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Men's

7th Grade Dolphins (Mid season report)

It is a pleasure to coach these boys Jack,Kieran,Aaron,Jamie,James,Liam,Jack,and to see their improvement.Their skills are improving each week and they are getting a better understanding of the game.We have Won 5,Lost 4, and Drawn 1

We have scored some really well taken goals and the boys are looking to develop the passing of the ball.

Tremendous to see the amount of support from not only the parents but grandparents also.Their enthusiasm reflects in the boys attitude to playing and practice.

Cheers Wayneo

7th Grade Stingrays (Mid season report)

Here is an update on 7th Grade Sharks.

The Sharks are having a great season so far and have not had a loss yet (fingers crossed) with 86 goals scored and only 11 against us.

Mini League was a great foundation for these boys who are now showing some excellent skills for their age.

They are lively bunch of boys who are extremely focused come game time and really play as a team. These boys are a pleasure to coach,

and thanks goes out to all the parents for their support.

Great start to the season boys (Bradley, Sam, Owen, Jack, Josh, Noah & Ben).

Coach - Lance McCarthy

The team has been doing well considering the overall skill level amongst the members is not the highest. We have won a few and lost a few.

Overall, the team members have grown reasonably well during this season, gaining more confidence and skill in working as a team.

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The football skills of the Crows are developing quickly as they embrace the new facets of play this year - larger fields, longer playing times, goal keepers, positional play etc.

The team is working well together playing some very good football, but this has not always been reflected in the game scores so far. We are expecting better results for the rest of the season.

Hi there - hope this works for our half year report - please let me know if you need more or edit if you need less.

The first half of this season have seen the Magpies come together well as a team putting together a 6 win 1 draw 2 loss season so far.

We have a mix of new players and those who know each other and all are working well together in taking on new roles in positional play and teamwork.

It has been very satisfying to see the players' confidence and skills grow individually and as a team, which no doubt is helped by a great supportive group of parents.

Paul Girl, Coach 9th grade Magpies.

Since coming together on Bishopdale Park the 10th Grade Jaguars have formed into a very spirited and competitive team.

To date we have not lost a game. The boys have scored 78 goals for 11 against in 9 games.

They have lost none of the enthusiasm that they started the year with and approach every game on Saturday with plenty of energy and determination

As with all teams we play one home/one away but lately we seem to spend a lot of time on Tullet Park.

The most memorable game for me this season was on J2 . It was played against the only other Nomads team we have played so far - the Bobcats (great names these) .

The game was not memorable so much for the result but instead for the skill level and accuracy demonstrated on the day.

That game was something of a benchmark for the way the boys can play and was really good to watch.

The parents I have this year are a great bunch of people. They are very vocal ( in a good way) and have provided superb support to the boys and me as Coach.

Unfortunately I have not got to know some of them as well as I'd like because I tend to focus in on the game to the detriment of all else ( I suspect this is a common trait of all coaches)

Finally thanks to the Junior Club members who have helped make this a successful season so far for the team.

"I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused." - Frank Lampard

Hugh Moore Coach Nomads

The 10th Grade Bobcats have had a very good first half of the season. We've only dropped two games and scored 43 goals so far.

The boys are all building some great skills and applying what they learn at practise on the field on game day. They're a great group of boys working together as a team and getting some excellent results from their hard work.

We've had a lot of great support from the parents, which really motivates the boys and makes those cold mornings enjoyable for all of us.

Mens sections

Nomads Presidents B - mid-season Report

Well, here we are, 11 games into the 2008 season and can you believe it? The Nomads United Presidents B team are having a tilt at the title!! In recent/most seasons, our goals at this stage of the season have been revised to finishing "best of the rest" in about mid-table. Some years we have met these mediocre goals, and other years, well we don't talk about them...

2008 is different though. A good-sized squad of 15 players have played with some great team spirit throughout the year. Everyone has contributed in some way, including Kate who as always has kept our uniforms clean and beautifully folded. We keep saying to her we can look after a shirt and pair of shorts for the season, but as in previous years this is met with a "nah, it's OK, I am happy to do it".

As it stands, we sit in 2nd place, 3 points off the lead held by Kaiapoi. With Western and Rolleston breathing down our necks, a clear top 4 has emerged. And the fact that we are in this top 4 shows that every team has its year! We didn't get there by fluke though. A few highlights of the season to date include:

	2 hat-tricks and a bucketful of other goals by our perennial goalscorer Phil. He currently has well over half of the team's 22 goals to date.
	A 3-2 victory over Rolleston in a howling wind on a pitch with grass up to our knees. No through balls along the ground that day...they were lucky to roll 5 yards in front of you.
	An unlucky 2-1 loss to Burnside at their place. 1-0 up and playing well at halftime, when we turned into the wind we actually forgot how to play football. Summed up beautifully 15 minutes from time by a brilliant header by defender Tony into the onion bag. Shame it was the opposition's onion bag, and gave them the 2-1 lead finished with.
	A 5-1 spanking of Cashmere. Should have been more, but as is our habit, our standard dropped to that of our opposition. A comfortable win though.
	A resounding 4-1 win at Ferrymead. Probably our best performance of the season really, some quality goals and plenty of other chances that had their boys as frustrated as a one-armed man hanging off a cliff with itchy...well anyway, back to the story.
	1-1 draw with Banks Peninsula at home. The reason this was a highlight is that we played like rubbish all game, but kept them out for most of it and then got a penalty in the last couple of mins to snatch a draw. The teams that can get a point when they play badly is the team that can win the title. Well so I said after the game...
	A brilliant 3-2 victory over Kaiapoi at Kendall park in the snow. Those of you who played that day will know it was raining in the first half, and snowed like Alaska on a bad day in the 2nd half. We were 1-1 at halftime but playing well, and ignoring calls that we should call the game off. Well I was anyway, and some of them were coming from my own team! 202 after 15 mins in the 2nd half, and as the green grass started to disappear under what ended up being about 3 inches of snow (well that's how much I had to clean off my car after the game), the calls to stop the game grew louder. But the captain stood firm "nah, sod you, we need to win this game to stay in the title race". Sure enough, a goal with 15 minutes to go saw us win 3-2, and while it took most of Sunday before we warmed up, and more than a few collective sick days the following week, it was worth it as we now sat in clear 2nd place on the table.

We may not win the title. We may not even come second. But we have had a great season, a great time, and we will be doing everything we can to win this league! And let's face it, whether we win it or not, there is always beer in the clubrooms and plenty of great teammates to drink it with!

Tony Boon

Captain

Presidents B