University Juniors Hockey Club Inc
Week ahead: Round Twelve 11 -13 August
Everything you need to know about our club – match results, upcoming matches, social events, ACT Hockey news/links and much more.
Contents:
- Presidents Message
- Best Wishes
- Important dates to remember
- Presentation Night U11-U18’s
- 2017 Oceania Cup
- Player Profile
- ACT Hockey Results & Fixtures
- Team Reports
- Sponsor “Thank you’s”
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE:
Congratulations to Lauren Hancock and Lauren Yee and Aiden Hellyer and Amaru Ley for their selections in the respective ACT Girls and Boys teams travelling to Perth late September. Commiserations to George Banks and Mehar Johal who have narrowly missed out but are in the train-on squad for the boys.
Thanks to all the parents who helped run the BBQ on Saturday at Willows – it is fantastic to see a few new faces helping out taking the pressure off the Committee.
Finally the Committee will be meeting later this week to discuss amongst other things, the activities leading up to the culmination of the season including the Junior (U11 and above Presentation Night) and the Hin2H End of Season activities. If you have anything you want to raise before the meeting on Thursday evening, can you please contact one of the Committee beforehand?
Andrew Sutton
President
Our thoughts and best wishes go out to Graham Carter and family while Graham receives treatment for Lymphoma. We hope you return to full health as soon as possible.
~ Uni Juniors Family & Friends
IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR 2017 DIARY.
The second half of the season will teams hopefully heading towards finals, but we will be having a number of events before we wrap up late September. (please note HACT changes to H2H/Game On schedule):
26 August – this is the ANU/UC Club Day where 11 of the ANU and UC Men and Women teams play against each other and up for grabs is the Bunyip Trophy which UC is looking to claim for the first time. We have booked the BBQ for a sausage sizzle and we will be encouraging all our members from Hin2H to Under 18s to be involved throughout the day (wearing the UJHC playing uniform if possible).
2 September – The 2nd Hin2H Carnival is to be held over at Blundell Park in Queanbeyan NSW. This is due to Willows having insufficient field space on this particular day. As always, please make contact with us if you have any questions
The Club Hin2H/Game On Annual Presentations – Date TBC. WATCH THIS SPACE! We will have a couple of kids v parents games, followed by presentations and finally a free sausage sizzle for the kids.
9 September – Semi Finals and Grand Finals for Under 11s; Semi Finals for Under 13s – U18s
17 September – Grand Finals for Under 13-18s
21 September – Under 11 – 18 Presentation Night Ainslie Football Club (invitation to follow)Save the Date!!
UNI Juniors Hockey Club Inc
2017 Senior Presentation Night – Thursday September 21
U11 – U18 players & families – it’s a night of celebration!
Invitations have gone out!! (emails supplied for newsletter will receive the invitation, please contact Tracey Burgess at communications@unijuniorshockey.com.au if you have a child/ren playing U11-U18 have not received an invitation)
If you are thinking of attending the Oceania Cup later in the year, please head to the Hockey Australia website HERE (http://www.hockey.org.au/Portals/2/a_OC/Oceania%20-%20NSW%20Club%20Ticketing.pdf ) and book your tickets. Uni Juniors will have a unique link (UJHC should show under the ACT heading after Monday 14/8/17), please press on our unique link to attribute your purchase. Hockey Australia will then know you are from the club and after a certain amount of tickets are purchased, a rebate will be given to the club.It’s going to be a huge event and not one to miss!
Tracey Burgess
Communications
Player Profile:
Welcome to Amelia Bell (U11/1G). Amelia, taking after her mum (a former Old Canberrans hockey player), has come to our club to take up hockey having never played before. Two Wednesday night practices was all Amelia needed to not only get herself through her first game, but to also play with a measure of confidence and commitment, making a number of good tackles and passes. She did so well in her first game that it was hard to credit this was her first outing. We found out that her dad Percy used to play soccer at the Willows playing fields before the artificial turf was installed! Welcome to Amelia and family.
2017 RESULTS & FIXTURES: LINK / https://sportsdesq.onesporttechnology.com/15
Each week, you will have the opportunity to read reports from previous weekend games. We ask that you please understand that reports can be written by players of all age groups & level of comprehension/grammar standards. Our job is to enjoy and celebrate the child standing up and publishing a reflection of something as powerful as sport.
U11/1 Boys: Despite the wet and cold conditions on Saturday morning, the team played really well and had a convincing 13-0 win against Central. The boys played strongly in Central’s half for much of the game, with some great teamwork and passes out wide that set up for goals by Brayden, Decklan, Cameron, Jacko, Ethan and Makhaya .
The team also defended well, preventing the ball from getting to the D most of the time and Reuben blocking a goal when it did.
Best and fairest went to Jacko & the Grill’d “Awesome Effort” award went to Makhaya.
Thanks to Kirsty and Zeb for all their coaching and support.
~ Angus
U11/2 Boys: I have to start with the sad story of a disappointing defeat to a really strong QBN team – 8-0.
We still put our all in and there and I have faith we are saving our strength for a really strong end to the season!
Finn was rightfully declared player of the match – he played like an Olympian giving us the best chance. Owen was also strong on attack delivering some excellent big hits striding up the field and Hugo was completely tenacious showing us his totally wicked stick skills. We were also lucky to have some brilliant help from Reuben from first division in goals. We may have gone down but it would’ve been a sad story if Matt hadn’t been there to help in defence. Work hard at training and next week we’ll nail it…….. a DAB BOY (Felix)
U11/1 Girls v St Pats: This week our team played their socks off. Strong performances by the halves saw the ball travelling wide and around the oppositions defenders, and two goals each to Sophie and Pippa, and one to Olivia saw the girls run out deserved 5-Nil winners. Luka played a composed and intelligent game distributing the ball well, and Indira had her first chance at backing up Luka in the centre half position when Luka took a break. Julia again had a strong game making timely clearances, so-much-so that this week out goalie, Josie up from Div 2, did not touch the ball once. In the previous game we spoke of the need to be more efficient in clearing our ball out wide and around the opposition, so it was pleasing this weekend to see the girls execute that game plan. Well done.
Grill’d “Awesome Effort” award: With 6 weeks away from hockey, and only arriving back in Australia less than 24hrs earlier, Ainsley Hewitt not only slotted back into the team but also lead a number of strong attacks up the side of the field to put our forwards in a position to take their shots at goal. Ainsley’s effort in this weekend’s game, putting aside the herculean effort of getting herself up and ready for the game, typified the development of the idea that each player plays and important role, which when combined, brings the results. Well done Ainsley.
U11/1 -2 Girls v TVWHC: In the previous game our key focus for this weekends practice and game was the need to run the ball out wide and around the opposition players and clean and strong hits to our player or into contestable space. Wow, did we deliver on that in the first half or what! Sharp passes from the full backs to the halves, then funnelled to the wings put Chloe in a great position where she slotted the first, then a strong cross field pass to Remy saw our second come up before half time. Following the break TVWHC slotted three quick goals, and we spent the rest of the second half trying to emulate our first half performance, however the final score remained 2-3 to TVWHC. Overall the performance of the girls this weekend was pleasing to see and we will be working hard at this weeks practice to continue on with our fine form from the first half of this week’s game.
Grill’d “Awesome Effort” award: One of the key reasons we performed so well in the first half this week came down to the gutsy effort put in by Saraya out on the left wing, who hustled up and down the field on the left wing all game, continually feeding the ball back into the centre forward. Well done Saraya.
15/2 A Girls: On Friday 4th of August, Uni Juniors 15 2 versed the Checks. To support breast cancer and to commemorate the death of Chris McKinan, the whole team wore pink ribbons and other pink accessories such as headbands and pink zinc on the field. We also donated money for breast cancer research prior to the game. The game was held at Tuggeranong from 7:30 to 8:30. Although we lost 5-1, everyone played very well and Zoe scored the goal!
Jasmine was awarded the Grill’d “Awesome Effort” award for her help in scoring the goal.
U15/2 B Girls: Our girls started the first half strong scoring 4 goals against Merici. We lead 4-0. Uni made some amazing breaks down the line and through the middle, we used our press to our advantage and put pressure on them. Merici tried hard to break through our line of defence they managed to do so a few times but were stopped short with Amy tackling. Come second half we scored another goal making it 5-0 to us. It was a very good game, few things we could work on at training but all round good game. Good job girls!
Ash
The Grill’d “Amazing Effort” award this week went to Big Brooke (Kildey) for the look of shock and surprise on her face when she scored her first goal for the season.
U18 Girls:
This was a far tougher match than was expected, although we again dominated both possession and territory with Dara struggling to get out of our half. We struggled to get part Dara’s defence but with 10 minutes to go we broke the deadlock with a stroke followed by a well taken field goal both scored by Madi. Best and fairest were Madi and Abbey. With the bye coming up we have a well-deserved and badly needed weekend off before we take on 2nd placed Goulburn again in a match that if we win will seal the Minor Premiership.
THANK YOU – Please support those who support the club…….
The Ainslie Football Club has kindly supported our club with our upcoming Presentation night (21/9/17). The Ainslie Football Club is a wonderful friendly, family environment. Please make your next dining/social experience over at the Ainslie Football Club located on Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie.
Sponsoring the weekly team “Awesome Effort” awards.
Ron “Barry” Hawkes Butchery – Fyshwick Markets
proudly supporting our Club BBQ’s with quality sausages at an unbelievable price.
COLES Supermarket – City
Proudly supporting us with all the products we need to enable us to run & make a profit on our Club BBQ’s. Product such as and not limited to: onions, bread, sauce, serviettes, soft drink and more.
Who offers us a BBQ each year out at their Fyshwick store.
Uni Juniors tracksuit pants are still available for purchase $20 (correct money please and junior sizes only 6-12).Great for sport and school!! Please call Tracey on 0418486956 to arrange purchase.