Thursday, 2 August 2007

Team Photo Date and Time Schedule

Photo Schedule 19th August

11 Kangaroos Green
8.00
Brendon Bass
Theo Constandelos

11 Joeys Purple
8.15
Michael Kefalianos
Christine Nikolakakis

11 Kangaroos Yellow
8.30
Jack Talia
Emmanuel Pythas

11 Joeys Blue
8.45
Michael Leung
Mario Picco

12 A
9.00
Hugh Brown
Kerry Ward

12 B
9.15
Chris Pavlidis
Ian Morella

12 C
9.30
Leon Kefalianos
Andrew Georgopoulos

12 D
9.45
Dimitri Koutrovelis
Murray McKenzie

13 A
10.00
Bill Angeloglou
John Palomares

13 C
10.15
Ali El Mohamed
Lindsay Lamberty

14 A
10.30
Jaroslav Dedic
Tony Davoli

14 C
10.45
Dimi Moutafis
Simon Chiarelli

14 D
11.00
Michael Efthimiou
Steve Vassiliou

14 Girls A
11.15
Bill Mihaloudis
Tina Privitelli

14 Girls C
11.30
Saf Makrigioreos
Marg Alexandra

15 Girls A
11.45
Maurice Balassone
Jim Stamatakos

Womens Division 2
12.00
Mary Iskander
Maria Syrrafos

15 C
12.15
Rodney Krasic
Peter Koutsodonti

15 Superleague
12.30
Michael Santoro
Simon Capps

15 B
12.45
Jim Shomos
Jim Ioannides

18 Superleague
13.00
Paul Harris
Arthur Koutsantony

18 Red
13.15
Nick Palamaras
Jim Michaels

16 A
13.30
Pantelli Kefalionos
Nick Trimmatis

16 Superleague
13.45
Steve Hackett
Chris Brown

Mens Division 2
14.00
Nino Ragusa
Alex Wilson

Mens Div. 2 Reserves
14.15
George Moutafis
Tim Tangalos

16 B
14.30
Bill Vassiliou
David Branch

8 Blue Tigers
14.45
Peter Haloulos
Chris Stefanos

8 Purple Sharks
15.00
Stelios Vertsonis
Leo Vamvalis

9 Red
15.15
Lou Sambucco
Rosy Sambucco

9 Purple
15.30
Gaetano Tanasi
Loretta Lovric

9 Blue 2
15.45
Andy Exley
Jim Stiliadis

9 Yellow
16.00
Steve Rachcoff
Mike Magrath

9 Blue 1
16.15
Anthony Stewart
Phillip Hill

10 Purple
16.30
Nick Dimitrakis
Nick Markogiannakis

10 Blue
16.45
Tom Solopotias
Alex Politidis

10 Red
17.00
Theo Ikonomopoulos
Con Papoulis

10 Green
17.15
Ross Bourbos
Andrew Kimber

Masters
17.30
Tim Tangalos
Tim Tangalos

GoalKick
done
Bill Angeloglou
Sandro Pecoraro

Goal Kick Spring / Summer Program

Goalkick Spring/Summer Program
Registration Day: Anderson Park
1st September 9am - 10.15am

Program will run for 12 weeks
8th Sept - 8th December, 9AM - 10:15AM
with a 2 week break in the school holidays.

Volunteers will be needed for the following positions:
Goalkick Co-ordinator
Assistant Coaches

Those interested contact:
goalkick@doncasterrovers.org or call 0423 852 127

Wednesday, 1 August 2007

U11 Match Report 28/07/07

Match Report – Doncaster Rovers U11 Kangaroos Yellow v Box Hill


After a season with victories few & far between, a trip to Wembley Park to take on traditional rivals Box Hill was undertaken with that extra sense of purpose.

Captain Todd McCarthy lead out the side which had been depleted by injury, illness & absence and from the kick off Box Hill attacked the Rovers flanks. They couldn’t though penetrate the defence with an inspirational performance from Liam Wilson at stopper repelling wave after wave. At right back Christopher Puljevic kept the talking up with Bertan Kaya at sweeper and Steven Pythas on the left hand defence proving too difficult for the opposition to penetrate.

Regular sweeper Chris Damatopoulos (recovering from illness) looked on from the sideline eager to join his mates. The backs played exceptionally to keep out Box Hill’s sustained attacks and it was only a few balls that came the way of stand-in keeper Miles Connolly who kept a clean sheet playing at # 1 with regular keeper Andrew Dilley absent.

As the game settled down Doncaster put together some constructive runs forward with a number of combinations paying dividends. Josh Hughes worked the right midfield whilst in the middle Nik Kasapidis and Steven Sercia cleverly worked the ball around the opposition. Up front the striker pair of James Theodoropoulos and Liam Cooper-Smith were then able to take advantage of the through balls to put pressure on the Box Hill defence.

At half-time the boys went to oranges having out-played their opponents and a 0-0 score representative of the lack of shots on goal. A change of keepers at the break saw Miles swap with Todd in the midfield and with time blown back on the boys attacked to the western end eager to go one step further than the 1-1 draw with Box Hill earlier in the season.

Having lost regular striker Stefan Pagotto to surgery earlier in the week, numbers were bolstered with Gerard Papoulis stepping up from the U10s. Playing from left mid-field his nerves were soon forgotten with some great runs down the wing and the ultimate prize of a goal to put Rovers up 1-nil.

Defence held tight and communication among the boys prevented Box Hill capitalising on a number of corners. Chris Dama convinced the coach (& his dad) that he was well enough for some game time and helped the side keep up the positive talking. Todd joined Miles with a clean sheet as keeper as the final whistle signaled a fitting 1-0 result. A just reward for some hard training.

The words of coach Jack Talia ringing true as the team song was sung …"timing & talking will bring results"

Well done guys.

U9 Match Report 28/07/07

DONCASTER ROVERS U9’s

‘The Blues Twos’

‘Honours shared in tough battle'

Saturday 28 July (Home)
v. Glen Waverley

We welcomed back Justin from his overseas trip, but lost our goalkeeper, Kirk, due to illness. So a bit of re-shuffling was needed against a strong opposition.

We had more possession in the first half and utilised the right side well, with Jack supplying some telling passes into the middle. One ball found Josh, who knocked in the opener to give us the lead at half-time.

In the second half, Glen Waverley came out strongly, finding an equaliser when we failed to get in any challenge from a free-kick.

However, we responded well, Jonathon scoring a beauty from distance, and Ari hitting the post with a sizzler.

Back came Glen Waverley again, who grabbed another equaliser with a well taken goal.
Despite missing a late chance to win the game, the boys can be very proud of their effort, the game ending 2 – 2.

Lochie stared in defence, Jack played his best game in midfield and Ari looked composed on the ball as usual.

Jeremy, Justin and James stayed strong in defence, Jonathon and Peter won their battles in midfield, whilst Alex and Josh showed their versatility between midfield, attack and in goal.

From today’s game we tended to lose our positional sense in the second half, and must still try to release the ball quicker once we receive it or have won it in a tackle. We tended to get caught in possession rather than passing and moving into space.
A fair result, well done boys.

Next week we are away, 10am kick off against Bulleen at Veneto Social Club, Melway ref 32 D9.

Season so far :- P 10 W6 D2 L2 Gls for 41 Gls Ag 23.

C’mon the B2s
ANDY EXLEY