This weekend the senior Park Ridge Pirates senior side took on Beenleigh for the 2017 ANZAC cup, coming away with the spoils in 13 point victory.
The Piratres introduced three first gamers to the club in Jacob Guise, Cody Smit and Jared Brennan.
The Pirates got off to a great start, kicking the first four goal before the Buffs hit back hard. At half-time the Pirates were two goals in front thanks to the club’s first senior player to play 50 games Brandon Cherry who was the dominant forward on the ground, taking freakish marks all in all areas of the 50.
The Anzac medal went to Wayne Ollington.
All baring a 10 minute period late in the game the Pirates controlled the second half to run out winners 14.28.112 to 15.9.99.
Best players were W. Ollington, B. Cherry D. Raabe J. Brennan and J. Workman.
Goal kickers were B.Cherry (3), J. Guise (3) , J. Brennan (2) D. Ling 1 , M, Vasterink 1 , D. Raabe 1 , J. Parker 1 , W. Ollington 1, J. Workman 1.
Under 16s
On Friday night the under 16 Pirates took on Calamvale Leopards.
The Pirates got off to a great start, kicking the first two goals before the Leopards hit back hard. Park Ridge stayed ahead thanks Tommy Hurst and Brandon Holamotu.
At half-time the Pirates were fighting to stay ahead.
The Pirates controlled the second half which set up a sensational finish to win the game with a 11 point lead, with the final score of 7.8.50 to 9.7.61.
Best on ground Tommy Hurst, Riley Greene, Brandon Holamotu and Andy Jarrett.
Under 15s
On Friday night, the under 15 Girls played Yeronga in their first night game of the season. Yeronga came out hard and played their own game from the first bounce.
They were tough and the better team on the night.
Best on ground goes to Ashleigh Maiuri and Chelsea-Rose Seadon who were outstanding in the back line by putting pressure on their opponents and never giving up.
Honourable mention goes to Olivia Harmer who took on a new role halfway through the second quarter with determination and tried her hardest the entire game.
Final score was Park Ridge 3.6-24 to Yeronga 15.12-102.
Under 14s
Park Ridge Pirates under 14’s: 5.3.33 defeated by Redland Sharks: 9.11.65
With ANZAC Day looming and the under 14s not having the chance to play a fixture for some weeks, the Pirates headed out to play a very strong outfit in Redlands on Sunday.
Although the players were a little fresh, they were eager to get out on the paddock to show our fans and the competition why they deserve to be in division 2.
Leading from the front in his first game as captain Patrick Greene had plenty of voice, encouragement and action on the field.
The Pirates kicked an early goal which got the fans excited, however, they could not hold off the run of the opposition.
It remained the same through the first half of footy, despite the under 14s best efforts they left the field at half-time with a lot to think about.
The commencement of the third quarter saw the Pirates up and about, with a stellar performance by everyone on the team, with quick running play they shocked the Sharks to a standstill, booting their way back in the game to be only trailing by a few points.
But it was not to be, as Redlands came out firing in the final period.
The pirates had very strong performances from Tiare Broughton-Ferris, Mackenzie Berg and Kobe Cumming all of whom supported the team through the third quarter onslaught.
There are plenty of positives to come out of the game, in particular the third quarter and a few things that we will work on going forward.
Under 12s
Park Ridge Pirates under 12s were able to hold of a late charge coming away with the victory 4.2.26 to 2.3.15 when they travelled to the Sandgate Hawks home ground on Sunday.
In warm conditions and with no players on the bench, Andrew Sobello, Caleb Lennen, Max Murdock and Kai Brock all kicked a goal each.
Andy showed some great defensive skills tackling hard all game, Caleb took some great contested marks and Ciaran Worth showed some good skills in the centre.
