The omens were auspicious as the valiant 35Cs took to the newly revitalised field of dreams for the first time in two years. The warm up was conducted in comfortable conditions only for the sun to come out and raise the temperature by 10 degrees just as the ref strolled up. Read more
Ok!!!
So we got off to a losing start.
Not a great deficit to begin the season with. Lucky it’s round 1.
What I saw today was an excellent first 10 mins.
Great passing, heard plenty of voices out there and a couple missed opportunities that could have given us the lead but that’s where it lost it’s gloss.
Unlucky to get an early goal against us, we continued to press and pressure then a second goal really made us drop our heads. Game plan was slightly forgotten. Wide mids dropped infield a lot more. Passing and talking stopped when the regular voices subbed off.
It’s not all bad, go back to the drawing board and restart. We just need to remain positive. At the end of the day we tried. It’s a 50/50 team filled with old and new players. No need to stress just yet. Just stick to the game plan and try again.
Bad luck fellas. Next week is a new week.
Johnny
Final Score: Barnstoneworth D North 0 – 6 Killarney
Round 1 saw Barnstoneworth 35BN’s hosting Wyong at Duffy’s oval, which was looking positively verdant, after the off season. Wyong were new to the split 35B’s comp, so we had no knowledge of the threat they might carry, which made for a nice challenge after a number of years playing largely the same teams. Read more
A great start to life in B grade with a 4-1 away win against Ourimbah. An excellent team effort right across the park but especially pleasing was the way we gelled with out 3 new guys, Raoul, Jimmy O and Glen who all had cracking games. Read more
Having discovered only a few weeks before the start of the season that they’d been promoted to D-grade, the Fs of 2015, most of whom were soccer virgins only a year before, had been training hard. Just as well, because Saturday dawned hot and cloudless, with the temperature hovering around 30-degrees. Read more
It was an unseasonably hot day up in the Mountains for the first game of the season, as the newly-promoted Barnstoneworth 35Cs took to the field once more. Read more
Black armbands and a minute’s silence were the order of the day at South Ettalong’s home ground, in remembrance of South Ettalong’s Michael Dean who died tragically of a heart attack on the field the previous week. Read more
Clear blue skies and an Indian Summer temperature of 23 degrees greeted F-Grade at Frost Reserve in Kincumber, where the team was set to enjoy an unprecedented four reserves. Thirsting for redemption after last week’s five-nil loss, Barnstoneworth took to Avoca with gusto and the passing game we’d been practising all year finally came together. Read more
The coldest match day of the year so far saw Terrigal run out onto Duffy’s after the game was re-scheduled from Gosford’s home ground and moved to 3pm. The prospect of beer immediately after the game followed by a segué into more beer at Breakers without having to travel provided a strong incentive. With an unaccustomed three reserves, Terrigal were pumped, not least because of the triumphant return of Ben ‘WhatsApp’ Johnson, whose warm-up consisted of wrapping about five metres of bandage around his left thigh. Read more
After driving for what seemed like hours to the remote rural region of Mangrove Mountain, avoiding trolls under bridges and bands of roving peasants brandishing pitchforks, F-Grade prepared to take on the leaders of the table on a beautiful, soft green pitch. Read more