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In what was a fantastic day of hockey out at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane the OAMPS Queensland Blades have beaten the NSW Waratahs convincingly to be crowned the 2010 AHL Champions.
The win for Queensland is even sweeter having been runners-up for the past two years they left nothing to chance with Kookaburras stars Jamie Dwyer and Rob Hammond scoring two early goals in the hope of putting the match away early.
Top goal scorer of the tournament, striker Josh Miller, continued his excellent form scoring NSWs’ only goal in the 21st minute. The momentum however was with the Blades for the entire match, not allowing the Waratahs even a glimpse of the gold medal position.
A penalty corner in the 29th minute saw Blades striker Whetton score to extend the Blades lead to two going into halftime.
In the second half the Blades continued their dominance pushing the lead out to 6 goals with De Young, Bates, Whetton and Wilson adding a goal each to solidify Queensland’s outstanding performance.
With four senior members of the Kookaburras, Liam De Young, Jamie Dwyer, Mark Knowles and Rob Hammond, the Blades were the team to beat and today proved themselves the worthy recipients of the title, 2010 AHL Champions.
AHL Final
OAMPS QLD Blades – NSW Waratahs 7-1
Goals – QLD Dwyer 3m FG, Hammond 6m PC, Whetton 29m PC, De Young 41m PC, T. Bates 53m FG, Whetton 62m FG, Wilson 70m PC; NSW Miller 21m FG
Results from other matches on Finals Day:
Darwin Airport Resort Territory Stingers – OAMPS Southern Hotshots 3-1
Canberra Lakers – Tassie Tigers 7-2
Victorian Vikings – SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 2-1
Final standings of 2010 Men’s AHL:
1. QLD
2. NSW
3. VIC
4. WA
5. ACT
6. TAS
7. NT
8. SA
Source: Hockey Australia
