under 11 purple

What a day – full of ups and downs! Where to start? Beginning or the end? Starting at the beginning is probably always the best place. I will say straight up, however, just how proud I am of our boys, their development this year and their performance … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple – The Grand Final

Well finals arrived today – I would love to say the spring air had also arrived, but instead we were greeted with artic conditions. With hail coming through at 8.30 this morning and potential for thunder and lightning in the forecast we knew we were … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs St Peters (First Final)

The final round of the home and away season today was played away against St Pauls McKinnon. Unfortunately, we were missing two valuable players with injury – Oscar and Matty C. We expect both to recover in time for next week’s big semi-final. … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs St Paul’s McKinnon (R15)

Back at Castlefield today for the penultimate home and away round against Bentleigh. We were saddened to hear during the week that Oscar had suffered a fracture in his collarbone last week, care of a tough tackle that took him to ground. There is … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs Bentleigh (R14)

A late game saw us heading out to Wheelers Hill to take on Waverley Park Hawks. Luckily the forecast hail never arrived, but the boys were not spared from constant wind blowing across the ground into the left forward pocket that made going tough. … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs Waverley Park Hawks (R13)

Cold and blustery conditions greeted us at Castlefield this morning as we resumed after school holidays. Four boys down today, but plenty of enthusiasm to celebrate Wes Sando’s 50th game – congratulations Wes! Wes and Will were our two captains for … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs St Peters (R11)

The weather picked up today after last week’s bitter cold. Today was always going to be a great test of just how far we have come this season. Away, up against East Brighton Vampires who were sitting just above us on the ladder and had not lost a … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs East Brighton Vampires (R10)

Well winter has certainly arrived! We experienced arctic conditions today down at Albert Park against South Melbourne Districts. Today was a special day for three of our boys who all joined the 50 game club – a big congratulations to Jake Seddon, … [Read more...] about Under 11 Purple vs South Melbourne (R9)