Volume XX No. 9 July 20 2013 FOCUS FIRMLY ON RUN HOME

After four weeks the scars resulting from Scotch will surely need to bring their best the Cordner/Eggelston Cup disappoint- if they are to come away with a victory. ment are on the mend. The gut wrenching During the holiday period the boys playing defeat was incredibly hard to swallow. TAC football put in some very impressive Such is the nature of competitive performances. Each of Jack Billings, Will and like any difficult set back we take les- Maginness and Darcy Byrne-Jones were sons from the experience and ultimately named among the best for Oakleigh move on to the next challenge. For the Chargers recently. There is little doubt boys of the First XVIII it has been a long that such performances will have drawn and at times ardous, four week break be- the attention of AFL recruiters! We hope tween APS fixtures. There has been more that each boy will be able to replicate their than enough time to dwell on what might TAC form when they take the field this have been. Now is the time to focus on Saturday in Scotch colours. They along their next match seeing this as an oppor- with their talented team mates have tunity to restore that winning feeling and in demonstrated on many occasions this the process show the APS competition season that together they are a formidable how a team of genuine quality responds in unit more than capable of beating any positive fashion to a letdown. team on their day! Brighton we can be The challenge that awaits the squad this sure, will be full of confidence and eagerly Saturday will be a truly significant test of anticipating the opportunity to record a character, strength and talent. Brighton victory in front of their home crowd and Grammar have been enjoying a very good move above Scotch on the APS ladder in season and currently lie in fourth place on the process. We have every confidence in the APS ladder having tasted defeat on the ability of the Scotch boys to bounce just two occasions thus far. Confronting back from adversity and to get back on them on their own patch is always a tricky the winners list! proposition but when they are playing well it is an even greater challenge. GO SCOTCH!!

APS Ladder Year 7s Triumph over Victorian Primary Schools representative team in a close one! Played Won Lost Bye Draw Points MGS 7 7 - 1 - 14 Scotch 7A 8.4.52 defeated Vic Primary 8.2.50 SC 7 6 1 1 - 12 SKC 8 6 2 - - 12 The mood was tense in the change rooms before the annual match against the Vic Primary side, so it was handy to have the experience of four Year 8 boys to help calm BGS 7 5 2 1 - 10 the nerves before the bounce. Despite conceding the first two goals of the game, our GC 8 5 3 - - 10 hard work to win the contested ball ensured that our skilful opposition couldn’t convert CAUL 7 3 4 1 - 6 all of their opportunities. As we found our feet, we were able to kick four goals in a HY 7 3 4 1 - 6 row to finish the quarter with a buffer that would be handy as we tired later in the XC 7 3 4 1 - 6 game. Our efforts in the forward line were especially commendable, with Palumbieri marking and scoring two classy goals, Morrisby dishing out a bone-shattering bump GGS 8 2 6 - - 4 that could be heard from the sidelines, and Jedwards scoring on the run from 40m CY 7 - 7 1 - - out. WC 7 - 7 1 - - The Vic side clawed their way back in the second and third quarters, kicking six goals to three, but our work in the middle made life difficult for them. Chonks and Brown FOOTBALL: 20th July formed a formidable ruck duo against bigger opponents, and Schilling exhibited his trademark leadership at each stoppage to ensure everyone knew their roles. Fraser- TEAM OPPOSITION TIME VENUE 1sts Brighton Grammar 2:00pm , Smith took the mark of the day in the forward line, beating two better positioned Vic Crowther Oval players, and Josh Edwards again demonstrated his class with a run to goal involving 2nds Brighton Grammar 12:00pm Brighton Grammar School, him evading three tacklers and selling candy to each of them. Crowther Oval We were seven points down heading into the last quarter, and out on their feet, Mor- 3rds Caulfield Caulfield 9:00am Scotch , Main Oval risby managed to mark and kick the goal we needed to make scores level early on. Campus The next ten minutes were the most intense of the game and we knew it would take a 4ths 11:00am Geelong College, Main Oval mighty effort to get the points. Not for the first time, Aussie Nguyen provided that ef- 10A Scotch College Ade- 11:00am Scotch College, Main Oval fort, winning at least five game-saving contests across half-back to keep the Vic side laide goalless. Palumbieri kicked a banana from the boundary that hit the post to give us 10B 8:30am Xavier College, Plunkett Oval the lead, which we held on to until the final siren. It was a fantastic team effort for four 10C BYE consistent quarters – each boy who played should be very proud. 9A BYE 9B St Kevin's Green 9:00am Scotch College, Meares Oval Goals: Palumbieri 2, Edwards 2, Fraser-Smith 2, Adams, Morrisby Best: Schilling, Edwards, Cormac, Palumbieri, Papapetrou, T Loveridge, C Loveridge, 8A1 St Kevin's 11:00am Scotch College, Meares Oval Nguyen, Fraser-Smith, Wilson 8B Xavier College Kostka 10:15am Xavier College, Kostka Hall Oval Special thanks: Mr Mark Maughan and Mr Peter Brown Hall 8C Geelong College 10:00am Scotch College, Lower East JOSH MCNEILL (Teacher in Charge, Year 7 Football) 7A1 Grammar 8:30am Scotch College, Lower East 7B St Kevin's FRI St Kevin's, Oval 1 4:00pm 7C 10:30am Haileybury Edrington Oval, Berwick