Grafton City Soccer club has issued an invitation for teams to attend their 2012 Carnival on 17th June for U6-U13 players. Please see attached files for all info.
GCSC 2012 Carnival U6 – U13 players
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Round 5 Urunga Raiders v Grafton Westlawn Tigers
Raider’s Coach Tom Campbell’s dream of an entirely red headed team took a step toward fruition last weekend with the return of the ‘red fox’ aka Arlen Horton to the Raiders 1st graded lineup. He joins brother rangers Grant Homes, Tanjil Everett, Jacob Hughes and tinge ranger Adam Marks. It was mother’s day and round 5 of the North Coast Premier League Football Competition the Raiders v Grafton Tigers, the Cabbage Patch looked a picture under azure skies zephyrs of warm breeze cooling the crowd and the players as veteran and well respected referee Phil Payne looking resplendent in his periwinkle blue tunic released the sides on the stroke of 2pm. After the initial hectic opening forays it was evident that the Tigers were a transformed side to that of 2011. They had a purpose and direction to their play well beyond that of last year. Brand Cavanagh-Nesa working well with Tim White providing a good test for the Raiders back three which included for the first time Paul Pomroy at central back. Continue reading “Round 5 Urunga Raiders v Grafton Westlawn Tigers” »
Raiders U16/17 boys v Northern Storm
Urunga Raiders 16/17 boys team faced their toughest challenge on Saturday 12th May. Their opponents were the only other unbeaten team in the competition, Northern Storm, traditionally the home of exceptional junior sides. With only 2 reserves on the bench and 5 of the players yet not turning 16 this year, the promised hot day could have been a testing one. Northern Storm dominated the first 20 minutes, until the still-not-bedded-in positional changes set by coach Noel Gregory became a bit more familiar. Deep into the first half, an intercept by Nigel Robinson playing at the new role of centre-back saw him leave the opposition in his wake, delivering a fine pass to Aaron Wolfe on the wing, who placed a perfect cross for Tim Davis to beat the keeper. Raiders 1 – 0.
At the start of the second half, Northern Storm again had the run of the play and hit a beautiful ball, only to see it strike the crossbar and deflect. Raiders then took control in a see-sawing game where the main differences proved to be the impenetrability of Urunga’s backline and the quality of their wing attacks. A similar deflection off the crossbar robbed Raiders of another goal, but a second goal was scored by Tim Davis to give Urunga a clear lead. Urunga dominated the last 20 minutes of the game, thanks to the superior fitness gained from training under head coaches Tom Campbell and Brad Wooderson. Man of the match – Kellie Langham.
Result – Raiders 2, Storm 0.
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Juniors newsletter May 12.pdfRound 4 Sawtell Scorpions v Urunga Raiders
The Raiders early season enforced wet weather/bye hiatus showed on the weekend going down 3-2 to an enthusiastic Ian Glover coached Sawtell Scorpions outfit. Yes the ‘Glover’ is back giving the Scorpions both left and right ventricle that they so sorely missed last season. The Raiders through the first half looked the goods in parts albeit a bit rusty with good ball movement with and without the ball but an early free kick saw them 1 down after 4 minutes. The clever Scorpions made the best of a free kick awarded just outside the Raiders penalty area. Having spied the Raiders having a full committee meeting about the placement of the wall, Sawtell’s Matt Parkins stepped up and casually slapped a shot at an open goal and I do mean open. Continue reading “Round 4 Sawtell Scorpions v Urunga Raiders” »
