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Victory in Football
Posted by Josh Pemberton on Sunday, September 27, 2009
I've represented Selwyn in a few sporting and cultural events over the last two years. However as the end of my second year has approached I was conscious that the boys football was going to be the last competition where I pulled on the well worn Selwyn shirt and competed against the heathen Knoxie. We had a pretty strong side this year with nearly all the players in the squad having represented their school's 1st XI, and a competent coaching unit in Mitch Parr (Selwyn 2007) and former SCSA President Tom Kuperus (Selwyn 2007-8). We also felt that our training had been pretty sufficient. It was particularly heartening to see Knox having their initial trials for their team at Logan Park, when we already had over a month of training under our belt.
Our side was led by George Milne, who has had an outstanding season playing for South Island club champions Dunedin Technical. We knew that we had to come out firing as a slow start had cost us the match against College House earlier in the semester, and we did just that, with a chance on goal within the first thirty seconds.
It is no exaggeration to say that we dominated the entire match, eventually destroying the opposition 7-0. Vice-captain Evan Jones bagged four goals, and both Andy Barrowclough and George Dooley were also on target. This was despite our goalkeeper Cam Burns being concussed fifteen minutes in, and some parochial support from the Knoxy fans. It's never a bad thing to get a bit of stick from the crowd, and in a way it helps lift your game. I found it pretty funny that some of the insults thrown my way were to do with this blog - one Knoxie informed me from the sideline that they didn't think much of my writing. Personally I'm just flattered to learn that this person has been on the Selwyn website, reading what I have to say!
The girls team also had a good win, 4-0. So needless to say it was a great day and the post match 'Court Session' was pretty enjoyable - I couldn't think of a better last event to represent the college in.
On another note, elections for the Selwyn College Students Association Committee 2010 have just concluded after a lengthy eight hours of speeches and voting. Head over to James Wright's blog to check out the results.
Our side was led by George Milne, who has had an outstanding season playing for South Island club champions Dunedin Technical. We knew that we had to come out firing as a slow start had cost us the match against College House earlier in the semester, and we did just that, with a chance on goal within the first thirty seconds.
It is no exaggeration to say that we dominated the entire match, eventually destroying the opposition 7-0. Vice-captain Evan Jones bagged four goals, and both Andy Barrowclough and George Dooley were also on target. This was despite our goalkeeper Cam Burns being concussed fifteen minutes in, and some parochial support from the Knoxy fans. It's never a bad thing to get a bit of stick from the crowd, and in a way it helps lift your game. I found it pretty funny that some of the insults thrown my way were to do with this blog - one Knoxie informed me from the sideline that they didn't think much of my writing. Personally I'm just flattered to learn that this person has been on the Selwyn website, reading what I have to say!
The girls team also had a good win, 4-0. So needless to say it was a great day and the post match 'Court Session' was pretty enjoyable - I couldn't think of a better last event to represent the college in.
On another note, elections for the Selwyn College Students Association Committee 2010 have just concluded after a lengthy eight hours of speeches and voting. Head over to James Wright's blog to check out the results.
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