Friday Night Lights- 6Th

UPCOMING EVENTS Friday Night Lights- 6th May Joins us at the Club to watch the Local Derby between all of the Ashy Red backs Under 9 Teams The Evening kicks off at 5.30pm with BBQ, Drinks and entertainment provided throughout the night. Come along to support the kids and stay around for a chat and some food & drinks with other families from the club. Friday Club Night - 13th May Once again the Club invites everyone along to this great social occasion at Burwood Reserve.

The event starts from 5pm with a Gourmet Food selection, BBQ , drinks and some great activities planned for the kids. Live AFL will be on the Big Screen and there will be fantastic prizes to be won for those who attend. UPCOMING EVENTS Ashy Ball - Saturday 28th May Tickets are selling fast on this annual event and with limited seats available you will need to make sure you book online via trybooking to reserve your table. PLAYERS OF THE MONTH

U/15 Girls Green Ella Mooney - Ella is tenacious & tough at the ball, shows leadership & has the respect of the girls in the team U/15 Girls Red Indya Sandhu - 1st year player but plays like she is a 5th year player. Listens to what is said and wants to always better herself. Youth girls Millie Klingbiel - For her hard-nosed endeavour to win the contested ball and resilience in the manner in which she fought though the pain barrier after suffering both a concussion and bruised ribs in successive games. Under 9 Black Kurt Zvirbulis - Showing great leadership on and off the field. Under 9 Red Evan McVey - A solid performer week in week out.Trains extremely when on the track and had a ripper game this week kicking 3 goals. Under 10 Green Christopher Gorman - Great leadership, tackling and ball winning ability in the midfield. Under 10 Red Will Mitten - Under 10 White Will Smyth-Roberts - Will has had an amazing April (and first day of May). He dobbed a 30m goal after the siren against Parkside in week 1, speckys every game and fabulous ruck work and long kicks. He has a great footy brain and is really bringing the best out of his team mates. Under 11 Green Charlie Nancarrow - Charlie has had a cracking start to the season showing great offensive play (snapping a couple of great goals) as well as being a ferocious tackler when the opposition has the ball. In the first few rounds of the season Charlie has captained the side, while also winning both team-awarded and opposition-awarded medals. A great start to the season Under 11 Red Max Dalpozzo - Played high half forward role with distinction working hard on his skills at training. Under 12 Black Cameron Witt - For this fast running and attacking style, always back ups his team mates and lays hard tackles. Under 12 Green Matthew Jefferson - Played a great first three games. Been very unselfish and brought his team mates into the game as well as kicking 9 goals in 3 games. Under 13 Black John Hynes - He has embraced his role in the team and taken responsibility of leading others Under 13 Green Hudson clooney - Hudson has been the outstanding team player thus far. His commitment to the contest and to supporting his team mates has been brilliant. This was recognised in the first round when he awarded the medal by the opposition. Under 13 Red Will Mazza - Will has had a great start to the season playing mainly in the midfield. Has been a great competitor and won most of his possessions through hard at it contested footy. Great work Mazza! Under 14 Green Harry McLean - Enormous energy, skill, leadership. Great run off half back as usual, but this year has been kicking goals also from midfield role (kicked four goals last week). . Great listener at training, game has gone to another level in 2016. Under 14 Red No Player Nominated under 15 No Player Nominated Under 11 Black No Player Nominated Colts Green No Player Nominated Colts Red No Player Nominated Under 10 Black No Player Nominated Under 12 Red No Player Nominated Under 8 Black No Player Nominated Under 8 Green No Player Nominated Under 8 Red No Player Nominated Under 8 White No Player Nominated Under 14 black No Player Nominated Under 9 Green No Player Nominated Under 9 Teal No Player Nominated Under 9 White No Player Nominated PLAYER MILESTONES

Email your player milestone match day photo to [email protected] Under 9 White Under 9 White Coach: Simon Goodwin While scores are not kept in under 9 matches, this clash away to Kew Comets was (at least in mathematical terms) about as close as possible. The Redbacks visit to Kew was the first taste of winter conditions, after a massive overnight deluge. A freezing breeze ripped across Victoria Park (no not the Collingwood one) as players and parents gathered for round three. As things would turn out, the wind would play a significant role in the day's action, favouring the far or east Kew end. The Redbacks toiled manfully in the first quarter but with no result as the wind sabotaged a barrage of goal efforts. The Comets on the other hand played well on the counter, opening spaces and delivering well from limited forward entries. The Redbacks were focused on the contest with Ethan "the Edge" Georgiades leading the way and playing his best term for the year. Teddy "Betts" Hall was mercurial up forward, dipping and dodging before unloading lethal foot fire that saw the Redbacks convert twice in the second quarter through goals to Lethal Louis Jones and "Cracker Jack" Urquhart. The home side took complete control after the half time break, bombarding the goals but spraying wide. Ev Dog McMahen held things tight with great support from Lucas Huggins and Josh Martin. The quarter was topped off by a great flying goal on the run by Jayden Reid. With the wind at their backs, the Redbacks flew home with a great finish. Gary Ablett Junior (Jnr), Paddy Harmon pumped the ball continuously into a forward line, led by George "the Professor" Adams, who absolutely starred with three goals in the last. It was tight at the end.

Results No Results are recorded at this level Best Players Adams, Hall, Jones, Harmon, Grainger. Goals Adams 3; Jones 1; Urquhart 1; Reid 1.

Goal of the Day George Adams, 4th quarter, forward pocket, boundary line, last minute, over the shoulder, five defenders hanging off him.

Play of the Day Gus Grainger, running through the midfield...and stopping to unload a handball.

Mark of the Day Lucas Huggins, centre half back, surrounded by opponents.

Best Team Player Lucas Simionato.

Under 8 White Under 8 White Coach: Tim Schleiger After a little bit of confusion as to where exactly we were meant to go, the Under 8 White team took to the field against the Kew Comets determined to put into practice the skills they have been developing at training. The weather conditions were trying as the boys fronted both a skilled opposition and some fierce winds. All the boys played their best and there were several passages of impressive play against some stiff competition. There were plenty of great marks and clean kicks but the standout (and perhaps the team attribute for which we will become reknown) was our strong and consistent tackling. Results No Results are recorded at this level Best Players Luke Suckling - was our medal recipient. He saw a lot of the ball and played in the spirit of good sportsmanship. Goals Whole team effort Goal of the Day After ducking and weaving though the backline defence, Jordan Katiforis snapped a sensational goal! Play of the Day It was a whole team effort that closed the ball in our forward line against the strong winds for an ENTIRE 5 minutes. Great job! Mark of the Day Hugh Saunders took a magnificent specky in the fourth quarter. It was a beauty! Once again we faced an undermanned team and four of our boys stepped up to don the oppositions jersey for a quarter each. Thanks James Mariani, Hugh Best Team Player Saunders, Joey Dee and Josh Cormick. POPE PACKAGING Under 9 Red

Under 9 Red Coach: Matt Pietsch A great game of footy was played by the whole side on Sunday. The section of Oliver Pietsch & Hugo Monkovitch as co-captains was well received by the team and the boys played with great tenacity with the two captains leading the way. First quarter goals by debutante Jonty Emtage and Taylor Carlisle gave the team a steady first quarter, with Thomas Davies, Tom Verge and Henry Sewell working hard through the mid field. The second quarter was played into s strong wind and some tough tackling by Tom Wrathall, Jonty Emtage & Bailey Currie through the midfield ensured limited supply to the opposition forwards. The back-men of Ben Swift and Oliver Pietsch both standing strong. The 3rd quarter was played as the Premiership quarter with Evan McVey dominating the stanza with 3 strong marks and goals, Oliver Grogan & Hugo Monkovitch also adding goals to scoreboard with some goal assist from Josh McLoughlin & Tyson Fernee. Charlie Ryan , Kade Eardley & Ben Jones were hardworking in the midfield also. The last quarter was a grind into wind and again the back line stood tough by tackling hard and applying relentless pressure to the opposition. Josh, Tyson, Hugo, Evan and Ollie G continued to run thorough the midfield and some slick passages of play gave some opportunity to the forwards. Ben Swift kicked a last quarter goal to finish of the day

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Results No Results are recorded at this level Best Players Evan McVey (Medal Winner), Ben Jones (Money Box Award), Jonty Ematge (Chicken Dinner), Taylor Carlisle, Hugo Monkovitch, Ollie Grogan Goals Evan McVey 3, Jonty Ematge, Taylor Carlisle, Hugo Monkovitch, Oliver Grogan, Ben Swift Goal of the Day Jonty Emtage for joining the elite club of first kick - first goal. Play of the Day Forward pressure of Olli P to win a hard ball, get a kick into the forward line for a pick up by Henry for quick hands to Ben Swift for a snap goal Mark of the Day Evan McVey's strong hands in the third quarter, taking some pressure marks in the forward line. Best Team Player Bailey Currie & Taylor Carlisle ferocious tackling all day.

Under 9 Black Under 9 Black Coach: Simon Miller We were up against a strong Hawthorn Citizens team and a strong Westerly wind at our home ground today. Although conditions were tough, our team fought hard and displayed some great passages of play. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Results No Results are recorded at this level Best Players Great 4 quarters from Cooper with plenty of defensive marks. Good contribution from Josh, Snowy, Ben A, Ben M, Lachie and Julian. Goals Ben M 2, Snowy 1.

Goal of the Day Snowy, very good set shot at goal.

Play of the Day Ben A. and Lachie for their attack on the ball and reading the play.

Mark of the Day Josh N. for some great marks in the forward line.

Best Team Player Julian and Cooper for holding up the back line during a huge onslaught from the opposition. Under 8 Green Under 8 Green Coach: Matt Sharp Under 8 Green played an away game against Kew Comets in cold and windy conditions. The wind favoured the Redbacks for the first quarter with a couple of good passages of play. The second quarter was a better quarter even though we were kicking into the wind. The remaining half was a closer contest with the ball spending more time on the ground.

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Results No Results are recorded at this level Best player for the game was Charles Webb who was consistent in each quarter and involved his team mates in the play through good use of the ball. Michael Zarro played his best game for the season and ran to space well. Will Hynes also played his best game for the season collecting the ball at ground level well and taking a few good marks. Finn Shaw played well again and kicked the ball well. Paddy Byrnes found space with a notable bounce in the tricky Best Players conditions. Spencer Sharp read the play well and contributed to the goal tally during the second quarter. A nice snapshot from Cooper Hodge in the third quarter made use of the wind and Justin Wall tackled well. Oliver Hemingway and Oliver Alexopoulos continued to improve while Jonathon Mackintosh- Dixon showed courage to come back on in the last quarter after a knock to the knee. Hamish Boal was focused on the ball and played well when in the centre.

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Under 10 Green Coach: Lisa Drought Terrific effort this week from our boys against a competitive Kew Comets team. The game was played hard but fair and the boys really enjoyed themselves, singing the song three times at the end.

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Results No Results are recorded at this level Hard to pick our best players this week as it was a solid performance across the board. We were very proud of all the boys. Crusher, Kit, Woodsy, Joey E, Tom Best Players R-B, Sammy J, Wheels and Daisy all played their roles very well. Brockie tackled and hassled the opposition all day and Marcus was dominant in the ruck. A great team performance. Goals Woodsy (2), Wheels, Swoop, Tom R-B all found the big sticks and we kicked 5.7 for the day.

Goal of the Day Definitely Swoop's goal - his first ever - which had the crowd on their feet. Keeping the opposition scoreless in the second quarter when they had the wind was a credit to the whole team, but especially to our ripper backline boys Play of the Day Archie R-D, Tom S, Daisy, Sam Bav, Joey E and the Ferginator.

Mark of the Day Lots of our kids took good marks today but Wheels clunked a few which were memorable. One day someone will catch him but it hasn't happened yet.

Best Team Player Crusher in his 25th for Ashy Greens. Under 11 Black Under 11 Black Coach: Matt Burns A very hard fought game by the Ashy Blacks. We were playing a very good outfit in Warrandyte under some pretty tough conditions. The boys tried very hard all day and the coach was very happy with the "Never Lay down" attitude right to the final siren. Well done boys Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Warrandyte 2.2-14 3.8-26 5.9-39 7.10-52 Results Ashburton B 0 0 0 0 Best Players Lach Macneil , Preston Burns , Corbin Howes , Oscar white and Fin Grogan Goals No goal kickers Goal of the Day No goal kickers Owen "Sticks" Cox running after an opposition team player who was running fast and bouncing the ball across centre. Owen just kept on his tail and never let

Play of the Day up applying some serious pressure. The Opposition team player took one too many bounces and dropped the ball where Owen was there to pick up the crumbs. Real Pressure play and never give up attitude. Preston Burns in the goal square of the opposition team. jumps up in a huge pack and brings down a screamer contested mark. Get him in your supercoach Mark of the Day side. Best Team Player Lach the Bruzer Macneil and Preston Cappa Burns , tried their guts out all day

Colts Red Colts Red Coach: Brett Gatehouse This weeks game against Beverley Hills at home didnt quite have its usual feel. The ground seemed a bit different, the score board had changed and oh right we were in Bulleen. However regardless of the venue change, the boys were excited to go and make amends for last weeks efforts. We started really well with Griffo giving us first hands in the middle of the ground and Cooper Wyett getting plenty of it early. Briggsy had a big presence up forward clunking a few marks early and laying a big tackle to set up our first goal of the day. The rest of the day remained close on the scoreboard, but I feel like we were the better team on the day, winning the majority of the stoppages and clearances. Bavage had plenty of it all day, providing us with good ball use and Paddy Bohan moving into the ruck allowed us to play Griffo out of the square, who looked super dangerous up forward. It was a tense last quarter and with the wind dieing down the boys really needed to fire up to bring the game home. We conceded a goal early and were about 10 points down with 5 minutes to go. For the rest of the game we were in control, winning the ball at stoppages and locking the ball in our forward 50. However goals were hard to come by and we kicked point after point after point. Finally with a minute to go golzy won a brilliant one on one battle at half forward before passing to Cooper 50 out. Copper cool and calm as ever, hit Maxy Dahlstrom up with a low fire pass and the scene was set. Scores level, seconds ticking down. All we needed was a score, anything... and Bang! With ice in his veins maxy slotted the goal and that was all she wrote. Great effort by the boys. A really exciting win and a great reward for not only the effort on game day but a good week on the track wednesday as well. Special mention to Liam Omeara aswell at fullback, project 'replace Buckley' has been tough but Liam did a great job back there, even going on a few long runs up the ground (who knew the kid had speed??)

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Ashburton R 0 0 0 8.12-60 Results Beverley Hills 0 0 0 8.6-54 Best Bohan, Griffin, Heath, Dahlstrom, Wyett, Omeara, Bavage.. and whole team Goals Dahlstrom 2, Griffin 2, Ellis, Heath, Roller, Wilson Goal of the Day Maxy Dahlstrom Play of the Day Has to be the last play of the day. Mark of the Day Griffin leading out from the goal square. Best Team Player Omeara Under 12 Red Under 12 Red Coach: Phil Hine Wet N Windy match, Richmond where too strong today watch out next time Tigers.

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Fitzroy 1 0 0 0 1.1-7 Results Ashburton R 0 0 1.0-6 2.1-13 Best Players Calvin Lehr, Harrison Haintz, Adian Leiner, Alexander Temmhoff, Jack Alsop, Will Orton Goals Alexander Temmhoff, Cameron Witt, Matthew Mitchell Goal of the Day Alexander Temmhoff Play of the Day Aiden Leiner Mark of the Day Calvin Lehr Best Team Player Calvin Lehr

Under 13 Red Under 13 Red Coach: Gavin Hynes Our boys were up against the Hawks today and unfortunately went down by a few goals. We are slowly getting there but it's Gold Div and it's tough. Over all the boys tried their best and weeny good enough in the day but there are plenty of positives. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Ashburton R 0 0 0 3.1-19 Results Hawthorn Citizens D 0 0 0 13.9-87 Best Players Hulk, Browny, Harro, Jezza, Woodsy Goals Hulk & Briggsy

Goal of the Day Hulk with a quick kick from a stoppage that just rolled and rolled with the wind through for a major!

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Best Team Player Hulk Under 14 Green Under 14 Green Coach: Paul Allen Good performance from the boys in the windy conditions. Controlled the midfield apart from a 10 minute patch in 2nd quarter, were challenged throughout, but ultimately got more numbers around the ball and used it better as game went on although didn't convert fully on scoreboard.Used run well and opened up game by attacking from the preferred side with the wind. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Whitehorse Colts M 1.1-7 4.4-28 4.5-29 6.8-44 Results Ashburton G 4.3-27 4.7-31 7.16-58 11.19-85 Best Players Ossie, Joel, Harry M, Josh, Tom, Jack F, Luke A, John, Jack W. Good efforts from everyone. Goals Jack W 2, Harry P 2, Kieran Yeates 2, Josh 1, Darcy 1, Jack H 1, Ollie 1, Ossie 1. Goal of the Day Ollie's clever right foot snap in last quarter that curled in after great assists from Jack W and Jack H. 1st quarter- Joel brought the ball down the correct attacking wing, handball to Ossie, sidestep and passed to Tom on HFF, who kicked to hot spot where Darc Play of the Day had led out hard to. Nice mark from Darc, went back and converted the goal.

Mark of the Day Jack H. This could have been any one of 4 big grabs he took forward in 3rd quarter, all contested within a pack. Best Team Player Tom R. Gave great drive when switched on ball, chose good options by hand and foot, but always helping team mates with shepherds and smothers.

Youth Girls Youth Girls Coach: Andrew Scott Ashy enjoyed a 51 point win and despite a gale-force wind managed 5 goals with the wind and 5 goals into the wind. The team was tested early, but we're dominant thanks to some polished disposal and team play in the second half. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Ashburton 0 0 0 10.9-69 Results Ivanhoe B 0 0 0 3.0-18 Best Players Jess Mounos Victoria Wilson-Wall Alyssa Binns Emmy Buckley Millie Klingbiel Goals Emmy Buckley 3 Alyssa Binns 2 Pacey Jackson 2 Gigi Taylor Emily Roos Goal of the Day Alyssa Binns

Play of the Day Jess Mounos - with a goal assist, deep in the pocket, under pressure she handballed effectively to a player at the top of the square for easy goal to Ashy

Mark of the Day Victoria Wilson-Wall Best Team Player Tayla Nichols Under 9 Teal Under 9 Teal Coach: Robert Jurac Great team effort in very soggy conditions. Tackling was again a strong feature, along with some good overhead marks. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4