B.R.F.C. Divison One (Reserve Grade) game against Bulli cancelled

The Divison One game against B.R.F.C. and Bulli was cancelled yesterday due to the pitch being waterlogged. This game will be re-scheduled. Please keep visiting this website for further details.

Women’s League – Round 3 – 26/04/09 at Balls Paddock
Balgownie Rangers 2 (2) Vs. Bulli White 0 (0)
1.L Perrie 2.M Lea 3.C Drolc 4.E Edkins 5.S Davidson
6.E McCarthy 7.M Barber 8.A Oliver 9.J Sturgess
10.E Redman 11.G Cutting 12.A Losurdo;
Goals: 9 and 12; Cards: N/A & Subs: Unlimited Interchange

We came into this match with a couple of players carrying injuries and short of a full squad and like last week we had to work hard for the points. We had majority of possession and played most of our football in their half. We closed down their players early and didn’t let them settle into the game. All the possession paid off in the first half with goals to Alison and Jodie.

In the second half we needed to continue the great work and once again had most of the possession. Unfortunately we failed to capitalise on the many chances we created and the score remained 2 nil at fulltime. The positive thing was that we did manage to close down early, pressure the opposition into handing over possession and in the latter stages of the game we were knocking the ball around well.

All players played well and should be happy with the 3 points and a cleansheet. Amy once again had a strong game in the centre of midfield and should have been on the scoresheet after her sensational free kick which seemed to have crossed the line was not awarded. Chantelle never looked out of place playing in a new role at rightback. All players deserve a mention for their efforts and I thank them again for their contribution.

The team is coming along slowly but nicely. It is a long season and there is still plenty of work to be done. Thank you for your patience and positive attitude so far. See you at training.

Umberto Sorrentino

Women’s League – Round 2 – 19/04/09 at Judy Masters Oval
Balgownie Rangers 3 (1) Vs. Thirroul 2 (2)
1.Lynette Perrie 2.Marie Lea 3.May Barber 4.Eliza Edkins 5.Lauren Buhagiar
6.Lauren Rengger 7.Chantelle Drolc 8.Elizabeth McCarthy 9.Melissa Russell
10.Erynn Redman 11.Amy Oliver 12.Sally Davidson;
Goals: 6(2) and 10; Cards: N/A & Subs: Unlimited Interchange

There was no beautiful warm sun this Sunday for the round 2 clash with Thirroul 3, instead Judy Masters Oval got rain and plenty off it. The rain came down hard and stayed for most of the match which made conditions very difficult. Our aim was to go into the halftime break with a lead and a cleansheet. This should have been the case when Lauren got us the goal we deserved 15mins from halftime. A lapse in concentration and the wet slippery conditions saw Thirroul steal 2 goals in the space of 5 minutes to lead 2 goals to 1 at halftime.

At the break I asked for more urgency up front, tighter marking in defence and getting first to the ball in midfield and I was confident the goals would come. And they did. Another goal to Lauren and the winner coming from Erynn. I am very proud of everyone for their effort and everyone should be proud of themselves and their team mates. We had some off field issues, we were short players, yet we dug dip and worked hard and deserved the points.

Lauren had another great game on the right with plenty of running and creating chances. Amy was dominant in the centre of midfield and was backed up well by her centre midfield partner Liz. Erynn and Melissa played strong up front and were unlucky not to get a couple more goals. Chantelle was kept busy on the left seeing plenty of the ball yet she kept making runs from deep in our half. The back 4 of Lauren B, May, Eliza & Marie all played strong games and our only sub Sally was also strong coming into the defence when needed after only landing in Sydney in the early hours of the morning from her overseas holiday.

Once again it was a hard fought win, especially coming from behind under those conditions. Thank you to all the players, even those that had to miss out, for supporting the team and to all the supporters.

Umberto

BRFC Podcast – 18th April Interviews

Start – Stewart Oliver (First Grade & Club Coach)

3:26 – Al Costabile (First Grade Player)

7:40 – Jed Waters (Youth Grade Player)

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Reserve Grade

Round 3

Berkeley Sports & Social Club Ground

Berkeley 1  (1) – (0) 3 Balgownie Rangers FC

Squad: 1.D Bone 2.J Fleming 3.P Giraldi 4.A Appleby 5.J Zakara 6.D DeGori 7.D DeSantis
8.B Zentrich 9.P Cicero 10.B Wilson 11.M Perre 12.D Lewis 13.D Barlow;
Goals:2, 6 & 11; Cards:9(Y) and Subs:12 for 6 and 13 for 5.

Goals – J. Fleming, D. DeGori, M. Perre

First Grade – Bampton Cup 3 – 18/04/2009 at Bulli Racing Complex
Balgownie Rangers 4 (1) Vs. Thirroul 4 (1)
1.C Todd 2.M Clark 3.A Oliver 4.A Davis 5.G Smede 6.J Winner 7.T Faulks
8.P Neira 9.J Faulks 10.A Costabile 11.J North 12.B Zentrich 13.B Wilson 14.L Buckley
15.R Trevor 16.C Dunning (GK); Goals:9(2), 10 and 11; Cards:6(Y) and

Subs:12 for 7, 13 for 3 and 14 for 8.

Youth Grade – Fraternity Youth Cup 3 – 18/04/2009 at Bulli Racing Complex
Balgownie Rangers 0 (0) Vs. Thirroul 3 (3)
1.C Dunning 2.R Trevor 3.M Gatwood 4.A Court 5.J Waters 6.Dan Vardareff 7.A Lanyon
8.J Nikolovski 9.L Buckley 10.S Dallas 11.J McCreary 12.Dom Vardareff 13.P Cicero
14.D Lewis 15.D Barlow 16.A Zorzut (GK); Goals:No Goals; Cards:10(Y) and
Subs:12 for 5 and 14 for 7.