GembrookCockatoo under 13 Toni Wilson played her 50th game for the junior club against Healesville on the weekend.GEMBROOKCockatoo produced an under11 victory last week but other junior sides battled to make in impression.
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The Brookers were looking forward to Stuart Telpuk’s 150th game for the club. Gembrook started slowly again and Wandin took full advantage of a lack of manning up and soft tackling. The back line was under a lot of pressure all day because the midfielders were not following opponents to the back line, which resulted in a lot of easy goals for Wandin.
After halftime the Brookers started to work together, which produced good passages of play. James WilliamsKerr and Damian Rosenboom were getting plenty of touches while Ashley Sawyer and Tyson Rattle were trying hard to generate run. But the Brookers’ game was disappointing.
Scores: Wandin 18.23.133 d GembrookCockatoo 0.3.3. Awards: Player of the Match Stuart Telpuk, Senior club achievement award Brendan Power, Hungry Jacks James WilliamsKerr, Loaded Pizza Jason Bova.
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In a physical, tight game Wandin outran Gembrook in the last quarter.
Scores: Wandin 9.7.61 d GembrookCockatoo 7.6.48. Best: Stuart Horwood, Riley Wilson, Tom Bugg, Dave Cracknell. Awards: Player of the Match Stuart Horwood, Senior Club Achievement Award Riley Wilson, Hungry Jacks Mark Spiller, Loaded Pizza Nick Hendrikx, Cockatoo General Store Award Kayden Burgess, Kaya Hairdressing Riley McCracken.
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The Brookers, against Healesville, a much bigger side, never gave up.
Scores: Healesville 10.8.68 d GembrookCockatoo 2.2.14. Best: Jake Morris, Toni Wilson, Liam O’Sullivan, Connor Murphy, Aleesha Brindley. Awards: Player of the Match Jake Morris, Senior Club Achievement Award Aleesha Brindley, Hungry Jacks Toni Wilson, Loaded Pizza Liam O’Sullivan, Cockatoo General Store Connor Murphy.
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The Brookers came together strongly for a great third quarter but Wandin was too strong in the final term.
Scores: Wandin 4.8.32 d GembrookCockatoo 3.1.19. Best: Matthew Dalgleish, Jeff Clarke, Doug Misso, Cassie Retzack, Dave McPherson, James Kennedy. Awards: Player of the Match Matthew Dalgleish, Senior Club Achievement Award Jeff Clarke, Hungry Jacks Luke Fitzgerald, Loaded Pizza Douglas Misso, Cockatoo General Store Cassie Retzack.
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Good tackling and shepherding set up another good win for the young Brookers. Great teamwork in the second and third quarters put the result beyond doubt. In the last quarter the Brookers peppered the goals and although most shots scored points the team still managed to kick a good score.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 4.9.33 d Healesville 1.2.8. Best: Jacob Blackhurst, Jakob Berry, Liam Purdon, Daniel Welsh, Robbie Cracknell, Chris Osmond. Awards: Player of the Match Jacob Blackhurst, Senior Club Achievement Jakob Berry, Hungry Jacks Bradley Moore, Loaded Pizza David Toogood, Cockatoo General Store Jarrod Jensen.
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Every Gembrook player could be praised for trying their hardest. Awards: Player of the match Thomas Peachey, Senior Club Achievement John Nugent, Hungry Jacks Alex Wilson, Loaded Pizza Jacob Kostovski, Cockatoo General Store Brodee Standeven.
