NEWS

IT'S A BOY!
Christiano La Scala
Born: 14 December 2011
Weight: 3.7kg
Length: 51cm

CONGRATULATIONS TO PROUD PARENTS
NAYIA AND GIANNI

PreSeason 2012 Training Sessions

ROCSC Announce Coaches for 2012 Season

Rostrevor Old Collegians Soccer Club is pleased to announce that Davide La Scala will once again take charge of the A Team as Head Coach in 2012. After a season of transition and development with the loss of some of the old guard and the arrival of many new faces, a positive 2011 has set the foundations for much success in 2012. We would like to congratulate Davide and wish him all the very best for season 2012.

All coaching positions have now been filled and it is with great pleasure that we congratulate the following coaches:

A Team – Davide La Scala

B Team – Raf Plawecki

C Team – Brett Lawrence

D Team – Sam Innamorati

After highly successful seasons in 2011 both Raf Plawecki and Brett Lawrence have been moved up to the B & C teams respectively. We are very confident that they will experience much success in their new coaching positions.

Finally congratulations to Sam Innamorati who has put up his hand to coach the D Team for 2012, we thank Sam for his commitment to the club and we are all very glad to hear that as the D Team finish 30 minutes prior to the A match, he will still be available to cook the all important home game BBQ.

A Message form the Head Coach

To all ROCSC Players,

Welcome to Season 2012!

After a positive run of results in the second half of last season, the A Team will be looking to continue this form in 2012. We are continuously looking to improve the culture and atmosphere at the club and this year there will be changes in the structure of the teams as we look for success across all four teams. Pre season training will commence in early-mid January 2012 and we will ensure a variety of training sessions and locations to keep the interest high for all club players. We will be looking to start pre season friendly matches as soon as the second week of February.

One of the key factors to our success this year will be fitness, so if you haven’t already started your own pre season running – please do! We start fresh next year and fitness will be the difference between winning and losing and it will most certainly be the difference making the A squad or not.

I look forward to seeing you all out there at pre season training.

Cheers,
Davide

Season 2011 Awards

Presentation Night for Season 2011 was at the Hyde Park Tavern
to celebrate season 2011, and also award and recognise individuals.
Special guest Collegiate Soccer League (CSL) Chairman Dino Mancini
presented the club with a plaque recognising it as an inaugural member of the
CSL, and awarded medals to the three CSL Award winners; Rob Plawecki (B Grade),
Raf Plawecki (C Grade) and Christian Finocchio (D Grade).

ROCSC Season 2011 Award Winners

ROCSC Dominate CSL Awards Night

It was a great night at the CSL 2011 Awards Night for ROCSC
with 3 players winning individual awards;
B Grade - Rob Plawecki
C Grade - Raf Plawecki
D Grade - Christian Finocchio
For the CSL 30th Year Celebrations
ROCSC was also recognised as an inaugural member
of the Collegiate Soccer League, which started in 1981,
and presented with a plaque.

Rini Coolen Catches Up with ROCSC Players

Adelaide United coach continues his weekly contribution for Football Federation SA
Coolen's Corner - Week 10

Rini Coolen watched the Devine Super League Round 17 clash between Western Strikers and Adelaide City.

I was pretty excited before the game and I suspected a very good game with two of the better teams in the league playing against each other. I think teams like that definitely in the last weeks of the season have special games where you have to win the points. The outcome was it was a pretty easy game for Adelaide City who played in my opinion a very concentrated and very focussed game.
They did they job what they had to do, they didn’t give too many chances away because I didn't see too many chances from the opponent. They created a lot of chances for themselves and scored four goals so I think it was a very good performance from Adelaide City who deserves at this moment to be number one of the league.
Of course Western Strikers were handicapped by not having their number one striker Calvin Mbarga who is their leading scorer – that was a big loss for them.
The circumstances at this period at the end of the season aren't fantastic but overall the result was a fair result which showed me that they play a very organised and disciplined game. They also had to handle a few different players in different positions so they had a very good performance. But, if you saw Western Strikers against Adelaide United on Tuesday night you would see that they are a good team that prefers to play football.
They have very good players so they didn't really have a fantastic game against Adelaide City, but they definitely proved against us on Tuesday that they have a good team, good players and they play very good football.

And, that's how I've seen them over the whole season. It's very nice to watch them play football but unfortunately last weekend was not their best day.

I also caught up with players from Rostrevor Old Collegians Soccer Club
at the Bath Hotel in Norwood.

It was nice to catch up with them at the end of the day and talk about football. They came together often to discuss the results and that day it was good to share with them because all their teams won their games.

Thank You for the BBQ

A Big Thanks to Nick, Dave, and Sam for continuing 
to provide the BBQ during home and away
games for the ROCSC.

As well as providing great food and drinks for the players,
supporters, and also the opposition, they have raised a
total of $200 for Diabetes SA and the Cancer Council.

Keep up the great work boys!

CALL TO ARMS

During Round 9 of the CSL Season Unley and ROCSC
players and supporters will again participate in the fight to help
save men's lives and raise funds for the fight against cancer in men.

For more details: www.calltoarms.com.au

IT'S A BOY!
Massimo Vincenzo Trasente
Born: 25 May 2011
Weight: 8oz (3.63kg)

CONGRATULATIONS TO PROUD PARENTS
ELIZABETH AND VINCE