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September 8, 2011

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Crusaders Graham defeats world champion dominate NSW S Youth League ixteen year old Gosford resident Matt Graham scored an upset win over current Olympic gold medallist and world champion, Alexandre Bilodeau, in the James Boag’s ABOM dual moguls competition at Victoria’s Mount Buller on August 29.

Due to the credentials of Bilodeau, the day belonged to Graham. Bilodeau, 23, won the dual moguls at the world championships in 2011 and 2009 and the moguls Olympic gold medal last year in Vancouver. Graham’s 13 to 12 points win completes a hat-trick in the annual Mt Buller classic, an event that the Australian has “owned” since his ﬁrst victory in the competition as a 14 year old. Despite the importance of the win, the AIS / NSWIS athlete was withdrawn “The win kind of makes me feel pretty good,” Graham said. Graham conceded that today’s win “was a little more special” than his victory in the Suzuki National

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he Central Coast Crusaders Mens Youth League Basketball team has once again dominated the NSW Youth League competition in 2011 to ﬁnish as the Minor Premiers for the fourth consecutive year.

Moguls Championships at NSW’s Perisher resort last weekend. AIS mogul skiing program head coach Steve Desovich was also relatively low key, describing the win as a “positive result and

Matt Graham well earned” but stressed that both he and Graham need to keep the victory in perspective for the future. “We know that Matt is going to have his work cut out in World Cup this year as there are probably 20

or 25 guys with his ability,” Desovich said. “Today was a good result but we must now keep our focus on making solid progress at the World Cup level over the next years in the lead up to Sochi 2014.”

Their season record boasts a 20 wins and 2 losses dominance over the rest of the League, losing only two games and having played with under strength complements. The group have been coached very successfully over the past 3 years by Chris Ohlback, and 2011 has proved no different in the lead up to the Finals. Captain Sam Marler said, “The most important thing leading into this weekend is making sure we don’t fall into the trap of getting caught up in the emotions of the game.”

“We play Newcastle in Newcastle, and I can only imagine the type of support that their boys will rally up for the semi-final.” Last season, the Crusaders Youth League men lost the semi-final to Manly Sea-Eagles, and the men this year have definitely not forgotten the heartbreak of last years’ efforts. “Our last few training sessions have been full of defence, and the focal point of the season revolving around last years’ performance in the big game.” “I think as a team we are ready, and I believe with our inside and outside capabilities, we are a very good chance at the State Title for the 2nd time in 3 years,” Marler said. If the Youth League Men are successful at 11am on Saturday morning against Newcastle, they will stay on for the Grand final at 9am on Sunday morning.

Central Coast baseball shows its strength outh baseball on the Central Coast continues to gain momentum with the U18 ‘Coasties’ representative team taking out champion honours at the NSW Country Baseball Championships, held last month in Tamworth.

The team performed brilliantly against teams from Newcastle, Illawarra and Tamworth, dropping only one game over the two day weekend. The U16 side also competed, ﬁnishing fourth. Baseball has been played

on the Central Coast for over 50 years. There are currently 11 senior clubs and 8 junior clubs playing both summer and winter seasons in Gosford and Wyong areas. The winter season is coming to a close for Seniors, with Grand Finals being played this weekend. You can catch a game at several locations. With the Winter season nearing completion, we head in to our Summer Senior season, as well as the Junior Season for kids as young as 5years up to 16years. The younger players learn fundamentals through

modiﬁed Tee-ball games, progressing through the age groups to ‘live ball’ games from U12s on. Central Coast Baseball Association will also run Try Baseball days for beginners to the sport. These will be held in both Gosford and Wyong on Sunday September 25 from 9am. Participants will receive a FREE shirt and BBQ. For more information on Try Baseball Day or junior/ senior games, please visit the website at www.ccba. centralcoastsports.com. au or email us at ccba@ centralcoastsports.com.au. The U18 Coasties team

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P2 - GRANDSTAND -September 8, 2011

Central Coast directory of services, contacts and support groups Emergency Ambulance, Police, Fire 000 Police Assistance Line 131 444 Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 Energy Australia 13 13 88 Gas Emergency 131 909 Gosford City Council 4325 8222 Marine Rescue NSW - Central Coast 4325 7929 SES - Storm and Flood Emergency 132 500

Accommodation Dept. of Housing Gosford 4323 5211 Dept. of Housing Wyong 4352 4400 Cassie4Youth 4322 3197 Coast Shelter 4324 7239 Paciﬁc Link Com Housing 4324 7617 Rumbalara Youth Refuge 4325 7555 Samaritans Youth Services 4351 1922 Youth Angle • Woy Woy 4341 8830 Youth Accom Hotline 1800 424 830 Woy Woy Youth Cottage 4341 9027 Temporary Accommodation 1800 152 152

Welfare Services Donnison St. Restaurant 4325 3540 Gosford Family Support 4340 1585 Horizons Family Services 4334 3377 Meals on Wheels Gosford 4363 7111 Woy Woy 4341 6699 Tuggerah 4382 9444 Department of Community Services Gosford - 4336 2400 Wyong - 4352 6500 The Salvation Army 4325 5733 Samaritans Emergency Relief 4393 2450 St Vincent De Paul Society HELPLINE 4323 6081

Community Centres Banksia Family Centre 4334 3390 Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre 4388 5801 Cynthia St. Neighbourhood Centre 4332 7450 LakeLands Community Centre 4393 2383 Mannering Park Community Centre 4359 1300 Northern Lakes Family Centre 4358 3487 San Remo Neighbourhood Centre 4390 7888 The Entrance Neighbourhood Centre 4332 4545 Toukley Neighbourhood Centre 4396 1555 Northern Lakes Family Centre 4358 3487 Warnervale Family Centre 4392 8734 Watanobbi Community Centre 4351 2860 Wyong Neighbourhood Centre 4353 1750 Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre 4363 1044 Narara Community Centre 4329 0912 Kariong Neighbourhood Centre 4340 1724 Peninsula Community Centre 4341 9333 Wyoming Community Centre 4323 7483 Green Point Community Centre 4367 7591 Niagara Park Community Centre 4329 7144 Men’s Shed Cluster Inc 0413 244 484

Crisis Services and Helplines Lifeline - 24 hr. 13 11 14 Suicide Helpline 1800 191 919 Kids Helpline 1800 551 800 Parents Helpline 13 20 55 Indigenous Call Centre 136 380 Family Relationship Advice Line 1800 050 321 Family Drug Support 1300 368 186 G-line - Gambling Helpline 1800 633 635 Credit Helpline 1800 808 488 Child Support Agency 13 12 72 Australian Injury Helpline 1800 223 363 Veteran Affairs Network 1300 551 918 Mens Domestic Violence 1800 000 599 Sexual Assault Resource 1800 199 888 Gay and Lesbian Counselling 1800 184 527 Gay and Lesbian Support 1800 249 377 Youth Sexuality Network 4320 2856 Vietnam Veterans 1800 043 503 Victims Support Services 1800 633 063 Translation and Interpreting Service 13 14 50

Employment, Education & Training Centrelink Ofﬁces 13 2850 - appointments 13 1021 Central Coast Community College 4348 4300 Training and Further Education TAFE Gosford 4348 2222

Ourimbah 4348 4030 Wyong 4350 2222 Tuggerah Lakes Com College 4388 4574 Outreach - Mature Workers 4350 2227 Wyong Adult and Com Education 4353 2871 Basic & Pre-vocational Studies 4350 2209 Work Skills Program Special Need 4350 2245 University of the Third Age (U3A) 4332 4830

Legal & Financial Help Financial Counselling Service 4334 2304 Central Coast Legal Centre 4353 4988 Legal Aid Commission of NSW 1300 888 529 Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service 4353 5515 NSW Aboriginal Legal Service 8842 8000 Consumer Credit Legal Centre 1800 808 488 NSW Ombudsman 1800 451 524 Community Justice Centre 1800 990 777 Family Law Court 1300 352 000 Law Access NSW 1300 888 529

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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Organisations Aboriginal Legal Service 8842 8000 Community Options 4351 3388 Bungree Aboriginal Association 4351 3388 Mingaletta 4342 7515 Aboriginal Home Care 4352 1153 Drug & Alcohol rehab 4388 6360 Respite Care Options 4351 3388 Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health 4351 1040 Darkinjung Local Land Council 4351 2930

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September 8, 2011 - GRANDSTAND - P3

Judo medals for Liam by Pete Acciari

ifteen year old Morisset High student Liam Yokoyama returned home from the Cadet Judo World Championships via Melbourne, competing at the 22nd Victorian Judo International Open Championships, where he entered all 3 age divisions.

Arriving straight from the airport Friday evening for the weigh-ins, with only 45 minutes left, to make his weight in the 66kg Cadet (U17) Junior Men (U20) and senior men’s divisions at Monash University. Although tired and fighting jet lag, Liam performed well throughout the day, winning all of his fights convincingly to take Gold in both the Cadets and Junior men’s divisions. In the finals of the senior men’s, he narrowly lost by a yuko (quarter point) in a hard fought match. This result places Liam 6th over all on points on the Australian senior men’s national rankings list. Liam represented on the U17 National Team to contest the 2nd Cadet World Championships, in Kiev, Ukraine. After a grinding

preparation of physical training at the Tuggerah dojo [gym] and 5 weeks in Japan which allowed him to sharpened his skills, and learn to cope with a knee injury sustained in the qualification events and required him to modify some of his moves. Seeded as Continental champion, Liam received a good draw and had a first round bye in pool C meeting Cyprus KAOURANIS, Christos (CYP), who he defeated convincingly in the second round. In his third round fight, he met Gantulga, (MGL) who he dominated throughout the match with constant attacks that resulted in a shido (penalty) being given against the Mongolian for non combativity and a yuko score from an inside foot sweep. In the final moments of the match and leading, Liam relaxed on the edge of the contest area and the Mongolian player took advantage of the situation to score a winning point. It was disappointing, but a very good learning experience all in all for the future. His final placing at Cadet Worlds was 9th over all. Liam is the youngest to represent from Tuggerahs’ Kido Dojo at a Cadet World

event and head coach Pete Acciari believes he has the technical skills and determination to follow in the footsteps of former successful club members, at the international and Olympic level. He is at the beginning of his high-level performance career, shows excellent technical abilities and lots of ambition. His immediate aim is to attend to his injury and qualify on the National Talent Identiﬁcation [NTID] Program which aims to prepare the best 20 youngsters for participation in future international competitions up to the Commonwealth and Olympic Games level and to be a role models and inspiration to their colleagues and future Judo youngsters.

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Northern Valleys claims two major awards by Jodie Leeson

The Division 6 team, the Cyclones

orthern Valleys Netball Club has capped a successful season by being awarded the Gosford Netball Association Large Club Award of 2011, the second successive season they have claimed this major honour.

The honour bestowed on the club during Saturday’s Grand Final festivities was the ﬁrst of their awards with their Umpires Convenor Denise Gately’s hard work recognised with the Gosford Netball Association Senior Umpire of the Year. It wasn’t only the club’s women who were

recognised however, with 2011 recruit Stuart Farrant being nominated for Junior Coach of the Year. It was a big day for Farrant, with his 12A Hurricanes side victorious, meaning they will contest the Gosford – Wyong Netball Challenge on Saturday September 17. Farrant’s Division 6 Cyclones also came out on top in a close game, capping a memorable year for the successful coach. With Northern Valleys 10B Little Mozzies also winners, plus two other sides claiming Runners-Up trophies the club is hopeful of building on this form coming into season 2012. “It has been a wonderful

year for Northern Valleys Netball Club with our registrations larger than ever before and our teams performing at very high levels” said Publicity Ofﬁcer Jodie Leeson. “None of these results however would have been possible without a great committee and also without the support of our major sponsor The Elanora Hotel, East Gosford” added Leeson. With Junior and Senior presentations coming up in the next few weeks it will be a time of celebration for the club before they begin preparations for season 2012.

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P4 - GRANDSTAND -September 8, 2011

Central Coast cricket season launch by Aidan Cuddington

Australia dominates South Africa in test series by Richard Goodbody and Kaitlin Watts;

ron Sherriff, from Ettalong Beach Bowling Club, and nine other Australian representatives whitewashed South Africa in the bestof-three test series at Moonta Memorial Park Bowling Club, South Australia.

he Central Coast Cricket Association held its season launch at Mt Penang Parklands on Saturday September 3.

The day is named in honour of the late Pat Riley, who was a past Executive OfďŹ cer and long-time supporter of cricket on the Central Coast. The Main Oval featured a match between past, present and future representative players and we were lucky to have players from the Sydney Grade 1st Grade competition who played their early cricket on the coast joining in. These included former NSW player Andrew Sainsbury (hopefully playing back on the coast this season), Adam Semple (Randwick), Justin Moore

(Northern District), Seb Reid (North Sydney) and some younger players who are looking to make their mark in Sydney this season such as Luke Diserens (The Entrance). We also had local stars led by Darren Wotherspoon and Simon Blake. The teams were put into two sides that included some experienced and some younger CCCA representative players. In an exciting 40 over match, the Old Boys XI batted ďŹ rst and made 6 for 196, thanks to 51 runs from Adam Semple, 39 not out from Justin Moore (despite retiring hurt after copping a Rob Westley bouncer), 30 from Andrew Sainsbury and 27 from Darren Wotherspoon. The local bowlers were well led by Rob Westley and Mark Smith, who both took

2 wickets while Chris Archer took 1 for 34 off 11 overs of spin. The local team put up a great ďŹ ght, falling 9 runs short of victory thanks to a whirlwind 44 from Tim Bowring, 31 from Dave Mitchell, 26 from Hayden Murphy and 19 from Mark Smith and U17 player Ryan James. The bowlers were led by a veteran and a new boy. Jamie Rowe showed his class with 2 for 8 from 7 overs while U17 rookie Jordan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell took 2 for 26 from 6 overs. Regional Director of Coaching Glenn Rowlands pronounced the day a resounding success in giving our young players the beneďŹ t of the experience gained by the visitors while celebrating the launch of the 2011/12 season. We were honoured to

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have Pat Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family present and past local star player Ben Riley presented the man of the match award to Adam Semple. While the main game was going on we hosted a game for Deaf Cricket NSW on Village Green 1 Oval. Two teams played a 20/20 trial game which saw some lusty blows and entertaining cricket. The NSW Blind Cricketers Association held a â&#x20AC;&#x153;come and try dayâ&#x20AC;? while all this was going on and they had a few local people call in to have their ďŹ rst attempt at playing cricket. Some of our young players were very impressed with how these disabled cricketers rise to the challenges life throws them and get out and enjoy their cricket. The day was topped off with a demonstration game between members of the Central Coast Centre of Excellence and they showed that they have the ability to keep Central Coast Cricket strong for years to come. The season for senior Two Day Divisional teams starts on October 1with the One Day Suburban and Junior competitions starting on the October 8.

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contest. Having swept through the pairs and triples rubbers, Australia entered the lunch break with a 4-0 lead, but South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tracy-Lee Botha kept the test alive when she came back from the dead against world number ďŹ ve Kelsey Cottrell to clinch the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles rubber. While the Springboks led for much of the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fours encounter, Australia closed late in the tie, and then won a measure on the ďŹ nal end to sure up the result courtesy of a 16-15 win. Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fours then secured a 20-8 win before world number four Brett Wilkie closed out the series with a 10-1, 8-7 victory over South African legend Gerry Baker in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really stoked with everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance,â&#x20AC;? Australian captain Lynsey Armitage said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really just wanted to get out there and really improve on our Commonwealth Games performance when they beat us over there (in Delhi) a couple of times.â&#x20AC;? Sherriff says he was happy with his own performance and the team performed and got on well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The highlight was the dominant performance of our team, dropping only four of the 24 games played,â&#x20AC;? Sherriff said. Sherriff is now looking towards the NSW Open in Wagga Wagga in September, and the Malaysian Indoor Tournament in early October.

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September 8, 2011 - GRANDSTAND - P5

U/15 women dominate cricket country by Aidan Cuddington

Deputy Chairman John Moriarty accepts the trophy

entral Coast Cricket Association Deputy Chairman John Moriarty was presented with the NSW Country U15 Women’s Championship trophy on August 20.

The trophy was presented by Rena Hore at the NSW Country Cricket annual dinner and presentation ceremony held in Orange. The team dominated the competition last October. Unfortunately, due to a lack of playing numbers in the other areas, the Country Championships won’t be taking place this season, with a revised tournament being worked on by NSW Country Cricket. Cricket on the Central

Coast is looking good for the forthcoming season. The Centre of Excellence has been fortunate to gain sponsorship from Diggers at The Entrance and this has helped provide top-level coaching for our stars of the future. Regional Director of Coaching Glenn Rowlands and his team have been extremely busy, despite the inclement weather, and representative teams are training hard for the season ahead. Clubs have been registering their players and the CCCA has been holding clinics in local schools to help promote the game and to assist with the development of skills.

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Team inducted into Surf Life Saving Hall of Fame by Allison Brennan

urf Life Saving Australia has inducted the Killcare Men’s Beach Relay team and the late Theo Haywood OAM into the SLSA Hall of Fame.

From 2000 – 2006 the Killcare Men’s Beach Relay team won 5 consecutive titles at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships, 5 consecutive titles at the NSW Surf Life Saving Championships and 4 consecutive World Titles. Club Coach, John Bourne, said that the team was thrilled to be recognised by SLSA for their achievements. “Our team was formed in 1999, mainly to boost patrol members for Killcare SLSC. “The club only had 20 patrolling members at that stage so the new relay team combined with the local winter swimming clubs added much needed numbers. “Our ﬁrst season together, we won the State, Aussies and World titles which was an amazing feat,” he said. “Over the years we had a few relay members change due to injury, work commitments and geography but the team spirit and enthusiasm stayed the same.” SLSA President, Graham Ford, said it was an honour

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to induct the late Freemantle and Leighton SLSC member, Theo Haywood OAM, and the Killcare Men’s Beach Relay team into the Hall of Fame. “Mr Haywood was the secretary of the Surf Life Saving WA for almost 40 years, from the 1930s through to the 1970s. “He worked with 11 State Presidents and the length of his involvement with the organisation is remarkable. “He was also involved every summer on the beach

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and was actively involved in the foundation and growth of new clubs. “Theo Haywood was awarded Life Membership of SLSWA in 1952 and of SLSA in 1956.” In recognition of Theo Haywood’s long and outstanding service, soon after his retirement, SLSWA introduced the Haywood Shield, which is awarded annually to the most efﬁcient WA club. Paul Andrew, CEO SLSWA agrees with Mr

Williamson’s comments. “Theo Haywood’s 40 years of commitment to the organisation in WA is unparalleled. “He made an exceptional contribution to the stability, growth and increasing public status of surf lifesaving in Western Australia.” The SLSA Hall of Fame was founded in 2002 and recognises members or teams who have provided an outstanding contribution to surf lifesaving.

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P6 - GRANDSTAND -September 8, 2011

Darren Morrison nails Champion of Club Champion Singles title by Kevin Dring

v e r g l a d e s Darren Morrison was unrelenting in the ﬁnal of the Champion of Club Champion Singles against Halekulani’s Pat Reynolds to take out the title 31-15, with a ﬁne display of draw bowling.

Eighteen Club Singles champions out of the 25 Central Coast Bowling Clubs nominated to contest the prestigious 2011 Champion of Club Champions played in two sections at The Greens, The Entrance. In Section One, Pat Reynolds from Halekulani sat out the second round with a forfeit then showed his class to defeat Umina’s Allan Rhodes 31-27, and was unforgiving against Ourimbah/Lisarows Simon Teeling with a telling 31-4 victory in the section final. In Section Two, former NSW Junior Champion Darren Morrison showed a new level of maturity with good wins over Doyalson’s David Perry 31-16, Toukley District’s Shane White 3126 and Bateau Bay’s pocket rocket Chris Monk 31-22 in the section final. The final between Pat Reynolds and Darren Morrison promised to be a crackerjack, but Morrison never allowed the game to save your job...

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It was a high ﬁve for the winner of the Bowls Central Coast 2011 Champion of Club Champions Singles, Everglade’s Darren Morrison (left) with runner-up Pat Reynolds Halekulani

develop, drawing shot after shot within inches of the jack on a slick 16 second plus green with perfect weight. The score line was ominous at 10-1, and at 20-1 Morrison had stamped his authority on the game, but a brief lapse in concentration at 27-4 provided a frustrated Reynolds with the opportunity to pick up a face saving 11 shots in ﬁve ends to concede game, set and title at 31-15. It was Morrison’s ﬁrst Zone title in open company, and if he can maintain

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The State NSW Champion of Club Champion Singles is to be played at Lithgow City over November 15 and 16.

Club raises $4000 for charity by Jim Phillips

mina Beach Men’s Bowling Club held their annual bowls charity day on June 23, raising $4000 for prostate cancer research and treatment.

The day was held in memory of life member Ron Pursehouse, who died in June 2007. Proceeds from the day were presented to Jan

Richens at NSW Health Central Coast, Gosford Hospital on August 18. Rafﬂe prizes were donated by 15 local businesses, including local artist Fred Hawkesworth who donated three of his paintings for auction. This year marked the ﬁrst time other bowling clubs on the Peninsula were invited to hold their own prostate cancer day, with Ettalong, Everglades, and Woy Woy clubs agreeing to do so.

Mariners to use pre-season for team building by Ben O’Neill

entral Coast Mariners will look to win over fans far and wide during their 2011/12 Hyundai A-League preseason campaign, commencing with a clash against Bankstown City at Sefton Park on Wednesday 7 September.

Kicking off at 7:30pm, the match against the Lions will be followed by trips to Wollongong and New Zealand as the Yellow and Navy look to gain the fluidity and cohesion needed to succeed in season seven of Australia’s elite football competition. Four days into phase three of the teams’ preparation for their forthcoming Hyundai A-League march, Mariners assistant coach Phil Moss said the primary focus of each pre-season game would be gaining a collective understanding of every players’ role within the team unit. “As with all pre-season games, it’s all about us,” Moss said. “It’s not really about who we’re playing against, it’s about getting some continuity and making sure the new players who have come to the club this year understand their roles in the team, with and without the ball. “The early signs have been very promising,” he continued. “We’ve got a bit of a head start from where we were this time last year, but the games are very important for match fitness which we can’t replicate in training.” Only four days after the Mariners first clash against Bankstown Lions, the Mariners will face Illawarra Premier League Champions, Dandaloo FC – a team flush with Hyundai A-League experienced players including former Mariners Noel Spencer, Alvin Ceccoli and Sam Munro (NYL), as well as

Adam Casey. Starting at 5pm at John Crehan Park, Dapto, the match will provide the Mariners with another opportunity to build upon the base the team Moss indicates is currently being worked on. “The boys are doing most things under fatigue at the moment because we’re working pretty hard physically,” he said. “We’re not rushing things, but we’re certainly not playing catch up in any way.” The first Hyundai A-League opposition Central Coast will face in the lead up to the commencement of the new season will be Perth Glory on Sunday 18 September. A location for this clash is still to be confirmed. Soon after the meeting with the purple-whites, the Mariners will fly south to New Zealand for a short tour of the land of the long white cloud. The first stop on the Mariners tour of New Zealand’s North Island will be Tauranga, the biggest city in the Bay of Plenty region. There, Central Coast will face their second Hyundai A-League rivals within a week, this time in the form of Wellington Phoenix. A match-up against 2011 O-League Champions, Auckland City, will round out the Mariners pre-season match preparations, leading into their opening game of the Hyundai A-League season proper against Brisbane Roar on Saturday 8 October. Additional fixtures may be added to the Mariners 2011/12 Hyundai A-League pre-season match schedule. Any changes to match dates, times and locations will be advised on the Clubs’ website. Meanwhile, the Mariners have been pleased with the response to their 2011/12 Hyundai A-League Membership drive. Already, nearly 3,000 people have converted from fans to Members for season seven of Australia’s premier club competition.

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Bowlers qualify for State Rookie Finals

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by Peter Arnold

he tournament was played in almost perfect conditions, with the many spectators enjoying

T Umina’s Grant Watson hailed the winner of Central Coast Rookies Singles by runner-up Alan Joss from Everglades

rant Watson of Umina Beach, in the Singles, and Lou Robertson and Ron Sanday from Bateau Bay, in the Pairs, were the winners of the Central Coast sectional play to qualify for the State Rookies Final.

Brought in three years ago by Bowls NSW, the Rookies competition provides a vehicle for new bowlers to both gain competition experience and to serve notice to selectors of their arrival in the sport of lawn bowls. The competition is open to bowlers in their first 30 months in the sport and in that time they can enter only two Rookies competitions in both Singles and Pairs. Played at Avoca Beach, 20 teams took the green in the Pairs to play a round robin of three games in five sections. Bateau Bay’s Lou Robertson and Ron Sanday were undefeated in their section and came up against another undefeated duo in Glen Jordan and Chris Willingham from Gwandalan in the semi-final. It was a tight tussle with Lou and Ron scraping into the final by just one shot (10-9). The final against the Everglade team of David Lilley and Alan Joss was equally tense and exciting with Lou and Ron once again snaring victory by just one shot (11-10). In the Singles, also played at Avoca Beach, 40 entries were whittled down to 12 after the round robin sectional play that, barring forfeits, ensured every player got to play at least two games of first to 17

points. By mid-morning on the Sunday, the semi-finalists had been established as John McKee of Davistown RSL, Shane Gibbon of Halekulani, Grant Watson of Umina Beach and the defending qualifier from last year Alan Joss of Everglades. Alan was also a finalist in the Rookie Pairs and was in good form having been part of the triples team from Everglades that made the final the week before of the Zone 15 Major Triples only to be defeated by the mighty trio from Ettalong of Harley McDonald, John Roberts and Aron Sherriff. John McKee and Grant Watson played a thrilling semi-final with Grant setting up a big lead to see John creep back before Grant was able to secure the win 17-14.

After a big win in the quarter finals, Shane Gibbon failed to maintain his excellent form in the other semi-final and was well beaten by Alan Joss. In the final Grant just kept his head in front of the tournament favourite and secured the win with high quality bowls always having an answer to Alan’s desperate efforts to get back on an even footing. As the respective winners of Bowls Central Coast Rookies Singles and Pairs Grant Watson and Lou Robertson / Ron Sanday will now play in the Bowls NSW Rookies State finals at Raymond Terrace B C over the weekend of October 1 and 2, 2011. Central Coast bowlers wish all of them every success in what will be the greatest challenge of their bowling careers to date.

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A backward step or a leap forward? he Central Coast Mariners together with Central Coast Football (CCF) have penned a historic agreement that will help bolster the Yellow and Navy’s Hyundai A-League playing stocks for generations to come.

In an Australian football ﬁrst, the Heads of Agreement aims to ensure that from October 1 this year, CCF’s representative Youth League programs will be integrated into and form a key component of the Mariners ambitious Academy initiatives. Under the Central Coast Mariners brand, the program will be the sole elite football Academy in the region, providing high-level training and playing opportunities to both male and female footballers. Indeed, in its initial stages, the Academy will consist of U11 to U18 male teams and U12 to senior female sides competing at the highest level permitted by Football New South Wales. From this agreement, it appears that senior men that have played this season for the Central Coast Football Club [CCFC] in the NSW Super League, which is the State’s highest level competition, will not have a place in next season’s competition if they are over 18 years old.

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What this means to those players is that they must seek out playing in either Sydney or Newcastle if they wish to continue at that elite level or to revert back to a local Central Coast division premiere league club which is effectively one division lower. It is slightly different for the women however. While they have languished at the bottom of the NSW Womens Premier League 2011 competition, they will simply swap strip for the 2012 competition.

These girls have played against the likes of W League and Matilda players and have been hailed by their competitors for their courage in the 2011 competition. The plan is to put the Central Coast girls once again into the W League, but hopefully this time with more ‘home grown’ players. The question then is: “Will players be sourced from the Coast or head hunted from elsewhere?” Central Coast Mariners Chairman, Mr Peter Turnbull,

hailed the partnership as yet another signiﬁcant milestone in the club’s progression. “I congratulate the CCF Board on their vision and foresight in developing this initiative with us,” Turnbull said. “This is another commitment by the Mariners in fostering and developing youth talent to provide youngsters with a clear pathway to develop their skills and hopefully achieve a career in the sport. “With four players in the Qantas Young Socceroos

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squad for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the captain of the Qantas Olyroos U-23s in our Hyundai A-League ranks, we are ideally placed to undertake this next era of youth development. “In fact, we will be the only Hyundai A-League club that has its own representative Youth League teams for both males and females and I believe this is further testament to our commitment to community involvement which we have made a conscious effort in further enhancing this year. ”Under the terms of the agreement, CCF will provide the budding Mariners with access to Pluim Park, Lisarow for all representative games. “Additionally, They will also provide access to Jubilee Oval, Long Jetty and Leagues Club Park, Gosford as well as supplying of the Academy’s training and playing requirements. “In return, the agreement is underpinned by the Mariner’s guarantee that 80 per cent of all players in the representative programs will be Central Coast residents, ensuring that a transparent development pathway from the junior to the elite level of football in the region is created. According to CCF Chairman, Mr Darren Sprod, the agreement is a mutually beneﬁcial one. “This agreement provides a clear pathway for the development of elite youth players on the Coast, which follows the national curriculum sponsored by both Football New South Wales and the FFA,” Sprod said. “Elite players of the region will no longer be confused over which path to take. “The agreement allows CCF to concentrate its resources on community

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football and our 23 member clubs, while ensuring we support the Mariners in developing the elite footballers of the future. “CCF wants to ensure we give the youth of the Central Coast every opportunity to develop, and this agreement with the Mariners ensures we remain strategically aligned with the development of the regions elite footballers.” On the other hand, past Secretary and Chairman of Central Coast Coasties, Ray Sandell, said: “In my view, it is disappointing to see representative football disappear. “Over the years both players and coaches alike have put the Central Coast on the football map. “It seems now that any male player over 18 will have to go to either Newcastle or Sydney to continue playing at an elite representative level, or seek out a local premier league club”. Sandell said. Former Central Coast Mariners Hyundai A-League player and current Youth Development Co-ordinator, Damien Brown, said that as a local, he feels “privileged to be involved” in this agreement. “I am excited for all the football families across the Central Coast that CCF and the Mariners have created a clear and recognisable pathway to the top,” Brown said. Finally, Mariners National Youth League (NYL) Head Coach, Tony Walmsley said he welcomed the opportunity to directly inﬂuence the development of local players. “In the true partnership that now exists, the Mariners and CCF will beneﬁt from the dedicated focus and resources given to elite programs and club football respectively,” he said.

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Mens Premier League – Finals by Alistair Kennedy

September 4 First Grade Final Umina 2 - East Gosford 1 Umina met Berkeley Vale in the Grand Final of the 2011 Central Coast Mens Premier League competition following their 2-1 win over East Gosford in the Preliminary Final at Pluim Park, Lisarow. East Gosford suffered a major setback prior to the match, losing attacking midﬁelder Neil Woodcock through a groin injury, then went behind in just the ﬁfth minute when a 30-metre drive from Umina striker Chris Powell found the corner of the East Gosford net.

Umina doubled its lead early in the second half when another long distance shot, this time from David Brewer, beat the East Gosford goalkeeper. With their season on the line East Gosford bounced straight back when a clever lob from Blake Jesson caught the Umina ‘keeper off his line. Despite a late rally, East Gosford were unable to equalise. After a disappointing end to the competition proper which saw Umina drop to third place after looking likely to take out the League Championship it has been a great comeback for the

peninsula team who had knocked out Wyoming in the Minor Semi-Final the previous week. Umina will go into next Saturday’s decider with two wins from its last two Grand Final appearances (2006 over Wyoming and 2008 over The Entrance) while, by contrast, Berkeley Vale go in with losses in each of the last two deciders (2009 to Wyoming and 2010 to The Entrance). Despite this Berkeley Vale will go into the decider as favorites, having convincingly downed Umina 4-0 in their ﬁnal round encounter.

Reserve Grade Final Berkeley Vale 2 - East Gosford 0 A second-half double to striker Eamonn Akarmarmoi has given Berkeley Vale a 2-0 win over East Gosford and the chance of taking out the First/Reserve Grade double. Berkeley Vale have dominated the Reserve Grade competition to date, losing just two of their 20 matches on their way to a nine-point win in the League Championship, the most recent loss being against their Grand Final opponents, Wyoming, in the Major Semi-Final. It will be Wyoming’s ﬁfth

Grand Final appearance in Reserve Grade in the past six years having won the title in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and going down to Umina last year.

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after 20 minutes of extra time. The game went down to the ﬁfth penalty attempt where Doyalson’s shot went wide of the posts.

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(4) Avoca is the ﬁrst team into the Division One Grand Final following a 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory over League Champions Doyalson in the Major SemiFinal. In a tight encounter, the scores were locked at 1-1 after normal time and again

Southern-Ettalong United has won through to next Sunday’s Division One Preliminary Final with a 3-1 win over Terrigal at Pluim Park. They now meet League Champions, Doyalson, for the right to challenge Avoca the following Sunday.

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roving too strong for a younger Wyoming side, the Doyalson Womens Premier League girls secured their place in the Grand Final with a 5-1 win in last Sunday’s Preliminary ﬁnal, and will once again face Gosford for top honours.

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managed to find the back of the net forty nine times. Doyalson are yet to beat Gosford and after having met four times this season, the short odds must go to a win for the Dragons. Having said that, football can be a fickle game and Doyalson will be fired up for a win against the Dragons. The much anticipated contest will take place this Saturday at Pluim Park with the kick off scheduled for 2:30pm.

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Central Coast Rugby Union

by Larry Thomson Photos: Angela Beattie

Minor Semi-Final results, August 27

ariong defeated Ourimbah in the Minor Semi-ﬁnal at Woy Woy Oval by 25 points to 17.

Kariong were the better team on the day, but it was not until the mid stages of the second half that the win was secured. Ourimbah opened the scoring early in the match when a penalty goal was kicked by centre Anthony Eriksson. However, Kariong were soon to hit back when fullback Derick Peachey made a stepping individual run to score close to the posts.

Avoca v's Gosford The conversion of this try by halfback Scott Hanley gave the lead to Kariong by 7 points to 3. The opening stages of the half were quite even. Both forward packs were attempting to gain the ascendancy, but neither was quite able to gain it. Ourimbah were playing good rugby. Lock Tyler Jones was playing well and his mobility around the paddock and his skill in the lineout was a feature. He was well supported by prop Brett Cunningham who was not taking a backward step all day.

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He was also well supported by flanker Brett Marchant, winger Steven Pike and five-eight Joel Wagner. Marchant was being troubled with a leg injury, but he continued playing and was still able to make inroads into the Kariong defensive line. However, it was Kariong who was to take a further lead. They kicked a penalty goal to go to a 10 points to 3 and things were looking good for them. The game was all squared up at the 18th minute mark when Ourimbah centre Dane McNamara crossed for a try and the conversion of this made the score 10 points apiece. Kariong half back Scott Hanley, in his first game for quite awhile because of a shoulder injury, kicked Kariong again to lead with a further penalty goal. Hanley was kicking very well for his team and did not miss a goal in the first half. This Kariong lead was further cemented just prior to halftime when fullback Derick Peachey made another break and then passed to winger Mitchell Clay who scored the side’s second try adjacent to the posts. This try and conversion took Kariong to the lead by 20 points to 10 and that was to remain the score at half time. Kariong deserved the lead at that stage and it seemed they would go on with it in the second stanza. Best for Kariong in the first 40 minutes were halfback Scott Hanley, inside centre Sione Malu, and fullback Derick Peachey. Peachey in particular was particularly dangerous every time he touched the ball, and on numerous occasions put his team into gaps and on the go forward. Sione Malu was directing traffic in centre field and did get his team on to the front

back on several occasions. Ourimbah played well at the start of the second half. They dominated proceedings and had much of the territorial advantage. They camped themselves within the attacking quarter and on several occasions were pulled up just short of the try line. They just could not post points despite their dominance at this stage of the game. Their backline could not make that vital break though and the Kariong defence was good. Finally, in the 16th minute Ourimbah did cross under the posts. Centre Anthony Eriksson capped off a good match when he scored a try and then his own conversion of his try made the score Kariong 20 Ourimbah 17. So with just over 20 minutes to go the match was up for grabs. Both teams tried to post points but to no avail for quite awhile. However, in the ﬁnal 15 minutes Kariong were probably the better team. A wonderful cross kick by Sione Malu saw the Kariong winger Darren Cooley gather the ball at full pace for him to cross in the corner. This try in the 21st minute had put Kariong in to a handy 8 points lead of 25 points to 17. There were to be no further points scored and as time passed Kariong became more certain of victory as Ourimbah had to score twice to get the lead. It was not to be and so

Razorbacks v's Kariong Kariong had won the Minor Semi-ﬁnal by 25 points to 17 and they continue on to the Preliminary Final in 2 weeks time. For Ourimbah, the season is over. The Ourimbah team have had a very good season and although they would be most disappointed with this loss, they know they gave it their all in this encounter. Over the whole 80 minutes Kariong were the slightly better team and deserved to continue on for the chance to reach the Grand Final. Kariong – 25 Tries: Mitchell Clay, Derick Peachey, Darren Cooley Goals: Scott Hanley (2 conversions, 2 penalties) Defeated Ourimbah – 17 Tries: Dane McNamara, Anthony Eriksson Goals: Anthony Eriksson (2 conversions, 1 penalty)

Ourimbah won the Second Grade Minor Semi-ﬁnal when they defeated Kariong by 20 points to 13. Kariong did score two tries to one, but the goal kicking of Ourimbah winger Michael Hourn was the difference. He kicked 5 penalty goals in the game. This was a very physical

encounter for the entire game with several players being placed in the sin bin during the game. Ourimbah – 20 Tries: John Melvin Goals: Michael Hourn (5 penalty) Defeated Kariong – 13 Tries: Hawa Mapapalinga, Rob Brown Lance Davies (1 penalty)

Avoca Beach defeated Terrigal Colts in the Third Grade Minor Semiﬁnal by 17 points to 7. Avoca Beach scored two tries to one and overall deserved the win. But by the same token, Terrigal gave it their all and numerous missed opportunities in the second half cost them a chance of victory. Avoca Beach – 17 Tries: Michael Smith, Joey Hunt Goals: James Lane (2 conversions, 1 penalty) Defeated Terrigal Colts – 7 Tries: Brandon Hey Goals: Cameron Strachan (1 conversion)

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Major Semi-Final results, September 3

voca Beach defeated Gosford in the Major Semiﬁnal by 29 points to 26 at Woy Woy Oval on Saturday.

This was a gripping match throughout and one that went down to the final seconds of the game. The scores alternated during the game as one side then the other took control, but with the scores so close at the end, the interest of the crowd was totally maintained. Gosford got away to a good start when their centre Tim Hill was able to kick two long range penalty goals for his side to take a 6 point to nil lead. This was soon cut back to 6-3 when Avoca Beach winger Matt Maloney kicked his side’s first penalty goal. Gosford then went further ahead when Tim Hill kicked his third penalty goal and Gosford had got way to a pleasing start with a lead of 9 points to 3. The rugby was excellent at this stage. Both teams had periods of attack and both teams showed they were prepared to use their backs and push the ball wide. Because of the nature of the rugby, there were some errors where passes were being pushed or where players lost control of the ball at the breakdown. Gosford took a great step forward at the 25th minute when five eight Adam Carlisle chip kicked across field for fullback Peter Miller to race through and regather at full pace.

Avoca v's Gosford He scored adjacent to the posts and with the conversion Gosford had jumped to a commanding 16 points to 3 lead. Avoca Beach, however, was not to be outdone. Despite the fact that they missed a penalty shot at goal soon after, they were able to get back into the game on the scoreboard when in the 33rd minute a backline passing phase saw winger Matt Maloney race 50 metres to score under the posts. His conversion of his own try had reduced the lead to 6 points and Gosford led by 16 points to 10. This remained the halftime score and so the game was definitely up for grabs. Gosford had several good players in the opening stanza. None were better than five-eight Adam Carlisle who was directing traffic well, and he was well supported by flanker Hugo Pike, lock Luke Hennig and flanker Alistair Lock who had replaced the injured Andrew Moseley at the start of play. Gosford did have concerns with their scrum which was struggling and often on the backward foot. This was allowing the backs to only receive scrappy ball and it was proving difficult at times to get on the go forward. The best players for Avoca Beach were prop Luke Sheridan who was strong in the set piece and aggressive in open play. Halfback David Horton was good while both wingers Matt Maloney and

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Razorbacks v's Kariong Tom Murphy were always dangerous with the ball. The opening 15 minutes of the second half was all Avoca Beach. They were on continuous attack and became camped in the Gosford half, and often in the Gosford quarter. They attacked and were dangerous. They scored a try in the 6th minute through winger Tom Murphy and then another quite soon after by halfback David Horton. Suddenly Avoca Beach had taken the lead by 24 points to 16. Both these tries were converted. The Avoca Beach set piece was most effective and as a result their attack was good. Gosford were missing to ﬁrst up tackles and this was allowing Avoca Beach even more latitude. The situation became more troublesome for Gosford when Avoca Beach winger Matt Maloney crossed for his second try soon after to increase their lead to 29 points to 16. At this stage with 15 minutes to go all seemed lost for Gosford. But it was at this stage that Gosford responded and fought back with some of its best rugby in the match. Gosford climbed back into the game after a good backline move saw the ball go to David Von Kotze on the wing and he made a good run before kicking ahead for fullback Peter Miller to regather and race across for his second try in the corner. This was quickly followed up by another great run by centre Josh McGlynn who went across ﬁeld before passing inside for winger Dave Von Kotze to score a try. The conversion of both these tries was missed by Gosford so the score was Avoca Beach 29 Gosford 26 with only 5 minutes to go. It was during this period that Gosford were also playing with 14 men, with prop Steve Lauti in the sin

bin. With two minutes to go, Gosford continued their effective attack and were rewarded with a penalty goal in quite close range. However, the attempt at penalty goal was missed and the chance of putting the game into extra time failed. So Avoca Beach held on for the narrow win and continues on the Grand Final in two weeks time. Gosford would be extremely disappointed with the loss, but live to ﬁght another day against Kariong next Saturday in the elimination Preliminary Final. This was a great game of rugby. There was plenty of action, plenty of ball movement and plenty of tries. All the tries were scored by the backs, so this alone illustrated the nature of this intense but action packed game of rugby. Avoca Beach – 29 Tries: Matt Maloney 2, Tom Murphy, David Horton Goals: Matt Maloney (3 conversions, 1 penalty) Defeated Gosford – 26 Tries: Peter Miller 2, David Von Kotze Goals: Tim Hill (1 conversion, 3 penalties)

The Second Grade Major Semiﬁnal was titanic struggle from start to ﬁnish but Avoca Beach hung on to win over Northlakes by 28 points to 23. The result was in doubt right until the end. Avoca Beach controlled things early on, but then Northlakes fought back and gained a quite handy lead late into the match. In fact, they led by 10 points midway through the second half. However, Avoca Beach scored a converted try and a penalty goal right on fulltime to put the game into extra time with the scores locked at 23 apiece. During this extra 20 minutes Avoca Beach was able to score a try to run out winners by 28 points to 23. This was another good game of rugby, and the win sees Avoca Beach having their second team into a Grand Final while Northlakes play Ourimbah next week. Avoca Beach – 28 Tries: Matt Anderson 2, Elliott Dawkins, Liam Meadham Goals: Tom Russell (1 conversion, 2 penalties) Defeated Northlakes – 23 Tries: Barry Graham, Brenton Law Goals: Logan Hemopo (2 conversions, 3 penalties)

Ourimbah won the Third Grade Major Semiﬁnal when they defeated Northlakes by 28 points to 19. There was nothing in this game for the entire game. The scores were all squared up at 14 all at halftime and it was only late in the game that Ourimbah gained the ascendancy. Fullback Michael Pollock was outstanding for Ourimbah and was always dangerous with the ball. Pollock was able to score 18 points for his side with 2 tries and 4 conversions. He was well support by No.8 John Melvin. Centre Barry Graham was always dangerous for Northlakes and scored a wonderful individual try. Ourimbah go straight to the Grand Final while next Saturday Northlakes take on Avoca Beach in the Preliminary Final. Ourimbah – 28 Tries: Michael Pollock 2, Warren Beattie, Luke West Goals: Michael Pollock (4 conversions) Defeated Northlakes – 19 Tries: Barry Graham, Luke Mills, Brad Middleton Goals: Matt McNair (2 conversions)

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Preliminary Final preview, September 10 ariong and Gosford meet in the First Grade Preliminary Final this Saturday at Woy Woy Oval.

Gosford were defeated in last week’s Major Semi-final, and so face a Kariong team that won through from the Minor Semi-final. Both teams have played each other twice this year, with Gosford winning the first clash, while the last encounter ended in a draw. This game will be close and both teams know a win will give them the opportunity to challenge for the 2011 Premiership the following week. Kariong will play the game in the forwards during the opening periods of this game. They have a strong forward pack with players such as No.8 Sione Ofahengaue and prop Shannon Beavan. Their scrum is solid and they are very strong at the breakdown. However, they do also have the backs to exploit any good ball they secure. With speedy players such as Derick Peachey, Lucas Koschel and Darren Cooley, they can score tries from

any area on the paddock. Half back Scott Hanley has returned from injury and has proved an excellent link this year, and with a player of the experience of centre Sione Malu between Hanley and the speedy outside backs, they have the team to win this game. Much will depend of the performance of Gosford of course. The Gosford team will go into the clash after a very tough match last week against Avoca Beach, and their forward pack will have to measure up in the tight ﬁve. If this is done, Gosford have a wonderful set of loose forwards and they will be close to the ball all day. Flankers Hugo Pike and Andrew Moseley will lead from the front while Shannon Hardgrave will take the ball up consistently. Gosford have a very good backline. They have experience, size and pace. The experience of players such as ﬁve-eight Adam Carlisle and inside centre Tim Hill, the speed of centre Josh McGlynn and the size and pace of winger Adam Clift form a good combination for the Gosford side.

However, the key player may be fullback Peter Miller. He has returned from injury recently and has been a most potent player in his side’s last few games. He was able to cross for two excellent tries last week. These two teams know each other inside out so it will be that team that tries something a little different and who is the most committed that will win the day. Kariong will attempt to take the ball up through the forwards and to make inroads from broken play in the backs. Gosford will try to prevent this by good defence in the forwards and to not kick ball directly to the Kariong backs to give them the opportunity to run. Gosford on the other hand will try to gain an advantage on the edge of the ruck. This game will be hard fought for the entire 80 minutes and discipline will be the key. There is much to play for of course and this all adds to the pressure on the day. Both sides have excellent goal kickers. Centre Tim Hill from Gosford and Kariong’s Scott Hanley are their respective team’s kickers and could

Avoca v's Gosford

prove the difference. This will be a good game of rugby and the winner will proceed to the Grand Final while the loser will say goodbye to 2011.

The Second Grade Preliminary Final will see Ourimbah playing Northlakes. This will also be a tight game. There is nothing between them. Northlakes were very unlucky last week and lost the game in extra time so

will be very keen to have another go at Avoca Beach. However, they need to overcome Ourimbah, who have been playing good rugby in recent weeks and who scored a very impressive win over Kariong two weeks ago. Northlakes probably deserve favouritism, but this game could go either way. Northlakes will rely on the hard running of centre Brenton Law while Ourimbah will place a lot of responsibility on their centre Sam Ricketts.

The Third Grade Preliminary Final will see Northlakes taking on Avoca Beach. Northlakes lost a very close match last week but will go into this game as slight favourites. Avoca Beach however played very pleasing rugby two weeks ago and an Avoca Beach win would not surprise. Both teams have some very experienced players in their respective line-ups.

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2011 Junior Rugby Grand Finals his Saturday 10 September, the 2011 Central Coast Junior Rugby Union Grand Finals will be played at Bluetongue Stadium Gosford.

This is the culmination of the season, and all players involved will relish the chance to play at the most impressive sporting venue on the Central Coast. The day commences at 8am, with the Under 11s going through until the Under 17s take the ﬁeld at

3pm. Seven different Clubs are represented on the day, with 2011 Club Champions Terrigal Trojans competing in four age groups as well as being presented with the Premiership Shield for the already completed Under 10s competition. Central Coast Junior Rugby union has provided 4 players who have represented Australia at Senior level. Adam Ashley-Cooper is with the Wallabies

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competing for the World Cup, Matt Hodgson has been a regular Wallaby player in recent years. Jesse Parahi & Trent Dyer have played with the Australian 7s team, a version of the sport that has been admitted to Olympics competition. It is possible many more future Australian players will be on show this weekend, the skill level of local Junior Rugby is high and all games will be full of fast attacking play.

Fishing report by Robert Longney

t was good to see some sunshine once again for the weekend, which meant a lot of ﬁshing took place over the past few weeks.

The big Whiting have returned to the Brisbane Waters, not in big numbers like last year, but the local brigade have been catching some thumpers. Squid strips marinated in milk and worms have been bringing the big fish into fishermen’s bags. At the Entrance Lakes and along the beach line, Whiting have been in good numbers with some nice fish amongst them. Bream have been a big mover this week, with many fishermen catching good Bream at the rip on Pilchard pieces and nippers, Flathead have started popping up in amongst many catches, which is good to see. These are great fish for the kids to catch. Over the past week, I have seen a number of fishermen out and about

throwing plastics. Things now get better from here with spring arriving. With the arrival of spring, a lot of Bass fisherman will be dusting off their bass gear and heading to Glenbawne and St Clair chasing Bass as well and fishing the ABT Bass tournaments. The beaches all along the Coast are producing plenty of Salmon and Tailor action, slice lures, Christmas tree lures, gold bombers and lipless lures are all good fish catchers for these exciting fighting fish. On Father’s Day, I watched local angler Tony Haze tangle with a 3kg Salmon in the Woy Woy channel; a fight which went on for 20 minutes. He even had a crowd watching, only to lose it at the rocks when his line came in contact with them. It was quite a sight, with this big salmon jumping all over the place. Jew fish are there if you can get your hands on fresh squid, you’ll be in with a real good chance.

Rob Longney got 3 good jewfish Wednesday night, all fish ranging from 4kg to 11kg. Put in the time and you will be rewarded, as the saying goes for these beautiful fish. These fish were caught at the Rip in 100 feet of water on the incoming tide. For the boys outside down off Mona Vale, the fishing has been fantastic with Schnapper, Travelly, Mowong, Flathead, Leather Jacket, Traglin and Kingfish. Most of the reefs around Broken Bay wide have been producing good table size Schnapper, the Flathead ground is still filling bag limits and the boys who like trolling lures have been getting Tailor, Salmon, Bonito and Kingfish. From here on the fishing can only get better. Let’s just hope the fine weekends keep on coming. I hear the boys at BNB have been selling a few live squid to couple of their local Jew fishermen and Kingfish specialist.

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sides, with TKT leading for the ﬁrst two quarters. The Poppies came back to level at three quarter time, with the Brisbane Water team, The Poppies scoring a few late goals to win 25 19.

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Ourimbah O’35 take on SEU for top S honours by Val Bridge

his Saturday will see the older boys from the Over 35 A’s competition battle it out for Football Grand Final glory to be played out at Pat Morley Oval with a scheduled kick off at 2:15pm

The Ourimbah team having lost just one game from sixteen outings may well have the edge on a rejuvenated Southern Ettalong United squad for the encounter. For their part SEU have lost four games but both squads have had three draws during the competition. The previous four encounters between the two

sides have resulted with a win each and two draws in closely fought games, the biggest being a three all draw in May. Ourimbah Coach, Richard Pagden, said ‘The encounter will be a tight game and whilst we may have had success during the competition a grand ﬁnal is a whole new ballgame”. “Keeper Dan Francis is back on form after recovering from a groin injury and striker Phil Cartner will give his usual 100% working positions all over the park”. The points table at the conclusion of the competition is Ourimbah 36; SEU 27; Umina 27; Killarney 19; Kincumber 13; The Entrance 7

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unday the 11th of September pitches the Gosford AAW 1st grade girls against Terrigal for a place in the Grand Final after Gosford lost 3-1 to Kariong; played out last weekend. The ﬁnals game will be played at Pluim Park with a kick off scheduled for 1:15pm.

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l u e t o n g u e Central Coast Stadium will launch new public place recycling systems at the Central Coast Mariners ﬁrst home game against Gold Coast United on October 15, 2011.

team of U/14 Central Coast basketball players will be touring the US under the banner of the East Coast Aussies, playing tournaments in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

The tour is organised by former basketball player John Zappia, who has been organising tours like this for the past 11 years. The players will be given the chance to experience

things they may never have been able to before. All players will spend half a day at a school to experience the differences between the Australian and US school systems. Games will be play against people from varied socioeconomic backgrounds to show players how different people live. The team will also be given a police escort by the Los Angeles Police Department to the Police Academy where they will be given a tour, an opportunity

not given to any other teams. The players will also be given certiﬁcates to commemorate their visit from nine different politicians, including the mayor of Los Angeles and the mayor of Las Vegas. Zappia was born in Australia but went to school in the US and was selected in the East Coast USA team, he came to live in Australia after graduating and was then selected for the Australian team. After many years of playing and multiple knee

reconstructions Zappia decided that his time as a player was limited and began coaching. It was coaching that led him to begin the tours, as players often asked him why he moved from the US to Australia. Zappia’s aim in creating the tours was to prove to children that while the US is great, Australia is even better. The families of the players will be travelling with the team.

Toukley RSL Championship Games by Barry Middleton

oukley RSL Bowling Club was blessed with excellent weather conditions to contest the ﬁnal of the Men’s Major Singles Final, and one of the Men’s Major Triples Championship Games.

Firstly, the two contenders for the much coveted Singles Championship were Peter Holey and Steve Peterson, who were successful in their respective elimination games. Steve started the game very conﬁdently by winning the ﬁrst two ends and was leading three zero. This early lead apparently

stung Peter into action, and he realized he was indeed playing a championship game and not rolling another cigarette. So stung was Peter, he started to concentrate on playing bowls, in fact so good was his concentration that he won the next ﬁve ends and was leading 8-3 at the seventh end. Steve managed to get one shot back on the next end the, score was now 8-4, however, Peter was still feeling the effects of the earlier sting and started to turn the screws and played some very good bowls resulting in a convincing victory and thereby winning the Major Singles Championship for 2011 -31-

4. Both men enjoyed the game, but Peter had all the shots that countered. The Men’s Major Triples elimination game was played just three rinks away. Team number one was skippered by Garry Condon, second Joe Forgacs and the lead was Warren Pope. Team number two was skippered by Barry Middleton, second was Glen Mills and the lead was Peter Whybourn. Garry Condon won the toss and over the first five ends scored one shot on each end, now leading five zero and confident. However, after winning the first five ends, it was soon discovered that they

would lose the next five ends in a similar manner, it was now 5-5 after ten ends. Scores were pretty much even up until the 16th end, but the new team combination of Peter, Glen and Barry grew with more confidence as the game progressed. Both teams showed signs of some good bowling, however, on the day Peter, Glen and skipper Barry were just too good and were victorious finishing with the score 25-16 and proceeded to the next round. Warren, Joe and skipper Garry were gallant in defeat and all players were a tribute to the game of lawn bowls.

The launch will encourage patrons at the match, and at all future matches, to ‘Do The right Thing, Use The Right Bin’. Funded by the Packaging Stewardship Forum (PSF) of the Australian Food and Grocery Council in partnership with Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium and Coca-Cola Amatil, 132 waste and recycling bins have been installed around the Stadium carrying the well known call to action to recycle message ‘Do The Right Thing, Use The Right Bin’. This initiative will provide away from home recycling opportunities for 250,000 people at over 27 events each year and recycle up to 27 tonnes of aluminium cans, PET and glass bottles from landﬁll annually. Bluetongue Stadium Managing Director Monique Marks said: “We are proud to be a part of the PSF’s away from home program and to encourage recycling at the stadium. Taking part and leading the way in recycling for other businesses will assist with decreasing waste through our recycling efforts”. General Manager of the PSF, Jenny Pickles congratulated Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium on its enthusiasm and commitment to help patrons boost their “away from home” recycling efforts. “Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium was eager to encourage recycling at

its venue and we came on board with some expertise on how to do it,” Ms Pickles said. “Through well-placed bin infrastructure and promotion of the Do the Right Thing, Use the Right Bin message, the new systems will make it just as easy to recycle away from home as it is at home.” Alec Wagstaff, Director of Corporate Affairs Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA), said: “CCA is proud to partner with Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium on this away from home recycling initiative to help consumers ‘Do The Right Thing’ while out and about and divert recyclable material away from landﬁll and into the recycling stream. It is through the combined efforts of projects like these that the public, governments and business can all make a difference. “This program is a great example of industry collaboration to generate a better outcome for the environment where every beverage container recycled is diverted from landﬁll.” Australia’s major beverage companies have supported the installation of new away from home recycling systems in 52 of Australia’s major sporting stadium and entertainment venues which service nearly 40 million patron visits annually. Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium is one of six well known New South Wales entertainment and sporting venues participating in the PSF’s away from home recycling program, with recycling bins already installed at Sydney Opera House, Sydney Theatre Company, Centennial Parklands, Newcastle Entertainment Centre and Acer Arena.

Woy Woy Club Triples Finals by Miriam Cotton

t Woy Woy W o m e n ’ s Bowling Club, the 2011 Triples Championships ﬁnals were held on Thursday July 28 following the AGM.

It was an excellent game, with the winners being Patricia Toohey, Dianne Elsom and Gail Payne (skip) and the runners-up were Linda Pointing, Jeanette Perry and Mary Henderson (skip).