Water Polo Match Reports

Saturday 14 October 2023

Thirds

The season has started incredibly well for the Opens Thirds team, coming away with a big win against Scots on Saturday. Mathew Robson opened the scoring in the first quarter to get us in the lead, a lead that we held for the duration of the game. We were effective at getting the ball up through the centre of the pool, with the likes of Byron Banks and Hudson Brooks both getting a number of well-executed passes in. Daniel Lord had to shake off the dust from his scoring arm with a few misses early on but came home strong, scoring a double. Jack Bunting earned man of the match and defended the goals like a madman (despite having his hand bandaged from a nasty cut a day prior), and in combination with Mathew Robson and Isaac Binch they repelled shot after shot. The team don’t quite know each other that well yet (as witnessed by them using their cap numbers rather than names at times), but getting a 7-3 in round 1 is an awesome start to the season and shows real promise for the season ahead.  

Mr Craig 
Thirds Coach

16Bs 

The Shore 16Bs had a convincing win over Scots for the first game in the pool for the Senior School. Shore scored early and consistently dominated possession and went into quarter time 3-0 up. The Shore team pushed harder after that and were rewarded not only in attack but also defended very well to keep Scots scoreless, with Shore extending the lead to 7-0 at halftime. The 3rd and 4th quarters almost mirrored the first two quarters, with Shore maintaining and controlling the game, which blew to 17-0. Scots were rewarded with a consolation goal with 7 seconds to go to bring the final score to 17-1 to Shore. Special mention to Lachie Hughes, who scored an impressive nine goals. 

Mr O’Kane 
16Bs Coach 

15As

The sun was out, the pool was clear, and the boys pulled their playing caps on for the first game of what is expected to be a fantastic season. With a packed bench and full coaching staff, there was plenty of camaraderie, encouragement and strategy. Despite getting off to a slow start, with Scots scoring a couple of early goals, the boys didn’t take long to find their groove. Henry Baxter was a brick wall with arms in centre forward and ended up slotting four goals by the end of the final quarter. Hamilton warmed up with a goal in the first quarter and then put away three in the 2nd to put the boys ahead by a good margin. Brucey was solid in goals, and even managed to put one in the back of the opposition goal. Frapey kept plenty of shots out as well and threw some absolute rocket passes with bullseye accuracy. Well done to Max and Luke, who had strong passing games and grabbed a goal each. The best part of the game was seeing the boys quickly come together as a team and nail some quality team plays. Looking forward to the next game. 

Mr Reid 
15As Coach 

Team	Opponent	Result	Goals
Firsts	Scots	Loss 7-9	J Semmens 3, C Shortus 2, A Stock,   H Walls
Seconds	Scots	Loss 5-10	C Harvey 5
Thirds	Scots	Win 7-3	M Robson 2, H Brooks, B Banks,  T Wensley, D Lord 2
Fourths	Scots	Forfeit 5-0
16As	Scots	Win 9-6	H Brunker 4, J Izzard, T Larcombe,   M Walker, O Kelly 2
16Bs	Scots	Win 17-1	H Clough, M Hughes, L Hughes 9,  E Ng 4, A Turner-Smith, O Finlay
15As	Scots	Win 14-4	H Frape, H Ward 5, M Hughes 2,   L Larcombe, H Baxter 4, Z Brown
15Bs	Reddam	Loss 3-14	B Gordon 2, H Whitney
14Bs	Scots	Loss 2-11	T Hill, W Pellow

Miss ZH Dowdell 
MIC Water Polo