Southern River Hockey Club

HAWK EYE
Southern River Hockey Club Vol.3 Ed 12

CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF HERE ?
DO YOU WANNA SEE YOURSELF IN PARADISE?
Then register your interest for MYALUP 2009. Please see Janson Hoskins to secure yourself a spot for our pre –season training camp on Jan31/Feb 1 2009. The cost will be the same as last year $100 and this will give you a warm comfortable bed in 5 star luxury for 2 nights and an exclusive Myalup 2009 polo shirt. Just ask the guys who went last year and they will tell you what a great time was had. Hurry, spots are filling fast. A $50 deposit MUST accompany your booking. Spots are limited and it will be on a first come first served basis. This weekend is a perfect opportunity to bond with your team mates and have a great time on the best beach in the world !!

On behalf on Nina Keane and the entire Southern River Hawks we extend our sincere appreciation to Alanha Ansett for her fantastic response to an unfortunate accident last Thursday at the club. Thank you Alanha for your compassion and professionalism.

THE GAMES
The Ladies Challege Cup Report- Paula Westell

Hawks 2 vs Kwinana 1

We should have known the odds were against us when before we had even started playing we were in a spot of bother with Gail our most ‘experienced player’ (oldest) on the team trying to fit into her 9yo daughters uniform lucky for Gail (US) Tilly had a spare cosy in Gail’s size (phew) then in our warm up jog Jacinta managed to fall over a huge obstacle (her feet) and land somehow squarely on her backside, but there were three things in our favour, Alanah had worked out what day it was and turned up to play (unlike Thursday night), Karyn had found 10cents on the ground which she quickly secured in her sock and the Vets plus other club members, partners and friends had come to cheer us on and we needed every bit of it as Kwinana were quick off the blocks and wanted to score. Our backline of Gail, Tash and Lou were being hammered left, right and centre. Tash (Goalkeeper) seemed to almost be in two or three places at once, running, diving, chasing and saving certain goals. Gail and Lou cleared the ball (most of the time) only to see it back again soon after. Once we were over the initial shock we took control of the game and definitely had our opportunities to score and we did with Ang nailing a shot at goals. Kwinana persisted and their short play was excellent but the Hawks kept the pressure on them and were soon wearing them down and winning the ball, with mounting forward pressure it was only a matter of time before the next goal was scored. Tanase had a couple of excellent runs down the left and was nearly rewarded with a well picked up mid-air ball which had her almost score a fabulous goal but unfortunately the goalie couldn’t get out of the way quick enough and then it happened some quick thinking from Alanah saw Paula run onto a well weighted pass to score the second goal and give the Hawks some breathing space. The Hawks held on to a 2 – nil lead until the dying seconds of the game when Kwinana scored their only goal off a short corner. With the win now under our belts we were off to celebrate with champagne and some dirty entertainment provided by Lou with a well performed dive across a very large mud pit. Well played by everyone and congratulations on our second Challenge Cup Pennant !!
Best on Ground: The entire team
Goal Scorers: Ang 1, Paula 1

The Ladies 26/7/08-Paula Westell
Hawks 4 vs Kwinana 0

What a complete turn around from last week, it was great to be apart of a full team effort. Everyone played an excellent game but still some stood out above others. Alanah was on fire (already pumped from her earlier rugby game) and on target scoring our first two goals off short corners. Jacinta was in a new position as left inner due to a foot injury to Hayley and she shone although we thought the majority of our team were defensive players Jacinta proved us wrong and was ever hungry for the ball and to score, and score she did with a lovely sweep shot into goals (Hayley had better watch out). The half back line was as usual dominant with Karyn and Jo in control, and no black eyes to Karyn this week, but when Kwinana did get the break away Gail was on song picking the players off one by one and clearing the ball, however Gail you are not supposed to deliberately stop the ball with your foot, well not that obviously!! Lou was also stead fast in defense clearing the ball with precision yet again and our stand in goalie did a marvelous job, there were times when I thought Kwinana would score a certain goal against us and yet Helen managed to get boot or stick to the ball and clear it out. A big thanks to Helen for standing in as goalkeeper, well done, much appreciated!! Ang, Paula and Tanase (our so called forwards) had better start getting some goals we are all well overdue, fancy being beaten by a part timer!! Lets keep up this momentum for next week. Well played team !!
Best on Ground: Jacinta, Karyn, Alanah, Jo
Goal Scorers: Alanah 2, Jacinta 1, Karyn 1

The Ones 19/7/08 and 26/7/08-Barry Vanderputt
1’s Vs Dale 19/7/08
The 1’s, coming off a good win over Riverside the previous week, were up against Dale well below them on the ladder
Due to a change in the fixtures, we were without Brad in goals & David Vanderputt had to fill in at late notice. (extremely late notice, we had a kicking fullback for the 1st
10 minutes)
Dale put considerable pressure on the defence early which resulted in a goal which beat a diving keeper.
This goal stung the Hawkes into action. Passes were strung together thru the midfield which resulted in a number of short corner & field goal opportunities. 3 goals were scored relatively quickly by a Hawkes side keen not to be flustered & determined to play a composed brand of hockey.
Half time score 3 – 1 up.
The 2nd half was one way traffic with total dominance by the Hawkes. A young Dale defence (also missing their regular experienced keeper) was now under constant pressure & could not hold out an attack that had plenty of opportunities. A memorable goal was the highlight of the 2nd half with Paul Bailey executing a fine pass from the extreme right to Daniel Keane at the top of the circle. End result being a clinical finish.
Final score Hawkes 7 Dale 1
Goal scorers Lee Hansord 3 Paul Bailey 2 Daniel Keene 1 Jono Lanzon 1
As a separate issue, I had to umpire on the day. It was disappointing to note the calls of unfair umpiring from the opposition sideline. While I no doubt would have made some mistakes, I’ve never deliberately favored one side, never have & never will. Particularly against a club I’ve played for & proud to be associated with for so many years.

1’s V’s Uni 27/7/08
The 1st 10 to 15 minutes saw the Hawkes get a number of opportunities which could not be converted on the score board.
Uni slowly worked their way into the game with a number of short-corners & a goal late in the 1st half. It wasn’t long after when a quick free hit found left wing Clinton Laurentsch at full pace at the top of the circle. Unfortunately a stinging shot whistled just wide of the post.
Half time score – 1 nil down
The 2nd half saw both sides trying to gain the ascendancy by winning the tough battle in the midfield. Captain Lee Hansord workrate at right inner & intensity over the ball was exceptional. James Gradisen once again cruised the midfield pulling off some trademark low to the ground “indoor-like” tackles.
Uni scored again late in the 2nd half which took the sting out of the game then scored again with a few minutes to go.
In the end, Uni worthy winners on the day. The Hawkes effort could not be questioned but it was not to be our day.
Final score Uni 3 Hawkes 0
Best players Lee Hansord James Gradisen Clinton Laurentsch.
Special thanks to Guy Hoskin. Came as a spectator but brought the gear along just in case. Guy played the last 20 minutes of the game. You never know what will happen on the day!
Heathy – getting a reputation as a calm & collected ump! Another sound display with few questions asked by both sides.

The Vets-Lloyd Jones

The Vets team who are on top of the table took on third placed Hale on their patch. Following the robust and physical encounter in the 1st round we felt a bit vulnerable given that we were going into the game without our regular fullback Len Davies, forward Paul Dixey our marathon runner Colin (rat) and our regular goal keeper John Zimdahl. On the plus side we welcome a new recruit and experienced player to the club, Jeff Anderson and Kevin Pethick who came along to assist the side.
We started the game with 10 players for the 1st 20 minutes until Naveen Holt arrived to the rescue. Despite being a player short the team played excellent hockey with some good drive from mainly the right thanks to some penetrating drives from right wing Mike Nicholas. However, much against the run of play Hale managed to put away two goals in the 1st half.
Despite being 2 goals down the team appeared calm at the half time break with constructive comments in identifying ways of getting back into the game. Unfortunately at about the 15 minute mark Hale scored their third goal. With about 10 minutes of the game remaining the team’s persistence and continuous pressure on the Hale defense started to produce results. The Hawkes got their 1st goal from a typical reverse stick sizzler from Trenty that gave the goalie no chance. The second and third goals came from well struck shots at goal from Kevin – one from a short corner and the other a well struck field goal. The scores were level and with the team’s confidence running high, the scent of victory permeated the air. With about 3 minutes to go and the immense pressure on, Hale conceded a short corner. The short corner was well hit out by Phil Hewton to Barry Vanderputt, who trapped the ball and realized that his winger was on song, passed the ball to him – Mike pinned his ears back and struck the ball firmly at the goalie who could do no more than deflect the ball into the goal. Not to be denied Hale almost got one back in the dying seconds of the game only to be met with some resolute goalkeeping from Dave Vanderputt.
It was one of the great comebacks I have witnessed and a wonderful team effort – our full back led by Dave Frost and Barry were solid so were our half line led by Kev, Jeff Anderson and Steve Airey. The two inners in Phil Hewton and Colin Stewart worked hard and so did our goal sneak/freak Trenty and also our two wingers Mike and Naveen. An excellent win, coated with true grit and character.
Best players – Kevin Pethick; Barry Vanderputt and Phil Hewton.
Goal Scorer/s – Kevin Pethick (2); John Trent (1) and Mike Nicholas (1)

Under 11 Blue-Paula Westell
Hawks Blue 0 vs Kalamunda 5

The score line definitely was not a true representation of how the game was played with the Hawks 85% of the time in forward attack. There were some excellent scoring opportunities created by Ethan, Isobel, Jasmin, Gurkami and Manvir with Ethan and Isobel very unfortunate not to have two or three goals against their names. Emily and Zac were dominant in defence with Emily improving in leaps and bounds with each game, she will make an excellent full back. Unfortunately the half back line wavered and this is where Kalamunda were able to capitalize on some breakaways. Brodie was excellent in goals but was no match for some of the goliath players in the Kalamunda team. In a couple of years Brodie will definitely be a force to be reckoned with. Well played team, if you keep up that excellent team play and forward pressure it will only be a matter of time before those goals are hitting the oppositions back board.

The Twos-Barry Romaro
Southern River twos V’s Old Aquinians
“The One That Got Away”
The mighty Two’s have struggled for numbers for the last couple of weeks so we were looking forward to playing with a full strength side, it was not to be with Barry failing to get over his wrist injury. This caused a big change as no other team member had played full back before. With the changes done we looked like a new side with Clive and Rex as our full backs Quinton in a unknown position of left half Peter trying out left inner and Rhys playing his first game for us at right wing.
As always spirits were high and we started well. It was not long before dizzy had one the score board
And this should have been the start of better things to come but it was not. We penetrated their defense with ease time and time again without scoreboard gain. The half time whistle saw us going in at one all. We spoke at half time about our need to get the shot away when in the Dee and entered the second half with vigor. Old Aquinians shocked us into reality by belting in the first goal of the second half, putting them in the lead by two goals to one. This was the test we needed, as we have not lead in a game and then let it slip away and I could tell by the boy’s effort we were not going to let that happen today.
We attacked their defense for the entire second half and finally we knocked in another goal
Now we had evened up the score line up all we had to do was pop another goal in but today was not our day. We just did not make anything from our chances when we carried the ball into the oppositions Dee. We chose three players for best player’s honors today but I would also like to mention Conner, Peter, Quinton and Rex for their ability to play well in new and very foreign positions. Some extra work at training wont go amiss and I am sure the guy’s are prepared to do it.
Last but not least thanks very much to Daniel Keane for umpiring our game today.

Goal Scorers: Simon Gillespie 2
Best players: Clive Reader 3 votes
Simon Gillespie 2 votes
David Gibb 1 votes

FEES FEES FEES FEES FEES
I know its well into the 2nd round of fixtures and the finals are rapidly approaching, but we still have some members who have not paid their fees or made an arrangement to. This is not acceptable and those offenders may find themselves not playing come finals time !!!! The club pays ALL fees due to the Council and HockeyWA so we can play each week and then its up to us to pay our dues to the club. We are a club with pride and character and our members make us proud. Do the righty and sort yourself out if you haven’t done so already.

GOT SOMETHING TO SAY- EMAIL ME AT
VICJAN1201@BIGPOND.COM (LOWER CASE) AND I WILL PRINT IT. Keep those jokes coming but please clean them up as our juniors read this publication !!

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Last week the Hawks saw themselves take on local rival club Dale in the second Hawks-Dale derby match in the Provisional 2 Gold competition. Once again the day and time for the match was changed early in the week. Although previous match changes have unaffected the Hawks this time the Hawks found themselves with a player short, their goalie.

With the match scheduled to start the Hawks had no choice but to put a “kicking fullback” in to the firing line. Clinton Laurentsch was the man for the job. Given another chance I’m sure Clinton would think twice before putting his hand up after being put under extreme pressure in the early stages of the game.

Thankfully David Vanderputt came to the rescue having his goalie kit on and ready to rumble 10 minutes into the game. This allowed the Hawks to have a properly fitted goalie and clean sheet fill-in Clinton to run on to the field in his optimal position. Unfortunately Dale took advantage of the chaos in the back line after an easy cross to an unmarked man saw themselves in the lead after the 15 minute mark.

Being a goal down, although painful at first, made the Hawks up their game play changing the direction of the game in favour of the Hawks. After plenty of attack the hawks found themselves being awarded a short corner after a dodgy tackle on Jonathon Lanzon in the penalty circle. Masterful striker Lee Hansord didn’t waste his opportunity after smashing the ball into the back board of the goals equalising the score line.

With both teams even the Hawks continued to attack aggressively. The next goal came very unorthodox after Paul Bailie received the ball on his reverse stick from the penalty spot and rather than passing it off to a free player did a reverse stick shot between the goalie’s legs into the goals. The Hawks were finally in the lead and just at the right time, as that was the end of the first half.

The second half started with a new found confidence level in the Hawks camp. Right from the moment the time started counting down the hawks showed why they were top of the ladder with domination all over the field. The Hawks this time found their third goal from Daniel Keane who smashed the ball into the net from the edge of the circle.

Two goal buffer wasn’t enough and the Hawks continued to attack. This time Paul did a beautiful run into the penalty circle taking a shot that was deflected by first time scorer Clinton. As if like training Lee showed the team how to score goals getting the fifth goal and his second for the night after an unstoppable shot into the top left corner of the goals.

With the Hawks in the lead by five goals to one top goal scorer Jonathon was feeling a little left out. After a Hawks defensive clearance through to Lee and then to Jonathon waiting at the edge of the penalty circle he finally saw himself on the goal sheet after a hard strike into the inside wall of the Dale goals. The final goal came moments before the end of the game after a pass from Daniel to Jonathon outside of the penalty circle and then to open Conner Cracknell waiting patiently on the goal post allowed Conner to easily slot in his first goal for the team.

The siren went and with the hawks trailing 1-0 at the start of the match they found themselves winning 7-1 after a perfect team performance. The win was enough to keep them at the top of the table. However that may change with next week’s game against second on the ladder UWA in what will be a pre-grand final match. The previous match up between the two teams was the challenge cup 0-1 loss a week earlier.

Goals: Lee Hansord (2), Paul Bailie, Daniel Keane, Clinton Laurentsch, Jonathon Lanzon, Connor Cracknell
Best on Ground: Lee Hansord, Leighton Keane, James Gradison