TIGERS CLUB NEWS ARCHIVE

Tigers Undefeated Dream Run Comes to an End!

The Queanbeyan Tigers U12s squad dream run in Season 2007 has come to a heartbreaking end, going down to rivals Belconnen in the Grand Final at Kingston last Saturday by just 1 point. In some controversial circumstances, teams were asked to stay on the field with no officials from either team approaching the boys until goal umpires could confer scores. After 5 minutes of tense pause, with all of the Queanbeyan faithful holding a collective breath around the ground, officials awarded the match to Belconnen by 1 point, much to the chagrin of the Tigers.

Queanbeyan Coach Bruce Camp couldn’t have asked for a team of more dedicated footballers on the day, with every boy giving 110%. The standard of football was very high, with the lead changing many times during the match. Every Tiger could hold their heads high after the game, although the disappointment on every face of the young Tigers was evident for all to see.

There were some high quality passages of play from both sides and you certainly could tell the Tiger boys had been practicing their goal kicking – they booted 6.1 for the entire match! Better contributors were Alec “Safe as Houses” McCormick, who must have been in bed early on Saturday night with leather poisoning; PJ Maher also banged a few very handy goals that kept the Tigers in the hunt for the silverware and Kieran Shea, who seemed to be everywhere and used the football very well under pressure. Toby Yeates would have had the same illness as Alec after he took an absolute truckload of marks and shut down an opposition key forward for much of the match. And once again Troy Rootsey’s hardness at the ball was admired by both Tigers supporters and the opposition – he was always ready to go in and get the ball for the Tigers, a feature of his football this year.

It was a disappointing end for the boys who had performed so well during the year, maintaining their unbeaten status right up until their final match. But all of these young men can hold their heads high after showing so much dedication and commitment to their team and you can be sure that all at the Tigers organisation are extremely proud of these boys!

Congratulations to Coach Bruce Camp and Manager Tracey Hespe for their own dedication to these boys and hard work throughout the season. Last but not least, congratulations to all of the boys on such a great match and an excellent season of football.