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the season a few L plates appeared.
Huge thanks to Geoff Richards who has coached the Red team whilst his son Ryan was a member of the squad. His influence on the team made my job easy this season & good luck to Ryan with his Golf.
Congratulations to Richard & the WPHCCC Orange team , who on being the most consistent team throughout the season, deserved their premiership
Most of the Red team will qualify for the U17’s next season so it’s looking like a great season ahead.
Ron Marsden U16-17 Red Coach
Orange
U16 Orange finally had a season that went according to plan – well not exactly! The weather had other ideas.
The team again improved on their season from last year, where they made the Grand Final.
WINNING BOTH THE MAJOR AND MINOR PREMIERSHIP!
The season presented some challenges with a few injuries and limited player numbers, however the team consistently pulled together and performed when it counted.
I could provide a long list of personal achievements (there are many – including the John Coulthard Trophy winner) and compliment each individual player on his own personal contribution to the season and the end results. However, this season has been all about an outstanding team performance, and in turn the results this has achieved. On several occasions when some individual performances slipped or numbers were tight, there were strong contributions from fellow team mates to make up the difference, and continued support from each player, which was the key to our season’s success.
The team was strong and played well all season – arguably the team to beat. They truly learnt how to win and built on lessons learnt from some narrow losses last year.
As a team we achieved an impressive 10 wins out of 11 matches, finishing on the top of the table and winning the Minor Premiership with 63 points - compared to second place on 39 points (with 5 wins out of 10 matches), a team we beat three out of three times during the season.
The weather was unkind to us at the end of the season, robbing us of a Semi Final and a Grand Final appearance. However, the overall seasons performance and results confirm that WPH U16 Orange are deserved Champions and PREMIERS of this year’s U17 competition.
As I have said before, our team consists of great young men with strong morals and respectful attitudes – developed by respective families. We are also fortunate to have a great support crew week in, week out. With this solid support and the right attitude we had a successful season in all regards.
Thanks team, for a great season. Again you have made our Coaches, Manager and parent group very proud.
Congratulations PREMIERS!
Richard Stalenberg Coach U16 Orange
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