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Rooty Hill senior team over the weekend. Turning over possession regularly, all bodes well for this young girl, who is a member of the state Under 18 side and member of the State Accelerated Athlete Program. Good luck to everyone participating over the weekend.
The Nepean Hockey Association welcomes finals week, with plenty happening over the coming weekend. In the Women’s competition, the match up for the finals are as follows 3rd Division, Emu Plains White v Emu Plains Blue, 2nd Division, Blaxland v Panthers 2 and 1st Division, Penrith RSL v Emu Plains. In the Men’s finals, being played on Sunday 28th Aug, the fixtures are C Grade, Rooty Hill RSL v Penrith Panthers, B Grade, Blaxland Rovers v Emu Plains and A Grade, Penrith Panthers B v Emu Plains A. The juniors are heavily involved too, with their finals being played on Friday 26th August. The under 13’s final is at 5.50pm between Penrith RSL and Blaxland, with the under 15’s seeing the Panthers take on Penrith RSL. A quick mention must go to Hayley Buckley, who was dominant in the
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Saturday afternoon saw the Sydney Bears play their final game of the 2016 season, taking on the Adelaide Adrenaline. In the end, the result was a closely contested 3-2 loss, which really summed up the year for the western Sydney side. Following the game the Bears held their annual presentation night, with five awards handed out on the night. Jeremy Vasquez was awarded rookie of the year, Tomas Landa the best forward, Brian Funes the best defenceman, Cameron Todd the player’s player and Anthony Kimlin
the MVP. The Bears will be back bigger and better in 2017, stay tuned.
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After a last round loss to minor premiers Camden by 16 points, ending the Rams 13 win streak, the team struck back in the first qualifying final at Blacktown International SportsPark at Saturday. The side were too good, defeating the third placed North Shore Bombers by 28 points. The Bombers led by a point at the end of the first term, but a third quarter which saw four goals kicked to only one set the scene for victory. Mitch Stevens and Phil Aumann shared the kicking honours with three apiece, whilst Matt Payne, Tom McNamara and Brayden Wilson were the shining lights for the Rams. They now play Camden again on Sunday at Henson Park, with the winner advancing to the Grand Final on September 10, whilst
the loser will play either South-West Sydney or North Shore for a spot in the big dance. The Ramettes season ended on Sunday at Henson Park, with an elimination final loss to Blacktown, after the previous week accounting for Manly in an elimination final. A horror first term was the difference in the end. Ivonka Olchowik and Jessie Burnham contributed four goals between them, whilst Nata Camilleri, Georgie White and Bek Boyes all played major roles in the sides tremendous effort.
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