Super Youth League Round 1 Review

Every player, coach, team and club kicks off a new season full of hope, promise and optimism and I wish each and every one of you the very best of good fortune for this campaign.
Regular readers will know that I will not pay much attention to the various competition tables until the season has settled into stride and that usually takes until at least Round 5 when the ladder begins to take a definite shape. Even then, we can anticipate many changes as the season evolves through to the finals series.
As always, I can only visit one venue each match day and I will once again try to see every team play at least once during the competition season. This means that I could do with some help in producing The Youth League Report from coaches, managers and conveners in the form of short (and hopefully unbiased) match reports including the names of the goal scorers. If you can help me, please email your report to barrydavis52@hotmail.com before 9.30am on Monday mornings or ring me on 0451 004 091 after 5.00pm on match days or any time on Sundays.
Club Championship
Gladesville Spirit had a very good start to the season when they collected a dozen points at home to Central Coast and Fraser Park would have been equally pleased to have taken twelve points from their first home matches since their promotion from Schofields Scorpions while Blacktown Spartans also bagged twelve points from their trip to Sydney University.
Western NSW Panthers also enjoyed a good opening day as they showed a profit of ten points form their home encounter with Granville Rage.
Mounties Wanderers did not lose a game on the day as they netted nine points when they hosted Dulwich Hill and Macarthur Rams must have been happy with the eight points they earned from the home clash with Northern Tigers.
West Sydney Berries had the bye in all age groups except Grade 13 where the face the Skillaroos who posted a win.
Grade 13
Schofields Scorpions got their season off to a very good start when they posted a 3-0 victory over Fraser Park while the Skillaroos registered exactly the same scoreline in their clash with West Sydney Berries.
Macarthur Rams accounted for Northern Tigers with a 3-1 result while Mounties Wanderers were 3-2 winners over Dulwich Hill.
Western NSW Panthers collected maximum points from their 2-1 success over Granville Rage and that scoreline was repeated when Central Coast took the points from Gladesville Spirit.
Blacktown Spartans also registered a 2-1 result when they faced Sydney University.
Grade 14
Western NSW Panthers recorded the biggest result in this age group when they were 5-0 winners over Granville Rage while Gladesville Spirit were right on their heels with a 4-0 scoreline over Central Coast.
Blacktown Spartans must have been pleased with their 4-1 success over Sydney University and Fraser Park registered a handy 3-0 result when they faced Schofields Scorpions.
Mounties Wanderers and Dulwich Hill battled out a 1-1 draw and that scoreline appeared again when Macarthur Rams met Northern Tigers.
Grade 15
Fraser Park had the best outcome in this age group when they accounted for Schofields Scorpions with a 2-0 scoreline while Macarthur Rams were 2-1 winners over Northern Tigers.
Gladesville Spirit bagged the points when they scored the only goal of the game in their encounter with Central Coast and Blacktown Spartans edged out Sydney University with a 1-0 final result.
Western NSW Panthers were held to a scoreless draw by Granville Rage and the clash between Mounties Wanderers and Dulwich Hill also ended without a goal being scored.
Grade 16
When the final whistle sounded in their match Fraser Park were leading Schofields Scorpions 3-0 and Blacktown Spartans were also 3-0 winners over Sydney University.
Northern Tigers came up with a very respectable 3-1 win over Macarthur Rams while Gladesville Spirit posted a handy 2-0 victory over Central Coast.
Western NSW Panthers ran out 1-0 victors over Granville Rage and Mounties Wanderers took maximum points from their 1-0 success over Dulwich Hill.
Grade 18
Fraser Park were the biggest winners in this age group when they accounted for Schofields Scorpions with a 5-0 result while Gladesville Spirit produced a 2-0 result when they faced Central Coast.
Sydney University came up with a 2-1 win over Blacktown Spartans and Granville Rage were 1-0 winners in their clash with Western NSW Panthers.
Mounties Wanderers battled out a 1-1 draw with Dulwich Hill and that scoreline was repeated when Macarthur Rams played .Northern Tigers.
-By Barry Davis