For Noosa Pirates last weekend was a busy time with all teams playing away games.
On Friday evening Pirates travelled to Stanley Rivers to play their Division 2 team, a team that is rated as one of the heavyweights of the Division. Despite putting it to them in the opening exchange they were unlucky to go to the sheds down 18-6 at halftime.
Pirates had a great chance to score late in the second half that would have bought them to within 6 points, but two late intercept tries blew the score board out, and the final score of 36 -12 wasn’t a true indication of the game. “Despite putting in a strong effort,” in the words of coach Danny Riddle, “the boys really need to start stringing some wins together.”
In the Open Women’s Divisions, Noosa’s Community Bank Team, despite going down 22-12 to Kawana, showed plenty of heart.
Having a team which consisted of four first year players and a handful of teenagers, the odds were firmly against them. However, these rookies never stopped competing, thus showing great depth of character: and coach Rob Burgin has plenty of confidence in the future.
Coach Burgin gave special mention to Kaylah Naylor.
“This girl was a real standout on debut. I think this girl is born to be a Pirate,”
In the main game, Division 1 the Pirates suffered a heartbreaking loss, going down to Kawana 28-22. Having led for the first 20 minutes lapses in defence resulted in a 10 all half time break. The second half was very tough and even with the scores going tit for tat, with Kawana finishing on top 28-22.
‘’Best on ground for us was hard going lock forward, Harry Dwyer and captain Dan Movie. We will have a handful of players back next week when we play Nambour at home,’’ said coach Mick Duff.
Last weekend also saw a big Saturday when Cooroy hosted a day of junior rugby league. Following some amazing off-season rehabilitation works, Cooroy was ready to host their biggest round yet: and the sun was shining on a fantastic day to host the event.
Teams were welcomed from all over the coast. They came from, Kawana, Palmwoods, Maroochydore, Pomona, Coolum and Nambour. With 20 plus action- packed games to be had, all these little champions would make officials think that the game certainly had a good future. Pirates extended they’re thanks to all sponsors, team officials and volunteers for making this day a high success.
This Saturday 13 May for round 6 Pirates will play host and the schedule will be as follows. Starting 1.30pm Pirates men’s U19 vs Cab0olture, 3pm Pirates Open Women’s vs Nambour, 4.30pm Pirates Division 2 vs Nambour. The main game which will see the host club up against Nambour will kick off at 6pm. Sure to be a good game of football.
It is good to see the scenes of pride that is starting to spread throughout the club. On training nights, all grades train wearing the clubs training gear blues: let’s not forget that with pride comes success.
Boxing
Once again, the Impact Boxing and Fitness Centre has been on the move.
This time coach Mark Evans took a team to a Gold Coast, Police Citizens Youth Club boxing tournament: coming home with five wins from six bouts. Considering the one loss was a split decision, it was indeed a great performance.
The split decision occurred when first up fighter Cohen Robinson lost on points with coach Evans saying, “Cohan just couldn’t settle and he struggled with his range.” Tayne Harvey boxed well to get a win against an awkward opponent by smothering him and shutting him down. Then Charlie Tyson boxed well to get a good win where both boxers had their moments: but Tyson got the decision with a good consistent left jab.
Jake Ward yet again continues his winning streak in a bout that was pretty evenly matched. However, Jakes win came about as a result of his constant walk-up style which he kept up, hunting his opponent, right from the opening bell. Luke Austin also continued his winning way in what turned out to be a gutsy slugfest, against a very evenly slugger.
Of this bout coach Evans said, “Both boys seemed to be happy in the trenches throwing bombs at each other, in a crowd- pleasing bout.” The only girl in the team Slade Gray, boxed brilliantly against a much taller opponent and her great footwork and head movement enabled her to get in close, close the gap and get to work.
Both girls left Evans (who is an Australian coach) very impressed. ‘Both these girls have a great future in the sport, and no doubt will see each other centre ring on plenty more occasions.”
Regarding the team effort he expressed his pride in the overall result and capped it off when he said, “You are now starting to reap the reward of the hard work and the hours you have been putting in at the gym. Also, I would like to extend a big thank you to our supporters who made the trip to the Gold Coast: many thanks to one and all.”
Next stop will be Bundaberg for the Wide Bay Titles: and these will be held next weekend. Good luck to all.
Outriggers Club
Last weekend a day of fantastic weather and great paddling conditions greeted those who travelled to Rainbow Beach for the last round of competition for the Outrigger clubs. Happy to relate that the Noosa Club took out first place in the Golden Masters Mixed, Platinum Mixed, Masters Men Unlimited and Senior Masters Men Unlimited.
Then in the Golden Masters Women and Masters Men they finished in second place. These results led to a series win for the first time in the clubs’ history. Senior Coach Des Abbot, at home recovering from hip surgery said, “Congratulations and thank you to all our paddlers who competed in the various races throughout our season. Each and every race you did made a difference and contributed, to our overall score and underlines the depth of our club’s strength.”
The juniors also made a massive contribution with their results. In the end Noosa’s final tally was almost double that of their nearest opponent, second placegetter, Mooloolaba.
For the U12s they got a 1st,2nd and 3rd,in their event, with the U14 getting a 1st in the 4 km race. Well done to the youth of the club
