Gus & Laura are delighted to announce the arrival of Mac Seebeck, born Royal North Shore at 11.55am Friday May 21^st 2010.

The various tipping competitions around Sydney had East Coast as favourite for their Round 6 match against Campbelltown at the fabulous Bruce Purser Reserve. However there was always going to be a degree of uncertainty in the home camp, given that the Blues had enjoyed a good win in the equivalent match last year. Whilst the Eagles went on to take the Premiership, Campbelltown’s game plan in 2009 was such that it matched that of the local side.

And indeed it happened again in 2010. A superior running game from the visitors, dreadfully inaccurate kicking from the Eagles along with some basic undisciplined actions, gave Campbelltown a 20 point victory. East Coast had plenty of inside 50’s, but failed to take the advantage when it was needed. Their key forwards Dugmore and Vlatko, who have been so exact in weeks gone by, kicked 6.12 between them. And therein lies much of the story ….

Best for the Eagles was centreman Shane Ryan who worked hard in the middle, continually driving the ball forward. The midfielders were working against the odds with former SANFL ruckman and Blues coach Radlee Moller controlling the centre bounces, but Ryan and Fitton applied the pressure using their bodies effectively against the odds. 
 

Ben Physick maintained his recent excellent form keeping his match up to just the one goal, while Ben Rogers roamed down from the wing on numerous occasions to slot through two goals in a welcome return to form. Mike Beardsley, Shane Ryan and the heavily targeted Daniel Spiteri shared the Players’ Player honours. Darren Chapman, playing his 100th senior game for the Eagles, was always reliable across the half back line.

Next week sees the Eagles take on the League leaders North Shore Bombers in a crucial match. The Bombers suffered their first defeat this weekend at the hands of Western Suburbs which has made it very cluttered at the top of the ladder. Such is the even nature of the Premier Division this year, a win to the Eagles could see them take over top position on the table, while a loss could see them drop out of the five altogether.                    

East Coast Eagles   4.3      7.9     9.17  13.22 (100)

Campbelltown        5.2     11.6    13.10 18.12 (120)

Goal Kickers: Peter Dugmore 4, Ben Rogers 2, Jamie Vlatko 2, Kristian Pearson, Damien Bowles, Shane Ryan, Daniel Spiteri, Steve O’Connor
Best Players: Shane Ryan, Ben Physick, Peter Dugmore, Ben Rogers, Damien Bowles, Ryan Fitton


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OTHER SCORES:

East Coast Eagles    1.0     4.1     4.4     4.5 (29)

UTS                             1.6     3.8     6.12    9.14 (68)

Goal Kickers: Josh Shephard, Peter Vlatko, Josh Patira, Dean Eggleton

Best Players: Dean Eggleton, Scott Pierce, Luke McLeod, Steve Roberts, Josh Shephard, Stu McKinley

Division Three

East Coast Eagles   3.3     6.4     8.5     10.8 (68)
Campbelltown          2.3     7.5     9.7     12.9 (81)

Goal Kickers: Phil Ragno 6, Liam Madden, Lewis Whales, Michael Waldron , Blake Jones 
Best Players: Phil Ragno, James Ford, Ross Donaldson, Liam Madden, Michael Waldron, Chad Herbert

  

Under 18 Premier Cup

Under 18 Challenge Cup

East Coast Eagles    4.3     6.5     9.6     11.6 (72)
Moorebank Sports    1.2     3.4     5.7     7.8 (50)

Goal Kickers: Matt Lyons 5, Jesse Clark 2, Stephen Tumminello, Blake Russell, Corey Dimech, Mitchell Dinan
Best Players: Corey Dimech, Matt Lyons, Nathan Lee, David Berger, Blake Russell, Jackson Pecqueux

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NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES

Saturday May 22^nd sees four of our teams in action at Gore Hill Oval on the Pacific Highway in St Leonards.

8.30am –   U/18 Challenge Cup v Manly Warringah
10.30am – U/18 Premier Cup v North Shore
12.30pm – Division One v North Shore
2.30pm –   Premier Division v North Shore

Sunday May 23^rd sees the remaining match at St Pauls Oval within Sydney Uni.

Midday – Division Three v Sydney Uni       

EXTRAVAGANZA

First Grade

Best:              

Shane Ryan owned by Greg Bell - $210.00

First Free:    

Peter Dugmore owned by Steve Gawley - $45.00

Division One

Best:              

Scott Pierce owned by Laima Physick - $105.00

First Free:    

Steve Roberts owned by BGP syndicate - $45.00

Division Three

Best:              
Jointly

Jared Madden owned by Maree Gawley - $22.50
Ross Donaldson owned by P Physick & S Gawley - $22.50  

The Under 18 Premier Cup side will unfortunately miss out on a match this weekend, due to the forfeit of the Campbelltown side. The team was due to play at 12pm on Saturday. Coach Peter Steer still expects every player from the Premier Cup side to be at Bruce Purser as usual firstly to cheer on Challenge Cup who will be playing Moorebank Sports at 10am, and then for a training session at 12pm. Players are asked to bring a training jumper as well as mouth guards, as they will be playing a scratch match. All under 18 players are encouraged to stick around afterwards to support the senior grades and help out in the canteen or BBQ as required.

All senior games are as scheduled:

Division 3 v Campbelltown @ 2pm

Premier Division v Campbelltown @ 4.10pm

Division 1 v UTS @ 7pm

We are also still very light on for volunteers and too much is being done by too few. Please could parents, wives, girlfriends brothers and sisters make the time to volunteer in the canteen or around the ground on the weekend. See Tammy Moeller on Saturday (if you can catch her as she does a million jobs) and she will no doubt have a task for you. If you can't find Tammy, simply let the girls at the canteen know. It won't take up your whole day and you will be helping the club greatly.