Late afternoon game in what remains of our autumn sunshine. We ventured across the highway to East Brighton today. The conditions this week in contract to Round 1, today we had a small ground with near perfect conditions. It was Chris Wormingtons’ … [Read more...] about Under 10 Orange vs East Brighton Vampires (R2)
Under 12 Girls Green vs Port Melbourne (R2)
Round 2 Ding Ding Ding! Thankfully - as much as for the supporters as the players - round 2 was played in much improved conditions, with clear skies and a balmy 20 degrees prevailing at Castlefield Reserve. In front of a rowdy home crowd, … [Read more...] about Under 12 Girls Green vs Port Melbourne (R2)
Under 11 Purple vs St Peters (R2)
We were away to St Peters today and had a beautiful autumn day with perfect football conditions. Matthew Cole and Charlton were given the Captain’s responsibility and once again both showed great leadership through the game. We kicked to the right … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs St Peters (R2)
ICYMI: Rovers Highlights from the Last Week
Missed a few posts, didn’t see our updates on Facebook or Instagram? Well, here's what happened: We now have 506 Junior Registrations. This is a HUGE number of members - a Club record. Watch out Richmond FC, we're coming for your 90,000 ... A … [Read more...] about ICYMI: Rovers Highlights from the Last Week
Rovers Alignment with East Sandy
A Junior sub-committee continues working with East Sandringham Zebras in order to formalise the alignment of our Clubs. Each year we have merge teams and we loan players to each other - in order to ensure opportunities for all our kids to play footy … [Read more...] about Rovers Alignment with East Sandy
Under 13 Div 5 vs Waverley Park Hawks (R1)
Coach Mike Cahill Rovers 6.8.44 def. Hawks 0.2.2 Goals: Colby S. (1), Jack G. (1), Lucas C. (1), Paddy T. (1), Heath D. (1), Ben S. (1) Summary Wet weather footy came early this week, with the team facing its nemesis from 2017. The players' … [Read more...] about Under 13 Div 5 vs Waverley Park Hawks (R1)
Under 17 Div 2 vs Bentleigh (R1)
Sunday the 15th of April saw the footy season begin for us being paired up with Bentleigh for Round 1, with Marcus White leading the team out (as he was recently appointed the team’s Captain for this Season). He led the team into cold and wet … [Read more...] about Under 17 Div 2 vs Bentleigh (R1)
Under 9 Pink vs East Malvern (R1)
Round 1 and the boys first competitive game of football playing in the newly created U9 Team Strachan! The conditions were far from perfect but I was so proud of the boys in this first game and the way they got straight into warm up before … [Read more...] about Under 9 Pink vs East Malvern (R1)
Under 12 Div 4 vs Beaumaris (R1)
Hampton Rovers 8.16 (64) def. Beaumaris Sharks 1.1 (7) Footy’s Back! In 2018 we have a new look team and our home ground at Castlefield is getting its own new look being midway through a facilities upgrade, it certainly makes for a close knit … [Read more...] about Under 12 Div 4 vs Beaumaris (R1)
Under 12 Div 2 vs East Brighton Vampires (R1)
Widdop Oval Hampton East EBV 6.7.43 v HR 5.7.37 While presented with the miserable conditions on offer on Sunday, Round 1 always generates enough excitement that the weather becomes insignificant. The boys were pumped to get back out on the … [Read more...] about Under 12 Div 2 vs East Brighton Vampires (R1)
