Monthly Archives: August 2015

Please be advised that Hamilton Olympic FC will be holding their 2016 Youth NPL trials as detailed below:

All trials will be by invitation only.

U13’s, 14’s & U15’s TRIALS 2016

All current and new players wishing to trial for the U13’s, U14’s, U15’s age groups for 2016 season are required register their interest by MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2015.Email expression of interest to Heath Stewart- Registrar: registrar@hamiltonolympic.com.au.

All players will be advised by Wednesday 23 September 2015 if they are required to attend the trials on the dates listed below.

TRIAL DATES:

13s – Wed 7 Oct

14s – Mon 12 Oct

15s – Wed 14 Oct

ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR TRIALS (IF REQUIRED) WILL BE ADVISED AT INITIAL TRIAL.

Details required supplied in expressions of interest are as follows:
Players Name, Date of Birth, Parents Name and Mobile Contact No, Email Address, Preferred Position,
2015 Club, Age Group & Grade.

U17’s & 19’s TRIALS 2016

U17’s &U 19’s trials will be by invitation only.

Should current players not wish to be considered for the 2016 season please advise by reply email to:

Heath Stewart – Registrar: registrar@hamiltonolympic.com.au All players will be advised by Wednesday 23 September 2015 if they are required to attend the trial.

TRIAL DATES:

17s – Thu 8 Oct 2015

19s – Fri 9 Oct 2015

Regards,

Heath Stewart
Registrar HOFC

                                       Northern NSW Football   

2015 PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues – Seniors Finals Series  

PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues – Senior (First Leg)   

Drawn Fixtures – Semi Final Series  

The following criteria will be applied until one (1) team can be determined as the winner.  

1. Highest aggregate of goals scored over the two (2) legs.  

1. Highest number of away goals (away goals rule) over the two (2) legs.   

(No extra time will be played in the lower grades – winner decided by penalties)  

If the winning teams for grand final placing’s cannot be determined by the above criteria, then the following will occur immediately after the conclusion of the second semi-final leg;   

1. Extra time of two (2) equal periods of fifteen (15) minutes will be played in accordance with FIFA Law 8 for 1st Grade only.  

1. If at the conclusion of both periods of extra time, a winner has not been determined, penalty kicks will be taken in accordance with FIFA Laws of the Game to determine grand final placing’s.  

  source:Northern NSW Football

Hamilton Olympic lost their first home game on the last round of the season against a Maitland team which secured it’s place in next year’s NPL 24 hours earlier!

In perfect conditions Olympic began the match with a statistic which would send fear in any opposing defence – 17 goals scored in the last three matches played!
Maitland’s tactics to overcome this statistic was to play deep and with everyone behind the ball but the centre forward.

As a result, Olympic had to wait almost 10 minutes for their first sniff at goal with Simon Mooney firing a free kick from outside the box which didn’t trouble Ben Kelly.

Maitland returned the compliment with an opportunity of their own in the 21st minute with a failed diving header by Joel Wood.

On the half hour mark Maitland’s confidence grew and they began committing numbers in the middle third of the field swamping our midfield and denying our attack of service.

Despite this, a good through ball by Kane Goodchild to Matthew Swan on the left, enabled the later to get a shot on target from a narrow angle which didn’t trouble Ben Kelly.

A few moments later, Kane Goodchild receives the ball in midfield, makes a darting diagonal run, fires a shot on target but Ben Kelly is there again!

A replica run a minute later by the same player sees his shot well over the bar.

Just before half time a good cross from Matthew Swan from the left enables Kane Goodchild to fire-in a header which looked to have crossed the goal line, but which the referee claimed, it did not!

Half time finds both teams locked at 0-0 with Maitland playing a disciplined game defending in numbers and denying Olympic time on the ball and space in which to attack. The only way Olympic look like breaking the deadlock is through a flash of individual brilliance from one of our players.

Olympic create the first goal scoring opportunity of the second half when Kane Goodchild fires over the bar while 10 minutes later Danny Ireland is forced to bend a ball around the post.

On the hour mark a well taken free kick by Maitland finds Harrison Maguire on the edge of the far post, who brings it under control and who has no difficulty finding the back of the net.

Trailing 0-1 and with Maitland’s confidence growing, Olympic pushed forward but nothing seemed to be coming off.

Reece Cooper weaved his way into the box, forced a great save out of Ben Kelly, Pat Brown heads the rebound into the Maitland net but the linesman claims he was offside and the goal does not count!

Moments later, Reece Cooper turns his defender inside out and fires a shot on target, only to see Ben Kelly bend it around the post.

As Olympic commit players forward, one counter attack by the Magpies and a perfectly weighted cross to the head of Joel Wood and 0-2 is on the scoreboard!
This is our first home loss and the 2nd loss of the season. As a result we slip into 3rd position on the ladder and in next week’s semi-final we take on Lambton Jaffas.

NPL ROUND 18 (Final Round)
Adamstown – Newcastle Jets Youth 2-1
Lambton Jaffas – South Cardiff 2-1
Hamilton Olympic – Maitland 0-2
Broadmeadow Magic – Charlestown City 2-0
Edgeworth – Weston Workers 3-1

TABLE:
1 Edgeworth 40
2Lambton Jaffas37    

3Hamilton Olympic 36   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        4Broadmeadow Magic 32
5 Weston Workers 29
6 Adamstown Rosebud 28
7 Newcastle Jets Youth 17
8 Maitland 15
9 Charlestown City 13
10 South Cardiff 9

NPL RESULTS:
U22s Hamilton Olympic – Maitland 1-1
U19s Hamilton Olympic – Maitland 2-0

SEMI FINALS:
U17s Hamilton Olympic – U15s Emerging Jets 1-4
U15s Weston Workers – Hamilton Olympic 2-0

JUNIOR RESULTS FOR SATURDAY 16/08/2015:
(season finished last week for most of our Junior Community teams but this week a washed out game from earlier in the season was played out with the following results)

U10s Hamilton Olympic – Beresfield 2-0
U9s Hamilton Olympic White – Minmi 9-0
U7s Hamilton Olympic A – Lambton 5-4
U7s Hamilton Olympic B – Minmi 23-1
Source: Tom Tsamouras

Youth NPL News | CONGRATULATIONS to our Under 15s who won the Premiership last weekend 

This weekend our Under 17s and Under 15s start their Final Series.

Under 17s Hamilton Olympic vs Emerging Jets
Saturday 2.30pm at Darling St Oval

Hamilton Olympic FC is again asking for EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST for teams that wish to compete in the 3rd ANNUAL OLYMPIC SUPER SERIES, 6- a- Side competition during the 2015 off season.

Prize Money: TBA- Subject to the number of applications.

When: Tuesday Nights starting 6th October, and continuing through November & December 2015

Where: Darling St Oval, Hamilton
Closing date: Friday, 14 September, 2015

Grades: Seniors- Premier, Competitive & Social (Subject to the number of team registered)

Fees: Player Registration-
Senior Player Registered with FFA 2015- $65.00
Junior Player (U 18) Registered with FFA 2015- $35.00
Senior Player Not Registered with FFA 2015 – $75.00
Junior Player (U 18) Not Registered with FFA 2015- $45.00

Games Fees: Game fees each week will be $50.00 per team, per game, to be paid each MATCH NIGHT at the canteen PRIOR to the game starting. A bond of 2 weeks game fees ( 2 X $50= $100) will also be required to be paid in advance prior to the start of the season and will be returned as payment for game fees for the last 2 rounds. This is to alleviate forfeits, and worked well in 2014.
TEAMS CAN PAY THE FULL AMOUNT, INCLUDING MATCH FEES AND REGISTRATION UP FRONT IF PREFERRED.
Contact: To register your interest, please email your contact details to: registrar@hamiltonolympic.com.au or secretary@hamiltonolympic.com.au for further details or information please contact; Heath Stewart- Registrar on 0437776650 or Con Gounis on 0423221352
Full Canteen facilities will be available on the nights.
• Further details will be given as the Competition approaches.

source: Con Gounis

Olympic attack: 17 goals in 3 games…!!!

Hamilton Olympic continued their blitz in front of goal, scoring another 5 in round 17 of the NPL, giving no chance to Charlestown City from salvaging any points at Lisle Carr Oval.

On a warm and sunny afternoon, Olympic opened proceedings with their captain Mason Campbell after a scramble in front of the Charlestown goal.
Charlestown are playing open offensive football and every time Olympic break they look very menacing.

Just before the 40 minute mark, Simon Mooney makes a darting run on the right and despite narrowing his angle the closer he got to goal, he had no problem tucking it into the net, 2-0!

Just before half time, Charlestown had a golden opportunity to score, when they fired a shot from close range, and with Danny Ireland beaten, Reece Cooper clears off the line!

From the kick off in the 2nd half, Olympic have two narrow misses from the head of Kane Goodchild and the boot of Cody Lucas.

Ten minutes later, Kane Goodchild spreads the ball wide to Simon Mooney who sends in a perfectly weighted cross to Ben Koina, who in turn, brings it down and places it wide of the Charlestown keeper and into an empty net! With 3-0 up, Charlestown coming forward, Olympic looking very hungry during counter attacks and Kane Goodchild supreme in the air, you just had the feeling more goals would follow.

This is exactly what happened 10 minutes later when a well taken free kick by Simon Mooney from the right into a packed Charlestown box, found the head of Kane Goodchild who in turn had no problem making it 4-0!

Charlestown continue to go forward and Olympic continue to look very dangerous with every counter- attack. On one occasion when the home side made it inside the Olympic penalty area, a scramble ensured and the score was reduced to 4-1!

Seconds before the referee blew the final whistle Simon Mooney passed to Ben Koina who in turn crossed to Reece Cooper who was sprinting into the penalty box from the left and who connected with the ball to make the final score 5-1 for Olympic.

A vintaged Olympic display and an Olympic attack which has bagged 17 goals in three games!

NPL ROUND 17 RESULTS:
Newcastle Jets Youth – Edgeworth 4-4
Maitland – Lambton Jaffas 1-2
Charlestown City – Hamilton Olympic 1-5
Weston Workers – Broadmeadow Magic 0-1
South Cardiff – Adamstown Rosebud 1-3

TABLE:
1 Edgeworth 37                                                                                                                      2 Hamilton Olympic 36                                                                                                       3 Lambton Jaffas 34                                                                                                4Weston Workers 29                                                                                         5Broadmeadow Magic 29
6 Adamstown Rosebud 25
7 Newcastle Jets Youth 14
8 Charlestown City 13
9 Maitland 12
10 South Cardiff 9

NPL ROUND 18
Adamstown – Newcastle Jets Youth
Lambton Jaffas – South Cardiff
Hamilton Olympic – Maitland
Broadmeadow Magic – Charlestown City
Edgeworth – Weston Workers

NPL RESULTS:
U22s Charlestown City – Hamilton Olympic 0-1
U19s Charlestown City – Hamilton Olympic 2-1
U17s Hamilton Olympic – Maitland 7-0
U15s Hamilton Olympic – Maitland 2-0
U14s Hamilton Olympic – Maitland 2-2
U13s Hamilton Olympic – Maitland 3-1

JUNIOR RESULTS FOR SATURDAY 09/08/2015:
U13s Olympic – South Cardiff 0-3
U12s Olympic – Warners Bay 2-2
U11s Olympic – New Lambton 1-0
U10s Olympic – Nelson Bay 4-0
U9s Olympic Blue – Kotara South 4-1
U9s Olympic White – Hamilton Azzuri 10-0
U8s Olympic – Kotara 16-0
U8s Olympic – Kotara 20-0
U7s Olympic – Fletcher 6-9
U7s Olympic – result not supplied
U6s Olympic – Kotara 10-1
U6s Olympic – result not supplied
Source: Tom Tsamouras

OLYMPIC striker Pat Brown was told on Friday night that if he wanted to keep his starting spot he needed to be a consistent performer as Hamilton build towards the Northern NSW National Premier League finals.

The response on Sunday at Darling Street Oval was exactly what coach Michael Bolch was hoping for.

The speedster, who has been used mostly off the bench this season, scored a hat-trick as Olympic thumped Weston 5-1 to stay within reach of Edgeworth in the premiership race and leave the fourth-placed Bears facing a crunch game against Broadmeadow this weekend in the penultimate round.

Brown pounced on a failed clearance at the back in the sixth minute and put his left-foot shot past goalkeeper Tim Pratt.

Matt Swan produced a well placed left-foot strike to make it 2-0 after 16 minutes before Kane Goodchild scored off a long ball that caught Weston napping at the back in the 23rd.

Weston created chances late in the half, but Olympic went to the break 3-0 ahead.

Brown again took advantage of a turnover in Bears territory, taking a ball from Jacob Bailey in behind the defence before finishing with his left foot in the 65th minute.

His best moment, though, was still to come. In the 72nd minute, Brown made a long, overlapping run down the right flank on a Hamilton counter-attack before again finishing with his left boot.

Garry McDermott got one back for Weston in the 74th minute, but the result was beyond doubt.

Bolch was pleased with the effort of Brown, who has come into the starting side over the past three weeks after a reshuffle of Hamilton’s line-up.
‘‘When he’s on, he’s on, and he took his chances well today,’’ Bolch said.
‘‘We spoke to him on Friday night and said that if he wants to stay in the starting side he has to be consistent and do those little one per centers every week.
‘‘He’s taken that on board and done really well today.’’

Bolch said the performances of Brown and Ben Koina, who has also started in recent games, had helped Olympic recover from a four-game winless streak that ended last week with a 7-0 rout of the Jets Youth.

‘‘They’ve got that confidence back they didn’t have when we had those three or four bad games,’’ Bolch said.

‘‘The couple of changes that we’ve made, like Benny Koina and Pat Brown coming into the starting side, have really helped us in the front third.

‘‘Having said that, Matt and Andrew Swan are doing really well. We get that go forward out of right and left fullback with them and Ben gives a lot of energy in the middle of the park.’’

The Bears are now just three points clear of Broadmeadow, who have a better goal difference and travel to Weston on Sunday with the chance to take over in fourth.

Weston coach Trevor Morris was disappointed with his side’s display at the back.
‘‘We pride ourselves on our defence, and it just wasn’t there,’’ Morris said. ‘‘The first 15 minutes and we’re 3-0 down. They are a good team, Hamilton, but those goals were absolute gifts.

‘‘Even though we were poor, we had chances to get back into the game, but their commitment and desire was better than ours.’’

Peter Haynes and Kale Bradbery scored braces as Broadmeadow defeated the Jets Youth 5-2 at Magic Park.

The Jets scored early through Braedyn Crowley, but goals from Bradbery and Dino Fajkovic put Magic ahead 2-1 at half-time.

Ben Hay equalised for the Jets halfway through the second term before Magic piled on three goals in the last 15 minutes.

One of Haynes’ goals was a 60-metre strike which caught Jesse Cook off his line.
At Lisle Carr Oval, Joel Wood equalised for Maitland with four minutes left as the Magpies and Charlestown stayed in the relegation mix.

Ben Hughes scored with a 25-metre free kick about the 75-minute mark for Charlestown, who moved to 13 points, four ahead of South Cardiff and one clear of Maitland.

The Blues play a catch-up match with the Jets Youth on Wednesday night.
At Adamstown Oval, John Majurovski and Alex Palozzi scored two goals each as Lambton Jaffas thumped Rosebud 6-0 to end the hosts’ slim finals hopes.

Riley McNaughton scored with a long-range strike and Jobe Wheelhouse produced a clever finish to also get on the scoresheet.

On Friday night, Dylan Holz scored in the 85th minute and Bren Hammel curled in a free kick in the 88th as leaders Edgeworth beat South Cardiff 2-0 at Jack McLaughlan Oval.

● Merewether clinched the Herald Women’s Premier League minor premiership with a 2-0 win over Valentine on Sunday as second-placed Adamstown were shock 3-1 losers to lowly Wallsend.

Thornton kept their top-four hopes alive with 2-0 win over Mid North Coast, and South Wallsend beat Warners Bay 2-0.

Source:theherald.com.au

Pat Brown hat-trick hero

Hamilton Olympic continued their goal spree in Round 16 of the NPL when they crushed Weston Workers 5-1 at Darling St Oval.

On a warm but windy afternoon, Olympic opened their account within the first five minutes through Pat Brown who intercepted a poor clearance by the Weston goalie, Tim Pratt.

By the 15th minute of play the score was 2-0 care of a solo run by Matthew Swan across the face of the goal.

The contest was over by the 23rd minute when Kane Goodchild received a long ball from Mason Campbell, he rounded Tim Pratt and fired into an empty net to make it 3-0.

Olympic dominated the game for the rest of the half but did not score any more goals.

In the second half Olympic cruised along until Pat Brown received the ball from a flick on and volleyed it past a hapless Tim Pratt for a 4-0 margin.

Pat Brown made it a hat trick when he collected the ball from a flick-on by Kane Goodchild, ran across the face of the Weston goal before unleashing a shot that ended in the back of the net.

No sooner had the celebrations subsided, Weston were able to reply through Gary McDermott, to put some respectability to the scoring.

After this result Olympic maintain 2nd spot on with only two games left.

NPL ROUND 16 RESULTS:
Edgeworth – South Cardiff 2-0
Adamstown Rosebud – Lambton Jaffas 0-6
Hamilton Olympic – Weston Workers 5-1
Charlestown – Maitland 1-1
Broadmeadow Magic – Newcastle Jets Youth 5-2
TABLE:
1 Edgeworth 36                                                                                                                       2 Hamilton Olympic 33                                                                                                        3 Lambton Jaffas 31                                                                                                              4 Weston Workers 29

5 Broadmeadow Magic 26
6 Adamstown Rosebud 22
7 Newcastle Jets Youth 13
8 Charlestown City 13
9 Maitland 12
10 South Cardiff 9

NPL ROUND 17
Newcastle Jets Youth – Edgeworth
Maitland – Lambton Jaffas
Charlestown City – Hamilton Olympic
Weston Workers – Broadmeadow Magic
South Cardiff – Adamstown Rosebud
NPL RESULTS:
U22s Hamilton Olympic – Weston 4-1
U19s Hamilton Olympic – Weston 2-1
U17s Weston – Hamilton Olympic 1-0
U15s Weston – Hamilton Olympic 2-1
U14s Weston – Hamilton Olympic 0-0
U13s Weston – Hamilton Olympic 1-2

JUNIOR RESULTS FOR SATURDAY 01/08/2015:
U13s Olympic – Lake Macquarie City 0-2
U12s Olympic – Maitland 6-1
U11s Olympic – Maitland 4-0
U10s Olympic – Mayfield 0-2
U9s Olympic Blue – South Wallsend 6-2
U9s Olympic White – Seaham Bowthorne 9-1
U8s Olympic – Raymond Terrace 21-0
U8s Olympic – result not supplied
U7s Olympic – Fletcher 4-8
U7s Olympic – New Lambton 7-7
U6s Olympic – New Lambton 3-2
U6s Olympic – result not supplied
Source: Tom Tsamouras