20th December 2008- Raiders Xmas party and Presentation night (venue and pricing to be confirmed)
28th February 2009 - Raiders 25th year reunion (venue and pricing to be confirmed)
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Monthly Archive for October, 2008
Bondi Game Report
Game 6
Bondi Raiders vs Sutherland Seahawks
Hey all Tommy here to give you the run down of this week’s game against the Sutherland Seahawks.
The Hawks made it clear that they had come to play and that this wasn’t going to be an easy game. They came firing out with a running offence clocking up yards and then managed to score first with a 20 yard passing touchdown. Bondi’s offence fought back and got a touchdown from a fumble recovery by Offensive Linemen Adriel Lage. However, on the two point conversion, the Hawks intercepted the ball and ran it in for two points.
It seemed no matter what the Raiders did, they couldn’t stop the Hawk’s running game. The defence wasn’t wrapping up or there were blown coverages. By the end of the 1st half Bondi were trailing 18-12.
The 2nd half started and Bondi had to get back into the game. The offence started their drive with hard hitting Raiders running. Wide Receiver Edouard Ferry brought back a bit hope to the team with a passing touchdown. Following that, we got a massive rushing touchdown by Running Back Jean-Louis Lam putting the Raiders back in front. Sadly though, the Hawks put on another 6 with a passing touchdown and kneeled the ball with minutes to go.
Final Score
Seahawks 30
Raiders 25
Although it was sad to see the Seahawks win, maybe this will be the wake up call the Raiders need to make sure that something like this never happens again.
Game 5
Raiders vs Predators
Hey all Tommy here to give you the game report for the week.
This week we were going up against the Predators and we knew that this wouldn’t be an easy game as the Predators were hungry for a win.
To start off, our offence wasn’t quite clicking which led to wide receivers not catching their passes and also having the balls snapped a bit too high. At one point, it looked like the Predators started to know what we were running. We were the first to score as usual but it was a field goal rather than a touch down.
Following the slow running first offensive drive, the defence stepped up their game and made sure we gave the offence good field position. Wide Receiver Clayton Idato was first to score of an offside penalty against the Predators defence. After that touchdown, the offence started getting their groove back and managed to score another two touchdowns completed by Dane Robertson and Dean Borghuis. However, before the 1st half was over the Predators managed to secure 3 points on the board with a 25 yard field goal.
The Raiders offence took the field for the start of the 2nd half. On the second play, Quarter-Back Peter “LT” Tos managed to bust it big and run it in for a touchdown with a massive 80 yard run. To the surprise of many people, he did not get touched at all. Soon after, the Predators managed to bite back with a running touchdown by their Quarter-Back and also managed to secure themselves a Safety. But it was too little too late again for them as Bondi just kept racking up the points.
Final score
Raiders 38
Predators 12
Overall, Bondi were a bit slow to get into their rhythm but still managed to get the win. Hopefully this will teach the boys not to take games for granted.
note that venue has changed for game this Sat 23rd. It is now at Pennant Hills, time remains same.
Game 4 against the Outlaws was always going to be a Tough one as both Teams were in equal on the Ladder with two wins and one loss.
The Raiders won the Coin Toss and elected to receive. The game opened up on the opening kick off with Dean Borghuis returning the kick off for a touchdown with the extra point being successful after some deliberation from the officials. Raiders 7 outlaws -0.
The outlaws then had their first possession and Stuart Etcell went straight to work running the ball at will through the Raiders Defense.
The Outlaws got to the ½ yard line and were threatening to score However a huge hit by veteran Linebacker Johnathon Kelly caused a fumble which was recovered by the Raiders.
The Raiders then put on an excellent Drive which was capped off by a 30 yard run by LT for another touchdown making the score 14-0.
The Raiders then answered with another good Drive and strong running by Gabriel Marambio set up great field position and Quarterback Peter Tos passed the Ball for another Touchdown to Matthew Schwarz.
Both Teams traded some more Touchdowns and at the break it was the raiders who were up 26 -12.
The 2nd half was a new game of Football with the Outlaws making some great adjustments on Defense. The Raiders Offense seemed to struggle and could not get back into rhythm resulting with three 2nd half interceptions.
The Outlaws capitalised on the mistakes of the Raiders and obtained good field position and were able to capitalise with two more touchdowns including a 30 yard touchdown run by Stuart Etcell. Raiders 26 Outlaws 24.
The Raiders Offense continued to Struggle and turned the ball over to the outlaws who had the last opportunity on Offense to win the game and with 1 minute left to play were threatening to win the game. The outlaws went for it on 4th Down and threw a long ball in to the endzone and Free safety Kane Ryan intercepted the pass and hung on to the ball like it was a golden egg.
Final Score Raiders 26 – Outlaws 24. It was a good team effort and the real positive with the Victory was that the Defence stepped up in the 2nd half and held tight and prevented the Outlaws from winning the game.
Bondi Raiders Report
Game 3
Raiders vs Seahawks
Hey all Tommy here to give you the weekly game report.
This week would prove to be a good chance to show the Seahawks that Bondi is only geting stronger and have learnt from their mistakes from the previous week.
Bondi as usual were the first to score with a running touchdown to Wide Receiver Matthew Schwartz, although the Seahawks made it clear that this wasnt going to be a wash out for them as they put 6 on the board from a pass. The Raiders however, wanted to show the Seahawks that we were not afraid of them and would stop at nothing to win. During the 2nd Quarter, Matthew Schwartz got his 2nd touchdown for the game with a spectacular catch in the End-Zone. To finish off the 1st half, Wide Receiver Clayton Idato put the Raiders to a 19-6 lead with an awesome reception for a touch down.
Now with the Raiders in front, the Seahawks really had to get their heads in the game. Following an intercept thrown by Raiders QuarterBack LT, the Hawks passed it in to make the score 19-12. Following this touchdown, Bondi made sure that the Seahawks had no more scoring chances. From here on the Raiders just kept on denying the Seahawks any chance with a run stopping defence and an aggressive offence. To add further insult to injury for the Hawks, Bondi racked up another four touchdowns, three of them passing TD’s to Wide Receivers Dean Borghuis and Matthew Schwartz and a running touchdown by QuarterBack LT. The Seahawks managed to get one more touchdown from a blown coverage but sadly it was too little, too late for them.
Final Score 44-18
Nothing but pride and bragging rights on the line for this game. Player of the match goes to Matthew Schwartz for scoring three of the seven touchdowns. This game just shows that even when Bondi has an off week, we can bounce back and take on anyone. GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!
