The A Grade capped off what was shaping as a very disappointing fathers day for the Cabramatta Club with a brilliant 26-10 victory over Seven Hills at New Era Stadium. After hearing that the Jim Beam Cup had been bundled out of the semi finals, and then seeing the A Reserve Grade pumelled by Guildford, the A Grade defied the odds and did the Club proud in joining the 15/1, 17/1 and C/1 in Grandfinal's this weekend. Coach Brett Burns was delighted with his sides efforts and is quietly confident the team can upset Wentworthville in the premiership decider - a side they are yet to beat this season.
The schedule for Grandfinals this weekend is as follows...
Saturday, September 13th
MARCONI STADIUM
2:30pm Under 15/1 vs Fairfield United
5:30pm under 17/1 vs Wentworthville
Sunday, September 14th
MARCONI STADIUM
11:45am C/1's vs Wentworthville
3:00pm A Grade vs Wentworthville
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 will long be remembered as a great day for the Cabramatta Club, after 9 Junior sides competed in their respective grandfinals with the Under 9/1, 9/3, 11/1, 12/1, 13/1 and 15/2 all tasting Premiership Glory. The 9/1's turned in a gallant defensive effort to hold off a fast finishing Wentworthville with an 18-12 victory, while the 9/3's romped home 30-0 over Parra City Titans in the Division 2 premiership. It was a nail biter in the Under 11/1's will Cabra prevailing 16-12 over Hills, while the 12/1's were all class in disposing of Wentworthville 24-10. The Under 13/1 hung on to beat a fast finishing Mounties 24-14, while the Under 15/2 confirmed their dominance throughout the season with an impressive 22-8 victory. Unfortunately Mounties were too big and too strong in the 10/1's going down 10-30, while the 13/2's fell just short in their grandfinal against Merrylands, and the 14/1's went down 4-8 to CVD Cobras in a nailbiter. Regardless of the result, the Club is extremely proud of all of our sides efforts.
Brett Burns has named a very strong A Grade outfit to play Seven Hills in the Grandfinal qualifier this Sunday, September 7th at Fairfax Stadium from 3pm. It's sudden death for the Blues after last weeks nail biting 20-18 loss to Wentworthville, with the winner into the grandfinal on September 14. Please come out to the game and cheer on the Cabra boys.
1. Daniel Cray
2. Fareni Moefaauo
3. Cameron Collenette
4. Terence Dodd
5. Jason Hardi
6. Hala Katoa
7. Nathan Carr
13. Dane Barringer
12. Apelu Poto
11. Dean Lamb
10. Chris Murphy
9. Troy Lamb
8. Matt Hamilton
14. Troy Cohen
15. Manu-pule Siania
17. Moses Aliifaalogo
21. James Roche
18. Andrew Hill
19. Peter Mariani
20. Andrew Kaleopa
Cabramatta are staging a 7-a-side knockout to be held at New Era Stadium on the 20th September in the Under 10 and Under 11 age groups. The u-10s will be called The Krisnan Inu Shield and the u-11s will be called the Matt Keating cup.
32 teams are expected to be competing with 16 in each comp and 3 separate finals in each age group. Both Krisnan and Matt will be on hand during the day along with a number of other Parramata NRL players. We currently have teams from Penrith, Canterbury, Souths and the Parramatta comp competing.
For More information or to enquire about submitting a team, please call Brett Watson on 0409 244 732.
MERRYLANDS OVAL
9.00AM U-9-1S CABRA VS WENTWORTHVILLE
10.10AM U-10-1S CABRA VS MOUNT PRITCHARD
11.20 AM U-11-1S CABRA VS HILLS DISTRICT
12.30 PM U-12-1S CABRA VS WENTWORTHVILLE
1.50PM U-13-1S CABRA VS MOUNT PRITCHARD
3.00PM U-14-1S CABRA VS CVD COBRAS
RINGROSE PARK
12.30PM U-13-2S CABRA VS MERRYLANDS
3.00PM U-15-2S CABRA VS GUILDFORD
FAIRFAX STADIUM
11.10AM U-9-3S CABRA VS PARRAMATTA CITY TITANS
GRAND FINAL QUALIFIERS - Sunday September 7th
MERRYLANDS OVAL
1.30pm A-RES CABRA VS GUILDFORD
3.00pm A GRADE CABRA VS SEVEN HILLS
SIDES ALREADY IN GRAND FINALS U-15-1S U-17-1S C-1S
Under 9/2 10:00am Sat August 30 Cavanagh Reserve v Hills District
Under 10/1 10:00am Sat August 30 Merrylands Oval v Fairfield Patrician
Under 10/2 9:00am Sat August 30 Darling Street Park v Kellyville
Under 13/2 12:10pm Sat August 30 Darling Street Park v Rouse Hill
Under 15/1 4:00pm Sat August 30 Rosford Reserve v United
Under 17/1 6:30pm Sat August 30 Rosford Reserve v Hills District
C Grade/1 12:15pm Sun August 31 Merrylands Oval v Wentworthville
A Grade/1 3:00pm Sun August 31 Merrylands Oval v Wentworthville
The following dates have been updated for this years Season Presentations.
Friday Night 17th October Under 13's to Under 17's in Auditorium from 6:30pm.
Saturday 18th October Under 6's to Under 12's at NEW ERA STADIUM from 10am.
Friday Night 24th October C Grade to A Grade in Auditorium from 6:30pm.
Saturday Night 25th October JBC Presentation in Auditorium from 6:30pm.
Jim Beam Won 30-6 WA Reds
A Res Won 24-16 Seven Hills
C 2's Fofeited All Saints
16's Lost Hills District
WEEKEND RESULTS - GRAND FINAL QUALIFIERS - August 24 & 25
15-2s defeated Guildford
14-1s defeated CVD Cobras
13-1s defeated Mounties
13-2s lost to Merrylands
12-1s defeated Wentworthville
11-1s defeated Hills District
10-1s Lost to Mounties
10-2s Lost to Junior Eels
9-1s defeated Hills District
9-2s Lost to Parra City Titans
Please txt your score to 0411592015 within 30 minutes of your game ending. Scores will be placed on Cabra website Monday morning. Thank you to those sides who managed to do so.
Chris Uligia has continued the tradition of Cabramatta juniors doing well in the Parra rep teams. Chris was recently named the Parramatta Harold Matthews Player of the year. Chris, who has played for Cabramatta from mini football is a talented back playing a lot of his time at fullback. Well done Chris, you are a credit to yourself, your family and the Cabramatta Club.
The tone was set for a great day, five games of football, a jumping castle and face painter for the kids, plenty of raffles, prizes and giveaways, and an Under 8's exhibition all in aid of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The Parramatta Junior League and rival Clubs had thrown their support behind the day, ensuring both C Grades, the Reserve grade and the A Grade were all scheduled to play at home on the day, and all 4 sides wore pink socks to mark the occasion.
The weather was kind early on with the C/2 winning on forfeit, the C/1 prevailing in a tight one 18-6 over Greystanes, and the Reserve Grade led by inspiring prospect Nathan DeGroot thumping an understrength Mounties 62-0. As the crowd grew, the storm clouds got darker and Brett Burns' A Grade seemed a little thunderstruck as they found themselves trailing 0-14 early in their clash with Mounties, before a fabulous 50 minutes of football saw them all but end Mounties finals hopes with a gutsy 24-14 victory. Led from the front by Players Player Chris Weaver and try scoring machine Matt Hamilton, the Blues showed no signs of buckling and claimed a very impressive victory.
By the kick off to the Jim Beam Cup a large crowd was on hand, but had to scamper for cover as the rain came, and 4 minutes into the match with Cabramatta leading 4-0, the Referee put a halt to the game as the torrential rain, thunder and lightning made its presence felt. By the time the game restarted, both sides were resigned to the fact that the field was now a mudbath and the side that controlled the ball the best would win. To Cabramatta's credit, a great defensive display and good ball control considering the atrocious conditions contrinuted to a great 42-10 win against Wentworthville.
Action from the A Reserve Grade in which Cabramatta won 62-0 over Mounties. Photo by David Hilyander.
Action from the Under 12/1's local derby between Cabramatta and Mounties at New Era Stadium on Saturday, July 12th.
Cabramatta have provided two players from the Under 15/1's to attend the NSWRL Pacific Islander Education Camp at the NSWRL Academy at Narabeen on 9th-11th July. Sione Fukafuka and Michael Leifi will fly the flag for Cabramatta as they mix it with some of the best Pacific Island kids in the state. The inaugural camp will form part of the 2008 talent identification process for future domestic and international development programs.
Under 15/1's rising superstar Jacob Gagan was last week named in the Australian U15 Merit Squad, capping off a remarkable year for Cabramatta, NSWCHS and NSW U/16. Well done Jacob.
Parramatta Eels and New Zealand superstar Krisnan Inu, together with Eels first grade stars Matt & Kris Keating will return home to where it all began for the trio as they put the Cabramatta Junior Rugby League Club sides through their paces at New Era Stadium on Thursday, 3rd of July from 5pm.
The players, all of which are Cabramatta Juniors and are actively involved in the Club, are hoping to show the young juniors that they too were juniors of Cabramatta, and through hard work and perseverance, it is achievable to reach their dreams of one day playing in the NRL.
Football Club President Paul Metcalfe applauded the players on the initiative, saying they are always happy to give their time and assist the Club, and it is great that they want to be involved and give back to the juniors.
“These three haven’t forgotten their roots, they are always happy to come and help out and this is just another example of what terrific young men they have become,” he said. “The kids look up to these guys and aspire to be like them, so we will have a lot of happy teams after Thursday.”
Krisnan Inu, Matt Keating and Kris Keating have also committed to attending the Clubs Sports Luncheon on Friday July 11th as guest speakers, joining the likes of Parramatta and St George great Steve Edge, Australian Olympic Basketball star Natalie Porter and hilariously funny comedian Tahir as part of an all star cast on the day. Limited Tickets are available from the Club for $65 on 9727 8788.
Aaron Woodham, Isaac Brown, Tom Amone and Liam Collenette, from the Under 12-1s represented Sydney South West U12s Primary School at the NSW PSSA State Championships at Inverell in June. The team finished fourth and were the only ones to defeat the winners, Sydney North, in the earlier pool games. The Cabra boys played the games always trying their best. Aaron and Liam were rewarded with spots in NSW PSSA U12s State Development Squad of 34 players from all around the state. They will go into camp first week of the holidays at Narrabeen being involved in specialist coaching, trial games and various activities. At the end of the camp, a 17 man State team will be announced. We wish Aaron and Liam all the best in their endeavours. Well done to all the Cabra boys on their efforts.
A further 2 of Cabramatta's rising stars have been picked to represent NSWCHS at the Australian Championships.
Jacob Gagan from the Under 15's has been selected to play in the NSWCHS side a year above himself, no surprise considering Jacob was in the NSW U/16 side that played before the first SOO in Sydney.
Congratulations also to Olomanu Usini from our Under 17's and Parra Jersey Flegg side. Grumpy has been picked for NSWCHS to play in the Australian Championships in Darwin. Well done boys.
Cabramatta's U11’s team will supply 7 players who will be representing Sydney South West and also the the Macillop Catholic side in the Under 11’s State Carnival to be held in Batemans bay beginning the 17th june through to the 19th june. Congratulations to Kurt Kerrigan, Nathan Pita, Jacob Tatupu, Jordan Hussey, Mick Doolan, Alex Sama and Moa Masi on your achievements and best of luck at the carnival.
Despite losing the Grandfinal of the SG Ball to the Roosters, Parramatta have asked Cabramatta Juniors Nathan Gardner and Fred Latulipe to remain in the Parramatta ranks as part of the National Youth Cup Under 20's squad. Congratulations to both players, the Club is extremely proud of you.
Congratulations also to Jacob Gegan from the Under 15/1's who was selected to represent NSW , while Rodney Moefaauo, Jacob Loko and Chris Ulugia will each play for the NSW Under 16's against Queensland in a curtain raiser to Wednesday evenings State of Origin. Well done boys.
Congratulations to Aaron Woodham, Isaac Brown, Tom Amone and Liam Collenette on becoming the latest Cabramatta Juniors to be selected in a representative team. The boys will be playing in the PSSA state carnival at Inverell from the 24th - 26th June 2008. The Coach of the side also has Cabramatta flavour, our very own Glen Hamilton from our u/16's.
Click the following link http://www.campdavidpt.com.au/cabra/ to see all of the latest junior league and Jim Beam Cup action photographs. Please contact David Hilyander by emailing david@campdavidpt.com.au should you wish to purchase a photo.
Tuesday 15th July 2008
To be held 6pm in the Downunder Bar
Tuesday 15th July 2008
To be held 7pm in the Downunder Bar
Congratulations to the following Cabramatta Players that have made representative teams...
SG BALL - Nathan Gardner (Parramatta), Jaydin Tavita (Parramatta), John Leiataua (Parramatta), Fred Latilupe (Parramatta) , Boyd Brown (Parramatta), Pita Maile (Parramatta), Jordan Tagaloa (Western Sydney), Leroy Williams (Western Sydney)
HAROLD MATTHEWS - Chris Ulugia (Parramatta), Rodney Moefaauo (Parramatta), Jacob Loko (Parramatta), Jesse Presad (c) (Western Sydney), Jerome Mose (Western Sydney), Steve Antunovic (Western Sydney)
Special mention to Rodney Moefaauo and Chris Ulugia who were named in the Harold Matthews TEAM of the WEEK for Round 1.
Please find below a list of the following sides and their respective coaches for the 2008 Season. Please contact our Football Administrator Brett Watson on 0409 244 732 if you have any questions.
TEAM | COACH | CONTACT |
| Jim Beam Cup | Corey Ruttle (Ass Coach) | 0417 045 553 |
| A/Grade | Brett Burns | 0412 344 875 |
| A/Reserve | Mark DeUbago | 0407 461 168 |
| C Grade / 1 | Anthony Moore | 0400 315 668 |
| C Grade / 2 | Mick Stewart | 0407 960 585 |
| U17/1's | Brett Lee | 0412 128 985 |
| U16/1's | Glen Hamilton | 0400 961 350 |
| U15/1's | Jason Snoxall | 0413 798 026 |
| U15/2's | Leath Jessup | 0410 239 274 |
| U14/1's | Charlie Fualalo | 0414 699 303 |
| U13/1's | Jason Hedges | 0414 434 730 |
| U13/2's | Paul Curry | 0413 999 820 |
| U12/1's | Graeme Woodham | 0418 678763 |
| U12/2's | Tuivasa Falealili | 0438 433 711 |
| U11/1's | Keith Kerrigan | 0425 290 345 |
| U11/2's | Sam Tapa | 0420 575 780 |
| U10/1's | Gary Sapienza | 0407 523 505 |
| U10/2's | Ron Gadd |
0412 225 168 |
| U9/1's | Junior Brown | 0414 445 993 |
| U9/2's | Robert Frijo | 0419 014 611 |
| U9/3's | George Farah | 0433 236 491 |
| U8/1's | Daniel Kustic | 0418 860566 |
| U8/2's | Ray Chandra | 0401 779 002 |
| U7/1's | Jake Watson | 0432 673 042 |
| U7/2's | Lenny Windshuttle | 0415 709 178 |
| U6/1's | Alan Simpson | 0417 413 610 |
| U6/2's | Patrick Chandra | 0404 712 995 |
| U6/3's | Nathan Williams | 0416 463 685 |
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