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11th May 2013
Bay Day tournament was a great success, with weather to match. Here are a few
reports from some of the the various Awakeri teams:
6th grade Awakeri Tigers player of the day was Ryan Sommerville. It was a great success in the end despite the initial lack of volunteers.
Kiwi Waste Awakeri Magic only had four in their 7th grade team on the Saturday as 3 were sick. The four girls had a great time and the games went off really well.
Awakeri Strikers 9th grade team played well, finishing with a good win. Kaleb Muggeridge and Kaedyn Portsmouth stood out. Matthew Reihana-Asquith won player of the day putting in a great effort in all four games.
HTL Spreading Awakeri Lightning had a really good day in the 11th grade. The
girls lost the first one 1 - 4. Tessa scored first for the season. The next
two games were won 1-0, with goals to Olivia and Sarah. The last game lost 2-0.
Although the girls were tired they tried their best. It was the very last game
of the day and they were fading. 9am till 1.20 was a big day. A little while
ago Awakeri Lightning were entered into a draw at 1xx to win a breakfast for
the team before a game and Karen Hanlen to give a talk. They won it! It's going
to be for our first home game on the 25th. Sounds exciting!
Bay day was a good start to the season for Awakeri Wild Cats in the 11th grade.
The players had lots of fun and showed some good skills. Player of the day went
to Renske Brabant for her positive contribution. Goal scorers were Emily Julian
and Emily Robbie. Caroline Paulson showed she is a good tackler, Taryn Forbes
was all class on the left wing, Jenae Brownless dominated the midfield and Sam
Marks was good in goal.
Bay Day was a great success for the Private Asset Management Awakeri Comets
in the 11th grade, with 2 wins and a draw in the final game, when three players
had to leave for prior commitments. It was good to try some different combinations
and get a better idea for some positions for players ahead of the start of the
season.
There was no player of the day but Kevin Paulsen scored 3 goals during the day.
The Insitu Heritage Awakeri Sharks 13th grade played four games against some
pretty good teams. It looked like the Awakeri team was still 'hibernating' and
it took 3 games to finally wake up! The first 3 games were lost (0:2, 0:4 and
0:1) until the midfield and strikers got it together and equalised after trailing
an early goal. During the final game it was Alex Coventry who scored from right
in front of the goal and Awakeri even had the chance to score again but the
opposition's defence and goalie threw themselves at the attackers and the game
ended 1:1.
Player of day was Dylan Curtis, who played as goalie for three games and defender
for one. This was his first match ever and he showed excellent ball handling
skills both in the goal as on the field. He directed his defenders well, saved
many great shots and showed no fear. He is also a great team player who can
control the ball well and play clever passes.