realise that success is 99% perspiration and 1%
talent. The team did very well all season but
illness and injuries at key times meant that they
lost crucial games. This team deserved to be a
finalist but they look on their 3rd placing as an
opportunity to come back next year and take out
the final. The team represented us well on tour and
showed in the fixture against Wanganui HS that
they are ready to take the next step and play the
top college teams.
1st XI.
The team has laid to rest the horrors
of the past two years. This team went one further
than the 2011 and 12 teams by taking out the
division 1 title. The team had a very solid core
from last season and with a sprinkling of talented
year 11 they showed that Saint Bernard’s is
becoming a footballing force and a college that
believes in attractive football. Mr Wayne Ebert has
achieved what no other Saint Bernard’s coach
has managed and that, is to take a team to win
the prestigious division 1 title. This theoretically
placed us as the 7th best team in the greater
Wellington region. Their victory against Francis
Douglas proved that we can develop and nurture
very fine footballers. Every player in the team has
the ability to play at a much higher grade and I
am positive that we will hear and see a lot more
of them. Wayne’s prophetic words at lasts years
prize giving proved inspirational “The team and I
have unfinished business, we will not repeat the
mistakes of previous years”
MY GREATEST THANKS AND BEST WISHES GO
TO THE YEAR 13 PLAYERS WHO HAVE FINISHED
THEIR APPRENTICESHIP AT SBC. FOR SOME IT
HAS BEEN 6/7 YEARS BUT FOR MOST YOU IT HAS
BEEN 5 YEARS WHERE YOU HAVE DONED THE
MIGHTY BLUE AND GOLD JERSEY AND SHOWN A
COMMITMENT TO YOUR TEAM MATES AND THE
COLLEGE THAT HAS BEEN TRUELY INSPIRATIONAL.
It is very important that you continue your
involvement in football either as a player or as
a referee. Find the time and inclination to join a
club. The friendships you have made through SBC
football will last forever as will your friendships
made when playing as an adult.
Brenten Higson
Football convenor.
14th September 2013
XI Report
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To start off our campaign, we were entered into
the pre-season Wellington Football Tournament
held by Scots College. After two days of solid
football, wet weather and multiple proud wins,
we came out on top of our table and further made
it to the final of the tournament ready to play Wellington’s
powerhouse of football, Wellington College. Although we
were seen as underdogs throughout the whole game, we
fought off a very proud 0-0 draw; unfortunately losing in
penalties. This was to be the start of a great season. After
an article in the paper of our recent triumph, we all knew
that we were now seen as the team to beat. Though with
multiple injuries we had a rough set of grading games,
finishing in an undeserved 4th place, narrowly missing out
on playing premier football. Though this only made us more
and more determined to win the Division 1 title. We started
off our division 1 campaign with a 4-2 win over Rongotai
and a 4-0 drubbing over our pansy rivals, HIBS.
From then on in, start to finish, we lead the way. With two
defeats on the trot towards the final games of the season
we knew that it wasn’t over yet. With all the passion and
determination we could muster, the boys came together to
finish off the season with too heavy victories we could all
be proud of. A 5-1 victory over Kapiti, and our last game
at SBC on “Hazguard” saw a 9-2 win over Pram Col. Game
St Bernard’s College 2013
after game, we had grown both in confidence and in skill
as we finished proudly at the F