LIONS NEWSROUND 12 • 2019

Official Newsletter of the Doncaster East FC

Highlights:

LIONS NEWS - ROUND 12

A word from the PresidentMARK SOLANAKIS

ROUND 12 - HOMEvs MOOROOLBARK

ROUND 11 - Results

SeniorsDEFC 6.8-44

CROYDON 7.7-51Goal Kickers: T. Gordon 2, J. Whitling,

M. Steven, J. Summers, J. SholakisBest Players: J. Lowther, M. Steven, S.

White, T. Santoro, A. Ceravolo, L.McLeod

Reserves

DEFC 5.5-35CROYDON 7.9.-51

Goal Kickers: M. Vaiano 3, D. Mead 2Best Players: A. Rintoul, M. Vaiano, L.Guiney, A. Neville, D. Mead, T. Davis

Not a good weekend for DEFC on the field with both teams out played on the day by a more determinedand disciplined Croydon outfit.

This Saturday we host Mooroolbark FC at the Den, it would be great to get as many supporters down to

help cheer the boys over the line and get them back on track.

A big Congratulations this week to our Senior Captain Nick Batsanis on his 100th game for our greatclub, we wish you all the best Batsi. We want to also congratulate Alex Rintoul and Tom Davis who are

making their Senior debut for the club this weekend.

Phil Warren and his boy's have got another week off so no Colts game this Sunday. That didn't stop younggun Steve Kazakis attend Senior training where he received a DEFC training top for his efforts.

We want to also congratulate BHJFC who have 3 past players playing in the AFL this weekend all in the

Collingwood v Hawthorn clash - Quaynor, Phillips and Hardwick.

I can never thank our volunteers enough, a special mention this week to Andrew Steele who always saysyes when asked to help out on game days and Wes Reynolds for organising the set up of the

marquee, thank's gents its greatly appreciated.

This Sunday is our major fund raiser, the reverse raffle is a fantastic day including pony rides for thekids, a lot of effort goes into this so please support it. Contact David Sowersby on 0419 311 775 for your

tickets.

For our loyal Doggie supporter or in fact everyone that loves the real characters of Football, DEFC hasarranged a lunch with hard core larrikin Dougie Hawkins on the 20th July where he will share some storiesand answer your questions. All supporters or friends of are welcome to attend, call Ryan Gordon(Sog) on

0402 697 929.

Please ensure you look after the people that look after you, thank you to all our sponsors that are onboard for DEFC's 2019 campaign.

Go Lions

CongratulationsAndrew Steele

DEFC volunteerof the week!

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Senior Team: A note from the Coach:Well what a disastrous day it turned out to be for us. Not only was it a

shocking day weather wise greeting us at Croydon oval on Saturday butwe would put in our worst performance of the year.

Strangely enough, we started the game quite well in very trying

conditions & jumped out of the blocks in the first quarter, kicking 3 goalsto 0. Our pressure was excellent & we were playing the conditions well.Our ball movement was quite quick but with the benefit of hindsight, the

writing was probably on the wall. We were getting smashed in theclearances & this would be a telling factor for the remaining 3 quarters.

We went in at the first change up 3.3 to 0.2

The second quarter was an absolute 180 in terms of game style. Croydonkept up their clearance dominance & also lifted their pressure all over

the ground. We didn’t respond & they were well on top. We couldn’t getany flow going due to their pressure & we went into our shells with our

ball movement. The tide had well & truly turned & they were nowconverting their opportunities into goals. They kicked 4 goals for the

quarter & kept us goalless to go in at the long break up 4.3 to 3.6

We addressed some glaring issues at half time but didn’t really changeanything structurally, as we believed we had the right mix but just had tolift our pressure & ball movement. We had to start getting our hands on

the footy first at the coal face & generate some energy.

Unfortunately none of this happened in either the third or fourthquarters. We just couldn’t get anything going no matter how much we

tried & simple mistakes were costing us dearly. To Croydon’s credit, theymade us pay dearly for all of them. We did manage to go in at 3quarter

time slightly up 5.7 to 5.5 but the result was agonisingly apparent ifsomething dramatically didn’t change..... & it didn’t.

There were only two positives to take out of the game & that was that wecouldn’t have played any worse, while Croydon were outstanding in everyfacet of the game. They beat us on every line & every position. The other

being that while they had pure dominance, we only went down by 7points. The eventual score being Croydon 7.9.51 to Us 6.8.44.

Micka tried hard all day as did Whitey. Lowther & McLeod worked their

way into the game, while Trkulja did a reasonable job on one of their keyforwards.

We now look to respond in a big way against an in form Mooroolbark thisSaturday back home at Zerbes. Please come down & support your boys

as we’ll need every bit of it to help in that response.

Go Lions!!

Bucks

11. GORDON

77. TRKULJA33. WHITE

9. PHELAN

4. WHITLING

12. MCLEOD

19. GOLD

18. SUMMERS

28.JACK

24. BROCK

14. DAVIS

1. LOCKE

16. T APPLES

43. PAPA

8. CERA

15. MICKA

65. SANTORO

15.HARESH

25. RINTOUL

34.FLETCHER 55. REYNOLDS

6. J.APPLES

Development Team:

22. GELSUMINI

49. NIKSIC

36. FAS

75. M.YOUNG

17. GUINEY

NEVILLE

58. RICE

62. DEER

35. STEELE 13. PHILLIPS

A note from the Coach:Round 11 saw us take on Croydon away who are 2nd on the ladder. It is of my

opinion that Croydon are the team to beat and we were in for a massivechallenge today.

We were kicking into the wind in the first quarter and it was tough work

early, as Croydon dominated the opening half of the quarter. They had repeatinside 50’s and although the backline stood up, Croydon managed to kick

3.2.20 as we remained scoreless.

Looking to take advantage of the wind in the 2nd quarter, Croydon kicked thefirst to extend their lead to 28 points early in the quarter. It was here wherewe kicked into gear and our midfield started to win some footy around theground. Lachie Steele & Dylan Olley again were terrific in the ruck and we

managed to kick 2 goals for the quarter, going into half time 4.4.28 to 2.1.13 tobe 15 points down.

The third quarter was much the same as the 1st, Croydon were relentlessaround stoppages and surged the ball forward at will. Our backline wasunder siege, Alex Rintoul & Ash Neville stood tall and repelled as many

entries as possible, however it was to no avail as Croydon kicked 2.4 for thequarter to extend their lead to 29 points, 6.8.44 to 2.3.15.

We believed we could give Croydon a scare and we kicked the 1st goal of thequarter, however Croydon steadied and kicked the next goal to rule out anychance of us making a comeback. Matt Vaiano (3 goals) and Daniel Mead (2

goals) were our only goal scorers for the game and finished the gamestrongly, managing to kick us 3 goals in the final term to finish 16 points

behind when the final siren sounded, 7.9.51 to 5.5.35.

It seemed we were a little flat throughout the entire game and thescoreboard flattered us in the end. We were comprehensively beaten by thebetter side on the day however we learn from the experience and look to getbetter this weekend against Mooroolbark which will be another great test for

this group.

Go Lions!

Brem

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20. HENSHAW

4. WILDSMITH

54. DE CESARE 60. HODGES

Save the date

59. AZEM

78. DEDES

63. STONEHAM

79. OLLEY78. HODGES

27. MEAD

GIGFARES

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Colts Team:Game Review

There was no Colts game this week

26. S.KAZAKIS 30. COX 18. ROPER

14. BARNES33. SIMMO28. HAMZA

3. MENTA22. YIANNI

11. WILDSMITH

6. RINO

8. AZZA

5. JOEY

WARREN1.

23. DAL SANTO10. XANDER

17. PRESTI 27. CRAWFORD 15. IBO

19. RALLAKIS12. MIKE MAC

24. ADEM16. OSCAR

20. SMITH

A note from the Coach:

Steve Kazakis in his DEFCwarm-up top

BHJFC Tom Phillips playing forCollingwood this weeked!

BHJFC Blake Hardwick playingfor Hawthorn this weeked!

BHJFC Isaac Quaynor playingfor Collingwood this weeked!

Congratulations to BHJFC who have 3 past players playing in the AFL this weekend all in theCollingwood v Hawthorn clash - Quaynor, Phillips and Hardwick.

Thank you to all our sponsors

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