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Anzac Day weekend Game Reports

Sheldon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:58:00 GMT

A successful weekend of hockey by Liverpool!

Titans Camp a Success

Sheldon — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:42:00 GMT

The Inagural Titans Elite Camp was a huge success on this past weekend. 17 players turned up on Sunday as 7 Titans came out to the rink to so the juniors some tips and tricks.

Game Reports from last weekend

Sheldon — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:38:00 GMT

This article has game reports including some stats from the weekends games.

What the PRESO saw 17th & 18th April

Chris — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:06:00 GMT

Saturday night to Penrith for the Bantams followed by Midgets same place one after the other kind of civilized considering how this week had been.

Blacktown Bantams as usual, came to play. SAINTS Bantams, well, they were there, but after Tyrone tried to enthuse them & fire them up before the game & it fell on deaf half asleep ears, things didn’t look good.

Edgo copt a barrage right from the word go with the help of some defence, some times.

Blacktown D had 2 & 3 players all over Casey as soon as he got the puck & Martin was bravely playing injured, trying to shake 2 or 3 when he got the puck as well.

As the game went on it, got worse from there, our experienced players , were there, playing as experienced individuals, & our new recruits were doing their best trying to hold the team together. We were in the game for a while but only just, we struggled to make ordinary passes & to stop Blacktown getting double figures.

Some dubious calls rattled us, & we had players in the bin for the majority of the game, not helping our cause, either. PLAY THE WHISTLE GOOD OR BAD.

We should be content that we only let them score 4 goals.

A game that should on one hand be forgotten, but on the other remembered, for the continual team mistakes we made, so as not to make them again. It would be nice if our experienced players come next week ready to play & get enthusiastic about the game, so as the newer players don’t have to battle, on their own & Stick to the game plan, the Coaches give you

I Hope to see, a much more ready for action, Bantam team next week v The Rhinos.

Next the big hitting Midgets, get ready to rumble with The Bears. We new it would be a tough game as we had a 2 all draw with them in the HEATON CUP.

They never allowed us to get into our rhythm, & Marco was peppered from the start. Our defence was holding out ok, but some bad calls and/or plays by us, saw players in the bin & an uphill battle started from there.

Another game hopefully, soon forgotten, but again should be remembered, so we don’t make the same mistakes again.

Back to Penrith, again, on Sunday night, for the Peewees V Blacktown Flyers. With moments of what looked like, Atoms, playing , interspaced with what looked like The Ice Dogs, this was a great game to watch. Leila had some work cut out for her early, but the D of Emma, Jordan, Dan & Corey soon had things more than covered & turned defence into attack as Emma scored her first Peewee Aussie goal A great shot at that ( Bill is still looking to buy the game puck ) The Peewees never looked back with Jack, Zac & Bayley scoring a hat full of goals assisted by Eathan, & Tim. Ellesse as usual, showed everyone why he has earned previous state selection & on evidence from this game there is no reason why he will not play for N.S.W. again. While not being amongst the high goal scorers he was all over the ice making sure things went right. Actually on the Peewee game record to date, it will be hard pressed to keep 5 or 6 of our players OUT of the state team. Well done Peewees.

The Blacktown manager has asked me to make special mention of the outstanding sportsmanship shown by Bayley, when a scuffle for the puck started, involving both teams, around the goal with their goalie on the ground in a dangerous & vulnerable position. Bayley stepped in & covered their goalie & told everyone, to stop, & step back, therefore avoiding certain injury to their goalie.

OUTSTANDING GOOD SPORTSMANLIKE QUALITIES, CONGRATULATIONS BAYLEY.

Off to our home ice, to see The Bishops in front, with an impressive display, much better than I expected, from this team that was thrown together at the last minute causing headaches for some, more than others, with some experienced old faces, leading the way, for the newer boys on the block, to enjoy some hockey. The Falcons get one back tying the scores, but Bishops break through again with a 2/1 lead, 20 seconds to go & a lapse in concentration by our D sees a lucky goal tying the scores once more, the last face off sees us win the puck, skate into their zone but beaten by the clock.

Arch Angels next to do battle v Penrith, with Dean & Matt keen to be the first on the ice jumping over the boards before the Zamboni isn’t even behind closed doors.

After some blistering goals for us & a lucky reply from them, when I left, the Arch Angels were in front after an impressive display of hockey both in attack & in defence with Jimmi again scrambling to save a certain goal.

Unfortunately I believe it didn’t end up that way.

Parents tell me that The Atoms had an impressive win, with our newer players starting to make an impact, but more importantly, really starting to enjoy their game.

The Women I hear got it together , played like champions & the Competition favourites, were lucky to leave with only one goal under their belts.

Well done ladies the next one must surely be yours.

Remember all ,that there is off ice training EVERY Friday night at the club, $2.00 upstairs between 730 & 830, there is not a SAINTS player out there that will not benefit from this.

That’s what I saw, stay tuned for next weeks action.

A PROUD SAINT, YET AGAIN, GO THE SAINTS

What the Preso saw April11

Chris — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:01:00 GMT

We started bright & early with the Atoms at home at 815 v Blacktown Flyers.

With over half the team being new players, either new to the sport, or just new to the club, it was always going to be an interesting game. Blacktown as always came to win, however there were a dozen little obstacles in their way, 4 of them, with old SAINTS club pride, 2 of them wanting to show that the SAINTS are now their club too, & the other 6 just keen to play & strut their stuff.

AND STRUT THEIR STUFF, THEY ALL DID. Players old & new , big & small, delighted & entertained the crowd,

ALL starting to please their coach & enjoy their game. From the amazing skills of Zac, combining with Matthew , to run riot over their opposition for the majority of the game with both of them scoring a multitude of goals , to our defence from Dylan & Calvin helping stop opposition raids time & time again & the tireless effort of our goalie Ryan with his never say die attitude. We all know that while the forwards are the glamours & attention seekers of the game the Defence are the heroes.

In the Atoms we have both, from Chloe throwing herself in one end & chasing all the way to the other,aided by Maddison & Tom continually helped by Ray Sam & Tianna. While these last few are new to the game & still finding their way they have learnt fast with Chloe & Tianna also getting their first penalties for the season.

While there is room for improvement the standard they have achieved already is a credit to their coaches & parents.

A nice way to start the season at home with a win, CONGRATULATIONS ATOMS on a job well done, & someone told me you all enjoyed yourselves as well, that is a BONUS.

Next up The PEEWEES take on The Gladiators with our boys & girls 10 in total challenging for another win under their belt.

Leila had a great start with 21 shots on her, conceding only one goal, 2 period shut out. Most of the big guys dream of those figures. Our goalie was just one of our heroes with the D of Bayley & Jordan , Ethan & Daniel never giving an inch & obviously, without their supreme efforts we would have lost.

With Zac, Ellesse & Jack, leading the charge for goals & all bagging a few, they wouldnt have gotten anywhere, without the efforts from Corey, who made a goal possible for Jack, & Shakeel & Tim who, while new to the game, showed that they are keen to get involved & show their skills adding value to the team.

Keep on keeping on, Peewees, show them the new team, to be reckoned with in 2010.

Bantams, step up next, with their first taste of full contact & against the GIANTS of the comp NEWCASTLE. They dont come any bigger than this lot as I looked eye to eye to quite a few of them, recognising 13 state players in their side .

Our Bantams bravely skated on, a little in awe, but all keen to get on with it. With only our Captain Martin, with a season of Bantam's experience under his belt, & Casey & Courtney having played just a handfull of Bantams games, we are up against 10, full seasoned Bantam players & none who haven’t played before.

Big hits are the order of the day with Newcastle dishing them out left right & centre, still not one of our Bantams backed away.

With Cody, Dieter & Damien being continually charged & bowled over, to the frustration of Newcastle they kept on getting back up. Jack & Ellesse realised they were in a Bantam game & there is a huge difference between that & Peewees, but neither took a backward step.

The new SAINTS BANTAMS big boys on the block Josh , Greg, Christian & Dominic wanted a piece of them & got it with Melissa dishing out one of the biggest hits of the game on one of the biggest Bantams in the comp. She didnt fall over, he is still thinking about it.

They changed their tactics after the first period, when they were only in front by 2, & started to pick on our smaller players, Courtney, Madey & Ellesse, after that didnt work, they started to run out of tricks. While all of these players got absolutely hammered they jumped to their skates to not only carry on but Ellesse scored a goal to get his revenge, on the scoreboard, as it should be.Josh decide he had enough of being pushed around & knocked over & stood his ground when one of the Newcastle Giants had another go this time they fell but Josh was still on his feet.

Casey was their next target, but he not only eluded them for most of the game, he put a couple into the boards himself, as well as scoring two goals just to rub it in.He eventually got nailed a couple of times but having no fear or brains, that didnt phase him.

Edgo copt a hammering of 37 shots on, only conceding 7, 2 in an unlucky lapse of concentration by him & his defencemen in the closing minutes of the last period.

Our Bantams never gave in with Casey scoring a classic team goal with the assist from Martin & Ellesse making it possible in the last minute of the game.

Words from the Coach, in short Newcastle dont have much room for improvement, whereas we get better, every time we step on the ice. See you next time Newcastle, we will be looking forward to it, where it wont be so easy.Strangely enough I spoke to the Newcastle coach, who said that was a difficult game, from start to finish, they thought they would get to double figures but just couldnt break us, we kept on coming back at them.

Midgets at 615 that night at SIA against the Emperors. A tough game, we knew in advance. Having played them in the Heaton Cup with a narrow victory & them now being boosted with a player returning from Canada, out to impress & show what he has learnt, we knew it would be close.

Things didnt go our way, from the start, with 3 players including the Captain, arriving late ( 10 minutes before the start ) because of the President, & then the game starting 5 minutes early, things were not running smooth to start with.

It didnt get any better despite our best efforts & with 2 goals going in, but not being awarded we knew it was an uphill battle. Penalties began stacking against us with some strange calls being made., it doesn’t do any good arguing with the ref, so just play the whistle.

A game I am sure they would like to forget, but it should be remembered, so we can learn from our mistakes, & there were plenty of them.

WIN LOSE OR DRAW BOYS your supporters should be thanked. This should be a team effort not just 2 of you.

Dissapointing to say the least, lets not see this repeated. Most of the fans are your parents , a thankyou is the least you can do.

Rushing back from SIA to our home ice for the womens game v The Bears. Bears seemed to have all the good luck ( whereas we had all the bad luck ) as their breaks got results, & we couldnt quite get the puck in the net, our girls struggled to get out of first gear, & while there was some strong efforts put in by some, not quite enough from all players at the same time, therefore rewards were few & far between.

Grab some extra training ladies, Friday nights before you go out is a start, with an intensive off ice session, available at the club for only a few dollars. FRIDAY NIGHT I KNOW

Again with new players & some missing players they will take some time to find form , but I have seen you turn things around many times before & know that next week will be a different story.

Good to see the Women know how to treat their opponents & their supporters, no matter what the result,the traditional thankyou was given.

Seniors turn now with The Arch Angels v The Falcons, jumping on the ice & their opponents from the face off . Non stop action with Dean & Matt playing like they were back in Midgets & skating at 100kph, chasing the puck & hassling the opposition. Goals were a plenty with Jimmy never saying die & I think he nearly did ” the splits,” stopping a certain goal, although he did get back to his feet so it couldnt have been the splits could it Jim

Jared, Justin & Peter certainly had the game covered with smiles on their faces as some rehearsed moves went their way. It appeared to be a case of the Black helmet line & the White helmet line, ( making things easy ) although Chris, with his stand out green helmet, had to mix it with both lines of colours.

Arch Angels were triumphant making the game look easy at times, great to get a win at home

Titans next v Penrith Phantoms, a much anticipated game from the start especially considering who is who, in each team, with Bob now a SAINT & Ben Bennett wanting to settle some old summer comp issues.

Another goalie having to earn his keep & make up for some out of position defence men ,Matt got a workout all game as Penrith continued to attack the goals, a few lapses in defence, coupled with some penalties, not going our way & at crucial stages made it a difficult battle all game.

While Titans played some great hockey, Penrith were just out of reach, every time we scored, they would do the same. Unfortunately they beat us to the finish line, but since a majority of the Titans are still getting used to each other & our “imports”, are still trying to get used to the rules, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

We have a long season ahead of us, I will try & get to as many games as I can. Good luck to all

GO THE SAINTS.

What The Pres saw at the Hume Shield

Chris — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:12:00 GMT

Better late than never.

The Inaugural Hume Shield SAINTS V CANBERRA saw the SAINTS the winners in a close one.

Titans Elite Training Camp

Sheldon — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:02:00 GMT

The Saints are proud to announce the Titans Elite skills camp on Sunday 18th April 2010 from 8:15 am to 11:45 am.