 7 v Winston Hills Red Loss 3-2
Started with 10 men and went down 2-0 fairly quickly. Our 11th player arrived and we were 3-0 down at the break. Determined play 2nd half, we held shape well and pressed hard, forcing errors and an own goal. This was followed by some neat play between Fridge and Greks with Fridge hitting a superb strike low and hard into the corner. A good game and an excellent 2nd half against a good bunch of blokes.


All Age Men div 6 v Wenty Waratah Loss 4-1

Sun 8th July:
U16G div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 6-0
All Age Ladies div 4 - bye
All Age Ladies div 3 v Winston Hills Black Won 6-0

Round 12 match results

Sat 30th June:
U6 v Toongabbie B
U7 v Toongabbie B
U10 div 3 v Merrylands SFC Loss 2-0
U15 div 2 v Castle Hill RSL Loss 12-0
U16 div 2 v Pendle Hill Won 1-0
U17 div 1 v Toongabbie Loss 2-1
O35 div 5 v Kellyville Won 5-1
All Age Men div 7 v Lidcombe Waratah Won 2-1
All Age Men div 6 v Lidcombe Waratah Loss 3-2

Sun 1st July:
U16G div 2 v Auburn FC - game deferred
All Age Ladies div 4 v Winston Hills White Won 2-0
All Age Ladies div 3 v Wenty Waratah White Won 2-0

Visit by Matildas player Catherine Cannuli

Holroyd Rangers welcomed a visit by Matilda’s player Catherine Cannuli to Guildford West Sportsground on Thursday evening 28^th June. Catherine chatted with our coaches and club officials before running the training session for our U10s team.

 


A series of warm up routines was followed by a variety of fun drills to develop individual ball skills as well as improve teamwork. It was noted that our U10s team were very attentive for the entire training session and were heard later saying how much fun they had. All our U10 players thanked Catherine for her visit and a group photo was taken to finish off. Catherine is a relative of one of the players in our U10s team.

Catherine has just completed a training camp with the Matildas squad (Australian womens soccer team) which concluded with 2 international friendly games against New Zealand – the results of which were a 1-1 draw followed a few days later by a 2-0 win to Australia.

Holroyd Rangers Soccer Club says thanks to Catherine for volunteering her time and visiting our club and she is welcome back at any time. We wish Catherine lots of luck with her international career and also in the upcoming W-League season.