Back at the fortress against the runaway leaders of our grade who were yet to register a loss, but coming off their first and only draw of the season.
It didn’t start well. The entrance had all the ball and our guys felt like we had sprinted to their home ground and back by the time 15 minutes was up. Read more
Round 8 saw Barnstoneworth playing the return away fixture against Wyong at Baker Park and looking to maintain our hold on top spot.
Heavy traffic in the Wyong area saw many of the team arriving later than planned, resulting in our warm up being more rushed than would have been ideal and that probably contributed to our slower than expected start to the game. Read more
The mighty B south boys headed away to Ourimbah oval for the second time this season. This was somewhat of a danger game for us – one we all probably expected to win after a 4-1, victory in round 1. Games like this have historically proven to be the ones we find hardest to perform in. Read more
Round 7 saw us playing away against another unknown opponent in Doyalson and just to add some further interest to the encounter, it was also first versus second on the ladder, with top spot going to the winner. Read more
The Barnstoneworth 35 BS team made their way west to the delights of Gavenlock Oval, for a clash against a Gosford team that were relegated from A grade last year.
It was always going to be a big ask for us, as we could only field 9 from the regular squad. Apparently 37 registered players is still too few for the over 35 comp. We managed to poach Adam Chandler from the D’s who helped us out superbly in the backs. Read more
Back at “Fortress Duffys” against our Avoca “gummies” mates in a game where we desperately needed the 3 points to keep in touch with the runaway leader of our division. There were good early signs for us (after a record attendance at training….. Woohoo!!!) we dominated early field position and were able to maintained the bulk of possession. Read more
Round 6 saw us playing our home game against The Entrance at Pat Morley Oval in our rather swanky white away strip, in which we nearly always seem to get good results for some reason.
Our opponents were one of the only teams in our comp this season that we played against last year, so we knew that we were up for a battle, even given their being bottom of the league. Despite lots of pre-game talk about ignoring our opponents’ league position in an attempt to shake off any complacency, our opponents came at us very hard from the kick off and we found ourselves on the back foot for the opening 5-10 minutes. Read more
After our Round 4 game was washed out, we were very eager to face Killarney in round 5 at Jubilee Oval although another 1.30PM kick off meant for another uncomfortably warm game. Read more
A round five rematch against our grand final opponents from last year with the net result being another loss in a game that we should’ve won without issue.
While our football was largely panicked and quite ordinary, this was one game when the football played is of little importance in the context of other events. Read more
Round 3 saw Barnstoneworth 35BN’s hosting East Gosford at Duffy’s oval, with a later kick off of 3.10PM seeing the game played in more comfortable temperatures. Read more