IDEAL CARPET CLEANING FOOTBALL REPORT: A great effort by the boys to from the reserves to get this far after the position we were in 6 weeks ago, but coming up against our bogie team and arch rivals Murrumbeena was always going to be tough. A reasonably even first half saw us up by 6 points at the long break but looking the better side to run away with it. In the 3^rd we did just that and increased our lead to 3 goals at the final beak. With both teams seasons on the line it came down to the team that could kick the 1^st goal of the last quarter to give them the belief of winning and going through. Unfortunately for us it was the beena that broke through for that goal, but we were able to level shortly after. With spotfires starting all over the ground, the game started to turn into a bit of a biff and the scoring stopped, which we were happy with, but then the beena really turned it on for the last 5 minutes kicking 4 consecutive goals and pipping us with the last kick of the game to win by 5 points. Big Dazza Motts was inspirational in the ruck and up forward and was the man that put us in the winnable position kicking 3 majors. Wills work down back and in the middle was also brilliant and Perko produced one of his best and most consistent games for the season. All the Jones boys were in the best for us and JP celebrated his final game with, yet another, solid leadership performance. Even though we didn’t get the result we wanted, it was still a great effort by the reserves to get the club into our first finals appearance since 2001 and a HUGE part of that success came from our coaches and staff in Coxy, Hatters, Blunners and Dale. It was a great atmosphere at the game with a massive support crew turning up to see the game and we thank them all.

FROM THE TOP: On behalf of Ned the President, and all the committee of Ashwood Sports Club, we would like to thank all the people involved in the running of the club, from the bar, canteen, trainers to the function organizers, coaches and cleaners. Thank you all, because we all know that clubs don’t run themselves and you all are the biggest part of what we have here at Ashwood.

LANGFORD TRIMMERS CLUB NEWS: As you all know, we are not just a football club, we are a sports club that boasts fields cricket, basketball, and netball teams. The Spring/Summer basketball team starts this Coming Monday and every Monday after that. We are proud to announce that Andrew and Chris Scully will be joint Captain/Coaches and     Peter Kingston as Vice Captain.

Netball is back up and going on both Saturday afternoon and Monday nights and Lisa Perkins is once again the Captain of both teams.

Cricket pre-season is in its early stages and the season begins next month under the coaching of Dale “DJ” Wilkinson.

If anyone is interested or knows anyone who wants to join these teams they can contact

John Clarke for basketball on 0416 200 157

Lisa Perkins for netball on 0413 607 261

Dale Wilkinson for cricket on 0402 858 641.

The club would like to thank all our loyal sponsors for their support this season and hope that you can all commit to make next year even more successful.