Newtown Whites Under 10s - Round 3 Match Report by Arden Fast

In a tight scrappy encounter at the Kennel, Nico’s Whites emerged as top dogs against Glebe to register back to back wins.
 
With the welcome addition of 3 players to last weeks team - Clare, William and new South Aussie recruit Andreas - bolstering the strength across the park, the Whites proved too strong over 4 quarters for the physical Greyhounds outfit.
 
In coolish overcast conditions perfect for footy the win was a victory for team structure and commitment by all the players. Everyone was accountable for their opponents and the team built on last weeks hard running team play.
 
Will S led from the front making numerous breaking runs and setting up play all across the ground, he was supported in the hard contests by Angela, Ben & Andreas while Jack & Wesley combined again with speed on the flanks and set up numerous opportunities. Tom, William, Archie and, Linus ran hard to put the pressure on across the park and Andreas was a leader in defence showing great positional awareness, supported by Mitchell, Ben and Angus in shutting down Glebe forays.
 
With Clare dominating in the ruck and with Will, Wes & Jack dominating the clearances numerous forward opportunities were created and taken by Angela who snapped two early goals, Jack snapped two more, Clare kicked a boomer and Ben capped off a great game with his first major of the season (sorry I’m sure missed some goalkickers). All in all it was a very pleasing win - a whole team effort.
 
Nico and the team left the park with a fair degree of confidence as they look forward to a tough match in Round 4 against Maroubra Black at ADO.
 

A week is a long time in footy 

Around the grounds with Arden Fast

A new season of footy at Newtown opened up on a beautiful day at Alan Davidson on 17 April with the new Whites lineup all charged up for 2010 with coach Nico and assistant James in charge. 

Unfortunately the Newtown boys and girl (Angela) were under the pump from the word go with the free flowing and well drilled Easts Blues leaving the Swans clutching at thin air on many occasions. There were a number of good individual efforts across the day with Wesley and Jack running hard and working to create opportunities, Tom resolute in defence and across the park and Angela inspiring with her attack on the ball and the man.

Nico rung the changes but to no avail as Easts continued to break out of the centre with ease, dominating in the ruck and clearances. Perry battled hard against the taller timber and after having backed up from the U9s earlier it was a top effort, Will also tried hard and put his body on the line countless times against 2 and 3 Easts opponents. Linus, Joe (also backing up from the 9s), Ben, Che, Mitchell and William all had great passages and battled hard but there was no system to our play and it ended up a pretty lopsided affair. Wesley bobbed up for our first (minor) score off the boot in the last term but by then the Dogs had well and truly bolted. 

Match report for April 24 Newtown White U10 v Wests  at Drummoyne

They often say a week is a long time in footy and with Nico and James having run the team ragged with an intensive Wednesday night session, the fans were hoping for a much better showing against the Wests boys as they filed into picturesque Drummoyne Oval on Sat 24^th April.  

Wests jumped us from the start of the first term and had a couple of early goals up but then the team started to settle and find some rhythm and team play. Jack was running hard to break the lines and Angela was showing great poise in the centre and great hands – shades of Diesel Williams in his heyday. Tom pulled down a great contested mark and with Wesley and Will getting into the play we ended the term in better shape, the team was starting to get confidence.

Over the next two terms we really worked back into the game, it was really pleasing how Ben, Caillin, Archie, Angus, Rohan and Luca (playing up from the 9s) stuck to their tasks, manning up well, looking for space and team mates – it was starting to look like we had a real footy team out there. Wesley drilled the first goal of the season in the second term and the heads lifted ‘we can do this’, Tom pulled in another screamer, Angela was dominating at the stoppages.

After the long break Mitchell took a great grab, Rohan, Jack and Linus made great forward runs and then Will who had been working tirelessly around the ground popped up with a great goalmouth snap after some fantastic burrowing/bullocking work in the forward pocket. Not long after Archie sent a long bomb in which only just collected the post and suddenly we had all the momentum at ¾ time.

The last quarter was brilliant as Newtown piled on the pressure and the floodgates broke open. With Archie, Mitchell and Caillin operating the lockdown in defence and With Wesley, Jack, Ben, Will and Angela dominating the midfield and up forward – finding open space and winning the clearances in-tight, the opportunities started to rack up for our hungry forward line. Angus took full advantage -  and marked strongly and drilled home Three great goals – one after the other – the fans were in seventh heaven. Linus slammed home another and then another great passage of team play saw Luca dob another from long range.

At the end Nico and James had beaming smiles and the team sang out Cheer Cheer The Red & The White in great voice. Yes a week can be a long time in footy – but when you play as a team gee its great fun!