U9 - Hampton JSC

It was a game of firsts.  First time we kept the nil, first time one of our players scored a hat-trick and the first time we scored with a header.  It is great to see the improvement of the team - after a loss and a draw in previous encounters against Hampton we dominated the first half.  Our attack proved a handful and the midfield and defence were sturdy with Will keeping the nil again in goal!  Damiano scored a good goal after refusing to give up.  The combination of fruit and lollies during the break must have had a magic potion as we blitzed Hampton in the second half. Our running game with passing out wide and back to the middle was text book.  Damiano scored twice more to get a well-deserved hat-trick, Oliver DR scored a running goal and Xavier scored a couple including a great header. Marley and Campbell were picking off the loose balls when Hampton were trying to get out of defence whilst Charlie and Oliver H ensured that Joel had a quiet time in goal.  Hampton did get a late chance, but Joel made a great save to ensure we kept our first nil of the season.

Congratulations to Campbell on his "Most Valuable Player" award for last week’s game. Campbell has improved a lot over the last couple of months and is getting more and more involved in the game and often finds a way to get a foot in and disrupt the opponents play.

GO STINGRAYS!

The score ended up 6-0 for the Stingrays

Scorers: Damiano (x3), Xavier (x2) and Oliver DR