ISC AFL Round 7 – Friday 16 and Saturday 17 June 2023
| Team | Date | Opposition | Result | Score | HIghlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shore Opens 1 | 16 June | Cranbrook School | Shore Lost by 83 | Shore 26 (4.2) def. by CS 109 (15.19) | Mitchell Dettman 3 |
| Shore Intermediate 2 | 16 June | Redlands School | Shore Lost by 11 | Shore 35 (4.11) def. by Redlands 46 (7.4) | Thomas Allen 3 |
| Shore Juniors 2 | 17 June | Knox Grammar School | Shore Won by 171 | Shore 180 (28.12) def. KGS 9 (1.3) | Thomas Hamilton 7, Michael Hocking 4, Aidan Kurtis 6, Noah McLaren 3, Jai van Hamburg 3 |
| Shore Juniors 3 | 17 June | Waverley College | Shore Lost by 60 | Shore 0 (0.0) def. by WC 60 (10.0) |
Note: For a student to make Highlights, they need to have kicked three (3) or more goals.
| Wins: | 1 |
| Losses: | 3 |
| Draws: | 0 |
| Byes/Internal: | 0 |
| Match Abandoned: | 0 |
Undefeated Teams: N/A
Leading into the long weekend, our First XVIII boys had four boys, John Collier, Matthew Gill, James Boys, and Benjamin Hocking, trial for the Combined President’s (GPS) Team to play in the annual match against the Combined CAS Team. Congratulations to Matthew Gill and Benjamin Hocking for being selected.
Coming off the long weekend, the boys were keen to get back into it. The First XVIII and Intermediates were scheduled for a Friday night under-lights match. They were all very excited about such a rare opportunity for many of the boys. First XVIII have completed the regular season and played their first round of the finals. Shore finished in 7th place out of eight teams and were up against 4th place, Cranbrook. This was always going to be a tough game for us, but it was a matter of seeing how much we have progressed throughout the season. The boys came out in good form and took it to the highly-rated Cranbrook team scoring two goals and trailing by just a couple of goals in the first quarter. However, the class of Cranbrook proved to be too strong, and we went down by 83 points. This means we now play the final three rounds against the top Division 2 teams. This will be good motivation for our boys to come out and prove a point that we can easily beat a Division 2 team.
The Intermediates played against a strong team of Redlands. For the majority of the match, it was evenly poised. Could even say our boys were the better team, but the accuracy of our kicks let us down, kicking 11 behinds, allowing Redlands to hold the lead and get the win. Due to it being a Friday night match, we had a few players from Rugby come and fill in, and it was great to see Hamish Gilligan and Logan Crookshank play a pivotal role for the team. Hopefully, we can convert them permanently over to AFL next season.
As we have mentioned in previous weeks, our Junior Division 2 Team has gone from strength to strength to a point we believe they would be competitive in Division 1. Thomas Hamilton kicked the most goals in a match for this season with seven, which now moves him to the top of the Golden Boot ladder, with Aidan Kurtis still on his heels, kicking six goals of his own. The team had 11 different scorers for the match, which is great to see so many getting involved and sharing it around.
The Junior Division 3 Team had a tougher contest against Waverley College. Waverley has huge numbers in their Division squads with plenty of depth. They were far too strong for our boys, but they should not be too despaired, knowing they are up against more experienced players, with the majority of our boys being new to the game.
“Success is not for the chosen, but for those who choose.”
Mr G Tesoriero
MIC of AFL