By Steve Fleming
The Yarra Valley Soccer Club sadly farewelled two of their members this week as they travelled home to Vanuatu. Fred Talo and Apia Samuel played for YVSC while they worked in the region and their positivity, style and enthusiasm for the game will be missed by everyone at the club; as will the wonderful supporter squad that cheered their every touch. The club hopes they will return next year to don the boots and represent the Valley once again.
One of the club’s other star recruits from Vanuatu, Winjo Williams, will continue to bring his exciting brand of play in the Valley colours until July when he also returns home. The club has loved having these members as part of their soccer community and looks forward to welcoming them back next season.
In results news, wins were thin on the ground for YVSC with the Premier Reserves beating Mooroolbark 3-0 and the YVSC ‘Thunderthirds’ Beating BNFC 2-1.
The YVSC Premier team played away and lost to Mooroolbark, 2-3 in a tightly contested match.
The Women’s team travelled away to Monbulk and were beaten 4-0.
In the Juniors, the U15’s also played away but were unable to score against a resolute Blackburn defence. Blackburn capitalised on their defensive prowess by scoring 4 goals at the other end.
The U13’s played Marroondah at home and were unlucky not to score on a number of forward ventures. The final scoreline of 2-3 in favour of Maroondah didn’t reflect the effort and enthusiasm of the YVSC team. A win is surely around the corner.
Finally, the Under 10’s hosted Waverly City at Millgrove in a 5-0 loss to the YVSC Dragons. The young team, in only their third game playing together, began to threaten the opposition goal and look set to score their first goal soon.
