Central Scorpions Touch Association
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Congratulations to all teams for three great victories over the Wolves.
The evening started well with the Women scoring first - a Lucy Alver Special - and continuing onto a good win. Jess Ryan managed a fantastic half-run in the first half, and some good defence from the whole team kept us up over the Wolves, 5-3. The team is now a very close second, with Northern Vipers only having a superior touchdown difference. They are also guaranteed a spot in the finals. (I would like to be able to give a better rundown of the game, but I arrived a little late, and was warming up for the second half. If anyone in the future wants to submit a writeup, feel free!).
The Mixed were up next, and never really looked in any danger. Mark Wood kept up his great scoring run, getting the first 6 touchdowns, with Paul Rogers and Matt Schinckel managing to stop Woody scoring the whole lot with one late touchdown each. The girls in the team were fantastic, with Karina McLauchlan and Jo Fell showing great aggression and power in attack. This makes Scorpions Mixed undefeated, and almost guarantees us top spot, and a certain place in the Grand Final. We'd need to lose both games, and Stingers win both of them by a large margin for it to be in doubt.
The Men finished the night on a high too: another 5-3 victory over Wolves. With replacement coach Nick Barron back into the team, and Luke Thornton down from Mildura again, the level of attack was high all night. Lucky not to be awarded several other touchdowns, the boys kept the Wolves from scoring for the last 10-15 minutes of the game. Some great shutdown defence from Brice, Phil, Jules and Matty meant Wolves strong attacking lineup of Jezza, Dan and Sean were kept impotent. Oh, and Gav didn't do too much either. The men hold onto top spot, and are guaranteed a place in the finals. A win over Stingrays should cement their place in the Grand Final.
Training will be as normal this Friday - there's no Big Day Out, so there's no excuse not to be there! If you have a legitimate reason, please contact the coaches, rather than me directly.
The evening started well with the Women scoring first - a Lucy Alver Special - and continuing onto a good win. Jess Ryan managed a fantastic half-run in the first half, and some good defence from the whole team kept us up over the Wolves, 5-3. The team is now a very close second, with Northern Vipers only having a superior touchdown difference. They are also guaranteed a spot in the finals. (I would like to be able to give a better rundown of the game, but I arrived a little late, and was warming up for the second half. If anyone in the future wants to submit a writeup, feel free!).
The Mixed were up next, and never really looked in any danger. Mark Wood kept up his great scoring run, getting the first 6 touchdowns, with Paul Rogers and Matt Schinckel managing to stop Woody scoring the whole lot with one late touchdown each. The girls in the team were fantastic, with Karina McLauchlan and Jo Fell showing great aggression and power in attack. This makes Scorpions Mixed undefeated, and almost guarantees us top spot, and a certain place in the Grand Final. We'd need to lose both games, and Stingers win both of them by a large margin for it to be in doubt.
The Men finished the night on a high too: another 5-3 victory over Wolves. With replacement coach Nick Barron back into the team, and Luke Thornton down from Mildura again, the level of attack was high all night. Lucky not to be awarded several other touchdowns, the boys kept the Wolves from scoring for the last 10-15 minutes of the game. Some great shutdown defence from Brice, Phil, Jules and Matty meant Wolves strong attacking lineup of Jezza, Dan and Sean were kept impotent. Oh, and Gav didn't do too much either. The men hold onto top spot, and are guaranteed a place in the finals. A win over Stingrays should cement their place in the Grand Final.
Training will be as normal this Friday - there's no Big Day Out, so there's no excuse not to be there! If you have a legitimate reason, please contact the coaches, rather than me directly.
- Brice (Nick's email is down, but all contact should go to Brice anyway): brice.mitchell@gmail.com
- Gavin: gmacdonald@touch-sa.asn.au
- Shawn: shawn.garner@dsto.defence.gov.au
- Men: 8:00pm versus Stingrays
- Women: 7:10pm versus Stingrays
- Mixed: 6:20pm versus Vipers
