Saturday, August 3, 2019

Another great day had by all at our Life Members Reunion last Saturday, we had Twenty Seven life Members present, plus wives and family friends.
We had two new life members inducted and our President John Elliott had the pleasure of introducing both of the new Life Members to the Strathmore Football Club.

First was Glenn Murdoch son of the well respected Life Member Alby Murdoch and the second Peter Duggan brother of Life Members Bernie and Michael Duggan so both inductees have a family history in Life Membership.

John spoke glowingly about both of the new life members and their achievements in receiving their Life Membership.

Craig Leggo did a roving report on several of our older Life Members in Bill Wilkinson, Colin Morrison, Terry(STUMPY)Brown and Arthur Bouckley about their achievements in making this club what it is today.

Graeme O’Brien son of Hedley and “DOT” O’Brien and Russell and Greg Muir sons of Alan Muir also told of their parents achievements.

Thanks to Peter and Christine Walker for their generous donation of the hampers and Troy Cuthbertson for the voucher for Dinner.

So another Life Members Reunion has come and gone, hope you had an enjoyable day and see you all next year.

While the Reunion was on there were three games of football played during the day against Avondale Heights, our three teams all registered comfortable wins.

Next week the Seniors and Reserves play Maribyrnong Park at home, our seniors are fifth on the ladder equal with the fourth team and two points behind the third team,Maribyrnong Park are sixth so a win is of a must.
The reserves are fourth two games ahead of Maribyrnong Park who are fifth
again a win is a must.

The u/19(1) are playing Hillside on Friday night at Hillside map reference is
G9 Map 354,game starts 7-30pm We are on top of the ladder

U/19(2) are playing Sunbury Kangaroos at home 10-00am Saturday morning
We fourth on ladder they are fifth, so again a win is a must

Thirds start their finals this week, it’s an Elimination final against Maribyrnong Park on Friday night 9th August at Tullamarine Football Ground
Reference H 2 Map 15 All the best to Micky Dever’s and his boys.

So Friday 9th August u/19(1) v Hillside AWAY 7-30pm start
SENIOR THIRDS v Maribyrnong Park at Tullamarine 7-30pm start
Start your football weekend early by supporting both these teams, especially the THIRDS who are in an Elimination final.

Then Saturday three games at home were a win is a must for all teams.

Go the.  MIGHTY MORES

Monday, June 24th, 2019

Saturday 15th July made my way up to Greenvale unfortunately their u/19s gave a walk over to our boys but to my surprise our third team was playing their third team on their second ground, so I popped over to witness our boys have a good win, back to the main ground where our reserves ran into a taller and bigger team and as a result were defeated.

The main game was a ripper with no more than two goals the difference all day, our boys were hard and tough at the opposition and the ball, nine points behind at three quarter time, we probably played our best quarter for the year and ran out nine point winners, the stand out was four goals to young Will Jury.
Scores Strathmore 13-9=87 d Greenvale 12-6=78

Saturday 22nd July v Doutta Stars at home.

Due to Douttas having no u/19s our boys played Hillside winning easily.

Reserves also won very easily by Twenty goals.

Just before the seniors game, found out our Thirds and u/19(2) both won their games at Boeing Reserve.

Our seniors found it tough early in the game with the opposition giving their all with the result we were a goal behind late into the second quarter but then we found our mojo and kicked nine goals to one for the rest of the game to run out seven goal winners.

Scores Strathmore 13-17=95 d Doutta Stars 6-10=46

We are now at the half way mark of the season and we are sitting fourth on the ladder, % behind the third team but only TWO points in front of the fifth team. The sixth team is TEN points behind the fifth team.So it looks like five teams trying to fit into four so it may come down to who has the best run with
INJURIES will feature in the finals.

Next week will be a test to all our teams starting off on FRIDAY night
7-30pm at Boeing Reserve our third team are playing Aberfeldie we are one game behind them on the ladder, so come along and hear the DULCET tones of The gifted warbler Micky Dever’s inspire his team to greater heights.

Boeing Reserve Saturday at 10-00am our u/19(2) take on Northern Saints they are Second we are Fourth so come along and cheer Craig Leggo and his boys

Lebanon Reserve next Saturday
U/19(1) v Aberfeldie one and two on ladder separated only by %
Reserves v Aberfeldie fifth play first
Seniors v Aberfeldie fourth play second

Should be three quality games of football so come on down and support the MIGHTY MORES

Finals – Week 2

Not a great day for the Strathmore Football Club on Sunday with all three teams suffering defeats to end our season.

U/19 were playing Aberfeldie for the fourth time this season and we suffered our fourth defeat, our boys as usual gave their all but fell eleven points short.
Scores 7-5=47 L 8-10=58
Sorry no personal details on the internet

Reserves unfortunately came up against a much bigger and experience team and were never in the hunt going down by ten goals But our young team never gave up trying and were still tackling strongly right to the end.

Goals Leathers(2) Elliott, Ciciulla, Bell and Lower(1 each)
Best Ingleton, Schroder, O’Leary, Smallcombe, McConville

Seniors. What a game, they hit the front in the dying minutes then we came back to have the last two scoring shots unfortunately points both times and we went down by TWO points,

The strong wind virtually blowing straight down the ground made scoring easy one way but nearly impossible the other way with only two goals(one by each team) being kicked all day against the wind.

First quarter we kicked five goals to nil
Second quarter they kicked four goals to our one we held an eleven point lead at halftime.
Third quarter we kicked six goals to one to take a Forty four point lead into the last quarter.
Last quarter there tall ruckman took over completely, they started running to the fall of the ball getting first possession and putting our young backline under enormous pressure and we couldn’t hold them out and went down by two points.
Scores 12-15=87 L 12-17=89
Goals Condon(4) B Holian(2) McIntosh(2) A Grima(2) Purcell and O’Loughlin (1 each)
Best Condon, B Holian, Jarred, McIntosh, Mighell

What a fantastic season from our Senior team to miss out playing in a grand final by under a goal, after enduring a season punctuated by a string of injuries that also affected the Reserves and u/19s, to have all teams to make it to the preliminary final was in my opinion a positive year and I congratulate all the coaching staff, team officials, medical staff, Condo and his 200 up club, all the club helpers, the supporters who braved all the weather thrown at them Finally to PRESIDENT John Elliott and his committee for all your hard work behind the scenes that helped make the Strathmore Football Club one of the best clubs going around.

GO THE MIGHTY MORES

Finals – Week 1

U/19 Started the day off in fine style with a eight goal demolition of the opposition. The first half saw both teams trying to assert their authority over each other, with only three goals being kicked in the half, with us taking a slight lead at halftime, Our boys came out firing in the second half and with complete domination kicked Eight goals to One to run away with the game and win by Forty Nine points.

Scores 10-8=68 W 2-5=17

Unfortunately no details on the website

Next week we play Aberfeldie who have beaten us the in the three games we have played this season, so the challenge is there for us to turn the tables.

Reserves We led at every change to run out Forty One point winners.
What a transformation in four weeks from easy beats to winning a first semi final so convincingly, The inclusion of a few talls into the side has given our smaller and younger players the confidence to perform at a higher level.

Scores 13-6=84 W 5-13=43

Goals Houlihan(4)Ciciulla(4)Pignolet(2)Quinn, Rule ,Preston(1 each)

Best. Houlihan, Pignolet, Elliott, Carland, Lawless, Ciciulla

Seniors What a great first half, we were first in for the ball, we ran hard to create opportunities further up the field, when they did get possession of the ball our tackling of the opposition was first class, with the result the game was over at halftime with us holding a Eight goal lead. We increased our lead to Ten goals at three quarter time before running out comfortably winning by Forty points.

Scores 13-12=90 W 7-8=50

Goals McIntosh(3)Weightman(2)A Grima(2)O’Leary(2)Condon(2)
O’Brien and Mighell(1 each)

Best O’Brien, Iacobucci, Mighell, Ingleton, Allison

ALL THE BEST TO THE THREE TEAMS PLAYING NEXT SUNDAY At The
ESSENDON FOOTBALL GROUND

So come along and support the MIGHTY MORES

Round 18

U/19s were playing for the double chance, unfortunately due to injuries and other foreseen problems, the twenty two who took the field today was in no way our best twenty two,BUT you go with what you have and today we were not good enough to win the game slipping to third on the ladder and playing Keilor in the first semi final next Sunday at Essendon football ground.
Scores 4-8=32 L 7-4=46
Goals Saraya (2) Tullio and Sirko one each
Best Markey Dearnley Ford Tullio Butcher

Reserves need to win to make the finals, six weeks ago we were second, ten points clear of the fifth placed team then injuries hit the team so badly we looked like we would have to forfeit a game and we lost games to teams below us and last week we found ourselves out of the four and needing to beat the fourth team away to make the finals, and WIN we did, we lead at every change to lead by nine points at three quarter time, we were headed in the last quarter BUT we dug deep and answered the challenge to run out NINE point winners.
Congratulations to the coaching staff and players and after six weeks of hell you dug yourselves out of the hole and will now play finals. WELL DONE
Scores 9-6=60 W 7-9=51
Goals Todorov(3) Leathers(3) Baniowski Houlihan and Quinn(1 each)
Best Leathers Lawless Todorov Ciciulla Elliott.

Seniors need to win to hold on to the double chance, we took the field with our best twenty two available players, we selected a small but quick side hoping to run the opposition off their feet, unfortunately the opposition were bigger and just as quick and we were found wanting, six goals down at halftime and with only one fit player on the bench and a wingman (Cachia) taking the ruck duties and what a terrific job he did, we played the game right out to go down by Twenty Eight points.
Scores 8-7=55 L 12-11=83
Goals Condon(2) Holian, Helliwell, Foulds, Weightman, Purcell, McIntosh (1each)
Best in no order Horne Cachia Cuffe Ingleton Currie

NEXT WEEK all teams playing FIRST semi finals at the
ESSENDON FOOTBALL GROUND (APPROXIMATE TIMES)

U/19 V KEILOR at 9-30 am

RESERVES V MARIBYRNONG PARK at 11-30am

SENIORS V GREENVALE at 2-00pm

So come on down next SUNDAY to the ESSENDON FOOTBALL GROUND and

SUPPORT the MIGHTY MORES

Round 17

U/19(2) playing in the first semi final unfortunately were defeated and finished there season in fourth position, it was a fantastic season for Craig and his players being the only clubs second team against the oppositions only team,
Scores 3-7=25 L 12-14=86
Well done to Craig and his players.

U/19(1) received a walkover.

Reserves had a well deserved win
Scores 16-8=104 W 6-10=46.

Seniors ran out Sixteen point winners to seal our spot in the finals.
Scores 8-14=62 W 7-4=46.

Next week we play Aberfeldie at Aberfeldie
U/19 win finish top lose finish third
Res win finish fourth lose finish fifth
Sen win finish second lose finish fourth

To all our supporters come along and support our team, go the
MIGHTY MORES

Round 16

Under 19 Premier Division

Played Maribyrnong Park who were 2nd and we were 3rd. In what was a close game all day with backlines from both sides on top we were able to hang on to win by 3 points in a very low scoring game. We have moved up to 2nd.
Scores: Strathmore 5:4:34
Marby Park 4:7:31
Goal Kickers: Nick Sirko (2), Sam Dukic (1), Mitchell Baker West (1), Ben Reddick (1)
Best Players: Ben Reddick, Mitchell baker West, Sam Dukic, Adam Figliola, Lachlan Ford and Zach Anastasi

Under 19 Division 2

Due to injury, the amount of melees last time we played and the fact that we could not move from 3rd spot on the ladder, we gave a walkover to Roxburgh Park. Finals start next week for U19/2’s as they will play East Sunbury @ Charles Mutton Res @ 10.00am on Saturday 18th August.

Reserves

In what was a must win game for the Reserves to stay in the four, we were again struggling for numbers with so many injuries in our Senior group. We started the game well but just could not kick goals, many missed shots from set shots was proving costly. Down by 3 goals at 1/2 time, we came out well in the second half and kicked 2 quick goals and looked to be getting on top, but late goals to Avondale Heights put the margin back out to 3 goals at 3/4 time. In the last quarter we again started well with 2 quick goals but just could not keep it going and Avondale Heights went on to kick 3 goals. We lost by 4 gals in a very disappointing effort which means we have dropped out of the 4 and need to win both our last 2 games to make the four.
Scores: Strathmore 5:13:43
A/Heights 9:11:65
Goal Kickers: Mitch Leathers (3), Kristian Ciciulla (1), Jordy Bell (1)
Best Players: Jordy Bell, Mitchell Leathers, Kristian Ciciulla, Jayden Cooke, Blair Trevaskis and James Ball

Seniors

Trying to keep our double chance we needed to win against Avondale Heights. Still missing a few players through injury we also started the game slowly allowing Avondale Heights to get out alone on their wing and run the ball quickly into their forward line and take a 2 goal lead at quarter time. We started the second quarter a lot better as we started to counter attack ourselves and use our pace and skill. But in windy conditions it was hard to play pretty football. Half time we were 1 point down.
Avondale Heights came out hard in the third quarter and again broke us open attacking through their wing and always seeming to have a loose man out on that wing. We went into the last quarter 5 points down. The last quarter was a hard fought quarter with both sides failing to capitalise in windy conditions, we kicked an early goal and heights kicked a few points to mean we were a point down with about 5 minutes to play. The game was congested in our forward line as we tried to attack but Heights were keen to keep the ball bottled up in the pocket. A point with 2 minutes to go meant the scores were level. The play was congested again in our forward line and then Kyle (Flea) Weightman got a kick out of the pack which rolled forward and went through for a goal.
We remain 2nd on the ladder with 2 games to go.
Scores: Strathmore 9:9:63
A/Heights 8:9:57
Goal Kickers: Hamish McIntosh (3), Alex Grima (2), Kyle Weightman (1), Andrew Todorov (1), Xavier Allison (1), Sam O’Loughlin (1)
Best Players: Xavier Allison, Sam O’Loughlin, Andrew Horne, Lachlan Currie, Kyle Weightman and Nathan Grima

Round 16

Unfortunately had a family do on Saturday Afternoon, so only watched half of the u/19(1) game.

Our u19(2) team had a walkover so they will play finals in two weeks, next Saturday is their last home and away game they are playing Roxburgh Park away.All the best for next weeks game.

Went down to Lebanon Reserve to watch our u19(1) play Aberfeldie which would decide whether we finish ONE,TWO or THREE unfortunately we lost the game in the first quarter, kicking with the wind we did not kick a goal, and we never recovered from the bad start to go down by three goals. to slip to third on the ladder. Scores 5-10=40 L 8-10=58
Next week we play Maribyrnong Park away, we need a win to take us back to SECOND on the ladder.

Reserves again were decimated by injuries and unfortunately suffered another
defeat to slip to fourth on the ladder and desperately need a win next week.
Scores 9-5=59 L 13-10=88

Seniors although playing the bottom team, we could not afford a slip up.
I have it on good authority from the first bounce there would be no slip ups and we dominated the game to run out comfortably winners.
Scores 20-10=130 W 6-13= 49
Goals Condon(5) McIntosh(3) Helliwell(3) A Grima(2) Weightman(2) Iacobucci, Baniowski, O’Leary, Horne, Holian, Mighell (1 each)
Best (in no order) Jarrad, Cachia, Ingleton, Condon, Currie

Next week play Avondale Heights away, we now sit SECOND on the ladder but like last week cannot afford a slip up, we are only one game ahead of the FIFTH team, we have to keep winning to make sure of playing finals.

Round 15

Only one Strathmore team played on Saturday our u/19(2) who are sitting third on the ladder playing the fifth team, a win today and we play finals.

And win we did
Scores 11-9=75 d 9-8=62
Goals Jones(3) Gough(3) Paraskevas, Markey, Overend, Rhame, Menzel(all 1)
Best Germani, Markey, Dearnley, Soldatas, Paraskevas.
Next week play bottom team away

With the completion of the split round On Saturday the Seniors now find themselves third on the ladder BUT it is very even ladder we are equal second but third on percentage BUT only two points in front of the fifth team, so every game is of the utmost importance, this week we play the bottom team so they will want to win to avoid relegation.

Reserves are third playing the sixth team, hopefully they will get some players back from injuries and be competitive.

U/19(1) are playing Aberfeldie who are equal top with our boys, so it should be a ripper of a game.

The Seniors and Reserves are playing West Coburg and as they do not have u/19s our boys are playing Aberfeldie
.
All games are at home LEBANON RESERVE starting at 10-00am

Come on down and support the MIGHTY MORES

Round 14

Another good day for the Strathmore Football Club with all teams winning.

Our u/19(1) received a walk over due to Glenroy not having an u/19 side and that enabled some of that team helping out the u19(2) and the Reserves to field competitive teams on the day.

U19(2) ( Coached by new Life Member CRAIG LEGGO)was playing the third team and a win was needed for us to stay in the four,our season was on the line at three quarter time being three goals down but we did have the advantage of kicking with a strong wind at our backs and the boys delivered kicking four goals while keeping them to one goal, winning by two points.

Scores 8-8=56 D 8-6=54

Goals Markey(2) Paraskevas, Howe, Willmore, Kustura, Gough (1each)

Best Dearnley, Markey, Soldatas, Anastasia, Paraskevas.

Next Week our u/19(2) team are the only Strathmore team playing on Saturday
They are playing at home( LEBANON RESERVE) at 10-00am, so if you can come down and support our boys it would be fantastic, we are third playing the fifth placed team.

Reserves took the field with the help of some U/19(1) players and what a difference they made, they blended in beautifully with out reserve and the reserves ran out comfortable winners. We are third on the ladder BUT by Saturday week hopefully we will be able to field a competitive team to stay in the four.

Scores 25-13=163 D 4-6=30

Goals Tsialtas(6) Baniowski(4) Figliola(3) Dwyer(3) Schroder(2) Ingleton(2)
May, Dukic, Holian, Cooke (all 1 each)

Best. Chaloub, Pignolet, May, Cooke, Baniowski, Tsialtas.

Seniors- After a HECTIC five weeks in which we played the five teams above us and WINNING four of those games to now sit in the four, starting today we play the bottom four teams, starting today with Glenroy at home.

Hopefully in these four games we will play with the same intensity and spirit we showed in the last five games TODAY the answer was yes we did running out winners by Nine goals, for the first ten minutes in every quarter Glenroy showed how competitive they could be But then our better skilled players took over and we finished every quarter as the better team,

The game was played with a strong ( worth possibly four or five goal goals).
We lead by four goals at quarter time, still held that advantage at halftime,
Came out in the third quarter kicking five goals while keeping them goalless to go in at three quarter time with a nine goal lead, as in the second quarter we kicked goal for goal with the opposition to win by nine goals.

Scores 19-12=126 D 10-11=71

Goals Helliwell(5) Condon(4) Foulds(3)Weightman(2) A Grima(2) N Grima, Bese, Todorov (all 1 each )

Best (in no order) Horne, Condon, Helliwell, Iacobucci, Cachia, Todorov

REMEMBER NO GAMES NEXT WEEK ( only our U/19(2) are playing)

Next game 4th AUGUST at home V West Coburg

Come on down and support the MIGHTY MORES

Round 13

Due to the life members reunion, did not leave the clubrooms all day, did see some of the Seniors game, mostly the last quarter, so just results off the internet.

U/19(2) no details given, still fourth on the ladder, next week playing Northern Saints AWAY, they are second on the ladder so our boys have a big game ahead of themselves.

U19(1) “THEY” say bad kicking for goals is bad football and that is what our boys did today going down by ONE point to the second placed side.
Scores 7-7=49 lost 8-2=50 fourteen shots to ten, we are still on top of the ladder but only by percentage.

Reserves who are still battling to put a competitive team on the ground went down to the second placed side, we are still third on the ladder
Scores 6-7=43 lost 10-9=69

Seniors were playing the top side a win and we are in the four, a defeat would make it hard for us to make the four.
We jumped out to a seventeen point lead at halftime and a win was looking a possibility,BUT the opposition came out firing in the third quarter to take a three point lead into the last quarter, when they kicked the first goal giving them a nine point lead it didn’t look good,BUT we fought back kicking the last two goals to run out five point winners to now sit in fourth position on the ladder.

Scores 10-13=73 d 10-8=68
Goals Weightman(3) Condon(2) Vavra,Helliwell, Foulds, Horne, Grima(1 each)
Best Iacobucci, Weightman, Mitchem, Allison, Vavra

Next week play GLENROY at home

Come on down and support the MIGHTY MORES

A report on the Life Members reunion will follow in a few days

Round 12

A great day for the Strathmore Football Club with all teams winning.

The u/19(2) are fifth on the ladder were playing the third team and came away with a twenty seven point win, they are still fifth but this week play the bottom team, as the third and fourth teams play each other a win will put them back in the four. They are playing at BOEING RES 10-00am on Saturday.

Due to the weather conditions did not arrive at the games until three quarter time of the reserves game to find out that the u/19(1) had defeated the opposition 12-12=84 to 2-1=13 to stay top of the ladder.

Arrived to find the Reserves two points up at three quarter time and kicking with the aid of the strong gusty wind in the last quarter, we prevailed kicking two goals to nil to win by ten points to stay SIX points in front of the fifth team,
Next week we play the second team and the fourth and fifth teams play each other, hoping the reserves get some of their injured players back.
Scores 6-7=43 to 5-3=33

What a fantastic game by our senior team, a win was a must to stay in the race for the finals and what a win it was, the first half was fast and furious with both teams playing great football and we went in at halftime eleven points up.

The second half we played electrifying football, our gang tackling was first class never giving the opposition a chance to get their game moving, with the result against the wind we kicked five goals to hopefully make the game safe.

Last quarter continued on from the third quarter kicking another five goals( we kicked ten goals to five in the last half) to record a great win, even though we were well in front our tackling was still first class putting the opposition under pressure all the time, it was great to sit back and enjoy the last quarter knowing that we are still in the race for the finals.

Scores 15-12=102 to 9-6=60
Goals. Helliwell(3) Condon(2) Baniowski(2) Weightman(2) Foulds, O’Leary, Grima, Todorov, Cachia, Iacobucci(1 each)

Best. Thought it was unfair to mention individual best players, to me today was the ultimate team effort in such an important game, WELL DONE to all players.

We now sit in fifth position on the ladder BUT with a poor percentage, we are half a game behind the fourth team and one game off second place.a

Next week u/19(2) playing for a spot in the four.
U/19 (1) playing for top spot on the ladder.
Reserves playing to keep their six point lead on the fifth team
Seniors. Playing to keep our finals hopes alive.

U/19(2) playing at BOEING RESERVE 10-00am start
U/19(1),Reserves and Seniors all at home.
U/19(1). 10-00am,Reserves NOON,Seniors 2-15pm.

Life Members reunion starts NOON

So come along and support the MIGHTY MORES.

Round 11

Our u/19(2) lost to the undefeated top team and now sit two wins outside the four, making it very hard to play finals, this week they play the third team.

We made our way up to Greenvale, it is a MUST win for the Seniors, with six changes in the senior team, our Reserves and u19 sides were weakened to a certain extent, with the reserves going into their game with no interchange and playing the top team their backs were to the wall, the u19s had four of their better players in the seniors, we were in for either a very good day or a very bad day.

The u/19s were first up and the game was never in doubt leading at every change to run out ten goal winners to retain top spot on the ladder.
Scores. 12-9=81 d 3-5=23

Reserves unfortunately were on the end of a hiding against the top team, they were to tall,to big bodied and to experienced for our boys,to our credit we never gave up trying and hopefully next week they will get some players back from injury and some back from the senior team to make them competitive.

We are fourth on the ladder six points ahead of the fifth team but with a very poor percentage.so a win is a must.
Scores. 1-4=10 L 23-9=147

The season is on the line for our senior LOSE and season is over a WIN and we are still in the race for finals action, with the reserves game over at halftime I ventured into their social rooms for a couple of cold ones, to be told by the person behind the bar, today’s team is the weakest they have fielded all year and I walked out feeling that today we were in with a chance, even with six changes to the team from last week, with two from the reserves and four from the u/19s coming into the team, my confidence was high for a win.

When they ran out to start the game, they looked like an u17 team,
When we ran out, we looked like an u19 team. What a difference to last week.

For the first time I can ever remember we kept Greenvale goal less in the first half and we went in at halftime with a five goal lead, could we keep it up in the second half.

Cannot remember the last time we beat Greenvale I reckon the last(at least the last six games) we have went in at halftime either in front or in with a chance only to be blown out of the water by the opposition in the third quarter, what would happen this year NO WORRIES

We came out firing in the third quarter and with our older on ballers winning the hard ball inside and getting it out to our younger running players on the outside, we kicked SIX goals to Two to lead by fifty two points in three quarter time.

The last quarter was worry free, it was great to sit back and enjoy the last quarter knowing we had the game won and our season was still alive.

Scores. 15-7=97 D 5-9=39
Goals. Condon(4) Helliwell(4) Weightman(3) Baniowski(2) Foulds, O’Loughlin (1each)

Best (in no order) O’Brien, Jarrad, Halliwell, Iacobucci, Allison.

Next week PASCOE VALE away our season on the line again.
Seniors we are sixth but = second, a game behind Pascoe Vale so like last week a LOSS maybe season over a WIN still in the race for finals.

Reserves are third they are seventh,BUT the make up of the team will determine how we fare, the reserves need a touch of luck hopefully it is this week.

U/19s are on top of the ladder they are sixth in a seven team competition, the top three teams are only separated by one win, so a win is a must.

Come on all our loyal supporters get along to the Pascoe Vale home ground next Saturday and cheer on the MIGHTY MORES.

To all our LIFE MEMBERS don’t forget Saturday July 14th our REUNION at LEBANON PARK NOON start,

Round 10

Our u/19(2) played Roxburgh Park away needing to win to stay in the four unfortunately we fell two goals short and are now fifth and playing the undefeated top team next week.
Scores 5-7=37 lost 7-7=49

U/19(1) lined up against traditional rivals Keilor, we are on top they are fourth.
The u/19(1) division has only seven teams and the top four are well entrenched in the four so this game was about what position you would occupy after this game. First quarter was pretty even as you would expect in such an important game THEN we blew the opposition off the park in the next two quarters kicking TEN goals to the oppositions two goals, against a good side we played scintillating football, fast open running football at it’s best,
Well done to the team and the coaching staff.
Scores 16-12=108 won 5-5=35

Reserves – losing two of our talls due to injury during the week we took a small team on the field to play a team having to win to stay in touch with the four, the game is of the same importance to us as a win would see us go TEN points clear of opposition on the ladder.

We outplayed the opposition for three quarters with good running football to lead by FOUR goals at three quarter time BUT we then stopped running thought we had the game won and in the end we were very lucky to win by FOUR points

Next week play the top team who have only lost one game in Two years and that was to us earlier this year, hoping we can repeat that win again.

Scores 8-7=55 won 7-9=51

Seniors – we are sixth they are fourth, a win and still in the race for a final four spot a loss will make it extremely hard to make the final four SO a win was a must

Playing a taller and bigger bodied than us it was always going to be a struggle to come away with a win and unfortunately that’s how the result went and we were beaten BUT not disgraced going down by nineteen points to leave us a game and a poor percentage outside the four.

The lack of a strong marking forward (Mc Intosh) went off injured earlier in the game told in the last quarter, we had SEVEN shots for goal for a return of one goal we just couldn’t find the big sticks.

We had a red hot dip all day and never gave up trying and that’s all us as supporters can ask, we have the makings of a good team unfortunately it may take a few years for that to materialise so we have to be patient.

Scores 8-13=61 lost 11-14=80.

Next week Greenvale away Seniors and Reserves should be good games with both games having a bearing the positions on the ladder, u/19 should win to stay on top of the ladder.

Round 9 Vs Abers 16/06/18

Arrived at 10-00am to watch our u/19(2) team do battle with Burnside Heights
Due to the irregularities of the u/19(1) draw this is the first time we have had the pleasure of watching these boys play and they did not let us down, they played good attacking football, they ran hard to create opportunities further upfield and played the game out in good fashion.
Scores 15-15=105 def 8-3=51
Goals- Jones(4) Gough(3) Paraskevas(2) O’Meara(2) Soldatas,Gray,Hoekstra,Germani(1 each)
Best- Paraskevas, Soldatas, Jones, Dearnley, Willmore.
Next week play Roxburgh Park away, Fourth V Fifth, so a win is a must to cement our position in the four, there are Seven teams in this division and we are the only clubs Second team, so the boys are doing a fantastic job.

As I said due to the irregularities of the u/19 competition our u/19(1) team played Avondale Heights away so no match report.They are on the bottom of the ladder and we are on top and the scores showed the difference in the two teams.
Scores- 17-17=119 def 0-0=0
Goals – Tullio(3) Weightman(3) Chaloub(2)Rhame(2) Baker-West(2) Figiola(2)
Ford, Holian Pannunzio(1 each)
Best – Team Effort

Reserves. – the reserves kicked with a strong wind in the first quarter kicking three goals from eight shots, in the second quarter with some strong running into the wind we kicked two goals to hold a ten point lead at halftime, could we maintain the pressure.
A repeat of the first quarter ten scoring shots for only four goals, a poor result considering the way we dominated the quarter and went in at three quarter time with a thirty three point lead was it enough SURE WAS kicking into the wind in the last quarter kept them to two goals while kicking two ourselves to run out thirty five point winners. We are now equal second on the ladder.
Scores. – 11-13=79 def 6-8=44
– Goals- leathers(2) Bell(2) Holian(2) Toniolo, Manzie, McConville, Pollock and Tsialtas(1 each)
Best. – Definitely a huge TEAM EFFORT.

Seniors – Following on from the Reserves this was another huge TEAM EFFORT
With every player when needed playing to their best form and defeating the top team.
They had the wind in the first quarter and we did well to go in at quarter time fourteen points down. Second quarter with the wind from eleven shots at goal only kicked four goals but we kept them to one goal to go in at halftime leading by nine points.Could have sewn the game up with straighter kicking.

This was the quarter that we showed that we can play good hard tough football with both sides only kicking one goal each, eight points up at three quarter time
And kicking towards our clubrooms could we play like we did in the third quarter.

We attacked the goals for a good five minutes but the opposition stood firm and against the run of play they kicked a goal to make the difference three points,
Could we withstand the pressure SURE did kicking a goal from the centre bounce to go back to being nine points in front, we ran the game out well kicking another goal to run out fourteen point winners.
Scores. – 8-14=62 def 6-12=48
Goals. – Foulds(3) McIntosh(3)Iacobucci and O’Brien(1each)
Best. -A HUGE team effort BUT a fantastic effort from our entire backline to keep the opposition to three goals after quarter time was enormous.

Next SATURDAY what a SATURDAY it will be at Lebanon Park
U/19(2)fourth V fifth at Roxburgh Park level on games
U/19(1) first v fourth one game ahead
Res =second v fifth we are six points ahead
Sen =4 But sixth on {b9fa80ae06379db6b94076d408f6aebb0af83203bf6b8fcafbb73476e620819d} V fifth

The seniors must win a defeat will sit us a game and lots of {b9fa80ae06379db6b94076d408f6aebb0af83203bf6b8fcafbb73476e620819d} behind the rest
The Res a win will keep us in good stead for the rest of the season
U/19(1) a win will keep us on top, a loss back in the pack
U/19(2) a must win to keep our spot in the four

So come down early to get a good spot to support the
MIGHTY MORES

No football games this weekend due to the long weekend.

Next week we play Aberfeldie at home unfortunately our under 19s are playing away at Avondale Heights.

A reminder about our reunion day will be held on 14th July at the clubrooms.

Your invitation will be sent out on the 21st of June with R S V P by the 1st of July

Cheers

Ken

Round 8 @ EDS 02/06/18

No u/19s today, the reserves had a early start which meant i arrived at half time of the reserves to find them seven goals in front,our reserves had a few u/19 players in the team and this added some class to the team and we ran the game out really will winning by sixteen goals.We had eleven different goal kickers with Leathers with six being the main contributor,best players was hard to pick with so many players showing good form.

We sit fourth on the ladder BUT in the next four weeks we play the other four teams who are vying to make the finals,so hopefully most of our injured players are back and give us a realistic chance of making the finals.

Seniors virtually the same scenario as the reserves, we led at every change and in the end ran out ten goal winners, nine different goal kickers with
Mc Intosh kicking four.

We are equal fourth on the ladder BUT sixth on percentages and a whopping fifty percent behind in reality we are a game behind and like the reserves we play the five teams above us in the next five games, so our fate is in our own hands, with no game next week hopefully our many injured players will be available for selection and give us a chance against these teams.

Next week Queens Birthday weekend NO FOOTBALL in the E D F L

Our next games are on June 16th due to the u/19 division only having seven teams our u /19s are playing Avondale Heights away the opposition is well down the ladder so hopefully we have a good win and consolidate our position on top of the ladder.

The seniors and Reserves are playing Aberfeldie at home due to no u/19s the reserves could start earlier than their usual NOON start
Seniors also might start earlier than their TWO FIFTEEN start.

See you Saturday week 16th of June at Lebanon reserve to cheer on the

MIGHTY MORES.

The life members reunion is on July 14th at the clubrooms, invitations will be sent out later this month

Round 7 @ West Coburg 26/0518

Journeyed down to Clifton Park to watch our u/19 play Aberfeldie, we are undefeated, they have lost one game, so expecting a cracker of a game.
Wasn’t disappointed with both sides playing great football, quarter time we are two points up, half time we are a point up, three quarter time they are a goal in front, we kicked the first goal scores level but instead of us kicking away it was the opposition who kicked the next four goals to win running away. Scores us 7-6=48 lost 11-7=73, the u/19s have a bye next week.

Got to the Coburg Oval at quarter time to watch our reserves playing West Coburg they are one game behind us on the ladder. Scores even at quarter time, we played good open football in the second quarter to take a three goal lead at halftime, second half much the same and we finished up winning by three goals, Scores 7-8=50 d 4-8=32

Senior game- opened up a four goal led at quarter time, back to two goals at halftime, we kicked six goals in the third quarter but they kicked three goals into the wind to hold a thirty three point lead at three quarter time, while we didn’t kick a goal in the last quarter we kept them to four goals to run out eight point winners. Scores 11-14=80 d 10-12=72

Next week playing Doutta Stars away Buckley Park Cooper st Essendon
NO U/19s Reserves at NOON Seniors 2-15pm

See you next week go the MIGHTY MORES

Round 6 Vs Avondale 19/05/18

Due to the Past players reunion no match report only scores.
Seniors v Avondale Heights 14-11=95 d 8–5=53.
Kicked 13 goals to 4 after quarter time.
We are =4th on ladder but 6th on {b9fa80ae06379db6b94076d408f6aebb0af83203bf6b8fcafbb73476e620819d}.

Reserves 9-12=66 d 8-5=53.
With the injury list getting shorter,the reserves fielded a much stronger team this week and got back on the winners list.
4th on ladder

U/19s 17-18=120 d 1-1=7
On top undefeated but next week they play Aberfeldie who are =2nd on the ladder.
MOST IMPORTANT this week our u/19s are playing away at Clifton Park V Aberfeldie at 10-00am, this is first playing = second.
So come along and support our boys before going to Coburg Football Ground to support our Reserves ( noon)and Seniors (2-15pm).

The past players committee arrived at the clubrooms at 10-00am Sharp and we had a first, Diffa arrived before Palms, thanks to Steve Carey for getting all the tables and chairs out,a big thank you to Donna for the decorations and to Fiona for helping Donna to make the clubrooms look fantastic, great thinking by the boys to set a long table in the front to sit the Twenty people who were involved in the 1998 Senior Premiership team, what a great turn out Twenty years later.

We had over a Hundred people attend to what turned out to be a fantastic day. Started out with M C Legs welcoming everyone,John Toniolo gave our PAVERS a strong push and I hope he got through to some of those in the audience, after a half hour catching up with old friends the meal was served and as usual it was first class tucker, well done to the catering staff a big thank you, it was then on to the reminiscing from the people who were in charge of the three Premierships we were celebrating.

First off the 1988 u/18 premieres and to do the reminiscing was Coach Brian Elvery and Gun player Warren Allison they spoke on how the year unfolded how Westmeadows went through the home and away season only for us to beat them twice in the final series, this was Brian’s second Premiership in a row.

On to the Reserves 1998 premiers and also celebrating two premierships in a row was Coach Peter O’Connor and his sidekick Shane Gee, they also spoke about their year and how it unfolded,this team was vastly different to last years team being a fair bit younger and as a result the celebrating was not as full on as last year’s also winning the premiership on the Saturday they had to wait for the Seniors to win on the Sunday to really let their hair which they did.

On to the Seniors 1998 Premiership team and the two to do the reminiscing were Coach Ian Aitken and the ever reliable Chris Koo, they kept bouncing barbs off each other for the entire reminiscing, we learnt about the song “HURRICANE” and what it meant to the team, unfortunately the two of them had me in fits of laughter I am finding it hard to remember what else they said.
It was probably the best reminiscing we have had.

We had a few more minutes to reminisce before the comedian LAWRENCE Mooney was ready to entertain us, and what a fantastic performance he gave in my opinion the best comedian we have had HANDS DOWN, his impersonation of our PRIME MINISTER was hilarious and he had the crowd in the palm of his hand, l reckon he was also enjoying his performance and he actually went over his allotted time.

LAWRENCE then drew the raffle seven prizes and the Allison’s won three of them, for some it was time to sit back and watch the rest of the seniors game,for others it was time to get the camera working and and relive former glorious.

Football finished, time for this old timer to call it a day, but the day was just getting warm, the band started playing, the players and our supporters were starting to warm to the occasion and at Seven o’clock Diffa’s pizzas arrived all GARLIC FLAVOURED you’ve done it again DIFFA.

Thanks to Legs for doing a fantastic job with the booking system of only paying into the bank, great this year to take no money at the door also raffle tickets on the table another winner.

THANKS to all the committee for making the day a great success,to the bar staff” Glenn and his boys “ a big thank you, to all those who helped to clean up the clubrooms also a big thank you.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR TO CELEBRATE THE 1989 “A” GRADE PREMIERSHIP

Round 4 @ Marby 05/05/18

Settled down in my chair Saturday morning to watch our u/19s play Maribyrnong Park at their home ground, both sides undefeated and our u/19s have been playing scintillating football for five games. The last four games we have won easily so it will be interesting how we handle the pressure today.

It was a game of two halves for the first time this year our boys were scoreless in the first quarter, they were beating us in the air and also at the stoppages, fourteen points behind at quarter time, second quarter and they kicked two goals in the first five minutes now twenty six points down, we finally settled down and kicked three goals for the quarter they kicked another goal and at halftime still fourteen points behind.

Don’t know what the coach said to his boys at halftime BUT it sure worked
We started to win the ball around the stoppages we started to move the ball quickly by hand and foot which created scoring opportunities in our forward line with the result we kicking two goals one behind to their one behind to go in at three quarter time two points behind could we keep up the good work in the final quarter.

The last quarter was a pleasure to watch with two undefeated teams going at it full bore and to our boys credit they kept the opposition scoreless while we kicked one goal four behinds to run out eight point winners

This game again was a great advertisement for Junior football in our area and a pleasure to watch WELL DONE boys.

Scores Strathmore 6-5=41 Maribyrnong Park 5-3=33
Goals Sirko(3)Holian,Reddick,Cuffe ( 1 each )
Best (in no order) Holian,Francis,Fraser,J Ford,L Ford

Reserves- due to our L O N G injury list, our reserves for this game were a mismatch of regular players, some players who hadn’t trained or played a game this year and some u/19 players who had just played a game.

Although well beaten our players never gave up trying and gave it their best shot with no game next week hopefully in two weeks time most of our injured players will be back and the reserves can get back on the winners list.

Scores Strathmore 2-6=18 to 16-10=106
Goals Leathers and Elliott one each
Best – Todorov,Leathers,Elliott,Preston,Carland.

Seniors – playing the undefeated top team we took the field determined to give them a contest which we did for three out of the four quarters unfortunately for us they kicked nine goals in the second quarter to put the game out of our reach, I think in the second half they took the foot off the pedal and we were competitive in the last half to salvage some pride.
Hopefully after the break we will get some of our better players back and we will be competitive against the top teams,we have some young talented players in this team they just need a help along the way.

Scores – 9-12=66 to 18-11=119
Goals – A Grima(5)Cachia,Horne,Mitchum,O’Loughlin (1each)
Best – A Grima,Weightman,Allison,Mighell,Currie(u/19 player)

No game next week, next game May 19th at home v Avondale Heights
The past players reunion is also on that day if you would like to attend
AGAIN no money accepted at door if you would like to attend send $50 to Craig Leggo BSB 013 442 ACC 522 668 614.

Round 3 Vs Pascoe Vale 23/04/18 

U/19 – What a fantastic game, fast and open play on football at its best, running past at every opportunity and beautiful delivery of the ball made it a delight to watch the. We kicked five goals in the first three quarters and finished off with seven in the last quarter to run out easy winners.
Scores 22-15=147 to 0-2=02
Goals – Sirko(5)Dukic(4)Currie(4)Reddick(4)Jury(3)Holian(1)Markey(1)
Best – Currie,Jury,Holian,Sirko,Reddick

Reserves – Another great game scores close all day, level at three quarter time
Our fitness held out and we ran out thirteen point winners another great win to our boys.Well done to the u/19s who helped out due to reserves being short.
GoalsDwyer(3)Bradley(2)Leathers(2)Holian,McConville,Manzie,Butcher(all 1)
Best- Todorov,Pignolet,Bradley,Dwyer,Carland.

Seniors- Sorry nothing positive to write about the seniors,very disappointing
Goals – Grima(3)Mighell,Lower,O’Leary,O’Loughlan(all 1)

DONT FORGET ANZAC DAY at GLENROY on WEDNESDAY.
No u/19s RESERVES at NOON,SENIORS at 2-15pm
Come along and support the MIGHTY MORES

Round 2 Vs Greenvale 14/04/18 

Arrived at Lebanon Park, quarter time of the under 19s, dressed like i was going to the Antarctic. A strong wind was blowing towards the clubrooms end and at times the rain and hailstones were also coming down horizontal favouriting the clubrooms end. Sat down in my seat, pulled the hood of my coat over my head, umbrella at the ready, and watched our u/19s give the opposition a football lesson, we continued on from our first game, playing fast open football, strong overhead marking, quick handball to a teammate running past and excellent delivery of the ball to a teammate further up the field made it a pleasure to watch, we led at every change running out winners by 99 points.

Scores- 19-8=122 to 3-5=23

Goals – Jury(4) Figliola,Dukic,Baker-West,Holian,Currie,Chaloub ( Two each )Sirko,Young,Francis (one each )
Best- Baker-West,Figliola,Jury,Holian,Francis

Reserves- the reserves copped the worst of the conditions in the third quarter was helping Condo and Toners put the chairs on the hill away we got the hailstorm that was coming in sideways, We all got drowned, got back to my seat it was full of hailstones, clothes wet through so I went home and got changed into a dry set of clothes. BACK to the football.
We kicked with the aid of the strong wind and kicked a goal in the first minute BUT like a good team (they haven’t lost a game in two years) they bottled the ball up in the non scoring side of the ground and that was our only goal for the quarter, unfortunately our backline did not learn from their defensive tactics and in the second quarter we defended to the attacking side of the ground
resulting in them kicking TWO goals. Third quarter and due to the rain and hailstones belting down the wind also died down, this quarter was the same as the first quarter they defended to the road side all quarter restricting us to ONE goal, so we went into the last quarter with a eight point lead.
Last quarter backs to the wall could we defend our lead,WE sure did while we did not score, we learnt from the second quarter, defended to the road side all quarter and kept them to three points, five points up five minutes to go could we hang on, i am sure the players could not hear us BUT myself and the coaching staff were screaming out keep it on the roadside of the ground which we did for the longest five minutes in our lives and we ran out five point winners. Congratulations boys well played.

Scores – 2-11=23 to 2-6=18
Goals – Manzie, McConville (1each)
Best – Vavra,Todorov,Dwyer,Rule,Elliott.

Seniors- We were full of confidence after our strong win in the first game BUT the conditions did not suit our small quick skilled team, after two games the centre square did not allow us to play our running game and in the centre square it was more like rugby which suited their bigger bodied players better than us, and as they say in sport a taller bigger bodied skilled team will in most games beat a smaller skilled team and that is what happened today.

First quarter kicking with the wind we had thirteen scoring shots for a poor return of five goals and eight points this was due mainly to us not having a big strong overhead mark near goals and most of our behinds were rushed after the ball hit the ground.Scores 5-8=38 to 1-1=7

Second quarter they kicked seven goals from nine scoring shots due to their tall forwards strong marking and we failed to score. Scores 5-8=38 to 8-3=51
Thirteen points down and we have had two more scoring shots.

This is my third year writing these match reports and against this opposition the third quarter is always the same, they blow us out of the water and put the game out of our reach, this year no different we are kicking with a strong wind and we’re out scored three goals to two. Scores 7-12=54 to 11-3=69 ( five more scoring shots)

Last quarter could we salvage some PRIDE to some extent which we did keeping them to two goals while we kicked one, our endeavour in this game never varied, we had a red hot dip all day, putting our bodies on the line BUT unlike last game our smaller quick players had no influence on the result and while lowering our colours I was happy with our game. Final Scores
8-14=62 to 13-8=86 for a twenty four point defeat.
Goals- Mighell(2) Foulds(2) O’Brien,Tsialtas,Allison,O’Loughlan(1 each)
Best(in no order) Horne,O’Brien,Jarrad,Allison,Mighell.

Next week ANOTHER HOME GAME v Pascoe Vale, u/19 9-30am, Reserves Noon Seniors 2-30pm See you there go the MIGHTY MORES

30/03/18 @ Keilor 

Welcome to season 2018, the GOLD and BLUE colours running through our blood again WHAT a feeling.

Made our way down the Calder freeway to take on KEILOR for the annual Good Friday game, the weather was magnificent, ground in excellent condition and what to follow was three great games of football.

U/19.5 – what a great advertisement this game was for local football, it had everything, great skills from both teams, the quick movement of the ball was great to see, arial skills, pace to burn, both sides hard at the ball, their was a few altercations and both teams flew the flag.

We led at every change and ran out eighteen point winners

Scores – Strathmore 9-11=65 Keilor 7-5=47

Best – Jury,Baker-West, Currie, Holian, Butcher, Mann
Goals – Holian(2) Sirko(2) Duggan Chaloub Pannunzio Saraya Currie (1 each)

Reserves – unfortunately the reserves ran into a older,more experienced and bigger bodied team, they out scored us by three goals in the first quarter
, after the first quarter we settled down and for the next three quarters we held our own going down by 33 points, I am sure the reserves will learn from this game and will be competitive for the remaining of the year.

Scores – Strathmore 7-12=54 lost Keilor 12-15=87
Best – Foulds,Vavra,Cooke,Rule,Carland,Todorov.
Goals – Todorov(2) Rule (2) Manzie,Dwyer,Holian (1each)

Seniors – The game was played at a frantic pace with both teams hard at the ball and not giving an inch,in the first half two of our bad habits from last year came back to haunt us, our poor conversion rate in front of goals (3-9 to halftime) and poor delivery of the ball around the ground and while being nineteen points down at halftime, I felt we were still in the contest,
Do not know what words of wisdom our coach told the team at halftime but we came out and made the second half of the game OURS. Our conversion rate (9-5 after halftime) was a vast improvement on our first half, our pace and movement of the ball improved as did our field kicking and we ran over the top of Keilor to run out TWELVE point winners(seven more scoring shots),to finish off a great day, as they say “two wins out of three ain’t bad”
Scores – Strathmore 12-14=86 def Keilor 11-8=74
Best – in no order – Jarrad, McIntosh, Halliwell, Morey, Iacobucci, Ingleton
Goals- Grima(3)O’Leary(2)Weightman(2)O’Loughlin(2)Condon(2)Tsialtas(1)

No football for the MORES next week, next game 14th April V Greenvale at home.

03/09/17 V Elimination Final Vs Marby @ Windy Hill

Strathmore again made 5 changes to the last games side but included some experience in Hamish McIntosh, Alex Grima, Michael Firrito, Adam Iacobucci and for a his First Senior Final Under 17 Ben Reddick. We started the game well kicking 3 early goals, but let Maribyrnong Park in for some late goals. An 11 point lead at Quarter time.

The second quarter started slow with both sides unable to score goals, MP finished with a flurry of goals to hold a 14 point lead at half time. Their height around the edges was hurting us as they continually out marked our smaller wings and half forwards.

In the 3rd Quarter both sides again peppered the goals without much reward, again MP’s height was hurting us with height. 9 points down at 3/4 time.

In the last quarter we tried to come back at them, we would get close and they would kick another goal, we just could not get that extra goal to get in front. In the final minutes of the game MP kicked some easy goals as we went all out attack and were susceptible to turnovers. Down by 27 points.

Goals: Matt Little (4), Alex Grima (3), Adam Iacobucci, (2) and Jaryd Cachia (1)
Best: Matt Little, Mitchell Purcell, Jaryd Cachia, Josh Helliwell and Xavier Allison.

27/08/17 V West Coburg

Final home and away game for the season we are playing West Coburg at home.

U/19s must defeat West Coburg who are third on the ladder and hope Maribrynong Park defeat Aberfeldie and we will play finals, arrived at halftime and we were 7 points down so we are in with a chance unfortunately not to be. West Coburg kicked thirteen goals to our three in the second half to end our chances and we finished fifth on the ladder.
Scores 7-9=51 to 18-12=120.

With another six forced changes in the Seniors the Reserves fielded possible their weakest team for the year and went down 5-12=42 to 10-7=67 to finish fifth on the ladder.

For possibly the fifth week in a row we made another six changes to the team, hopefully we can put in a good performance and get our revenge against West Coburg who beat us in the first round at their ground, hopefully we can take a positive attitude onto the ground and show our supporters we are a genuine chance for the premiership

The first half was a scrappy affair and we went in at halftime with a four goal lead, in the second half we lifted our work rate especially around the stoppages, our tackles began to stick and our endeavour for the ball was terrific with the result we ran out good winners 13-15=93 to 5-10=40 to finish fourth on the ladder.
Best Little, Purcell, Cachia, Mighell and Foulds.
Goals Little(8) Foulds(3) Horne and Knight (1 each)

Next week First Semi Final V Maribyrnong Park
Where Windy Hill ( Essendon Football Ground) Napier Street Essendon
When. Sunday September 3rd
Time. 2-15pm

See you there to support the MIGHTY MORES

20/08/17 @ Pascoe Vale

We played Pascoe Vale on Saturday at their home ground, a must win for the u/19, the Reserves and Seniors games have no bearing on our positions on the ladder.

U/19 won their game 8-15=63 to 7-10=52 to keep their finals hopes alive.
It all comes down to next Saturday’s results.
We play West Coburg at home, we are fifth, they are third, so we must win and hope
Aberfeldie who are fourth and playing at home are defeated by the Top team Maribyrnong Park. All the best to Mick and the players.

Reserves returned to the winners list defeating Pacco 10-5=65 to 8-7=55 to remain fifth on the ladder and unfortunately miss out on the finals.

Seniors for the third or fourth week in a row made six changes to the team due to many factors and with our spot in finals secured the game was of no importance so it no surprise to see us get beaten.Scores 11-9=75 to 13-11=89.

Next week West Coburg at home and remembering they beat us the last time we meet, we are out for revenge, so hopefully we can field a strong team and get ready for the finals the following week,

See you at Home next week, 9-30am to support the U/19, 11-45am Reserves, 2-15pm Seniors, Go the MIGHTY MORES

13/08/17 @ Aberfeldie

All our Saturday teams played Aberfeldie and with disastrous results all being defeated

The Thirds played Aberfeldie in the first semifinal at Westmeadows on Saturday morning and went down 5-3=33 to 12-14=86. Due to the numerous injuries in the higher teams our Third team who were well coached by Micky Devers had the misfortune to field a depleted team in the last three to four matches of the season and consequently finished fourth for the season, I am sure the committee and all our supporters are proud of their efforts over the year.

U/19s lowered their colours to Aberfeldie with the result they took our place in the four
Scores 5-7=37 to 11-9=75 BUT we can still get back in the four, first we have to beat Pacco next week and hope West Coburg defeat Abers if that happens, it will come down to the last game to see who will participate in the finals.

Reserves went down to Abers 6-7=43 to 21-9=135 to see us drop to sixth on the ladder, two games plus percentage behind the fourth team, we have to win both of our games by BIG margins and hope other results go our way to play in the finals.

With the “A” final four already decided this was going to be a lack lustre affair with our senior team going down 7-12=54 to 13-20=98, now we can concentrate on Pascoe Vale next and get back on track for the finals.

Next Week Pascoe Vale away u/19s at 9-30am, Reserves 11-45am, Seniors 2-15pm

Come along and support the MIGHTY MORES

05/08/17 Vs Ess Doutta Stars

Due to injuries and work duties six changes this week, four good ins McIntosh, Cachia, Knight and Barnard plus two youngsters in Leathers and Todorov.

Due to these six being unavailable and other circumstances, the Third senior team had to forfeit their game, luckily they are safely in the four and will play finals. Next Saturday they play Aberfeldie but have no details on where or when, will email details when I have them.

U/19s had four of their good players in the Senior team and without them they were defeated 5-10=40 to 11-20=86. We are fourth on the ladder.

The Reserves where also depleted and went down by eight points
Scores 7-10=52 to 8-12=60. We are fifth on the ladder.

The seniors are sitting third on the ladder and WIN or LOSE today our position on the ladder cannot change, so a lack lustre game was expected.

We kicked to the clubrooms end favoured by a possible three to four goal wind, we were straight into attack kicking three goals quick smart but then the opposition bottled the ball in the dead pocket, went in at quarter time leading
3-4=22 to 0-1=1 but with them having the wind in the next quarter, ALL EVEN

This quarter was one of the best quarters we have played all year,with fast play on football we scored three goals into the wind to their one goal with the wind,
a fantastic quarter and a pleasure to watch.
Scores 6-6=42 to 1-6=12

With the wind at our backs, what a quarter we played, FOURTEEN shots for goal resulting in EIGHT goals SIX behinds and keeping them to one behind we went in at three quarter time leading by FOURTEEN goals.
Scores 14-12=96 to 1-7=13

With percentage being of no importance, we took the foot of the pedal, resulting in them kicking ten goals in this quarter but the game was well and truly over at three quarter time and we cruised to a twenty seven points win.
Scores 15-14=104 to 11-11=77

Best- Allison, Baniowski, Cachia, Currie, Lower, Barnard.

Goals- Knight,A Grima, Currie, Weightman, McIntosh,Foulds (all two each)
– Leathers, Todorov, Purcell (all one each)

Next week Aberfeldie away, they are Second we are Third, Win,Lose or Draw positions cannot change, so possibly another lack lustre game.

BUT There will be plenty of interest in the u/19s and Reserves with a WIN a MUST for both teams, so get down to Clifton Park early u/19s at 9-30 am, Reserves at 11-45am.

29/07/17 @ Craigieburn

The day started off with the u19s having a BYE.

Thirds had a win over Northern Saints 7-11=53 to 1-4=10 fourth on ladder

Arrived at Craigieburn to watch the Reserves unfortunately Craigieburn reserves could not field a team, a walkover leaving us fifth on the ladder.

Five changes to the side with Little, Bramley and Dwyer in from the Reserves, congratulations to Lachlan Currie from the u/19s in for his FIRST game senior game and Ben Reddick from the u17s, the five out were being managed for injuries.

Craigieburn kicked to the end favoured by strong cross wind which was worth four or five goals they kicked a goal in the first minute and while we had more scoring shots went in at quarter time fourteen points down 0-5=5 to 3-1=19

Our turn with the wind and like the first quarter they kicked the first goal could this the result we didn’t want but like a good team we answered the challenge kicking the next five goals to go in at halftime thirteen points in front 5-9=39 to 4-2=26

Third quarter much like the first, we both had four shots for goal, they kicked two goals two behinds to our four behinds, we have had eighteen scoring shots to their ten, maybe they can read the wind better than us and we only led by three points going into the last quarter 5-13=43 to 6-4=40

After a sluggish start to the quarter, we finally kicked away and got the win we wanted, again sloppy kicking for goal, thirteen scoring shots for six goals and seven behinds while the opposition kicked one goal, winning by forty points 11-20=86 to 7-4=46

Two quarters of kicking into the wind we had nine shots for nine behinds, their two quarters, three shots for two goals one behind. maybe they were used to the strong crosswind more than us. We are third on the ladder.

Best in no order- Lower, Weightman, Reddick,Currie, Purcell, Dwyer.

Goals- Lower(3) Weightman(2) Little(2) Reddick, Jarrad, Purcell, Foulds ( one each)

Next week – thirds are playing Greenvale away on oval two( not the main oval)
11-00am start
U/19s – 9-30am start
Res – 11-45am start
Seniors – 2-15 pm start – all playing Doutta at home.

See you all next week to cheer home the MIGHTY MORES

22/07/17 Vs Avondale

While the reunion was running we did play four games of football only scores and information from the internet.

Open age threes defeated Keilor 10-9=69 to 3-5=23 we are fourth on ladder
Next week play Northern Saints at home 11-00am start.

U19 played the undefeated top team Marib Park lost but not disgraced
Scores us 4-3=27 to 10-11=71 fourth on ladder They have BYE this week.

Reserves lost us 6-7=43 to Avondale Heights 6-9=45 Fifth on ladder
Play Craigieburn away next Saturday 11-45am start.

Seniors – Ins – T Grima, Iacobucci, Baniowski, Weightman(from u/19)
Out – Knight,O’Loughlan(both injured) Bradley, Reddick( back to u/19).

Playing Avondale Heights at home it is a must WIN for us or our win’s against quality opposition in the last three games counts for nothing, they have won five out of their last six games, but were well beaten at home last week by Aberfeldie.

The conditions were a FREEZING strong cold wind favouring the clubroom end, caught glimpses of the game through the window, they kicked to the end favoured by the wind, we started strong and kicked the first goal, with the aid of the strong wind they kicked the next two goals to go in leading by eight points at quarter time
Scores us 1-1=7 to 2-3=15

Second quarter we took advantage of the wind kicking four goals to their one.
Half time scores us 5-7=37 to 3-3=21

The half time entertainment of the NELSON TWINS went longer than expected missing all of the third quarter but pleased to report kept them to one goal and while we we’re kept goalless we went in at three quarter time with a eleven point lead

With the help of the strong wind we kicked five goals to two in the last quarter to win by thirty two points and cement our position in the four.

Scores us 10-12=72 to 6-4=40 we are third on the ladder
Best- Barnard Cachia Horne Firrito Allison Weightman
Goals – Weightman(2) Foulds(2) Cachia(2) Holian, Gleeson, Barnard, Lower (1 each)

Next Saturday v Craigieburn away 2-15pm start
See you there. go the MIGHTY MORES

15/07/17 (Senior Bye Round)

Ventured down to Lebanon Reserve to watch our third open age team play, coming off a disappointing draw last week, we needed to stamp our authority today with a solid win against a side struggling to win a game against good opposition.

We were bolstered today with the inclusion of some u/19 players and didn’t they deliver and we ran out winners by 109 points.

Not knowing most of the players this report is from memory, no written notes.

We kicked with the aid of a possible three to four goal wind advantage, we were winning well at the centre bounce and with good creative handball we bombarded the goals kicking five goals from eleven scoring shots on the only occasion the went forward, they kicked a goal. Scores 5-6=36 to 1-0=6

Kicking into the wind we ran the ball and Cavanagh took some excellent overhead marks but poor kicking for goal undid some of his good work,Adam Figliola was also prominent in the forward line, our onballers were still giving us first use of the ball, our backline (sorry no names) held firm and kept them to one goal.
Scores 10-10=70 to 2-0=12

This quarter was a repeat of the first half, with us kicking five goals while keeping them goalless, unfortunately in this quarter a clash of heads between two of their players left one of them being declared clinically dead, thanks to the fantastic work of their medical staff and help from paramedics and ambulance staff he was able to be resuscitated and hopefully he is alright.
Scores 15-14=104 to 2-0=12

Last quarter and to their credit the fought the game right out with us kicking another five goals ( we kicked five goals in every quarter) they kicked two goals
Final score 20-14=134 to 4-1=25.

Goals – A Figliola(6) Cavanagh(3) Challis (2) Crocker (2) Preston(2) Ball(1) Hughes(1)
Moro(1) Rugolino(1) (17 could not decipher his name on team sheet) (1)

Best (in no order) – Cavanagh, Crocker, A Figliolo, F Figliolo, Hughes, Moro( dad would kill me if I didn’t mention you), (17) could not decipher name on team sheet, if I have missed anyone in the best players sorry maybe next time.

Margaret and I sat in our usual spots to barrack and cheer the Gold and Blue colours to victory,thanks to Carol Knights for the information about the team and to Steven Knights for cooking the B B Q.

Next Saturday the thirds play Keillor at home 11-00am start we are fourth on the ladder they are sixth, ten points behind us so a win is of the utmost importance, all the best for next week.

Next Saturday at home our u/19,Reserves and Seniors play Avondale Heights,
They are below us on the ladder so it is important that we do not drop our guard or last weeks win means nothing, it is also our Past players and Supporters reunion don’t forget NOON start see you there. Thanks

Round 12 @ Keilor 08/07/17

IMPORTANT Next Saturday 15th of July our THIRD open age team are the only STRATHMORE team playing, they are playing Roxburgh Park at HOME at 11-00am.

Here is the opportunity for all STRATHMORE supporters to come down and give our THIRD team some well earned encouragement, we are sitting fourth on the ladder they are seventh so a win is very important, i am sure Mick Devers and the team and officials will welcome you with open arms.

IF YOU ARE A PASSIONATE STRATHMORE SUPPORTER YOU WILL BE THERE.

Now on to Saturday’s games.

Thirds played Maribyrnong Park and the game finished in a draw
Scores 8-5=53 to 7-11=53 we are fourth on the ladder

U/19 unfortunately ran into a red hot Keilor team and although we tried all day we were overpowered. Scores 8-5=53 to 20-14=134 we are third on ladder.

Reserves were again weakened by injuries and although giving their all, were defeated but not disgraced Scores 9-6=60 to 12-9=81 we are fifth on ladder.

Seniors were facing Keilor in a EIGHT point game, a win puts us two games plus percentage ahead of the opposition a loss only ahead on percentage.
It was a close game for three quarters with them leading by eight points at quarter time and us leading by nine points at halftime and three quarter time.
In the last quarter every player lifted with us kicking four goals and keeping them goalless to run out thirty three point winners, last week we had ten different goal kickers this week due to an amazing eight goals to Alex Grima, four to Knights, three to Gleeson, two to Nugget and one to Cachia only five goal kickers, today we were strong all over the ground Mighell and Halliwell were good in defence, our onballers were first in for the hard ball and then the Amazing Alex Grima finished it all off with eight goals well assisted by Knighta, Gleeson and Nugget Foulds in the forward line.
Scores 18-10=118 to 12-13=85 We are still fourth on the ladder, but we are now two games plus percentage ahead of the fifth team, the aim now is to stay there and play in the finals.

Best(in no order) A Grima, Mighell, Cachia, Halliwell, Knights, Gleeson.

Goals A Grima(8),Knights(4), Gleeson(3), Foulds(2), Gleeson(1)

Our senior, reserves and u/19 do not play next Saturday, our next game is on 22nd of July v Avondale Heights at HOME, BUT don’t forget next Saturday 15th July our THIRD open age team are playing Roxburgh Park at HOME 11-00am start, so come down and cheer on the MIGHTY MORES.

Round 11 Vs Greenvale 01/07/17

Saturday was a good day but also a poor day for the Strathmore Football Club.
Good in that our senior team defeated the ladder leaders in Greenvale BUT a poor day in that our A three team had to forfeit their game due to lack of players, hopefully we can fix the problem before next Saturday’s game.

The A three’s are still fourth on the ladder, next Saturday we play the second placed team on the ladder at HOME starting at 11-00 am, if you are in the area drop in and support our Third open age side.

Got to the ground at halftime of the u/18 ( hope you are reading this Mick T) with the u/18 holding a five point lead, we kicked three goals in the third quarter
and held that advantage in the final quarter to win by twenty two points.
Scores 11-11=77 to 8-7=55, we are fourth on the ladder next week we play Keillor who are second, so should be a good game of football.

Reserves played the undefeated top team and while our boys tried their hearts out they were no match for Greenvale and went down by over ten goals, injuries to some of our senior players and also FRIDGE have weakened the teams ability to play good football, we still sit forth on the ladder and like the u/18 play Keillor who are third, hopefully we will get some of our quality players back and make it a good game.Scores 5-5=35 to 16-12=108.

Our senior team took on the ladder leaders in Greenvale, we kicked to the clubrooms end with the a possible two goal advantage, strange as it seems the team kicking to that end was out scored in every quarter, we peppered the goals all quarter BUT had the wrong kicking boots on and kicked one goal and six behinds to trail by one point. Scores 1-6=12 to 2-1=13.

Had the right kicking boots on this quarter kicking three goals one behind and restricting them to one goal, some of our younger players stood up this quarter with Butler,Allison and Holian putting their bodies in and winning the hard ball,Mighell was prominent taking some telling marks and playing on and driving the ball deep into our forward line.Scores 4-7=31 to 3-3=21

When we played them at their ground earlier in the year we went in at halftime a couple of goals in front BUT in the first five minutes of the third quarter they came out and kicked the first five goals of that quarter and took the game of us. Could it happen again, they came out and kicked a goal in thirty seconds BUT this time we stood firm and with Barnard and Stapleton competing at every stoppage and with Horne, Cachia and Lower winning the crumbs we held our advantage at three quarter time.Scores 6-10=46 to 5-3=33.

Thirteen points up could we hold on NOT only did we hold on we kicked five goals to their four to win by nineteen points, Purcell was playing great football on his side of the ground ,our small running forwards in Knight, A Grima and Staudt were not only kicking goals but more importantly they kept the ball in our forward line for a long time, not to forget our backline, well led by Helliwell, Jarrad,Foulds and Firrito who kept their forwards to a losing score.
Final score 11-13=79 to 9-6=60

BEST – This was a great team effort but in no order Purcell, Butler, Allison, Barnard and Horne.

Goals – we kicked eleven goals and had ten different goal kickers, great to see Fittito drifting down and kick two goals.

Overall a great win but it counts for nothing if we lose to Keillor next week this is a eight point ball game,so come on down to Keilor’s home ground next Saturday u/19 – 9-30. Res 11-45 Seniors 2-15pm and support the

MIGHTY MORES.

Round 10 @ Marby 24/06/17

Due to a family function on Saturday no Match report only Scores.
A threes v Northern Saints, us 14-12=96 to 3-4=22 Third on ladder
U/19 v Doutta Stars, us 11-10=76 to 4-10=34 Fourth on ladder
Res v M/Park, us 9-12=66 to 5-12=42 Second on ladder
Seniors V M/Park they are third on the ladder we are fourth so a win today is a must, quarter by quarter scores, it must have been a great game,
Quarter time we were two points up, half time we were one point up, three quarter time they were three points up at the end of the game we were victorious by five points to keep our finals hopes alive.Score 10-15=75 to 10-11=71

Next Saturday at HOME we play GREENVALE who are on top of the ladder, we are still fourth on the ladder but only by percentage from Keilor.

So come on down and support the MIGHTY MORES

Round 9 @ West Coburg 17/06/17

After all teams had won their last five games.arrived at Shore Reserve to take on West Coburg full of confidence to keep the winning streak going BUT unfortunately they had other ideas and inflicted defeats on the u/19 and the senior team, with the Reserves the only winning team on the Saturday.

Our third open age side lowered their colours to Aberfeldie by ten points
7-6=48 lost 8-10=58 sit fourth on the ladder.

U/19 – second on the ladder, they were third so a good close game was anticipated, unfortunately bad kicking for goal and a solid effort from them saw us go down by twenty points 8-15=63 lost 12-11=83 sit fourth on the ladder.

Reserves were the only positive result for the day winning by seventeen goals, they were in control all day and played good fast attacking football
20-12=132 won 4-3=27 sit third on the ladder.

Our senior team were very disappointing and in the end went down by seven points after five fantastic weeks of football “maybe” we thought it would just happen, unfortunately the opposition came to play and we were caught napping,
12-18=90 lost 14-13=97 sit fourth on the ladder on percentage.

Next Saturday we play Maribyrnong Park away they are third we are fourth so it should be a great game.

Round 8 V Pacco 03/06/17

Another great day on Saturday, got to the clubrooms early to notice Steve Carey had all the tables and chairs ready for setting up,Donna had bought the desserts and all the little knickknacks we needed to set up the tables, Margaret Hamilton helped Donna in her preparation of the day, thanks to Tom Whitehouse for picking up the balloons.

We had thirty five life members present and with family and friends all up we had sixty people attend the reunion.

At the door welcoming our life members and their family and friends, great to see Judy Selvaggi wife of the late John Selvaggi, Judy has not been in the best of health lately, great to see her happy and having good day,except for the occasional aches and pains everybody was in good spirits.

Kicked off the reunion with John Toniolo out lining our latest fundraiser, offering our life members the chance to purchase a PAVER to be laid in front of our new change rooms,
I hope some of our life members take up the offer,Anthony Simpson also gave a push for the sale of the Last Man Standing draw, First prize $5000 dollars.

Started off with Ian Coutts interviewing our senior coach Nathan Grima, it was great listening, and with three Grima brothers at the club, as all three brothers were drafted to A F L teams, Nathan was asked who was the better footballer, being very modest Nathan actually said their sister was the better sports person, it was a very interesting interview and as a lot of the life members had not seen our new change rooms,Nathan invited them to come in and listen to his pre game talk,we some did take the offer up.

The Luncheon followed and congratulations to the catering staff, the meal was cooked to perfection and there were only good words to be said by the life members.

Next the raffle thanks to Peter Walker for the Football tickets also Christine for the hampers and the bottles of wine and spirits,President John Elliott overnight stay at hotel, Mick Trevean two tickets in the $5000 draw, all the raffle winners looked happy.

Last but not the smallest was Coutts’s interview with Richmond and A F L legend Dale “FLEA” Weightman, of great interest was how he handled having type “A” diabetes whilst playing football at the highest level, to keep playing every time he got tired had to eat jellybeans,yelled out for the trainer to bring out the jellybeans, unfortunately the rather large trainer had eaten all of the jellybeans, Played in Richmonds 1980 Premiership team and values the long standing friendships with the players of that team, took the premiership cup home to Mildura for his birthday, cup went missing had no idea who had it, got a message from the local catholic priest if he wanted the cup back had to come to ten o’clock mass to pick it up,I am sure the interview could have went all day, but time ran out, a great interview of a truly great footballer.

Last but not least thanks to all the helpers —
Steve Carey Tables and Chairs- Margaret Hamilton-helping with the preparation of the desserts and setting up of the room-Glenn Williams, Georgie and Lachie behind the bar – Ian Coutts for his flair and exceptional interviews- Nathan Grima and Dale “flea” Weightman for their time.

The committee Bruce Britter, Mick Duggan, Shane Gee, Peter Owens, Mick Trevean and Minute secretary Donna Whitehouse thanks for all hard work,

That’s all folks see you in 2018

While we celebrated our reunion there was football played, another good weekend for the Strathmore Football Club with all four teams winning.
Thirds won beating old rivals Keillor 7-10=52 to 5-7= 37 Third on ladder
U/19 v Pascoe Vale 14-11=95 to 7-12=54 Second on ladder.
Reserves v P/Vale. 19-12=126 to 4-6=30 Third on ladder.
Seniors. V P/Vale. 10-14=74 to 10-9=69 Fourth on ladder.

Next week Queens Birthday Weekend no local football.
Next game 17th June v West Coburg Away-Shore Reserve -West Coburg..

Round 7 V Abers 27/05/17

Another great day on Saturday with all teams winning,our third open age team beat Westmeadows at Westmeadows 17-6=108 to 7-2=44, they sit second on the ladder.

We welcomed Aberfeldie to our home ground on Saturday in which we hoped to be three competitive games,got to the ground halfway through the first quarter of the U/19s with us holding a slight lead, we led all day and in the end held on for a eight point win 10-6=66 to 8-10=58, we are now sit second on the ladder.

The Reserves and Abers were fourth and fifth separated only by percentage so a close game was anticipated and that’s what we got with us winning by five points, the game was of high standard with the difference being the goal kicking of Athan Tsailtas who kicked six goals for the second week in a row.
Scores 8-7=55 to 7-8=55.The reserves are fourth on the ladder.

The Seniors were facing the undefeated and top of the ladder in form Aberfeldie, if we can continue on from last week, show the same toughness around the stoppages and more importantly convert our chances into goals we are in with a chance, two changes in Purcell and Condon(first game this year) out Ingelton(injured) Reddick(back to U/17 after a good showing last week).

We kicked with the aid of a cross wind favouring the clubroom end, it was a fluky wind but worth three to four goals, we did take advantage of the wind kicking six goals to one,Alex Grima was on fire kicking five of our six goals.
Scores 6-2=38 to 1-2=8

Second quarter, could we keep them out and lead at halftime, we did for half of the quarter but like good teams they kept coming and while our six in the backline tried their butts off and out on ballers kept the pressure on at the stoppages we went in at halftime one point in front 8-2=50 to 7-7=49

Third was a repeat of the second quarter, halfway through the quarter only one goal in front, then our small on ballers started winning the hard ball creating opportunities in our forward line and added three more goals while keeping them goalless for the quarter,the supporters could sense something big was going to happen. 12-4=76 to 7-10=52

Final quarter, was our four goal lead going to be enough IT was answered in five minutes won the first three centre clearances kicked ball long into open forward line, three strong marks, threes goals,SEVEN goals up and looking good BUT they are not on top and undefeated for nothing and they came back hard but we were not to be denied and ran out winners by forty nine points.
We kept them to one goal in the second half.
Scores Strathmore 17-7=109 to 8-12=60

Best – You don’t beat the top team by eight goals unless every team member plays his part and that’s what happened today a GREAT TEAM EFFORT.

Our six in the backline stood firm all day repeatedly driving the ball forwards,our forward line lead by Alex Grima (6 goals) was hungry for the ball all day and fought to keep the ball in our foward line, our on ballers were tough and relentless at the stoppages and our centreline was prepared to run both ways and help the backline out.

Goals – A Grima(6),T Grima(2), Gleeson(2),Rae,Condon,o’Loughlin, Butler,Iaccobucci, Holman,and Cachia( 1 each )

Next week Pascoe Vale at home( 2 in a row at home)

Come on down and support the MIGHTY MORES

Round 6 V EDS 20/05/17

We journeyed down the road to Buckley Park to take on Doutta Stars, they are above us in all grades, so it was a day where we had to bring our best football forward for all teams keep in touch with the four,WHICH we DID

Great day for the Strathmore Football Club on Saturday with all four teams winning the”A” Threes by Twenty goals,U/19 by Eight goals,Reserves by Four goals and most importantly our Senior team by Six goals.

Three changes in Firrito,Ingelton and Ben Reddick ( up from the u/17 for his first senior game) Out Purcell,Leathers( inj) and Tsailtas.

The game was played at a blistering pace all day with both teams playing on at all times, they were causing us some headaches around the stoppages with their quick handball which enabled them to deliver ball further upfield but we withstood the challenge and when we got the ball moving into our forward line, if our talks didn’t mark and convert, they brought it to ground and our smalls gathered the crumbs and scored with the result we led by fifteen points at quarter time
Scores 5-5=35 to 3-3=21

It was a swirling wind and possibly favouring the end they were kicking too, they kicked the first goal in the first minute and didn’t their supporters go ballistic, but our backline stood firm and also created run into our foward line and like the first quarter we converted on most occasions, with the result we led by twenty points at halftime, unfortunately we lost young Ingelton to injury in this quarter he took no further part in the game.
Scores 10-8=68 to 7-6=48

The third quarter was a repeat of the first half with both sides still going at a frantic pace but we were relentless in our attack on the ball and the opposition and at three quarter time led by Thirty one points.
Score 13-9=87 to 8-8=56

Last quarter, more of the same, u/17 player Reddick kicked a good running goal and was mobbed by all his teammates,it was goal for goal in this quarter, our six in the backline stood firm as the did all day, and as i said if our tall forwards didn’t mark it they brought it to ground so our smalls got the crumbs, all of our onballers kept going all game and were always willing to run both way,OVERALL a terrific team effort and we ran out winners by forty points.

Final scores 18-12=120 to 12-8=80

No best players, today it was a first class TEAM EFORT, great to see all of our recruits starting to find their feet with Firrito, Cachia, T Grima, Lower and Jarrad all playing well and this is flowing on to all the players, as you can tell this supporter is getting excited.

Goals McIntosh(4), Horne, O’Loughlin,Butler,T.Grima,A.Grima(2each)
Firrito,Cachia,Iaccobucci,Redick( 1each)

We are now sitting third on the ladder that’s the good news BUT next week we play Aberfeldie at home,IF we play with the same intensity as we did against Doutta’s we are a definite chance.

Come on down ( be early) it will be a bumper crowd, come early and support the u/19 ( 9-30 start )and Reserves (Noon start ) Seniors (2-00 start) and
SUPPORT the MIGHTY MORES.

Round 5 V Craigieburn 06/05/17

We welcomed Craigieburn to Lebanon reserve on Saturday, they have not won a game this year, we have won one game, going by the weekly scores we should win comfortably but in football you never know.

Into the team came McIntosh (back from injury) and Todd Grima (first game in eighteen months) Out Firitto and McConville(managed)

Good to have two tall marking options up forward, if they didn’t mark the ball they brought it to ground for our crumbers to swoop on the loose ball and kick goals.

First quarter we kicked ten goals to no score, this continued on for the rest of the game and we went on to win by thirty five goals, Craigieburn finally kicked their only goal in the last quarter.

Due to such a one sided win, no Best players or goal kickers.

Next week no football in the E D F L due to Senior Combined games.

Our next game is on the 20th of May v Doutta Stars away Cooper Street Essendon.

So come along and support the MIGHTY MORES.

Round 4 @ Avondale 29/04/17

Unfortunately woke up Saturday morning not feeling a hundred percent so did not go to the game, turned out to be a good day with the three teams winning.

Many changes again(7 this week) into the team came Mitchell Leathers,John Barnard, Athan Tsialtas, Xavier Allison, Alex Grima, Matthew Mc Conville and Luke Holman.

We journeyed to Avondale Heights to do battle, we are winless and they have won one game for the year, they have a couple of talls and unfortunately last week due to injury we lost our last two talls.

McConville and “Barny ” have come into the team to put pressure on their talls and hopefully our onballers can benefit and give us first use of the ball and i have it on good authority that is what happened, Grima added pace and flair on the forward line(2 goals),Tsialtas (1 goal ) gave us a target up forward and Leathers,Allison and Holman gave us added pace all over the ground.

Only problem our poor kicking for goal, twenty six shots for only Eight goals, not being there don’t know if the wind played any part in our bad kicking.

Final Scores S/more 0-5=5. 4-9=33. 7-14=56. 8-18=66
Heights 1-3=9. 3-4=22. 4- 9=33. 5- 9=39

Best(in no order -Halliwell, Iacobucci,Allison, Barnard,Holman

Goals – Knight(2), Grima(2) Butler,Iacobucci,Lower,Tsialtas ( All one each)

Next week Craigieburn at home,so come down and support the “MIGHTY MORES “.

Round 3 Vs Keilor, Good Friday

Good Friday and we take on Keilor at our home ground.

Welcomed into the team Nick Lower and Liam Weightman for their first games.

Went into the game with only two talls and unfortunately we lost one of them during the second quarter with a knee injury our second for the year, and we really struggled to stay in the game after that.

The first half was fairly even with new player Lower giving us good drive from the back flank and with Jarred we have two good left foot kicks out of the back line but they were too tall in their forward line and causing us lots of headaches. We were battling hard,putting our head the ball and no one could knock our endeavour and at half time were thirteen points down.

You know the old saying “you can’t pull your socks up if you don’t have any on”,
well that was us in the second half, their talls got taller and unfortunately all though we battled hard, never gave up,they ran all over us in the last half kicking nine goals to two
Until we get some of our quality injured players back we will battle against the top teams.

Two highlights in the second half, First Liam Weightmans chase in front of their supporters,laid the tackle and won the free kick even their supporters clapped his effort,

Second-trainer and life member Sam LaRosa was SPRINTING? out to attend an injured player when he did his hamstring (or was it a heartstring) but true to the trainers code he never flinched and treated the player.

Next week Avondale Heights AWAY, they always give us a run for our money at their ground,so all you STRATHMORE supporters come along and show our BOYS how much we appreciate their efforts.

GO THE MIGHTY MORES

Round 2 At Greenvale, 08/04/17

Hi All

Ventured up the road to play Greenvale, made five changes from last week due to injuries,in were Hamish Mcintosh ,Matt Little, Karl Stuadt, Andrew Todorov and Matty McConville were in for their FIRST senior games.(both dads Mario and Danny must have been proud of their boys).

Went into the game with two inexperienced ruck men in Stapleton and McConville to do battle with their tall and experienced ruckman, both of them battled their hearts out and never stopped trying all day,WELL DONE
Five changes (All due to injuries from last week)Hamish McIntosh and Little added height to our forward line(which we didn’t have last week)
McIntosh kicking Four goals but unfortunately Little went off injured in third quarter (the dreaded hammy injury,five in two games).Stuadt andTodorov added pace to the wings.

Won the toss and took the advantage of kicking with at least a four to five goal wind, we used the wind well and kicked six goals and kept them to one goal.We moved the ball quickly at all times resulting in McIntosh being one out near goals resulting in him kicking THREE goals,our backline was standing firm and kept driving the ball foward.
Our onballers were hard and tough around the packs resulting in our small forwards to kick three goals.A good quarter five goals in front BUT how we play in the second quarter will determine how strong the wind is.
Scores STRATHMORE 6-3=39 Greenvale 1-1=7

2nd – Our backline was keeping them at bay and due to strong teamwork around the packs resulting in goals to Knight and Allison and also keeping them to two goals we were still five goals in front BUT they were relentless in their attack on the ball and we conceded three goals in the second half of the quarter, and went in at halftime eight points in front.
Scores STRATHMORE 8-3=51 Greenvale 6-7=43

3rd -Last year at half time, same position, in front and looking okay, same result they came out and smashed us in the first ten minutes kicking four goals before we realised there was a game on.we were under pressure for the entire quarter BUT we were still having a red hot dip.A free to McIntosh for interference resulted in our only goal for the quarter.
Scores -Strathmore 9-4=58 Greenvale 11-11=77

4th- The conditions were terrible wet, cold and windy, our backs were to the wall how would we react, to our credit we served it right up to them with result they kicked two goals and we kicked one to Foulds.
Scores-10-6=66 Greenvale 13-13=91

Best – in no order – McIntosh,Iacobucci,Cachia,Todorov,Stapleton
Goals – McIntosh (4), Horne,Knight,Iacobbuci,Cachia,Allison,Foulds(all one each)

Next week we are playing KEILOR at home on GOOD FRIDAY
If we can get some of our injured players back and play with the intensity as we did this week we can knock off KEILOR,so come on down on GOOD FRIDAY and support the MIGHTY MORES.

Round 1 Vs Marby Park, 01/04/17
First game for the year playing Marby Park at home, what a disastrous start to the year U/19 lost 2-5=17 to 19-15=129/Reserves lost 5-5=35 to 12-4=76/Seniors lost 4-9=33 to 13-11= 82, cannot remember ever losing all three games to Marby Park before.

Bragging rights for the weekend go to Mick Devers who coached our third open age team to a win over Roxburgh Park on Friday night, Mick is DESPERATE for game officials to help his team out, any helpers see Mick or contact him at any time.

On to the Senior team, first report for the year and trying to stay positive but after our very poor showing that is hard to do, went into the game with a lack of talls,didn’t help when we lost our captain and Coach in our first practice match when he did his knee OUT for the year also Hamish Mcintosh also out indefinitely.

To new players (3) Luke Jarrad, (6) Michael Firritto and (14) Jared Cachia, welcome to the STRATHMORE FOOTBALL CLUB, hope you and your families enjoy your time at our Club, All three at times showed that the have the ability to improve our team as the year goes on.

They were too tall all over the ground, which generally gave them first possession of the ball, at times this made us look slow and always under pressure, went in with one ruckman Sean Tighe and when he went off injured in the second quarter, we were in big trouble, three more injuries before halftime, meant we had no interchange in the second half of the game.

In the second half they kicked Eight goals to Two as we started to run out of fresh legs and they ran all over us.

Best Players – Luke Jarrad (in for his first game) tried hard all day in the backline, all other players showed glimpses at times, BUT we are in for a long year.

Goals – A Grima, M Purcell, T Gleeson, G Campbell all one each.

Next week GREENVALE AWAY, come along and support the MIGHTY MORES.

Annual Life Members Lunch – Report by Ken Pridham

Another great day was had on Saturday,with seventy people attending our annual life members reunion.There were thirty one life members in attendance plus family members representing life members who have passed on,we had two members who passed away this year,Allan Muir(ninety two years of age) and Hedley O’Brien(ninety six years of age)their sons Greg and Graeme spoke briefly about their contribution to the club.

Jeff Nickson was our earliest induction life member (1970) coached five junior premierships in the seventies ,other old life members were Terry(Stumpy)Brown(1978) first rover in the “B” grade premiership in 1973,Tom Cook(1978) Team manager in many junior teams, president of the famous G M C club.  Grant(Mantis)Edmondson(1974),Darrell Carpenter(1983),Darrell was Peter Owen,s stats man in the early eighties and takes credit for some of Peter,s success,lastly Ken Pridham(1982)now running the past players and life members reunion days.

Two new life members were inducted,first was Alistair Butcher,Michael Duggan presented Alistair with his medal and told of his colourful footballing career,his description of his football ability was spot on,more importantly it was help with his son’s(Jake and Luke) junior teams that made this award more rewarding.well done Alistair.

Second life membership was to Peter Lord.Peter(Georgi)Owen presented Peter with his medal,Wee Georgis recollection of Lordies playing career was very accurate and to the point,he stated that when peter won his league B & F in 1981 the umpires got their numbers mixed up,also told of his contribution with the help of Corkie Carroll with his “on the couch ” segments in the early nineties.Well done Peter.

Lunch was then served,I found my meal,was not up to it’s usual standard.

Raffle next,prizes were donated by Christine Walker(hampers),Edmond Abbott(wine) a new sponsor in Napier Street,Troy Cuthbertson(Rydges Hotel)Mick Trevean(tickets for the $5000 draw) in all eight prizes,the club made $800 from the raffle.

Lastly our panel of our living Presidents of the club,Robert Carroll,Robbie Ternes,Ross Higgins and John Elliott,who answered a range of questions in their time as president,the time and effort these gentlemen put in when they were in office was appreciated by all ,they are the reason why the Strathmore Football Club is in such a good position today.

Lastly thank you’s,the life members committee,Donna for adding the women’s touch,Margaret’s help in preparing the cheese platters and sweets,Steve for preparing the room with the tables and chairs,to Beau and his young helpers behind the bar,young Paddy’s help with the raffle and finally to all life members and friends who turned up to make this a memorable day.See you all next year,

Round 5 Vs Marby Park, 07/05/16

No match report this week:

Strahmore: 17.17.119
Marby Park: 15.7.97

Don’t forget our Past players,committee and supporters reunion on 28th ofMay. To book email cleggo16@bigpond.com or pay at the door, cost $50.

Life member and club stalwart Grant (mantis ) Edmondson had the honour of unfurling the 2014 premiership flag before we played west coburg,who are coached by Digby ( Diggers ) Morrell who coached us to the 2011 premiership.

West coburg were coming off a big win last week,and while winning last week we weren’t convincing,so how would today pan out.

We kicked into a possible two goal wind,they were straight into attack,strong play by Elliott and Stapleton allowed us to push the ball forward for Winter to mark and kick truly,strong play on the wing by ( nugget ) Foulds saw Winter mark and goal again,we then finished off with three more goals to Staudt,Sikora and Grima to hold a two goal lead at quarter time.Scores us 5-2=32 to 3-2=20

2nd quarter- we were struggling to get a clean break at the stoppages,we forced the ball forward were Leech swooped on the loose ball and kicked a good goal,strong running from defence saw Winter mark and goal again,strong attack on the ball by Leech deserved better than a behind,from the backline we turned defence into attack for Winter to mark and goal again,a great spoil by Stapleton enabled Iacobucci to win the ground ball and deliver the ball into our forward line,where you guessed it Winter marks and kicks his third goal for the quarter and five in the first half.Scores us 9-2=54 to 4-6=30

Eleven scoring shots to ten,but we are four goals up,they have the scoring end,could we maintain the pressure on them to stay in front at three quarter time.

3rd quarter – First ball up, ball spills to wing,Sinnott wins ball finds Little on the lead,who kicks the first goal for the third quarter,for the next fifteen minutes Bramley,Van Meel and Campbell were working overtime to keep them out but could not stop them kicking three goals to bring the game alive.not to be denied Little split the pack open for Staudt to crumb the ball for a team lifting goal,we were now working harder as a team and winning at the stoppages,Leech the took a good pack mark at centre half forward,hit Winter on the chest with a lovely pass.Winter kicked truly for his sixth goal and we were back to our four goal lead.Scores us 12-4=76 to 7-10=52

4th quarter- Sikora who was having a good contest with their ruckman,got the tap to Iacobucci,handball to Grima,handball to the running Allison who kicked a good goal,May won the hard ball and a fifty metre penalty deserved better than a behind,Purchell put his body on the line,won the hard free kick and kicked truly,we were getting on top and moving the ball like a good team should.good marks to Corigliano and Sikora,strong clearance by Mitchell,strong tackle by Foulds led to us kicking the last five goals,Little(2),iacobucci,Allison( second for the quarter)and May saw us run out nine goal winners.Scores us 19-10=124 to 8-14=62

Best (no order) – Winter,May,Leech,Elliott and Stapleton.

Goals- Winter(6),Little(3)Staudt(2)Allison(2)May,Iacobucci,Purcell,Grima,Leech,Sikora all one each.

Next Saturday Airport West at home ( two home games in a row).get down and support the mighty “MORES”.

Round 2 v Maribyrnong Park, Saturday April 11, 2015 by Ken Pridham

Journeyed down to the river to take on Maribyrnong Park, it is always a tough and close game when we play them at their ground and today was no different, it was not till late in the last quarter that we sealed the win. Unlike last week when bad kicking cost us the win, this week their bad kicking helped us to a win.

1st quarter – strong play by Leech and Mitchell in the centre got the ball to Winter to kick our first goal. Good clearance from the back flank saw Leech win the hard ball, handball to Pignolet another goal. a great smother by Staudt enabled us to clear the ball from the centre bounce, strong mark to Potter[goal].they were strong at the ball and running hard and they kicked the next three goals, scores even. we then answered the challenge and Mitchell got the ball to Leathers who from fifty metre’s out kicked the goal. Excellent pack mark to Wilson deserved better than a point. a classy bit of play by Grima resulted in Allison kicking a good running goal, a strong pack mark to Corigliano saw him kick our sixth goal for the quarter. Scores 6-5=41 to 3-1=19

2nd quarter – they kicked two goals in two minutes and we were under the pump, we steadied, and through excellent team play, goals to Mitchell, Wilson and Sinnott, we had our three goal lead back, but a poor disposal in our forward line let them in for a easy goal, they then ran rampart and kicked four more goals, plus five behinds to take a fourteen point lead. Scores 9-6=60 to 11-8=74 [we had nine different goal kickers in the first half]

3rd quarter – they went straight into attack again but our backline well led by Campbell cleared the ball for Winter to kick a goal, their strong work around the packs was stopping our running game. Stapleton was creating run out of the backline, Grima swooped on the loose ball [goal].we started to run the ball[were they getting tired or were we getting on top]good teamwork on the wing, finished with Winter marking and converting[goal].May was leading from the front, won the hard ball, fifty metre penalty[goal].won the centre bounce, kicked forward handball from Wilson to Sinnott [goal].Pressure from our forward line, paid off and Iacobucci kicked our sixth goal for the quarter, while we kept them to one goal and we took a twelve point into the last quarter. Scores 15-6=96 to 12-12=84

With the aid of the wind, they kicked eight goals in the second quarter, we answered with six in the third, could we hold our two goal lead or would they kick a winning score.

4th quarter- we applied the pressure straight away. a strong tackle by Iacobucci resulted in a free kick[goal],poor manning up in the forward line gave them a quick break, but good play in the backline held them out. Good roving at a throw in by Grima[goal].they answered back with two goals, still two goals in front. Head down, bums up attacks on the ball by Staudt and Leech, great smother by Pignolet resulted in a goal to Grima. They came again but team lifting marks by Bramley, Campbell and Sikora and good running by Stapleton, Foulds and Elliott saw Corigliano take a mark, handball to Grima[goal] game over. Corigliano took another pack mark but poor disposal let them in for the final goal. Wilson finished the game like he started a great smother at the centre bounce. The bell went for a deserving fourteen point win. Final scores 18-8=122 to 15-18=108.

Best players – in no order IACOBUCCI,STAUDT,GRIMA,LEECH,CAMPBELL,SIKORA.

GOALS – GRIMA[4] WINTER[3] IACOBUCCI[2] SINNOTT[2] POTTER, MITCHELL, WILSON, CORIGLIANO, LEATHERS, MAY, PIGNOLET AND ALLISON[all one each] from nineteen goals twelve different goal kickers].

Next week West Coburg at home, get there and support the “MORES “.

Round 1 v Keilor, Good Friday, April 3, 2015 by Ken Pridham

ITS BACK, finally a footy game to watch, the smell of the liniment and leather in your nostrils, no better smell in the world, BUT nothing has changed since last year, we cannot kick the ball through the big sticks, twenty one shots to sixteen going down by ten points.

Turned up on Friday at Lebanon reserve [ Syd McGain Oval] to see us take on Keilor on our annual good Friday game, fine weather sometimes cloudy, sometimes sunny with a reasonable crosswind[worth two goals]blowing into the faces of the Strathmore faithful on Alby’s Hill.

We welcomed four new players into the team DAVID MITCHELL, Callum Wilson, Simon Potter  and Michael Sikora also into the team for their first senior games were Nick Ingleton and Mitchell Leathers [Grandson of Life Member, Bob Leathers.

We were missing ten players from our grand final side last year due to retirements and injury, but you take the field with your best twenty two you have and unfortunately we came up short on the scoreboard.

We won the toss and kicked with the wind, they were straight into attack and despite strong play by Ash Arrowsmith and Simon Potter they kicked the first goal, good play on the wing saw Luke Pignolet mark on the fifty metre line he was thrown to the ground and given a fifty metre penalty, result our first goal in 2015. Sammy Leech swooped on the loose ball in the centre and found Matt Little on the lead who converted for a goal. Our new ruckmen Michael Sikora was having a sterling dual with their star ruckmen and was holding his own, strong work in our backline by Matty Elliott saw the ball in our forward and Callum Wilson or was it matt little snap a goal giving us a two goal lead. then in the twinkling of the eye we made two very bad turnovers in the middle of the ground, they swooped, two goals and at quarter we were 3-4=22 to 3-0=18 and they won the quarter.

2nd quarter – not much to write about in this quarter, except for our bad kicking for goal, we had five shots at goal for five behinds they had five shots for three goals two behinds. In the first five minutes Karl Staudt won the hard ball on three occasions and sent the ball forward but poor disposal let us down. Dale May was strong around the packs and took a typical gutsy mark in their back line, even though outscored in the quarter we held our own. scores us 3-9=27 them 5-2=32 . except for our bad kicking for goal, I feel we won the quarter.

3rd quarter – we marked at centre half back again at centre half forward resulting in matt little marking on the lead and converting to put us in front. but they answered straight away with two running goals into the wind to take the lead back, these two goals decided the game, as from here on in it was goal for goal. again we ran the ball out of their backline, again another behind. Matt little again marked on the lead and kicked truly to keep us in the game. Mitchell Leathers [up from the u/18s last year] won the ball on the wing took four bounces and in front of the Strathmore faithful shot for goal, allowed for the wind but as usual another point. Scores us 6-12=48 them 8-3=51 again I feel they won the quarter.

4th quarter – Michael Sikora started the quarter with two great pack marks, sent the ball forward only for another behind ,they kicked the first goal to extend their lead. we answered straight away through Adam Iacobucci who marked twenty metre’s out and slotted the goal GAME ON again we marked within kicking distance you guessed it another behind. but not to be denied they kicked the last goal to run out winners by ten points. Scores us 7-14=56 them 10-6=66. due to our bad kicking they again won the quarter.

BEST [in no order] – Matt Littel, Dale May, Karl Staudt, Michale Sikor and [mention to the first gamers Nick Ingleton and Mitchell Leathers]

GOALS – [by my records I had Callum kicking a goal in the first quarter not Matt Little] my goal kickers are Matt Little [2] Alex Grima [2] Adam Iacobucci, Luke Pignolet and Callum Wilson [one each]

Our first game for the year and will it sticks in the craw[to lose to them]. I am sure our coaching panel will address what has to be done to win our next game against MARIBYNONG PARK at their ground next Saturday.

(Picture courtesy of the Herald-Sun)