2009 Season – Under 17 – COLTS 1

Proudly Sponsored by - St Marys Senior Football Club Coach: - Mark McKeon - 0418 542 848 Team Manager- Phil Doherty - 9438 3758 Age Group Manager- Training Times- Tuesday 6.00 - 7.30pm and Thursday 6.00 - 7.30pm , Whatmough Park

Grand Final - 30/08/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 8 .12 .60 vs. Preston 11 .9 .75 Well boys, we made it all the way but couldn't quite get over the last hurdle. Congratulations to Preston. To all the St Marys Colts boys, congratulations on a fantastic year. You played with spirit, courage, skill and great perserverance. Even in the last quarter, your belief and drive nearly got you there. Well done boys we are very proud of you all. Goal Kickers: Marchi (2), Jack (2), Reg (2), Branners and Tieri Best Players: Tieri, Mitris, Johnson, Mullins, Brannelly and Marchi Encouragement: Congratulations to Tom Doherty, Josh Montalto and Josh Sannwald on 150 fantastic games. Congratulations to Mark McKeon - YJFL Coach of the Year and to Ricky Mullins, Josh Montalto and Tim Doherty - members of th Colts Team of the Year. Also well done to Ricky Mullins - 2nd B&F, and Josh Montalto - 3rd B&F YJFL Colts 1. Remember Colts Presentation this Friday night (4th September) commencing at 7.30pm SHARP, at the clubrooms, see you all there. Preliminary Final - 23/08/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 11 .8 .74 vs. Fitzroy 6 .9 .45 Congratulations guys, we're in the Grandfinal. What a great win against high class, determined opposition. A fantastic team effort with all 23 players contributing, sharing the footy and believing in each other. You have done the club proud guys, let's give it our all and whatever happens - 'No Regrets'. Goal Kickers: Griffo (4), Perez, Tieri, B Freeman, Doza, Mal, Jack and Marchi Best Players: Smith, Amiguet, Mitris, B Freeman, Tieri, Griffiths and all others. Encouragement: Sannwald, Perez, Sacco Congratulations Brandon Freeman on 150 fantastic games. This Sunday at the clubrooms is our huge Grand Final night from 5.30pm. We look forward to all our Grandfinal teams getting up on stage giving us a full report on their game regardless of the outcome. The night will be catered for and the boys and parents can celebrate their achievement, dancing the night away with our DJ. The joker jackpot MUST go off with a $1,000 prize. Lets all get their and celebrate a fantastic season. Semi Final - 16/08/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 10 .10 .70 vs. Preston Bullants 12 .3 .75 Wow! What a game! 27 points down with 12 minutes to go, we hit the front only to be beaten by a goal after the siren. Congratulations to Preston on being in the grand final. we have another chance next week. Great spirit guys, we never gave up. We are proud of your efforts. Goal Kickers: Marchi (3), Griffo (2), Branners (2), Joey, Mal and Ricky Best Players: Marchi, Mitris, Tambakis, Tieri, Brannelly and Montalto Encouragement: McKeon and Bennie This Sunday 23rd August, is Preliminary Final Supporters night at the club from 5.30pm. All finals teams - coaches& Players will be up on stage Win, Lose or Draw with their match report. Best of luck this weekend to those playing finals and we'll see you all at the club Sunday night. Round 15 - 09/08/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 8 .13 .61 vs. Macleod 6 .11 .47 A very hard fought win against a strong team fighting for a finals berth. This takes us through the season undefeated on our home grounds. We now enter the finals with a tight, committed group. Let's keep working hard. Well done guys! Goal Kickers: Jack (2), Marchi (2), AJ (2), Griffo and Rick Best Players: Bianchin, Mullins, J Freeman, Ferronato, Mitris, B Freeman Encouragement: Johnson, Amiguet and McKeon. Congratulations Brandon Freeman on 150 fantastic games. This Sunday 16th August, is Semi Final Supporters night at the club from 5.30pm. All finals teams - coaches& Players will be up on stage Win, Lose or Draw with their match report. Best of luck this weekend to those playing finals and we'll see you all at the club Sunday night. Round 14 - 02/08/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 10 .14 .74 vs. Ivanhoe 4 .7 .31 Good team win against spirited opposition in tough windy conditions. Good first option footy and great talk and tackling, especially in the first half. Well done boys, we've guaranteed us a finals berth. Goal Kickers: Marchi (2), Doza, Branners, Reg, B Freeza, Josh S, Joey, Mal and Beanie Best Players: Griffiths, Ferranato, Mullins, Johnson, Tambakis, B Freeman Encouragement: Sannwald and Doherty We have organised a huge end of season celebration for this Sunday night for all our teams who are finishing this weekend, including hiring a marque & arranging additional food catering for the night. We would like to see every coach, Team Manager, Player & parents from all our teams who are playing their last game this Sunday at the clubrooms from 5.00pm on Sunday, so we can continue the St Marys tradition of getting each of these teams up on stage to recognise their efforts throughout the season. Round 13 - 26/07/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 9 .13 .67 vs. Fitzroy 4 .5 .29 A hardfought win to take us through the season undefeated on our home ground. After a slow start, we took control, gave the first option and looked alot cleaner with our skills. Let's keep giving the first option. Well done boys. Goal Kickers: Marchi (3), Reg (3), Tieri (2) J Freeman Best Players: Tieri, J Freeman, Sacco, Brannelly, Johnson and Marchi Encouragement: Bryce and Ferronato This Sundays Supporters Night 2nd August, is our final combined night being hosted by the Under 14s and Under 15s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot - Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 12 - 19/07/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 5 .11 .41 vs. Preston 7 .4 .46 A great fighting effort to just fall short by 5 points. A really tough battle and a game that could have gone either way. Lots of good signs for the weeks ahead. Goal Kickers: J Freeman, B Freeman, Brannelly, Marchi and Bennie Best Players: Brannelly, Biancin, Dougherty, Smith and Bennie Encouragement: Sacco and Tambakis This Sundays Supporters Night 26th July, is a combined night being hosted by the Under 11s and Under 13s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot - Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 11 - 12/07/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 14 .15 .99 vs. Boroondara Hawks 1 .4 .10 Very good team effort with a really even contribution from every player. Lots of pressure and good discipline saw us break away and post a solid and confidence boosting win. Well done boys. Goal Kickers: Marchi (3), Branners (2), Doza, Johnno, B Freeman, J Freeman, J Bianchin, N Tieri, J Sannwald and Brycey Best Players: Brannelly, Bianchin, Tambakis, Perez, Tieri, McKeon, Doherty and Ferro Encouragement: Josh Sannwald Bookings for the dinner dance close this week, can you please see your Team Manager at training this week if you would like to attend. FULL PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY THIS SUNDAY TO CONFIRM YOUR BOOKING This Sundays Supporters Night 19th July, is being hosted by the Under 12s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot - Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 10 - 28/06/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 9 .9 .63 vs. Banyule B 11 .5 .71 Courageous effort when our numbers were down. If we hit out targets more often, we would have snuck home. Our numbers were down to 16 but we still persisted. Good effort. Goal Kickers: J Griffin (3), N Marchi (2), M Smith, T Doherty, J Benny and J Freeman Best Players: M Smith, R Mullins, J Freeman and B Freeman Encouragement: This week 5th July is a bye, as such the clubrooms will be closed. The following Sunday 12th July will be hosted by the Colts and Under 10s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot - Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 9 - 21/06/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 14 .11 .95 vs. Bulleen-Templestowe 11 .2 .68 One of our best wins. A tough, uncompromising, high standard game with pressure on every contest. After a frustrating 3 quarters, we kept to our game plan and finished full of running. Great contribution from every player. Goal Kickers: Ruggieri (7), Marchi, Griffiths, J Freeman and Tambakis Best Players: Ruggieri, Doherty, Ferronato, Perez, Marchi and Griffiths Encouragement: Amiguet This Sundays Supporters Night 28th June, is being hosted by the Tackers with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot - Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 8 - 14/06/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 13 .10 .88 vs. Macleod 12 .13 .85 Tough fighting win against a very good opposition. We showed what we are capable of in a fantastic first quarter, then battled hard against a tall and skilled Macleod team. Well done boys - great win. Goal Kickers: Marchi (5), B Freeman (3), Bianchin, Mullins, Griffiths, Montalto and Tieri Best Players: Marchi, B Freeman, Ferronato, Mullins, Bianchin, Doherty and Brannelly Encouragement: James Stroumos Remember photo day on Sunday. This Sundays Supporters Night 21st June is being hosted by the Under 15s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot, whilst a new promotion this year will see all our Mums receive their first drink for FREE (on presentation of a special card you will be given next week)- Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 7 - 31/05/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 19 .16 .130 vs. Ivanhoe 4 .5 .29 Really good win against an undermanned opposition. Lots of '1st option' handball and creative running and sharing of the ball. 6 wins and 1 loss at this stage is a good start. We have lots of room for improvement in the weeks ahead. Well done boys! Goal Kickers: B Freeman (5), Johnson (3), Griffiths (3), Mitris (2), Doherty (2), Montalto, Campbell, Marchi and Bennie Best Players: Mullins, Doherty, Smith, McKeon, Tambakis, Ruggieri Encouragement: J Griffiths and B Freeman This week there is no game due to a bye for the long weekend. We hope everyone has a happy and safe break. Round 6 - 24/05/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 5 .18 .48 vs. Fitzroy 10 .6 .66 Our first loss for the year despite a good effort. Inaccurate kicking for goal and alot of turnovers cost us but the boys fought hard and almost got back into the game in the final quarter. A lot of learnings for us. Goal Kickers: Johnno (2), Marchi, Tieri, J Freeman Best Players: Mitris, B Freeman, Montalto and Smith Encouragement: M Perez This Sundays Supporters Night 31st May is being hosted by the Under 13s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot, whilst a new promotion this year will see all our Mums receive their first drink for FREE (on presentation of a special card you will be given next week)- Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 5 - 17/05/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 9 .9 .63 vs. Preston Bullants 8 .8 .56 What a great win! 2 goals behind with only a few minutes to play against a top side, the boys hung in there, stick to the game plan,finished strong and came away with a memorable win. Congratulations toall the team. Goal Kickers: Marchi (3), Ruggieri (2), J Freeman, Amiguet, Mullins and Bennie Best Players: Mullins, Montalto, Mitris, Bryce and Marchi Encouragement: Sacco and Sanwald This Sundays Supporters Night 24th May is being hosted by the Under 11s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot, whilst a new promotion this year will see all our Mums receive their first drink for FREE (on presentation of a special card you will be given next week)- Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 4 - 10/05/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 16 .14 .110 vs. Boroondara Hawks 3 .7 .25 Fantastic mother's day win with 19 contributors sharing the ball and running hard to get numbers to the contest. Excellent spirit with a number of players stepping up to a new level. Goal Kickers: J Freeman (3), J Griffiths (3), Ruggieri (2), M Smith (2), Sanwald, Sacco, N Griffiths, Johnson, Bennie and Mullins Best Players: Mullins, J Griffiths, B Freeman, J Freeman and N Griffiths Encouragement: J Tambakis This Sunday's Supporters Night - 17th May the Mayor of Banyule will be in attendance to help launch our Colts/Under 10's Mentor-Buddy program for 2009. All Age Groups are encouraged to attend for a great night with dinner provided, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot, whilst a new promotion this year will see all our Mums receive their first drink for FREE (on presentation of a special card you will be given next week)- Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 3 - 03/05/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 10 .11 .71 vs. Banyule 9 .7 .61 Fantastic fighting win against good opposition in a very tight game. Struggling with a number of injured players, the boys kept perservering with great intensity and determination. Congratulations on a character building win. Goal Kickers: Marchi (2), Griffiths (2), Sacco, Tieri, Perez, Brannelly, Doherty and Tambakis Best Players: Brannelly, Doherty, Bennie, Mullins, Ferronato and Johnson Encouragement: Sacco and Tambakis There will be no supporters night this week 10th May due to mothers day. Round 2 - 26/04/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 11 .6 .72 vs. Bulleen 4 .6 .30 Great team effort with great numbers to the ball, fierce tackling and giving first option. Very even performance with all players contributing, excellent spirit. Well done boys. Goal Kickers: Griffiths (3), Ruggieri (2), Sannwald, Sacko, Marchi, Smith, Mitris and Brannelly Best Players: Mitris, Mullins, Doherty, Amiguet and B Freeman Encouragement: Johnson and Bryce This Sundays Supporters Night 3rd May is being hosted by the Under 12s with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot, whilst a new promotion this year will see all our Mums receive their first drink for FREE (on presentation of a special card you will be given next week)- Lets all get there and support our great club! Round 1 - 19/04/2009 St Mary's Under 17 - Colts 1 15 .7 .97 vs. Ashburton 4 .2 .26 Great first up team effort. 21 great contributors, giving first option and tackling hard. Excellent ball movement into forward line. Fantastic direction and example setting from leadership group - Go Burra! Goal Kickers: Mardchi (3), McKeon (2), B Freeman (2), Doherty (1), Montalto (1), Benny (1), Ruggeri (1), Tieri (1), Mullins (1), Bianchin (1) and Smith (1) Best Players: Mullins, Brannelly, Bryce, Doherty and Ferronato Encouragement: Sanwald and Perez This Sundays Supporters Night 26th April, is being hosted by the Tackers with all Age Groups encouraged to attend for a great night with free pizza, lots to drink, Supporters Draw, and the Joker Jackpot, whilst a new promotion this year will see all our Mums receive their first drink for FREE (on presentation of a special card you will be given next week)- Lets all get there and support our great club!