Week by week news

May 27 2007.

Cottesloe 9’s.
In a wind affected match against West Coast Red at home, Cottesloe 9s again showed their strength and depth as a team. Captain for the day Noah Dillon won the toss and elected to kick with the breeze. Monte Nathan opened the account with a goal from a sound mark at full forward. Goals rained at the windward end including two from Michael Fowler. Josh Bennett played well all day and tirelessly chased and tackled well in the last quarter against the breeze. Jack Leaversuch and Harrison Wroth were strong contributors. Special congratulations to Tristan King and Lachy Duke who volunteered to play for the opposition who were short of players. Both played really well. The game was capped off nicely with our first rendition of the club song, led off nicely by the dulcet tones of our closet crooner John Prior.

Cottesloe 10 ’s.
With the under 10's backing up on last weeks fabulous game v Dalkieth/Nedlands, we hosted the local Derby against Mosman Park. With wind at 20knots + and rain threatening, the team was pumped to back up last weeks thumping. >From bounce down the boys were on their game with 2 goals against the wind while the defense stood tall and keep Mossie's goalless. This really set the tone for the game and continued with the whole team showing good skills, support for their team mates and a determination throughout to win the ball in contests in deteriorating conditions. I'm proud of the entire team for their effort throughout the 4 quarters and good sportsmanship. Many thanks to our dedicated runner - Rob Newman, (who run hard all game - even in the rain), Goal ump - Mal McTavish, Manager -Stephen Power, the duty parents and the ever supporting spectators.
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Cottesloe 11’s.
Sometimes Sunday morning at the local junior footy game is like going to Church. Supernatural gifts are revealed.

It was like that half way through the first quarter at College Park. Cottesloe were three goals down but pushing forward, when Jack Birchmore stood alone, twenty-five metres out from goal and about a hundred metres away from the nearest human being, raised his arms perfectly to the heavens and took the ball, like a sacrament, into his cool outstretched fingers. (Your fingers get like that when you are playing full forward on an overcast day with a chill factor on the breeze and only Tony Grist in a goal umpires coat to keep you company while the play is all down the other end).

Jack knew he could have turned around and run into an open goal and he knew Coach Goodlet would tell him so at quarter time. But when the white board says you are the Full Forward and the Sherrin arrives in your hands with DESTINY written on it in big black letters, you do what Jack did. With the ball in one hand, you hold up the palm of the other (the one that in years to come will have a glove on it) to signal to the world: ” I’m a Full Forward and I’m going to do what a Full Forward does. I’m going on the long slow walk to the top of my mark, where I’ll turn, face the big sticks, lean slightly forward, twirl the ball a couple of times in my two hands, move in with unshakeable focus and kick long, kick through, and kick truly. I can do nothing else.” As he moved in, the wind stopped to watch, women on the sidelines stopped talking about the colours of new curtains, and yes, just so you won’t be disappointed in this account of the event, the clouds parted. It was special. And young Jack, Full Forward, celebrated the revelation with teammates who had delivered the gift into his hands, running from everywhere hoping they were worthy to touch the hem of his footy jumper.

How would you like to be Claremont? Three goals up, thinking you are the chosen people, only to end up as humble witnesses to someone’s else’s glory. The second quarter was like that. Cottesloe ran rampant, kicking what seemed like thirty six goals but was probably six. If it wasn’t Birchmore threading them through, it was Jezza or Agie or Elmo. If others weren’t kicking goals, they were taking kicks in the back or in Matt Eton’s case, the face - taking it for the team. They’re not choir boys this group but they were moving in sixteen-part harmony for fifteen minutes and it was just heavenly to watch. Play of the Day for this week goes to Coach Goodlet. Seeing Wounded Tashi about to be stretchered off up on the half-back flank, he slipped Big Nick Banks off the bench and onto the field straight into the path of the ball before the defence – or the umpire – even knew he was there. (Pastor Matt will take confession on Thursday night Brad).

Speaking of the joy of watching gifted junior footballers, did you notice the talents of the little blonde rover for Claremont, No 3. He combined natural speed, vision and evasion with long accurate passing by hand and foot. His name is Charlie Evans, nicknamed Chilly. I just call him ‘good’. Good Evans! So, who will be the next revelation. It’s a great thing in the life of a boy when he discovers his abilities.You’d skip Church to see it - at Broome St on June 10th when we take on the Mossie Park Redbacks.
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Cottesloe 12’s.
The Cottesloe 12’s ventured to College Park to take on the Claremont side in showery and at times breezy conditions. Dave Prendiville made the mistake of wearing shorts and runners and as a result was volunteered to umpire the match when the official did not show. Despite the loss of a couple of key position players to injury and rotation, the Magpies were confident of a good showing based on results in previous seasons – perhaps too confident.

After a sluggish start the Magpies were relieved to be even with Claremont on the scoreboard at quarter time and having shown some improvement in the second quarter should be disappointed to have not kicked away by half time. Inaccurate kicking for goal, inefficient team play in the forward line, some lack of discipline across the centre and occasional loose play in defence enabled Claremont to hang on to be even with the Magpies at half time.

The remainder of the match was tight on the scoreboard but Claremont snatching victory late in the game was a fair result in light of what was one of our team’s less inspiring performances. Over the four quarters Claremont worked harder, were more desperate to take possession and having got hold of the ball were more efficient in their disposal. The Magpie players tended to drift in and out of the game with their intensity fluctuating, did not do the team oriented things they are known for and tended to live in hope that someone else would sort things out for them. Several good ball winners were regularly caught in possession because they failed to take their first good opportunity for disposal, over-finessed and were caught.

Better talking (and listening) will sort this out before the next game. Consistent good players were hard to find this week but Christian Fini and Nick Watkins worked hard and effectively all day. Many players including Marcus Coli, Campbell Sullivan, Sam Lyons, James Watkins, Jack Prendiville, Taylor Tchircop and Angus McMillan were good in patches. Magpie of the match was clearly Dave Prendiville as umpire!
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Cottesloe 14’s.
Game 6 this year was against Wembley Downs. It was all hands to the pump for the Magpies. We were missing several boys through injury this week (Taylor Harris, George Simpson, Charles Robinson), one boy on school camp (Ben Power) and of course we have one long term injury (Hugo Breakey).

The Magpies played a wonderful game to go down by a couple of goals. Clearly the best game of the year for the Magpies this year. We have a great rivalry with Wembley Downs. Last year they slaughtered us in game 1, we got over them in game 2 and they knocked us out of the finals – hitting the front and staying there with 5 minutes to go. Wembley Downs are a very strong team this year.

They have a very committed group of hard ball playing boys and a lot of tall boys. We really struggled with them and it was a great contest between 2 very hard teams who went very hard at the ball all day. A pleasing part of the game for the Magpies was how we played “smart”. Against a team that had a huge height advantage and on a big ground there was no point in kicking the ball high to packs. The Magpies played a “small” game plan superbly and controlled large parts of the game; turning it into a hard running contest where pace was the key. Playing that game plan was tough on a day where we only had 18 players available, especially as Wembley Downs had their full squad and ran lots of players off the bench. BUT – all boys played great games. There was not a single contest shirked.

Not an easy possession for Wembley Downs all day. Plenty of hard tackling, chasing, running and shepherding. Pretty much every boy in the team had his best game for 2007, and several of the boys played their best game for the Magpies ever. Because all boys played so well, it is hard to pick out only a few for mention; but boys who got a special mention for this game included: PJ Young – he as taken out of his comfort zone this week. He has played a lot of footy at half forward but this week lined up at half back. He was sensational. His attack on the ball on the ground and in the air was inspirational. He put in the shepherd of the year (so far), a bone rattler that was heard at Rottnest.

As his confidence grew he was unstoppable. Matthew Goyder – dependable and hard running as ever. He took on several players through the mid-field and was running as hard at the end as the start. He has introduced a few tricks into his game in recent times (a step, a swerve, a feign) which he uses in close to great effect; and importantly without overusing the ball or holding onto it for too long. Lauchie Clough – battled all day in the ruck against 3 or 4 boys who were much taller. He committed his body to every contest and ran hard all day. With a bit of luck could have had a couple of goals. Likely the best big man on the ground.

Danglo and Zanglo played strong games – kept pressure on all day. Dominic Donaldson has hard and tough as ever; took 3 overhead marks!!! Tim Gregg played his best game for the year. Will Kohlen was majestic as ever – his judgment in the air is a thing of beauty. Lewis Buckland worked hard all day and is developing into a dangerous small forward. A great effort all round. After a slow start to the year the boys are now really working hard and well as a team. This game and last week’s game are a real measure of where the boys have got to. The Magpies are well and truly in the contest. The spectators loved the game.

It was great to watch a game played hard, without compromise, with passion and vigour. Most importantly, it was a game played in good spirits. All players from both teams congratulated the opposition after the game for a battle well fought. Another game well umpired this year, against worthy and well organised opposition with good sportsmanship all round. All boys from both sides were a credit to their team and club.
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May 23 2007.

Cottesloe 13's.
13s Wednesday 23 May Under Lights!! In a tense arm wrestle under lights at Claremont Showgrounds Wednesday night , the Cott Magpies prevailed in the clash of the undefeated . Cott 4-8 defeated Sorrento 2-9 . James Diamond kicked 2 goals and dominated the ruck in a great team performance . Best players were , James Diamond , Gideon Forward , Sam Thomson , James Adams , Harry Breidahl , James Knox and Mac Cole . The team has the following 2 Sundays off and will next play North Beach on Sun June 10 .

May 20 2007.

Cottesloe 9’s.
After a fairly even first half, the Cottesloe 9’s produced an outstanding third quarter against Scarborough Sea Eagles at Scarborough and continued to dominate through to the final siren. The teamwork was excellent once again and there were strong performances all over the ground. Special mention must be made of Noah Dillon’s tenacious efforts throughout the game and of course Josh Greenwood’s torpedo goal from the boundary line. Other strong contributors were Tristan King, Griff Owen, Michael Fowler, Hugo Campbell and the ever reliable Lachy Yeo who was captain for the day. Well done everyone.

Cottesloe 10's Rebound and Hand Out a Drubbing.
Whilst scoring is banned from the 10's competition, for those in the know, Cottesloe came back from just missing out in a 2 point thriller against Wembley the week before to hand out an absolute thashing to Dalkeith Nedlands on Sunday. The non-official non-existent scorer had to put down his pen as it was too painful to keep scoring. Dalkeith Nedlands only troubled the umpire with a solitary point while Cottesloe booted goal after goal. The Cott boys showed that champion coaches Richard Simpson and David Evans may in fact know something about footy, although its a long season so we will wait and see on that one. Congratulations go to the boys who did not lose a contested ball all day and who kept to their positions notwithstanding the back line did get a little tiresome at times. Richard and David adopted the slightly novel approach of mentioning every boy in the team as being outstanding but, for once, it was probably deserved. On a slightly more serious note, the opposition did mention that the thing which most impressed them was not the prodigious scoring ability of Cott but the sportsmanship in which the game was played. All in all a perfect day, especially given the quality of the sausage sizzle afterwards put on by Dalkeith, so perhaps not a complete loss to them.
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Cottesloe 11’s Turn on the Power.
Having won about a thousand games in a row, the 11’s decided to try a new challenge this week…to see if they could also be the best come-from-behind team in the league. So they gave West Coast Red a couple of their own players (to even up the numbers) who followed the unusual game plan perfectly and immediately started kicking goals for the opposition. By the second quarter West Coast were starting to enjoy the fine conditions, with some desperate team play and eye-catching individual efforts. They put some distance on the scoreboard and set Cottesloe the perfect challenge. By three quarter time, the Magpies were staring at a four goal deficit and the prospect of a loss. Coach Goodlet fired up for his most impressive pep talk of the season so far, telling the boys that he could sniff a famous victory. The stats man, the scorers and the goal umpire at the Magpies were all told to load up on the Powerade during the break because the last quarter would be torrid for them. And so it was. The Magpies midfield went into overdrive and formed the Great Wall of Western Australia across the centreline, pumping the ball repeatedly deep into attack. There were some great contests, each lunging tackle and courageous mark applauded by the excited crowd and each point or wayward kick accompanied by a groan as the tension mounted. The only person who didn’t seem to understand how this game was supposed to end was the timekeeper who blew the siren with the Magpies still behind by a slim margin. Well done to West Coast Red on a great win! This week’s training should be intense and you wouldn’t want to be Claremont next Sunday when the Maggies run out seeking to avenge their first loss in a season and a half.

Cottesloe12's.
The Magpie 12’s played North Beach at Cottesloe Oval Sunday and again welcomed the opportunity to use a bigger oval. Our dual focus this week was on outnumbering the opposition at the ball and being prepared to take risks. The coaching staff was concerned pre-game that much of the team seemed a little flat and perhaps not ready for the game but our doubts were soon dispelled by a bright opening. With Adrian Partridge controlling the ruck our brigade of fast skilled, smaller players provided good ball to a hard working forward line. Our half back line provided plenty of dash out of defence led by Will Brogan, Christian Fini and Angus McMillan. After a short lapse in concentration during the third quarter when North Beach scored a few goals the team recovered its work rate to kick away and win well. A big game from strong marking Tom Stewart at centre half forward and excellent pace and skills from Andrew Ford, Nick Watkins and Hugo Timms inspired a good team win.

Cottesloe 13's.
13s Cotts amazing start to the season continues with a resounding win over west coast on the weekend. Cott 22-16 def West Coast 1-2. This now makes 4 wins from 4 starts. Henry Masel kicked 8 goals in solid all round team performance . Best players were Henry Masel, James Diamond , James Adams, Jack Fetherby , James Knox and Tom Walton. This Wed night we play Sorrento in the re– scheduled rnd 1 clash at Claremont showgrounds with both sides undefeated . Game commences at 6pm.
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May 13 2007

Cotteloe 13s.
Cott remains unbeaten for the season so far, winning 3rd game in a row. Cott 14-8 defeated Warwick 1-3. Best players - Sam Thomson, Jack Fetherby, Harrison Tyler, James Knox and Harry Mcgregor . playing west coast at home this Sun 20th at 11-30 at Cottesloe.

May 11 2007

Cottesloe 12's.
last Saturday when the Cottesloe 12’s represented Claremont against Swan Districts in the little league game at half time. The team had a convincing win and it was a great experience enjoyed by our players and supporters. [more photos]



Cottesloe 9's.
Cottesloe 9’s had a big day out on Mother’s Day against Mosman Park in what some considered to be a local Derby. Our team played exceptionally well and displayed great skills throughout the game. Isabelle Grist was captain for the day and lead by example with another strong performance. Jack Leaversuch was everywhere and demonstrated some accurate and unselfish passing in the forward line. Every player contributed strongly to the outcome. As we don’t keep scores or focus too much on them??, I wont say to much about the scoreline other than to suggest that if there had been a sheep station riding on the game, we came out as very comfortable graziers.

Cottesloe 12's.
Cottesloe 12’s had their first home game for the season Sunday against West Coast and clearly the boys enjoyed getting back in to the sea air! With no other Cottesloe teams playing at home we had use of the whole oval which suited our running style of game. Pre-match emphasis was on a team commitment rather than individual performance and today was an excellent team effort. All players played well and were prepared to be involved all day. The team clearly benefited from the short but classy and emphatic win the day before in the little league at Claremont Oval.

Jack Prendiville led the team well today, Hugo Timms was his usual tigerish self, Tom Stewart controlled the ruck, Karl Sarich, Will Brogan and James Watkins were unpassable in the backline and Taylor Chircop chipped in with 3 goals. A solid 4 quarter display saw Cottesloe win by about 40 points to kick start our season which until today had been stuck in second gear.
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May 6 2007

Cottesloe 9's.
The 9s came up against a hard tackling and running Wembley side on the weekend who were all over us in the first half. The Magpies fought their way back into the game in the second half and had plenty of scoring shots in what was a crowded forward line. All credit to the team for their huge lift and effort in the second half.

Cottesloe 11's.
Last Sunday was much better weather for our game against Dalkieth/Nedlands. Heavy dew made the ball very slippery for all until about 1/2 time, and the Dalkieth defence was strong in the first half. The Magpies managed to kick away in the second half as the ground dried out, and our mid field showed plenty of strength. A great effort by all players, and the hotdogs at the conclusion were pretty good too! The 11s mothers are all very pleased to have a team bye this Sunday!!
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