Somerset Spartans Football Update

The Football Gold Coast Aldi Miniroos competition played Round 3 last weekend. Read on for a few match reports.

Under 6

The U6s braved the unsavoury weather conditions and put in a great team effort with Thomas earning player of the match for his great kicking skills. We kept up our defensive effort, but the opposition was just too good, and the end score was 8 nil.

Under 7 Green

It was a very wet Saturday with lots of rain for the boys to enjoy! Somerset played Robina with a win for Robina. The final score, 7 to 6.

Jacob scored three fantastic goals with Knox having a great game also securing two goals. There was no one Player of the Match this week but awarded to all players who put in a solid effort.

It was a tough team, but the boys did an amazing job keeping the game one for one until the last goal was scored.

Under 7 White

This Saturday Under 7 White played home against Robina Green in the rain. Boys tried very hard and played a difficult game, experienced the first defeat with final score 3 to 5.

Sion scored two goals and Hamish contributed one. Franklin tried hard in midfield to break loose and Louise had a solid defence, breaking up many attacks from Robina Green.

Mums prepared fruits and snacks for each game. Many thanks for the support.

Under 7 Orange

Under 7 Orange played Robina Blue on a rainy third Round of the Series. The boys showed great improvement in their teamwork with plenty of passing and maintaining of formation. Hunter impressed the crowd with his fancy footwork on show, particularly with a backheel pass to Jakub who in turn struck hard on the fly finding the back of the net. The result was Somerset 6, Robina 2 with Jakub and Hunter proving formidable attackers scoring three goals each.

Kai, Sam, Ruben and Louis were unwavering in the mud and rain fighting for possession of the ball and defending from a talented opposing side. A big thank you to Louis and Jakub for filling in to bolster our numbers on the day.

Under 8 White

Unfortunately the opponent did not show up due to the bad weather. Coach Ryan has organised a 4 versus 4 training game.

Under 8 Green

The Somerset U8 Green had another win 5 to 3, this time playing Nerang White.

Despite the very wet conditions, Izaak got the team off to a great start by scoring the first goal in seconds of the match starting.

Nerang White put up a great defence and an excellent effort put in by both teams.

We had two goals scored by Ollie, two goals by Izaak and one goal by Max.

Player of the Match went to Vaughan but the whole team played so well, keep it up boys.

Under 8 Blue

The U8 Blue team was the last team to kick off on this very wet and cold Saturday morning. Secretly all the soccer mums and dads were hoping that the game would be cancelled. Not the boys. They were eager to get out there no matter what the weather brought.

The more it rained the more waterlogged the ground became, causing a bit of frustration amongst all the players because they found that the ball was not going too far. Some worked out that you need to try and kick the ball up in order for it to travel in these conditions. Playing Palm Beach White on home soil our boys again dominated the match winning the game 4 to 2.

Under 10

After a great win last week, the Under 10s were presented with a new challenge this week to play against Musgrave.

Musgrave was strong scored a total of five goals. Spartans did not give up and can be proud of the effort to have put in.

Harry played as striker in the second half and scored a great goal. Also, he took the Player of the Week. Congratulations Harry!

We have also hope Dash is getting better soon. Thank you to Elliot and Ashton for being in goals.

Under 11

Boys had a good win against an under manned team from Ormeau. Nice to see different goal scorers such as Josh and Magnus. After the first eight goals Coach Maarten implemented a minimum requirement of passes to bring all the team into the game. The focus became more on quality passes and finding space than scoring goals.

All players did very well and Congratulations to Josh our Player of the Week. Well done U11 Spartans.

If any questions about Football at Somerset College? Please contact our Head Coach - Football and Futsal, Maarten de Kruijf. mdekruijf@somerset.qld.edu.au