Old Westbourne AFC

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

Round 2 Emmaus St Leos

This week our Senior and Reserve boys took on Emmaus St Leos at Warringa Reserve in Hoppers Crossing, unfortunately both teams came up short see below for Match Report.

Seniors:

 
 
 

Reserves:

 

 

Some Photo's taken from the game:

     

   


 



 



 

Senior and Under 19 Pre-season Training

Training this coming Monday 6 Dec has been re-scheduled to Tues 7 Dec.

Therefore, we will be training back-to-back nights 7th & 8th, next week at 6.30 p.m.

Training the following week will revert back to Monday & Wednesday the 13th & 15th as per schedule.

The last four training sessions are important and attendance is required. Following training on the 15th there is a club BBQ

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

Seniors Round 13 vs Emmaus St Leos

OLD WESTBOURNE 13.12-90 def. by EMMAUS ST LEOS 16.11-107 

OLD WESTBOURNE
Goal Kickers: B. Connors 3, G. Walker 2, C. Hunter 2, M. Dorricott , D. Van Der Poel , D. Riosa , M. Wilson , N. Montague , L. Langfield
Best Players: J. Johns, G. Walker, B. Connors, C. Hunter, N. Montague, D. Riosa
 
EMMAUS ST LEOS
Goal Kickers: A. McKenzie 3, T. Bowden 2, C. Beluszar 2, P. McCluskey 2, A. McCann 2, N. Robin , M. Gartland , N. Baranello , A. Hickey , A. Prosser
Best Players: P. McCluskey, N. Baranello, A. McCann, D. Kelson, T. Bowden, A. Ballard