Match report

Match report

Hahndorf U12 vs Woodside Warriors U12 Gold

While the weather forecast did not look promising heading into the weekend by the time Saturday arrived the sun was shining and looked promising for a great game.

The players met and held a minutes silence in memory of Rob Kirkpatrick. It was an emotional start showing tribute to a legendary man of the club.

The starting whistle blew and it was game on! Hahndorf came out strong and it didn’t take long before Hahndorf’s Blane Balcom scored the first goal. Angus Misfud, Joash Ng and Jet Zahra were strong in defence with Woodside struggling to get the ball down their end. Balcom was persistent and was rewarded with another shot on goal which narrowly missed. Woodside had a strong throw in with Misfud gaining control for Hahndorf. Toby Perkins and Zahra had several strong kicks in succession ensuring the ball went toward Hahndorf’s end. Ryley Neumann had control of the ball and eyed off the goals but was not able to convert. Luca Cannavo got the ball to Jacob Neumann who scored the next goal. In an exciting match Henri Bjordal had a great tussel with a woodside player and managed to maintain control of the ball and passed to Zack Schwarz who had an attempt on goal and unfortunately the ball sailed over the top of the goals. Woodside managed to break through defence and sneakily got a goal past Pepe Zahra. With only minutes to go Schwarz attempted a final goal with the ball being caught by Woodside.

5 minutes into the second half, Ryley Neumann kicked a fast ball straight into the back of the net. Hahndorfs score was quickly met with a goal by Woodside. Hahndorf was on fire with Liam Sickerdick showing great determination by running the ball to Hahndorfs end with help from Mifsud it got to Neumann, J who converted it into another goal. Within minutes Neumann, J kicked the ball backward over his head, narrowly missing goal where the ball landed to Neumann, R who was unlucky to convert. After some great play by all players on the field Neumann, J was able to score another goal. Sickerdick’s determination was again rewarded with a strong kick seeing the ball sail over the goalies head. Woodside’s goalie threw the ball in where Cooper Liddle gained control and in great skill ran the ball down the field to Hahndorf’s end. The Neumann brothers finished a great game with another goal each to their name.

Hahndorf would like to thank Woodside for a great game and the Umpires and Coaches.