Donvale v Wantirna South

Sunday was another great winter's day and something had changed.  The team were all listening to the Coach before the game and then out onto the field lead by Captain Harry.

There were some good passages of play in the first half.

 but the game failed to hold the interest of some of the spectators.

Even with the words of wisdom at quarter time, our forwards were not being placed under a lot of pressure.

The half time break saw a change.  With more team work and pressure on the opposition, goals started happening.

It was a much happier team that came off the field this week as was evidenced by the gusto in singing the Club Song.

Game Day - 19 June 2011

Another crisp, clear morning and the team was playing away at Ferntree Gully.  They came out fired up and ready for business.

The ground was a bit light on in the drainage department but none of the team seemed to mind.

The spectators looked like they could have made good use of a blanket!

And some of the spectators decided not to spectate.
The boys were being pushed hard by Ferntree Gully who scored freely in the first half.

The second half saw the team playing with more purpose

but the most difficult position is waiting for your turn to get back into the game!

After the game, it was good to see them coming off the ground as a team and in good spirits.  Performance was judged by the amount of mud being carried off the ground on legs and in clothes.

Training 15th June

After some weeks away, it was a bit of a shock to get back to the Melbourne winter.  However Wednesday was a beautiful,crisp evening and the Coaches were whipping up the action.

The team was getting into the drills despite the cold.

Is it just me or are there times when they are not 100% on the task at hand?

The fans were going wild on the sidelines (or not) -

but our "men of steel" were enjoying themselves.

Let's hope the weather holds for a good game on Sunday.

Blog Hiatus

As many will understand - it is important to spend a little time with all your grandchildren.  The unfortunate consequence of visiting grandchildren on the other side of the world is that I will be unable to take any photos for the Blog for a few weeks.
If anyone had a few photos of our boys and would like to put them on the Blog, I would be happy to post them.  Email photos to idrpix@gmail.com
Best wishes to the Team.
Ian

Training Night

Wednesday produced one of those balmy Autumn evenings when it was a pleasure to be outside.  A situation that is unlikely to be repeated too many times in the coming months as it gets darker and wetter.  Training under lights, the enthusiasm was still up.

Donvale v Glen Waverley Rovers

At least the weather was kinder for the game than it was for training.  First there was a warm up on the ground and then the Coach's briefing in the rooms.

With a few new players in the last couple of weeks we now have a few on the bench during the game.

It has to be said that The Rovers played well. In the first half, our forwards did not see a lot of action -

although it was not for lack of effort.

Half time, saw the boys listening attentively to the coach as he issued instructions for the distribution of "snakes".

Perhaps he did more than issue the sweets because the second half saw an improvement in the play with better teamwork and greater anticipation of the play.

Unfortunately the improvement on the ground did not translate into massive numbers on the scoreboard, but the game was well played in great spirit.