U13 Mixed Match Report

Round 1

vs East Burwood - April 19 2025

🟡🟢 Round 1 Match Report 🟢🟡

It was great to kick off the season at our home ground playing against East Burwood. Our first official game running out as a newly formed team and with some new faces to the club. It was great to see Alex, Blake and Shane play their first game for the Baysie footy club.

Prior to the game we spoke about setting clear team goals for the season ahead being to have fun, build positive relationships and to improve as individuals and as a team.

It was a tough match up to start with considering we're still getting to know each other, each other's style of play, and getting used to the game plan. But throughout the course of the game we saw some glimpses of what we want to work toward. This was highlighted by a great passage of play, with Ben running off half back for a handball receive which led to quick transition, followed by a great contested mark by B who quickly got it on the boot to find Josh B in space to get our first goal of the season.

We saw Shane impact the contest with some strong moments of play, with some big tackles and bursts through the pack, this really stood out in the last quarter where he had 3 or 4 players hanging off him but kept pushing himself forward towards the goal. Jackson was huge in this game as well with his unquestionable intensity for the contest, laying some huge tackles and working hard all game.

We also took the opportunity in this game to try players in a few different positions to gain a better understanding of what our best lineups and positioning might be for the season. Hamish, Jacob and Chase all had a go in the ruck and each had moments where they showed some great capability, and most players had a chance to play in the forward and backline in this game.

A big thanks to Dan Robb for being our runner, Heather, James and Jess for keeping us organised and Luke for taking care of the kids, thank you all for your support.

Thanks to our parent helpers on the day, Alex, Kayden, Mitchell, Chase and Jack’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

Whilst the result wasn’t how we’d hoped to start the season, Gordon and I were really impressed with the spirit in which the team played the game and how every player left the field with their heads up and remaining positive. We’ll get to work at training on some of the things we identified in this game to help us to achieve our team goal of continuing to improve.

Go Baysie.

Round 2

vs Kilsyth - April 26 2026

🟡🟢 Round 2 Match Report 🟢🟡

After an exciting week for our team where we announced our first ever leadership team, we were ready for round 2 up against Kilsyth at their home ground. A huge congratulations to Ben on being named team Captain, Brodie on being named Vice Captain and Flynn, Hamish, Jacob, Josh B and Shane for being named as leaders of our team.

Also, what an exciting game for us celebrating two 50 game players. Congratulations to Blake and Max on this fantastic achievement, even though it’s only been a short time you have both been fantastic to coach and a pleasure to have as part of the team. It was so exciting to see you both run through your banner and lead the team on to the field after we acknowledged your achievement pregame with a milestone medal presentation. A huge thank you to Andrew for being involved as well and sharing some words for the boys as part of this.

It was a great team game, played in the spirit of the ANZACs as we saw great teamwork and hard work ethic throughout the game. Congratulations to B on being awarded the ANZAC medal by the Kilsyth coach as the best and fairest player on the ground for our team.

I can’t remember a time where we saw every player be so involved and have an impact on the game. This is a testament to the team's attitude towards team first play and the effort which every player put into the game. Who knew Chase could snap a goal that well? And twice mind you! Mitchell was everywhere and finished with a lazy 5 snags playing mostly off the wing, and Alex just kept going whilst taking some huge hits in this game, sticking at it to finish with 3 goals of his own. However, what Gordon and I were most thrilled to see was the efforts in the contest, with some great spoils, big contested marks and some great chases to close them down when in space, fantastic effort by all!

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Flynn, Angus, and Jackson’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

It was great to sing the song as a team (even though some of you don’t know the words yet), and celebrate our 50 gamers Blake and Max with them getting a light squirt of water outside. 

Great win team, well done!

Go Baysie!

Round 3

vs North Ringwood - May 3 2026

🟡🟢 Round 3 Match Report 🟢🟡

We came into our round 3 game against North Ringwood expecting this to be a rough and tough one for us after our previous encounters with them, and it certainly proved to be. We didn't let that get to us though and fought hard throughout the game, we took some big knocks but we kept getting back up and fighting.

We thought Hamish really came into his own in this game having a real advantage in the ruck contest and getting first hands on the ball. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to capitalise on this by getting the ball going our way out of the middle. We saw some of our players starting to really lift late and we started to control the contest in patches, but after B took one hit too many and came off with a suspected concussion we were down and out for the day.

Despite the loss, we still showed some signs of improvement in our game. There were a number of passages of play where we controlled the ball in congestion with a quick handball out to a player in space, but again we just couldn't get the ball going our way effectively.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Hunter, Blake, Shane, Alex and Jackson’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

We’ll get back into training and work on some areas that we know will help us to improve and continue to grow throughout the season.

Go Baysie!

Round 4

vs Upper Ferntree Gully - May 10 2026

🟡🟢 Round 4 Match Report 🟢🟡

Round 4 up against UFTG was another exciting game for us, celebrating Mother's Day with a guard of honour before the game, wearing a touch of pink to raise some money for a great cause, and celebrating another 50 game milestone, congratulations again Hunter!

We expected it was going to be a tough game this week with a couple of our more experienced players missing through injury, and after a pretty slow start it was seeming to be. However, after the first 10 minutes we really seemed to settle into the game and looked really competitive. Whilst the scoreboard kept ticking over for them we really showed some fight in and around the contest and we saw some glimpses of what we want our game to look like, with some great support running and running into space helping us to move the ball quickly and be more aggressive.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Josh O, Matty, Anmar, and Jack’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

We’ll continue to work on how we want to play at training and look forward to seeing this come into our game as the season progresses.

Go Baysie!

Round 5

vs Beaconsfield - May 17 2026

🟡🟢 Round 5 Match Report 🟢🟡

Needing to respond after a couple of off weeks, we were up against the benchmark team Beaconsfield in round 5 and missing some important players, so we knew we were in for another tough game. Whilst we didn’t get the win this time, it was a good opportunity to get a sight of the top opposition in our grade to know what areas we can work on to get them by the end of the season.

There were some real positives to build on. We had a really strong third quarter and were on track to win the quarter until we lost Jackson to injury leading to them getting a late goal, Jacob kicked a 40m bomb, and we saw glimpses of really good ball movement, maintaining possession and using space well. If you take out the last quarter where they ran away with the game with Jackson out and us having no rotations on the bench, I think we can easily make up the ground when we play them next and more importantly by seasons end with Josh H, Brodie and Jackson all hopefully back in for finals, making a massive difference.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Matty, Luke, Alex, Hunter and Shane’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

Go Baysie!

Round 6

vs Noble Park - May 24 2026

🟡🟢 Round 6 Match Report 🟢🟡

We were away against Noble Park in round 6, and after a few tough weeks, and still missing some crucial players we were confident that we could get the win. And wowee we certainly did that! Easily the highest score and winning margin in our teams history and I think the first time we’ve ever held an opposition team scoreless, with a massive 33 goals 20 points 218, that’s right 218!! to zero win!

Congratulations to Josh O (with 5 mind you), Blake, Luke, Jack and Anmar all kicking their first goals for Baysie!

Gordon and I were absolutely thrilled with the way we played as a team in the first half of this game. The way we moved the ball into space, using effective handballs to create and get the ball moving forward. To start the game we had moved a couple of players around to great effect with Kayden playing the wing role to perfection and Mitchell adding some much needed class and attacking play at half forward. The unselfish play shown by some of our players early in the game was just wonderful to see with handballs over the top often to let others have a shot at goal.

We did however lose shape a little after half time and with most of our players getting a sniff of a goal and pushing forward which started to clog up our forward line and slowed our scoring in the second half. But all in all, there were so many positives to take away from this game. The leading of the forwards which we’ve really been working on at training started to shine through and our wings held their positioning really well to create space and allow us to move the ball more freely.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Kayden, Mitchell, Flynn, and Shane’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

It was great to sing the song as a team again, it looked like everyone is starting to know the words now. Well done team.

Go Baysie!

Round 7

Round 7 vs Kilsyth - May 31 2026

🟡🟢 Round 7 Match Report 🟢🟡

Our round 7 match was away against Kilsyth for the second time this season. After a great win against Noble Park last week and having a comfortable win against Kilsyth the first time we played them, we came into the game with some confidence. However, we were expecting a bit more of a challenge from Kilsyth today as they seem to have been improving with a win and a draw in their last couple of games.

We welcomed B back after his few weeks out due to concussion protocols, and whilst he looked a bit rusty it was great to see him out there playing his role for the team. We maintained control throughout the entire contest, with Josh O super important early with strong defense and great attacking run off half back and spent some time forward to kick himself a ‘Birthday Goal’ or 3…

We’ve been putting in a fair bit of work at training on forward craft and creating space in the ‘Danger Zone’. We saw this come to life in the first quarter with Jacob leading up well and taking a few marks in front of goal leading to good scoring opportunities which was really great to see and will be important for us later in the season as we continue to improve in this area.

We pushed on to finish out the game strong and showed some grit late with Flynn and Alex taking a few tough knocks to finish the game on the bench, but the team held strong even though down a couple of numbers on the field.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Angus, Kayden and Blake’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

It was great to sing the song as a team again after another really strong team game, and to sing Happy Birthday to Josh O to celebrate his birthday. Well done team.

Go Baysie!

Round 8

Round 8 vs Lilydale - June 14 2026

🟡🟢 Round 8 Match Report 🟢🟡

We were back at our home ground for our round 8 match against Lilydale, with some extra excitement and anticipation for our planned event after Round Up to complete an Ice Bucket race against the U17 Boys in support of Fight MND.

After the week off we looked to be a little off early, lacking a bit of attack at the contest and effort around the ground, but we still maintained field position leading to lots of scoring opportunities. We were very wasteful though, kicking 1 goal 7 behinds in the first quarter and with poor execution moving the ball inside our forward 50 we turned the ball over far too frequently by kicking straight to the opposition.

In the second quarter Lilydale started to get on top of us with a quick burst of 3 goals, they moved the ball quickly with precision and did not waste their opportunities, hitting their targets when entering their forward 50 and converting. We looked in real trouble, but were able to maintain the lead through this period and what was really impressive, after their third goal, we immediately took control of the contest to stop their momentum and run away with the game.

We still lacked polish, finishing with a final score of 13 goals 20 behinds and we continued to turn the ball over throughout the game, however the positive is that we were able to maintain complete control and finish the game really strong after being challenged. We will continue to work on our forward craft at training as once again we felt that we clogged up our forward line too much and didn't protect the ‘danger zone’ and create space.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Blake, Shane, Jack, Josh O and Mitch’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

It was great to sing the song as a team again and take part in a special night with our Ice Bucket race. Incredible effort by you all to get behind a great cause and to contribute to raising $8037 as a club for FightMND is just incredible. I’m so proud of the team for coming together and showing some great community spirit. The event itself was so much fun and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.

Go Baysie!

Round 9

Round 9 vs Montrose - June 21 2026

🟡🟢 Round 9 Match Report 🟢🟡

Our round 9 match was against Montrose at our home ground. The game was a relatively even contest throughout with only a kick or two in it the whole way through. We held a slight lead after the first quarter, but it felt like we were well on top in the game and had missed some opportunities.

The second quarter was much the same where it seemed like we were mostly in control, however, we let Montrose get a couple of cheap easy goals which gave them the advantage by half time. We fought back in the third quarter though and looked like we could break away but again just couldn’t get reward for effort. With Montrose having the advantage of having a full bench there was always a risk they’d be able to close out the game stronger and that was how it played out. Whilst we fought hard they managed to get the win by 8 points.

Whilst the loss was disappointing and one that I probably expected we should have won, there are certainly some positives to take out of the game. I did think before the game that as long as it was close we’d have their measure easily next time we play them. It was great to see Jackson come down to support us as he’s one of the reasons why I think we’ll be much better next time as he’s been such an important player for us this season and should be back soon. Again, it felt like we were probably the better team and just didn’t use the ball as well as we’d like going forward with too many turnovers, but we also didn’t play anywhere near our best and it took their best to just get the win.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Josh O, Matty, Anmar, Flynn and Blake’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

We’ll get them next time. Let’s keep working on our game and continuing to improve, so we can do some damage in the finals.

Go Baysie!

Round 10

Round 10 vs Beaconsfield - June 28 2026

🟡🟢 Round 10 Match Report 🟢🟡

Round 10 saw us away against the undefeated Beaconsfield. After playing them in round 5 we knew it was going to be a tough game, with them getting an easy win. Although we were missing some important players in that game and were low on numbers. I was looking forward to seeing some improvement and showing that we’re building towards a strong finals campaign.

After a really sluggish start where we just weren’t switched on, we’d let them get a quick 6 goals on the board in the first 10 minutes. However, we settled into the game after that and closed out the first quarter really well to even out the contest. We showed some glimpses of fantastic footy in this game and were really showing some of our best, our ball movement by kicking and marking was precise with us able to move the ball efficiently and get some great opportunities for good shots at goal.

This might almost have been our best game of the season, outside of them getting out the back and getting some easy goals, particularly in the first and last 10 minutes of the game, it was a pretty tight contest. This game was reflective of the story of our season with them having a full bench and us at times having a player less on the ground with one of ours on the bench getting treatment. We fought hard though, and I think, confirmed we’re the second best team in the division despite last week's loss.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day, Kayden, Luke, and Alex’s families for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

It was great to sing Happy Birthday to Kayden today. Let’s get back to work at training and bounce back next game.

Go Baysie!

Round 11

Round 11 vs Noble Park - July 12 2026

🟡🟢 Round 11 Match Report 🟢🟡

Our round 11 game was at our home ground, up against Noble Park. After appearing to still be in holiday mode (to be fair it was the last weekend of school holidays) and taking a little while to get going in the game, we kicked into gear pretty quickly with a flourish of goals to close out the first quarter.

After creating a bit of breathing room we took the opportunity to move some players around to try different roles and positions. We saw moments of really exciting play and great ball movement in this game with some great smothers, a great one handed intercept mark, great sharing of the ball particularly in front of goal and just playing the game the right way.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

After a few tough losses prior to having a week off during the school holidays, it was great to come away with a convincing win to help us build confidence as we get closer to the finals.

Go Baysie!

Round 12

Round 12 vs Kilsyth - July 19 2026

🟡🟢 Round 12 Match Report 🟢🟡

Round 12 was our final home game for the season and saw us playing Kilsyth for the third time this year. After our previous encounters we thought this game should be quite winnable and we’d look to build some momentum as we head into the finals.

Once we got started it was clear that we were in for a good win. This was simply by far the best footy we’ve ever seen this team play. The ball movement was simply outstanding, we used the space well and importantly worked really hard to find the space, our execution by hand and foot was exceptional with us rarely missing a target. This game really highlighted the importance of executing our skills to move the ball swiftly and not allow the opposition to apply pressure.

With the game in control we took the opportunity to move some players around and allow others to get their chance around the ball. The players didn’t disappoint, all showing glimpses of how they will be able to help us as we get ready for our finals push.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

This win was highlighted by the opposition coach mentioning that he thought we were by far the toughest team they had faced this season and the best in the comp! It was great to belt out the song as a team after a great win, although I think there was much more gusto when we sang Happy Birthday to celebrate Gordo and Heather's birthdays over the weekend.

Go Baysie!

Round 13

Round 13 vs Lilydale - July 26 2026

🟡🟢 Round 13 Match Report 🟢🟡

Our round 13 match was away against Lilydale. This was the first time we’d ever made the journey to play at Lilydale’s home ground, and after experiencing their away room facilities I wouldn’t be upset if that’s the last.

We knew we’d need to get off to a quick start in this game as we only had 17 players and they had 23 giving them 6 on the bench and a likely advantage to run out the game. We didn’t quite get the start we’d like, whilst we controlled the game, in stark contrast to last week our skill execution and decision making was to be honest, just horrible. We didn’t take advantage of our possession and at quarter time were lucky to hold a slight lead. After that the game turned and we were lucky to be in touch as we headed into the last quarter, although it would require our absolute best to come back, needing to outscore them by 3 - 4 goals in the last.

We came out strong and looked to be doing everything we could to get the win and managed to take the lead with a few minutes to go. Unfortunately, they lifted and we just didn’t have the legs to hold off their final push with them kicking a couple of quick goals to steal back the win.

Whilst we didn’t get the win, we showed some real heart and real grit in the last quarter which is the type of play that will hold up in finals footy. The result in the end had no impact on our season with us needing to get the win over Montrose next week to determine second and third on the ladder.

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

Go Baysie!

Round 14

Round 14 vs Montrose - August 2 2026

🟡🟢 Round 14 Match Report 🟢🟡

What a game today for our final game of the regular season against Montrose at their home ground. 

We got off to a great start with Mitchell bursting out of the middle of the ground in the first play of the game, taking a bounce and firing it into Jacob on the lead for a mark and shot at goal. After slotting the goal with his trusty drop punt, we had the first goal of the game in the first minute.

We continued to dominate the first quarter but struggled to make it count on the scoreboard, kicking 2 goals 3 behinds, and holding a good lead at quarter time. Montrose came out in the second and kicked 5 straight to completely change the game, however, we fought back in the third to even it up at three quarter time.

Again, we probably weren't at our best today, but when it mattered we put our heads down and got to work. The winner today was going to be the team that wanted it more and I hope you all feel proud of the way you finished the game and fought for the win. There was clearly a scoring end today with 11 of the 14 goals scored to the right, that's what makes it so much more impressive with us holding them goalless in the last quarter, fantastic effort!

A huge thank you to our team officials who give up their time every week and to our parent helpers on the day for helping to ensure our kids get to play and enjoy the game.

It was great to get the win by the narrowest of margins and to belt out the team song! Next, we’re on to finals footy, get excited team!

Go Baysie!

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