08-JUN-2009
Mens Elite - Grand Final
NSW Sliders Win Back to Back Titles
Grand Final - NSW Sliders vs. SA Sharks
NSW stamped their authority on the Mens Elite Division by defeating the SA Sharks by 5 goals to 0, to take back to back mens elite titles for the first time.

Individual award winners for Mens Elite:
Points Award - Saxon Hooper(NSW)
Most Valuable Player - Adam McClure(SA)
All Star Team:
 Centre - Saxon Hooper(NSW)
 Forwards - Louis Sultana(NSW), Matt Irvine(SA)
 Defence - Tim Brown(NSW), Adam McClure(ACT)
 Goal Keeper - Josh Gargiulo(ACT)

Goal 1 - Jason Wheeler Period 1	Goal 2 - Saxon Hooper Period 1	Goal 3 - Jason Wheeler Period 2	Goal 4 - Tim Brown Period 2	Goal 5 - Daniel Wong Period 2

2009 Mens Elite Australian National Broomball Champions - NSW Sliders
Back From Left: Dane Hansen, Kieran McDonald, Davin Harvey, Daniel Wong, Saxon Hooper, Peter Yabsley, Ryan Findlayson, Sam Boer, Tim Brown, Liam Golding, Luke Simmonds
Front from Left: Damian Colyer, Bryan Macklin, Louis Sultana, James Kristof, Jason Wheeler

08-JUN-2009
Womens Elite - Grand Final
NSW Sliders Take it in a Penalty Shoot Out
Grand Final - NSW Sliders vs. SA Sharks
Sally Yabsley-Bell got NSW the lead with a cracking shot. Alana Bracken tied it up with a great intercept and shot to send the game into OT. 15 minutes of OT left the game at 1-1. SA 1st in the penalty shoot out denied 8 times, NSW following denied 7 times. Up steps Dhyana Scarano, executes a great handy thingy and gives NSW the title.

Individual award winners for Womens Elite:
Points Award - Joanne Mitchell & Kerry Baxter(NSW)
Most Valuable Player - Joanne Mitchell(NSW)
All Star Team:
 Centre - Kate Irvine(SA)
 Forwards - Joanne Mitchell(NSW), Linda Luco(ACT)
 Defence - Mary Bishop(ACT), Sally Yabsley-Bell(NSW)
 Goal Keeper - Meagan McPhee(SA)

Goal 1 - Sally Yabsley-Bell	Goal 2 - Alana Bracken	Goal 3 - Dhyana Scarano Penalty Shoot Out

2009 Womens Elite Australian National Broomball Champions - NSW Sliders
Back From Left: Kerry Baxter, Jo Mitchell, Lisa Price, Lauren Goulden, Tracy Ivin, Rebecca Davis, Sara Roffey, Karen Boer, Cecilia Kim
Middle from Left: Kate Yabsley, Sally Yabsley-Bell, Gemma Butler-Fleming, Linda Findlayson
On The Knees: Dhyana Scarano

08-JUN-2009
Mixed Elite - Grand Final
SA Sharks Grab the Mixed Elite Title
Grand Final - NSW Sliders vs. SA Sharks
NSW started the final well scoring early with Saxon Hooper blasting one in. Despite the control NSW had, silly errors and penalties let the Sharks in. Scoring the next 3 goals to claim the title 3-1.

Individual award winners for Mixed Elite:
Male Points Award - Matt Irvine(SA)
Female Points Award - Sally Newman(SA) & Lauren Goulden(NSW)
Male Most Valuable Player - Matt Irvine(SA), Kieran McDonald (NSW) & Peter Yabsley(NSW)
Female Most Valuable Player - Meagan McPhee(SA)
All Star Team:
 Centre - Peter Yabsley(NSW)
 Forwards - Kim Shapley(SA), Kerry Baxter(NSW)
 Defence - Matt Hogan(SA), Ceitlin Walker(SA)
 Goal Keeper - Meagan McPhee(SA)

Goal 1 - Saxon Hooper Period 1	Goal 2 - SA Sharks Period 1	Goal 3 - SA Sharks Period 2	Goal 4 - SA Sharks Period 2

08-JUN-2009
Mens Intermediate - Grand Final
QLD Cyclones defeat NSW Sliders
Grand Final - NSW Sliders vs. QLD Cyclones
QLD proved too strong for NSW defeating them in the final 2 goals to 1.

Individual award winners for Mens Intermediate:
Points Award - Marc Kuipers(NSW)
Most Valuable Player - Julian Luco(QLD)

Goal 1 - Queensland	Goal 2 - Queensland	Goal 3 - Andrew Chapman

08-JUN-2009
Mixed Intermediate - Grand Final
QLD take the Silverware
Grand Final - NSW Mixed Intermediate 1 vs. QLD Mixed Intermediate
QLD's counter attack proved to be too effective as they piled on 3 goals to 1 to take the mixed intermediate division.

Individual award winners for Mixed Intermediate:
Male Points Award - Marc Kuipers (NSW)
Female Points Award - Mel McNamara (QLD)
Male Most Valuable Player - Graham Elix(SA), Jaben Sergeant(QLD)(NSW)
Female Most Valuable Player - Selina Nunn, Linda Luco (QLD)

Goal 1 - Queensland	Goal 2 - Queensland	Goal 3 - Queensland	Goal 4 - Dominic Colyer(NSW)

22-JUN-2009
A Division - Week 17
Finals Race Hots Up
Parramatta River Rats vs. Penrith City Rangers by Sam Boer
This was a must win game for both teams if they are to have any chance of making the finals. The game started relatively tight with no team able to create any great chances in the first five minutes. Slowly the River Rats were able to control more possession, and held the ball for long periods in attack, but to no avail. Sally Yabsley-Bell and Kerryn Lawler both had chances that flashed wide of the posts. Nil all at half time. The second half continued in the same vain, but the Rangers defence in front of the net was tight. As both teams began to tire, the Rangers were able to break the River Rats forecheck more effectively, but weren't able to build sustained attacking pressure. Six minutes from time, a crisp pass from Davin Harvey found Marc Kuipers on the move, who punched the one timer wide of James Kristof for the lead. One nil Rats. This sparked the Rangers into action, who moved easily into attack, and caused havoc on the Rats defence with some sharp movement in and out of the slot. Kieran McDonald made a couple of good saves to deny the Rangers. The Rats were able to scramble just well enough to hold out for the win, and one step closer to a potential finals berth.

Glenmore Park Druids vs. Werrington County Sonics
I need a write up template for these Druids v Sonics games, cut and paste, fiddle the scores and done. So as usual Druids setting up in attack moving the ball around the perimiter looking for a way through, around, under the tight Sonics zone. Sonics waiting for the mistake and turn over to blaze forward on the counter. So it was 10 minutes in Sonics driving into attack, with a nice 1-2 past the dozing Druids captain with Tim Brown Scoring. Druids were next to score, with Saxon Hooper finding the net to even it up. With only 3 minutes to go in the half, Tim Brown following through on a Jason Wheeler break picked up the rebound and slotted it for a 2-1 Sonics half time lead. Sonics maintained that lead for the first 13 minutes of the second half until Saxon Hooper was able to score from low down, some nice screening meant the keeper was unsighted. 2-2 seven to go. Druids maintaining some attacking pressure using the perimeter found Tim Ollerton on the right hand side around the blue line with enough time to line up and blast a huge shot it. After some pong action between the cross bar and the keeper the ball rolled back into the net to give the Druids the lead for the first time of the night. Sonics managed to get some nice chances off in the last minute and a half but couldnt manage the equaliser. 3-2 Druids in another thrilling game.

Richmond Ravens vs. Blacktown Butchers by Louis Sultana
Very Important game for Butchers, looking to leap frog River Rats into 4th spot, after Rats disposed of Rangers earlier in the night. Both teams had early chances could not convert. Midway through the first half, Butchers grabbed the first goal of the game, with Louis Sultana scoring a long range goal, just inside the Ravens half. Good screening by the Butchers gave the keeper no chance to see it. 1-0 halftime. Second half was much like the first half, but this time Ravens getting the equaliser. A weak pass by the Butchers towards the centre found nothing but the Orange jerseys of the Ravens (good pressure by Ravens). 1-1. Both teams pressed hard for the final minutes trying to grab the win but 1-1 at the end of normal time and we were headed for overtime. Ravens hit the post about 4 times and were unlucky not score the winner. Butchers held on but couldn’t grab the much needed extra point. 1-1 Fulltime. A very interesting final round coming up.

22-MAY-2009
B Division - Week 17
Druids Firming as Favourites !!
The Penguins vs. DruidsB by Matt Hellyer
The whistle blew with only two DruidsB players on the ice. Four more players arrived shortly, having been involved in the previous game. As a result of A grade player restrictions, once again DruidsB found itself a player down with no subs (Ryan, wherefore art thou?). Fortunately, Keiren McDonald volunteered to play with DruidsB, though he was not permitted to play as the keeper. DruidsB began with a strong offence in The Penguins defensive half with many good, albeit unsuccessful, attempts at goal. The first goal of the night went to The Penguins however, with a fast break all the way down the rink from Daniel Wong, who passed to Kerryn Lawler who put the ball past the keeper only a minute and a half into the game. It took some time for DruidsB to respond in kind, but when they did it was in force. An opportunity for DruidsB came when Andrew Causby was given a run by himself all the way down the middle. A nicely placed hook around shot evened the score. Not more than a few minutes later, the same technique was repeated by Andrew, this time assisted by Keiren and Dominic Colyer. A number of close calls came for The Penguins then, but all were stopped short by strong defensive play and keeping on the part of DruidsB. Shortly afterwards, Dominic made a break, and, assisted by Andrew, went on to convert it to points leaving the score 3-1 to DruidsB at half time. In the second half, The Penguins showed they meant business by scoring early on with a goal to Amran Sinha assisted by Sara Roffey. They did not have long to celebrate though, because Andrew was able to score again shortly thereafter, assisted by Matt Hellyer and Dominic. To seal the victory, a final goal was scored by Andrew assisted by Matt. The Penguins did not give up though, and in the dying minutes of the game mounted a couple of attempts at goals. Again, these were shutdown by some solid defence and goal keeping maintaining the final score at 5-2 to DruidsB.

ButchersB vs. Huskies by Peter Yabsley
Huskies starting the game with only four on the ice were always going to find it hard. Butchers scoring early after stealing the ball from the last defender and finishing it off nicely. Butchers content in defending the rest of the game which was made easy by the lack of forecheck pressure froom Huskies. Game finishing 1-0 for BrutchersB.

18-JUN-2009
C Division - Week 16
Hornets Upset Ice Devils
Titans vs. ATOmix by No One
Point deducted for no write up. Titans defeated an ever improving ATOmix by 2 goals to 0.

Dugongs vs. Knights who finally Say Broomball by Brett Ackling
The 2nd game of the night saw the Knights face off against the Dugongs. First points were put on the board by the knights smelly Captain Bec Collier, who couldn't believe that she'd finally managed to put one in. Dugongs had a few quick breaks but were shut down by the knights 2 goalies Nathan Ackling and Darren Pearce. With a few more missed chances from both sides the score was still 1-nil at the half. The Knights came out fired up in the 2nd half and Josh Burton managed to roll one over the Dugongs goalie off a Brett Ackling pass. Knights kept pushing hard on some quick breaks and were rewarded again with Brett Ackling scoring off a Josh Burton pass. Josh then rounded off the Knights night with another gaol. Final score was 4-nil to the Knights.

Hornets vs. Ice Devils by Josh Newell
Tonights match was game worth the wait with both teams showing some great team work and skill. In the last couple of weeks with the Hornets players knowing they needed the win, the game was off with hornets off to an early lead. With a goal from Josh and a second from Tim. The game was not yet over with some great shots from the devils but with some even better saves by Caitlin & Ashlea. After a few more shots devils landed one from the blue line GREAT SHOT. Half time finely arrived with some discussion from both teams second half was off with two more goals by Josh and a couple shots by the girls. The game was almost over with less than a minute to go justin Shoots and scores to make the game a 4-2 win to the Hornets. Great work team.

15-JUN-2009
A Division - Week 16
Druids Grab Lucky OT Win
Glenmore Park Druids vs. Blacktown Butchers
A tight game that ended 1 all after goals to Druid Saxon Hooper and Butcher Peter Yabsley the game moved into overtime. A to and fro affair with both teams having early chances. As the OT period moved on Butcher got more and more chances but were unable to capitalise, especially on two open nets. A turnover found Hooper on the blue line with the ball and all Butchers going the wrong way on very very very wet greasy ice.. A lob.. desperate dive from Pete to no avail. 2-1 Druids continuing their run of OT wins this season.

Werrington County Sonics vs. Penrith City Rangers by Tim Brown
Wet ice and post nationals blues lead to slow ponderous affairs. Certainly the earlier game was testament to that with two huge lakes with waves gently lapping against the boards in the corners. Talking to the ref after this game the passing from both Rangers and Sonics were complete crap. I guess I'd agree later in the game but, there were enough good passes early in the game for Sonics to put in two goals in the first half, both setup with some good passing and off the ball movement. Rangers left it very late, last 3 minutes, as Sonics started to give up the ball a little too often in the wrong areas, 2-1. Rangers final hope a shot from distance, Bryan I think ;), a real cracker to the top far corner the GK at full stretch to knock the ball up and by the time it dropped again the buzzer had gone and Sonics had a very valuable win.

15-MAY-2009
B Division - Week 15
Penguins Steal the Game on the Buzzer !!
Team IceBucket vs. Tigers by Liam Golding
TIB faced up against Tigers last night, with Dave, Skye, Lisa Bry and me all backing up from the a grade game just before.. But more importantly, all of us, and Russell too, playing off some nationals experience, which seemed to help us out quite a bit. Team cohesion was at an all time high, as we dominated the play, spending a lot of time on the attack. So much so that some of the guys were having difficulty in finding a good time to sub as we were pushig so hard. The girls were screening well, and we ended up finishing the game at 8-0... Least I think that's what the score was; one was left off the scoreboard (not the team sheet,) and there were so many. No disrespect to the tigers meant here, but tib played well, and didn't let up in the second half as our lead grew. The intensity was well maintained. Goals came to Bry, who had a screamer from well back of the blue line; nearly back at half way. I know I got one eventually at the end of the game, mostly due to excellent screening as I said before. Dave was in there, probably Mark as well. I really dont remember. I do recall some good air swinging from Dave, and Skye doing her best to maintain her aversion to actually scoring, usually happier to settle for assists.. :) So well done TIB, thourougly satisfied with the effort, and the result.

ButchersB vs. DruidsB by Matt Hellyer
The match began with DruidsB in short supply of players and ButchersB in surplus. Despite this, ball possession throughout the game remained fairly equal, with both teams able to mount a number of attempts at goals, none of which were successful. A very lucky escape for ButchersB came in the form of a near miss when captain Damien Colyer and Matt Hellyer of DruidsB launched a fast paced attack that had the ball narrowly slip past the right post. At the other end of the rink, Peter Yabsley set up some nice opportunities for other teammates with some excellent passes, but the defensive combination of Alana Bracken and Andrew Causby left them similarly scoreless. Some long range pot shots from ButchersB skimmed off the crossbar of the goals. With the second half came increasing tiredness for the player-down DruidsB. Part way through, Damien Colyer was able to slot a great pass to Matt Hellyer past the ButchersB defenders and a one-on-one with the goalie put DruidsB a goal up. Some time later, a similar opportunity, this time against the DruidsB goals, failed to convert into points. As the game wore on, the exhausted but dogged defence of DruidsB kept ButchersB from scoring. In fact, DruidsB were unlucky not to put more away with a number of shots at open goals. End result 1-0 to DruidsB.

11-JUN-2009
C Division - Week 15
Brass Monkeys on the Slide!
Titans vs. Knights who Blurb Broomball by Mark Rulewski
The Titans and the Knights Who Say Broomball battle it out once more. With the Titans just able to field a full team and the Knights with what seemed to be solid wall of red on the sub bench, it looked like there was going to be alot of running for both teams. The Knights dominated early in the first half with hard an fast play, putting the Titans on the back foot in the early minutes of the game. This pressure resulted in a Knights goal to Josh Burton who shot the ball into the top corner of the goal. The Titans feeling the pressure regrouped to fight back with more possession and fast breaks of our own only to be constantly denied by the frustratingly competent keeping of the Knights goalie. The first half continued to be very fast with lots of chances to both sides going unconverted. The half ended with the Knights in front 1:nil. The second half gave the sub-less Titans a respite with the Knights only able to field one girl in the second half. This tipped the balance in our favour allowing us to control the ball, though numerous attempts at evening the score were met with solid defence and quick counter attacks by the Knights. Thankfully in the middle of the second half Bryn Shepherd passed to an open Jesse Blakeney who shot one past the keeper. Finally the game is back to square one! The Knights fire up and step up the pace once more testing a tired but committed Titan defence who managed to keep them out. The match continues with solid attack and defence from both teams keeping the scoreline 1 a piece with overtime looking more and more likely. Thankfully late in the second half with a few minutes to go the Titans manage to gain the upperhand with a quick flick past the Knights goalie by Mark Rulewski putting the Titans in front. The final minutes played out to with the Titans in defence and the Knights in attack mode looking dangerous though unable to equalise due to some commited and at times desperate defence by the Titans. The game ended 2:1 the Titans way. It was an extremely tough and fast game. Congratulations to all the Titans who played and ran their hardest and thank you to the Knights for an intense and closely contested match.

Dugongs vs. ATOmix by Scott Powell
Another tightly fought “C” grade game saw the Dugongs and ATOmix both looking to press the advantage from the first whistle, 10 minutes into the half, after a period of solid attack, a Scott pass found Nathan in the middle of a defensive huddle, and the Dugongs went up 1-nil. The game went back to attack-counterattack until late in the first half another Scott pass found Nathan open, to put the Dugongs up 2-0 at the break. Both sides could not take advantage of their multiple shots early in the second half, some great keeping from both teams saved some fantastic shots. Dugongs managed to hold out while having two players sent off within 30 seconds of each other. Soon after returning to full strength, the ATOmix powered in a goal of their. Neither side gave up the hunt for more goals, but more solid keeping kept the scores 2-1 until the final 10 seconds where a brilliant run by the ATOmix saw them score an equaliser with 2 seconds on the clock. Golden Point extra time saw both teams take some shots, but neither could find the back of the net, the final score 2-2. A great game with a fantastic finish.

Hornets vs. Brass Monkeys
Hornets defeated Brass Monkeys.

27-MAY-2009
BAWS FUND RAISING BBQ
Great Day for the BAWS volunteers
Huge thanks to all those who volunteered to help at the BAWS Fund Raising BBQ. Was a great day, fun, and damn busy !!.

So thanks to Louis Sultana who organised the whole day, bought all the BBQ stuff we needed.. peeled and sliced the onions and buttered the bread. Louis did the whole day there.. great work mate.

Thanks to the morning shift.. Scott Powell, Peter Cook, Sarah Cook, Marc Kuipers, Karen Bell and Ben Bell who were kept constantly busy.

Thanks to the arvo shift .. Jo Mitchell, Kerryn Lawler, Shannan Heinitz, Jason Wheeler, Dave DeGruyter, Nathan Ackling (who is now the favourite broomball Ackling) who probably got the short straw busy wise.. I remember looking back and seeing about 20 people waiting patiently.. and Louis coming up and saying I need 7 and 30 seconds later I need 5, and Jo saying I need 3 and me looking at the hot plate full of pink sausages and our cooked sausage reserve tin empty...

Finally to Tracy who was a tad under the weather but tagged along in the morning as well and did the emergency "get more sausages" run when we ran out, working into the arvo session as well.

So for the day we sold;

55kg of Sausages
10kg of Onions
210 Drinks
5L of Sauce
50 Loaves of bread

Used;
700 Napkins
A lot of ice

Profit = $1054.31 (not bad for a days work)

Bunnings were very happy with our BBQ performance.

Morning Shift from left: Karen Bell, Louis Sultana, Ben Bell, Peter Cook, Marc Kuipers, Scott Powell, Sarah Cook, Jimmy Ray (doing Broomball BBQ Happy Dance)




Arvo Shift from left: Jimmy Ray (doing Broomball BBQ Happy Dance)Jason Wheeler, Dave DeGruyter, Louis Sultana, Jo Mitchell, Shannan Heinitz, Nathan Ackling
Taking the photo: Kerryn Lawler

29-JAN-2009
2009 is HERE
A and B Grade Set to Start Monday
Finally xmas and new years celebrations are over and its time to get back on the ice. Monday will see the commencemnt of A and B grade. Big season, 6 A grade teams with the introduction of the Sam Boer lead Parramatta River Rats. B grade is 8 teams again with Girl Germs backing up, Raptors have been absorbed by the Butchers Franchise and will be known as Butchers B. So time to dust off the broomball gear and be ready to hit the ice Monday. James Ray from Penrith City Rangers is so excited about starting up again he burst into a spontaneous dance !!