Issue 24/2015 10 Sept 15 Junior End of Season Celebrations/Award Presentations Saturday 19 September Players and siblings 4– 12yrs From midday, with fun on-field activities Cost $5 per child (includes for player: presentation award(s), team photo, access to play equipment & lunch) Under 14 & 16 Team Dinner at 6:30pm Working Bee- Cost $20 per head please buy ticket before 14 September Sun 13 Sept. From (includes presentations, 2 course buffet dinner) 9am to spruce up the clubhouse for Junior End of Under 18 Team arrangements tba Season events. ! A draw with Box Hill was just enough to get 2nd placed U12s reach Eltham Under Grand Final! 12 Team into Grand Finals. Please cheer them on this Saturday as they take on Southern at their own home ground. Junior Semi–Final Results Junior Finals (U11– U18B)—Sat 12 Sept. Junior Grand Finals (U11 - U18B) Sat 5 September U12 Box Hill 17 vs. 17 Eltham VENUE: Southern Districts Rugby Club, Riviera U16 Harlequins 31 vs 5 Eltham Park, Eel Race Road, Seaford (Melways 97 F10) U18 – Shepparton 44 vs 19 Eltham Div 12B Southern Districts vs. Eltham More players needed please ID check 9:35am Kick off 10am contact Presentation 11.05am [email protected] 50 (2x25) minute game Training continues from midday every Sunday Principal Sponsors 2015 DOVAGATE U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Under 12 Team Semi Final - 5 Sept 15 Photos by Andy Brown We played Box Hill and drew 17- 17. Eltham went through as we were higher on the ladder. A very nerve wracking and exciting game in which our boys played a very strong first half. The second half saw Box Hill come back very strongly to keep Eltham scoreless in the second half. 2 tries scored by Lincoln Kamalabaskaran and one try by Rueben Rhodes. Macaulay Cox converted one try. Eltham U12's face Southern Districts next Saturday at Southern Districts for what should a very hard fought final. Roz MORE INFORMATION U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown MORE INFORMATION U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown JC Report & Message from Under 12s Re: Finals It was a great weekend of hard fought rugby from three of threat by keeping Quins scoreless in the first half and our Eltham teams on semi final weekend. leading 5-0. Unfortunately, the second half had Quins U12 (2) played Box Hill (3) in a ferociously contested game finding the chalk and putting on 31 unanswered points. with each side trading try for try. Box Hill went out to a 7 Coach Bully Shaw was full of praise for the efforts these boys point lead early in the first half and Eltham replied 5 minutes have shown all year and especially in the Semi-final. later and then went on to post another 2 backline tries The U18 side has become very used to their opposition this through Lincoln and Reuben for a half time lead of 17-12. year and have spent many hours in plotting the downfall of The encounter then got very tight with Box Hill pushing deep the Shepparton side in the semi-final, but alas, it was not to into Eltham territory and finally being rewarded with a try be on Saturday. The game was a high scoring affair with the after having one disallowed. The kick was unsuccessful and final score 44-19 with a lot of attacking flair from the Eltham the scored remained 17 all. The last 10 minutes were a boys but unfortunately its hard to defend the line breaks titanic struggle with neither side getting close to the line and with less than 15 players, so Shep will go through to meet the scoreline reflected a tough game with 17-17 the final Harlequins next Sat and Eltham will hope some of these U18 score. As Eltham finished 2nd, they progress to the Grand boys will go on to represent the club next year in the senior Final and play Southern Districts on Sat 12th at Southern ranks. Districts (Eel Race Rd, Seaford) at 9.50am REMINDERS: The other 2 semi's featured the U16 and U18 teams and ELTHAM U12 at Seaford THIS SATURDAY were very high calibre matches as you would expect from Eltham sides. End of Season function is Saturday 19th September and there is a club working bee on Sunday 13th September, so Our U16 boys have shown their potential all year but just please come down and support your club. haven't done it consistently enough for the full 60mins. This time against Harlequins, they showed that they were a real David Taylor - JC Message from UnderMORE INFORMATION 12 Team Manager —Steve Cox: Congratulations to Etham U12s who have played their way many people from the Eltham club as possible could make the into the Grand Final being hosted at Southern this coming trip to Southern to get behind us to even things up. Saturday. Fate would have it we meet Southern Districts in the Location: Southern Districts RC, Riviera Park, Eel Race Road, final at their home ground but the boys are up for what should Seaford. Kick off 10.00am - Field 2 be a greatly contested game. The team would love it if as Steve Cox U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Sponsor Advert resi is a proud sponsor of Eltham Rugby Union Football Club MORE INFORMATION U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown U16 Match Report from Semi Finals - 5 Sept Under 16 Semi Final pay dividends. Eltham 5 v 31 Harlequins After several minutes of Endeavour Hills sustained pressure Lachy 5 September 2015 Farquharson crashed over out wide, unfortunately Daniel just After a solid week of missed the conversion but scores preparation it was time to were level and the confidence in travel to Endeavour Hills to face the boys was seen to grow. Harlequins in the Semi Final. The rest of the half was played For the first time since round 1 between both 22’s with both we were able to field our sides trying to get the upper strongest team plus a few hand. reserves. With half time approaching the tension in the crowd In the dressing room prior to was starting to build as the travelling band of Eltham the game you could sense the supporters were witnessing a team of boys that were feeling of nerves and anticipation of what was ahead of us. putting their bodies on line every phase. The forecast rain managed to clear prior to kick off so we were hoping for some dry weather rugby. The game didn’t start the way we wanted with Quins putting the kick off deep into our 22 and after some sustained pressure they forced a knock on. From the scrum Quins crashed over to take a 0-5 lead. As the half time whistle sounded it was time to regroup and catch our breath. The Eltham boys decided to show their character and the assembled crowd that they were not going to lay down and give up easily. From the restart Eltham really began to build some pressure through the forwards and then spread the ball wide and attack through the back line. With the ever growing penalty count in favour of Eltham our ploy to tap and run anything in the Quins half was starting to The second half commenced where the first half finished with both teams not giving an inch. After a 10 minute arm wrestle Quins managed to cross near the posts and with a successful conversion they took a 5-12 lead. As the boys have done all year they didn’t drop their heads and MORE INFORMATION continued to play strong and hard. Eltham continued to apply pressure trying to pin back the 7 point deficit. U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown U16 Dalai picked for Rebels U17 Sevens Team With ten minutes group of young men grow and mature during the year and remaining Quins scored not just on the rugby paddock. against the run of play to extend their lead. With the clock running down Quins managed to score two more late tries to finish with a 5-31 win and advanced to the grand final. The final score was no indication of the game and Eltham were in the game until the last 10 minutes. The boys played with courage and heart and During the season these boys have trained hard and really made Quins work for improved with every week they have never dropped their their win. heads, even when playing short sided. They should all be very Although we didn’t make proud of their efforts and their improvement. the grand final I am so Bully proud to have seen this MORE INFORMATION Amongst those selected is Eltham U16 Dalai Maniti—well done Dalai everyone is proud of your success. Hearty Congratulations! U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Melbourne Rebels Trials http://www.melbournerebels.com.au/community/elite-programs/junior-gold-cup Buses to Melbourne Rising v Greater Sydney Rams game, Saturday 19 September On Saturday 19 September the Melbourne Rising team heads to Latrobe City Sports Stadium, Morwell for its 2.00pm Buildcorp National Rugby Championship game against Greater Sydney Rams. Note the curtain-raiser at 11.30am will feature Cerberus Rugby Club and Puckapunyal Boars Rugby to celebrate armed services rugby in Victoria. In response to a number of inquiries, Rebels Community Rugby is pleased to offer a number of buses travelling to Morwell from the rugby clubs listed below . Southern Districts Rugby Club, Eel Race Rd, Seaford Harlequins RUC, Holmesglen Reserve, Power Avenue Ashwood MORE INFORMATION Melbourne Unicorns RUFC, 580 Orrong Rd, Armadale Tickets are $30 which includes ground entry and on- line bookings will be available through the Melbourne Rising ticket platform from this afternoon until COB Wednesday 16 September.