GembrookCockatoo star Andrew Shipp loses his feet in pursuit of a loose ball in Saturday’s opening senior game against Woori Yallock.GEMBROOKCockatoo Junior Football Club’s under16 team showed flashes of good play against a strong UpweyTecoma team, finally going down by 79 points.
The first half saw some great passages of teamwork resulting in goals.
S. Telpuk, T. Rattle and A. Sawyer worked hard through halfback, where the Pye brothers were also having solid performances.
With improved teamwork, the Brookers started to link up and help each other break the lines.
The second half showed improvement with everyone getting excitement from their own efforts, most notably D. Rozenboom, J. Bova and S. Heathcote.
It was a muchimproved outfit with promising signs of teamwork that will give the players’ confidence a boost for the first home game this week.
Scores: Upwey Tecoma 13.20.98 d Gembrook Cockatoo 3.1.19.
UNDER 14
Gembrook knew that Upwey at home would come out hard, but was eager to win and establish itself for the 2006 season.
The first quarter saw Gembrook with a twogoal advantage and in the second kept the opposition scoreless.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 17.12.114 d Upwey Tecoma 6.1.37.
Best: Ashley Ladd, Caleb Scott, David Cracknell, Damien Volta.
Awards: Player of the match Ashley Ladd, senior club achievement award: Caleb Scott, Hungry Jack’s: Stuart Horwood, Loaded Pizza: James Dunstan, Cockatoo General Store: Liam Turner, Kaya Hairdressing: Tom Bugg.
UNDER 13
After a slow start, Gembrook took the game up to Wandin and played excellent teamwork after quarter time.
Scores: Wandin 8.4.52 d GembrookCockatoo 2.2.14. Best: Toni Wilson, Evelyn Rannstrom, Brody Stephenson. Awards: Player of the match: Toni Wilson, senior club achievement: Callum Thom, Hungry Jack’s: Dean McNamara, Loaded Pizza: Dylan CharltonSmith, Cockatoo General Store: Evelyn Rannstrom.
UNDER 12
The game was slow due to the wet and muddy ground, but a good team effort from Gembrook.
Scores: UpweyTecoma 4.6.30 d GembrookCockatoo 2.1.16. Goals: Harley Pope 2. Best: Dave McPherson, Cassie Retzack, Matt Dalgleish. Awards: Player of the match: Dave McPherson, Hungry Jack’s: Aaron Turner, Loaded Pizza: Douglas Misso, Cockatoo General Store: Cory Fraser.
UNDER 11
In an exciting finish Gembrook defeated Wesburn by two points.
The third quarter was scrappy and Wesburn held a slender lead and added another goal in the last quarter.
In the last few seconds, Liam Purdon took a mark at centre halfforward and kicked the winning goal.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 3.4.22 d Wesburn 3.2.20. Best: J. McMahan, R. Cracknell, L. Purdon, J. Blackhurst, C. Osmond, C. Hannah. Awards: Player of the match: Jack McMahan, senior club achievement: Liam Purdon, Hungry Jack’s: Robbie Cracknell, Loaded Pizza: Joshua Griffiths, Cockatoo General Store: Cael Hannah.
UNDER 10
It was a good, close, hardfought contest against a top side and every player gave everything they had, to prevail by a small margin.
Best: Jack Johnston, Steve Lopez, Zack Rosenboom, Jake Murden, Paul Fitzgerald.
Awards: Player of the match: Jarrod Williams Spry, senior club achievement: Zack Epstein, Hungry Jack’s: Scott Hilder, Loaded Pizza: Tomas Peachey, Cockatoo General Store: Jessica Williams Spry.
