FOOTBALL - BOYS JUNIOR A
Back Row : Jackson Hall , Seong Jo , Ben Morrison , Leo Wiltshire , Luca James 2nd Row : Aiden Glentworth , Oscar Berkahn-Sewell , Garrett Olsen , Ray Mears ( Coach ) Front Row : Charlie Hooper , Zaiphair Le Bon , Louie Reid , Matthew Brondel , Noah Tarry
Our team ’ s start to the season was not a great one . We didn ’ t play very well and couldn ’ t pass the ball ���������������������������������������������������� was not a very good one . We played Hastings Boys ’ High School and the score was something like 7-2 . For ����������������������������������������������������� happy with the result .
Ray taught us a drill called 4 vs 2 where there are 4 attackers and 2 defenders . The attackers play around in a square passing the ball around , trying not to let ���� ���������� ���� ���� ������ ���� ����� ���� �������� attempts were terrible but we eventually started to see some improvement . In the mix of these 4 vs 2 ’ s we had shuttles to do . A lot of shuttles ! We hated these ���������������������������������������������������� up being so good for our game .
��� ����� ���� ����� ���� ��� ������ ������ ������ �������� ��������������������������������������������������� against Lindisfarne . This gave the team a big morale boost and we started to think more positively after that . Overall , the season was quite successful . After having started poorly , with little structure and not many hopes of success , we improved continually and ended up coming second in our division . When I look ����������������������������������������������������� it to our last against Napier Boys ’ High School , it is easy to see that we were a completely different team . All of the drills and efforts we put in at practice helped ������������������������������������������������������� quite the successful season for us .
I must give credit to our coach Ray and thank him for taking us this year . While he was a hard taskmaster , constantly pushing us brought out some of the best in the team and taught us a lot about ourselves and the game . I am looking forward to playing in the summer league and to next year ’ s season .
Matthew Brondel , Captain
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