GEMBROOKCockatoo junior sides had a tough week against Seville, but came away with two victories and some useful lessons from the round.
UNDER 16
GembrookCockatoo took on Seville at Seville and it started raining five minutes into the game. The Brookers struggled to get a good start but, after some players got a spray at halftime, Brendan West, Cailen Parker, Liam Loveday and Stephen Retzack came out fighting hard to win the contests.
At threequarter time the players set out to keep Seville scoreless in the final term and almost achieved that, refusing to give up.
Scores: Seville 12.13.85 d GembrookCockatoo 0.0.0.
UNDER 14
Teamwork started to show against Seville and the Brookers ran in numbers and shared the ball, while the midfield and back line worked hard to keep Seville’s score down.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 13.9.87 d Seville 1.4.10.
Awards: Player of the match Riley Wilson, Senior club achievement Tye Johnston, Hungry Jack’s Dave Cracknell, Loaded Pizza Ashley Ladd, Cockatoo General Store Nathan Muratore, Kaya Hairdressing Jarryd Hamilton, McDonald’s Adan Moody.
UNDER 13
After three losses in a row, the Brookers bounced back against South Belgrave. Five goals straight in the third quarter put the result beyond doubt.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 11.7.73 d South Belgrave 2.5.17.
Awards: Player of the match Jarryd Hamilton, Senior club achievement Callum Thoms, Hungry Jack’s Liam O’Sullivan, Loaded Pizza Brody Stephenson, Cockatoo General Store Dean McNamara.
UNDER 12
The Brookers played a good third quarter but had a disappointing loss. The opposition played the better football.
Scores: Seville 9.9.63 d GembrookCockatoo 1.3.9.
Best: Benjamin Turner, Jeff Clarke, Harley Pope, Jacob Bardwell, Justin Sargent, Cassie Retzack.
Awards: Player of the match Benjamin Turner, Senior club achievement Justin Sargent, Hungry Jack’s Jeff Clarke, Loaded Pizza Harley Pope, Cockatoo General Store Jacob Bardwell.
UNDER 11
In a scrappy game with few highlights a good last quarter gave the Brookers some hope, but their efforts were too little, too late.
Scores: South Belgrave 3.7.24 d GembrookCockatoo 2.1.13.
Best: Ethan Appleby, James Dalgleish, Daniel Welsh, Zac Epstein.
Awards: Player of the match Ethan Appleby, Senior club achievement Zac Epstein, Hungry Jack’s Danyon Wight, Loaded Pizza James Dalgleish, Cockatoo General Store James Ray.
UNDER 10
Against a strong Seville team the Brookers persisted all day and gave it their best shot, some of the lesser experienced players getting a few extra touches.
Awards: Player of the match Stephen Lopez, Senior club achievement Bradley Moore, Hungry Jack’s Riley Wood, Loaded Pizza Jack Johnstone, Cockatoo General Store Zack Rozenboom.
