Great effort from our U13 boys reps
Our U13 rep players entertained spectators with some very skilful hockey over the weekend.
FNC1
The first game of the tournament saw FNC 1 go down to Sydney1 2-0 in an entertaining match where the boys gave their all. Sydney went on to win the tournament 3-1 over Tamworth.
In their second game FNC 1 scored a very convincing win over New England 7 nil with some great teamwork.
Their last pool game was against Grafton1 whom had lost 10 nil earlier in the day to Sydney so the boys went into the game fairly confident…. but maybe too confident. FNC had to draw or win to progress to the finals to play off for 1st or 2nd. Unfortunately their teamwork from the previous 2 matches deserted them and they went down 1 nil in a game they should have won.
On Sunday the boys played off for fifth and sixth and showed their tremendous ability and fighting spirit after their loss to Grafton when they thumped Manning Valley 8 nil.
Team members Jared & Tyler Arundell representing Ballina both played their hearts out in a very talented team. This was a great experience for Tyler to play against players of this ability as he is only 10.
[Editor's note: FNC 1 had the second best defensive record of all Div 1 teams, only conceding 3 goals during the whole tournament - excellent stuff boys!].
FNC2
The FNC2 team (coached by Neil Stone) had a 1-0 win first game over Grafton 2, a 0-0 draw against Nepean and a 0-0 draw against Coffs Coast (even though Dylan Stone scored a beautiful goal from a short corner that the umpire disallowed as they said it was outside the circle… but that’s hockey!). On Sunday, FNC2 went down 3-0 after a mighty battle with Sydney 2. Sydney 2 came first in that pool and FNC2 came second. Only first place in the pool in second division went through to the final.
Well done to Dylan Stone and Josh Moore (younger brother of Chris and Adam) – a great effort! The boys all played their hearts out for the whole tournament – 9 out of 15 players were under 11!! Playing against some of the other Under 13 teams they looked tiny but they played like champions.
Check out the pics of FNC2 in our photo gallery….. hopefully we will have some FNC1 pics coming soon.
