Thanks to everyone at the ground today who bought raffle tickets or donated cash for the Nate Wetini Appeal. At Heazlett we raised over $400 and our Juniors at other grounds also contributed in a big way. Special thanks to Jesse Reupena Parahi who donated some Australian 7s gear as raffle prizes! This is what Rugby does so well, getting together as one community to help out when someone needs assistance. All of our Senior grades wore the white armband, here is a shot of 1st grade before they took the field and defeated last years premiers Woy Woy.
This Saturday at the Sharkpool our Seniors have their first home games of the year - against Woy Woy Lions - the 2014 1st & 3rd grade premiers. The day kicks off with the u19s at 11:20, then 3s at 12:30, 2nds at 1:40 before the big game at 3:00. Game day sponsor is Treads Tyrepower at Kincumber, make sure you think of them whenever you need tyres! Weather is going to be warm and cloudy, a great day to get the family down to the ground to cheer on the Sharks. Juniors 7s days... again this week with Games at Haven, Ettalong, JBO & Slade, apart from the u17s who will be playing at Kariong in a full field trial. 1st grade for this week:
Luke Sheridan Max Stewart Rick Veitch Jared Fitzsimmons Shaun Thompson Emile Thomas Blake Jacob Chad Martin Sam Evans Justin Staben Matthew Ryan Dylan Hardaker Matt Anderson Daniel Aguirre-Acevedo Jimmy Latham Good Luck to all the Sharks Cheers Boys! It was a long day at Woongarrah with the Sharks leaving winless. Not as bad as that sounds though, many positives in all the grades, with some new players excelling and some great Club men showing up to help us out when they heard we were short of players. Day opened with the Colts going down 0-20, with coach Adam Wheeler only meeting a few of his players as they were warming up. We started with 14 players and the boys competed all game without any reserves against a full squad from Warnervale. 3pts to Matthew Ritchie in a huge effort from the big prop, 2pts to Ethan Fullagar and 1pt to new player Connor Redman. Late arrival & new player Kepi Jackson impressed everyone when he ran on as 15th player, more so when he got some time in 3rd grade and showed that he is going be a big asset to the Club. Now if everyone could get to training ... Third grade lost 0-19, which wasn't a true reflection of a really close game. Numbers were a concern before players arrived from everywhere, such great Club spirit how everyone wants to help their mates and help their Club. 3pts to Jordan McComb who was also voted players player. 2pts Josh Blackwell and 1pt to new player Jordan Huszarek. Special mention to Grant Pavett who ran out as a Shark after countless games over the hill for the Trojans. Another father son moment when he got on the field with his Mitch Pavett. 2nds really highlighted the difference between a team that has had serious pre season training and a side that has been a bit more causal about its early season work. The score blew out in the end with us going down 12-54. Tries to David Ireland and Brooke Morgan with Dylan J Duck converting one of them. 3pts to Brook Cheezy Morrow, 2pts to Luke McPhie and 1pt to his brother Jacob McPhie - both new to the Sharks. Luke also picked up the players player votes for his showing at #10. Then on to the big game with a couple of late changes having Justin Staben pulling on the #10 jersey and Sam Puckett coming onto the wing and Speedy to fullback. Initially it was mainly about penalty kicks in the first half until Daniel Aguirre-Acevedo steamrolled down the wing to get us to an 8-6 lead. A late try to them had us trailing 8-11 at the break. That quickly went out to 8-18. Then for the majority of the second half we were camped inside their territory, but couldn't get through their defence until Brooke Morgan scored his second try of the day in his third game. That left about 15 minutes of more attack, a couple of disallowed tries and we couldn't get the points, finishing 13-18. A first ever win to Warnervale over an Avoca 1sts, well done to them. Speedy added a penalty to the two tries. 3pts and players player to Blake Jacob, 2pts to Emile Thomas & Chad Martin (yep the entire back row) with 1pt to Dan Aguirre-Acevedo. The new boys in firsts all excelled; Blake Jacob obviously so from the coach and player votes, Max Stewart is improving so much that his future has no limits, Jared Fitzsimmons in the second row was awesome and Sam Evans took on the half back job so well you'd never guess he was fresh from u17s last year with Max. The tackling from all the team was sensational, but Dylan Hardaker was channelling Thor while maybe earning a new Hitman nickname. Club spirit was the winner today, with more than half the u19s backing up to help in Grade. Then 11 of the third graders also played higher grades, a lot of them as starters in the top 2 matches. There will be some tired bodies tomorrow, but a lot of happy men knowing that a new season has finally begun. Next week v Woy Woy at the Sharkpool. Senior Rugby competition commences tomorrow with the Sharks away to Warnervale at Woongarrah. It is game on for all 3 grades and Colts. The Colts kickoff at 11:20 - be at the ground by 10:30. Grade commences with 3rds at 12:30. For grade there is a bus organised that leaves Heazlett at 11am sharp. Colts players can car pool up then you can grab a ride home on the bus after you have backed up helping out grade.
First grade has a great mix of youth and experience, with s ome... of last year's Colts and u17s getting a run on start - their play last year showed they are ready for top grade - congratulations to them and to all who start the season in firsts: Luke Sheridan Max Stewart Rick Veitch Shaun Thompson Jared Fitzsimmons Emile Thomas Blake Jacob Chad Martin Sam Evans Mitch Graham Matthew Ryan Dylan Hardaker Matt Anderson Daniel Aguirre-Acevedo Jimmy Latham Cheers Boys!! |
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