under 9 yellow 2017

After the raging winds of Saturday and a stiff early morning northerly breeze, the day settled by game time and we were treated to another perfect winter morning at Castlefield. After supporting our U/9 team mates playing in the game prior ,we headed … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs St Bedes/Mentone (R13)

Wow another winter weekend when we missed the bad, cold weather. With an 11:30am game today the dew was gone and air was mild, slight cross breeze with no major advantage on our fantastic ground at Castlefield. Or as a few boys remind me … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs St Peters (R12)

Hampton Rovers U/9 Yellow vs East Brighton (away) Round 11 Today we visited the Vampires at East Brighton. We had a 12pm game but the wind was up and it was as cold as any morning we’ve had this year. It was the first game this season that I felt … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs East Brighton Vampires (R11)

Round 10 was upon us today and East Malvern had come to Hampton town with an unbeaten record this season including toppling Prahran who ran over us last week. This season we have had great competition each week, it a season very similar to the AFL … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs East Malvern (R10)

Today we had our first taste of the winter chill and winter winds. Dry conditions but a clear advantage towards one end of the ground. Our Captains today were Jack Breen and Campbell Hardie and we took on an unknown opponent Bentleigh Demons. The … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs Bentleigh (R9)

It’s becoming the typical Sunday morning this season, fresh almost no wind and sunshine gleaming across Castlefield. Today we were up against Prahran a team who were undefeated and have been winning quite convincingly this season in most games. After … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs Prahran (R8)

Today was a fresh 6 degree, foggy morning where the Rovers under 8s kindly broke the dew before our game began. The fog soon burned away with the morning sun and we were again blessed with a super Sunday morning at Castlefield. These boys have no … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs East Brighton (R7)

This morning looked like a real winter morning but by game time, the sun broke through and we were treated to very good conditions down at St Bedes Mentone. After our first defeat last week against St Peters, we had heard that St Bedes Mentone had … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs St Bedes Mentone (R6)

Today we were spoilt again with a great autumn morning, a dry ground and breeze to one end of the ground. Our captains today Harry Ockerby and Magnus Barton won the toss and elected to kick with the breeze in the first quarter. The St Peter’s team … [Read more...] about Under 9 Yellow vs St Peter’s (R5)

After thanking all our mums on Mother's Day we started the game with only 16 available players to which East Sandy kindly provided 2 extras to allow the game to be played on even terms. Once the siren sounded to start the game Rovers kicked into … [Read more...] about Under 9 Orange vs East Sandringham (R4)