The Sandgate +38 Masters played Palm Beach last Saturday night.Bolstered by several over 45 players, we took to the field with 2 reserves, compared to Palm Beachs 12 on the sideline- we knew we were in for a hard game.
Palm Beach kicked a quick 9 goals in the first quarter, with Sandgate failing to score.Their quick hand balls and fast running centreman dominated sandgate, and a hiding looked on the cards.Sandgates backline regrouped in the second quarter and restricted them to two goals, though no score was still our total.Our backline of Carts, Bakxy,Willo and sock were terrific with Jammo having a great game against a tall seasoned full forward.
The 3rd quarter saw Palm Beach kick another 7 goals to Sandgates 2 points.Sandgate seems to play their best football in the last quarter, and tonight was no different.Big Kev was winning more than his share in the ruck, and our centre players of Jason,Loggs and mark junior were good at hitting some targets further down.Both Phil and Shirly both kicked two goals that quarter, with another 5 shots just missing the mark.
Had Sandgate played 4 quarters of footbal the same as the last quarter, it would have been alot closer.The team also had strong games from Timmsy,Cameron,Andy,Fergs,Nails,Toddy,Middy and Ian.Thanks again to the over 45s who assissted with numbers- you held your own against a fast experienced oppossition.
Final Score Sndgate 4-5-29 Palm Beach 20-14-134.
Cup winner- jammo
Last Modified on 29/07/2013 13:37