On Thursday 28 March, our Senior boys and Senior girls competed in the annual Paul Kelly Cup AFL Gala Day at Greenway Park.
SENIOR GIRLS
The senior girls team began with a bang against Holsworthy, winning a whopping 66-0. Continuing with this momentum, the girls conquered William Stimson 28-0. It’s no surprise that the team chose not back down in their third game, winning 46-0 to Cabramatta West. Their amazing results lead them to finish in 1st place on the table taking them straight to the Grand Final against Wattle Grove. Unfortunately Wattle Grove’s attack proved too strong for our defence, leaving us to remain The Paul Kelly Cup runners up, 8 to nil.
Throughout the day we had some wonderful team players. Andrea. K proved to be lead goal scorer across the day, meanwhile Annalise. V surprised herself with a few great goals. Maya. R showed off her tough tackling skills, Laura. M displayed great positional play down the wing and Naomi. C was a consistent player with her distribution to our forwards. There was also some fierce defence from Sophia. M, while Briana. S proved to be a great support on the attack.
Overall, I am proud of the whole team’s attitude and positive spirit throughout the day. Congratulations on your achievements, girls!
Mrs R Thompson
Girls AFL Coach
SENIOR BOYS
The senior boys had an excellent day at the Paul Kelly Cup, playing against some very strong teams, and developing their skills. Many of the boys in our team had never played before, but demonstrated the capacity to learn the rules quickly. We had two difficult matches initially and lost both, but put in two competitive performances.
As the day went on, our ability to play effectively together as a team improved, and we won our two final matches. The boys played every game in a good spirit, and demonstrated great resilience throughout the day. Well done.
Congratulations also to Brodie.V and Briana.S for representing Thomas Hassall in the half time sprint competition!
Mr R Sheahan
Boys AFL Coach
