Can we smell finals in the air?
What a week we enjoyed at the Redbacks! We welcomed back Jordan De Goey, Collingwood FC (and former Redbacker), enjoyed two Club Nights and are now counting down the sleeps for the last round of the season before 8 or 9 Ashy teams take to the big stage.
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Go Ashy!
There was something lucky about Round 13 for the Redbacks....we had some cracking wins across the club, just in time for finals!
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Go Ashy!
It's crunch time throughout the YJFL as our teams head towards footy finals.
Unfortunately we had some upsets this week with our Youth Girls (45), who are sitting top of the table, getting tumbled by a strong line up from Kew Rovers (70) and Banyule (81) ran over our Colts Red (23) as Benny Andrews had to face up to a post-match interview that has been posted on YFJL Live - you did a great job Ben! You can check out YJFL post match interviews for Colts teams here.
On the upside, our U15s all did really well. Perhaps it was the significance of the Daniel Lagastes Medal Round but all three teams were certainly playing with focus. Our U15 Red Girls, U15 Green Girls and U15 Boys smashed their opposition by big margins - awesome efforts!
We had a lot of milestone game achievements across the Club and plenty to be grateful for as we got together at Club night last Sunday.
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Footy felt like it was back this weekend!! Many teams returned to more normal numbers as holidays drew to a close.
The U12s and U11s had great advantage to those that had been resting (aka sunning themselves somewhere exotic) as they enjoyed matches against touring teams from Perth on the Thursday 7 July and Saturday 10 July.
The conditions were cold yet clear. The grounds are soft and the boots are dirty. Just the way we like it....
There are only 3 more rounds until we hit finals so it is time to make the most of every training session and every game. Rumour has it that if we continue to take good wins, it is a possibility that we will have 9 teams playing finals. There's only two words left to say "GoAshy"!!
Click here to read the full match report from Round 11
School holidays created havoc during Round 10 as teams were decimated of players, many lost to warmer locations! Many of our teams invited players to 'play up' from other teams and this was a fantastic development experience for many of our players that were given this opportunity. On some rare occasions, we were required to forfeit due to low numbers so enabling players to still get a game was a good reward for their commitment. Opposing teams experienced the same difficulties so across the Club and League, our results were up and down.
Thanks to all the families that organised holidays around the games of Round 10 and braved the cool temps of four degrees recorded on Sunday morning at Burwood Reserve. Frost was on our grounds and Redbackers were jumping up and down to avoid hypothermia!
Click here for all the results of Round 10.
The ground report came in as: Good for pigs and Redbacks. Based on the state of the change rooms at the end of the day, this was a pretty accurate description!
Perhaps the Queen's holiday break wasn't the ideal preparation for our teams as many battled hard to chalk up a win.
It appears that some spiders like the wet conditions and others don't! There were some tough days at the office last weekend as we fought it out against the winter rain. Our newest team, Colts Black, is doing a spectacular job in such a short time and last week, narrowly missed another victory.
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And as it is the long weekend this coming Sunday, you can sit back, have a read and relax.
See you on Sunday 19 June.
#GoAshy
We extend a warm welcome to the Colts Black team! Read about their strong start to the competition and all other teams that took to the field last weekend.
Thank you to all the Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Team Managers and Parents that volunteer to provide match reports each week - everyone appreciates your time and we all love to hear what's happening across other teams at Ashy.
It was a gusty day last Sunday for Round 6 and many of our teams fought hard in challenging conditions. There were some tight matches and smaller margins as teams played home and away.
We kicked off Round 5 with Friday Night Club Night.
A visit from AFL legend, Luke Hodge, Hawthorn FC sent a wave of hysteria through our members as he joined us to present Redbacks Rising Star and Milestone Games Awards. Red and green was mixed with yellow and brown as all the Hawks' fans came out to meet their idol. Luke did not disappoint - he was as impressive off the field as he is on and we are thrilled he was able to be a part of our evening.
With the grading process now complete in many of our older teams, our players settle in divisions to match their abilities - sometimes we see tougher competition initially but once grades settle, we should say goodbye to white-washes and say hello to more nail-biters!
Click here to read about Round 5 highlights.
Our performance in Round 4 was dedicated to all the great Mums in our Club :) Read here for all the on-field highlights.
Some sterling efforts were achieved across our teams at the Ashy Redbacks during Round 3. Click here to read the highlights.
