Under 19 Youth Championships

Yea hobbs left mid-season and yea Hicks is playing (Don't know anything about him although)

I dont mind if he carries GR on his back

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Thats unfair to assume that one player can do such a thing. It is a team sport.
For example there are 4 players from Ricky and Clive Herberts Kings College in Auckland in the under 17 NZ  team and they came last in the school league. It is an eleven a side game.

All US1 final

Wests pipped one nil by Rovers in a tight game. Better chances to Wests in the second half.

Jag - talk us through Wharfies scoring after 6 seconds from a set move off the kick off

Congratulations to Glenfield.
I knew they were fairly strong in the mens league but did not realise they had a good young talent base as well. Must also have good coaches to have taken them this far. Well done!

These players played all games for there school and only played for the NZ team when there were no school games on as they were on scholarships and had to play for there school.

Any score from the final?

2-1 to bays

Well Done East Coast Bays!!

Suprise, suprise

Was speaking to the Bays coach early this morning and he told me it was pretty much their u17 squad and that he was losing no players for next year.

Bays won. I feel ill.

Well done ECB! Good team and their coach and manager are approachable as well. They were beaten 1-0 in round robin by Wellington United and went thru on the result of the last game of the round.  Shows waht a tough group it was that if you loose focus just for an instant then you can go from glory to loss and vice versa.

Again well done ECB!

They thoroughly deserved to beat Glenfield Rovers.. They didnt look like scoring except for Jason Hicks turning on some magic to be fair but well done for them for getting so far and congratulations to bays

When does tournament team get named?

If it makes you feel any better and closer to home we could call them the East Coast Bays Birks instead of Birkenhead so you feel more attached.

That makes no sense whatsoever. So do one.

 
I also feel Ill, after sitting in the Rovers dug out having to watch that.

Rovers were not a pretty team to watch, thats not what its about, We were effective in the way we played and thats why we got there in the end. So you can say we were woeful or rubbish or whatever. but it got us to the final.....

Better than 22 other teams isnt it??

Yeah played for NZ u17 back when he was Eligible 

yer does any one know the tournament team or how you find out?

As these games are not 45 min per side it ends up being a bit of a lottery and all teams past the quarter final stages have done well to get there.
Congratulations to both US1 finalist teams on making it to the final. 23 out of 24 is an excellent result and one to be proud of.

Dunedin Tech satellite champs

Only conceded 1 goal all tourny aswel and it was a stunner. The majority of them are too old for next year but have some good players coming through. Well done to East Coast Bays aswel.

2009 WINNERS             Championship Winners   East Coast Bays   Championship Runners-up   Glenfield Rovers   Satellite Group Winners   Dunedin Technical   Satellite Group Runners-up   Cambridge   Player of the Tournament   Jason Hicks Glenfield Rovers Golden Boot   Tom Woutersen Cambridge Fair Play Award   Island Bay   Napier City Rovers Player of the Tournament   Brayden Lissington         2009 TOURNAMENT TEAM             Alec Solomons   East Coast Bays   Anthony Schomaker   Papatoetoe   Caleb Duncan   Petone   Campbell Higgins   Tauranga   Cory Chettleburgh   Western Suburbs   Dominic McGarr   Woolston   Fabrizio Tavano   Central   Jacob Oscilowski   Miramar Rangers   Jake Gleeson   Western Suburbs   James Lawson   Birkenhead   James Musa   Wanganui Athletic   Jason Hicks   Glenfield Rovers   Maxwell Hall   Three Kings   Rene Aafjes   Ellerslie   Rudi Billani   Ellerslie   Tanner Selyer   Waitakere   Tom Edwards   Waitakere   Tyler Lissette   Glenfield Rovers    

I'd be surprised if there was a better keeper than Gleeson.

Obviously no one from East Coast Bays picked it as they win tournament and only get one representative. Some teams that dont get out of the quarters have two. It goes without saying that the majority of players picked should come from the two finalist teams or at least a strong representation.  What a joke. It all boils down to who you know in these things, not who the best players are. Typical NZ football rubbish. Sickening.

How about some from the only side to beat East Coast bays all weekend, the Titanic ?