GDHC Junior Report 2009 - Glebe District Hockey Club

Junior Report 2009
Claire Doughty decides to put her arm in a cast because of a little thing called a fracture. I may just
ban school during the lead up week to the Grand Final next year.
So let us move to the Grand Final game itself and what a game it was. Sutherland Blue was always
the team to beat as they had won every match during the preliminary season. We had of course
come second and were the only team to consistently score goals against them. We knew that if we
were going to defeat them in the Grand Final, we would have to play our best hockey.
This is exactly what we did. It was a tough match. Claire played with her arm in a cast, which was a
pretty good effort. To add to our woes, Dylan was smashed in the hand but true to the Howe
lineage, shook it off and played some brilliant hockey. Mack ducked and wove the wrong way and
had a ball smack him in the face. Blood everywhere, so we took him off, cleaned him up and could
not stop him getting back on even if we wanted to.
We missed some chances in attack and our defence stopped some of their certain goals. We
frustrated them and showed them that they had a real game of hockey on their hands. The team
lived up to what is truly the never say die Glebe spirit. It was a hot day and we played some great
hockey. Unfortunately we could not stop the Sutho tide totally and with the little bit of space we
gave them, they slotted 2 goals in five minutes, late in the second half, to take out the game 2-0.
Hold your heads up high Glebe, you did us proud.
A big, huge thank you to all our players.
Ally Cooper
14 Games, 3 Goals.
Ally is the type of player you need on a team. Always keen to play and ready to go.
Always there with a smile, Ally would work tirelessly for you. Can play a number
of positions due to her great work rate and nice skills.
Claire Doughty
17 Games, 7 Goals.
Jamie Fleming
16 Games, 10 Goals.
Tim Graham
18 Games.
Dylan Howe
17 Games, 8 Goals.
Aisling Klimoski
18 Games
Caitlin Lawrence
17 Games, 3 Goals.
Claire was the quiet achiever of the team. Not only was she at home in attack on the
wing, but a very good defender when called upon to play half. Her innocent smile
beguiled her toughness as a player. Nice skills and positioned herself well in the
circle to score some goals.
Jamie made his home on the wing this year, with speed and determination his
biggest assets. Jamie has the ability to beat the defence easily with some nice skills.
Always there in the circle, Jamie scored a lot of “tap in” goals because of his
position in attack. A productive and good season in 2009.
Tim started slowly but as the season went on, Tim’s game lifted. As a defender,
Tim learnt the fact that positioning was very important. His tackling and positional
skill stopped many attacking raids by the opposition. Only one more piece of
advice Tim, get your hair cut!!!
Dylan filled the role of centre half this year and did so with great skill. Another
quite achiever with a great work rate. Dylan has the ability to control the midfield
and quickly turn our defence into attack. Good elimination skills and great vision.
Aisling decided she wanted to play in goals this year and what a great decision that
was. Her small stature meant that she had to work hard to cover that goals, but
cover the goals she did. Her agility and speed saw her make several saves in a row
and no one could score an easy goal against her. A big future in the net if she wants
it.
Caitlin played her heart out this year. Always there with a smile, she never gave up.
Improved with every game and took on extra responsibilities with ease. Her skills
developed nicely and she could hit a ball with expertise. One phrase will help her
greatly, “don’t panic.”
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