Well done to everyone who played yesterday in the first tournament of the ’07 season.
It was a great day for football and it was very pleasing to see such a great turn out for both teams. The day saw the first appearance of the Chichester Makos – and they did not disappoint, notching up their first win of the season. Not only that, they also scored in every game they played in, putting the frighteners on some of the league’s more established teams.
This was a very positive sign for a team that has trained so hard and come so far. Your attitude is fantastic and you should all be proud of the performance you put up yesterday. More wins will come.
By the way Makos, did you realise that only the Leicester Eagles scored more points on the Americans than you did? That is very impressive!
I only got to see bits and pieces of your games, but from what I hear the whole team played very well. Thierry, from the bits I saw, I think you had a very good tournament – your arm and decision making are getting better and better (just got to work on those feet!). Well done to Luke also – as we predicted, you’re going to score some TDs this year with that speed. Well done to Steve too – picking up a sack and a deflected pass in his first ever tournament.
I’m sure there were other good performances that i didn’t get to see – so give props to your teammates in the comments section below…
Well done to the Sharks also. That was some of the best football we have played in a long time and I had a great time. I ache something chronic today, but it was all worth it.
I was very impressed with how we played today – really cohesive, team play. The positive attitude everyone displayed the whole day really helped how we played. Lets keep that up.
In terms of the O, it was a great performance all round. Neil, you played exceptionally well, great decision-making. Receivers – and there are plenty to choose from now, you all played really well. I think we’ll score a lot of points this year and everyone will get on the scoreboard throughout the year.
Defense, you play great. Special thanks to Dayle, firstly for joining us for ’07, but particularly for your leadership on the field yesterday. Your experience and attitude made an immediate impact.
All the guys who played D yesterday, you should be very pleased with your performance. Welcome back to Sam also – I believe there were a couple of picks out there and the speed really helped too.
I think we all realised by the end of the day that we have a little work still to do on our stamina, focus and tackling, but they are all things we can correct.
As for the results:
Sharks 26 Makos 6
Voodoo 12 Mayhem 24
Dogs 0 Eagles 18
Mayhem 27 Sharks 14
Makos 6 Eagles 12
Voodoo 38 Dogs 20
Sharks 22 Eagles 7
Mayhem 34 Dogs 0
Makos 15 Voodoo 35
Dogs 20 Sharks 43
Eagles 14 Voodoo 13
Mayhem 34 Makos 19
Sharks 18 Voodoo 32
Dogs 18 Makos 24
Eagles 26 Mayhem 35
Final standings
Played/won/lost/For/Against/Diff
Mayhem 5 5 0 154 71 +83
Vodoo 5 3 2 130 91 +39
Sharks 5 3 2 123 92 +31
Eagles 5 3 2 77 76 +1
Makos 5 1 4 70 125 -55
Dogs 5 0 5 58 157 -99
Thank you to Neil for organising the draw, Sean for sorting the venue and to all the guys who helped referee.
Sean and I have written a match report for the Observer so hopefully that will appear this coming Thursday. Regardless, I’ll post a copy up here shortly. I also have a Sharks vs Eagles video to upload.
Looking forward to training already. See you Sunday!
I THINK WE HAVE FOR THE MAKOS
NASH :7 TOUCHDOWN
SEAN :2 TOUCHDOWN
ROB : 1 TOUCHDOWN
JP THE MOODY BUGGER :1+(1BUT NOT.BECAUSE THIERRY STEP OVER THE LINE OUPS!!!)
BILLY :3 SACK (NO BAD FOR A SLOW BOY )
STEVE :1 SACK + 1 DEFLECTION
LUKE :1 INTERSEPTION
THIERRY:1 INTERSEPTION
EWAN :2 DEFLECTION (1 WITH THE FACE AGAIN)
MICHAEL :3 DEFLECTION
AND FOR MY SELF 11 TOUCHDOWN AND A EYE 😀 NO BAD FOR A FRENCH MAN SORRY TO TAI IT REALY WAS AN ACCIDENT
THIS TOURNEMENT WAS VERY GOOD NO ARGUMENT AND YOU SEE THE RESULT AND WE LOOK VERY STRONG .THANKS FOR ALL THE SHARKS FOR THERE SUPORT AND A GOOD TEAM SPIRIT ( HOU MAN I HATE NEIL AS A REF 😀 )
FROM TOBY: Congratulations to all you guys for what sounds like an excellent start to the season – a positive set of results for both teams. But of course, I have to give double cheers for the Makos – beating the Dogs at last – I bet that felt good, I’m guttted I wasn’t able to be part of it. But it makes me even hungrier for more wins. And Luke – 7 TDs!! That’ll echo round the league I’m sure. See you Sunday
Thierry never fail to put
a bad comment in but u did gr8 … see speed int everyfink 3 sacks preety happy bout that i wld just like to say well done to every1 who was there proud of both teams see u all sunday guys
Billy
Well done everyone on both teams for Sunday.
Sharks stats were as follows:
Sharks vs Makos
Neil 4TD Passes and 2 EP passes
Ben 2 x TD and 1 EP rec
Pete 1 x TD and 1 x EP rec
Shaun 1 x TD rec
Dayle 2 x INT
Rob had a TD for the Makos
Sharks vs Mayhem
Neil 2 x TD and 2 x XP passes
Ben 2 x TD and 1 x EP rec
Dayle 1 x EP rec
Ash 2 x sacks
Sharks vs Eagles
Neil 3 x TD and 2 x EP passes
Pete 2 x TD and 1x EP rec
Lambo 1 x TD rec
Ash 3 x sacks inc 1 safety
1 EP rec missing?
Sharks vs Dogs
Neil 5 x TD and 5 EP passes
Ben 4 x TD and 2 x EP rec
Pete 1 x TD and 1 x EP rec
Lambo 1 x EP rec
Gary 1 x EP rec
Dayle EP int return for 2 points
Sam 2 x INT inc one for TD
Ash 2 x sacks
Sharks vs Voodoo
Neil 3 x TD passes
Dayle 2 x TD rec
Ben 1 x TD rec
So all in all a very good day.
Neil
looking at those stats Neil, obviously i was getting double and dare i say it, trippled teamed all day. Thus freeing up the likes of Pete and ben to score their TDs…
Well played on Saturday everyone, I saw some great play from the Sharks on both sides of the ball. Well done to the Makos too, didn’t really get to see you play but I keep hearing positive stuff so keep it going! Really miss playing with you guys sometimes, is the mid week training going ahead soon? It’d be great to be able to train with you again.
Matt #87
cheers Matt
I’d like to start the mid week training again soon – its getting light enough for it.
I’ll talk with the guys on Sunday and see how many are up for it
Neil, the missing EP in the Eagles game was to me.
Gary