Water Polo Report
Match Report
13Bs
On Saturday 11 February, the Shore 13B’s Water Polo team took on a well put together St Augustine’s team at home. Multiple early shots from St Augustine’s being saved by Lawson Wood sent a message that we were up for the fight.
Furthermore, a late first quarter shot by Oscar Chang put us ahead 1-0 at the end of the first quarter. After a handful of steals and saved goals throughout both the second and third quarter, this placed the score at 4- 2 at the end of the third quarter.
With a team talk at three-quarter time, the boys were keen to push back, with the confidence gained from prior training to execute shots and play strong defence, the boys got to work.
Through a great use of teamwork and defence, Cyan Couch executed three goals in the last quarter placing the final score at 7- 4 at full-time. The boys’ progress is evident week in and week out, we are eager to lead them through the season and help them reach their full potential.
Hugh Crookes
13Bs Coach
Fourths
The Fourths got off to an amazing start, winning the swim off, feeding the centre forward and scoring a goal in the first 9 seconds against Trinity.
Despite the opposition’s speed through the water, our boys showed great fight to win any contested ball. This resulted in turnovers and good passing to our fast transition swimmers gave us the next two goals. Isaac Binch looked very impressive in goal, stopping many opposition shots throughout the game.
Great positioning by Ollie Danks in centre forward enabled us to pass to him for quick shots and drew the defence for a driver to shoot.
The second quarter was similar, with Harry Brigden and Will Abrahams moving up and down the wings, the result being a well spread offence and impenetrable defence, forcing Trinity to shoot from range. Hudson Brooks was too good at centre back, stopping his opposite number from taking any shots on goal for the whole quarter.
The third quarter saw an increase in intensity, with Byron Banks and Phil Greenwood moving into space to take passes from the goalkeeper, and then feeding our centre forward who was hungry for goals. Our defence was equally strong with Lucas Gillespie attacking the ball at the back to force turnovers and give us quality possession.
The final quarter saw us take the foot off the gas a little at the beginning, leaking a couple of goals before strong swimming from Josh Gallant gave us good passing options. Amazing speed, stamina and power was then on show from Alex Dowling to score his 9th goal for the game and right the ship. The final score was an impressive 13-4 win.
Mr Jones
Thirds Coach
Results:
SATURDAY 11 February 2023
| TEAM | OPPONENT | RESULT | SCORE | GOALS |
| 1sts | ST AUGUSTINE’S | DRAW | 10-10 | H Underhill 6, J Semmens, C Ashton, C Shortus, C Bowditch |
| 2nds | BYE | |||
| 3rds | ST AUGUSTINE’S | L | 3-4 | L Cathles 2, H Walls |
| 4ths | TRINITY | W | 13-4 | A Dowling 9, O Danks 4 |
| 16As | ST AUGUSTINE’S | W | 9-1 | C Kovacs, A Stock, H Walls, C Harvey 2, T Limantono, T Larcombe 2, H Pollitt |
| 16Bs | BYE | |||
| 15As | ST AUGUSTINE’S | L | 4-14 | C Semmens 2, M Hughes, G Kennedy |
| 14As | ST AUGUSTINE’S | W | 10-1 | H Stewart, C Semmens 3, T Milcz 4, L Larcombe, G Kennedy |
| 14Bs | ST AUGUSTINE’S | DRAW | 7-7 | G Pritchard, C Griffin, H Ward 3, A Ryan, T Armati |
| 13As | ST AUGUSTINE’S | W | 14-9 | E Bruce, J Svensson, T Armati 3, A Tonkin, H Pope, J Tighe, S Bull, J Gilligan 2, H Ward, H Frape |
| 13Bs | ST AUGUSTINE’S | W | 7-4 | O Chang 2, C Couch 3, F McIntosh 2 |
Miss ZH Dowdell
Master in Charge, Water Polo
