U8s
Bathed in full morning Sun and putting in one of their best performances of the year the mighty Port Douglas under 8’s produced a stellar performance in front of a packed Sunday morning home crowd against the Manunda Hawks.

Game day captain Sam” Fraser Brown” Wall lead his team well and kicked a clever goal from an impossible angle which appeared to lift his team mates in particular Ang”Big Bad Bustering Barry Hall” Van Rouylan and Tam ”Robinson” Neguyen”

The three midgets Ethan”The flying Door Mat”Scott, birthday day boy Hayden ”Worsfold” Cresswell and roving skills of Kalan ”Jacobs” Poole were impressive all game, as well the rebounding efforts out of defence of Colby ”Morwood” Taylor and Daniel ”SOS” Harrington.

First game player and Carlton supporter Luke didn’t look out of place and was impressive first up. Up forward Kai”Cox”Durie and Taj”Sam Newman”Anderson kept the score board attended busy with some impressive long goals and was well supported by Hugo”Mitchell”Ellison and Dalton”Everitt”Wall who lead and marked well.

Coach’s awards went to Sam, Ethan, Kalan and Hayden. Special mention to all players who assisted the hawks with player numbers.


U10s
The Junior Crocs Under 10’s came out snapping up goals at last week end’s home game against the Cairns Hawks. The pace of the game was great for the spectators and we were glad to have an almost full team to keep up the pressure. 

Goal kickers were Casey West (2), Scott Cooper (1), Dean Laurence (1) and Jake Sherwell (1) and points were also kicked by Casey and Slade. 

Anthony, Jacob, Harry, Jamie, Kye and Ethan played a great game and the whole team worked together well. 

This week’s medal went to Jake Sherwell and awards to Casey West, Jamie Hudson and Jacob Rich.

U 12s
29th July Crocs v Cairns Hawks
Playing the second placed team in the competition was always going to be a tough assignment for the Under 12 Crocs, however they did themselves proud in a hard fought game of football on Sunday. In the first quarter they were more physical than ever before, effecting tackles and applying constant pressure in contested situations.

In the second quarter the Crocs continued their attack on the football with some excellent play out of the centre and great goals from Leon Wren, Hugo Corrie and Brayden Wall. While the forward line stepped up the pressure, the backline was equal to the task, inspired by some terrific football from Jack Harrington who putting his body on the line for the team.

The second half saw the Hawks desperately try and stamp their authority on the game, however determined efforts by fast paced players like Daniel Davidson and Billy Thomson kept the Crocs in the hunt at the end of the third quarter.

Finally the Hawks ran away with the game in the last quarter by a small margin. As one of the Crocs best all round efforts of the year, this is a game that made many onlookers very proud.

Goal kickers: Leon Wren (2), Hugo Corrie (1), Daniel Davidson (1), Ben Muia (1), Brayden Wall (1)

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U16
Round 7 Port Douglas Crocs vs Centrals
As the final scores indicate, Friday night’s game against Centrals was a real arm wrestle. Played in perfect conditions the boys opened strongly once again proving that last week’s win over the ladder-leading Tigers was no fluke.

In order to feature in this year’s finals the young Crocs have had the unenviable task of having to beat the top 3 teams in the competition over the last 3 rounds.  With their confidence growing rapidly and with some very good consistent performances from all the players the boys proved on Friday night that they can match it with the best.

Returning to the team was young Quinlan Cannon who added a lot of bite around the packs.  Aiden and Jackson were also handy across the half-forward line giving our forwards every opportunity. 

Finding some good form at the right end of the season was the captain, Jake Muia whose on-field leadership was out-standing. Goal Kickers: Charlie 5, Aiden 2, Mitch 1, Ethan 1, and Quinlan 1.

Best Players: Jake, Charlie, Quinlan, Aiden & Jackson
Final Scores: Crocs 10-3-63 def Centrals 5-10-40

Well done boys!