Lesley Weston

Hiatus

// August 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I’m going overseas for a month to the USA! Therefore, I won’t be attending any games in the near future..

Will be going to the Aus Open January 2010…

Thanks for reading!

- Lesley

Storm Kick Cronulla Ass

// July 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Storm

A bitter night at ‘the Graveyard’, Storm needed to prove they can be quick out of the blocks and tough to beat.

At half time the score was 4-0, not a big start on paper…however the Storm boys were doing the grind of wearing the Sharks out. The final score was a big change, 30-10!!

5 tries for the Storm in the second half turned the game from a close game to an easy win.

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Demons Second Win on the Trot!

// July 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // AFL, Demons

It was a day out for the young Demons players today, as they got over the line for their 2nd win in as many weeks.

Port Power were on the back foot for most of the afternoon until the last quarter where they got within 7 points of the Dees, a scare that had all of us fans worrying that their 3rd season win was going to be snatched away.

The Jurrahcane (Liam Jurrah) was on fire taking two amazing high flying grabs, & kicked a bag of goals, proving he’s the new excitement machine of the Demons.

Ricky Pettard had a dominant performance again, kicking 4 goals and having a hand in many other scoring plays.
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July 4th Double Trouble

// July 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // AFL, Demons, NRL, Storm

This Saturday is July 4th. It doesn’t mean much to us Aussies, but it is Independence day in the USA (where I used to live), so therefore I’m celebrating it!

It’s going to be a MASSIVE day. At 2pm the Melbourne Demons kick off against the West Coast Eagles at the MCG. The Melbourne Storm are playing at Olympic Park at 7pm. I’m doing the double.

In between the two big games, I’m getting out of Melbourne’s Sporting precinct for an hour to go Celebrate Independence Day at TGI Friday’s in South Yarra! Burgers, Fries, Soda…typical American stuff. Can’t wait!

As for the Demons, I think they will snatch their 2nd win of the season from the Eagles. They have said they will come fighting since the news broke today that the great El Presidente of the club will be backing off from his busy schedule to focus on battling and beating his cancer.Jim Stynes will be in everyone’s hearts and minds during the game - and I think the boys will knuckle down and kick some ass.
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Queen’s Birthday Clash To Collingwood

// June 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // AFL, Demons

Me and Brad Miller

The Queens Birthday Clash with the Pies is a huge tradition, and a game all Melbourne fans look forward to each year. We know that on the day, no matter which team is doing better in the football season that year, it is any teams’ game.

However, the 2009 Queen’s Birthday was Collingwood’s from about 15 minutes into the first half.

The first 15 minutes of the game saw a competitive brand of football, with both teams looking fairly even, and just one goal to the Pies. But with 15 minutes down, the Pies ran over the Demons and scored 6 goals to nil, leaving the score at the end of the quarter at Pies 46pts to the Demons’ 4pts. Continue Reading

Storm Find Easy Win Over Broncos

// June 6th, 2009 // No Comments » // NRL, Storm

Leading into the Match-up against the Broncos, I predicted a 50 nil win for the Storm. I was close! The Storm ended up with a massive win, 48-4 in front of a massive Melbourne crowd at Olympic Park a.k.a. The Graveyard.

Storm and Broncos were both backing up after the State of Origin, however Broncos were without their leader Lockyer.

Storms leading point scorer in the big victory was young gun Jospeh Tomane, who not only got over for three of his own tries, but was the goal kicker on the night, kicking 5 of his conversions through the posts, giving him a total of 24 points of the 48 scored by the Storm. Continue Reading

State Of Origin 1

// June 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // NRL

The ground before the Maroons ran out

Storm carried Queensland Maroons, again, to another State Of Origin win over the New South Wales Blues last night at Etihad Stadium in front of one of the biggest crowds ES has seen in recent years!

SOA began with a bang, fireworks and Evermore performed a few of their hits, including ‘Running’.

Just moments into the game, the Blues found themselves given 6 more just 20 metres out from their try line, but opted to go for a penalty kick. This set the game at 2-0 to the Blues.

Blues’ Hayne almost put NSW further in front when it looked like he sprinted down the edge of the field and got past Slater for a try…but after Harrigan’s minutes of watching the video replay, decided Hayne stepped out of play and the try was disallowed - phew! Continue Reading

Hot Pies Not So Hot

// May 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // AFL

Pies running through the banner

The Pies went into the game as underdogs, as they were missing important players  John Anthony, Alan Didak,  Paul Medhurst, and Leon Davis. And sure enough, those outs were enough to render the Pies useless in front of goal.

The first quarter was reasonably equal in terms of skills and possession time. The end result of the opening 20 minutes was 1.4.10 to 3.3.21, the Saints leading.

However, St Kilda dominated the last 3 quarters to beat the Pies by 88 points. The final score being 20.8.128 to 5.10.40.

St Kilda dominated the play during the remaining 3 quarters, out-classing the Pies easily, with the Pies being made to look like headless chooks! Pies players continued to handball to team mates in worse positions that themselves, resulting in turnovers. Continue Reading

Cats Too Good For Young Demons

// May 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Demons

Russell Robertson kicked 3 goals 2 behinds

Geelong outdid the Demons in their clash at the MCG on May 3rd by 43 points, which takes the Cats to six successive wins in the 2009 season; an unbeaten record.

Geelong came into the game as certain favourites, with anything from $1.00 to $1.03 for the win, with the Demons at $13.00. However, Melbourne took it to the Cats in the first quarter, being ahead at one stage, and also won the last quarter of the game.

The Cats has a shoddy start to the match, with careless kicks at goal ending the first quarter 3.3.21 to Melbourne 2.4.16. Had the Demons had better kicking, they could have been leading the Cats into the second quarter. Continue Reading

Low-Scoring Lack-Lustre Affair Between Demons and Crows

// April 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // Demons

There wasn’t much to cheer about at the MCG on Sunday April 26. The Adelaide Crows and the Melbourne Demons played a game with a combined effort of 11 goals for the entire game.

The first quarter saw just 2 goals and 4 points scored by the Crows, however this was a much better effort than the Demons who only mustered 1 behind.

The second quarter was not much better, with the Demons failing to score a goal, again, with missed opportunities through set shots. Going into the big break, it was Melbourne 4 points, to Adelaides 4 goals, 6 behinds.

The second half saw a change in Melbourne, who won both quarters. The Demons began fighting more for the ball, and kicking more. Once they got their first goal on the board, the boys were pumped up and looking for another. Unfortunately they could only seem to get the football through for behinds.
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