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UNDER 11s

supporting and encouraging your mates. The
boys showed that they had come along in
leaps and bounds in this area.
Our best win for the season was an incredible
come from behind win at home against 2nd
placed Surrey Park where the boys gained a
lot of confidence and from that point on
finished the season in fine style.
Playing finals for the first time was a great
journey for the boys (and the coaching staff
alike) and we are sure all will take something
from the experience.

Under 11s Coach Rowan Tolly. Despite limited
numbers all year – Rowan and his assistant
Steve Mellor were able to get their team into the
finals.

Another extremely good team we played in
these rounds was Banyule who finished clear
on top of the ladder at the end of the home
and away season. We were able to beat
Banyule in Round 1which turned out to be
their only loss for the season.
This, however, stood us in good stead for the
rest of the season as we were able to get
some hard games first up which enabled the
boys to quickly adjust to tough and quality
opposition.
Once again, similar to what occurred last year,
the boys were tried in a number of positions.
This willl aid their development going forward.
I cannot think of one boy that did not play in
more than 1 position for the entire year.
A key area of the boys’ development this year
was getting them to move the ball more
quickly and to feed the ball off to moving Under 11s Best & Fairest winner – David
rather than stationary targets. We as coaches Waldron playing in the Semi Final.
felt this was an area where the boys really David seems to be making a habit of winning
developed. Along with this we encouraged the awards as this is the third consecutive time he
boys when they didn't have the ball to has won his team’s award. He has also been
shepherd, harass and tackle hard, all of which named the third best and fairest player in the
saw another significant improvement over last League in the two years he has been eligible.
season.
Another positive aspect of the season was Unfortunately we were unable to progress past
seeing the boys start to be more vocal on the the first round of the finals. We played
field in support of their team mates, especially Ashburton who unfortunately were a taller and
when a goal was scored or a fellow team mate physically stronger side. The game was a low
has featured in some inspirational play. This is scoring affair played in trying conditions with a
what football and team sport is all about. - swirling breeze which forced both sides to get

Greythorn Football Club 2014