After a long break it was great to see the Mitcham Tigers back out on the ground and doing what we all love to play and watch. BIG Thank you to the Healesville FC for hosting us and the Hastings Football Club for the hit out. Best of luck to both clubs for the up coming season and hopefully we see you both next season. To check out the coach’s comments see below
After a 19 month break and a positive preseason the boys were keen to get back out on the park.
It was exciting to see a lot of new faces pulling on the Mitcham jumper for the first time, a number of them having graduated from our under 19’s. Right from the first bounce the boys were switched on and looked slick with their ball movement. It was pleasing to see everyone contribute right throughout the day and adhere to everything we had worked on through the preseason.
While the results in a practice match don’t matter it was good to get some reward for effort and come away with a comfortable win. Thanks to everyone who came out and watched us in our first hit out, it was great to have local footy back. A special thanks to Jetport for their continued support throughout what has been a difficult period for the company.
Neil Winterton SNR Coach
Great to get back to footy, solid start from the 2’s with 11 new faces into Senior ranks this week, our goal was to play within our structure and move the footy with positive intent, both I thought we did well. Our on ballers with Crippa, Tsolos and Hallo were super, and all our new players contributed in a very even performance, shots on gaol were plenty with work to do on our conversion, good start now we build with this week for game 2.
Steve Jordan RES Coach
It's been a long time coming but it was exciting to have our first hit out in 18 months preparing for the 2021 season. Managing our list and providing all with equal game time was our priority today as we endeavoured to rotate our boys through various playing positions. The result was not our focus, however the overall performance of what is in the main a new Under 19 team was particularly pleasing.
Mark Brindley UNDER 19s coach
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