TOUCH FOOTBALL
After the Christmas break, Mudgee touch football kicked off the second half of the summer competition last Tuesday night.
Despite the long break all of the teams turned up and the standard of play was of a very high standard.
Most players appeared to cope well in the humid conditions and fitness levels haven't appeared to have decreased too much during the holiday season.
In the ladies competition, Video Ezy defeated Squeeze Juice Bar 8-5 in a very entertaining game.
Both teams demonstrated good ball control and defended well.
For Squeeze Juice Bar, Sally Whiting directed her teams attack and made some good runs from dummy half.
She was supported well by Lauren Flack and Jasmin McGowan who backed up with some great runs and kept the defence working overtime.
For Video Ezy, Rachel Sharpe and Erika MacPherson played extremely well.
Both of these girls have continued to improve their touch football skills and are developing into extremely good players. Zoe da Roza's defence was outstanding for Video Ezy.
In men's A-grade, it was experience versus youth when the Oriental Hotel played FMPL/Ultimate Care.
In a very tight match, the experience of Ori won in the end, 5-3.
For the Oriental Hotel, Jared Robinson caused the younger team all sorts of trouble with his speed and scored a 50-metre run away try.
The father and son combination of Peter and Jeremy Doherty continually had FMPL/Ultimate Care on the back foot and it was only some passes that missed the mark that stopped them from scoring on a number of occasions.
FMPL/Ultimate care have made a successful transition to the men's top division and are competing well against the more experienced teams.
Harry Ottley is in sensational form and is showing wonderful attacking skills with the ball in hand and is working hard in defence.
He was well supported by Tom Armstrong and Stuart Fredericks, both of whom work well together in attack.
A reminder to all players to ensure that they sign on before games and that team's must fulfil their duties when they are rostered on to referee. Otherwise competition points will be deducted from teams who fail to supply a referee.
Last Tuesday night's results:
Men's A-grade:
T & A Carpets 9 def Maynards Team 7; Oriental Hotel 5 def FMPL Ultimate Care 3; Woolpack Fruit Bats 10 def Col Matthews Motors 3.
Men's B-grade:
Maddogs Mongrels def Raine and Horne on a forfeit; Mudgee Solar 9 def The Tye Man, Mudgee 7; Moolarben 8 def Greg's Tyres 4; Simply Devine 14 def Roger's Team 3; KFC Crushers 9 def Digging It Earthworks 5
Female:
Big Booty Chicks 13 def Cheeky Devils 0; Video Ezy 8 def Squeeze Juice Bar 5; McDonald Lawson def Court House Cool Cats on a forfeit; Oriental Hotel Ladies 4 def Petries Mitre 10 Ladies 1.
Female/Men's B (bye game):
Petries Mitre 10 (men) 7 def Mudgee Embroidery (ladies) 4.
Tuesday night's draw:
6.30pm
Field one Men's A - Maynard's Team v Oriental Hotel (referee: Col Matthews Motors).
Field two Men's B - Greg's Tyres v Petries Mitre 10 (T & A Carpets).
Field three Men's B - Raine & Horne v Mudgee Solar (Simply Devine).
Field four Ladies - McDonald Lawson v Mudgee Embroidery (Squeeze Juice Bar).
Field five Men's B - The Tyre Man Mudgee v Maddodgs Mongrels (Digging It Earthworks).
Field six Ladies - Video Ezy v Oriental Hotel Ladies (Petries Mitre 10).
Field seven Men's B/Ladies - KFC Crushers v Cheeky Devils (Roger's Team).
7.30pm
Field one Men's A - FMPL Ultimate Care v Col Matthews Motors (referee: Oriental Hotel).
Field two Men's A - Woolpack Fruit Bats v T & A Carpets (Bruce Hibberd, Jim Yeo, Ben Harris).
Field three Men's B - Digging It Earthworks v Simply Devine (Raine & Horne).
Field four Ladies - Petries Mitre 10 v Squeeze Juice Bar (McDonald Lawson).
Field five Ladies - Court House Cool Cats v Big Booty Chicks (Oriental Hotel Ladies).
Field six Men's B - Moolarben v Roger's Team (The Tyre Man Mudgee).
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