Pines Club Notes. Round 9. Chelsea v Pines. 25 June 2011.
Seniors held the Bulls to rein ‘til half time but then fell away to a 29 pt loss.
Reserves managed only two goals in their 79 pt loss with coach Paul Wilson describing the team as the weirdest that he has ever coached and he wasn’t joking. Congratulations to Chelsea FC on reaching 100 years of competition but we cannot of course wish you all the best for today. We first played the Gulls in the very first game of 1984, the year that we were promoted to the higher grade MPFL and we were defeated. It was a bitter start but we battled on, made amends for that loss in Rd 10, made the grand final (our fifth in a row) but lost out to Morn’ton. Today we meet for the 59th time (won 27, lost 30, 1d) so let’s improve on that. Our highest snr goals was by Reegan Stubbs,12 in Rd 18, 1999. Young Nath Swanborough may be still out for a few weeks according to his dad Peter, one of our senior trainers. Did you know that Peter played 108 senior games with Crib Point before coming to Pines, playing 18 reserves games (2004,05). Sort of puts the lid on that old adage of ‘trainers don’t know how to play football’. Keep up the good work Peter and if you need advice see Bourbon Breath but keep your hands in your pockets. The Yarra cruise dinner dance July 2 is followed on July 23 with the ever popular Pines Idol Nite. You may have noticed that the notice that on the noticeboard is now noticeably missing. Some of the acts entered on the page looked exciting and it may just be that Lance and Peter will need to be on duty. A personal request, could the officials and players engaged in the thoughtless act of dumping, dropping or throwing club jumpers on the change room floor please refrain from doing so. Not only is it sacrilege but also a disgrace upon the jumper that you should be proud of. Welcome to new sponsor, Jetts Fitness Centre. You’ll see me there on the Roman rings, it’s great. They join our many other sponsors of to who we are most grateful.
