Hamersley Out-sail Kingsley in Wet Conditions

Kingsley played host to Hamersley Rovers in very wet, windy and muddy conditions at Chichester on A-League final day, while it was a fine crisp clear evening in Melbourne the opposite was the case for the afternoon in the west.

Both teams really couldn't dominate due to the wet conditions and it never was going to be easy with the pitch not the greatest at draining the water away with pools of water forming miniature lakes around the boundary. While Kingsley and Hamersley tried to keep the ball along the ground as much as possible to try and stick to their normal game plans as if it was a nicer sunny day, at times the long ball had to be deployed as it was very hard to move the ball around with the water.

Hamersley hit the lead in the first half but it looked like Kingsley were threatening to score but no goal came in the first half. While the conditions worsened, few mistakes were made with passing and with Kingsley pushing for the equaliser it finally came mid way through the second half.

Kingsley were not to collect the spoils of the points as Hamersley stung them towards the end of the match to run out soaked, muddied and exhausted 2-1 winners. Was a great match to see in such trying conditions where it could have been worse and a lop sided score.

Food there was excellent, despite the freezing conditions you had to eat your food quickly or it would go cold! Beers were 5 dollars and cool drinks at 2 dollars. Chips and gravy was only 4 dollars and a burger 5. Very delicious but got to eat them fast or they would be horribly cold. They have eftpos facilities there which i thought was brilliant as not everyone has copious amounts of cash on them at hand.

If you happen to be in the area and a game is on, head down there and have a drink and watch Kingsley play you'd be glad that you fell over yourself to see it.