At Seymour Shaw Stadium on Thursday 27 August Homebush Boys High School played resolute football to score a solid 2-0 win over Warners Bay High School in the final of the statewide Knockout competition.

The Errea Cup is one of the most keenly competed for and hotly contested sporting trophies on the NSWCHS sporting calendar.  Homebush Boys HS started their journey competing in the Sydney North Region where there were forty five entries.  Over two hundred and fifty comprehensive high schools enter this event annually. 

In a display of tight, close marking, attacking football Homebush dominated the match for the first fifteen minutes of each half, opening the scoring in the seventh minute through Jack Avery and adding the second goal after 30 seconds of play in the second half through Steven Gabor. However, Warners Bay refused to concede defeat and the Homebush defence found itself hard pressed to hold out against quick breaks and long balls. 

Homebush did not try to close the match down and continued to threaten the Warners Bay goal on many occasions.  There was to be no addition to the score mainly through the efforts of the goalkeepers. Travis Lavdaras of Homebush in a man of the match performance pulled off three outstanding saves while James Maierhoffer of Warners Bay was always well positioned to intercept Homebush attacks. 

The well-drilled Homebush team held out for a well deserved victory mainly due to the efforts of Roberto Speranza in defence, David von Dinklage (voted player of the finals series) Mitchell Davidson (grandson of cricket legend, Alan Davidson) in midfield and Steven Gabor and Jack Avery up front. Overall this match and all matches throughout the five months of the Errea Cup campaign were based on emphasizing playing as a team and supporting each other.

Congratulations to Warners Bay HS and Homebush Boys HS for a wonderful display of entertaining football. 

On the way to their victory Homebush BHS notched up the following impressive results: 

Homebush BHS d NBSC Manly Campus  7-2

Homebush BHS d Killarney Hts HS           3-0

Homebush BHS d Hunters Hill HS             8-1

Homebush BHS d Davidson HS                 6-0

Homebush BHS d Armidale HS                 4-0

Homebush BHS d Swansea HS                 7-0

Homebush BHS d Kingsgrove HS              8-0