Game 6 Mount Hawthorn vs Mount Lawley

Location: Menzies - 11:00 Weather Warm

After a disappointing loss to Ballajura last week, we trained hard to beat Mount Lawley this week.

The first quarter started pretty even with the Cardies kicking the first goal and Mount Lawley afterwards, but that didn’t last long because we switched on with help from Aden and Chris.

The second quarter was a lot better than the start with the Cardies shepherding and laying good tackles and showing the cocky Mount Lawley team what the Cardies are made of.

The start of the second quarter was like the start of the first quarter, no one was pushing themselves to their full limit, but once Mount Lawley kicked an easy goal everybody on the Cardies knew they had to do something quickly before it was too late and they caught up. The second half of that term we played pretty good - we did all the one percenters. We manned up and applied pressure every time they got the ball. We kicked a number of goals, and the game was already slipping away from them.

The third quarter was a massive improvement. We didn’t let them score a goal and first gamer Jordie had a blinder stopping the ball from coming down to our end. We managed to kick a lot of goals in that quarter and in the final term we knew we were going to go out and play for percentage.

In the final term, we knew we had it won and now it was party time, and try and see who could kick the best goal. But that didn’t happen, we didn’t even kick a point, but that didn’t matter cause all they kicked was a goal. The final siren went, and the Cardies have had another win. We sang our song with pride and we were very proud to, because we knew this win was a big one after last weeks disappointment.

Next week we are playing Noranda Hawks at our home. We really want to win this one as well.

Game 6 Mount Hawthorn vs Mount Lawley

After a disappointing loss to Ballajura last week, we trained hard to beat Mount Lawley this week.

The first quarter started pretty even with the Cardies kicking the first goal and Mount Lawley afterwards, but that didn’t last long because we switched on with help from Aden and Chris.

The second quarter was a lot better than the start with the Cardies shepherding and laying good tackles and showing the cocky Mount Lawley team what the Cardies are made of.

The start of the second quarter was like the start of the first quarter, no one was pushing themselves to their full limit, but once Mount Lawley kicked an easy goal everybody on the Cardies knew they had to do something quickly before it was too late and they caught up. The second half of that term we played pretty good - we did all the one percenters. We manned up and applied pressure every time they got the ball. We kicked a number of goals, and the game was already slipping away from them.

The third quarter was a massive improvement. We didn’t let them score a goal and first gamer Jordie had a blinder stopping the ball from coming down to our end. We managed to kick a lot of goals in that quarter and in the final term we knew we were going to go out and play for percentage.

In the final term, we knew we had it won and now it was party time, and try and see who could kick the best goal. But that didn’t happen, we didn’t even kick a point, but that didn’t matter cause all they kicked was a goal. The final siren went, and the Cardies have had another win. We sang our song with pride and we were very proud to, because we knew this win was a big one after last weeks disappointment.

Next week we are playing Noranda Hawks at our home. We really want to win this one as well.

Game 5 Ballajura Black vs. Mount Hawthorn - Parent Comment

A loss - we move on now that it has happened. We had a good run.

The team that beat us applied pressure, ran and had lots of voice.

The backs came under a lot of pressure on the weekend, something that they might not have been used to. They handed the pressure manfully.

The lesson to learn was:

Fitness - maybe we had relaxed a bit with our fitness over the past couple of weeks. We need to be able to run out the match. We need to attend training and concentrate at training for the whole time.

Voice - From the other side, there was a continual torrent of voice

Shepherding - need to provide backup.

1% - go hard at the ball

Game 5 Ballajura Black vs. Mount Hawthorn

The Cardies came into the game feeling very confident, which we needed to be to defeat the unbeaten team of Ballajura Black. Cardies were looking forward to this challenge and to prove how we can play under some pressure.

We were switched on in the first quarter, winning it and smashing it forward but usually went to a Ballajura player. We repeated this a lot throughout the quarter. The ball was at Ballajura’s goal for most of the quarter, but still we managed to kick a goal in the final minutes from Tom.

The second quarter wasn’t much of a change, with them dominating us on the wing where they used it a lot better than us and kick lots of goals. We didn’t kick any points that quarter and it was very disappointing.

The Cardies were not going to give up after the break and came out with terrific momentum but lost it very fast. Ballajura took the opportunity to put goals on the board. As much as we tried we could not keep up with the pace and the intensity of Ballajura. They were shepherding and tackling which enabled them to run and causing us to make mistakes. Their forward line was switched on, and our back weren’t. We didn’t score a point in that quarter.

The last quarter was a goal slog fest for the Ballajura kicking a lot of goals while leaving us with only one goal for the quarter. Everybody was trying their best to run with the very fast opponents and trying to man up. We will play next week against Mount Lawley and will make up for this loss.

Game 4 - Bayswater Morley vs. Cardinals

Location Bayswater Morley - Early 09:15 Weather Cold

After a week’s break everybody from the Cardies was looking forward to playing again. The Cardies came into the game thinking that it would be a tough game after Bayswater defeated the Bulldogs by only one point.

Bayswater showed us how they played against Bulldogs in the first ten minutes, kicking the first goal and killing us in the centre clearances.  Adro helped them on the scoreboard while saving us from two goals by his rushed behinds. Chris was our only goal scorer scoring from a hard angle, leaving the scores very tight at quarter time.

In the second term, we found our form dominating everywhere on the field. In that quarter Chris, Tom and Aden combined and could not be stopped. The poor skills from the opposition like SOCCERING really annoyed everyone even the Cardies, it was like being on a soccer field and was disgraceful to watch; but they usually went to our players and converted them into goals. We kicked 5 goal and 2 points in the term with Bayswater kicking zero points.

The next quarter of footy wasn’t much difference, but we used their mistakes like SOCCERING and either ran or kicked our way into the forward line. Ryan kicked a cracker from an impossible angle to make us even further ahead. By then, we knew by then it was all over and we needed to play for percentage. Louis had the best quarter he had ever played and cleared the ball out from the back to the forward. Bayswater didn’t score a point that quarter.

In the four term a lot changed, the ball wasn’t going down our end and they kept pressuring forward, but they still couldn’t score. We didn’t let them score heavily, but 2 goals to them and 3 goal to us kept us over 60 point to raise the percentage on the ladder to keep us first.

Best: Chris, Aden, Louis, Skenda and Ryan

Baywater Morley Fixture May 24 2010

Game this week is against Bayswater Morley  at 09:15 at Houghton Reserve as per  Fixture May 23 2010

Lights ...... Action ..... From The Prez.

I take this opportunity to invite you all to attend our club “Lights-On” evening after training on Wed 19^th May.

The program is as follows:

• 4.30 – 5.45  Training for Yr5’s and 11’s (but a shortened session)

• 5.30      Adam Selwood from the Eagles arrives to observe training, assist as required and sign autographs

• 6.00 – 7.00  Official ceremony – Short intro and welcome from Pres, short speech from Nick Catania (Mayor ToV) and Ron Alexander (Dir Gen DSR).

Attending also will be John Georgio (CEO ToV), Jo Davies Chair of the East Perth District Development Commission, Vince and Brendan from East Perth together with our major Club sponsors

• 6.30 – 7.00    Refreshments

This will be a major event for the Club and a chance for us to thank our kind partners – The Town of Vincent and the Dept Sport and Recreation for contributing 2/3 of the cost for the lights and to our Club sponsors without which we would not have been able to fund our 1/3. I look forward to seeing you there.