05-DEC-2005
A Division - Week 17
Round Games Complete !
Penrith City Rangers vs. Glenmore Park Druids by Saxon Hooper
Well Rangers saved their best for last, thrashing minor premier hopefuls Druids 4-1. using their supeior speed, they set up multiple breakaways and converted all of them. A good sign for coming seasons for Rangers.

Werrington Ninjas vs. Werrington County Sonics by Ryan Findlayson
With the Druids losing, and Sonics completing duty and not forfeiting, it meant that Sonics had sealed the minor premiership. Ninjas could finish no worse than 4th, but with a win, they could gain the novelty of finishing 3rd in front of the fast starting Ravens. The game was played at a frantic pace, with both sides moving around a lot to support the ball carrier, when their side had the ball. This caused a lot of work for the opposition's defense!!! Sonics were first on the board when Tim Brown caught the Ninjas defense flat footed, and received a pass on the run, and ran straight through the defense to do a Saxon to beat Saxon who was in goals. Ninjas, replied with 100% commitment to the ball, Ryan Findlayson getting his own rebound, and slipping it behind the keeper for the Sonics defense to uncontrolably slide it in. Shortly after Josh Drinkall flicked in another Ryan Findlayson rebound to give Ninjas the 2-1 lead at half time. More action in the second half as Tim Brown made a break down the sideline, the Ninjas defense comitted to cutting off the pass. They got o good piece of it, but a friendly bounce off the wall straight back to the Sonics attack, saw them level the scores. Ninjas then put some quality passing together, and this lead to their third goal as a few good lead up passes and a through ball to Linda Bell, gave Linda the one on one with the keeper opportunity, which she nicely slotted into the top corner. Ninjas then rallied in defense, and managed to keep the ever dangerous Sonics out for the remainder of the game. So the 3-2 win to Ninjas. In the 3 games these two teams have met this season, 17 goals have been scored, and the largest winning margin was 1 goal (Very entertaining games!!!)

28-NOV-2005
B Division - Week 17
The Penguins Shut out the Wannabes !!
Wildebeets vs. Team Icebucket by Ryan Findlayson
Team IceBucket needing a win to keep there finals hopes alive, Wildebeests having already secured the minor premiership were playing for self satisfaction. IceBuckets started with just four on the ice, so Wildebeests comitted deep in attack, open the gate for yet another Liam Golding breakaway goal (Damn that Liam). Ice Buckets gained the rest of their team, and put some good defense together to hold out Wildebeests, who were playing a very lack lustre game. So the game ended at 1-0 to Team IceBucket. Wildebeests left to find other ways to self satisfy themselves. Team IceBucket awaiting other results to go there way!!!

Polar Bears vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
Some sloppy play from a couple of the Huskies at the start of the match created problems in attack, but the Huskies defence held well in the beginning. Polar bears pretty much kept on the defensive for the start of the match. A good passage of play saw Simmo score first for the Huskies. Some niggly play early in the second half sent a player from each team off for two minutes. Polar Bears mounted a lot of pressure to try and equalise the game in the second half. Luckily the game was clinched by a great second goal from the Huskies. Polar bears didn't give up though and stepped the attack up a notch. Trying to get a goal through shear determination. Huskies defence looking ragged in the face of this attack, but they just held on for the win. With the Huskies relying too heavily on a scrambling defence and the goal keeper, they really need to find some structure in defence or they will only be making up the numbers next week. They did get a 2 - nil confidence booster heading into the finals though.

The Penguins vs. Low Riders by Daniel Wong
The last B-grade game of the night saw The Penguins match up against the Low Riders. The Penguins had to win to secure a place in top 4 and with this in mind they went up 2 - 0 early in the first half. The first goal was scored by Jason Wheeler off some good one-two passing. After The Penguin's second goal and the introduction of Chris Dezman the Low Riders seemed to be a different team with Josh Drinkall pulling one back midway through the first half. The rest of the game was pretty even with no additional goals being scored. Final Score: 2 - 1 to The Penguins.

06-DEC-2005
Mens Division - Finals
Finals Tuesday
Finals on the 6th of December are as follows:

Semi Final 1: 8:45 1st Ticklers vs 4th Warriors
Semi Final 2: 9:15 2nd Terminators vs 3rd Silver Stench

The winners of the two semi's will square off in the grand final.

Grand Final: 9:45 Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2

01-DEC-2005
C Division - Week 14
Season is Complete!!
Carney Clownz vs. Uncos by Lana Kupiers
The last game of the season for the Unco's proved to be an interesting one. The team went into the game with no substitutes, and very few (ie one) attacking players. Despite these not-so-great odds, the team managed to pull off one of their most convincing victories to date. It was perhaps the most defensive game the Unco's have ever played, and two defence people, Jess Olford and Dann Binns tried their hand at attack, and consequently played their best game to date. It was later discovered that anger was a major contributing factor to this. An interesting piece of information this captain won't forget for next season ;). Matt Harris once again used his skill to deflect any Carney Clownz attempts on goal whilst Marc Kuipers also displayed skill in defence. Chris Dezman and Russ Gregory shared the scoring for the team. The Unco's finished on a high for the season, securing 3 goals, whilst the Carney Clownz had a score of 0 at full time. All Unco's are looking forward to a new season, complete with new name. Can't wait.

Wild Boars vs. The Replacements by No One
The Replacements won 1-0. Im sure it was exciting but we will never know......

Huskies vs. Tigers by Jason Hall
Huskies started the game with only 4 regular players and 2 helpers from the Replacements. Wrong shirts for the replacements meant that these two had 2 minutes off each at the first touch of the ball. This caused some problems in the Huskies defence which was capitalised on by the Tigers. A goal in the first 2 minutes putting them up 1 - nil. Huskies got used to it though and played some good broomball to keep it to the same scoreline till the rest of the troops arrived about 8 minutes in. A penalty saw the new players swap the replacement players and after some quick play 2 goals were scored for the Huskies. Half time 2-1 the Huskies. Tigers started the second half well and two quick goals put them ahead 3-2. Nothing the Huskies could do seemed to matter and it looked like the Tigers would pull the upset and ruin the Huskies chance at the finals. Luckily in the last couple of minutes the Huskies managed to pull 1 back to make it 3 all and head into overtime. The first half of overtime was all the Tigers. With them some lucky misses the only thing keeping the Huskies in the game. Some poor defence and an unfortunate off side making the Huskies their own worst enemy's. The second half of overtime was a different story. A lot of pressure from the Huskies saw them place in the winner and keep there finals hopes alive.

29-NOV-2005
Womens Division - Finals
Crimson Furies - Women's Champions
Semi Final 1 - Silver Snipers vs. BGs by Saxon Hooper
Snipers went into this one as heavy favourites, finishing 1st on count back. However in finals you never know and BGs have done very well in their first season. A good crowd was on hand to check this one out and it was Snipers who didnt disapoint them. Karen Bell laying the ball back for Sally Yabsley to belt in from long range. 1-0 Snipers 3 minutes into the game. Just five minutes later Sally Yabsley and Karen Thompson released Linda Bell who finished 1 on 1 with the keeper for a Snipers 2-0 lead. No further goals in the game giving the Snipers a 2-0 win and first spot in the grand final.

Semi Final 2 - Cedrus Diadara vs. Crimson Furies by Saxon Hooper
Furies came out fast and were all over the Trees putting on heaps of pressure. However Cedrus held out and the score was 0-0 at half time. The 2nd period began much the same as the 1st with Furies applying all the pressure. Cedrus held out and looked like they were going to take the game into OT. However in a goal mouth scramble, Coutney Shanks was hand to tap home the goal for Furies. It was enough to win the game and put Crimson Furies into the Grand Final.

Grand Final - Silver Snipers vs. Crimson Furies by Saxon Hooper
The womens grand final between the top two teams of the season. Silver Snipers who played in last years grand final losing 1-0 in OT to Cedrus looking to go one better. The Furies didnt make the final last season but were in it now. A tough final with chances for both teams well shut down by the keepers. The crowd was getting into this one as the play flowed back and forth. With less than a minute on the clock leading into half time, Emma Cooke made a steal on half way. Her hard pass in found Courtney Shanks who got it over to Kerry Baxter. Kerry slid to the left of the keeper and chopped it back accross the goal into the right hand corner. 1-0, 13 seconds to go in the half. The second half was tight as well, play going end to end. With not long to go, Furies clammed it up, playing no risk broomball and maintaining posession. Snipers needing the goal pressed hard and created a few last gasp chances, however none found the back of the net. Furies holding on for the 1-0 win over Snipers. Great Final, Great Women's comp, Hopefully we will continue to grow it next year. Well done Girls and congrats to Crimson Furies !!

28-NOV-2005
A Division - Week 16
Bye for all A teams - but here are the updated graphs !


A Divsision Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

WEEK BY WEEK POINTS TABLE GRAPH


WEEK BY WEEK GOAL DIFFERENCE GRAPH


WEEK BY WEEK TABLE POSITION GRAPH

28-NOV-2005
B Division - Week 16
6 of the 8 Teams Can Still Make the Finals - What a Season !!
Raptors vs. The Penguins by Davin Harvey
First game again Monday night, and Penguins struggling for players. Game started Penguins one player down and Raptors attacking hard. 1st goal came about 5mins into the first half with John Flaherty flicking a good pass into Louis Sultana to put it low and hard past the keeper, 1-0 Raptors. The score remained the same for the 1st half, Raptors with the bulk of possession, getting some good attacking flow, just not being able to finish it off. The Penguins on the other hand had a few counter attack breaks, but also unable to convert, Raptors usually able to break the flow with not too much pressure on the keeper. 2nd half saw The Penguins out with a full team and creating a few more opportunities, however Raptors held their own and managed a 2nd goal mid way through the half with another good flick from John Flaherty to Davin Harvey, who managed to control the ball for once that night, and put it between the keepers legs, 2-0 Raptors. Game looked all but wrapped up, until with 5mins to go Kevin Chen turns up for the game of his life. I think he touched the ball once, well worth the $50 petrol he wasted flying out to Penrith at warp speed...... Good to see a dedicated Raptor getting out there for his team. Game finished up 2-0, Raptors with a good game all round, possession was great, defence and subbing was good. Let's keep it rolling into the finals.

Polar Bears vs. Low Riders by Eric Fry and Nathan Lawler
Eric or Nathan couldnt be bothered... I think Polar Bears won 2-1.

Wildebeests vs. Phoenix by Ryan Findlayson
Wildebeests having broken their three game losing streak, were looking to continue on their winning path. Phoenix at the bottom of the table had no answer to the enthusiasm of the Wildebeests. The Wildebeest keeper didn't have to make a save in the entire game!!! But at the other end, Joel Robson was having a blinder in goals, keeping the Wildebeests to just two goals. One to Mark Dasco, and one to Linda Bell. Mark Dasco got seriously unlucky on many other occasions. Big hitters, Ryan and Aron each had a few good shots saved, a few swing just wide, a few hit the posts, and even a couple seemingly go in and straight back out again, but not awarded. This rounded off with some good defense by Lauren O'Brien and Grace Dasco, and mid field work by Linda Bell and Bob Irwin, meant that Phoenix never had a chance. So 2-0 win to the Wildebeests who have now secured the minor premiership!!!

Team IceBucket vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
Another great game in B grade saw the Huskies up against The Ice Buckets. Ice buckets looking for a win to claw into the top 4, Huskies battling for the all important number 2 position on the ladder. Both teams started well, with Huskies a little ahead in possession, but The Ice Buckets seeming to be a bit more structured. The importance of the game showed and both teams had people sent off in the first half for flares of aggravation. No matter how each side tried though, it went into the break nil all. Second half was the same with players putting in their all, both in attack and defence. Some great plays from both teams making it an exciting game to watch. Eric Fry scored first for the Ice buckets off Sam Boer after a great bit of play highlighted by some diving saves from the Huskies and a near miss from the Ice buckets. Both teams continued the close game till about 5 minutes left in the game, when the Huskies stepped it up a notch. Keeping a lot of possession and having some good shots on goal only to have them either bounce of the post or saved by the keeper. Then Pete Yabsley came up with the goal for the Huskies with less then a minute to go to send it into overtime. Overtime saw the ball go back and forth. A couple of times shots on goal just going wide, but in the end this one fittingly ended in a draw. Not exactly what either team wanted, but not the worst that could of happened. Should make the final regular season games next week very interesting.

Team IceBucket vs. Huskies by Liam Golding
The last game for the evening was the Huskies up against TIB. Both teams played a competitive game with opportunities on both sides going begging. Into the break 0-0, the second half was more of the same until Chris Dezman managed to miss the a one on one with the keeper, but catch the rebound, and somehow slide the ball behind the pile of people now massed in front of the goals and score. With only five more minutes or so left to play, TIB slowed it down and played possession. That was only up to the point when Pete Yabsley grabbed the ball, ran around two or three TIB players, and scored the equaliser with about ten seconds left on the clock. Overtime was a slow game with neither side able to penetrate the defence, and thus the 1-1 draw played out to full time.

B Division Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

WEEK BY WEEK POINTS TABLE GRAPH


WEEK BY WEEK GOAL DIFFERENCE GRAPH


WEEK BY WEEK TABLE POSITION GRAPH

24-NOV-2005
C Division - Week 13
Exciting Rematches !!
The Unforgiven vs. Huskies by Jason Solomon
A very close game between The Unforgiven and The Huskies. Both teams scoring one goal each in the first half of the game. The Unforgiven were first off the mark with a goal by Tim Boyce closely followed by a Huskies goal by Glen ButlerFleming. Alan Fornal scored a second goal for the Huskies which was disallowed due to the score sheet not being filled out. (Editors note: And I just sent and email about this.. when will you guys learn ?) The score remained 1 all until the end of the game, a final goal in overtime by Tim Boyce saw a win for The Unforgiven.

The Unforgiven vs. Huskies by Tim Boyce
Huskies would have been keen to show The Unforgiven what might have been, having been forced to forfiet to them only the week before. The Unforgiven on the other hand, were missing their 2 leading goalscorers, but with 1st place already securly in their hands, there were no alarm bells sounding in their camp. The game was played at a heated pace, and an early knock down intercept resulted in the opening goal going to The Unforgiven through Tim Boyce. A strong shot from Glen Butler-Fleming brought the Huskies back even shortly thereafter, and the half time scoreline read 1-1. The Huskies started off the second half brilliantly, with some superb weaving offence giving them an early goal... or at least it would have, if the goal hadn't been dissallowed because the scorers name was not on the team sheet. Unfortunatly that ended the scoring for both teams, which meant the game went into overtime. The Huskies started overtime well, controlling the ball and defending aggressivly in their offencive half to keep The Unforgiven on the back foot for most of the opening minutes. However they were unable to capitalise on their possession, and a turn over gave The Unforiven the chance to do some attacking of their own. The deadlock was eventually broken through a long range goal, again from Tim Boyce, which left the keeper little chance after deflecting off 2 pairs of Huskie feet. A 2-1 OT win to The Unforgiven which probably shouldn't have been, but is nevertheless a timely reminder before the finals... Fill in your team sheets correctly, lest you loose an important game as a result.

Tigers vs. Carney Clownz by Kim Harvey
A close game between the Tigers and the Carney Clownz! The game started off with some great defending by both teams and the first goal being scored by Bernie Clark from the Tigers in first half, 16 minutes in. The game was evened out with just 2 minutes left in the second half. Josh Burton was assisted by Kim Harvey in making the game 1-1. Both teams went hard out the rest of game, trying to win it! At full-time the game was a draw so overtime was called for. With only 40 seconds left in overtime, a great goal by Matt Innes, with an assist to Kim Harvey, gave the game to the Clownz, with a 2-1(OT) win.

The Replacements vs. The Uncos by Lana Kuipers
After last weeks win over The Replacements for the Unco's, this weeks match almost seemed to be a grudge match to a certain extent. Both teams had the advantage of remembering how the other worked, and with this knowledge, the entire match was a stalemate - at full time the score was 0:0. Consequently, both teams went head to head in overtime battle - five minutes, four players each side, one ball. Was it on or what!? Slowly, ever so slowly, the five minutes on the clock whittled away with attempts made on goal from both sides. Then it came down to the last 10 painful seconds of overtime when Brad Gregory of The Replacements put in a goal. Congratulations to The Replacements on their fine game and sportspeople-like attitude. A great game! Stand out performance this week for the Unco's was Beck Collier who worked so hard in every position imaginable and did extraordinarily well. Here is to next week!

22-NOV-2005
Womens Division - Week 12
Snipers Take out the Minor Premiership
Crimson Furies vs. BGs by Saxon Hooper
Despite winning the last game and finishing on equal points with Snipers, the head to head result meant Crimson Furies finished 2nd. The 1-0 win over BGs taking Furies to 17 points equal with Snipers, however a draw and 1-0 loss to Snipers means 2nd place. Next weeks finals are as follows:

Semi Final 1: 9:15 1st Silver Snipers vs 4th Bgs
Semi Final 2: 9:45 2nd Crimson Furies vs 3rd Cedrus Diadara

The winners of the two semi's will square off in the grand final.

Grand Final: 10:15 Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2

Note the later starting time as the ice rink accidently double booked the ice for that night. This means there is no time for training.

22-NOV-2005
Mens Division - Week 12
Ticklers and Terminators Draw but Ticklers take Minor Premiership
Ticklers vs. Terminators by Saxon Hooper
A 2 all draw in the final game between Terminators and Ticklers saw them both finish on 19 points. Ticklers winning the minor premiership on a head to head count back. Finals on the 6th of December are as follows:

Semi Final 1: 8:45 1st Ticklers vs 4th Warriors
Semi Final 2: 9:15 2nd Terminators vs 3rd Silver Stench

The winners of the two semi's will square off in the grand final.

Grand Final: 9:45 Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2

21-NOV-2005
A Division - Week 15
Sonics Juggernaut Rolls On
Penrith City Rangers vs. Werrington County Sonics by Saxon Hooper
Rangers were set to struggle against a rampant Sonics, especially having no subs. However in the first half they defended well, had a couple opportunites and went into the break only 1-0 down. A few breakaways could have meant a lead to Rangers, they (Byan) just couldnt finish 1 on 1 with the keeper. After the break however Sonics superior numbers began to take it's toll and the timnihilation began. 4 goals and 3 assists to Tim Brown, 3 goals 2 assists to Ben Robson and 1 to Kerry Baxter took the lead out to 8-0 nil. Bryan Macklin finally converted a chance and the score finished 8-1. Sonics looking dangerous leading up to the finals.

Richmond Ravens vs. Glenmore Park Druids by Saxon Hooper
As always the Ravens vs Druids games are high paced and a lot of fun to play. Ravens playing their first game without Dane Hansen and Jo Mitchell who have gone overseas to hone their broomball skills in Canada. The loss of these players didnt seem to effect ravens too much as they put away the first goal. Two quick passes and a one timer finish by Karen Thompson put them up 1-0, a lead they carried into half time. Druids responded in the second half, Damien Colyer scoring unassisted to tie it away. Saxon Hooper giving Druids the lead a short time later with an assist from Tim Ollerton. 2-1 Win for Druids, needing to beat Rangers next week and Ninjas to upset Sonics to take out the minor premiership.

21-NOV-2005
B Division - Week 15
2 Rounds to GO !!
Huskies vs. The Penguins by Jason Hall
With the comp getting to the business end of the season and the ladder very tight, the whole season could come down to these last two rounds for at least 4 teams. This match then became very important for both teams as they both need 2 wins to guarantee them a spot in the finals. The Huskies got the ball first and mounted a good raid into the Penguins half. This must have lulled the Huskies who completely under estimated Daniel Wong's speed and effectiveness in the counter attack. Before the side could blink he had slotted one home in the first minute. 5 minutes later and the Huskies hadn't learnt as Daniel ran through again to score another goal. With the Penguins up 2 nil within six minutes and Daniel running free it looked bad for the Huskies. Huskies re-setting the defence against the counter attack, and always keeping at least 2 back to try and cramp Daniel's room. Huskies also trying to keep possession to maintain pressure on the Penguins. This paid dividends late in the first half when Luke Simmonds scored a goal with 7 minutes to go and then Jason hall scored the equaliser in the 15th minute. The penguins came out well at the beginning of the second half, but the Huskies kept at it and seemed to finally get some commitment into their game. The second part of the half clearly going the Huskies way. Possession was nearly all Huskies and shots came in hard and fast, only to be denied by some great saves. 2 all at full time. Overtime saw the Huskies dominate from the out set, with most of the time spent in the Penguins half. Attack after attack were just beaten back and a draw looked inevitable. Then with under a minute to go Pete Yabsley came to the Huskies aid and slammed in a nice winner off Glen Butler-Flemming. A much needed win for the Huskies, though their team work needs to improve to be a chance in the semi's. Some good hustle from the Penguins who should be a force in the finals.

Raptors vs. Team IceBucket by Davin Harvey
Monday night was a good game between the two teams, fast, open and plenty of opportunities being created at both ends. Raptors started with more possession and control, working it around looking for a chance to break the Ice Buckets defence, to no avail. The game then evened Ice Buckets breaking through the Raptors line and creating some strong attacking opportunities. 1st half finished even 0-0. 2nd half Raptors came out firing, but it was the Ice Buckets cool heads that game them the edge. Their first goal coming on the counter attack with Liam finishing a nice break away. 2nd goal coming late in the 2nd half with a long shot that the keeper didn't see coming and it was 2-0, Ice Buckets. Raptors fought to the end, but could not capitalise on their chances. Good game from both teams, score didn't really reflect the game. Look forward to turning it around next week.

Raptors vs. Team IceBucket by Mel Koehler
Another good game was on its way with team Ice Bucket trying hard to get back into their winning streak. The first half started slowly with both teams testing each others defenses. Raptors were pressing hard, but the defensive line kept getting in their way. In the second half the game started picking up when Liam Golding scored a break away goal against the Raptors. With five minutes left to go, Raptors were trying hard to break even, and got a few good chances, all foiled by Ice Buckets' keeper Alex Crook. With one minute left Russel Gregory scored the second goal securing the win for the Ice Buckets. Final score: Ice Bucket: 2 Raptors: 0

Low Riders vs. Phoenix by Andrew Chapman
Here we are.... Another exciting week for Phoenix. The only team that can't make the finals. Again we were looking for a second female player, and after some begging, crying and exaggerated promises based on past glory, we managed to obtain Mel Koehler. Luckily Amran Sinha was also playing for us to make up numbers and to give the guys a sub. If our lack of consistent players and inability to show up on time keeps up, I'm renaming the team to Cityrail. Play started with me realising that this is now a tidy Low Riders. Last time we played them, they were newbies from C Grade. Now they look like they're all steroid pumped, hard hitting freaks that should be winning more games than they currently are. The first half was the usual affair, lots of passing, runs, missed opportunities, and the occasional case of Samitis. Somehow hockey ace Nikki Allsop found herself wide open in front of the Phoenix goal, and a Josh Drinkall pass found her slotting the ball home faster than a Zirtek. That pass was about the only decent thing Josh did all night - another ordinary performance full of botched up passes and losing the ball to me. Well done champion! Our newest ring-in Amran saved our butts this game with a beautiful goal some time later. After a blocked first shot, he was there to slurp up the dregs and do a nice little flick over a sprawled keeper. Into overtime we went. We played ok for about 2 minutes, then I forgot that Nathan Lawler was standing on the half way line. He received a pass from Josh (the second good thing he did all game), but luckily couldn't control it. I chased, he chased, and our keeper Katie came out from around the net in a race for the ball. I couldn't get there, but Katie did. Just as she made a dive on the ice to swing the ball away, Mr Lawler stopped running and tried to intercept her wild swing. Unfortunately he did, and did a nice push pass from the blue straight into the back of the net. Low Riders win 2-1 in overtime. But that doesn't matter, as Phoenix got 2 points out of this, keeping us well within contention to soar up the ladder and into second last place.

17-NOV-2005
C Division - Week 12
Huskies Let in The Other Teams
The Unforgiven vs. Huskies by Saxon Hooper
Huskies forfeited to The Unforgiven, only able to get 3 on the ice.

Tigers vs. Carney Clownz by Saxon Hooper(and I wasnt even there)
The first half was tight with the first goal not being scored until the 15th minute. Tigers on the board when Glenn Crook and Ben Bell combined to set up Sally Yabsley for the 1-0 half time Tigers lead. More of the same in the 2nd half until with 9 minutes to go Bernie Clarke doubled the Tigers lead. Carney Clownz werent done with yet and less than a minute later halved the lead with Kim Harvey and Jacob Stofmeel assisting Josh Burton for the goal. Three minutes later the scores were all locked up, Brenton Igleas setting up Joel Clough. This one was headed for OT. Unbelievably with only 5 seconds on the clock and with Joel Clough in the penalty box for Carney Clownz, Tigers not so new recruit Paul Stockbridge slotted home the OT winner. The rematch next week should be a cracker.

The Replacements vs. The Uncos by Lana Kuipers
For the first time this season, The Unco's met The Replacements head to head in broomball. After two weeks of miserable efforts, The Unco's goal for the game was to improve defence techniques and extend themselves in attack - this was achieved, oh boy was it achieved. It was in the most unexpected circumstances that the Unco's form - for the first time ever - finally fell into place. Defence were working in-synch with attack and vica versa, taking up any chance of possession. For the entire first half of the match it appeared to be a stalemate. It was in the tenth minute of the second half that the one and only goal of the match was scored by Chris Dezaman. I am sure that all of Penrith heard the Unco's uproar. Defence worked overtime to ensure that The Replacements had a small as chance as possible at evening out the score. In the last two minutes of the match, it looked as if The Replacements were going to even it out, but with quick efforts in defence these attempts were quashed. There is one single stand out Unco this week - once again being Matt Harris who saved every shot on goal made by The Replacements. Although the rest of the team - Dan Binns, Jess Olford, Beck Collier, Pearce Van de Pol, Marc Kuipers & Russ Gregory also deserve special mention of their hard work and great spirit. Next weeks match looks to be interesting as the Unco's face the Replacements once again. Bring on next week!

15-NOV-2005
Womens Division - Week 11
Cedrus win in Final Round Game
Cedrus Diadara vs. BGs by Saxon Hooper
Bgs were a little undermanned for this one only having enough for the team and no subs. However coach Peter Yabsley introduced them to the 4-1 forecheck and they managed to keep Cedrus trapped for long periods. Unfortunately as they were only learning the technique they just got out of position a couple times and Cedrus capitalised. Firstly Tracy Ivin making a break, drawing the keeper and flicking it back across for the opening goal. The second goal again came from a Tracy Ivin break, this time Sara Kristof there to put it past the keeper. Bgs down 2-0 at half time didnt give up and managed to keep the green trees scoreless in the second. Final score 2-0. Next week is the final round game for the womens division, Crimson Furies vs BGs. Unfortunately for BGs they will finish 4th regardless of next weeks result. Crimson Furies on the other hand have the chance to move into 2nd past Cedrus Diadara if they can get the win.

15-NOV-2005
Mens Division - Week 11
Ticklers Touch UP Warriors
Warriors vs. Ticklers by Saxon Hooper
Ticklers systematically destroyed Warriors putting on 8 goals to nil. 2 goals in the opening period, followed by 1 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd and 2 in the last. Warriors had no answer as they failed to mark up in front of goals and turned the ball over far too often. Peter Yabsley (4g3a) and Tim Ollerton (2g3a) were the chief destroyers. The loss leaves Warriors on the bottom of the table in 4th. Ticklers move to equal 1st with Terminators with the game between them next Tuesday deciding the minor premiership. The silver Stench have finished 3rd.

14-NOV-2005
A Division - Week 14
Ninjas and Rangers in OT
Penrith City Rangers vs. Glenmore Park Druids by Saxon Hooper
Druids full of confidence after their 2-0 win over Sonics last week. Adding to their confidence was the six goals they scored last time these teams met. However just before the start of play they learnt Damo Colyer had been carted off in an ambulance and Steve Clarke would be missing again due to a painful back injury. So down to three guys and four girls. Druids applied their normal game formula to this game, get the ball into attack, move it around the outside and look for a shot into the waiting screeners and defelectors. Last time these teams met, Rangers in defence with lack of possession panicked and over extended creating many man advantages for Druids to exploit. However this time they didnt rush out of position but maintained their zone and kept Druids socreless for the first half. They even got into attack a few times and strung some good possession together for their own chances. Into the second half, with Druids in possession and in attack, a shot got deflected to the back wall behind the goals. Katie Laybutt got back there first, found Saxon Hooper along the wall who fed the ball up to Tim Ollerton who boomed the one timer in from the top of the circle. However there was still plenty of time left for Rangers. On the back of a penalty Rangers got possession in their attacking half and good ball movement saw them create some good chances for no conversion. Just as the penalty expired however Lisa Price got the ball unmarked in range and sent a nice shot into the top left corner. 1-1 with 3 minutes to go. No further goals meant OT, Druids started well maintaining posession and nearly scoring on a couple of occassions. A turnover and a sqeezed ball from Luke Simmonds to Daniel Wong, saw the speedy little bugger go the length of the ice and just guide the ball in, for an OT win for Rangers. A good game with an exciting finish.

Werrington Ninjas vs. Werrington County Sonics by Saxon Hooper
Ninjas minus Ryan Findlayson, Linda Bell and Shannon Vost called up Nikki Allsopp from B team Low Riders to fill their girl quota and take on the might that is Werrington Sonics. Sonics started fast controlling the game and before too long had their first goal. Tim Brown volleying a high ball, was it a high stick on ball ?? Was close but the refs awarded it, 1-0 Sonics after 8 minutes. Five minutes later it was 2-0 with Matt Xerri setting up Ben RObson to score. 2 nil Ninjas never go away without a fight and a turn over resulted in the ball being at an unmarked Shannon Jorda just 2 metres from the net. The resulting flick shot beat the keeper, 2-1 Sonics with 10 to go in the first. Just 5 minutes later Ninjas evened it up, again Jorda unmarked in the slot put a slow fast shot past the keeper, 2-2. 4 goals in the half already and with just one and a half minutes on the clock Matt Xerri found Tim Brown to make it 3-2 Sonics. The second half saw both teams tighten things up and no goals were scored for the first 17 minutes. Peter Yabsley with ball out wide on an unlikely angle smashed one through the keeper 3-3 only 8 to go. No further socres were managed leaving the score at 3-3. Into OT and it was over before it even really got started, Shannon Jorda completing his hat trick for Ninjas giving them a 4-3 OT victory.

14-NOV-2005
B Division - Week 14
Wildebeests Consolidate
Team IceBucket vs. The Penguins by Russell Gregory
The first game of the night was shaping up to be a cracker, with 4th and 5th on the ladder facing off against each other. The first half saw a few opportunities go begging, fast breaks being the order of the day but not being able to finish the scoring opportunities meant that the scores would remain at 0-0 at half time. The second half started badly for Team Ice Bucket, with a fumble on the red line turning the ball over to the Penguin�s Jason Wheeler who raced away for a 1 on 1 goal. The lack of subs really hurt Team Ice Bucket with some tired defence allowing the Penguins to go two goals up shortly after, which is the way the game finished. Penguins Def. Team Ice Bucket 2-0.

Team IceBucket vs. The Penguins by Daniel Wong
The first game on Monday saw the much anticipated game between Team Ice Bucket and The Penguins face off on very wet ice. Both teams were confident of winning, TIB being unbeaten in 6 games (5 wins and a draw) and The Penguins coming fresh off their Thursday defeat of the Wildebeests. The healthy rivalry between these teams continued even before the game started with some good old taunting. The game started slowly but once the ice dried up both teams found full stride. There were some good shots by both teams but good teamwork and fast passing by The Penguins saw them score two unanswered goals to Jason Wheeler and Daniel Wong. TIB pressed hard all night but were unable to find a way through The Penguin's defence. Final score 2 - 0 to The Penguins.

Phoenix vs. Polar Bears by Eric Fry
As the starting whistle blew it was obvious that this was going to be an eventful match. Polar bears in an unusual move actually started with a full team on the ice. This hasn't happened since broomball decided to enforce game starting times! The first 10 minutes passed by without anything of noteworthy happening. At around the ten minute mark the game was brought to a halt as Damo from Phoenix collapsed on the ice. The ambulance was called and play stopped while he recovered. Play recommenced shortly after with a shaken Phoenix taking to the ice. They quickly regained composure with Cam Parkes scoring a goal for Phoenix with 5 minutes left on the clock. The Polar Bears returned with an equalizing goal scored by Mark Kim. Andrew Chapman scored for Phoenix with 30 seconds left on the clock. As the half time siren sounded it was brought to the refs attention that neither Cam or Mark had their names marked down on the team sheet. So both Goals were disallowed. Phoenix suffered some penalty time due to a lack of team shirts. The Polar Bears started the second half looking to get some points back on the board. Sam Boer rose to the challenge putting one away in the second minute. Eric Fry from Polar bears added another goal 10 minutes in. The Polar Bears scored another two goals from Mark Kim and Eric Fry respectively taking the final score to 4 � 1 to the Polar bears.

Wildebeests vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
Both teams coming off some disappointing losses recently, so with Wildebeest needing a win to get some confidence before the finals and Huskies needing it to stay in the top 4. This was an important match up. Huskies came out strongly, dominating possession and keeping the Wildebeests in their own half for most of the first 20 mins. This pressure finally resulting in a goal to Pete Yabsley. Putting the Huskies up by one. Huskies continued this pressure, but a great individual goal from the Wildebeests evened it up and it went in favour of the Wildebeest early in the second half with a very lucky deflection just getting past the Huskies goalie. The second half was again dominated by the Huskies, helped along by a rash of penalties from the Wildebeests. A couple of times taking their numbers down to 4 on the ice. Huskies failed to capitalise on all this though and some great defence and keeping kept it 2-1 to the Wildebeest at full time. Huskies just can't seem to bring it together as a team, but the Wildebeest may be back on track.

Huskies vs. Wildebeests by Bob Irwin
The Huskies come into this game favourites. With their gun team, they are carrying the best attack in the grade. The Wilderbeasts, down 3 holidaying players, were fielding an under-strength outfit. From the outset, it showed with a relentless torrent of Huskie attack raining upon the Wilderbeests. Exceptional defence from Lauren 'Daffy' O'Brien and Grace 'Kelly' Dasco was backed up by first class keeping from Roy 'The Paddle' Dasco. However, you can't take a beating like that without conceding *something*. Peter Yablsey finally breaking through the defence when he followed up on a shot. A good save from Roy had the ball take an unfortunate deflection towards Pete, who flicked over for the goal. More of the same for the next few minutes before some tidy break away work from Aron Calfas and Mark Dasco saw the game at 1-all. Aron gathering up the ball in front of the goal for his trademark "sweet lullaby" shot... Its a low percentage, keeping him out from that range. He was unlucky not to pick up a second goal shortly afterwards, with the keeper wrong footed by a pass, leaving Aron and the ball in front of goal. Huskies goalie Kieran Macdonald made a desperate dive to force the ball out, saving the goal and a red face. Both sides very lucky to be going to the break 1-all. The second half was more of the same; the Huskie attack battering the Wilderbeests. Constantly getting good possession, they took more shots than Robert Downie's eyeballs, but determined marking from the Wilderbeasts held them at bay. With about 10 minutes to go, the Wilderbeests broke through the attacking hordes and a clever flick from Mark Dasco helped a powerful long range Calfas shot past the keeper. 2-1 to the Wilderbeasts. Here, the game went up a gear, the Huskies desperate to get back on level pegging, threw everything at the Wilderbeests. Brutal defence saw 4 Wilderbeast send-offs, in an orgy of hedonistic rage. For almost 2 minutes, a 4 man Wilderbeast outfit shut down the rampaging Huskies attack. They had worked hard, and overtime was not an option. The Wilderbeasts cleared the ball time and time again, until in the last minute, they made a controlled break to the Huskie half and closed out the match with good possession and perseverance. A very tight game and an unlikely win. The Wilderbeasts can take heart from their much improved defence and conversion of their few chances in this game. Now - just as they find form, they face their worst enemy... The bye.

10-NOV-2005
B Division - Week 13
Thursday B Divsion Action
The Penguins vs. Wildebeests by Bob Irwin
This game saw plenty of end to end sprinting from both teams, with the Penguins eventually winning 2-1. The first half was fast paced and fairly even, the Penguins superior passing giving them more chances, but the desperation of the Wilderbeast defence denying them goals. The Pengiuns went up 1-nil when a defensive stop work meeting in front of goal allowed Daniel Wong to pounce and slip one past the keeper. The lack of male subs had worn the Wilderbeasts down and they were lucky that the rest of the first half was a deadlock. The second half saw an increase in effort from the Wilderbeasts (who are notorious slow starters). The chances for each team were coming thick and fast, but the Wilderbeasts couldn't hit a watermelon with a fork and desperate defence was all that kept those pesky flightless birds out. After Ryan Findlayson gave himself a stern sideline talking to, some good passing on the wing from Linda Bell saw some him with good one on one opportunities. The first pass from Linda was a brilliant ball that he just couldn't get control of and the second resulted in some scrap near the keeper and a tidy flick into that back of goal. Locked at 1 all, the Penguins went into the last 5 minutes full of run. The clincher come from James Kristof who somehow squeezed a thumping shot past the nearside post, leaving the keeper and defence looking for the smoking gun. From there, the Wilderbeasts didn't have the puff for another equaliser and the Penguins did it easy at the end. The Wilderbeasts, with 3 straight defeats and a continuing shortage of available players will need to hold out in the face of tough opposition, but above all will need to start converting their ample attacking opportunities.

The Penguins vs. Wildebeests by Daniel Wong
The Penguins coming off three consecutive losses and the top of the table Wildebeests coming off two losses both teams were desperate to curb their losing streaks. The Penguins started well with a close range goal from Daniel Wong to make it 1-0 early in the first half. It was a pretty even game throughout with good defence stopping all attempted fast breaks. Midway through the second half the ball was crossed into the centre where Ryan Findlayson beat the defence and flicked it pass the goalie into the top corner of the goals making it 1-1. Shortly after James Kristof received the ball out wide and took a massive shot to give The Penguins a hard fought 2-1 victory.

10-NOV-2005
C Division - Week 11
Top Teams Dish Out Broomball Lessons
The Unforgiven vs. Tigers by Tim Boyce
Being the first game of the night, it took a while for Tigers and The Unforgiven to kick into gear. The first half was played at a slow pace, with niether team gaining any ascendancy in attack or defence. A long range goal from Mitch Tuza broke the deadlock and the latter stages of the half, but an undiciplined penalty by The Unforgiven left them heavily outnumbered in defence and the Tigers took full advantage shortly after to go to the break with a 1 - 1 scoreline. The second half seemed to be a complete contrast from the first, with The Unforgiven mounting some sharp attacking opportunities, resulting in second half goals to Mitch Tuza and Krys Lockheart. Final Score: 4 - 1.

Wild Boars vs. Carney Clownz by Shannan Heninitz
Another excellent performance by the Wild Boars. With just seconds to go in the first half, Josh scored Wild Boar's second goal, with a one-two with Cameron Parkes, leaving the score 2-0. The second half just got better, with Wild Boars scoring another 3 goals, but not before the Carneys manage to break past their defence and scored their only goal. Wild boars won 5-1. A Hat trick for Josh Yabsley and singles to Andrew Boan and Cameron Parkes. Totally Wild star Nikki Pearce the lone goal scorer for Clownz.

Huskies vs. The Uncos by Jason Hall
With the huge turn out for The Unco's seeing them start with a full bench and the Huskies just managing to get a full team together before start of play, it was easy to think that if the Huskies didn't get off to a good start, they may get run down in the second half. The first half started well, with the Huskies playing with a bit more confidence. Keeping good possession and placing pressure on the Unco's goals. In return the Unco's capitalised on any stray passing to attack the Huskies goals. Some very good if ugly saves helping hold the Unco's out. Glen Butler Flemming got the scoring off to a start with what could be the ugliest goal ever. Still a goals a goal and it was 1-nil to the Huskies. The run of play was still pretty even though and Huskies were under some good pressure. A goal to Amran giving them some breathing room going into half time. 2--nil Huskies. The second half saw the Huskies tiring with most of the line up rotating through goals for a breather. Early on the Unco's used this well, but then the Amran show started. With him firing in another 3 goals (taking his tally to 4) to put the Huskies up 5-nil. To the Unco's credit they refused to give up and attacked right till the end, being unlucky not to score a few times. In the end a good 5-nil win to the Huskies, signalling an improvement in play at the right time of the season.

07-NOV-2005
A Division - Week 13
Results Reversed
Werrington County Sonics vs. Glenmore Park Druids by Saxon Hooper
Druids were set upon by a rapant Tim Brown and his Merry Sonics last week as they handed out a 5 goal thrashing. Druids were loose in defence giving Sonics too much room to move and paid the ultimate penatly. So with that in mind, Druids as a group resolved to tighten up the defence and just generally put in a better effort. Both teams were on song in this game, playing with good possession and equally tight defence, no chinks in the armour. Possession and movement key as both teams probed for openings. The first chance converted occurred for Druids in the first half when the ball made its way to Tracy Ivin unmarked in front of the net. The shot sqeezed under the keeper for a 1-0 half time lead for Druids. Into the second half and both teams still maintained a high level. Possession and passing around tight zones looking for a gap. Eventually it was Sonics who cracked when a turnover and some quick passing between Katie Laybutt and Saxon Hooper lead to Saxon on the break beating the keeper one on one with a hand thingy goal. 2-0 win for Druids reversing the result from last week. Sonics though have taken the mini series 2 games to 1 meaning if Driuds and Sonics finish level on points, Sonics will go through first.

Werrington Ninjas vs. Richmond Ravens by Ryan Findlayson
Ninjas were completely dominated last week by a very impressive Ravens outfit, were looking to play at a higher level this week. Ninjas came out enthusiastic, playing a very impressive first half (at least by their standards of late). Their first goal came through an impressive swing from the chest by Chappo, and their second goal came from a nice flick up Pete on a shot coming through. Still playing a very disciplined defense, Ninjas conceded a goal late in the half with a screaming shot from Davin, who was almost behind the goals. In the second half, the pace that the Ninjas were playing at seemed to take it's toll, as their defense and attack started to get very lazy, and after an extensive period of possesion for Ravens, they managed to level the score through Jo Mitchell on the post. The Ninjas tried to rally energy into each other through their voices, and this lifted their tempo again, which drew a stalemate for most of the remainder of the half. Ravens did tire towards the end, and this did create some opportunities for the Ninjas, a shot that seemed to go in and straight back out again was not awarded (Note to self: "Hit ball slower so ref can see!!!" :-D ). But in yet another Ninjas Vs. Ravens game, the game went into OT. Discipline again was the name of the game for both teams OT. Ravens won the face off and were working the easy passes to try and force an open goal shot. But a solid man on man defense by the Ninjas, cut off all the passing options for the Ravens, which caused the turn over, and a breakaway open net goal for Ryan Findlayson. So Ninjas 3-2 in OT.

A Divsision Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

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07-NOV-2005
B Division - Week 13
Here Come the Bottom 4 - The B Upsets Continue
Phoenix vs. Huskies by Andrew Chapman
For the second week in a row, Phoenix had a full team. We even managed to have 3 guys on the sideline to sub. We started on fire, with the team already pumped from our vast numbers. The game went from end to end for what seemed like ages. Constant intercepts and loose balls made for a very exciting and stressful first 10 minutes for both teams. Joel and Sarah laid the groundwork with some great defence, and kept feeding the ball to the forwards. Both Matts had good runs through the centre, while Cameron and Jason made some blinding runs down the boards. Cameron's good work paid off, as he eventually scored a goal. Damo scored 2 goals in 30 seconds - it was so quick after his first that everyone on the bench was still celebrating his first, and didn't see the next goal. Kate was her usual best in goals, keeping the Huskies to 0 and I can't even remember who scored the other goal - I'm so pumped that we won our 2nd game of the season, I've forgotten the finer points of the game. I think it's impossible for us to make the finals, but in true Phoenix tradition, we'll be coming home strong and screwing up the finals placings for everyone else. Go Phoenix 4-0 over Huskies !!

Phoenix vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
Looking at the stats this looked like it would be a completely one sided match with the Huskies running away with it. This couldn't be further from the truth, with the Phoenix showing what they can do with a full team. Huskies came on looking like they didn't want to be there, no one hustling for the ball at all and a defence that looked like a C grade team. Across the ice the Phoenix couldn't have being playing any more different. Playing like it was a semi final, with every player putting in their all and just outclassing the Huskies all over the ice. Even with this though the first half saw the Huskies have a couple of good attempts on the goals with only some solid keeping denying them. The Phoenix scored first though to go one up. Huskies had a complete line change to try and find some spark, but this failed as the Phoenix scored again just 40 seconds later through. Half time 2-0 for the Phoenix. Huskies came out in the second half and if possible looked even more lethargic. Some sloppy one on one defence letting the Phoenix run at the Huskies goals again and again. Keiren McDonald working miracles to keep most out, but even the best goalie can't stop everything and 2 more got through. Final score a flattering 4-0 for the Huskies who seem to have lost their early season form and will need to find something if they wish to be contenders for the premiership. Phoenix putting in a clinical performance showing some great speed, well supported by a solid defence. Makes you wonder what they could have been capable of if they could have fielded full teams from the start.

Polar Bears vs. Raptors by Luke Petelczyc
Polar Bears came out fighting in this the Match of the week. The BOER found some inspiration and planted one in the back of the net giving Polar Bears a much needed lift. The Lessels brothers worked well in tag team mode almost causing an upset with brock trying to catch a hig ball and pull it into his own goal. PB's ACT recruit, Kesby nailed another goal with 10 to go pushing pb's to a 2-0 advantage. Some awesome saves from Brock kept the score low, until 3 opponenets found themselves free in front of goals and pushed one past Brock. PB's were Starting to panic but managed to hold it together for a victory.

Team IceBucket vs. Low Riders by Liam Golding
The last game of the evening saw Low Riders face off against TIB. This turned out to be a competitive game with both sides having equal portions of possession, creating a few chances each. The only goal of the game came early in the second half when the Low Riders' keeper was caught with the ball out of goals, letting Mel Kohler cross the ball to Liam Golding who put it into the goal. A penalty to each side was conceeded as the game wound up to a fast finish, but TIB held out to take home full points.

B Divsision Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

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03-NOV-2005
C Division - Week 10
The Unforgiven Power On
Wild Boars vs. The Uncos by Shannan Heinitz
Wildboars were off to a flying start Thursday night, scoring 3 goals against the Uncos in the first 10 minutes. Two of those goals were scored by Andrew Boan's first and second broomball goals ever! The Uncos stepped up their game after that and managed to hold off the Wildboars for the remainder of that half. In the second half, Shannan Heinitz scored a goal and Cameron Parkes scored his second goal for the game, both after a scramble at the Unco's net. The second half also saw Kirby Todd almost picj up her first assist. Later, with just one minute to go, Josh Yabsley received the ball a few metres in front of the Unco's goal and took one of his famous power shot. That shot went way too high, but Wildboars still had an outstanding game, winning 5-0.

The Unforgiven vs. The Replacements by Jason Solomon
Amazingly, The Unforgiven played with a full 6 players on the ice this week. The Unforgiven had a strong defence in the first half, The Replacements couldn't quite manage to break through. Two goals by Mitchell Tuza and Krys Lockhart saw the score at 4 - 0 at the end of the first half. The Replacements managed to break through The Unforgiven defence with a goal in the second half by Daniel Gauci, but a further 2 goals scored by Mitchell Tuza and Dhyana Scorano saw the final score at 6 - 1.

Carney Clownz vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
Another good close game in C Grade. Showing that the battle for the last two spots in the finals should be a close one for those teams in the middle of the table. The game started out with the Huskies short on players again. With only 4 players on the ice. Some good solid defence keeping the Carney Clowns out for this period though. With the Huskies getting the full team on after about 3 minutes only to lose Tahlia for two minutes due to a penalty for pushing. Once the Huskies got the full team on the ice the game started to swing their way. Finally ending with a Glen Butler Flemming goal 16 minutes in. Nicely assisted by Maneu. This re-focused the Carney's and they came out and got a reply just a minute and a half later through some great play by Josh Burton. The second half was an unstructured affair with some great break aways from both team being the only real chances. Good hustling defence and the ever present goalies keeping the scores unchanged. So in an event the Huskies are getting used to. This one went into overtime. Huskies came out strong in overtime. Mounting a lot of pressure. A good centre pass from Jason Hall finding Tahlia open in front of goals which she slotted away for a 2-1 win to the Huskies.

01-NOV-2005
Womens Division - Week 9
Another draw in a very tight competition.
Cedrus Diadara vs. Silver Snipers by Saxon Hooper
As per all womens games this was close. So far in 9 games this season no game has been decided by more than a single goal. With both teams employing tight zone defence chances were limited for both sides and the scoreline was 0-0 at half time. Early in the second half with Cedrus looking to break from defence, Linda Bell intercepted the outlet pass and raced forawrd to put a good hard shot into the top left of the goals. 1-0 Silver Snipers. The green trees picked up the attacking intensity but still could not crack the Sniper defence. With only a minute on the clock and Snipers looking to break out of defence this a time an intercept by Liz Viney and a quick hard pass found Sara Kristof open in front of the net. A good solid shot went wide and low of the keeper, leveling the score at 1 all. Was barely enough time to restart the game and it ended in a good 1-1 draw.

01-NOV-2005
Mens Division - Week 9
Stench Reverse the Result
Warriors vs. Silver Stench by Saxon Hooper
Warriors were deperate for a win having not tasted success since round one. Stench likewise needed to consolidate and lead by Sam Boer and Luke Simmonds controlled posession in the first quarter. However Warriors stayed tight in D and held them out for 0-0 quarter time score line. Warriors picked up some confidence from the D and pushed into attack to grab the opening goal just 4 minutes into the 2nd quarter. 1 nil half time to Warriors. Then in the space of 1 minute of the 3rd quarter the Silver Stench drew level and took the lead 2-1. Firstly Luke Simmonds then Sam Boer scoring for a 2-1 lead at 3/4 time. Warriors couldnt crack the Snipers defence in the final quarter and with only a minute to go Daniel Wong got a fast break and finished nicely making the final score 3-1 for the Stench.

31-OCT-2005
A Division - Week 12
Sonics Timihilate Druids
Werrington County Sonics vs. Glenmore Park Druids by Saxon Hooper
Tim Brown created a new broomball phrase on Monday, some old favourites include Samitus which is what you have when you miss an open net. When Samitus is terminal it is Liamenza ie. when you miss an open net with no one in the entire half with you. Being hit in the Muz which is when you get hit by the ball in the ... umm I think cricket comentators call it the midrift. More recently Russelltosis which is a condition you have causing you to have a complete air swing. However Russell Gregory had complications when he had a complete air swung in front of his goals twice, snicked it on his third attempt where an attacker picked it up and scored into the open net. Now we have Timihilation. Whereby one player has an absoulute blinder. Sonics were on fire lead by Tim Brown. Within two minutes of the game starting he had made a steal, a break and scored a nice hand thingy goal. Six minutes later he blasted another goal in. Then Tim completed his hat trick with seven minutes to go in the half with another well timed belter. Then just to prove he wasnt just a goal scoring machine he drew defence and laid off a nice pass for Kerry Baxter who under some pressure, one timed the ball into the goal for a 4-0 half time lead. 4-0 one would think that Druids must be playing awful, when in fact they had an equal amount of possession and were having their own shots on goal. Just nothing converted. Nine minutes into the second half Druids finally got on the board. Nathan Lawler landing a nice long ranger, 4-1. Sonics replied almost straight away with Tim Brown sending in a nice cross from behind the net to Ben RObson to one time. Then with only a few seconds on the game clock Tim Brown finished off his golden performance and the Timihilation of Druids with one final one on one with the keeper. 6-1 the final score. Tim finishing with 4 goals and 2 assists being involved in every Sonics score. Druids will have to pick up their intensity next week in the return game and make sure Tim Brown doesnt have room to move. Mind you the accident he will have this weekend should ensure Druids wont have to worry.

Werrington Ninjas vs. Richmond Ravens by Davin Harvey
Much needed win required from the Ravens Monday night, form slump dropping them back from the top of the table. Was always going to be a tough game, and tonight we showed we want the #1 spot back. Some sexy broomball was displayed when Ravens 1st goal came from Sara Kristof, a perfect cross in, possibly a shot, and Sara was unmarked at the far post to sweep it in. 1-0, Ravens pumped. Game continued end to end, neither team being able to find a chink in the defence's armour.....1-0 half time. Team talk at half time was simple, nothing stupid. So what did we go out and do......I dunno it was almost midnight (editors note: wasnt really near midnight, we all know broomball runs on time now), and I was.... anyway We put another goal away. Sam Boer with another powerful driving shot through the Ninjas defence, and it was 2-0 Ravens. Ninjas pressure mounted looking for a reply, Ravens dug deep to hold onto the win and the cleansheet. Great team effort from the Ravens tonight, we never stopped moving and the support in both defence and attack was great. Look forward to next weeks rematch.

31-OCT-2005
B Division - Week 12
Raptors Close on Wildebeests
Wildebeests vs. Raptors by Davin Harvey
Raptors controlled the game nicely Monday night with good possessional play, patience and key passing to win against the not so on form Wildebeests. Wildebeests started the game with only 3 players and only close to half time did they have a full squad on the ice. Raptors 2 goals came through the Sultanas again, Loiue racking up another, keeping in touch with the top scorers in B grade, and Michael Sultana with some good follow up in front of goals, nailing home our 2nd. Wildebeests attack lifted in the 2nd half with the fresh legs making their way onto the ice, however the Raptors did well on defence dropping back and covering the bulk of opportunities. Wildebeests did manage one goal in the 2nd period, seemingly coming from nothing, a long range shot on goal, Raptors keeper unable to handle. Game wound down with Raptors holding onto the ball for the remaining minutes, 2-1 win. Great team effort from the Raptors, we love the close scorelines, always keeps the crowd interested. Look forward to next week.

Polar Bears vs. Team IceBucket by Liam Golding
Game number 2 for Monday night saw TIB and Polar Bears face off. TIB seem to have found their groove lately, and had a much more solid defence, shutting out most of the Polar Bears' attacks, leaving few saves for the keeper. Likewise, Polar Bears scrambled well, and shut down many of the TIB breaks, or left it to their keeper to clean up the rest. It took until about 5 minutes left in the first half for Liam Golding to finally slot one past the keeper. The second half was much more of the same, with good defence from both teams. The game was sealed late in the second half with a shot from Chris Dezman at an impossible angle that somehow got behind the keeper and then found the back of the net. A very enjoyable game to play, though I'm possibly biased 'cause we won. (2-0)

Huskies vs. Low Riders by Jason Hall
Huskies would have had a slight psychological advantage going into this one, with wins over the Low riders the last few times they met. Low Riders last up win against the Wilderbeast giving them some confidence though. Huskies started up light as a couple of players did not turn up on time. This gave the Low Riders some time to establish themselves on the ice. After Glen Butler-Flemming arrived to pad out the Huskies line up, it turned into a good solid game. With both teams equal for most of the time and any dominance swinging back and forth between the teams. A goal to both Nathan Lawler of the Low riders and Pete Yabsley of the Huskies meant this one would finish 1 all at the end of regular time and head into overtime. This being a regular thing for the Huskies most weeks. They go in pretty confident. Overtime was dominated by the Huskies with a lot of pressure placed on the Low Riders. This changed dramatically when a wayward pass from Jason Hall ended up with the ball unattended deep in the Huskies half. The game then came down to a race for the ball, with Nathan Lawler showing not only speed to get there first but his strong offensive ability by slotting home a great goal from out wide. Low riders win again 2-1 in overtime.

27-OCT-2005
B Division - Week 11
Thursday B Divsion Action
Huskies vs. Raptors by No One
Huskies and Raptors played an even game. The difference was Huskies converted their chances and won 2-0.

27-OCT-2005
C Division - Week 9
Tigers upset The Replacements
The Replacements vs. Tigers by No One
Tigers got a much needed win over an injury ridden Replacements team. 2-0 for Tigers.

The Unforgiven vs. The Uncos by Lana Kuipers
The goal for the Unco's this week was to step up in defence and not allow The Unforgiven as many shots on goal as last time the two teams played. In essence, this was achieved, as the final score of the night was 4:1 to the Unforgiven. We cut down the lead by four goals from last time. A big contribution to this was thanks to the work of Unco's goalie, Matt Harris, whose quick reflexes and skill deflected many shots on goal. The Unforgiven scored the first goal of the game, before the Unco's matched this effort and both teams went into second half on equal footing. From there The Unforgiven scored another three goals. The Unco's may have been defeated, but they fought valiantly. Everyone worked their hardest this week, which made it a fantastic - if not nail biting - match to watch.

Wild Boars vs. Huskies by Shannan Heinitz
Cameron Parkes scored the first goal just moments after being subbed on, assisted by Andrew Chapman. In the second half, Cameron Parkes assisted Chapman for the second goal for the Wild Boars, but not before the Huskies scored their first goal. Wild Boars won 2-1.

24-OCT-2005
A Division - Week 11
Rangers Stay in Touch With Win Over Ravens
Penrith City Rangers vs. Richmond Ravens by Bryan Macklin
Bottom placed Rangers took on second placed Ravens in this round 11 clash. Form on paper would dictate that Ravens should easily take this one out but Rangers have been slowly gaining strength over the past few weeks, only going down by the odd goal. From the outset, Ravens pressed hard with a full court man on man defense which surprised the Rangers, forcing them into early defensive spells. It would take Daniel Wong to score the first goal against the run of play off a long break and a one on one with the keeper. The score would remain at 1-0 until half time. The second half would see more of the same, fast breaks from the Rangers, pressing defense and controlled offense from the Ravens. The Rangers were just starting to find their groove in terms of forechecking when a ball over the top of the 4-1 defense found Dane Hanson, who chipped over the sweeper. Ranger's keeper came out to meet the ball but failed to gather cleanly, leaving Sam Boer to slot home the empty netter. Scores tied up, it was anyone's game. Ranger's began to consistently break apart the man on man fore checking employed by the Ravens but were still unable to convert their chances. It would take a turnover deep in Raven's territory, forced by Bryan Macklin whom then passed to Luke Simmonds who, despite the pressure of the keeper and a defender, calmly slotted home a hand thingy in the top corner. The Rangers bench erupted, could this be their 2nd win of the season? Some fierce pressure in the final minutes from Ravens could not break the Rangers defense, who held it out. Rangers 2 (Daniel Wong 1G, Luke Simmonds 1G, Bryan Macklin 1A) defeated Ravens 1 (Sam Boer 1G).

Werrington Ninjas vs. Glenmore Park Druids by Saxon Hooper
Always tight hard games between Druids and Ninjas, this one no exception. Both teams evenly contesting in the first half, getting an equal share of possession and chances on goal. Controlled offence counted nicely by organised defence meaning 0-0 at half time. Tim Ollerton got angry in the half time break and challenged Druids to lift their game in regards to crisp passing and intensity. It seemed to work as just two minutes into the 2nd half and Druids deep on defence gained the turn over, an outless pass from Saxon Hooper to Katie Laybutt on the red line. Another quick pass found the flying Steve Larter down the wing and another good early ball found Damo Colyer slicing down the centre for a crisp shot, 1-0 Druids. With 17 to go a penalty to Ninjas Linda Bell put Druids on a power play. Controlling the ball round the edge of the Ninja zone, Druids set up their shot. Lauren Goulden acroSs to Tim Ollerton who put a in ball to Saxon Hooper who back handed the shot acroos the goals into the far right corner. Didnt get as much purchase on the shot as he wanted but it had enough to get past the keeper. 2-0 Druids but still 15 minutes to play. Ninjas never give up and they pressed harder and harder creating chances. However the Druids defence didnt crack, solid work at the back by Sally Yabsley and Tim Ollerton supported by Tracy Ivin, Damo Colyer, Lauren Goulden and Steve Larter who run hard back into defence to help out. Ninjas continued to press though and with only 1 minute 15 seconds on the clock some lazy marking by Saxon Hooper left Andrew Chapman unmarked infront of the net. From the wall Gemma Worked the ball to Pete Yabsley who got the good hard cross through to the still unmarked Andrew Chapman who finished with a nice one timer into the top corner. Good lesson for young players.. never relax in defence even if you think there is no chance the ball can get thorugh, cause it will and you will get caught out. Druids managed to see out the remaining minute and hold on for a 2-1 victory.

A Divsision Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

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24-OCT-2005
B Division - Week 11
Wildebeests now defeated - Night of Upsets
Team IceBucket vs. Phoenix by Andrew Chapman
Phoenix had 2 new guys, who between them must have played about 5 games. Due to this, a win for Phoenix was not expected, but was still possible. After all, TIB are the only team we've beaten this season, and that was with a player short. With myself and Damo Colyer doubling up from playing the A Grade match before, we were a bit tired and stayed mainly in defence for the first half. TIB had their usual fast breaks and were constantly shut down by a strong Phoenix defence, led by Joel Robson. Excellent game again for keeper Katie Robson, stopping what seemed to be 50 shots on goal, including a great Falcon effort. Our new guys were a bit lacking in skills, as is to be expected from newbies, but they more than made up for it with effort and enthusiasm. They both played an awesome game, taking a few very nice shots on goal, and even stopping a few efforts from TIB speedster Liam! Excellent work guys. Matt Hellyer and Jason Solomon had some good attacking runs, but unfortunately were unable to convert. Overall a good game for a Phoenix side that hadn't played together much, but we were outclassed by a co-ordinated Team Ice Bucket. Hey, I'm just happy that Phoenix finally had a full team! Yay team!

Wildebeests vs. Low Riders by Ryan Findlayson
Wilderbeests again looking out of sorts in defense leaving people open near the goal mouth way to often. However, Low Riders often looking for the long power shot to get them on the board. Wildebeests did look threatening in attack, but some good keeping by Johnathon Bracs kept them struggling to get an opener. The opener eventually went to the Low Riders when they found Lynn Roberts open in the goal mouth and nicely hit beating the keeper. Wildebeests did get level before halftime after some long goal mouth pressure, the keeper was drawn out of position, and the ball put into the open net. So 1-1 at halftime. The second half saw Low Riders try a huge offensive forecheck, which saw them create a few more opportunities than the first. But the Wildebeests when they got the ball into the attack, still looked dangerous. Low Riders were next to breakthrough with James Dymond getting a shot away from short range, and nailing it!! Wildebeests did turn up the pressure towards the end, but were unable to find the equaliser. So Low Riders giving Wilderbeests their first loss 2-1.

Polar Bears vs. The Penguins by Luke Petelczyc
Polarbears VS Penguins started with both teams having a full team at start time, an unusual situation for a polarbears game, and this trend of unusuality continued throughout game. Polarbears held the penguins in their defensive half, applying lots of pressure on the penguin defense. Petelczyc put in an early goal, following it up with a fast second goal. Tempers flared between two players, setteling down without major incident. At half time penguins was down 2-0, looking to settle the score. Unfortunately The BOER let one rip from just over half way, finding the top left corner. Mark kim followed it up with another goal, sealing the game, and racking up 3 assists and 1 goal. 4-0 to pengiuns.

B Division Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

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20-OCT-2005
B Division - Week 10
Thursday B Divsion Action
Low Riders vs. Team IceBucket by
First game on thursday evening and TIb were feeling a bit nervous, because despite having a guy sub on the bench, they were a girl short on the field. For the first 10 minutes the game progressed relativley evenly with both teams feeling out the defence of the opposition, creating some opportunities, but neither side was able to convert those chances into points. A short time later Liam Golding was able to punch a shot low past the Low Riders' keeper to put TIB ahead into the break. The second half was more of the same as Low Riders sustained some intense pressure on TIB with strong hitting from James Dymond and Nathan Lawler. TIB keeper Alex Crook no doubt saving an OT finish with diving saves to the sides to deny Low Riders. The last few minutes saw TIB play for possesion and pull off their first outright win of the season; 1-0 TIB over Low Riders.

20-OCT-2005
C Division - Week 8
Krys Lockhart on Fire !!
Wild Boars vs. Tigers by Shannan Heinitz
This week saw the rivalry continued between Tigers and the Wildboars. Both teams played a great defensive game. Cameron Parkes scored a goal in the first half after a scramble at the Tiger's net. In the second half, Elizabeth Viney showed off her hacky-sack skills to maintain control of the ball from the Tigers. Wild Boars won 1-0.

Wild Boars vs. Tigers by Sally Yabsley & Karen Bell
A quick paced, action packed game full of great sportsmanship between two long time arch rivals. Halfway through the first half a quick 1-2 saw a good goal to Cameron Parkes assisted by Andrew Chapman. Bernard Clarke saved a few close shots in goals. Lots of shots from both teams, Tigers often on the defensive managing to shut the Bopars out in the second half.

The Replacements vs. Huskies by Alison Jones
This was an evenly matched game with both teams trying hard to get on top. Replacements got the advantage with some great footwork from Alf and Daniel scoring the first goal. This goal was to last nearly all the game until Daniel was off with a high stick penalty and 30 seconds left on the clock the huskies scored bring the first game to 1-1 and into overtime, where huskies scored the winning goal making the final score 2-1. Man of the match this week went to Scott for another amazing week of goal saving!!

The Replacements vs. Huskies by Gemma Fornal
From the opening face-off, this was set to be a great game between the Replacements and the Huskies, two of the strongest and most consistent teams in C Grade. At the end of a hot night at the ice-rink, the ice was starting to melt and became very slippery. The Replacements adjusted better to the conditions and repeatedly pushed forward. While the Huskies did manage to scramble back and put pressure on the attackers, it wasn't long before the Replacements scored - much to the delight of their cheer squad. The Huskies were clearly missing their expert goalkeeper, Keiran McDonald, who was taking a well-deserved run on the ice for a change. For the Huskies it was a fairly messy, unstructured game which caused much frustration as they struggled to adapt to the the Replacements' unusual attacking formation. Luckily, the Replacements did not have many shots on target and the scoreline did not change until near the end of the game. With less than five minutes to go, the Huskies' Glen Butler-Fleming took possession and weaved his way through the Replacements' defensive line. With a powerful backhand shot at close range, the Huskies had scraped through to take the game into overtime. At the overtime face-off, Gemma Butler-Fleming won the ball and flicked it through to Amran Sinha on the wing. A challenge between Amran and a Replacements defender left the ball unattended in the middle of the Replacements' defensive third. It gave Gemma just enough time to dive on it and sweep it into the net for a quick overtime victory. It was a great comeback for the Huskies, but unlucky for the Replacements.

Carney Clownz vs. The Unforgiven by Tim Boyce
A match between The Unforgiven and Carney Clowns is always bound to be a grudge match of sorts, with the rivalry between both teams always adding that extra spark to the game. Despite the lop sided scorline, the ball was fiercly contested, with both teams going hard (and at times probably too hard) right from the outset, resulting in penalties from both teams. Both teams had chances to score, but the Carney Clownz couldn't capitalize, and The Unforgiven's strike power in attack proved to be lethal, with goals for Mitch Tuza, Tim Boyce and Krys Lockhart who had 5 goals. There was a steady flow of goals from The Unforgiven, resulting in a big 8 - 0 win. The Unforgiven, bouncing back in the grandest of styles after a dissapointing loss last week. Carney Clowns are still a chance of finishing in the top 4, but this loss may prove to be a body blow, and they will have to work hard through the back end of the season to keep in touch.

18-OCT-2005
Womens Division - Week 7
All Tied Up
Cedrus Diadara vs. Crimson Furies by Saxon Hooper
Furies had a packed line up with every one of their team showing (editors note: well done girls!!) Cedrus had their smallest team of the season, missing the Smith sisters (editors note: anyone heard of the Hansen Bros) but still with 7 players at the game. Last game Furies got up by a single goal and things looked good early when Mel Paradowski got a good cross into Courtney Shanks who one timed it perfectly into the goals. 1 nil to Furies inside the first 3 minutes. Finally Cedrus started to get some offence and had a few chances near goal all denied by good scambling Furies defence. Eventually the pressure paid off and from behind the goals Bel Fowler found Sara Kristof who in turn found Tracy Ivin in front of the net who shot hard, low and wide of the keeper for the equaliser. 1-1 half time. The second half was very even and either team could have gained the winner, but defence and goal keepers denied all comers. 1-1 full time a fair result.

18-OCT-2005
Mens Division - Week 7
Terminators Still Undefeated !!
Warriors vs. Terminators by Saxon Hooper
The undefeated Terminators up against the recently hammered Warriors who had conceded 14 goals in their last two games for only 3 scored. Both teams with excellent turnouts, 10 players for Terminators and 9 for Warriors. Things looked like they were heading down the same path for Warriors when Tim Brown was able to steal the ball from a napping Saxon Hooper behind the net. A quick outlet pass found a totally unmarked Glen Butler-Fleming in front of the net who managed to squeeze the ball under the Warrior's Keeper. 1-0 quarter time to Terminators. Early in the 2nd quarter Saxon Hooper on a break missed a wide open net with a hand thingy. No score for the quarter 1-0 half time Terminators. Bryan Macklin doubled the lead for Terminators making it 2-0. Warriors finally scored with 4 minutes to go in the final quarter. Troy Viney hitting a hard cross for Dane Hansen to one time into the net. 2-1 with not long to go. Was all Warriors in the final few minutes going close to equalising several times. The closest inside the last thirty seconds where Scott Murray playing his first game for Warriors of the season one timed a shot. It flew hard and straight toward the top corner of the goals. Liam Goalding the Termanitor's keeper through up his arm and just tipped it over. 2-1 win for Terminators and a much better performance from Warriors.

17-OCT-2005
A Division - Week 10
Sonics Claim Top Spot
Werrington County Sonics vs. Richmond Ravens by Davin Harvey
Well if I've never been a part of a fast game in my life, tonight I was. This game was non stop end to end action, speed galore, shots galore, it had it all! Ravens played well this game working together once we got out of our half, however unable to capitalise on their many opportunities. Sonics on the other hand, had some excellent attacking opportunities between James, Kerry and Tim working their fast paced magic. Ravens scrambled well to break down a lot of the opportunities, and the rest left to the fearless keeping of Kieren and Pete, both doing a great job for us. 1st and only goal came off a powerful strike from Tim Brown, keeper left in no man's land. 1-0 to Sonics, and Ravens unable to reply.

Werrington Ninjas vs. Penrith City Rangers by Ryan Findlayson
Both teams desperate for the win to stay in touch with the top teams. Both teams playing a very controlling style game, and having plenty of possesion in their attacking halves. However Rangers rarely looked like they were going to score, forced to take shots from the perimeter. Ninjas getting a few chances in good position, but only able to capitalise on one in the first half when Peter Yabsley found the far post. Rangers had a stellar opportunity late in the first half when Lisa Price found herself unmarked in front of goals, but desperation keeping, and a lot of luck kept the ball out. So 1-0 Ninjas half time. Ninjas in the second half took an aggressive forecheck option, and this resulted in a multitude of attacking pressure, and (unfortunately for them) near misses. While this pressure maintained Ninjas pushed further and further foward, but the inevitable break out from the Rangers came, and resulted in the ball ending up in the back of the net. However the goals had been moved by an attacker running through, so no goal was awarded. For the final couple of minutes, Ninjas tied up the ball, and took home the 1-0 victory.

A Divsision Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

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17-OCT-2005
B Division - Week 9
Wildebeests Still Undefeated
Phoenix vs. Huskies by Andrew Chapman
This game had been a long time coming - Phoenix always fire up when we play Huskies. We fired up, but it's a bit hard to do anything when you only have 3 players on the ice. Everyone turned up late, and due to this we automatically conceded a goal :( Once we had our 3 players + keeper we held out the Huskies for about 10 minutes, mainly due to 15 cases of Samitis for Peter Yabsley, and some awesome keeping from our super keeper Katie Robson. Joel Robson made a welcomed comeback for Phoenix and had a blinder in defence, stopping too many shots to count and intercepting many a wayward pass. Matt Hellyer ran so hard in attack during the game, he could barely move by the end. Myself and Damo Colyer backed Matt for some brilliant runs past a lagging Huskie defence, but we kept hitting the post, shooting just wide, or having our shots blocked by Huskie keeper Keiren McDonald. We played good, but 3 players just doesn't cut it. In the end the Huskies ran away with it to score 5 goals, most of their players either scoring a goal or assisting.

Wildebeests vs. The Penguins by Ryan Findlayson
Up against the current title holders, Wildebeests were looking at a tough match to maintain their unbeaten record. But they came out hard after a fairly disappointing last showing. Wary of the speed of the Penguins, Wildebeests held good defensive structure to keep frustrating the Penguins attack. Wildebeests got on the board 3 times in the first half to give themselves a commanding lead. A couple of technical infringements meant that Wildebeests would have to go a man down for 2 minutes either side of half time. But they managed to get through the period without conceeding a goal. Once back to full strength Wildebeests began their attacking campaign again, grabbing another goal. But then the game wore on and tiredness set in, and the concentration dropped down. Penguins hitting back through another pacey effort by Daniel Wong. Wildebeests still creating many chances, but a few air swings, mis-timed and slightly wayward passes and shots, kept the score at 4-1 for the rest of the game. So Wildebeests maintain their unbeaten record for another week.

Polar Bears vs. Raptors by Luke Petelczyc
Polarbears lost in a remarkably spirited fight against long time rivals, the Raptors. The davin/kevin double team kept pounding away at the polarbears defences. The polarbears only got it up once, by nick kesby, but found they could not keep up the performance. After a long and gruelling match, the raptors found they were able to penetrate twice. 2-1 to the raptors!

Polar Bears vs. Raptors by Davin Harvey
Game started early Monday night catching both teams off guard (Editors Note: Game started on time as per draw on web.. when will you people learn broomball runs on time now!!), Polar Bears starting with 3, Raptors with 5 players. Raptors, being the good sportsmen they are took their time with the Polar Bears allowing them to gain a full squad before unleashing their fury. This however, would prove to be a bad move for the Raptors as Polar Bears were first to get on the board early in the 1st half. Raptors seemed very rushed in attack, often panicking when they had the ball in the Polar Bears half, rushing their attack and not looking for solid opportunities. Game was end to end to the close off the 1st half. 2nd half, started a little more to the Raptors advantage gaining more possession on the ball, and looking for their opportunity to strike. Their first goal came mid way through the 1st half, Jo drawing 2 defenders and passing off to Davin to nail one home from distance. 1-1 and Raptors lifted their intensity, looking for the 2nd however Polar Bears held off the attack and managed a few breaks to put the pressure back on the Raptors. Towards the end of the 2nd half, Kevin Chen steps up from outta no where, takes on a few defenders, gets a nice powerful shot off, and its in the back of the net, Raptors 2-1 and firing. Raptors kept control for the remainder of the game, and closed it out with the 1 goal win. Was a scrappier game this week from the Raptors squad, we need to find our possessional game again, and build on it. I look forward to next week.

B Division Progress Graphs by Ryan Findlayson

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13-OCT-2005
B Division - Week 9
Thursday B Divsion Action
Wildebeests vs. Phoenix by Ryan Findlayson
Phoenix started the game with just four on the ice, and hence Wildebeests dominated the first part of the game, but even in this early stage the Wildebeests looked rusty. Phoenix increased their numbers by one, but did play a girl down for the entire game. It was very wet ice, so hence a good passing game was the key to success. It took 10 minutes for Wildebeests to get some passes together Ryan Findlayson passing to Aron Calfas passing to Mark Dasco for the goal. But that seemed to be the end of the Wildebeests passing game, and Phoenix a player down started to look the better. Wildebeests still had chances having the man advantage, Linda Bell putting in a shot, and Mark Dasco was on the post to clean up the scraps and give the Wildebeests a 2-0 lead going into half time. The second half clearly went to Phoenix. Wildebeests continually turning the ball over in both attack and defense, and Phoenix running hard the whole half. Phoenix rewarded by their desperation. After the Wildebeests keeper Roy Dasco made several saves in a row, was unable to freeze the ball and the Phoenix's Tim Boyce was on hand to finish the job. This left the last 10 mins of the game in a tense state, Wildebeests never looking competent enough to get another goal on the board, and their defense looking scrappy at best. But somehow, they managed to hold out again. It was lucky for them that Phoenix were a player down. So a 2-1 victory to the Wildebeests!!!

13-OCT-2005
C Division - Week 7
The Uncos Break their Duck !!
The Replacements vs. Carney Clownz by Alison Jones
Taking the ice for the first time this week was The Replacements new recruit David Farrell and what a great job he did too. A little unsteady on his feet to start with he still gave his best and worked hard, being rewarded with the first goal of the game. Next goal came off a pass from Amy to Brad, who was able to push the ball in over the line past the keeper and into the side net, but unfortunately the referee disagreed (even the Clownz said it was in) and play continued. Again it was Brad who scored next, this time with an assist from Alison leaving the game with a half time score of 2 - 0 Replacements. The second half was a bit the same as the first with the Clownz fighting valliantly but the Replacements on fire this week, with Melinda assisting both Alf and then Alison for the next 2 goals. David had found his feet and was doing some great work in both attack and defence and Scott having some magic saves in goals again even being let out for some runs this week. The last goal looked excellent when Brad stole the ball from the opposition, made a quick pass to Amy, who scored on her knees. And the crowd was deafening throughout the game as Daniel did his part on the side line bringing a huge crowd (soccer team) to cheer on the Replacements every move. Thanks guys. Final score 5 - 0 to the Replacements. Man of the match went to David for his fantastic debut on the ice.

The Uncos vs. Tigers by Lana Kuipers
Victory is sweet, but none more so than Thursdays defeat of the Tigers 3:1, as it was the first win for the Unco's - ever! The game got off to a rocky start - any chance of possession was quicky snapped up by the Tigers, who played extremely well, exhibiting good passing and control of the ball. The Tigers scored the opening goal of the game mid-way through first half. Although this put the Unco's off their game for a bit, a quick morale boost from Russ Gregory and Chris Dezman saw the team pull it together during the last few minutes of the period which saw the Unco's first goal who came from Marc Kuipers- a very good effort, came from a breakaway and tore right though Tigers defence. This brought a nail-biting finish to the first half to go into second half on equal grounds. A tightening in defence (Beck Collier, Dan "Binnsy" Binns, Jess Olford and myself) saw the Unco's dissuade any further attempts on goal by the Tigers. In the tenth minute of second half, Russ put in an almighty big effort in his final moments on ice, belted the ball, and watched it soar happily into the net in front of him. This saw the Unco's take the lead for the first time during the game. The Unco's managed to hold the Tigers off for the next 9 nail biting minutes, with many excellent - yet unsuccessful due to the talents of Matt Harris - attepmts on goal made by the Tigers. It came down to one single painstaking minute. With thirty seconds to go, Pearce Van de Pol made one last attempt on goal which made its way in. The whistle could not be heard over the din made by the Unco's, iced and benched alike. The remaining seconds melted away and euphoria took over the team. This simply proves that the Unco's are "not so unco after all." A big thank you to the Tigers for such a brilliant game.

Wild Boars vs. The Unforgiven by Shannan Heinitz
It might have been the last match of the night but both teams were wide awake with adrenaline, ready for a tough broom game! The Unforgiven kept the pressure on the Wild Boars but Shannan manage to break away ahead of their defence line down the side and passed to Andrew in front of the goal. The Unforgiven's goalie manage to intercept the pass but was not good enough to stop Andrew from scoring wild boar's first goal. Later the first half, the Unforgiven had control of the ball in their offensive half, passed around and took a shot from the blue line. The ball went in, but unfortunately was not counted due to a foul, leaving the score 1-0 at half-time. In the second half, it was the Wild boar's turn to control the ball in their offensive half. When Josh had possession of the ball, he took one his wild shots from near the halfway line. The ball flew through the air and scored Wild boar's second goal! For the rest of the game, both teams put up great defence against each other and the full time buzzer sounded with 2-0 to the Wild Boars.

Wild Boars vs. The Unforgiven by Tim Boyce
While the 2-0 scoreline showed a relatively close game between The Unforgiven and Wild Boars, The Unforgiven never really looked like winning this game. Wild Boars were good from the very start, and took advantage of some very lazy Unforgiven defence early in the first half to put the pressure right on the undefeated frontrunners. This pressure paid off, and it was a fumble by The Unforgiven goalkeeper Tim Boyce that saw Andrew Chapman snare an opportunistic goal midway through the first half. This seemed to kick-start The Unfogiven into action, and it wasn't long before a their attack replied with a goal of their own through Mitch Tuza, which should have sent the halftime scoreline to 1-1, however the goal was disallowed. A magnificant long range rocket by Josh Yabsly found the back of the net early in the second half, and it turned out to be the differnce in the end, with neither team able to break the others defence for the remainder of the game. The 2-0 win to Wild Boars ends the 5 game winning streak of The Unforgiven, and sends off a warning to the rest of the competition to watch out for these guys come finals time!!!

11-OCT-2005
Womens Division - Week 6
Half Way Point Reached
Silver Snipers vs. BGs by Ryan Findlayson
Snipers came out very enthusiastic, and dominated the first half. After a couple of near misses from setting up in the attacking half and working through for the shot, the breakthrough came when Karen Bell stole the ball in her defensive zone and put Sally Yabsley in the clear. Sally took the ball within a couple of meters from the goal and hammered it home. Some more near misses by Snipers, and the half ended at 1-0. I don't know if the ice was on a hill, or there was a strong wind in one direction, but the BGs came out in the second half and rarely let the ball out of their attacking half. A couple of good shots came in and were kept out by the keeper. This was followed by a couple that seemed to have the keeper beat, but just sailed wide. Then there was some scrambling in the goal mouth which it is still unclear how the ball stayed out. Stay out it did though, and that was the story for the rest of the match. So BGs close to squaring up the score, but a 1-0 victory to Snipers at full time.

11-OCT-2005
Mens Division - Week 6
Ticklers Dominate Again !!
Ticklers vs. Silver Stench by Ryan Findlayson
Ticklers started off showing lot of eagerness for the ball, and the Stench started of by stinking. Stench failing to man up, and it wasn't long before Ticklers had put 2 goals on the board. The Stench did show glimpses of attack, but that's all it was, a glimpse!!! The second quater seemed to be a little more disciplined from the Stench, and the game started to level out, but again a bit of laziness came over the Stench and another 2 goals to the Ticklers in the dying stages of the half saw the Ticklers take a 4-0 lead into half time. Second half started with the Stench desperate to at least get one goal on the board. They did this only a minute into the half with a bit of one off magic from their captain :-) This seemed to inspire the rest of the team, and the Stench started to maybe even look dominant. This soon dropped off and laziness kicked in again, and again Ticklers took advantage throught their captain. Ticklers without any subs, started to tire, and the Stench still trying to save face were playing very desperate. But it seemed the crucial pass could never stick. Stench did manage to get one set of passes together which resulted in a goal, however, the Ticklers came away with an impressive victory 5-2.

10-OCT-2005
A Division - Week 9
Druids and Sonics Close on Ravens
Werrington County Sonics vs. Werrington Ninjas by Ryan Findlayson
It seemed as though both teams were fairly even for most of the match. Ninjas scoring first, halfway through the first half where Pete Yabsley impersonated a ballerina to get the ball past the keeper. This stayed the score until after the half time break, when Tim Brown let go of a Sonic missile that found the inside of the far post. Halfway through the second half, James Ray was exciting as he put on some pace, and flew through the ninjas defense, put on an exciting finish to give the Sonics the lead. With 4 minutes remaining, Ryan Findlayson put in a long shot which was deflected in by Pete Yabsley to level the scores yet again. A penalty against the Ninjas ended up costing them the game, as Sonics used the man advantage to scrap home a goal and to take and keep the lead for the final time. So 3-2 to the Sonics in a fairly exciting game. (Editors Note: It had everything, several leaad changes, certain goals bumbled, great shots, great saves, last ditch heroics, was awesome to watch.. so "fairly" exciting should be "very" exciting.)

Glenmore Park Druids vs. Penrith City Rangers by Saxon Hooper
Rangers needed a good result to stay in touch with the A division leaders, however it would be tough against a Druids team starting to gel with it's new players. Druids started well getting into attack and maintaining possession there and within 3 minutes had their first goal. Tim Ollerton somehow slotting the ball through a ball sized gap in the keepers defence. The early goal didnt deter Rangers too much and they knuckled in and kept Druids out. A high stick penalty and a bit of back chat found Tim Ollerton in the sin bin for 4 minutes giving Rangers their best chance of the first period. A couple opportunities werent converted and Druids managed to kill off the long penalty. A high stick by Mark Rulewski put Druids on their own power play and unlike Rangers they were able to convert. Steve Larter finding an unmarked Saxon Hooper in front of the net who slapped it home. The straw that broke the camel's back came just 3 minutes from 1/2 time when Steve Clarke scored from close range from a Damo Colyer assist. 3-0 half time lead to Druids. The second half saw a better effort by Rangers however small lapses in defence cost them dearly. Just 2 minutes in Druids increased the lead to 4 as Steve Larter and Lauren Goulden combined to get the ball to Damo Colyer again unmarked in front of the net for the score. Rangers kept running and started to create some chances, a couple of fast breaks which just couldnt be finished. Bryan Macklin got the ball to Daniel Wong who put it across the face of goals instead of into the open net, the rebound fell back to Bryan who hit the post instead of the open goals. That rebound fell to Daniel again and his shot was blocked by the defence. Another fast break ended the same with missed chances and loose shooting frustrating Rangers. Eventually Rangers got on the board through a fast break that didnt end in tears with Macklin setting up Wong for the gooooaaaaallll. 4-1 Druids with 16 minutes in the match. The next two goals came from defensive lapses as Druids again had unmarked players in front of the net. A crossed ball found Steve Clarke sliding past the keeper, through the crease, bringing the ball with him into the goal. Then two minutes later with seven minutes on the clock, Lauren Goulden lobbed a ball into the slot where Steve Larter came down hard on the ball causing it to bounce up, lob the keeper and into the top corner. The last goal completing the 6-1 win for Druids. Steve Larter starred for Druids with 1 goal and 3 assists, Lauren Goulden had 3 assists and Steve Clarke scored 2 goals. Damo Colyer had 1g1a, Saxon Hooper 1g, Tim Ollerton 1g and Tracy Ivin 1a. For Rangers Daniel Wong 1g, Bryan Macklin 1a.

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10-OCT-2005
B Division - Week 9
Another Heart breaker for Low Riders
Raptors vs. The Penguins by Davin Harvey
Monday's game started a little late, something we haven't seen since the new timetable, new broomball timetable having bigger expectations on it than Cityrail's. Game eventually getting underway and Penguins were down to 4 on the ice, one still tying up their shoelaces. Penguins won the face off and immediately crashed behind the goals and tried to hold possession. Raptors charged forward and pressured well with the advantage to come up with a quick goal in the first few minutes, Louis Sultana putting away another off a nice Bec Cashel pass. Bec drawing the defender and laying off for Louis to slam it home, nice teamwork. Penguins quickly got their numbers together and looked to reply. Raptors however dominated most of the attack in the first half. Penguins were given a few opportunities, but were shut out by good covering defence in the Raptors team. 2nd goal came mid way through the 1st half, John putting away a screamer from just inside the blue line, assist to Jo. Keeper got a touch to the ball, but not quick enough to get the body behind it. Good confident attack and structure kept us on top in the first half. 2nd half saw the Raptors continue to charge, looking for the nail in the coffin. Penguins with some good defensive work in the 2nd half held the score to 2-0, and slowed our gradually slowed the Raptor's momentum. Raptors switching to defensive mode for the last 5-6mins of the 2nd half, happy to hold the 2-0 advantage. Great win for the Raptors this week, team effort was excellent, everyone giving it their all. Look forward to next week.

Team IceBucket vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
Huskies started this game with a full team, but no one on the bench. Looking across at Team Ice bucket and their 3 subs gave an idea of how this game would progress. This idea was helped along a little later when the Huskies lost Martin Brennan for a 2 minute penalty in the first half. Huskies playing a 4 - 1 defence to try and conserve energy gave the Ice Buckets plenty of time to set their attack and roll forward into their attacking half. As the Ice Buckets amounted attack after attack the only thing holding them out was some great defence from Peter Yabsley and Lauren Goulden who both seemed to be everywhere. On the occasions that the Ice Buckets got through the defence Keiren Mcdonald was his ever best in stopping everything coming his way. Huskies could only counter attack by lobbing the ball over the defence to running wingers in an attempt to rush the goals for a one on one. This tactic looked like it may succeed a few times, but the fresher legs of the Ice Buckets ran down most attempts and some wayward shots from the Huskies saw off the rest. At the end of regular time it was 0-0 with a flagging Huskies team looking out of it. The first couple of minutes were dominated by a determined Huskies side, but the fitness was telling and the dominance swayed to the Ice Buckets. Some great hustle in defence from both teams saw this one end fittingly in a 0-0 draw.

Polar Bears vs. Low Riders by Luke Petelczyc
A very close match up. PB's were missing a number of key players as usual with Brock, Mark, Eric and Shallon being a no-show. LR's seemed to have an endless supply of fresh legs and made good use of the subs, pressuring polarbears defence constantly. Nick and Jason had a number of good sustained attacking periods but were denied by the excellent LR's keeping. 0 - 0 at full time , overtime was decided by a jason/sam combo attack. Polarbears win in overtime.

Polar Bears vs. Low Riders by Brock Lessels
PBs came from a goal down to beat Low Riders 2-1 in their top-of-the-table B-League meeting. Sasho Petrovski's left-handed strike in the 88th minute sealed the Polar Bears first home win of the season while ending Low Riders unbeaten run. The win lifted PBs to within one point of Huskies at the top of the eight-team B-League ladder. After a dour first half the game came alive after the break, with Michael Valkanis's goal for Low Riders breaking the deadlock in the 51st minute. PBs hit back almost immediately when Terry McFlynn shot low from outside the box and David Carney pounced to score after the ball rebounded off Low Riders goalkeeper Daniel Beltrame. With PBs talismanic striker Brock Yorke away on international duty with Trinidad and Tobago, Petrovski was sharing striking duties up front with David Zdrilic. The pair missed a gilt-edged chance to to put PBs in the lead midway through the half when Zdrilic's run up the left wing saw him cross inside for Petrovski, who shot straight into the advancing Beltrame. Petrovski's eventual winner was a brilliant left-handed strike from the far post after Steve Corica floated a free hit into a packed penalty area. The ball appeared to take a deflection off Zdrilic at the near post and continued on to Petrovski, who lashed it home from close range past a diving Beltrame. (Editors Note: Brock Lessels didnt play in this game, all of the names, ladder positions, scorers and play descriptions have been made up by Brock.... hmm)

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06-OCT-2005
C Division - Week 6
C Grade in Full Swing
The Unforgiven vs. Tigers by Tim Boyce
After coming off an 8 - 1 victory last week, The Unforgiven were confident that they could turn up the heat again this week against the 6th placed Tigers. The game started slowly though, with both teams struggling to control the ball on the wet ice. It didn't take long for both teams to warm to the task, and it was once again the Unforgiven who drew first blood through the stick of Krys Lockheart. Tigers defence stood strong amist a wave of attack from the Unforgiven, and managed to ward off most of them before a long range goal from Tim Boyce and another from Kyrs Lockheart put The Unforgiven up 3 - 0 at half time. The second half saw much the same as the first, with the Tigers defending well, but with no real avenue out of their defensive half, it was just a matter of time until The Unforgiven scored again, with Mitch Tuza and Tim Boyce slotting in the 2 second half goals to finish off and impressive 5 - 0 victory.

Wild Boars vs. Carney Clownz by Shannan Heinitz
Wild Boars had possession of the ball for the majority of the match and kept the pressure on the Clownz� half. In the first half, Shannan Heinitz managed to take control of the ball behind the Carney�s goal. He passed the ball through two of the Carneys to Cameron Parkes in front of the goal who then took a well aimed shot and scored. In the second half, Andrew Chapman broke through the Carney Clownz�s defence, passed to Cameron, who then scored the second goal for the Wild Boars. Wild Boars won the match 2-0.

The Uncos vs. Huskies by Dan Binns
Thursday's match between the effervescent Unco's and the hardened Huskies was nothing short of spectacular. Within the first seven minutes the Unco's had their first mark on the scoreboard, a quick shot that penetrated the Huskies' defence and slotted through into the goal. This score was to remain the same for most of the rest of the game, until about midway through the second half when the Huskies came through and levelled the scores at 1-1. The Huskies then followed through with another quick point, and despite many valiant charges, the Unco's could not respond in kind. The play was frenetic, and penalties abounded. Playing particularly well for the Unco's was Marc Kuipers, whose versatility shone through both in defence and attack, and Pierce Van de Pol, whose onfield agility and expertise were critical at several key moments, and whose off-field emotions gave life, good humour and enthusiasm when the Unco's most needed it. A better game than last week, but not good enough for the Unco's. 3-1 win for Huskies.

06-OCT-2005
C Division - Week 6
C Grade Rocking
The Unforgiven vs. Tigers by Tim Boyce
After coming off an 8 - 1 victory last week, The Unforgiven were confident that they could turn up the heat again this week against the 6th placed Tigers. The game started slowly though, with both teams struggling to control the ball on the wet ice. It didn't take long for both teams to warm to the task, and it was once again the Unforgiven who drew first blood through the stick of Krys Lockheart. Tigers defence stood strong amist a wave of attack from the Unforgiven, and managed to ward off most of them before a long range goal from Tim Boyce and another from Kyrs Lockheart put The Unforgiven up 3 - 0 at half time. The second half saw much the same as the first, with the Tigers defending well, but with no real avenue out of their defensive half, it was just a matter of time until The Unforgiven scored again, with Mitch Tuza and Tim Boyce slotting in the 2 second half goals to finish off and impressive 5 - 0 victory.

Wild Boars vs. Carney Clownz by Shannan Heinitz
Wild Boars had possession of the ball for the majority of the match and kept the pressure on the Clownz� half. In the first half, Shannan Heinitz managed to take control of the ball behind the Carney�s goal. He passed the ball through two of the Carneys to Cameron Parkes in front of the goal who then took a well aimed shot and scored. In the second half, Andrew Chapman broke through the Carney Clownz�s defence, passed to Cameron, who then scored the second goal for the Wild Boars. Wild Boars won the match 2-0.

The Uncos vs. Huskies by Dan Binns
Thursday's match between the effervescent Unco's and the hardened Huskies was nothing short of spectacular. Within the first seven minutes the Unco's had their first mark on the scoreboard, a quick shot that penetrated the Huskies' defence and slotted through into the goal. This score was to remain the same for most of the rest of the game, until about midway through the second half when the Huskies came through and levelled the scores at 1-1. The Huskies then followed through with another quick point, and despite many valiant charges, the Unco's could not respond in kind. The play was frenetic, and penalties abounded. Playing particularly well for the Unco's was Marc Kuipers, whose versatility shone through both in defence and attack, and Pierce Van de Pol, whose onfield agility and expertise were critical at several key moments, and whose off-field emotions gave life, good humour and enthusiasm when the Unco's most needed it. A better game than last week, but not good enough for the Unco's. 3-1 win for Huskies.

04-OCT-2005
Womens Division - Week 5
Another Draw !
Cedrus Diadara vs. BGs by Saxon Hooper
Cedrus Diadara had all the first half play dominating possession and shots on goal. BGs however did scramble well and helped to keep the green trees out. However when Cedrus did break the defence they could break the keeper, Katie Robson was awesome, blocking direct shots, scrambing to cover deflections and amazing Ninja sweeping leg saves. 0-0 half time. The good first half showing by the BGs defence gained them confidence and in the second half they started to get some possession and get into attack. Some good passing and some good positional play meant BGs were finding themselves open in front of the net. Again they were unable to breach the keeper. Cedrus still managed to get good possession and shots at the other end but found Shannon Vost as tricky to beat as Katie Robson. So after 30 minutes the score was 0-0 a pretty good ressult for both teams and an indication of how well the keepers went.

04-OCT-2005
Mens Division - Week 5
Ticklers Dominate !!
Ticklers vs. Warriors by Saxon Hooper
With six minutes to go in the womens game the Warriors team consisted of Captain Saxon Hooper and keeper James Kristof. With three mintutes to go in the womens game the Warriors team had swelled as Dane Hansen showed up. As the siren sounded in the womens game Marty Brennan showed, Warriors numbering an impressive 4 players. Luckily Shannan Heninitz and Glen ButlerFleming just happened to be at the rink to become Warriors for the night. Ticklers on the other hand had subs and were ready to go. For the first few minutes of the 1st quarter Warriors played with 4 as their recruits geared up and it only took 2 minutes for Tim Ollerton to smash home the first goal. Warriors held out for the rest of the 1st quarter and got to full strength and started to attack themselves. With seven minutes remaining in the second Dane Hansen was bolting up the boards, Til Ollerton came across to check and the collision was awesome. Both players went down however the boards were behind Dane Hansen and they propped him up and he got passed. Recovering the ball he sprinted down for a one on one hand thingy goal. From the face off Ticklers broke and regained the lead through Cameron Parkes. Just 3 minutes later they were in again with Peter Yabsley scoring his first. 3-1 half time lead for Ticklers over Warriors. Warriors hit back again through a well worked break away finishing with Saxon Hooper to poke home, 3-2 Ticklers. With about a minute on the clock Ticklers extended to 4-2 with anther Peter Yabsley goal. 4-2 Ticklers three quarter time. Warriors didnt feel out of it at this stage and felt they could bridge the gap. They started the quarter well missing some good chances however the legs ran out and Ticklers stormed home with goals to Peter Yabsley, Tim Ollerton and Cameron Parkes. Final score 7-2 Ticklers. Tim Ollerton 2g3a, Peter Yabsley 3g2a, Ben Eagleston 3a, Cam Parkes 2g were the main performers for Ticklers. Saxon Hooper and Dane Hansen had a goal each for Warriors.

26-SEP-2005
A Division - Week 7
Druids and Sonics Single Goal Winners
Glenmore Park Druids vs. Richmond Ravens by Davin Harvey
10mins to game time and 1 Ravens player at the rink, was just a ploy to lull the Druids into thinking they would now be able to walk all over the Ravens. The Ravens soon quickly filed in and get prepped up for the big game, Druids now shaking in their boots. Ball dropped and Druids were in attack nonstop for the first 5 minutes. Ravens eventually finding their feet, you'd think the ice was cut with KY jelly, everyone struggled to get into the rythym, pardon the pun. Game continued end to end for most of the first half, Ravens using their speed, Druids using patience and solid passing, both teams creating some great chances, however some form keeping was keeping both ends scoreless until the last 5 minutes of the half, when Sam Boer stepped up again, with a nice solo run past a few of the Druids defenders, and with the angled shot from the left, nailed it through the keeper. 1-0 at the half. 2nd half, saw Ravens struggle to click looking for the nail in the coffin. Druids gained on this and went after the equaliser. Again Druids held the better possession and managed to get 1 away mid way through the 2nd half, goal to Saxon Hooper. Ravens pressed again and went looking for the reply, however lack of talk and some off passing saw their chances go astray and the Druids continue to charge. Soon after, Druids found the chance they were looking for, putting away their 2nd, Tracy Ivin goal scorer. Druids looked to slow down the game after they had the advantage and Ravens went all for all out attack. In the dying 5 minutes, Ravens pressured well and again started creating some decent chances, again only to be denied. Game ending 2-1, heartbreaker....

Werrington County Sonics vs. Penrith City Rangers by James Kristof
Sonics having slaughtered the Rangers 4-0 in their last meeting, Rangers were determined to improve on their previous performance. Despite this, the Sonics dominated possession in the first half, Rangers barely able to get the ball over the halfway line for any considerable period of time. In the first half Tim Brown again asserted his authority by seemingly being in control of every situation, both in defense and offense, eventually slamming home a long-range shot with 5 minutes left in the first half. 1-0 Sonics at half time. The second half saw a much more even contest between the two teams, Rangers determined to try and hold possession when they could get it and not give away as many easy turnovers, creating several opportunites late in the half prompted by a 2 minute penalty to Sonics' Scott Murray with 8 minutes to go, but it was superb keeping from Dane Hansen and Tim Ollerton that kept the score at 1-0 for the remainder of the match.

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26-SEP-2005
B Division - Week 7
Heart breaker for Low Riders
Polar Bears vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
With Huskies having 6 people on the bench and the Polar bears a man down at the start, Huskies thought they had this in the bag. A scratchy start from the huskies though and some good defence from the Polar Bears meant that the Huskies didn't capitalise on this advantage. With the Polar bears holding out for the required couple of minutes till the rest of their team could arrive (Editors Note: Come on guys get used to broomball starting on time now !!), it turned into a real tight match. Both teams defending well and the only real chances coming from fast breaks. Huskies went a player up again in the first half with Jason Lessels being sent of with 10.50 to go, but they could not crack the defence. Polar Bears got a chance to see what they could do with an extra player when Jason Hall got sent off for holding with 7 to go in the first. But as with the Huskies they could not break the deadlock. So half time came with both teams 0-0. This looked like it was going into overtime. The Polar bears started the second half like it would be their last. Piling on the pressure and only some last minute scrambling defence stopped them from scoring. Then against the run of play Peter Yabsley took a great long range shot that slammed past the keeper with 10.50 to go in the half. This seemed to lift the Huskies and Dave Buckley got another one shortly after. Huskies 2-0. Huskies then shut down the offence and focused on holding onto the lead. Polar Bears really mounted a lot of pressure in the last five. Being very unlucky not to score. Again some scrambling defence and good Goal Keeping stopping them at the last minute. Polar Bears put in a final charge in the last minute with Peter Yabsley off for a high stick, but Huskies held out for a 2-0 win.

Polar Bears vs. Huskies by Luke Petelczyc
This much anticipated match up saw Karen Daffy join the Polar Bears. The huskies came out strong and put constant pressure on the polarbears, forcing young Jason Lessels to loose his cool with a high stick, and visit the penalty box. PB's held out the penalty time, and had a number of chances with the keeper getting to everything. Second half saw Yabby take a goal after some scrambling defence by the PBs, 2 minutes later huskies scored again curtosey of the buckley/simmo team-up. Not wanting to be outdone, Pete managed his own high stick call just so he could try and compete with Jason for the penalty points award =-P 2-0 to Huskies.

The Penguins vs. Low Riders by James Kristof
The Low Riders seemed to dominate territory during the first half as a depleted Penguins team struggled in defence with only 4 players on the ice until the late arrival of Troy Viney and Jason Wheeler, however, the Penguins were still a girl down and could not wait for the halftime siren. A string of good saves from Tim Roffey from several James Dymond and Nathan Lawler shots ensured that no damage was done for the Penguins at halftime, 0-0 the score. The second half saw the Penguins gain ascendency in possession, butchering several 1-on-1 chances with the Low Riders goalkeeper who managed to stop everything the Penguins threw at him, with Troy Viney and Tim Roffey keeping out the Low Riders at the other end. With 40 seconds left on the clock, the Penguins best play of the night saw the only goal of the game being scored, Sara Kristof flicking the ball to Jason Wheeler, Jason then centring the ball to James Kristof, who then turned and shot, the keeper getting to the ball but unfortunately getting himself caught up in the net behind him, the ball dropped to the ground from his hand and bounced back into the goal. The Penguins taking out a very hard fought match 1-0 over the Low Riders.

The Penguins vs. Low Riders by Daniel Wong
This game started off quite slow with The Penguins holding on dearly to possession with only 4 players on the ice. When Penguin recruits came midway through the first half the game sped up a bit, but the Low Riders seemed to have the edge with some well co-ordinated 4-1 forechecking by Nathan Lawler. A lone goal in the final minute of the game to James Kristof sealed it for The Penguins.

Phoenix vs vs Raptors by Steve Clark
Once again Phoenix strggled to get their whole team to turn up, playing the entire game a player short. The game started at a very fast pace with both teams applying pressure and producing numerous break aways, but good keeping and solid defence saw both sides denied repeatedly. With about 5 minutes remaining in the half the Phoenix attack started to flounder, several times losing possession in their own half. The Raptors were quick to pounce on the loose balls and gave solid passes forward to their attackers, who were still in a good position from their previous possession. These turnovers gave Raptors 1-on-1 and even 2-on-1 opportunities on Kate Robson, the Phoenix goalie, but she held in there fighting off the odds and keeping the ball from the finding the net. With 2:15 remaining in the half, the constant pressure paid off for Raptors when a Jo Mitchell pass found its way through the mass of bodies in front of the goal, players from both teams desperately trying to gain possession, but it was Louis Sultana who drilled it home, high into the top corner of the net. The halftime break saw Phoenix catch their breath a little, and they came out applying the same pressure they had early in the game. As attacking moves fell apart and holes opened in their defence, it was becoming apparent that the Phoenix players were feeling the fatigue, and the Raptors began to shine. They took full advantage of their extra player, spreading out across the ice and most importantly keeping the majority of possession as Phoenix scrambled to keep them out. With 8:45 to go in the game, yet another lapse by Phoenix found Raptors players in behind their defense and not even Kate's brilliant keeping could deny the Raptors this time, as Michael Sultana gave a great pass to Davin Harvey, who calmly lifted the ball into the top of the net as Kate made the sliding save attempt. That would be the last of the goals in what could have been a whitewash if not for some timely saves. Although down a player and exhausted, Phoenix gave it their all until the very end, but didn't really look a threat in this one as the few shots they had never really tested the Raptor's keeper. Raptors winning 2-0.

Phoenix vs vs Raptors by Davin Harvey
10mins to go, 1 jersey down, 3 players down.......Was there a trend for the night I was missing?? Closer to game time, we gained 1 more player, which meant 1 sub, and 1 jersey to swap with to avoid the penalty minutes. Pheonix also started and finished a player down, which could not have helped them. Game underway, Raptors controlled the play from the outset, bulk of the 1st period played in the Pheonix half. Some good attack made, all players combining well at times, and some strong solo runs kept Pheonix on the back foot, only Katie super keeper saving the day. With about 4 Raptors players ending up in the back of the net in the first few minutes, you'd have thought one of us could've taken her out to make life easier. Anyways, Raptors controlled the half, and Louie Sultana racked up another goal to his name late in the first half, Raptors combining well to create the opportunity, and Louie finishing it off. 1-0 at the half, should've been more, but keeperKatie was on fire. 2nd half again, Raptors controlled most of the half, Pheonix managing a few breakaways, however Raptors dropped well and covered any opportunity Pheonix had created. Mid way through the 2nd half, Raptors got their 2nd, again some fine teamwork, then Jo with her mesmerising pass, Salty laying it off and Dav flicking it into the far coner of the net for the goal. 2-0. Raptors continued to hold possession well after that, Pheonix again getting a few breaks, but Raptors shutting them out, final score 2-0 to Raptors. Pheonix being 1 player down certainly helped the Raptors, they used some great forechecking to keep the pressure on at all times and held the ball well while the guys stripped on the sideline at regular intervals for the fans =;0). If you didn't hang around, you missed quite a show! That'll teach you for putting sleep as your first priority. Anyways, great result for the Raptors, hope to see this form continue on for the rest of the season.

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22-SEP-2005
B Division - Week 7
Thursday B Divsion Action
Huskies vs. Low Riders by Amran Sinha
This game was dominated by the Huskies and from the outset it looked like that. Solid Huskies defence severly limited the Low Riders attacking opportunities. In attack Huskies anchor man Peter Yabsley who assisted 3 goals and scored one himself set the pace of the game. Not to be outdone, the G.B.F. (Glen ButlerFleming) slammed 2 goals himself, the second one a cracker. The other Huskies goal was scored by Amran Sinha who neatly tucked in the ball to the back net. Special mention should also be given to Thalia McDonald, whose contribution on the ice was outstanding. The Lowriders were able to pull one back after half-time to make the score 2-1, but only for a breif time, throgh the brilliance of Nathan Lawler. It never worried the Huskies who ran out winners 4-1.

29-SEP-2005
C Division - Week 5
C Grade in Full Swing
The Replacements vs. Tigers by Alison Jones
With nearly all of the Replacements players present this week the game still didn�t go smoothly, with a late start shorter first half. It was a fairly even half seeing the Replacements score first with a great assist from Mel allowing Brad to find the back of the net. Play continued with both teams having opportunities, but the next goal didn�t come until the Tigers scored with 20 seconds remaining in the fist half making the score one all at the buzzer. The second half seemed to be lots of fun as the replacements struggled to clear the ball away from their goals; the more they laughed the more they struggled. Luckily for them their was no goal scored and the only gaol of the half came from Alf for the replacements leaving the final score 2-1. Man of the match for the replacements went to Scott for his outstanding saves in goal.

The Uncos vs. The Unforgiven by Lana Kuipers
Very disapointing match for the Unco's who went down 8:1. After a one week hiatus in which many of the Unco's graduated Year 12, the team came back to find themselves out of form and playing against another team that worked exceptionally well together. Pierce Van de Pol, Beck Collier, Marc Kuipers and Chris Dezman worked themselves extremely hard in attack - not to much avail. Emma Cahill and Jess Olford also fought long and hard in defence. Matt Harris did his best in goals. Pretty much all Unco's had their butts kicked!!!!! Bring on next week!

Wild Boars vs. Huskies by Jason Hall
This match up saw the struggling C grade premiers from last season up against a vastly improving Wild Boars team. Straight from the start things looked bad for the Huskies. With the power shooting from Young Yabsley causing the Huskies defence to rush out, allowing their fast men, Cameron Parkes and Andrew Chapman to zip in and worry the goals. Things were not helped by a very unstructured Huskies team. Predictably The Boars scored first after Cameron Parkes broke away from 2 Huskies for a one on one shot with the goalie (Yours truly). The effect of this proving that I should never be in goals. Waiting for the restart seemed to give the Huskies a chance to regroup and they restarted well. Applying pressure themselves, with Amran Sinha and Glen ButlerFleming unlucky not to score goals. So 1 - 0 for the Boars at half time, but with a more confident Huskies team having their regular goalie in for the second half it looked like it would be a good finish. Huskies came out of the break well. Finding their structure in attack and defence for the fist time in a long while, allowed them some good possession. The boars marked up well though and it didn't look like the Huskies could find a way through. It took a great combination between Amran and Glen to break the line. A quick pass from Glen finding Amran open in front of goal. A quick flick into the back of the net evening it up at 1 all. The rest of the game was back and forth with both sides attacking and defending well. With a minute to go on the clock Jason Hall accidentally hit the ball out in his own half causing a drop in front of the Huskies goal. This looked like a perfect opportunity for the Boars to get the breakthrough goal for the win. At the drop Chapman flicks the ball out to an open Yablsey right in front of goals. He takes a giant shot at the ball only to snap his stick in half against the knee caps of Jason Hall. Full time comes as Jason is helped from the ice. So into overtime. This was similar to the game with the ball going back and forth, but no real ascendency from either team. The five minutes fly's by for a hard fought draw for both teams.

27-SEP-2005
Womens Division - Week 4
Last minute Fury Salvages Draw
Silver Snipers vs. Crimson Furies by Tim Brown
Only four Sniper regulars were at the rink on Tuesday, although they did manage to recruit Bek Davis who was there to watch boyfriend Marty Brennan. Furies on the other hand were nearly full strength with eight players ready to go. Training went as usual or so I thought, it wasn't until game time I realised a special training session had been in progress at the Snipers end of the ice. The game started with Furies winning possession and pressing forward for an early score. Furies took plenty of shots in the early stages of this game and enjoyed a wealth of possession. But not many shots were getting through the defence and the ones that did were well saved by the goal keeper. The Sniper defence was just damn well organised and very content to sit back and soak up the pressure, Furies were getting frustrated. Then a turnover to Linda Bell and she was away, quickly past the last defender and into Furies half. Fortunately Lisa Price was coming off the bench and was able to get into the play forcing Linda to her left and into a backhand flick that just went wide. It now became obvious what Snipers had been training on, there were setting up a strong defence in front of their goal then looking for an intercept for one of there quicker players to counter attack. And the game continued this way with Furies in full attack mode and Snipers taking aim at their unsuspecting victim (the Furies goal) from distance. The first half finished a stalemate 0-0 with Furies striking but not scoring and Snipers the one dangerous breakaway but not hitting the target. The second half a few minutes in saw another breakaway to Snipers, Linda Bell again getting the ball and showing a lot of pace a single defender again forcing her to go wide but this time to the right and she managed a booming shot that the keeper fended away with the blocker. Only five minutes left and still no score, the tension was building as both teams had created excellent chances without reward and also because most of the game was played at one end. Four minutes to go, Furies were began to pass the ball around more to draw out the Snipers defenders to create another chance. Linda Bell again seized an opportunity by making an intercept and this time she was away with no-one to stop her, it was the best chance of the game and she absolutely drilled the shot past the keeper. Their plan had worked! Three minutes to go and Snipers had the lead. Furies players now came out strongly to salvage a game they had dominated, getting possession and passing the ball looking for the right opportunity. And it came with just over a minute remaining, Lauren Goulden receiving the ball on the left wing up near the goal line. She took the ball in toward the defence looking for an opening and saw a clear pass to Kerry Baxter, the pass was made the shot taken first-time and the ball flew just inside the far post. 1-1 the final score in a very exciting and wonderfully tense affair, both teams should be very proud of there efforts. It was certainly a great game to watch.

27-SEP-2005
Mens Division - Week 4
Amran The Hero !!
Terminators vs. Silver Stench by Ryan Findlayson
Silver Stench were shaking in their boots (not because it was cold), but because Terminators had destroyed the Warriors 7-1, and the Stench had lost to the Warriors. Both teams had no subs, but the game was still played at a high pace. Terminators able to create fast break situations, and Stench relying on setting up some attack once they got into the opposition half. But neither team looked overly dominant, both teams defending well, and good keeping at either end saw just one goal come in the entire game. Terminator Amran misfiring and causing the keeper to let the ball slip underneath him, but did stop the ball from going over the line, until a Stench defender in an attempt to clear the ball from the goal mouth, only managed to put it in the back of the net!! So 1-0 to the Terminators in a hard fought game.

29-SEP-2005
Broomball on National TV
Channel 10 - Totally Wild - Thursday - 29/09/2005 - 4pm
We first filmed this story back in late 2004, something went wrong with the sound so we got together again and refilmed some bits early this year. So story complete and now it is edited and ready for national air time. Set your videos, DVDs or digital boxes to record at 4pm on the 29th of September 2005. Should be awesome exposure for our great sport !!

22-SEP-2005
C Division - Week 4
C Write-Ups Slack Again !!!!
Wild Boars vs. Tigers by No One
Captians if you arent going to do the write up delegate to someone else in your team. Maybe Write ups will become worth duty points.... then you will have to do them.. nerr !! Anyway Wild Boars won 2 goals to 1.

The Replacements vs. Huskies by Alison Jones
This week saw the Replacements playing better as a team with more attacking and passing skills going on knowing that it would be a hard game as the Huskies are such a tough team to play against. With an injured Gauci on the sideline acting as coach encouraging them forward, they kept up the attack with Alf finally catching the defence a little off guard and breaking away to score the replacements 1st goal. Possession swapped around many times as both teams matched each other with some excellent play until a great pass from Emma helped Alf score his 2nd goal of the night. Second half saw some great defence from the teams but the replacements determination got the advantage and the final goal when Brad scored to finish the game 3-0. Emma received man-of-the-match (Editor Note: Emme isnt really a man!!) for her consistent effort as she assisted, defended, gained intercepts and was never afraid to �put her body on the line� (Editors Note: Non Contact remember). Well done to the whole team hard and had a great time doing it!

The Replacements vs. Huskies by Amran Sinha
Although it was quite an indifferent performance by Huskies C, Replacements front men David Alfred and Brad Gregory proved once again why their combination is a winning one. In their prefered one-two, crisp soccer footwork they were able to crack the Huskies C defence several times. Ball posession seemed to be shared by both teams but Huskies lack of firepower in attack kept them scoreless. The final score 3-0 to The Replacements was a good indication of the match.

The Unforgiven vs. Carney Clownz by No One
Again no write ups !! Slackers !! The Unforgiven belted Clownz 5 goals to 1.

20-SEP-2005
Womens Division - Week 3
Crimson Furies First Game of the Season
Cedrus Diadara vs. Crimson Furies by Saxon Hooper
This game started well for Crimson Furies piling on the pressure with good possession and a tonne of shots. Cedrus scrambled well in defence blocking most shots, the keeper stopping a few and ocassionally saved by the goal posts. Eventually the pressure told and Gemma Fornal was able to recover a loose ball in front of the net. Needing no further invitation Gemma lined up the shot and hammered it home. 1-0 half time for the Crimson Furies. Cedrus did better in the second half, much tighter marking as their new players quickly learned the man on man defence even created a few break out chances for the green trees. Unfortunately for Cedrus they couldnt take any of their chances and Crimson Furies held on for the 1-0 win. Crimson Furies registering their first Tuesday night competition win. The third 1-0 result in the very close womens competition.

20-SEP-2005
Mens Division - Week 3
Terminators Start Title Defence
Terminators vs. Warriors by Saxon Hooper
Warriors were quietly confident when the game started with their full bench of 3 subs as compared to the totally empty Terminator bench. Game started as Warriors planned, possession and playing fast to "tire" the undermanned Terminators. However the Warriors couldnt convert any of their chances and a turn over lead to a fast break and unthinkably Terminators were 1-0 up. With only seconds on the clock another break lead to another Terminators goal and at quarter time the score was 2-0. Slightly confused Warriors 1/4 time talk consisted in continuing to run hard and the game would take care of itself. However it didnt happen as Terminators continued to score goals. Warriors even added another sub as Shannon Jorda turned up just after 1/4 time. While this created more chances for Warriors no goals came for them. Another last second goal to Terminators deep in the third took them out to a 5 nil lead, Warriors need a miracle. Terminators scored again early before Warriors finally got on the board. Another late goal for Terminators completed the drumming 7-1 over Warriors. Terminator main scorers: Tim Brown 3g, Daniel Wong 3g.

19-SEP-2005
A Division - Week 6
Finally a Win For Druids
Werrington Ninjas vs. Glenmore Park Druids by Ryan Findlayson
Ninjas starting a player down, put them on the back foot straight away. Just before they got a full team out there they had a penalty, and hence from the outset of this game, they had to do a whole load of scrambling. The first half was pretty much all Druids, with only the occasional glimmer from the Ninjas, but the score remained 0-0 (Must have been the keeper). The second half, seemed to be going a little better for the Ninjas, making quite a few breakaways, but unable to convert. Druids then put on 3 quick goals (one each to Tim Ollerton, Saxon Hooper and Steve larter) to take the game out of reach. Ninjas probably made enough decent chances to get back level with the Druids, but were only able to convert 1, a breakaway and neat finish by Peter Yabsley. So 3-1 to the Druids reversing the round 1 result which went 4-2 to Ninjas. This leaves both teams on a win each and equal for and against vs each other meaning the third game in late October will be crucial if the teams finish even on points at the end of the season.

Richmond Ravens vs. Penrith City Rangers by Davin Harvey(and Jo Mitchell & Ryan Findlayson)
Well this is a game that won't be forgotten to soon, Peter Yabsley will be having nightmares about that goal for a while...... Ravens continued to show their strength in the comp Monday night, taking on the fast paced Rangers. Ravens looked good in the first period creating a lot room using the boards and switching the passes down the flanks well and taking it to the Rangers defence. Rangers managed to scramble well for most of the 1st half, particularly when they had 3 penalties in the space of about 5mins. Ravens managing only the one goal with Craig putting away a cross from Jo with the remaining Rangers' players diving to intercept the ball, not quickly enough though. 1-0 to Ravens going in at half time. Rangers came out firing early in the 2nd half, and put 1 past the Ravens keeper squaring the game up 5mins in. After that, it was an end to end battle, both teams struggling to find the answer, with time slowly ticking away. The fast paced game continued, and neither team looking too dominant over the other. With about 5mins to go late in the 2nd half, out of nowhere Sam Boer nailed a rocket from close to the blue line and pigeon holed it with the keeper nowhere to be seen, the Ravens are up 2-1. The game slowed down after that, Ravens maintaining possession for most of the remaining time, and able to hold onto the 1 goal advantage. Great game by all on the night, showing a good strong team effort. Keep it up.

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19-SEP-2005
B Division - Week 6
Top 4 Clash between Wildebeests and Raptors goes down to the Wire !!
Polar Bears vs. Team IceBucket by Luke Petelczyc
Polar Bears vs Team Ice Bucket was always going to be a tough game. Polar Bears missing a player for the first 5 minutes, held the ball and tried to slow down play. once a full side was available Polar Bears started attacking. IceBucket scored a goal from a player that snuck free of the defence putting Ice Bucket in the lead to start the second half. With 5 minutes remain Mark Kim slotted one home from a Sammy Boer assist. OT saw the Bucket emerge victorious. 2-1 OT result to Team IceBucket.

The Penguins vs. Phoenix by Daniel Wong
With both teams starting with a full complement of players this week and with last weeks 1-0 scoreline in mind this rematch between the Phoenix and The Penguins started off defensively with both teams protecting the goals well. A good pass though Phoenix defence lead to Jason Wheeler's and the first goal of the game. Just after saying "I've got Ben" to my team mates Ben Robson blitzed past me for a one on one with the keeper and slammed home Phoenix's first goal. Penguins second goal came later in the first half with Troy Viney hitting a good back hand shot from a tough angle to score. Both defences started to deteriorate after this with Phoenix scoring another goal and me dribbling past two players and flicking it past the goalie. Half time score 3-2. The second half was a bit slower as Phoenix had only one sub and Penguins having none. Flick shots seemed the norm as all 3 goals in the 2nd half were scored from flicks. Final score The Penguins 5 goals to Phoenix 3.

Wildebeests vs Raptors by Ryan Findlayson
Wildebeests still undefeated, and Raptors enjoying a solid season in the top four, set this game up for a cracker. Except for a short period in the first half, and a slightly longer period in the second half, Raptors were the dominant team. But again the Wildebeests showed off their defense to continually shut down the fast paced Raptors attack. Wildebeests were first to score on the counter attack. Aron Calfas smashing one from mid range. But Raptors kept pressing, and in the second half were able to scramble a goal home. But then Wildebeests turned up the pressure to try and get the lead back, and they did. Wildebeests cutting off the Raptors passing options, and Aron Calfas making the steal and finishing the job. Raptors looking to hit back dominated the rest of the game, but again unable to get through. So 2-1 to the Wildebeests!!!

Raptors vs Wildebeests by Davin Harvey
Monday night saw a tough ask in Raptors breaking the Wildebeests undefeated run through the comp so far. This game proved to a pretty scrappy one, very fast at both ends, a lot of chances went begging for both teams with rushed attack and simple turnovers. Raptors did well piling on the pressure, but again struggled to find the back of the net. Widebeests struck first late in the 1st half and put the Raptors on the back foot. Their heads didn't drop though and the Raptors kept pressuring, paying off eary in the 2nd period, Raptors managed one in the back of the net with a nice desperation dive from Louie, again almost putting himself into the back of net. Still the attack from the Raptors was pressing the Wildebeests, but again too rushed we were giving up possession easily. With about 6 mins to go Wildebeests again found the back of the net against the run of play. Raptors unable to find that 2nd goal, game finished up 2-1. I look forward to next week (editors note: Raptors playing Phoenix next week)

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15-SEP-2005
C Division - Week 3
C Grade Rocks !!!!
Wild Boars vs. The Uncos by Lana Kuipers
This weeks game saw the Unco's defeated 3:1, however, that didn't mean they went down without a fight. Attacking player in his debut season, Marc Kuipers, scored not only the Unco's only goal, but also the opening goal of the game within the first two minutes. Great moment for all Unco's - ice bound and benched alike. Under the guidance of Russ Gregory and Chris Dezman, the team began to flourish and improve greatly. Star players this week, Pierce Van de Pol and Beck Collier in attacking positions were assisted by fantastic defence-people, Dan Binns (AC), Jess Olford (AC), Emma Cahill and many great attempts on goal made by respective members of the Wild Boars were quashed by the incredible talents of the Unco's resident goalie, Matt Harris. All in all it was a nail-biting match to observe.

The Replacements vs. The Unforgiven by No One(Slackers)
No write ups submitted by the extremely slack Replacements and Unforgiven :( Anyway The Unforgiven scored 2 goals to the Replacements 1 for the win.

Huskies C vs. Carney Clownz by Martin Brennan
Absolute awesome game from both teams started out normal, but excellent ball control and defence saw no goals in both halves. There were plenty of run breaks where 1 defender and to sprint back to stop the goal. But it wasn�t all the defenders; excellent keeping from both sides saw many saves, but no conversions. Over Time comes rolling in and yelling and cheering on from both teams rings in the ears of the players on the ice. Both were one man down due to penalties late in the 2nd half. Ball drops and is passed around the Clownz defence, then Joel Clough passes it off to Nikki Pearce who then takes it a bit further up and pushes it into the goals, well done Nikki, well done Clownz, well played Huskies.

13-SEP-2005
Womens Division - Week 2
Snipers Spoil BGs Debut
BGs vs. Silver Snipers by Ryan Findlayson
The BG's in their very first competition game were very impressive. A lot of enthusiasm, and energy caught the Snipers on the back foot. But Snipers soon set into a rhythm. After a few half chances, Linda Bell made the critical breakaway, and put a solid finish on to give the Snipers the lead. Snipers unlucky not to double the margin when Lauren O'Brien flicked over the flat lying keeper, only to find the side post the first time, and the crossbar the second time. So 1-0 Snipers at half time. In the second half, BG's started to show promising signs, getting free players in front of goals, and a few breakaways, that couldn't quite be controlled. Snipers did strike back, but were denied by the ref ruling that the ball was played into the goal crease with the attackers hand. So 1-0 it stayed, and a very impressive start for the BG's who unfortunately couldn't pull off the win.

13-SEP-2005
Mens Division - Week 2
Snipers are Definately not Ticklish
Silver Stench vs. Ticklers (Team Heinitz) by Ryan Findlayson
This game was little closer than the scoreline suggests. Ticklers came close to scoring first, but the ref ruling the ball didn't fully cross the line. But then it was just a goal fest from the Stench. Johnathan Bracs scoring 2 (and a "French Tickler"), Luke Simmonds, Bob Irwin, Josh Drinkall, and Ryan Findlayson all grabbing a goal each. For the Ticklers Andrew Chapman picked up a power play goal. Ticklers were unlucky not to pick up a few more, but the Stench keeper Alex Crook had another high standard performance. So 6-1 to the Stench in a confortable victory.

12-SEP-2005
A Division - Week 5
All Thrillers !
Werrington Ninjas vs. Penrith City Rangers by Ryan Findlayson
Last time these two teams met, Rangers took it 3-0 in what deteriorated into a rough scrappy game. This time the game started very aggressively, and remained that way for the entire game, the refs doing a good job keeping it under control, dishing out 10mins worth of penalties. Rangers found it hard to get a good break through the structured Ninjas defense, and Ninjas looked like they had to score in their first powerplay, but for some good keeping. Ninjas eventually striking when the full complement of Rangers had returned to the ice, Andrew Chapman striking the goal. So Ninjas up 1-0 at half time. Intent on keeping their lead, Ninjas remained comitted to their defense, but as the half wore on, and the Ninjas started to tire, Rangers started to find consistent ways through. They looked certain to score on a couple of occasions, but good keeping, and great scrambling defense by Gemma Fornal and Linda Bell, saw the Ninjas through to full time at 1-0.

Richmond Ravens vs. Werrington County Sonics by Sam Boer & Karen Thompson
Another end to end game between 2 fast teams. Good attacking structure from the Ravens allowed some dominance in the first half. Pressure lead to 2 great breakaway goals by Dane Hansen. Half time score 2-0 with Ravens in the lead. Second half belonged to the Sonics. Tim Brown as per usual proved hard to stop, however tenacity in front of the goal mouth was the only thing that saved the Ravens. Tim Brown put in a late goal, but it was not enough. Final score 2-1 to the Ravens. Honorable mentions to Craig Horsley and Jo Mitchell from the Ravens, and from Sonics Tim Brown and Luke Petelczyc.

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12-SEP-2005
B Division - Week 5
1 Goal is Enough !!
Phoenix vs. The Penguins by Andrew Chapman
It was a very slow start for both teams. When the ref's blew their whistles to start the game, Phoenix players were still getting ready, and Penguins only had 3 people on the ice. This was to be the start of something very ordinary..... The game started off rather slow, with both teams a player down for the start of the game, and Phoenix trying to coordinate their newly recruited players. Some very scrappy play lead to many turnovers and quick bursts, only to be stopped at the other end by some quick scrambling defence. It seemed that Phoenix would be the first to score, with myself and Damo Colyer leading the charge. But I was playing like an unco, barely getting an accurate pass to anyone but the other team and constantly getting run around, and Damo continued his tradition of botching it up in front of the net. Even Nationals shutout keeper Jimmy Kristof seemed a bit off his game for Penguins. Eventually Phoenix cracked, with what appeared to be the entire Penguin fraternity making a charge for the net. I was beaten to the back of the rink in a race for the ball, which was flicked back into the centre of play and nicely slotted home by a Penguin. First half finished 1-0 to Penguins. 2nd half was a better game, with Penguins happy to play a bit more defence, and Phoenix trying to work out how to get the ball through 5 players and a keeper. We tried, then tried some more, Damo missed another couple of shots, but Phoenix couldn't even the score. Final score 1-0 to Penguins.

The Penguins vs. Phoenix by James Kristof
After 5 years of broomball history in Penrith, this match saw something happen that had never happened before. It started on time. (Note from editor: Not true.. every game this season has started on time and all teams and captains were warned accordingly that this would be the case this season.) Thus, both teams were left short on players at the beginning of the match, 5 on 4 in favour of Phoenix to start off with. The attendance may have been scrappy, but the match itself was scrappier. No side really asserting any dominance during the game, with extra players arriving in dribs and drabs, possession was pretty much even throughout the entire game with neither side looking particularly like scoring. Eventually though, The Penguins got on the board after taking the ball deep into Phoenix's half, Jason Wheeler running the ball behind the goals and passing back into the middle, Daniel Wong chipping the ball over the keeper's head for the only goal of the match. Penguins taking it out 1-0.

Raptors vs. Low Riders by Davin Harvey
Well better late than never they say......Raptors pulled off another nail biter Monday night against the hard hitting Low Riders. First half apparently saw a very defensive Raptors team playing the counter attack game. Wise move considering they had no subs, helped them to keep a steady momentum. 2nd half saw the rest of the team team turn up in Kev and myself, sorry team..... So the 2nd half started and saw the injection of the fresh players, and the speed of the game rose. Raptors first and only goal for the night came through Louis Sultana with a desperation dive in front of goals to beat the keeper to the cross and put it in the back of the net, and in the end himself as well. It's tough slowing down on the ice when you're on your chest..... Low Riders weren't going down without a fight though, piling on a ton of pressure. The Sultanas showing great keeping skills to stop some great chances created through Low Riders. 2nd half was the Sultana show at both ends of the ice!! As the end drew nigh, the intencity and frustration was beginning to show, and in the final 2 minutes Raptors and Low Riders both lost 1 player each, opening the ice up even more. Raptors hussled well in defence and kept the attackers at bay. Great team effort Raptors, we're coming together well.

Wildebeests vs. Polar Bears by Ryan Findlayson
These two teams met in the first round with the Beests getting up 1-0 in a close affair. This time Wildebeests were to start the stronger, forcing Polar Bears to panic in their own half, but their scramble defense was up to the challenge. Polar Bears slowly got into the game having some good attacking possesion, but this left tham open for the fast breaks. Wildebeests quick to pounce on to these opportunities, but good saves, and a few hit posts left the score 0-0 at the half. Polar Bears played a well structured second half, quickly shutting down any fast break opportunities, while maintaining a good attacking chance. This time it was Bob Irwin, the Beests keeper, who kept the score at 0-0 as the seconds ticked down, and sent this game into OT. OT didn't last long, with a set move by the Wildebeests setting up Aron Calfas to finish the game just a few seconds into OT. So Wildebeests winning 1-0 in OT, in another close game.

Polar Bears vs. Wildebeests by Luke Petelczyc
Polarbears started strongly against the wildebeests. The game was fast paced and furious with hits and checks all over the ice. Both teams defence working well and the game stayed this way till full time. OT saw an awesome goal by Aron Calfas in the first 4 seconds, ending polarbears hopes of a win. Wildebessts win 1 - zip over polarbears in OT.

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02-SEP-2005
Mens and Womens Broomball
Back By Popular Demand !!
After many protests, many threats and near riots NSW Broomball management has been forced to reinstate the Tuesday night Mens and Womens competitions. Games kick off this coming Tuesday 06/09/2005 with a grand final replay in the womens, Cedrus Diadara taking on the Silver Snipers. In the mens division Warriors take on the Silver Stench. Should be another grudge match as the stinky ones knocked out the Warriors in the preliminary final last season. Both mens and womens competitions introduce new teams, Ticklers(Team Heinitz) in the mens and BGs in the womens. See full draw by hitting the draw button in the right side frame of this page. If you arent involved you should be, email saxon@broomball.com.au to sign up.. be involved.

08-SEP-2005
C Division - Week 2
Need some Reports !!
Round 2 for C grade saw Carney Clownz 3 defeat The Uncos 2. The Replacements welcoming back Alfred David and Daniel Gaucci were to strong for the Wild Boars winning 4-2. In the final game of the night Huskies C accounted for Tigers 4-1, the new Huskies exTeam Curry played a starring role. C grade captains need to send write ups for the matches on Friday, take a note of the scores and scorers and get them in.

06-SEP-2005
Mens & Womens Division - Week 1
We are Underway !!
Cedrus Diadara vs. Silver Snipers by Saxon Hooper
Womens got off to a great start last night with last years champions Cedrus Diadara taking on last years runners up Silver Snipers. The game was an even affair with Snipers playing excellent man to man defence and creating chances up forward with Bec Cashell and Linda Bell. Cedrus used speed to scramble defensively and hold out the Snipers. With the clock running down a nil all draw seemed likely until a rocket from Tracy Ivin lodged into the back of the net to give Cedrus a 1-0 lead. A goal in the final minute is hard to come back from but the Snipers pressed and got forward forcing the keeper to make a save and the final shot going just wide. Good example of never giving in. A bit of luck and Snipers could have salvaged a draw. Both teams showed tough defence and good flashes in attack. Should be a great season.

Warriors vs. Silver Stench by Saxon Hooper
Plenty of action in the first half but no change to the scoreboard as keepers Alex Crook for the Stench and Kieran McDonald for the Warriors denied all comers. Two minutes into the 3rd quarter and the Warrios exploded with 3 goals in 2 minutes, 2 to Saxon Hooper and 1 to Nathan Lawler. A 3-0 lead with only a 12 minute quarter to play lead Warriors into a false sense of security. However the Stench had other ideas especially Josh Drinkall who broke from the defence and calmly slotted home the Stench's first goal. John Bracs scored 2 minutes later bringing the Stench within one goal with four minutes to play. Finally the Warriors woke up again and controlled enough possession to hold out the fast finishing Stench. 3-2 result for Warriors.

05-SEP-2005
A Division - Week 4
All overtime in A
Glenmore Park Druids vs. Werrington County Sonics by Saxon Hooper
Druids again with half their players on sick leave up against a near full strength Sonics in the opening A game of the night. Sonics started on fire all over Druids in the opening minutes, good forechecking and some lose passing camping Druids in their defensive end. After 8 minutes of onslaught Druid's captain Saxon Hooper slipped a pass through the forecheck and found Damian Colyer on the burst at half way. Damo somehow squeezed the shot past the keeper from out wide to give Druids a 1-0 lead against the run of play. The goal seemed to loosen up Druids and they started to apply some good forecheck pressure in their own attacking half with a good share of their own posession. Druids second goal came with 5 minutes left on the clock until half time. A series of shots, rebounds, clearences, saw Bec Cashell get the ball up to Saxon Hooper just inside the blue line. A hard shot into a a crowded slot saw the ball defelect past the keeper 2-0 Druids at the half. Sonics revved up for the start of the second half and just 2 minutes in Luke Petelczyc halved the deficit, another deflection on the shot beating the keeper. Just sixty seconds later with Druids on attack a miss trap saw Tim Brown streak away with Ben Robson. Some nice passing between them drew the keeper and Ben Robson tapped into the open net. 2-2 with twenty-two minutes to play. Druids regrouped and held out sonics for the remainder of the game to earn a 2-2 draw. In OT Sonics prevailed with Tim Brown beating Saxon Hooper at half way and getting a 2 on 1 advantage with Kerry delivering the final pass for Tim Brown to score 2 minutes into OT. 3-2 OT win for Sonics.

Richmond Ravens vs. Werrington Ninjas by Ryan Findlayson
Traditionally very close matches between these two teams, most games finding OT. Despite a few line up changes this season, this game was to hold to tradition. Ravens seemed to have the slight edge in the first half, but found themselves down at half time thanks to a Shannon Jorda goal. Ninjas in the second half looking just to hold their lead, effectively using a 4-1 defensive system, seemed to have the better of this half. But a quick turn over, saw the Ninjas defense break down, giving the Ravens some unmarked numbers in attack, and were good enough to finish the job through Dane Hansen. So it stayed 1-1 at the end of normal time, and yet another one of these match ups was going into overtime. While Ravens had a lot of controlling possesion in this period, they never created any stand out chances. Ninjas choosing the counter attack option, only found themselves with one long range open goal situation, but couldn't finish it, they did have a few closer flick shots, but the ever reliable Beth Hines making the necessary saves for the Ravens to ensure this game finished a 1-1 draw.

05-SEP-2005
B Division - Week 4
Wildebeests Stampeding !!
Wildebeests vs. Low Riders by Ryan Findlayson
Both teams (and the duty team) arriving late to the game meant that the first half lasted abouth 13 minutes. Make sure you are on time!!! Anyway, Low Riders definately owned the first half keeping the WildeBeests mainly in their own half with some great offensive fore-checking. This eventually paying off when Aaron Dymond powered one past the keeper to give the Low Riders the lead. So 1-0 for the Low Riders at half time, and it looked like Wildebeests were going to suffer their first defeat. But the half time talk seemed to give the the motivation to click into gear. Wildebeests won the face off and then Aron Calfas flicked a ball over the defense to find Ryan Findlayson running onto it and flicking the ball past the keeper to level the scores just a few seconds into the second half. A few penalties against the Low Riders gave the Wildebeests a lot of attacking possesion. Cosistently having players on the post, and hence the shots were firing in from everywhere. After a few near misses, and good saves by the keeper, Mark Dasco put one away from the post position and gave the Wildebeests a 2-1 lead. Next it was Aron Calfas' turn to hammer one away and extend the lead. Then finally with only seconds left in the match, a bit of wild calling left the Low Riders defense a little confused, and gave Mark Dasco the chance to set up a fourth goal for the Wildebeests. So Wildebeests came home strong to grab the 4-1 victory.

Raptors vs. Huskies by Davin Harvey
Monday night's game saw the 2 rivals Huskies and Raptors battle it out once again. The first half showing some very rushed attack from both teams. Raptors making some good breaks only to be denied by a very on-form keeper. At the other end, Raptors scrambled well when required, and generally broke down the attacking opportunities, Huskies piling on a lot of pressure. In the last 5 or so minutes of the 1st half, Huskies managed to break through, Jason 'Shaken' Hall given a 1 on 1 opportunity with the keeper, managed to slot home a goal for the Huskies. 1-0 into the half. Second half again saw Raptors continue to press fast when they had the ball, however the Huskies keeper seemingly impossible to get through, swatting balls out of the air, stopping balls between his legs, letting nothing through and only frustrating the Raptors attack. The half slowly ticked away with Raptors unable to answer the 1 goal scored. Top effort by the team, they pushed as much as they could. To our new recruit Penny, welcome...... Great effort in the game, and I can see you will help add a lot more strength to this team. Go Raptors!

Team IceBucket vs Phoenix by Saxon Hooper
Finally Team IceBucket turned up enmasse and were able to field a team complete with subs. Phoenix welcomed new recruits Jason Solomon and Tim Boyce and had the semblence of a team. Liam Golding scored the only goal of the first half for Team Ice Bucket assisted by Russell Gregory. With only a minute elapsed in the second half Matt Hellyer scored his first of the night and put Phoenix back on level terms. However the come back was short lived as Team Ice Bucket again went out to a goal lead with Russell gregory converting. It took Phoenix eight minutes to find the 2nd equaliser, a goal to Damian Colyer. That was the end of the scoring in regulation time. 2-2 the final result and into OT. In OT Liam Golding redefined Samitus as Liamitus. Having beaten the last defender at nearly halfway, with no one in front of him and no one near catching him he coasted towards the open net. However something went wrong and the ball started to drift away from him, as he reached the net he deperately poked at the ball but it hit the post and bounced out leaving Phoenix to fight on. Into the last minute and Phoenix in attack saw Matt Hellyer complete his double and complete the unlikely OT win for PHoenix. 3-2 in OT for Phoenix.

01-SEP-2005
B Division - Week 3
The Penguins in a Thursday Thriller
Team IceBucket vs The Penguins
The Penguins and Team IceBucket went head to head in the first Thursday night broomball B division match for 4 years. Liam Golding put Team IceBucket 1-0 up with a rocket from the blue line. 1-0 halftime for the ice holding vessels. Daniel Wong tied it up 8 minutes into the second half. Team IceBucket slowed the game down and seemed to be playing for a draw, however some good forechecking pressure by Penguins saw Daniel Wong get the ball. It founds its way to Tim Eggins who shot sweetly nailing his maiden B division goal in only his 2nd game. Tim's first goal was also the match winner as there was only four minutes left in the game. 2-1 win for The Penguins.

01-SEP-2005
C Division - Week 1
Thursday Night C Grade is Go !!
C division kicked off with a great game between the Replacements and Carney Clownz, a 3-2 overtime win for the Clownz who came from behind twice. Second game of the night saw the debut of the dubiously named team the Uncos. However they proved anything but going down fighting 2-1 to last season D grade grand finalists the Tigers. The final C division game of the night saw The Unforgiven account for the Wild Boars 3-1.

29-AUG-2005
A Division - Week 3
Tim Brown ON FIRE !!
Glenmore Park Druids vs. Richmond Ravens by Saxon Hooper
Of all the teams the Ravens seem to have the wood over the Druids, defeating the premiers twice last year. So Druids knew they were in for a tough one. Warm weather and a very wet cut meant this game started on very wet ice, making ball control and running difficult. After a scrappy start the game's pace picked up as the ice dried and it was Druids who got on the board first. Steve Larter recieving a cross from Damian Colyer which he took running on from the right hand side after subbing on. Steve larter ran down the centre with the ball on his left, crossed it to his right for a big hit drawing the Ravens keeper out of the goals. As the keeper dived forwards Steve brought the ball back into the centre again and flicked the ball into the net over the keepers head. Steve's first goal in ages (apparently)!! 1-0 lead for Druids going into the half time. With both teams having plenty of subs and the ice drying the game stayed fast. Both teams creating good chances on goal with no success. Finally a result for Ravens as they won a face off back to Sam Boer deep in their attacking zone. The resulting shot took a defection from a defender but ended up in the net, nothing the keeper or the defender could have done about it. 1-1 into full time. Ravens probably having the majority of chances late in the game. Into OT. One that got away for Ravens with good chances to Sam Boer, Jo Mitchell and Sara kristof, unfortunatley just going wide or being saved by defenders. From the last scramble in front of the Druid's net, a clearence from Tracy Ivin to Katie Laybutt on the wing saw her pass to Saxon Hooper up the centre who ran wide of the defence and slotted a one hander into the open net from just over half way. 2-1 OT result not enough to lift Druids off the bottom of the ladder.

Werrington County Sonics vs. Penrith City Rangers by Saxon Hooper
It was the Tim Brown show as an under manned Sonics beat on Rangers. An even start saw no score for either team for nearly twenty minutes until Tim Brown fired in a hard pass for Kerry Baxter to deflect into the top corner. With less than a minute on the clock Sonics doubled their lead with Tim Brown again providing this time for Ben Robson to finish. 2-0 half time. Early in the second half Ben Robson turned provider for Tim brown who knocked down the flick pass and half volleyed a hard shot through the keeper. Rangers started to rally and created heaps of opportunities only to have the last pass or shot go astray. Sonics finished them off with 8 minutes remaining in the game when a turn over from the Rangers Keeper saw Ceez Kim get the ball to Luke Petelczyc who found Tim Brown unmarked directly infront of the goals, with time he slotted it home. 4-0 Sonics as Tim Brown finished with 2 goals and 2 assists and every Sonics player got on the board points wise.

29-AUG-2005
B Division - Week 3
Wins for Raptors, Polar Bears and Wildebeests
Raptors vs. Low Riders by Davin Harvey
Monday night saw a valiant effort from the young Raptors side. With only one girl for the game, they needed to pull off a pretty mighty effort to match the up and coming Low Riders. Early on Raptors controlled the game well, good ball movement, keeping the passing relatively tight and making good chances. First goal to Raptors came mid way through the first half when some strong forechecking pressure from Jo Mitchell and Martin Sultana in front of the Low Riders goal mouth caused a mix up and Martin coming away with a goal. Raptors continued the pressure and control of the ball, rewarded 3mins later when Louis Sultana got another 1-1 chance with the keeper and finished it off nicely, Raptors 2-0. After that, Low Riders stepped up and Raptors chose to step back and allow the Low Riders to come to them. Defence held well until the dying moments of the first half when Low Riders got a good strong shot off, and an unlucky deflection from the Raptors defence didn't favour the keeper, 2-1 into halftime.
2nd half saw Raptors continue to ease through the motions and try to control possession. Both teams seeming weary through the 2nd half found a lot of break away chances in the defence. Low Riders created a lot more chances in the 2nd half, piling a lot of pressure on the Raptors defence. In the end though, Raptors scrambled well when required, and generally held a good defensive structure to secure the 1 goal advantage. Great effort from the team, and particularly Jo, who ran her little heart out all game with no opportuntity to sub. Inspirational stuff! Low Riders looking to be a dominant force this season, great effort from them.

Low Riders vs Raptors by James Dymond
Second game for newly promoted Low Riders. Coming up just one short after their captain James Dymond got caught mucking around and scored an own goal assited by his team mate. Raptors scoring again from a narrow angle. The Low Riders only answer coming late in the first half when James Dymond fired in a a shot which was neatly finished off by John Brown. Final score Raptors 2, Low Riders 1.

Polar Bears vs Phoenix by Luke Petelczyc
Polar bears and phoenix both with disapointing team turnout. The game started with each side only having 3 players on the ice. By Half time both teams were up to a full six players and the game really started to take off. Sam Boer suffered a severe case of samitus in front of goals. Andrew Chapman had an awesome goal and took phoenix to a 2-0 lead. In the dying minutes Brock Lessels made a break-away and the Polar Bears clawed back 1 goal closer to a draw. Final score 2-1 to Phoenix however as they only had 3 players they unfortunately forfeit meaning Polar Bears get the win 5-0.

Wildebeests vs Huskies by Ryan Findlasyon
Both teams undefeated going into this game, but Huskies having the psychological advantage wearing their new intimidating jerseys. The first half seemed just in favour of the Huskies, but the scoreline read the other way with Wildebeest Danny Santamaria taking two shots in a row, followed by an air swing, followed by another shot, that finally found the back of the net to give the Wildebeests a 1-0 lead at the half. Huskies definately had more possesion, and better field position in the second half. But the Wildebeests showed that they had a quality defensive outfit, backed up by some outstanding keeping by Bob Irwin. To rub salt into their wounds, A quick ball from Aron Calfas out to the wing for Linda Bell to run onto, leaving the Huskies who were deep inattack, caught unawares. Linda sprinted down field and finished off hitting the top corner of the goal, to give Wildebeests a 2-0 victory.

25-AUG-2005
A Division - Week 2
Ninjas take out the Premiers
Penrith City Rangers vs Richmond Ravens by James Kristof
The Rangers fielded a much bigger team that had so comprehensively beaten the Ninjas the previous week, and The Ravens too fielded a full team except Beth Hines who was temporarily hospitalised after injuring herself last week. Two full teams equalled one hell of a fast game. The Rangers struggled to keep up with the frenetic pace that the Ravens were setting and tired quickly. Following sustained offensive pressure The Ravens Sam Boer scored 2 quick goals nearing the end of the first half. 2 - 0 Ravens at half time. After strong words from captain James Kristof at half time, the Rangers vastly improved lifting their intensity and discipline to control most of the play in the second half. However the Ravens never backed off their own game plan and reducing the 2-0 lead would prove difficult. After a hard, width-of-the-field pass from James Kristof, Bryan Macklin scored to make the game 2-1. However that was as close to the Rangers would get to winning, the Ravens too strong in the end, holding out for a 2-1 win.

Glenmore Park Druids vs Werrington Ninjas by Saxon Hooper
Last season's premiers found themseleves in the same position as Ninjas last week. 5 of their 10 players missing through injury, holidays or other committments. Ninjas on the other hand had a full compliment of male players but no girl subs. Despite the odds Druids controlled the early part of the game creating good shots on goal from good passages of posession. However against the run of play with Druids on attack a turn over and a fast break 12 minutes into the half lead to the first goal for Ninjas. Shannon Jorda darting up the wing and beating the keeper one on one from behind the goals using a deflection off the keepers chest. As Druids tired without a sub, Ninjas started to grab more possession and the weight of possession lead to Ninjas next goal just 7 minutes later going 2-0 up with a goal to Ryan Findlayson. 2-0 halftime lead to Ninjas. Early in the 2nd half Ninjas extended their lead to 3-0 with a well worked goal for Ryan Findlayson assisted by both Andrew Chapaman and Peter Yabsley. Druids tireing looked goonnnne but hung in there until they got their first goal with 11 minutes remaining in the game. Lauren Goulden finding Saxon Hooper at the blue line who got it to Damo Colyer for the goal. The goal lifted Druids and 2 minutes later Nathan Lawler turned provider passing to Saxon Hooper who ran a very Ninja like cut to put Druids a single goal down with plenty of time to even up. Druids created another couple chances but didnt convert and again against the run a play speedster Shannon Jorda broke from his own half and beat the keeper with a nice flick. 4-2 Ninjas, no coming back this time for Druids.

25-AUG-2005
B Division - Week 2
Kesby is back for Polar Bears
Team IceBucket Vs Wildebeests by Liam Golding
The result of this game was quite possibly determined in the minutes preceeding the first game of the night, as the mighty Wildebeests got the upper hand over the Buckets, by the sheer fear eminating from their name. TIB thought they may have had a chance, when Bryan Macklin soothed their petrified nerves with his mighty aura. As the game commenced, TIB looked like a different team from last week. However some sustained pressure from the scary animals concluded in Ryan Findlayson finally putting a screamer past some superb keeping from Alex Crook midway through the first half. TIB rallied once more under Bryan Macklin's watchful eye as they created a few opportunities, but were unable to finish. An inspirational half time observence from Bryan Macklin sent TIB back into the fray, determined to see the scores even up. Instead, nothing much changed in the second half. A Wildebeest was sent for two minutes, possibly for a high stick or tripping or something like that, but TIB could not capitalise. As the minutes ticked down, TIB reverted to their favoured breakaway attacks, but still could not convert the chances. Wildebeests were happy to control the ball, (and the play,) and so the siren sounded to signal the end of the game without any change in the score. Bryan Macklin was thence declared a turncoat, as his glory could not have resulted in a loss, so he must have been working for the enemy. Final Score was Wildebeests 1, TIB 0.

Wildebeests Vs. Team IceBucket by Ryan Findlayson
This turned out to be a very tight match up, both teams creating a lot of chances. IceBuckets opportunities came after some good attacking possesion, but the Wildebeests scrambling defense and great keeping by Roy Dasco, and Bob Irwin, kept the IceBuckets scoreless. Meanwhile the Wildebeests best efforts were from counter attacks, and this is how the only goal of the game happened. Grace Dasco doing the hard yards in defense and then putting Ryan Findalyson in the clear to finish the job. Wildebeests also could have scored more, but for some great keeping by Alex Crook. Also worth mentioning in defense for Team IceBucket Lisa Price, Mel Kohler, and the ever present Liam Golding, who all did their part in keeping Wildebeests to a solitary goal. So Wildebeests the victors 1-0.

Phoenix Vs. Low Riders by Andrew Chapman
2 regulars, 2 new recruits from C grade and a handful of players who happened to be there at the time meant Phoenix were likely to struggle in their first game of the season. Phoenix was unlucky to not have all their players on the ice at the start of the game, which is where Low Riders scored, hammering the ball home centimetres past the keeper's outstretched leg. Once the ice had its full contingent of players, the ball went back and forth in what turned out to be a very fast game, full of many sideline breaks and one on ones with the keeper. The Phoenix defence held out for the rest of the game, and the Low Riders wouldn't let Phoenix score to even it up, constantly blocking their furious and desperate shots. 1-0 to Low Riders at full time.

Low Riders Vs. Pheonix by James Dymond
C Grade team the Low Riders recently moved to B Grade, this week being their first game. Hoping to get a decent start in their first game they were ready to put up a strong fight. The only goal coming from James Dymond, firing one in from behind the blue line in the first 15 seconds of the game, catching the Pheonix keeper off guard. Dives all round stopped the scoring for the rest of the game. Many opportunities couldn't be converted by both teams from the many shots and close encounters. Low Riders 1 - Pheonix 0.

The Penguins vs Polar Bears by James Kristof
The new look Penguins team, minus goalkeeper Shannon Vost and Penny Vost, took on the Polar Bears, who due to late arrivals and a variety of fill-ins had several new looks throughout the game as well. From the outset the Penguins controlled the run of the play, spending the majority of the first half in offense, Jason Wheeler scoring half way through and Tim Roffey scoring in the final seconds of the first half. 2-0 Penguins at half time. The Polar Bears started the second half strongly, buoyed by the arrival of several key players, Luke Petelczyc scoring to put the pressure on the Penguins lead. After an initial second half onslaught, the Penguins again gained control of the match, Daniel Wong setting up an open Sara Kristof for the Penguins 3rd and deciding goal of the game. 3-1 Penguins at full time.

Polar Bears vs The Penguins by Ceez Kim The game started off with only 4 Polar Bears on the ice for the first 7 minutes, but was energetic with shots taken by both The Penguins and Polar Bears. The Penguins scored 2 goals, the second with only seconds on the clock. Polar Bears kicked back with Luke Petelczyc scoring a goal after gaining possesion from his own play off, 1 minute into the second half! In the end, Sara Kristof slipped through a goal in the last 2 mintues, securing a win for The Penguins. Last night's game also saw the welcome return of Nick Kesby to the Polar Bears.

18-AUG-2005
A Division - Week 1
Rangers Turn it Around
Penrith City Rangers Vs. Werrington Ninjas by Bryan Macklin
First game of the new season would see the Werrington Ninjas up against the Penrith City Rangers. Both teams keen to start the new season off with a win faced the new format of 2 x 25 minute halves. It would appear that the team with the best use of the subs bench will go far this season and unfortunately for the Ninjas, their bench was empty for this game. It would be in the first 5 minutes, after a period of midfield possession that the first score was posted. A break by Bryan Macklin over halfway would see a 2 on 1 opportunity created with Mark Rulewski shooting low past the keeper after an inside pass to record the first goal of the new season. The rest of the half would see periods of sustained pressure from both teams. 1-0 at halftime. The second half would open in a very similar fashion to the first. It would be less than 5 minutes in when another break by the Rangers lead to a goal, this time Macklin cleaning up a save by the keeper and roofing the ball from close range. 2-0 Rangers. With both teams tiring, the Rangers maintained the upper hand thanks to having subs on the bench. Ninjas were then dealt a cruel blow when they lost a girl to injury, reducing them to 5 for the remainder of the match. Rangers would capitalise off a drop ball deep in Ninjas territory with a pass back from Macklin finding James Kristof to post the 3rd and final goal of the game with a hard shot past the keeper. Rangers running out winners 3-0 and eclipsing memories of their debut season opener when they were drubbed by the Druids, 6-0. Score breakdown: Bryan Macklin: 1g, 2a. James Kristof: 1g. Mark Rulewski: 1g.

Richmond Ravens Vs. Werrington County Sonics
1 all full time, a goal for Sonics by Tim Brown and a hand thingy by James Dymond for Ravens. In OT Ceez Kim debuting for the Sonics made a steal and got it to Tim Brown to get the Sonics OT win.

18-AUG-2005
B Division - Week 1
Huskies Hammer Last Seasons Premiers
Polar Bears vs Wildebeests by Ryan Findlayson
The Wildebeests making their debut, took some time to get themselves organised, so started slow. Polar Bears started a guy down, so also started slow. It was probably for this reason that The Wildebeests got the chance to get their game together without too much pressure. When Polar Bears got a full team on the ice, they proved to be quite a handfull. But The Wildebeests had grown enough to produce the vital breakthrough halfway through the second half, when Ryan Findlayson, aided by Linda Bell, flicked it past the keeper to get the only goal of the game. So a debut win to The Wildebeests 1-0 over the Polar Bears.

Raptors vs Team IceBucket by Davin Harvey
Raptors struggling for support this week, having only 6 players looked grim, until they noticed the opposition was in the same boat, then had no excuse to lose. Raptors dominated the attack well in the first half, moving the ball around well and putting on some great opportunities, only to be denied by the on-fire Buckets keeper. Ice Buckets struggled to get out of their half for a lot of the half, managing a few of their signature fast breaks, but their chances were shut out by solid keeping from Jo or good quick scrambling defence. Davin Harvey first to rack up penalty minutes when attempting to foil a Liam Golding breakaway. Opportunity broken down, but opened up the ice for 2 minutes. Ice Buckets unable to take advantadge of the extra attacker, nil all at the half. 2nd half saw Jo come out of goals and give the Raptors players who needed it a breather. Certainly didn't work as expected tho, as Ice Buckets were determined to put 1 away. Raptors prevailed for the 2nd half, continuing to break the attack down and give them only a few shots on goal. Mid way through the 2nd half, Louis Sultana stepped up and put a 1 on 1 away for the Raptors, who would then hold out to take the win. Strong 1st game for both teams, look forward to the upcoming games for these two teams. Great game from Ice Buckets keeper and Raptors, awesome team effort!!

Huskies vs The Penguins by Jason Hall
With the defending champions, The Penguins up against an under strength Huskies outfit, it looked like this would be and easy win for The Penguins. Early sustained pressure from The Penguins, countered by fast breaks from the Huskies saw Glen Buttler-Fleming score the opening goal. 1-nil to the Huskies. Both sides then settled in for hard game until late in the first half an unfortunate deflection by The Penguins allowed Jason Hall to sneak one past Shannon Vost putting the Huskies 2 in front. Early in the second half Daniel Wong noticed the Huskies keeper Missing in Action and an open goal was just too tempting. His shot bringing The Penguins to within 1. A tiring Huskies side managed to seal an unlikely win with a late goal from Peter Yabsley. 3 - 1 to the Huskies.

Huskies vs The Penguins by James Kristof
A slow, controlled start by both teams. Huskies with only 5 players and Penguins only just fielding a full team, conservation of energy seemed to have a definite impact of the style of play. After controlling the play for several minutes, The Huskies got off to an early lead with an early lead halfway through the first half. From then on the play went back and forth up the ice, with another goal late in the half to the Huskies coming off a Penguins deflection. The Penguins hit back early in the second half with a great individual goal from Daniel Wong. Again the play went back and forth, both teams squandering several chances until sustained pressure and great play from Pete Yabsley finished off the Penguins hopes. 3-1 Huskies at full time, goals to Glenn Butler-fleming, Jason Hall and Pete Yabsley, also with an assist for the Huskies Pete Yabsley, 1 goal to Daniel Wong for Penguins.

25-JUL-2005
A Division Grand Final
Threepeat For Glenmore Park Druids
Glenmore Park Druids Vs. Werrington County Sonics
Two teams with a fascination with long team names had already established their quality not only in the local comp, but they also were the two grand finalists in the Canberra Cash-Out Tournament held earlier in the season.
Druids having the wood on Sonics during the round games with two 3-0 victories. Sonics had narrowed the gap when it got to the qualifying final, only losing 1-0.
Both teams traded some early blows in the first half, but were unable to break through, both the defence and keeping making life as a striker very unpleasant. Sonics then seemed to gain some ascendancy as the first half ticked away, but good Druids pressure forced some wayward shots, and it remained 0-0 for the remainder of the half.
The momentum of the Sonics was lost during the halftime change over. Druids coming out firing, not only with the ball, but applied some severe forechecking. The pressure of this eventually paying off.
Sonics backmen turning over the ball in their own half, and Saxon Hooper there to finish the job and give the Druids the lead with eight minutes to go.
After this, Druids seemed to play a little more cautiously, trying to defend their lead. Sonics with a lot more desperstion now looked like they were going to level the scores on several occasions. But always being denied.
As the minutes counted down, the desperation of the Sonics took it's toll causing a 2 minute penalty against Tim Brown. Sonics unable to score against Druids for 3 and 7/8 games thus far in the season, were very long shot outsiders to score with a player down. Hence, Druids were able to hold on for another Grand Final victory 1-0, their third straight title !!!

25-JUL-2005
B Division Grand Final
The Penguins in Style
The Penguins Vs. Golden Falcons
These two teams had met three times this season. Early on Golden Falcons were playing great and got over The PEnguins by a single goal. Towards the end of the season while Penguins were building momentum they managed a single goal win. The qualifying final between these teams was a cracker, finishing at 3-3 including several lead changesand heart stopping come backs. Eventually in OT it was The Penguins going straight through to the grand final. Golden Falcons endured and survived another OT game to get past Phoenix to make the grand final. As with most finals both teams started nervously and defensively and it took 15 minutes before the first goal. Jason Wheeler putting Penguins in front with assistance from Craig Loughlin-Smith and James Kristof. 1-0 half time. Just two minutes into the second half saw Daniel Wong double the Penguin lead. Golden Falcons tried hard to get back into the game but hit posts, a few too many penalties, good defence and a bit of bad luck saw Penguins close out the game. The Penguins winning their first B division premiership 2-0 over Golden Falcons.

28-JUL-2005
C Division Grand Final
Finally One For Huskies
Huskies Vs. Low Riders
Huskies finished Minor Premiers and won the Qualifying Final to take the short track to the Grand Final, so were probably starting favourites. However, the two times these teams met in the regular season, Low Riders came away with OT victories.
The game started with some caution, both teams showing signs of nerves. This period quickly faded as the game picked up pace, and started to go end to end with fast breaks. Low Riders having the better of these chances in the first half, only to be denied by some superb keeping by Kieran McDonald. Huskies with a few chances of their own, struggled to get a good shot on target. These factors provided a stalemate for the fist half.
The second half began in a similar fashion, but the scales tilted into Huskies favour when a few quick passes along the wall from deep in their own half, gave Glenn Butler-Fleming, a clear breakaway chance, which he finished with a power drive. The two OT results for Low Riders earlier in the season, would suggest that they just needed to get level. But still they remained goalless as the minutes evaporated.
This caused the Low Riders to get desperate, and with the desperation, the penalty count escalated, and gave them few real opporunities to get back in the game. In the dying minutes, Huskies removed any doubt, when Gemma Fornal put in a shot that the keeper got a piece of, that caused the ball spinning on the line into the post, and just getting across for the sealer. So 2-0 win to the Huskies.

28-JUL-2005
D Division Grand Final
Wild Boars Hold On
Tigers Vs. Wild Boars
Wild Boars originated as the break-off team from the Tigers, so in effect, this final could be compared to a parent vs child match-up. These teams had met on three previous occassions, Tigers winning the first, then a draw, and finally a win to the Wild Boars. So while the ledger was level, Wild Boars seemed to have gained the advantage.
The game started slowly, neither team knowing what to expect out of a grand final. But as the relative pace of the game picked up, the equillibrium remained. Neither team having the real organisation to create a propper opportunity. And so at half time, 0-0 remained on the score board.
The second half was of a higher standard. But unfortunately for the tigers, the reff seemed to have taken his angry pills, and as a result there was a barage of penalties going against them. This gave Wild Boars the numbers to build up some pressure, and with about 5 minutes to go, the Tigers defense cracked. Josh Yabsley scoring the goal for the Wild Boars. Still a couple more penalties against Tigers, gave them no chance to get back into the game. So Wild Boars winning 1-0. But a fittingly close final for the last game of the season!!!!

15-JUL-2005
Womens Division
Cedrus Diadara in OT
Cedrus Diadara (The Green Trees) have won the first Tuesday night womens competition defeating the Silver Snipers 1-0 in OT. Snipers started the better controlling possession and territory for the majority of the first half. The second half saw Cedrus begin to grab some possession and chances. None taken and into OT it went. A fast break with Tracy Ivin laying off to Jo Mitchell to put away the winner. Earlier in the night Snipers defeated the Crimson Furies 1-0 in the preliminary final to earn the Grand Final shot. Was an excellent tournament and it is looking ot expand next season. So if you didnt play sign up, bring friends and lets get this going full time.

15-JUL-2005
Mens Division
Shannan Heinzt with the Winner for Terminators
Was an awesome final with Terminators taking the early lead through Tim Brown. 1 nil looked like it was enough as the Silver Stench didnt seem likely to score. However with only minutes on the clock and pressure mounting, Ryan Findlasyon found himself near the blue line with the ball. A wind up and shot saw it fly like a golf shot climbing the whole time to find the top corner. 1 all. Trailing all match the goal lifted the stench who nearly stole the game with several good chances and near misses in the last minutes. 1 all full time and another final into OT. OT was full of thrills as shots just dribbled wide, swung wide, hit posts. Finally a goal mouth scramble, a hit post, and a diving shot by Shannan Heintz gave Terminators the OT win. Earlier in the night the Silver Stench defeated Warriors 2-1. Again need to expand the mens competition, if you didnt play.. join up it is awesome broomball, only twice per month.

21-JUL-2005
A Division
Werrington County Sonics Through
Preliminary Final: Sonics Vs. Richmond Ravens:
As expected this was a tough fast final, both teams loaded in the speed departments. The first half remaining nil all, great scramble defence and keeping denying all chances. The second half was similar except that the defences were starting to crack a bit and both teams were creating more and more chances on goal. With 7 minutes to go a costly Raven turn over saw Tim Brown with the ball unmarked 3 metres out, no second invitation needed as he drilled the ball past the keeper. Ravens responded but still couldnt crack the tough Sonic defence. With two minutes to go a cross into the danger zone from Kerry Baxter caused the defence to lunge in to prevent a shot, however the deflection beat the keeper. 2-0 to Sonics. The grand final will be between Sonics and Glenmore Park Druids.

21-JUL-2005
B Division
Golden Falcons back on Track
Preliminary Final: Golden Falcons Vs. Phoenix:
Golden Falcons have been the front runners in B grade for most of the season, however have tailed off slightly towards the end of the season. The Penguins defeated them 5-3 in OT in the qualifying final and they lost the final game of the season to Phoenix. This was an odd B grade game, not the normal run and gun style as both teams were happy to defend, force the turn over and work it forward. Not too many good chances in the first half and none converted. Nil all. Falcons were first to score in the 2nd half with Dave Buckley and Ryan Findlayson combining to find Linda Bell open near the net. Late in the half with Phoenix upping the pressure, Ben Robson broke and nailed one from the blue line. 1 all and into OT. For 3 minutes the ball went back and forth, diving saves, late sticks and balls going just wide. Finally Ryan Findlayson grabbed the ball with only one to beat pushed it wide and hammered it home. Another heart stopper for Falcons but they held on and go through. 2-1 OT. The Penguins wait for Falcons in the B final.

21-JUL-2005
C Division
Low Riders Grind Through
Preliminary Final: Low Riders Vs. The Replacements:
A massive grudge match between Low Riders and Replacements. So far this season honours were with The Replacements defeating Low Riders in their last two meetings. However in the final Low Riders were at full strength and this was an even affair. Both teams defending grimly giving nothing away. Nil all halftime. Early in the second half Di Scarano found Darren Latty for the 1-0 lead. Despite The Replacements best efforts they couldnt tie it up. Low Riders into the C grand final. A good season for The Replacements, minor premiers in the combined season after finishing bottom last season. Low Riders vs Huskies Thursday.

21-JUL-2005
D Division
Tigers Earn Rematch
Preliminary Final: Tigers Vs. Carney Clownz:
Tigers controlled most the play with Carney Clownz best chances looking likely from fast breaks. Ten minutes into the game Karen Bell pushed a ball to Paul Stockbridge who put it away for a Tigers lead they never let go. The single goal enough to set up a rematch with arch enemies the Wild Boars in the D division Grand Final.

18-JUL-2005
A Division
Glenmore Park Druids into their 4th Grand Final
Qualifying Final: Druids Vs. Werrington County Sonics:
Druids qualified for their 4th A division Grand Final with a 1-0 win over Sonics. In a high paced game both teams put good shots on goal only to be denied by body on the line defence and great keeping. With the game so tight it looked like a piece of luck or bounce of the ball was going to decide it. Sonics grabbed the first chance with 2 minutes remaining in the 1st half with Druid Steve Clarke sent for a high Stick putting Sonics on a power play. Druids held out and the score was 0-0 half time. Both teams continued to alternatively attack and defend without result. Finally the good forechecking applied by both teams paid off for Druids when Saxon Hooper intercepted a defensive pass. Hooper found Tim Ollerton unmarked in the centre where he smashed a low hard shot in for the Druid lead. The single goal was enough for Druids to hold out,but only just as Sonics put on a lot of good late shots. Druids into the Grand Final, Sonics with another chance when they take on Ravens on Thursday.

Elimination Final: Werrington Ninjas Vs. Richmond Ravens:
Ravens started quickly with Davin Harvey virtually allowed to walk up to the goal crease, pick his spot and score 33 seconds into the game. Ravens continued to look sharp and looked in control of the game. However Ninjas settled and began to create some good chances of their own. 1-0 half time Ravens, this one had the making of a great game, was definaltly going to go down to the wire. 4 minutes into the second half Tim Edwards doubled the lead for Ravens hammering one home. Ninjas finallay stung into action used good control up front combined with good ball movement to generate a series of good shots, all denied. Finally the pressure paid off as Peter Yabsley put one in from Shannon Jorda. 2-1 Ravens with 8 minutes to play. With a minute to go and Ravens a player down, Ninjas applied the blow torch but Ravens withstood and held out for a chance on Thursday vs Sonics. Richmond Ravens vs Werrington County Sonics this Thursday.. get down and watch it should be a cracker.

18-JUL-2005
B Division
Grand Final Glory for Penguins ?, Huskies Tail Between Their Legs
Qualifying Final: Golden Falcons Vs. The Penguins:
This game was certaintly entertaining with lead changes, overtime and a total of 8 goals scored. Daniel Wong got Penguins off to the perfect start, six minutes in. Mark Slater hit back for Falcons just six minutes later evening things up again. With only a minute on the clock Sara Kristof hit a good shot from an improbably angle to take penguins into the lead at half time 2-1. Again Mark Slater tied it up 5 minutes into the second half. Still 15 minutes to play and this one had the feel of many goals still to come. A well worked move starting with Linda Bell, going to Mark Slater and ending with Craig Horlsey unmarked on the post hammering it home put Falcons in the lead for the first time. Again within the last two minutes of the half The Pengiuns managed to score with James Kristof providing yet another game equaliser. 3-3 full time.. what a game. Overtime called for to decide this one. For 3 minutes both teams worked the ball up and back, desperate saves the key for both teams. Finally with 2 to go Daniel Wong and James Kristof combined again for a 4-3 lead to The Penguins. The Penguins then attempted to hold possession and hold out. Golden Falcons were forced to press and with a turnover a good outlet pass from Shannon Vost and James Kristof again to Daniel Wong completing his hat trick and giving Penguins a 5-3 lead with 22 seconds on the clock. 5-3 the final score for The Penguins to move straight into the grand final.

Elimination Final: Huskies Vs. Phoenix:
Phoenix dominated this one with their usual hang back and rely on fast break tactic. Less than a minute in Andrew Chapman put Phoenix on the board with a rare goal. Only 3 minutes later Ben Robson put Phoenix 2-0 up. Then another 3 minutes later Ben Robson put Phoenix 3-0 up completing his double. That seemed enough for Phoenix as they defended grimly. Steve Clarke was a wall at the back, giving good support to Katie Robson who had a shut out for the match. Phoenix through to take on Golden Flacons in the Preliminary final on Thursday.

14-JUL-2005
C Division
Huskies into Grand Final, Raptors Eliminated
Qualifying Final: Huskies Vs. Replacements:
Unfortunately for Replacements, they were missing a few key personnel, which caused what would of been a magnificent matchup, into a fairly onesided affair. Huskies having most of the ball for the entire game meant that Replacements could barely get out of their own half. However Replacements did fight hard in defense, despite the barage of shots coming in, only 3 managed to get through. A goal each to Glenn Butler-Flemming, Gemma Fornal and Jason Hall took Huskies to a 3-0 win, and a spot in this Seasons C Grade Final.

Elimination Final: Low Riders Vs. Raptors:
A lack of real fire power for the Raptors was the main difference in this game. Both teams creating chances, Low Riders thought they had the lead early, but the goal was dissallowed due to the Team Sheet not being filled in (Let that be a lesson to everyone). 0-0 it stayed for the entire first half, and the dissallowed goal looked like it would be vital. But something was said in the Low Riders half time discussions that turned the game on its head. James Dymond bulletting one just after time, which broke the deadlock and openened the flood gates. 4 more goals were put on before the end of the game by the Low Riders, including another to James Dymond. So Low Riders winning 5-0, and next week play against The Replacements for the other Final spot.

14-JUL-2005
D Division
Wild Boars First Team into D Final, Team Curry Gonnnne
Qualifying Final: Tigers Vs. Wild Boars:
Tigers played a possesive game trying to control the ball, and work for goals. While Wild Boars played more of the "grab, run and smash" style of game, relying on a lot of fast breaks. Matt Kennedy gave Tigers an early lead, but the scores were level again at half time thanks to and Andrew Chapman finish on a Cameron Parkes cross. The game looked like it was heading into OT as the second half ticked down, a few second half penalties to the Tigers, gave the Wild Boars the momentum they required. Cameron Parkes putting away the winner with under 3 minutes remaining. So Wild Boars won 2-1 and are in the D-Grade Final.

Elimination Final: Carney Clownz Vs. Team Curry:
A game that was very much controlled at the back by both teams to set up little spurts of attack. Carney Clownz spurts lasting a little longer and coming a little more frequently then Team Curry's. A solitary goal to the Clownz through Nikki Pearce in the first half, gave the CLownz a lead, but certainly not a comfortable one. For the majority of the second half their was no change to the score, but finally the Clownz lead became more comfortable when Martin Brennan scored, and Josh Burton put the nail in the coffin shortly after to give the Clownz a 3-0 lead with 3 minutes to go. Team Curry did get one back through Glenn Butler-Flemming, but it was too little too late. Carney CLownz playing the Tigers next week for the remaining spot in the D Grade Final.

10-JUL-2005
Mens And Womens Round Games Complete
Cedrus Diadara and Terminators take the Minor Premierships
After two rounds there was little between the teams in the Mens and Womens competitions. Cedrus Diadara (the green trees) just out pointed the Silver Snipers and Crimson Furies to move staright into the grand final in 2 weeks. In the mens competition Terminators stormed home winning their last two games to take top spot and the automatic grand final berth. The preliminary and grand final are on the 19th of July for both Mens and Womens. Next season will start around mid August. 23-MAY-2005
Week 15 - Elite
Penrith Elite Champions
Penrith Raven-Rangers repeated last weeks efforts defeating Macquarie Sonic-Druids by 1-0. The first two periods were fast and tight with no goals scored. With only six minutes to go in the third and final period Dane Hansen set up James Kristof to put in the winner for Penrith. In the playoff off for third Castle Hill scored twice through Sam Boer and Linda Bell to beat Blacktown 2-0.

Favourites Wests Come From Behind
Norths got away two a great start scoring 2 goals in the 1st period. Jason Hall getting the first from a Martin Sultana assist. Peter Yabsley put in the second with an assist from Jo Mitchell. The second period saw West pull one back with Katie Robson putting a good ball through for Ben Robson to put away. A short handed break away goal for West by Ben Robson again saw West get on level terms. Only a minute later another break away saw Andrew Chapman roof the shot and put West in front for the first time in the game. The 1 goal lead enough for minor premiers West to win the first Elite B competition over North 3-2. The 3rd place play off between East and South was a cracker. It included 3 disallowed goals, 2 for East and 1 for South and about 10 minutes of late night Overtime. Eventually a penalty in OT against South saw the 4-3 player advantage enough for East to win and claim 3rd.

18-APR-2005
Australian National Championships This Week
Australian National Broomball Championships are on this week. If you arent playing, you need to watch ! Bring friends, families, neighbours, anyone you can con into attending. Our home rink, we need our home crowd, be there and bring numbers. We have the Daily Telegraph and Nova969 both covering the event.. lets impress them.

Key Games
Thursday 21st April:

8.10pm NSW vs Queensland - Mens Elite

Friday 22nd April:

5.50pm NSW vs South Australia - Womens Elite

6.40pm NSW vs South Australia - Mens Elite

Saturday 23rd April:

5.50pm NSW vs ACT - Womens Elite

6.40pm NSW vs ACT - Mens Elite

Finals:

Sunday 24th April:

12.00pm Intermediate Mixed Grand Final

1.00pm Elite Mixed Grand Final

2.00pm Intermediate Mens Grand Final

3.30pm Elite Womens Grand Final

4.30pm Elite Mens Grand Final

WEAR BLUE !! and SCREAM LOUD !!

11-APR-2005
Week 8 - Divsion A
WildCats defeat Sonics
Davin Harvey scored late in the second half for Richmond Ravens to give them a 1-0 won over the Londonderry Dragons. Werrington Ninjas took a 2-0 lead at half time vs the Penrith City Rangers thorugh Josh Drinkall and Peter Yabsley. Rangers Liam Golding scored early in the second half to give themselves a chance, but Ninjas held out. Werrington County Sonics undefeated since adopting Cabano's 4-1 offensive forecheck up against Katoomba Wildcats. Sonics looking favourites, welcoming back injured Kerry Baxter. However Wildcats have also been working on their 4-1 forecheck meaining this game played in the mid field with a total of 9 saves by the keepers for the game. The single goal of the game came for Sam Boer after the Sonics keeper couldnt control the hot shot from Troy Carroll. 1-0 win to Katoomba.

11-APR-2005
Week 8 - Divsion B
Raptors Finally Win in Their New Jersey
Raptors piled on 3 goals to 1 vs Phoenix, finally notching up a win in thier very sexy jerseys. Two Goals Louis Sultana and Rebecca Cashel smashed one in from out wide. Phoenix's sole goal came from Andrew Chapman. Golden Falcons gave Polar Bears a good old fashioned spanking winning 5-0. Doubles to Ryan Findlayson and Linda Bell with Beth Hines picking up the other. The Penguins with two goals to James Kristof lead all the way to defeat Team IceBucket 2-1. Liam Golding kept up his good goal scoring streak with Buckets only goal.

11-APR-2005
Week 5 - Division C
The Replacements Head the Table
The Replacements marched on to their 4th straight win defeating an understrength Low Riders 3-0. Goal Scorers were Amy Farrell, Alfred David and Daniel Gauci. Wild Boars and Tigers fought out an epic C grade battle. Josh Yabsley put the Boars in front 8 minutes in. With only 1 minute in the half Paul Stockbridge tied it away for Tigers. Josh Yabsley secured his double only minutes into the seconf half again gaining the lead for the Wild Boars. Tigers persisted and again tied it up with a goal to Sally Yabsley. Then with eight to go Mark Fryc scored the winner for Tigers. 3-2 win for Tigers over the Wild Boars. Great game. Huskies took until over time to put away Carney Clownz. Where Gemma Fornal scored the winner. Raptors had a good win over the Canadiens who never really fired. Two for Mark Dasco and 1 for Kevin Chen. Michael Sultana had a great game collecting 3 assists.

28-MAR-2005
Week 7 - Divsion A
Ravens Pick Up First Win
Glenmore Park Druids and Richmond Ravens drew 1-1 with goals to Dane Hansen for Ravens and Damien Colyer for Druids. Dane Hansen completed his double coming on from a penalty just 30 seconds into OT, completing the Raven OT win. Werrington Ninjas returned to the winners circle with a 3-1 win over the Katoomba WildCats. Goals for Ninjas by Peter Yabsley, Josh Drinkall and Shannon Jorda. Mark Kim picking up WildCats sole goal. Werrington County Sonics picked up their 4th straight win with a 2-1 win over Penrith City Rangers. Tim Brown scored both Sonics goals and Daniel Wong scored his 1st A division goal in just his 4th A division game for Rangers.

28-MAR-2005
Week 7 - Divsion B
Hat Trick for Buckets Liam Golding
Phoenix ground out a 1-0 win over struggling 2 times B division champions Polar Bears with a Damian Colyer goal. Liam Golding put on a hat trick to get past Huskies 3-1. Peter Yabsley the only scorer for Huskies. Golden Falcons rolled on with another convincing win, 3-0 over a sexy Raptors team. Raptors still to rack up a win in their new jerseys.

Raptors New Jersey

I told you it was sexy !!

17-MAR-2005
Week 3 - Division C
C Grade in Full Swing
Game 1 - Tigers 0 vs Canadiens 3
Canadiens off to a quick start, with Matthew Hellyer scoring less than 5 minutes into the game. 2 minutes later, Matthew scored goal number 2 for the Canadiens, putting them up 2-0. Tigers attempted to make several moves on the Canadiens defence, but Ben Robson kept shutting them down. He lead the charge on the tigers keeper on many occasions, but needed to offload to teammates that found it hard to keep up. 2-0 at half time. Half way through the second half, Matthew made it a hat-trick for the night and giving Ben his second assist, which is where the score remained. 3-0 to Canadiens
Game 2 - Team Curry 1 vs The Replacements 4
The Tsunami Challenge winners failed to deliver in this one-sided game that was dominated by a foot-fancy Replacements. The scoring opened with Daniel Gouchi slotting home a winner after receiving a nice pass from Alfred David. 1-0 Replacements. A minute before half time, these 2 teamed up again, this time with Daniel providing the pass for Alfred to score. Team Curry showed some of the skill used to win the Tsunami Challenge, with Munish Tindal getting one past the Replacements keeper with 20 seconds left on the clock. 2-1 to the Replacements at half time. Most of the second half remained the same, Replacements unlucky to score on several occasions - their soccer skills not working as well as last week. The last 4 minutes was an all-girl affair, with Alison Jones assisting Melinda Aitken to put Replacements up 3-1, and a minute later Melinda slotted home her second goal to score a convincing win. 4-1 Replacements
Game 3 - Unforgiven 0 vs Low Riders 5
Another high scoring game, Sam Zinghini the star of this one, scoring the first of his 3 goals just 2 minutes into the game. The game was fairly even for the rest of the first half, James Dymond taking lots of shots from outside the blue line. James eventually assisted Sam, who with 30 seconds before half time put goal number 2 in the net. 2-0 half time score. Aaron Dymond opened the 2nd half scoring with a goal in the middle of the half. With 8 to go, Sam scored his hat-trick to make it 4-0, and the final goal scored by Nathan Lawler with 1 minute to go. Final score 5-0 Low Riders.
Game 4 - Raptors 1 vs Huskies 3
Raptors kept trying to push up in attack, however with attacker Kevin Chen playing with an injury, attacks from Raptors lacked their usual speed and intensity, and counter-attackers from Huskies were frequent and damaging. 3 minutes into the game, Jason Hall scored one for the Huskies. Huskies were unlucky not to score again for the remainder of the half, failing to capitalise on several chances. 1-0 to Huskies at half time. Gene Harris opened the second half scoring with his first C Grade goal 5 minutes in. Gemma Fornal scored a minute later with a nice chip over the keeper with 13 minutes still remaining in the second half. 3 penalties between them in this half, and nobody could take advantage of an extra man.With 8 minutes to go, Raptors got some great moves together, with Mark Dasco scoring. Was this a comback for Raptors? It looked possible, but when a Raptors player was binned 2 minutes later, the Raptors didn't have enough time to get it together. Final score 3-1 to Huskies

14-MAR-2005
Week 4 - Elite A
Tim Edwards on FIRE !!
An early goal to Macquarie by Tim Ollerton made it look like a Macquarie romp was on the cards. However a Macqaurie error saw Troy Carrol belt home an equaliser, enough for Blacktown to hold on and grab the 1-1 draw. Castle Hill skipped out to a 2-0 lead through Luke Petelczyc and Shannon Jorda. Penrith struggling to agree to tactics got back into the game through an on fire Tim Edwards. His first a length of the ice effort, his third the game winner for Pentith 3-2.

14-MAR-2005
Week 4 - Elite B
All South and West
A single goal to Craig Horsley enough to give Penrith East(Polar Bears/Golden Falcons) the 1-0 win over Penrith South(Team IceBucket/Penguins). Penrith West(Phoenix/Falcons) continued their dominent form with a 3-1 win over North (Raptors/Huskies). Stephen Clarke dominating with a goal and 2 assists. Wests other goals to Andrew Chapman and Damien Colyer. Kevin Chen slotted Norths only goal.

06-MAR-2005
Week 1 - Elite
Elite Teams A
Macquarrie (Druids-Sonics) will be Green (Druid players bring Druid shirts)
Blacktown (Dragons-1/2 WildCats-Troy,LukeS,JamesD,SallyYabs) will be Sky Blue (Dragons bring Dragons shirts)
CastleHill (Ninjas-1/2 WildCats-Sam,LukeP,Mark,Ceez,Karen) will be Black (Bring Sawawawas/Ninjas Shirts)
Penrith (Rangers-Ravens) will be Orange (Orange Nationals or Ravens Shirts)

Elite Teams B
Penrith North - Raptors & Huskies GK: Peter Yabsley
Penrith South - The Penguins & Team IceBucket GK: Saxon Hooper/Tim Brown
Penrith East - Polar Bears & Falcons (Craig Horsley, Mark Slater, Mitchell Tuza,Kylie Connolly, Beth Hines) GK: Scott Murray (will be Red)
Penrith West - Phoenix & Falcons (Ryan Findlayson, Dave Buckley, Aaron Parker, Linda Bell) GK: Dane Hansen(Sam Boer while Dane injured)

21-MAR-2005
Week 6 - Divsion A
Werrington County Sonics Undefeated
Londonderry Dragons took on last season premiers the Glenmore Park Druids in the opening A divison game. Early in the game ome good passing by the Druid girls Tracy Ivin and Lauren Goulden found Saxon Hooper to shoot one past the keeper for the Druid 1-0 lead. Body language said Dragons were beat. However before half time a John Magnisalis intercept lead to Harry Soptiropoulos launching a rocket into the top left corner (even though that went against Druids, nationals aint far off and if Harry is hitting them that well, im happy). 1-1 half time. Second half saw the Londonderry team on the back foot with little possession, but always looking to counter. One such raid by John Magnisalis resulted in a goal and a lead which they didnt give up. 2-1 Dragons into 2nd on the ladder.
Katoomba WildCats took on Richmond Ravens in the next game. Both teams looking for their first win of the season. In a tough game where both teams played very tight defence, WildCats came out with a 1-0 win through a goal to James Dymond from Sam Boer. WildCats getting their maiden A division victory.
Werrington County Sonics have struggled to field their full team all season through work and injury, however still were undefeated. Tonight however they were up against last years minor premiers Werrington Ninjas in a local derby. Ninjas did well controlling possession and breaking down the Sonic forechecking and getting off good one time shots. However Sonics defended grimly and kept them out. With 5 on the clock James Ray poked home Sonics first goal as the keeper fumbled the ball in the crease. Stayed 1-0 Sonics for the next 15 minutes when Matt Xerri finished another for Sonics. 2-0 in front with 9 minutes to go. With less than 4 on the clock, James Ray took the ball near his defensive blue line and accelerated all the way past the defence and flicked it home for a 3-0 lead. Peter Yabsley put in a consolation goal with 1 minute to go. 3-1 Werrington County Sonics on top of the ladder undefeated over Werrington Ninjas taking the first derby game.

21-MAR-2005
Week 6 - Divsion B
Defence all the Rage !!
3 games, 2 wins by 1-0 and a 0-0 draw, so the B teams big on defence this week. Raptors looking awesome in their new jerseys up against a Huskies unit struggling for numbers. Although the play was all Raptors it was Huskies who got the 1-0 win with a goal to Dean Thomas set up by Gemma Fornal and Glen Butler-Fleming. Polar Bears and Team IceBucket playd out a 0-0 draw. Golden Falcons kept up their winning ways with a single goal to Mark Slater set up by Beth Hines enough for the win over The Penguins.

17-MAR-2005
Week 2 - Division C
More Close Games !!
Second week in for C grade and a few close games as teams settle in for the season. First up Huskies started out leading their match a goal up at half-time thanks to a goal from Glen Butler-Fleming. The Unforgiven, who played a man down for the entire match fought hard. A very smart back flick from Jason Solomom for The Unforgiven sealed the game in their favour 2-1 at full-time. New comers, The Canadiens, led by Ben Robson found it tough against a slightly-disorganised but still competitive Carney Clownz. Two goals from Joel Clough for the Clownz gave them the match 2-1 over the Canadiens. Third match up, Sally Yabsley bought her broomball experience to bear leading the newly formed Tigers when they played against another crowd of newbies in Team Curry. Both teams played with heaps of enthusiasm and they'll certainly give the more seasoned C-grade teams a run for their money in the next few weeks. Tigers triumphing 4 goals to 2 over Team Curry. Last game, saw the always excited and noisy Replacements against a more sub-dued Wild Boars. The Replacement guys showing their soccer skills with some fancy foot passes to put it over the Boars 2-0.

10-MAR-2005
Week 1 - Division C
Debut Central !!
C grade kicked off it's 10 team competition this week with 4 games and 3 teams making their debut. With all 4 games going to OT it looks like it might be a good tight season. Low Riders and Huskies kicked it off with Low Riders getting out to an early 2-0 lead through James Dymond and Steve Leghorn. Huskies didnt give in equalising with goals to Glen Butler-Fleming and Stuart Skene. Aaron Dymond provided Low Riders with the OT winner. The Unforgiven so used to playing short forgot they had enough players and played with 5 on the ice and a sub, a charitble effort. Raptors took advantage going 2-0 up through Michael Sultana and Kevin Chen. The Unforgiven hit back with a goal to Jason Soloman. Tim Boyce tied it up with 10 seconds on the clock sending it to OT. it took just 12 seconds for Kevin Chen to hammer in the winner for Raptors. Two debutants squared off in the third game. Wild Boars taking on The Canadiens. A nil all draw resulting with Michael Pennis scoring the OT winner for The Canadiens. Final game of the night was Carney Clownz up against another debutant and Tsunami Charity Challenge winners Team Curry. Carney's on the board first through Joel Clough. Anuj Gupta scored Team Curry's first goal with 5 minutes to go assisted by Jessica Fallan. The 4th game of the night to go into OT, with Joel Clough going the length of the ice to pick up the OT win for the Clownz.

07-MAR-2005
Week 4 - Elite A
Blacktown and Macquarie get it done
Blacktown with goals to John Magnisalis and James Dymond got past Penrith 2-0. Maqcuarie piled on 5 goals to 1 vs Castle Hill. Doubles to Saxon Hooper and Damian Colyer, with the 5th goiong to Liam Golding. Castle Hill's loan goal scorer was Katie Laybutt.

07-MAR-2005
Week 4 - Elite B
All South and West
Penrith South (Team IceBucket & The Penguins) got a close 1-0 result from a Greg Dezman vs the Penrith North team which is made up of Huskies and Raptors. Penrith West (Phoenix and Falcons) piled on 4 goals, seeming to score on the counter everytime East (Polar Bears and Falcons) seemed certain to score. Goals to Andrew Chapman, Damien Colyer, Ben Robson and Stephen Clark.

06-MAR-2005
Week 1 - Elite
Elite Teams A
Macquarrie (Druids-Sonics) will be Green (Druid players bring Druid shirts)
Blacktown (Dragons-1/2 WildCats-Troy,LukeS,JamesD,SallyYabs) will be Sky Blue (Dragons bring Dragons shirts)
CastleHill (Ninjas-1/2 WildCats-Sam,LukeP,Mark,Ceez,Karen) will be Black (Bring Sawawawas/Ninjas Shirts)
Penrith (Rangers-Ravens) will be Orange (Orange Nationals or Ravens Shirts)

Elite Teams B
Penrith North - Raptors & Huskies (Bring a black shirt) GK: Peter Yabsley
Penrith South - The Penguins & Team IceBucket (Bring a white shirt) GK: Saxon Hooper/Tim Brown
Penrith East - Polar Bears & Falcons (Craig Horsley, Mark Slater, Mitchell Tuza,Kylie Connolly, Beth Hines) GK: Scott Murray (bring a red shirt)
Penrith West - Phoenix & Falcons (Ryan Findlayson, Dave Buckley, Aaron Parker, Linda Bell) GK: Dane Hansen(Sam Boer while Dane injured) (bring a White Shirt)

28-FEB-2005
Week 3 - Division A
Ninjas Trounce Druids
Rangers picked up their first A grade win with a 1-0 game vs WildCats. Druids got trounced by Ninjas, birthday boy Ben Eagleston with a double for Ninjas. Sonics held out the Londonderry Dragons for a 2-0 win.

28-FEB-2005
Week 3 - Division B
Golden Falcons Roll On..Again !!
Phoenix and Team IceBucket fought out a 0-0 draw, with Erica Swanson for Phoenix breaking the deadlock with an overtime goal. Raptors thanks to a double from Louis Sultana got past Penguins 2-1. Falcons continued their dominance of B grade with a 4-1 smashing of Huskies.

21-FEB-2005
Week 2 - Division A
Last Second Winner for Sonics
Werrington County Sonics debutant Ben Robson scored with only two seconds to go to hand Sonics a 2-1 win over Richmond Ravens. Londonderry Dragons drew 1-1 with a much better performed Penrith City Rangers. Glenmore Park Druids scored 2 goals in the final 4 minutes of the match to just sneak past an improving Katoomba Wild Cats.

21-FEB-2005
Week 2 - Division B
Golden Falcons Roll On !!
Falcons piled on 4 goals to nil to roll past Team IceBucket. Mitchell Tuza with a goal and an assist in his B grade comeback for the falcons. The Penguins Daniel Wong guided a goal in giving Penguins the OT win vs Phoenix. Glen Butler-Fleming belted in a long range bomb to give Huskies a 1-0 win over Polar Bears.

20-FEB-2005
Tsunami Charity Broomball Challenge
Office Works A Take out the NSW Title
On Sunday the 20th of February, 12 teams of newbies (thats about 80 broomballing beginners) challenged each other in a 4 hour broomball bash where 76 goals were scored in 22 games. Each 16 minute game averaged 17.48 falls and 17.48 bursts of laughter from the crowd, players and refs.
With all the fun there was actually some winners, Office Works A scraped into the top NSW division, but once there swept through the semi final and final to take out the top prize over The Canadiens. Instigate defeated Anti Dextorous in the 3rd place play off in the NSW Division.
The lesser divisions for teams finishing 2nd and 3rd in their pools had the Free Hills Copy Cats win the Sydney championship defeating the Office Works B side. The CNH Machines defeated Ninjas on Ice for the Penrith Title.
While the on ice efforts were great and a lot of fun was had by all, the real intent of the day was to raise money for Care Australia to distribute to the sufferers of the Tsunami disaster. Through the game entry fees, the secret team donations, sale of raffle tickets and general donations we managed to raise $2140. A fantasic effort by all.
Team Instigate had the highest secret donation and have won a carton of Beer and a Forest Ice Broomball Stick, donated by NSW Broomball.
Thanks to all the helpers and organisers on the day, it ran so smoothly. Thanks to the players who made it so special, was played in great spirit. Thanks to the comapanies who dontated the prizes for the raffles (listed below). Thanks to All Season Trophies (ph: 9482 3337) in Hornsby who donated the Trophies free of charge for the event. Thanks to everyone who gave so generously. Truly great day !!

Results:

NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP

GAME	TEAM 1	SCORE		SCORE	TEAM 2
Semi 1	Office Works A	3	vs	1	Instigate
Semi 2	The Canadiens	4	vs	1	Anti Dextorous
For 3rd	Instigate	2	vs	0	Anti Dextorous
Grand Final	Office Works A	4	vs	0	The Canadiens

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SYDNEY CHAMPIONSHIP

GAME	TEAM 1	SCORE		SCORE	TEAM 2
Semi 1	Freehills Copy Cats	2	vs	0	Ice Pirates
Semi 2	Office Works B	1	vs	0	The Argonauts
Grand Final	Freehills Copy Cats	3	vs	1	Office Works B

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PENRITH CHAMPIONSHIP

GAME	TEAM 1	SCORE		SCORE	TEAM 2
Semi 1	The CNH machines	6	vs	0	Carney Clownz
Semi 2	Ninjas on Ice	3	vs	2	Blah
Grand Final	The CNH Machines	3	vs	1	Ninjas on Ice

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TABLES AND POOL GAME RESULTS

POOL A GAME RESULTS

GAME	TEAM 1	SCORE		SCORE	TEAM 2
1	Office Works A	2	vs	3	The CNH Machines
2	Office Works A	3	vs	1	Ice Pirates
3	The CNH Machines	1	vs	3	Ice Pirates

POOL A TABLE

RANK	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	LOSS	GOALS FOR	GOALS AGAINST	GOALS DIFF	POINTS
1	OfficeWorks A	2	1	1	5	4	1	2
2	Ice Pirates	2	1	1	4	4	0	2
3	The CNH Machines	2	1	1	4	5	-1	2

POOL B GAME RESULTS

GAME	TEAM 1	SCORE		SCORE	TEAM 2
1	Instigate	1	vs	0	Freehills Copy Cats
2	Instigate	3	vs	1	Carney Clownz
3	Freehills Copy Cats	3	vs	0	Carney Clownz

POOL B TABLE

RANK	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	LOSS	GOALS FOR	GOALS AGAINST	GOALS DIFF	POINTS
1	Instigate	2	2	0	4	1	3	4
2	Freehills Copy Cats	2	1	1	3	1	2	2
3	Carney Clownz	2	0	2	1	6	-5	0

POOL C GAME RESULTS

GAME	TEAM 1	SCORE		SCORE	TEAM 2
1	The Argonauts	2	vs	1	Anti Dextorous
2	The Argonauts	0	vs	1	Blah
3	Anti Dextorous	2	vs	0	Blah

POOL C TABLE

RANK	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	LOSS	GOALS FOR	GOALS AGAINST	GOALS DIFF	POINTS
1	Anti Dextorous	2	1	1	2	1	1	2
2	The Argonauts	2	1	1	2	2	0	2
3	Blah	2	1	1	1	2	-1	2

POOL D GAME RESULTS

GAME	TEAM 1	SCORE		SCORE	TEAM 2
1	Ninjas on Ice	1	vs	3	The Canadiens
2	Ninjas on Ice	1	vs	2	Office Works B
3	The Canadiens	5	vs	0	Office Works B

POOL D TABLE

RANK	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	LOSS	GOALS FOR	GOALS AGAINST	GOALS DIFF	POINTS
1	The Canadiens	2	2	0	8	1	7	4
2	Office Works B	2	1	1	2	6	-4	2
3	Ninjas on Ice	2	0	2	2	5	-3	0

RAFFLE PRIZES

Pedal Tractors x 2
New Holland (blue) and Case IH (red) sturdy metal pedal tractors donated by CNH Australia, valued at $442 each.

Case IH Scale Model Tractor
Scale model of one of the biggest tractors in the world donated by CNH Australia, valued at $253.

New Holland Scale Model Combine Harvester
Scale model of a CR combine harvester donated by CNH Australia, valued at $138.

New Holland Jacket
Heavyweight jacket donated by The Promotional Shop, valued at $90.

Case IH Jacket
Heavyweight jacket donated by The Promotional Shop, valued at $90.

BBQ Set x 2
BBQ utensil set in wooden gift box donated by The Promotional Shop, valued at $39.95 each.

Adventure Pack
Backpack, binoculars, beach towel, personal radio, bucket hat and polo shirt donated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, valued at $75.

Red Wine x 2 bottles
Donated by Broomball NSW

T-Shirt x 15
Male and Female T-shirts donated by Instigate, valued at $25 each.

Freehills Thermos x 2
Donated by Freehills, valued at $20 each

Freehills Long Sleeve Shirt x 2
Donated by Freehills, valued at $20 each

Freehills Short Sleeve Shirt x 2
Donated by Freehills, valued at $15 each

Freehills Sports Bags x 2
Donated by Freehills, valued at $30 each

Freehills Baseball Caps x 2
Donated by Freehills, valued at $10 each

A Huge thanks from NSW Broomball to the companies above who supported the event. Great prizes !!

14-FEB-2005
Week 1 - Division A - Game ON !!
Losses for the New Kids on the Blocks
Tough assignment for the newest A division team Penrith City Rangers taking on last years premiers the Glenmore Park Druids. However they made a good fist of it for the opening sixteen minutes, keeping the Druids scoreless. The the damn broke. Two goals to Saxon Hooper and one to Tim Ollerton saw the halftime score 3-0 to the Druids. Constant possession and pressure saw another 3 goal half for Druids with goals to Damien Colyer, Hooper and Ollerton rounding out the convincing 6-0 win. Not the best debut for Rangers. Next game saw the other debutants Katoomba Wildcats take on the undermanned Londonderry Dragons. With Pirates folding last season the Dragons picked up Kosta Sourlas to great benifit. The big fella scored 2 goals in a 4 minute period in the first half. Wild Cats managed to peg one back late in the half after a good flick finish by Mark Kim. 2-1 at the half. Wildcats with heaps of subs seemed to go into the half with all the run and looked like they would run over the tiring Dragons. Not to be though as the Dragon defence held and they clung onto a 2-1 win. The last game of the night was a beauty between last years runners up Werrington Ninjas and the Richmond Ravens (exSlytherin). Game was played at a thousand mile an hour, both teams defences were rock solid and with some good keeping the score was 0-0 at half time. Eight minutes into the second half Ryan Findlayson broke the deadlock scoring for Ravens. Ninjas hit back straight away with a goal to Shannon Jorda. 1-1 the scores finished in regulation. The deadlock continued into OT with neither team able to grab the bonus.

14-FEB-2005
Week 1 - Division B
The Penguins and Polar Bears get us Underway !!
The Penguins did well in the off season picking up Craig LoughlinSmith from the folded A division side Phantoms. Polar Bears backing up looking very similar to last season. Jason Wheeler gave The Penguins the first half lead with a goal 5 minutes from the break. It took Polar Bears 15 minutes to find the equaliser with Luke Petelzcyc chopping the lose ball into the top corner. 1-1 full time. 4 on 4 and still no winner could be found for either team. 1-1 draw the result. Phoenix were undermanned for the first game of the season but it didnt seem to matter as they piled on 4 goals to nil vs Huskies. Ben Robson with a hatrick and Damo Colyer picking up the other. Final B grade game for the night was between newly promoted Raptors and Team IceBucket. Both teams had plenty of subs and used it to good advantage keeping the pace very fast. Another 1-1 result with Liam Golding scoring for Buckets and Louie Sultana for Raptors. For the second time of the night OT was called for. Liam Golding breaking the deadlock, winning the extra point for Buckets.

10-FEB-2005
Elite, A and B draws are OUT
The draw for 2005 Winter Elite, A and B grade season is out, the season starts next week, 14th of February !! Hopefully we will have our shirts back with our new sponsors on the sleeves for the start of the season.

10-feb-2005
Elite Games
Here is an explanation of how the elite teams will operate.

Elite A Grade:

Team Maquarrie - Sonics & Druids
Team Blacktown - Mighty Dragons & 1/2 Wildcats (Troy,LukeS,JamesD,SallyYabs)
Team Castle Hill - Ninjas & other 1/2 Wild Cats (Sam,LukeP,Mark,Ceez,Karen)
Team Penrith - Rangers & Ravens


Elite B Grade:
Penrith North - Raptors & Huskies
Penrith South - The Penguins & Team IceBucket
Penrith East - Polar Bears & "A's not playing for above"
Penrith West - Golden Falcons & Phoenix

Selection Criteria:
Captains of each team work together to select teams, if they cant agree then each captain selects 3 guys and 2 girls from their team and combine. Team lists (with confirmed players in by Friday AM before the game.)
Can only play 1 game per week, So...
If selected in Elite A, you cant play for your Elite B team
eg1. Davin Harvey(Ravens) is selected for Team Penrith Elite A, he is therefore ineligble for the B elite team Penrith North (Raptors/Huskies) for that week, if in the next round he is not selected for Penrith Elite A, then he is avaliable for Penrith North Elite B.
eg2. Josh Drinkall(Ninjas) is not selected for Castle Hill, he doesnt have a B team so is avaliable for selection in the Penrith East("A's not playing Elite"/Polar Bears) team for that week.

28-JAN-2005
Finally BROOMBALL is BACK on MONDAYS!!
Monday sees the return of broomball for the 2005 winter season, see the draw for the next two weeks to the right. We will start with some A vs B grade cross over games to get warmed up. 2005 will be a big year for Broomball NSW, this year we will host the 2005 Australian National Championships at Penrith. We will also see the introduction of an Elite A and B competition running in conjunction with the normal A and B comps on Monday Nights. This will give A and B graders the chance to play broomball at a much faster pace with bigger teams and be a taste of nationals style broomball. This year will also see broomball expand to Tuesday night where we will host the $1000 winner take all Toughman Challenge, full contact broomball with a prize worth playing for. So get into it, get excited about it and get everyone you know involved with broomball.

28-JAN-2005
Finally BROOMBALL is BACK on Thursday!!
C Grade will commence with some scratchies on Thursday the 3rd of February. We need some teams for the Thursday competition, so recruit some people and get a team together. See you on Thursday.