by Chloe Pardy | Apr 15, 2019 | Latest News
12-year old Canberra girl Eden Morrissey said she held back tears when she found out that she’d been picked in the Southern Country Pride Girls 12s team to play at the 2019 NSW City v Country tournament.
“My friend Kirby said that the teams were being announced so we looked on the Oztag website and I saw my name and I was just so excited,” Morrissey told Oztag Australia.
“I felt very proud of myself and I was almost about to cry, it was amazing.”
Morrissey has been playing Oztag locally at Calwell in Canberra and for ACT for several years now, but said 2019 has been her best season yet.
“I feel like this State Cup was probably my best year, I was really proud of myself. I trained really hard and I trusted myself that I was good enough to do different things. My coach was also really good this year, she taught me a lot,” she said.
The 12-year old will play alongside ACT teammates Kaitlyn Arnold, Lily Quigley, Meaghann Scott and Sienna Bryant in the Pride team picked from the best Oztag players in all regional areas south of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
“There’s going to be so many different experiences, playing with new people. I’m excited to meet the girls from Shellharbour and Wollongong and hopefully we make lots of new friends,” Morrissey said.
“I guess we’ll just have to meet together and train whenever we can. I think we’ll have lots in common because we all love Oztag and then the coaches will help bring us together as one team.”
While Morrissey is no stranger to representative Oztag, the young star knows the City v Country tournament will be a big step up.
“It’s going to be a lot different to playing for ACT. I need to keep fit over the next few months and you’re going to have to move fast and keep the game going.
“You’ll need to run onto the ball, run straight and hard and stay focussed in all the matches.”
Southern Country Pride will take on Northern Country Knights, Southern City Seahawks and Western City Scorpions in a round robin tournament on the Central Coast in June.
“I’m excited to play the Scorpions because they have the Baulkham Hills girls in their team.
“Knights will also be really good because they have the Central Coast girls so I’m excited to see how we go against them.”
While Morrissey knows the competition will be tough, she’s confident her side can leave the Central Coast with some silverware.
“I think we can win, hopefully.
“It would be amazing to win and it would show that all of us are really good Oztag players and that we know how to play well together as a team.”
by Chloe Pardy | Apr 10, 2019 | Latest News
On Friday, 22nd March we launched a competition on the Australian Oztag Facebook page. We asked all Oztag players to help us spread the word about our social media networks so that the Oztag community can keep up to date with our latest news, photos and events.
We’d like to thank everyone who helped out and entered the competition. The prize was 2 x $200 refunds per day (Fri, Sat & Sun) toward your kit and registration fees to players at the 2019 NSW Senior State Cup.
The six winners of the $200 NSW Senior State Cup refunds are:
* Natasha Allan
* Nick DB
* Doug Torchia
* Michael Karkkaimen
* Gary Roy
* Tim Moorehead
Congratulations to all of the above winners! To qualify for your prize, please email phil@oztag.com.au and state which team and division you played for at the 2019 NSW Senior State Cup.
If you’d like to follow us on social media, here is how you can find us:
Facebook: @australianoztag
Instagram: australian.oztag
Twitter: @AustralianOztag
by Chloe Pardy | Apr 4, 2019 | Latest News
Edmund Rice will get a chance to win their third straight NSW Schools State Championship later this year, after taking out the Boys 11/12s South Coast Regional tournament this week.
The South Coast team have won the past two Champions of Champions tournaments and have had their eyes set on claiming a three-peat all year.
“They’re a really talented group of boys and we’ve really enjoyed watching them over the past few years,” Edmund Rice coach Josh Timpano told Oztag Australia.
“A few of the boys played in the Australian U16s team last year and a lot of them play reps with Vipers and Shellharbour.”
While Edmund Rice were favourites going into the opening regional tournament of 2019, Timpano said they didn’t have things all their own way.
“The final against Kiama was really tight. It was 1-1 at full time, then in the drop-off Kiama scored in the first set.
“Our guys managed to hit back straight away, then it went back and forth for a while before we found a way to score the match winner.”
Kiama featured in all three Boys grand finals but weren’t able to claim a title. Edmund Rice took out the Boys 9/10s with a 4-2 win in the final, while Figtree beat Kiama 4-2 in the Boys 7/8s.
“We actually entered a second senior team and they made it to the semi finals as well so there is plenty of Oztag talent floating around the school,” Timpano added.
In the girls, Holy Spirit Bellambi beat Oak Flats in extra time to claim the Girls 11/12s title. St Mary’s beat Figtree 4-3 in the Girls 9/10s final and Warilla were too good for St Mary’s in the Girls 7/8s.
The winners of each division will compete at the Champions of Champions tournament later this year.
by Chloe Pardy | Mar 31, 2019 | Latest News
Central Coast have taken out the 2019 NSW Senior State Cup Club Championships on a perfect Coffs Harbour afternoon.
The women did the majority of the damage for the perennial powerhouse, with Central Coast taking out the Women’s Opens, Women’s Masters and Women’s 20s divisions, as well as the Mens 35s and Mens 50s.
Penrith finished in second, ahead of Cronulla, Kiama and Razorbacks.
NSW Senior State Cup – Club Championship Pointscore:
- Central Coast – 67 points
- Penrith – 51 points
- Cronulla – 30 points
- Kiama – 27 points
- Razorbacks – 27 points
by Chloe Pardy | Mar 31, 2019 | Latest News
2019 NSW Senior State Cup: Grand Final Results
Mens Open Division 1: Homebush 2-1 Central Coast
Mens Open Division 2: Fairfield City 4-2 Coffs Harbour
Mens 20s Division 1: Penrith 5-3 Illawarra Steelers
Mens 20s Division 2: Tamworth 5-2 Baulkham Hills
Mens 30s: Manly 5-4 Parramatta
Mens 35s: Central Coast 3-2 Canterbury
Mens 40s: Cronulla 3-0 Razorbacks
Mens 45s: North Coast Barbarians 8-2 Penrith
Mens 50s: Central Coast 3-1 Newcastle
Mens 55s: Kiama 1-0 Souths
Womens Open Division 1: Central Coast 4-2 Kiama
Womens Open Division 2: Coffs Harbour 2-0 Heathcote
Womens 20s: Central Coast 1-0 Penrith
Womens Seniors: Razorbacks 3-1 ACT
Womens Masters: Central Coast 2-1 Norwest
Mixed Opens Division 1: Kiama 5-1 Souths
Mixed Opens Division 2: Lismore 8-3 Razorbacks
Mixed 20s: Penrith 7-5 Souths
Mixed Senior: Sydney All Stars 7-6 Penrith
by Chloe Pardy | Mar 31, 2019 | Latest News
Homebush Men’s Opens scored two late tries to claim a come from behind 2-1 victory over Central Coast and back to back NSW Senior State Cup titles.
Little separated the two sides for the majority of the final, until Central Coast broke the deadlock late in the second half to claim a 1-0 lead.
Homebush levelled the scores with two minutes on the clock, then added the match winner from long range to cap a memorable win.
Earlier in the day, Coffs Harbour claimed their first ever NSW State Cup title, defeating Engadine Heathcote in the Women’s Division 2 decider.
Kiama took out the Mixed Open’s division in their first tournament playing together, while Tamworth claimed the Men’s Opens Division two title.
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