The Stingers U 12 side gathered for their first training session in earlyMarch and two things were very apparent. 1. The side was quite young with asignificant number of players stepping up from the U 10's 2. While the sidewas small it was made up of a number of good runners.
These two factors combined to shape the game plan, one based on findingspace and letting our free runners 'out pace' the opposition. It took sometime to get players out of the habit of simply playing down the centralcorridor and instead looking for the spaces in the flanks, but with a fewtrainings under the teams belt an open style of play was apparent. Such astyle saw the young Tigers get off to a positive start recording twocomfortable wins. However the side still struggled when coming up againstbigger more physical opponents. Still in all games contested it was clearthat when the Tigers play to their strengths the ball could be moved quicklyand efficiently down the field.
As a result spectators and supporters of this side have been treated tosome excellent contests and some very pleasing victories. Currently the sidesits in a clear 5th spot with 4 wins 4 losses and a washout. The side islooking forward to return clashes with some of the heavy weights in thecompetition in the second round and is hopeful of playing some finals footyat the end of the year.