Old Westbourne AFC

Senior Warriors Notch Up First Win

A typical Saturday out at Warrior park saw the Seniors take on a St Mary’s/Salesian unit for the second time this year. SMS took the honours in round one in a close encounter and the word around the grounds was that this was going to be a similar story. Improved form from Westbourne in recent weeks saw the team come into the game quietly confident, and confidence was again boosted by an almost full strength line up named on Thursday night.

The almost gale force wind saw the advantage for the team kicking to the school end which Westbourne took advantage of in the 1st quarter seeing four goals kicked to St Mary’s one going into the first break.

Coach Andrew Horsburgh called on the team to stick tough in the 2nd, and the players heard the call not only restricting St Mary’s to two goals but matching their first quarter efforts by slotting through another four goals into the strong wind.

Troy “Fish” Whiting was a stand out in the first quarter, while Damien “Lock up with” Lockwood and Frank “Captain Cool” Pavez were at their usual best around the ground.

There was a buzz in the Warrior stable at half time with the home team holding a 38 point leave.

The 2nd half was one of the best quarters of football for the Warriors for the year with a 7 goal to zip period extending the home teams lead. Back line pressure for the experienced brigade of Miller, Benn and O’Keefe put the Warriors in a commanding position coming into the last breaj

Westbourne did not let up the pressure in the final quarter and again the strength of the backline held up the SMS forwards, plus excellent run from Shaun Gill and Andrew Maki meant that the Warriors again outscored their opponents into the wind.

It was 12 rounds in the making but the Warriors finally had 4 points against their name with a more than convincing win. The words “Westbourne’s the team that you all want to follow …” were heard once again coming from the Westbourne clubrooms. The win satisfied the hunger for many a Warrior follower, but others feel that there will be more opportunities to sing the song before the season is out.

The only worries to come out of the game was a serious knee injury to Oden Hickey and Paul Hudson being put on report for charging.

Old Westbourne
4.5  8.10  15.15  18.16.124

St Mary's Salesian
1.0  3.4  3.4  5.9.39

Goal Kickers: T. Whiting 7, F. Pavez 2, D. Lockwood 2, J. Ferguson 2, S. Gill , P. Hudson , K. Miller , P. O''Keefe , S. Laird
Best Players: D. Lockwood, F. Pavez, K. Miller, A. Maki, D. Benn, S. Gill

 

In the Reserves it was almost a repeat of the week before with Westbourne kicking off to a great start taking a 6 goals to 2 first quarter lead, led up forward by Jason Andrades with a stunning 5 goal start. The quarter saw some great work up forward but in the conditions allowing 2 goals to be kicked into the wind could hurt the end result.

The SMS defence held out in the 2nd with their forwards doing just enough to put them within a kick of OW going into the main break.

A disappointing 3rd quarter from the warriors saw them miss opportunities to kick away from SMS, but also give their opponents confidence coming into the last with a 2 goals to 2 quarter.

In the last SMS didn’t do much, but they did enough to nail 2 goals and hold the warriors to 1 point and run away with a 7 point victory.

The standouts for the Warriors were Jason Andrades plus some of the old crew in “Grouse” Gerace, “Blazers” Stanley, Adrian “The Plank” Board, and “Sniper” Jenkinson.

Old Westbourne
6.2  6.4  8.8  8.9.57

St Mary's Salesian
2.0  6.1  8.1  10.4.64

Goal Kickers: J. Andrades 5, B. Knee , C. Walgers , J. Andrades
Best Players: J. Andrades, B. Gerace, D. Stanley, A. Board, G. Jenkinson, B. Smith

Seniors and Reserves show glipses of form

This week the Seniors ventured out to Glen Eira to take on the ladder leaders for the second time this year. Before the first ball was bounced coach Andrew Horsburgh questioned the commitment of some of the senior playing group and challenged them to overcome the poor starts that have plagued the team all year.

While it didn’t show on the scoreboard, the Warriors came out with more passion and determination. An early injury to “Tex” Walker didn’t help the cause and Westbourne were one man down with Gary heading to hospital to stitch up a deep cut on the forehead.

The 2nd quarter was much the same but inaccurate kicking from Glen Eira meant Westbourne were still in with a sniff at 1/2 time.

Another rev up from Burra during the long break saw the Warriors come out strong in the 3rd – led out of half back by Grant Connors in his second game for the season. A calf injury to Leigh Barnes meant the Warriors were another man short with Oden Hickey and Troy Whiting needing to fill the gap. The boys stood up to the challenge beating the top side for the quarter and showing some glimpses of good quality football.

Strong performances up back by Duncan Benn and Paul Hudson restricted Glen Eira for much of the game, but in the final quarter the weight of numbers meant that the oppositions score kept ticking over, fortunately with more behinds than goals.

Glen Eira ran out 86 point winners in the end, but it was a much better effort by Westbourne this week against a quality side.

Well done also to John Ferguson for featuring in the best in his first senior game for the club, and to Jon Andrades for stepping up to the ones after a game in the twos

Glen Eira
6.5 10.13 12.15 17.24.126

Old Westbourne
1.1 2.2 6.4 6.4.40

In the ressies another promising game as the dew kickers took on the 2nd placed team. A freak goal from James DiBlasi opened the scoring for the game which inspired the team into the first break with a 14 point lead. Backline pressure in the 2nd saw Glen Eira squander multiple opportunities and keep the Warriors in the lead at 1/2 time with a narrow 4 point lead

The premiership quarter was another story as Glen Eira couldn’t go wrong piling on 7 goals straight. Ben Black, “Grr” Jenkinson and “Stiff as a” Board worked hard up back but a good tail wind helped Glen Eira to a strong lead going into the last break.

Back after downing Corona’s and Tequila’s in Mexico for Cade Lever’s wedding, Jason Nikola and David Hudson bolstered the reserves line up but it wasn’t enough to stop a last quarter avalanche from Glen Eira – fortunately most of the time this resulted in the goal umpire waving only one flag.

In the end Glen Eira ran out 44 point winners.

Glen Eira
1.2 3.12 10.12 12.21.93

Old Westbourne
3.4 5.4 7.5 7.7.49

By Mark Aquilina

Warriors to regroup

A disappointing day out at Warrior Park for Old Westbourne as the seniors, reserves and under 19s all went down convincingly.

The seniors faced up against a the 3rd placed St John’s team who came off a convincing win against St Mary’s last week. The Warriors had a few new inclusions with Jarryd Newall, Travis Brooker, Steven Laird, Glenn Night and Under 19 Nathan Wallace all picked in the team on Thursday night – as well as Aldi Veliu being promoted to the ones after a half in the twos.

After a close first quarter, St Johns took full advantage of the typical Westbourne gale to lead at half time by 7 goals.The third quarter wasn’t much better for the Warriors as St Johns piled on 8 goals to 3 to lead by 72 points going into the final break. The last quarter was a similar story again with Westbourne only managing 2 goals to 7. Paul Hudson was a stand out again for Westbourne taking out the votes while putting 4 goals away.

On a side note, Westbourne had a special welcome for two of the umpires today. Paul “CK” Chalmers, a former Seniors B&F winner, had field umpire duties while VAFA A-Grade goal umpire Charlie Lear (husband of Secretary Val Lear) helped out today with the flags. Thanks guys.

OW: 0.5  2.8  5.11  7.13.55

SJ: 2.1  9.7  17.11  24.15.159

In the earlier match, the Ressies showed glimpses of good footy but inconsistent play and lapses in judgement and concentration meant that St John had control of the game from the first bounce. Strong 2nd and last quarters meant the warriors were never out of the game but the ball spent too much time in the back half in the 1st and 3rd quarters resulting in St John’s continuously putting on scoreboard pressure.

Good defensive ball skills restricted St Johns (as well as some inaccurate St John’s kicking) which kept the score respectable as the ressies went down by 35 points. Playing coach Simon Christo put through another 3 to add to his 4 from last week, while John Ferguson was the best for the green, gold and blue.

OW: 0.1  3.2  3.3  8.3.51

SJ: 4.6  5.12  10.15  11.20.86

The under 19s were boosted by some of the under 16s players coming up this week as they ran out against Whitefriars OC in a battle of 6th vs 7th. However the Warriors found themselves under manned against a well prepared Whitefriars.

It was a tough day for the boys, and while the players from the 16s worked hard all day it wasn’t meant to be as they went down by 170 points

 

Next week is the Queen’s Birthday weekend which means all teams have a week off the regroup.

 

By Mark Aquilina

Gary Jenkinson’s 300th Spurs on 1st Win

The Old Westbourne reserves team recorded their first win for 2011 with a 39 point win over Aquina’s at Westbourne today, and the first win couldn’t come at a better time as club stalwart Gary Jenkinson ran out in the Warriors colours for the 300th time.

“Grr” Jenkinson, a premiership player in the 2004 reserves flag, has hardly missed a beat since starting down the club. Rarely missing training, a game or after match functions, Gary is the epitome of dedication to a club. In a time when chasing coin has become more of the norm, it is refreshing to know that players like Gaz are still around.

Gaz was also joined by other legends of the club for the day, with Leon Fairfield donning the boots for the first time this year and Justin Horsburgh putting four through the big sticks.

The players, committee and supporters of Old Westbourne would like to congratulate Gaz on this great achievement – well done Gary.

 

By Mark Aquilina

 

Under 19 Round 14 vs Bulleen Templestowe

OLD WESTBOURNE 8.8-56 def. by BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWE 9.10-64

OLD WESTBOURNE
Goal Kickers: J. Porter 3, N. Hall 2, L. Robinson , S. Rathbone , A. Crossman
Best Players: J. El-Hawly, S. Rathbone, A. Jawad, N. Knight, A. Crossman

BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWE
Goal Kickers: D. Dakin 2, M. Carey 2, R. Elbaba 2, L. Millen , E. Yamen , R. Bulmer
Best Players: L. Millen, O. Groth, M. Vergamalis, a. Ruggiero, J. Paolucci, D. Dakin

Club 18 Round 14 vs Old Paradians

OLD WESTBOURNE 0.3-3 def. by OLD PARADIANS 10.13-73      

OLD WESTBOURNE
Best Players: D. Slattery, B. Knee, P. Magann, A. Johnson, M. Mazurkiewicz, J. Willson

OLD PARADIANS
Goal Kickers: A. Spinoso 3, S. O''Keeffe 2, A. Mascia 2, A. Tenson 2, I. Clifford
Best Players: N. Bryce, I. Clifford, A. Mascia, A. Spinoso, K. Barry, A. Palmieri

Reserves Round 14 vs Bentleigh

OLD WESTBOURNE 6.16-52 def. by BENTLEIGH 10.4-64

OLD WESTBOURNE
Goal Kickers: N. Smithwick , A. Horsburgh , M. Riches , J. Shea , J. Andrades , J. Andrades
Best Players: M. Riches, G. Robson, J. Lawn, D. Stanley, C. Butcher, T. Davidson

BENTLEIGH
Goal Kickers: A. HENDRY 4, B. Lydster 2, J. West 2, L. Morrison , L. Mooney
Best Players: B. Zylbersztajn, C. Montesano, D. Singh, A. HENDRY, D. Streker, T. Stach

Girls Youth Round 12 vs Melton

OLD WESTBOURNE 0.0-0 .def by MELTON 19.14-128

OLD WESTBOURNE
Best Players: B. Von Schill, J. Clark, E. Paterno, S. Hetherington, K. Franklin, E. Dunstan

MELTON
Goal Kickers: A. PORTER 6, N. RAPPOS 4, S. VILLIERS 2, J. BELVEDERE 2, M. OFFER , C. FORBES , E. McLEAN , K. JONES , D. MENZIES
Best Players: A. PORTER, C. FORBES, N. RAPPOS, M. OFFER, S. BURKE, J. BELVEDERE

Seniors Round 14 vs Bentleigh

OLD WESTBOURNE 18.12-120 def. BENTLEIGH 15.15-105

OLD WESTBOURNE
Goal Kickers: B. Connors 4, D. Carlton 3, M. Wilson 2, N. Montague 2, P. Hudson 2, H. Hunter 2, C. Hunter , D. Van Der Poel , A. Rompel
Best Players: B. Connors, J. Johns, C. Hunter, N. Montague, F. Pavez, C. Hudson

BENTLEIGH
Goal Kickers: C. Sharp 3, P. Magnifico 3, B. Stevens 2, C. Feddersen 2, J. Robertson 2, C. Kamus , S. Lawry
Best Players: S. Mortimer, J. White, C. Feddersen, M. Feddersen, P. Magnifico, J. Robertson

Under 16 Round 15 vs Deer Park

OLD WESTBOURNE 8.11-59 .def by DEER PARK 15.12-102

OLD WESTBOURNE
Goal Kickers: J. Dalbon 2, D. Harris 2, A. Chrysostomou 2, M. Tesoriero, J. Kay
Best Players: A. Chrysostomou, J. Dalbon, C. Wallace, L. Liddington, J. Carullo, D. Harris

DEER PARK
Goal Kickers: M. Parsons 4, S. Maitland 2, R. Ball 2, P. Parker, R. Arneill, A. Larizza, P. Haralambous, D. Krstevski, D. Zappone
Best Players: S. Maitland, M. Parsons, B. Domotor, R. Ball, D. Zappone