Official Round 5 Thread - Fixtures, Previews and Post-Mortems

[Norris Lurker]

A full round of matches this weekend, and plenty of interesting match-ups. Checking this weekend's fixture list:


Saturday 30th April 2011

Venue Village Green
UNSW/ES Vs Illawarra Premier Div 2.10pm TV Game
UNSW/ES Vs Illawarra Division One 12.00pm
UNSW/ES Vs North Shore Division Three - Postponed

Venue Henson Park
Sydney University Vs Balmain Premier Div 3:45pm
St George Vs UTS Premier Div 1:00pm
Sydney University Vs Macquarie University Division One 11:00am
Sydney University Vs Macquarie University Division Three 9.00am

Venue Olds Park

St George Vs Penrith Division Two - Postponed
St George Vs Penrith U18 Premier - Postponed

Venue Monarch Oval
Campbelltown Vs East Coast Eagles Premier Div 2.10pm
Campbelltown Vs East Coast Eagles Division Three 12.00pm
Campbelltown Vs East Coast Eagles U18 Challenge 10.00am

Venue Mike Kenny Oval
Pennant Hills Vs North Shore Premier Div 2.10pm
Pennant Hills Vs North Shore Division One 12.00pm
Pennant Hills Vs North Shore U18 Premier - Postponed

Venue Blacktown No 2 Oval
Manly-Warringah Vs East Coast Eagles Division One 2.10pm
Manly-Warringah Vs Sydney University Division Two 1.00pm
Manly-Warringah Vs Balmain U18 Challenge 10.00am

Venue TBC
Manly-Warringah Vs UTS Division Four - Cancelled
Manly-Warringah Vs Macquarie University Division Five - Postponed

Venue Gwawley Oval
Southern Power Vs UTS Division One - Postponed
Southern Power Vs UTS Division Three - Postponed

Venue Gipps Rd Oval - Closed
Holroyd-Parramatta Vs Auburn Division Two - New venue TBC
Holroyd-Parramatta Vs Auburn Division Four - Postpned
Holroyd-Parramatta Vs Mac Uni Kookas U18 Challenge - New venue TBC

Venue Bensons Lane
Nor-West Vs Camden Division Two - Postponed
Nor-West Vs Macquarie University Division Four - Cancelled

Venue Rosedale Park
Moorebank Vs Balmain Division Two 3.30pm
Moorebank Vs UNSW/ES Division Four 1.30pm
Moorebank Vs Camden Division Five 11.30am
Moorebank Vs Southern Power U18 Challenge 9.30am

Venue Picken Oval
Western Suburbs Vs Saints afc Division Three 12.00pm
Western Suburbs Vs St Ignatius Riverview U18 Premier 10.00am

Venue Pioneers Park
Saints afc Vs Sydney University Division Five - Postponed

Venue North Dalton Park
Illawarra Vs Sydney University U18 Premier 10.00am

Venue Bruce Purser Reserve
East Coast Eagles Vs UNSW/ES U18 Premier 10.00am


Sunday 1st May

Henson Park
Holroyd-Parramatta Vs Southern Power Division Five - 12:00pm

Byes
Western Suburbs Premier Div
Western Suburbs Division One
Penrith Division Four
Mac Uni Warriors U18 Challenge


Sadly the weather forecast doesn't look great. Hopefully all games will go ahead at their scheduled grounds; but if you become aware of a fixture change, please post it here.

Friday 29 April
Min 16 Max 22 A few showers.
Cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds south to southwesterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h tending southeasterly around midday.

Saturday 30 April
Min 16 Max 22 A few showers.
Cloudy. Scattered showers. Winds southeasterly averaging up to 25 km/h.

Sunday 1 May
Min 15 Max 22 Possible shower.
Partly cloudy. The chance of showers. Winds southeast to southwesterly averaging up to 30 km/h tending southwesterly and light later in the evening.

[Norris Lurker]

Sydney Uni No 1 is off - games moved to Henson.

[Norris Lurker]

The matches previously at Blacktown No 1 have been moved to Blacktown No 2.

I've heard a rumour of another ground closure, but it's still just a rumour at this stage so I won't post it here till I've checked it out. But it's a rotten blow of bad luck for the home club if it's the case.

[ShortHalfHead]

Olds Park closed. St George three games (PD, Div 2 and PC) now to be played on wet weather weekend June 11.

[tara]

Olds Park closed. St George three games (PD, Div 2 and PC) now to be played on wet weather weekend June 11.

I know we all hate this but again the councils in Sydney are unbelieveable considering how poorly maintained most grounds actually are to begin with.

[UTSBatman]

Olds Park closed. St George three games (PD, Div 2 and PC) now to be played on wet weather weekend June 11.

St George v UTS in Premier Div is not postponed... game will be at Henson Park @ 1pm

[ShortHalfHead]

St George v UTS in Premier Div is not postponed... game will be at Henson Park @ 1pm

Correct. I was of the understanding that all St Georges games were postponed, but they have found a slot for PD at Henson.

Apology for incorrect information.

[Offal]

Bensons Lane

Has there been more rain in the north-west than the rest of Sydney Pekay and Co.?

I was surprised to read that Bensons Lane was closed. Bensons is usually one of the last to be closed.

[Offal]

Gwawley gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

Gwawley has unfortunately been closed tomorrow so Div 1 and Div 3 v UTS will be rescheduled.

Div 5 has been transferred to Sunday 12pm at Henson Oval

U18's is to be confirmed shortly.

[Pekay]

Has been on and off since last weekend, heavy Tuesday Wednesday. Stupid considering we have a back up ground to use for wet weather, but all other grounds closed in the district so they'll ark up if we play and they don't.

On the plus side, Stand Alone Saturday at Hawkesbury Races!

[tara]

Rosedale is open, beer is cold and pies (incl gourmet) are reasonably priced.

[Offal]

Rosedale is open, beer is cold and pies (incl gourmet) are reasonably priced.

Funny stuff tara.

That means Power Under 18s v Moorebank is on as per schedule. Good stuff.

If anyone wants to get out and watch some footy tomorrow, all SWAFL games are on. It's a quadruple-header at Mahoney tomorrow for Round 1. Yours truly will be umpiring 2 of the games.

Enjoy the races Pekay.

[Pekay]

Funny stuff tara.

That means Power Under 18s v Moorebank is on as per schedule. Good stuff.

If anyone wants to get out and watch some footy tomorrow, all SWAFL games are on. It's a quadruple-header at Mahoney tomorrow for Round 1. Yours truly will be umpiring 2 of the games.

Enjoy the races Pekay.

That's a given. Perfect skies in the Mond this morning, rubbish decision to cancel games. Ah well, suit up, early beers, expect a crowd of 12k plus I hope, big money spinner for the district.

[Norris Lurker]

Round 5 has come and gone - and we're now a quarter of the way through the home and away season.

This week's RWO Wrap of the weekend's action is now online - featuring pics and a review as North Shore spoiled Pennant Hills' party at Mike Kenny Oval.