5 years, 137 days, 4 hours, 32 minutes later, complete silence and focus enveloped Dimma as he hunched over his 15,000 piece, 3D, map of the world, special edition globe jigsaw puzzle. It was 3am. He lifted it up. Only 1 piece to go – it had been a … [Read more...] about Under 9 Blue vs St Kilda City (R9)
Under 18 Girls Div 1 v St Bede’s /Mentone Tigers (R9)
Lost 49-17 Round 9 Mid-season break time – Who needs a vacation when you can go to Brindisi St, Mentone?! With dire predictions of few players being available and a couple of calendar errors by some parents (oops that’s me) the under 18 girls … [Read more...] about Under 18 Girls Div 1 v St Bede’s /Mentone Tigers (R9)
Under 10 Girls Yellow v East Malvern (R9)
On this nice and chilly Sunday morning, The Hampton Rovers Roses ventured out to East Malvern for the clash against a very well performed and experienced team. Due to many girls being away for the holiday period we only had 10 players and were happy … [Read more...] about Under 10 Girls Yellow v East Malvern (R9)
Under 13 Div 2 v St Peter’s (R9)
We were greeted with a beautiful crisp morning for our first real early game for the season against St Peters at Centenary Park. Our pre-game centred around better/smarter ball use & movement and more intensity and pressure across the ground. The … [Read more...] about Under 13 Div 2 v St Peter’s (R9)
President’s Report – Round 9
Sunday Funday I woke up early Sunday and the sun was shining, it looked like a great day for footy. That was until I stepped outside! Whilst the sun was blazing down on us it was still clearly a winters day in Melbourne. Despite the rain the day … [Read more...] about President’s Report – Round 9
Under 12 Div 6 v St Paul’s McKinnon (R9)
Hampton Rovers 5.3.33 defeated St Paul's McKinnon 0.1.1 The boys headed in to today full of confidence after a couple of good wins and some noticeable improvement. The game was set to be a tough battle with 2 (St Pauls) Vs 3 (Rovers) on the … [Read more...] about Under 12 Div 6 v St Paul’s McKinnon (R9)
Under 14 Div 5 v Waverley Park Hawks (R9)
Rovers 9-8-62 Defeated Waverley Park Hawks 3-1-19 Back at the Boss James, the Div 5 soldiers went head to head against a strong Waverley Hawks team, who beat us last time we met. Again, a day low on numbers, we needed the boys to step up and … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 5 v Waverley Park Hawks (R9)
Under 14 Div 1 v East Brighton Vamps (R8)
Rovers 3-8-26 defeated by East Brighton Vampires 5-8-38 Cold and undermanned as we turned up at Hurlingham Reserve. Real keen to beat Vamps as we hadn’t done this in 2 years, with several OS catching sun we knew we needed to be at our best to … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 1 v East Brighton Vamps (R8)
Under 14 Div 5 v Murrumbeena (R8)
Rovers True Grit The Rovers Div 5 team faced a gruelling challenge on a foggy and muddy Sunday game at Kangaroo Road. The hardest part wasn't the weather, but was the low numbers that we had to compete against a tall and full sided Murrumbeena … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 5 v Murrumbeena (R8)
Under 14 Div 1 v Mordi Brae (R9)
With the Sun-lovers still away, drinking free cocktails and reminding me all about it with photo evidence at every opportunity we went into the Round 9 game against Mordi Brea knowing it might come down to the last 30 seconds of the game. I was very … [Read more...] about Under 14 Div 1 v Mordi Brae (R9)
