OM’S SEAL EMPHATIC WIN WITH SECOND QUARTER BLITZ
Too often this year we have written about a promising start to a game which has been blown with a lacklustre second quarter. Trailing 4th placed Marcellin at the first change by just 11 points, nobody could have predicted what was in store for the home crowd at the Junction on Saturday. Not only was the potential finalist restricted to just 1 major by solid defensive work from the OM’s, but we slammed on 7 goals in our best quarter of footy for months. The inclusion of James Beaumont added pace and aggression at the contest, and our usual on-ball contributors thrived on the additional support. Aggressive football, fluent ball movement, straight kicking, OM’s leading by 26 at half time. The 3rd quarter showed that the OM’s were on their game and would not be denied the win that is so critical to our situation – another 5 goals to 2 put the result beyond doubt, and although we faded slightly in the last 10 minutes, a 45 point victory over a Top 4 side was just the medicine the doctor ordered.
| OLD MELBURNIANS | 2.2 | 9.5 | 14.8 | 17.10-112 |
| MARCELLIN | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.12 | 9.13-67 |
Goal Kickers: B. McKie 3, T. Bennison 3, J. Beaumont 2, J. Miller 2, N. Morrison 2, C. Righetti 2, T. Seccull, H. Thompson, T. Davis
Best Players: J. Beaumont, J. Miller, N. Morrison, N. Russell, E. Mitchell, T. Bachet
So where do we stand now?
Still 8th, but with 3 games to play, we are 2 games and almost 8% clear of Caulfield in 9th place. The significance of this win over Marcellin cannot be underestimated! Our remaining games are Carey (currently 5th, away), St Bernards (currently 2nd - home) and Caulfield (9th, away). Ladders and match reports available on www.omfc.com.au
Congratulations Gus Waddell – 200 Games
For some time Gus Waddell has been considered somewhat of a stalwart of the OM’s, and now it’s official!! Saturday’s win over Marcellin saw him carried off the ground triumphantly celebrating his 200th game for the Club. This has been a monumental year for Gus, also celebrating the birth of his first child just a few weeks ago. Everybody admires the quiet, unassuming, reliable defender, and we are pleased his milestone game was celebrated with a huge win. The Committee of the OMFC would like to congratulate Gus for this fine achievement, which qualifies him to receive Life Membership of the football club. Well done Gussy!!
Other Results
Marcellin 2nd XVIII 14.7.91 def OMFC 2nd XVIII 5.16.46
Ormond U19’s 17.15.117 def OMFC U19’s 15.11.101
It’s great to see that even though we all take our Football seriously on a Saturday afternoon that young men still have the time to think of more serious and life threatening issues such as Cancer.
An initiative first touted by Jeremy Nichols leadership organisation “The Mettle Group” who thought it would be beneficial and rewarding for the Under 19 group to undertake some sort of charity/community work during the year to help raise awareness for those less fortunate than themselves.
Driven by the Under 19 OM’s leadership team of Matt Collister, Marty McCoy and Tim McLardy, the playing group thought of many ideas but the most strongly supported and football relevant charity suggestion was the “Call to Arms”, a charity set up by The Cancer Council and Adam Ramanauskas to assist in preventing men’s cancer.
The first step involved registering the club’s details and deciding which match day to complete our charity duties. Whilst the official “Call to Arms” game was held on the weekend between Essendon and Melbourne, the OM Under 19’s decided to do it a week earlier on Saturday 26th July against traditional school rivals Old Hailebury at the MGS school grounds at Port Melbourne.
To endorse our support on the day, every player and coach who participated in the game from Old Melburnians wore a yellow arm-band, with every member contributing $20 each towards the charity. With also a strong following of parents from both Old Hailebury and OM’s the day was a great success with over $750 raised, which is a tremendous result and typifies the seriousness in which all the boys have taken it.
Finally all members of the OM’s Under 19’s should be applauded for the way they have gone about the charity work and the spirit in which the game was played on the day.
While farming for nuts on the weekend, the Redleg stumbled across on old chestnut. The late winter breeze had blown away the sea of leaves and twigs which it had once been buried under.
As the Redleg prepared to toss him in with the harvest, the chestnut parted his shell and imparted its wisdom.
"Bad kicking is bad football," it said, upon which its shell closed over again for good. Read the rest of this entry »
Round 14 – Saturday 26 July 2008 at Essendon Grammar School
The eTag is a cruel beast. Just as heat can sap the life out of plant, this wretched device seem to suck the energy out of our boys. With every beep as we passed each checkpoint, the intensity and desire within to perform dissipated on the freeway. Read the rest of this entry »
