Captain’s Blog 25/2/10

Well it’s  nice and warm now! So tonight will be fun lads  make sure you bring a hat and plenty of water.

Judging by the enthusiasm at training  Tuesday I reckon the boy’s are really looking forward to playing Kwinana just to see how fit they are.  Myself  I can’t wait to catch up with the Eels biggest fan and a fond reader of the Eels website especially captain’s blog , this gentleman and his wife travel all the way from Geraldton, Shane & Tracey Bone.

Be great to hear Shane yelling at boner again. 

Anyway see ya tonight lads!!

Sayls #3

Coaches Report 22nd Feb 2010

I’d like to start this weeks report by announcing Paul Saylor as our club captain for the 2010 football season. Sayls will be in his 4th year with the Eels and has displayed great leadership during his time at the club and certainly deserves to lead the playing group this year. Jesse Manning will be his right hand man as the vice-captain. Jesse’s enthusiasm during pre-season to date has been fantastic and both players will develop a close relationship as the year goes on. I have high expectations from players within the team’s leadership group, and I’m very confident that both Sayls and Jesse will bring many values to the side. Congratulations lads, I look forward to working with you both during our premiership journey.

Congratulations also must go to our Reserve Grade co-captains (Shane and Wyvan). Both players bring a great deal of experience to the Ressies and if the leadership both players have shown so far is any indication then I have no doubt that they’ll do an exceptional job.

Now to our second Intra-Club match that was held on Sunday evening, what a success it was. Both Muz and myself have nothing but praise towards our playing group and even though there were some outstanding individual performances, overall it was a good team effort. There are so many positives that we can all take away from both intra-club matches and the pressure’s now on the coaching staff to pick two strong sides for our coming trial matches.

Those players who deserve a mention from the intra-club match are Johno, who enjoyed the free run out on the wing, Jesse and Jonesy linked up well through the midfield. Snow played a solid game out on the wing and through the middle, Robbie Schnaars was sensational up forward and Aaron Power provided great height throughout our defensive zone. All up I was more than impressed with everyone’s performance and congratulations to the Blue team who ended up winning 10.8 to 8.3.

Before I go I’d like to remind you all that the club training day is coming up on the 6th March so make sure you all keep this day free as maximum attendance will be expected.

Keep up the great work Eels, I’m looking forward to the Kwinana Game.

Hobbsy.

Courage, Desire, Belief
(Virtus Votum Fibes)

Captain’s Blog 21/2/10

Firstly thanks to the all the players,coaches and the club for giving me the opportunity to captain the Eels league side in 2010 it is an honour and privilege to be a Captain of a football club and to be voted in by your peers  is awesome, and again I thank everybody.

Congratulations to Jessie who is the league Vice Captain.Also congratulations to  Shane and Wyvan who will Co Captain the reserves.

Great intra club scratch match last night lads with some stand out  new players like  Jonesy,Ads and Arron all playing well and working really hard just to name a few.Snow,Johnno and Rob Schannars also playing well, with a lot more players to come back for both sides there should be no reason why both teams can’t be strong this season.

On a sour note we did get an injury to an important player to the club,which I hope isn’t too serious as Brent has been working really hard and put in some big sessions this pre-season and we all knew 2010 was looking like he was in for a big year and it still could be if this injury isn’t too bad.Cross our fingers!!!

     Lets all keep up the good work and all have a Big 2010!!!!

Sayls #3

09 Captain’s Blog 12/2/10

About 50 blokes on the track last night and everybody trained really well which I think may have been to avoid the sand hill for the second time.( no not really) it was a great atmosphere. 

Again we had a couple of new players which was great and considering the night we had they trained well.If we keep that intensity up from here on in towards the Kwinana game selection tonight will be a nightmare for the coaches which is exactly what we want players training hard to earn there spots in both teams.Keep up the great work rate boys.

A couple of us will be going to Hillary’s Saturday for a run if anyone is keen I will be there by 8.00am.

Sayls #3

Biathlon Report

Congratulations to Jesse for winning the 2010 Ellenbrook Eels Biathlon, held at Bayswater Waves on Tuesday night. Jenko finished Runner-Up and came within a whisker of claiming the win, but Jesse lifted in the sprint to the finish to claim a hard fought victory. Rhys finished 3rd over Sayls who was in 4th place. All up those players who attended the session worked hard over the course.

Final Results (Top 10):
1st Jesse Manning 32m10sec ($50.00 Cash)
2nd Shea Jenkins 32m17sec ($50.00 Powerplay Sports Voucher)
3rd Rhys Innes 32m44sec ($20 Powerplay Sports Voucher)
4th Paul Saylor 33m04sec ($10 Powerplay Sports Voucher)
5th Dylan Cunningham 34m34sec
6th Pat Latapiat 35m21sec
7th Shane Glanville 36m20sec
8th Jason ???? 36m46sec
9th Chris Sims 37m18sec
10th John Dick 38m04sec

On behalf of the team I’d like to thank the football club Management Committee for organizing the prizes. I’m sure the boys who won really appreciated it so thank you.

QUISNAM PRAESUMO WINS
(Who Dares Wins)

Captain’s Blog 10/3/2010

Training at Bayswater waves had an average turnout, after the club & coaches went out of there way to organise a good night were we could train at a different venue.For those players who may have pulled up a bit sore after the scratch match the pool would of been the perfect place to be.

 In any case for those of  you who rocked up it was a good session that started with a 3 km run then into the pool for 6 laps out of the pool for another 1800 metre run then back into the pool for another 3 laps everybody did really well and finished.We finished the night off with a game of water polo and trust me we all have a different out look at that game.

A couple of fines out of the night one to Pav for ringing Jess at 6.15pm and asking him to pick him up,taking into consideration we started training in Bayswater at 6.30pm.Second fine to Chris Sims new player  to the club for ringing girlfriend to come pick him up from the pools when he only lives 400 metres away.(nice one Sims)

Again thanks to those who made to training Tuesday we will benefit from it.

Sayls #3

Captain’s Blog 8/2/10

Great first intra club lads good numbers and good to see some on lookers already supporting the club with a lot of players missing due to other commitments we still had enough for two sides.The teams were evenly matched I thought and although it was a slow start the tempo picked up quickly.With some good ball movement through the middle and around the ground it didn’t take long before all the new and old guy’s to found there feet and show the new coaches there stuff.In saying that it looks like there will be some very difficult selection nights.

All the new player’s that have come to the eels from what I saw will fit very nicely into the Ellenbrook Senior football club sides and hopefully they enjoyed there first hit out at there new club and I’m really looking forward to the first  scratch match against the Knights.

Sayls #3

Intra-Club match 7th Feb 2010

Our first Intra-Club match proved to be a great success on Sunday night. Playing 17-aside footy at Coolaman Oval “The Home of the Eels” the boys were split into two even teams and played four 15-minute quarters.

The first quarter was a little scrappy as the players took a little time to adjust to a game situation. Jesse was outstanding in the middle during the first term which gave the White team great drive from the centre bounces and stoppages. At the quarter time siren the White team found themselves in front 2 goals to 1.

Both sides hit the ground full of run during the second quarter and apart from some poor disposal going forward at times the Blue team took control. Sayls was out-standing through the middle and was well supported by Snow and Boogs. The half-time score was tied up at 3 goals apiece.

During the second half both sides started to play a bit more free-flowing footy which allowed the overall standard to lift. Jonesy was superb throughout the last half as he broke the lines through the defensive zone for the White team. Chris Sims kicked into gear and started to use the footy well as well as Duncan, Stew, and Devo, in the end though it was the Blue team finishing on top winning 9.7 to 6.3.

All up there were some encouraging signs for our first hit-out and it gave both myself and Muzz the opportunity to see players perform when put under pressure. There are still quite a few things we’ll need to improve on over the coming weeks but we couldn’t be more impressed with the way the game was played. Overall the day was a success as quite a few players certainly put their hands up to play League footy this year, that’s for sure.

Before signing off, just a quick reminder to the playing group about our Biathlon on Tuesday night which will be held at Baywater Waves. Please bring $5.00 each for the use of the pool and may the best man win. If you have any questions please feel free to give me a call.

Exsisto Totus Vos Can Exsisto
“Be all you can Be”

Hobbsy.

Captain’s Blog 3/2/10

Well done to all the boys that took part in our second time trail for the year and by the look of the results most beat there last time so I guess all the hard work is paying off so keep up the good work boys as it is going to be a big year for the Eels.

Unfortunately before the season starts we will lose a great player, a leader and just a great bloke, JENKO, for those of us who had the opportunity to play footy along side Jenks will understand exactly what I mean and even off the footy field great club person to have around any football club.I guess the other teams in the comp won’t missing and some won’t remember him because he hit them that hard they’ve lost there memories. Any way all the best Jenko in your adventures but again our lose but Gold Coast gain.

Sayls #3

Coaches Report 3rd February

I’d like to start my second coaches’ report by welcoming Murray “Muzz” Watson to this years Ellenbrook coaching panel as the Reserve’s coach for 2010. I’m looking forward to working with Muzz as I’m sure he’ll bring some fantastic new ideas to the group. Congratulations on being selected mate and I hope you have great year with the mighty Eels.

Since my last report the boys have been working pretty hard on the training track and judged by the times during yesterday’s second set of 3k time trials you can see how much the teams fitness has improved. Congratulations again to Snow for running the quickest time 10.38sec. Jess Manning ran the next quickest with 10.57sec, followed by Jonesy 11.22sec, Boogs 11.30sec, Sully 11.58sec, and Jenko 12.13sec. Overall nearly all players improved their times, with some cutting over a minute from the last set of time trials. I was even more impressed with the second 2nd set of 3k times as most of them weren’t too far off the first times. Snow was again first over the line with 11.22sec, followed by Jonesy 11.34sec, Jesse 11.44sec, and Sully 12.02sec.

Over the next few weeks the team has some challenging times ahead but with the season fast approaching we all need to be at our peak by round 1 so things will start to ramp up a little as we get closer. I hope the playing group can maintain the positive attitude they have displayed so far as we push through these weeks.

On a sad note the club will farewell one of its former “Founders Medal” winners in Shea Jenkins who will be moving to the Gold Coast at the beginning of March. Jenko has been an instrumental part of the footy club over the past 2 years and will certainly be missed around the club during 2010. On behalf of everyone within the Eels I’d like to personally wish you all the best for the future and hope you pop in when ever you’re visiting Perth. I have no doubt that whichever club you’ll be playing for next year will be lucky to have you on-board. All the best Jenko.

Finally a quick reminder about this Sunday being our first Intra Club match for the year. The game will kick off at 6pm at the home of the Eels and maximum attendance will be expected. It’ll give both myself and Muzz the opportunity to see the playing group being tested in a game environment. Families are more than welcome to come down as we’ll be having a BBQ after the match.

Keep up the good work Eels and remember those of us with the most invested in life are the last to surrender.

Hobbsy
Senior Coach