St Spyridon College is making waves with its plan to open a Kinder Minus One “Leading Edge Centre” in 2021, which will prepare young children to enter formal schooling with confidence and success.
The centre will provide a coherent Early Intervention and School Readiness (EISR) program, where teachers will work closely with allied professionals to effectively address children’s physical, intellectual, emotional and sensory needs.
“The information gained from this program will be used by the Junior School teachers to adapt programs for the range of needs, in preparation for entry to Kindergarten class,” Head of College, Mrs Efrosini Stefanou-Haag, said.
“A buddy system between Kinder Minus One children and Year 5 students, and going to church as part of the school’s ethos, will also enhance the child’s experience.”
Classes of approximately 25 children will be educated by a fully qualified classroom teacher and teacher’s aide, who will use learning activities guided by the Early Stage One outcomes of the New South Wales Curriculum.
Children take part in a science lesson at St Spyridon College. Photo provided by: St Spyridon College
“Our Centre will work with the children to develop all the necessary reading, writing, speaking and comprehension skills which will help them have a successful start to formal school,” Mrs Stefanou-Haag said.
“As a Greek Orthodox College, the children will also be introduced to Jesus and His Church, and will learn simple prayers, hymns and traditions.”
When asked about the Centre’s philosophy, Mrs Stefanou-Haag said it is all about seeing ‘the treasure within’ children and following the Reggio approach of early childhood philosopher, Loris Malaguzzi.
Children have fun in an art class. Photo provided by St Spyridon College.
According to Loris Malaguzzi, the space in which children learn is the third teacher as it has the potential to not only ‘promote pleasant relationships among people of different ages,’ but it also ‘sparks all kinds of social, affective and cognitive learning.’
It is for this reason that the new Kinder Minus One “Learning Edge Centre” will be held in the college’s Doran House, which has a flexible learning area via operable walls, as well as a broad front verandah for outdoor activity under shelter.
“Every child is capable and powerful. Every child is driven to explore their world with curiosity and a formidable sense of wonder,” Mrs Stefanou-Haag said.
“Our Kinder Minus One staff will work together with other staff of the College to create an environment for children, and with children, that develops their natural attributes and builds their sense of identity, belonging and self worth.”
Centre enrolments will only be accepted for children aged 4-years-old (on or before May 31), and who will be commencing Kindergarten at St Spyridon College in 2022.
To submit your expression of interest and find out more about the new program, you can visit the college’s website here.
Greek technology firm, Convert Group, has unveiled a solution for one of the most important challenges of the COVID-19 retail hysteria. That is, the decreased availability and price fluctuations of coronavirus sensitive products, such as antiseptics, masks and food products, in online pharmacies and groceries.
The firm has launched its “eRetail Content” infrastructure globally, which will allow more manufacturers to get online and keep track of their “digital shelf presence.” In essence, many companies can now use their e-commerce platform to more easily monitor their product availability and ensure they are always fully-stocked amidst the COVID-19 epidemic.
According to Deputy CEO & Director of Product Innovation, Elena Chailazopoulou, the e-commerce platform will also limit the risk of ‘price gouging.’
Online shopping is on the rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Online purchases are skyrocketing around the world. Today, we are seeing uplifts in demand of more than 2.000 percent per week in COVID-19 related products such as antiseptics and masks, more than 100 percent in spaghetti, rice and hygiene products, and about 50 percent in food supplements and vitamins,” Ms Chailazopoulou said.
“That leads to stock-outs and price gouging which is extremely painful for the global communities in their fight against COVID-19.
“It’s for this reason we are extremely proud to be offering our proven technology to manufacturers around the world who want to monitor their digital presence, product availability and sell-out pricing.”
Convert Group’s e-commerce platforms have already been implemented with tremendous success in Italy, Spain and Greece, and they have partnerships with some big multi-national firms such as Dettol, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate.
Milwaukee Bucks star, Giannis Antetokounmpo, has pledged $100,000 to the Fiserv Forum staff to help offset costs related to their loss of earnings during the NBA season hiatus.
“It’s bigger than basketball!” Antetokounmpo wrote in a post on his personal Twitter page.
“And during this tough time I want to help the people that make my life, my family’s lives and my teammates lives easier… We can get through this together.”
It’s bigger than basketball! And during this tough time I want to help the people that make my life, my family’s lives and my teammates lives easier. Me and my family pledge to donate $100,000 to the Fiserv Forum staff. We can get through this together! 🙏🏽
Following Antetokounmpo’s pledge, Bucks Senior Vice-President, Alex Lasry, said the team would match his donation.
“As usual, we follow our leader. Everyone at Fiserv Forum is part of our family, so the Bucks organization will match Giannis’ contribution as we all try to get thru this…and we will together,” Mr Lasry explained on Twitter.
Later speaking to Channel Fox 6, Mr Lasry added that the decision to donate ‘was not being done for applause.’
“This is us trying to make a crappy situation a little bit better and trying to help those who, quite frankly, make this place run,” he said.
As usual, we follow our leader. Everyone at Fiserv Forum is part of our family, so the Bucks organization will match Giannis’ contribution as we all try to get thru this…and we will together! https://t.co/z9ou3i3w5T
These donations come less than a week after NBA Commissioner, Adam Silver, announced that the 2019/2020 season would be suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak in North America.
Among those worst affected by the suspension are arena workers, including those at Fiserv Forum.
The Greek government has today decided to suspend services in all areas of any religion or dogma until March 30.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement via a post on Twitter that churches will remain open only for individual prayer.
Με απόφαση της κυβέρνησης αναστέλλονται οι λειτουργίες σε όλους τους χώρους θρησκευτικής λατρείας κάθε δόγματος και θρησκείας. Εκκλησίες παραμένουν ανοικτές μόνο για ατομική προσευχή. Η προστασία της δημόσιας υγείας επιβάλλει ξεκάθαρες αποφάσεις.
“The protection of public health requires clear decisions,” the Greek Prime Minister wrote.
His decision came minutes after the Holy Synod, the ruling body of Greece’s Orthodox Church, decided to suspend all daily worship services except Sunday Divine Liturgies, which will be held as usual between 7 and 8 o’clock in the morning.
Weddings and baptisms were also suspended by the Holy Synod for the next several weeks.
“If absolutely necessary, they will take place under strict limited number of persons,” the Holy Synod wrote in a statement released Monday afternoon.
“Funerals will take place only in restricted family circles, memorial services to be conducted with a restricted number of people at the grave of the deceased.”
No word yet on whether these decisions will be impacted and changed by the Prime Minister’s suspension of all religious services.
All non-essential travel to the European Union will be blocked in an attempt to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from further spreading across Europe.
European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the shock crackdown on Monday and said anyone not from the EU’s 27 member countries would be denied entry unless they are long-term residents, family members of EU nationals, diplomats or essential workers like doctors.
“We know that everything which reduces social interaction also reduces the speed of the spread of the virus. The less travel, the more we can contain the virus,” she said.
The unprecedented ban, which will likely be approved on Tuesday, will last for 30 days initially and is expected to impact millions of tourists who travel to European countries over the summer holidays.
The @EU_Commission presents guidelines on border measures & proposes:
1⃣Green lanes/fast lanes giving priority to essential transport to keep the mobility sector going & ensure economic continuity
In a tweet following her announcement, Ms von der Leyen said the plan would not affect crucial trade flows and EU residents would be able to continue travelling from one country to another.
“Fast lanes will give priority to essential transport to keep the mobility sector going and ensure economic continuity,” she wrote.
“Temporary travel restrictions should be in place for an initial period of 30 days, but can be prolonged as necessary.”
The move comes after several EU and Schengen Area Member Countries including Greece, Germany, Spain, Italy and Estonia, introduced border checks and mandatory quarantine periods of their own.
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has arrested a total of 127 people across Greece for violating strict measures introduced by the government in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
According to ELAS, the arrests pertained to owners or managers of hair salons, cafes, restaurants and other food retail outlets, the operation of which have been temporarily suspended.
“There were 48 arrests in Attica, 25 in western Greece, 10 in Thessaly, seven in eastern Macedonia and Thrace, seven in the southern Aegean, five in western Macedonia, five in central Macedonia, five on Crete, four in the Peloponnese, three in Thessaloniki, three in other parts of mainland Greece, two in Epirus, two in the northern Aegean and one in the area of the Ionian islands,” a spokesperson for the ELAS said.
“We received more than 150 calls by citizens filing complaints about businesses defying the measures from the morning until 2pm.”
Some restaurants are following the new measures to combat coronavirus. Source: AP Photo / Thanassis Stavrakis.
The Greek government has decided to shut down these commercial stores in addition to schools, cinemas, bars and restaurants, after the country reported 331 coronavirus cases and four deaths.
A strict 14-day quarantine period for people who enter Greek territory has also been enforced, with authorities fearing the number of coronavirus cases in Greece will grow dramatically in the next month.
“As Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has repeatedly pointed out, the difficult times are still ahead of us. Next month will be very tough. Seriousness, accountability and restraint will be needed,” Greek government spokeswoman, Aristotelia Peloni, said on Monday.
“We urge citizens on a daily basis to strictly comply with the new measures, as well as faithfully follow the advice of experts.”
His Eminence Archbishop Makarios released a statement on Monday detailing the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia’s response to the recent coronavirus epidemic and the steps they are taking to ensure peoples safety.
The statements main point of attention is that despite it being a time of Lent and worship for the church, His Eminence declares that people should avoid gathering in large numbers for church service.
“…We advise our faithful, during this critical time, not to attend any events where many people gather, including church services,” Mr. Makarios suggests.
Despite this, Archbishop Makarios assures members of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia that, “up until now in the history of our Church there have never been any cases where an epidemic of infectious disease has been transmitted through Holy Communion.“
The church also states that it recognises the suggestions made by scientists as information is released regarding the virus, and encourage people to listen to their health professionals.
“What we must emphasise, however, is that according to scientists, the transmission of the virus occurs when we are in close contact with a person who is infected,” the statement explains.
“Therefore, when someone is in Church, even if they have not received Holy Communion, they are in serious danger of contracting the disease and, at the same time, of transmitting this virus to their close family members as well as to other people around them.”
Archbishop also sent a request to priests during this time, asking them not to give their hand to be kissed, even when they hand out the antidoron.
A Greek Orthodox faithful kisses an icon of Jesus Christ at the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens April 7, 2015. Orthodox believers will celebrate Easter on April 12. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
“If a person carrying the virus kisses the priest’s hand and other faithful follow, then the hand will become a source of infection and the means of transmission of the virus and, instead of giving a blessing it will offer great pain,” Makarios states.
As a final message in his statement to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese community, His Eminence prays for the eventual finding of a cure for this deadly disease.
“I am certain that all of us will increase our prayers to God so that a cure can be quickly found for this trial that has beset our planet. Please be assured that in cooperation with our clergy and the governing authorities of this nation, we are closely monitoring the situation and, if there are any changes, we will communicate these with you,” His Eminence assures in his statement.
The full statement made by Archbishop Makarios is available below:
Venerable Brother fellow Bishops and my beloved children,
Given the worldwide concern, fear and panic that is prevailing upon all humanity due to Covid-19 (Corona-virus), but also the recent local outbreaks and manifestation in Australia, and taking into consideration the inspired Communiqué of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on this matter, together with the directives of the Australian Government, I paternally urge everyone to comply with the following guidelines:
Since many Christians are asking if the virus is transmitted through Holy Communion, I responsibly assure every faithful person that up until now in the history of our Church there have never been any cases where an epidemic of infectious disease has been transmitted through Holy Communion.
However, the Holy Archdiocese of Australia understands the reservations and insecurities of some people, who refrain from receiving Holy Communion out of a fear that this will cause the transmission of the virus. All those who abstain from receiving Holy Communion during this period of crisis, are certainly not considered to be indifferent to, or opponents of, the faith and the Church. We understand their position and do not desire that, under any circumstances, they fill their conscience with feelings of guilt. Besides, the spiritual life is about freedom without force, it leads to internal joy and peace of the soul only when it has nothing to do with situations that give rise to coercion and pressure.
What we must emphasise, however, is that according to scientists, the transmission of the virus occurs when we are in close contact with a person who is infected. Therefore, when someone is in Church, even if they have not received Holy Communion, they are in serious danger of contracting the disease and, at the same time, of transmitting this virus to their close family members as well as to other people around them.
For this reason, we advise our faithful, during this critical time, not to attend any events where many people gather, including church services. This measure ensures that the entire community remains safe and protected. This guideline is directed to all people; to those who are older and those who are younger and particularly to vulnerable groups of people who constitute a significant portion of our churchgoers.
Turning to our priests and the Committees of the larger parishes that gather more than 500 people during the Holy Services, I urge you not to hesitate to close the doors of Churches before this maximum number is reached. On the part of the Archdiocese, this will not cause any type of displeasure or sanction. This is the directive of the Australian Government and I urge our God-loving bishops and priests to respect this with complete sacredness.
Amongst other things, I ask our priests not to give their hand to be kissed even when they hand out the antidoron. If a person carrying the virus kisses the priest’s hand and other faithful follow, then the hand will become a source of infection and the means of transmission of the virus and, instead of giving a blessing it will offer great pain. This measure concerns not only the protection of the priest himself, but also, and more so, the protection of the faithful. On this matter, we received the advice of specialist doctors who urge us not to leave the antidoron on a table for each person to take by themselves. The many hands which will touch the antiodoron cannot ensure conditions that will maintain health. For this reason, according to the specialists, because it is safer for the antidoron to be distributed by one person, we ask priests to assume this responsibility, but, as we have already clarified, without the kissing of the hand.
Within the same spirit, I urge and plead with our faithful to restrict the number of people participating in Sacraments and funerals. They are to occur only with close and immediate family members. As for the Services of Holy Week, specific instructions will be issued several days earlier, according to to the information that we will have at the time.
At the same time, I inform the people of our Church that from today and up until 3rd of April, the offices of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in Sydney, as well as the other local Archdiocesan Districts, will operate from 10am until 12pm so that only necessary services can be given to the faithful. Moreover, all classes at St Andrew’s Theological College will be offered online. Our resident students were encouraged to return to their homes.
My dear friends in Christ,
When we overlook the dangers that result from such a pandemic disease affecting public health, either through our indifference or in the name of any religious conviction, then we are committing a deadly sin. God is not to be tested nor mocked. For this reason, I sincerely request that our gracious clergy and Christ-loving people rise to the occasion, on the one hand without fear and panic, but also with responsibility and ecclesial seriousness.
In this same spirit of responsibility and love towards our flock, I ask that you do not compare circumstances and measures of other Metropolitinates with our local Church. In Europe, for example, 3 Metropolitanates suspended all services within their Churches. This measure, however, arose as a result of regulations and measures of the State which did not only concern the Orthodox Church but also the Churches of other Christian denominations and religions. I urge the clergy and the Christ-loving people to have faith in the Government leaders and in our local Church, whose view is expressed through its Archbishop and the Press Office of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia.
The advice from scientists is that we can help Australia suppress the rapid spread of COVID-19 if we act immediately and quickly. We highly bless those who are working tirelessly to discover a cure, or who care for those who have been diagnosed with the virus. We also wholeheartedly thank all those who are following the recommendations of the authorities to help stem the spread of the virus.
I am certain that all of us will increase our prayers to God so that a cure can be quickly found for this trial that has beset our planet. Please be assured that in cooperation with our clergy and the governing authorities of this nation, we are closely monitoring the situation and, if there are any changes, we will communicate these with you.
I thank and congratulate everybody for their understanding and cooperation and I pray that we have a good remainder of Holy and Great Lent.
With much love in Christ and with fervent paternal prayers
The Lysicrates Foundation was established in 2014, by Sydney couple John and Patricia Azarias, in an effort to restore the Lysicrates Monument replica that currently sits in the Sydney Botanical gardens. The foundation has now grown into an organisation that is dedicated to upholding and expanding the dramatic arts in Australia through the ‘Lysicrates Prize’ competition.
Founder John Azarias spoke exclusively with the Greek Herald about origins of the foundation, maintaining the essence of Greek drama in the arts, and their hopes for national expansion of the Lysicrates Prize competition.
Establishing the foundation to preserve the Lysicrates Monument in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens, what inspired you to additionally use the foundation to promote the dramatic arts?
We knew that the marble original, commissioned by a Mr Lysicrates in 334 B.C. and still standing in
Athens today, had been built to celebrate Lysicrates’ win in the Great Dionysia of that year. The Great
Dionysia was the drama competition that stopped the city of Athens for a week every year and that was
held in the huge Theatre of Dionysus just under the Acropolis. Lysicrates was a rich man, not a
playwright. Those who actually won the competition were all the wealthy sponsors of the troupes of
actors and choruses that performed plays written by authors. It was so prestigious to have won that
those wealthy sponsors competed to see who could put up the most beautiful monument to his success.
Except for the Lysicrates, all those monuments have vanished now, but what has remained are the flimsy,
but infinitely longer-lasting, products of the writers’ brains – Oedipus Rex, Antigone, The Frogs, and the
other real monuments to human creativity.
We firmly believed that the real treasures of any society are its creative spirits. We knew there was a
massive pool of Australian talent, in playwriting, acting and directing. So since we had restored the
monument, it was logical to restore the event that the monument celebrated – a drama competition
where the best local playwrights would compete, in front of a very diverse audience, for a prize that was
effectively awarded by the audience itself. And that is what we set the foundation up to do.
The Lysicrates Monument was successfully restored and unveiled in October 2016. What are your leading reasons for continuing the work of the foundation and holding the Lysicrates Prize event every year?
We have been tremendously heartened by the ever-increasing success of the competition. In the first year, we had 14 submitted plays; every year the number has risen, and this year there were 49 entrants. In our first five years, five plays have gone on to full commercial production, both in Sydney and in Melbourne. These are plays that would never have seen the light of day without the Lysicrates Competition, and that success rate is a record in the world of Australian theatre. We believe that one or two of them are actually real masterpieces. The feedback we have had from audiences and writers has been fantastic. We have learned that the democratic voting model we have taken from the ancient Greeks is just as popular today, in a country they never knew existed, as it was there, 2,500 years ago. We love the fact that we are acquainting Australians with the triumphs and practices of classical Greeks, and we never want to give up on that. Those are really our leading reasons.
The James Martin Sculpture in Parramatta. PHOTO: DOUGLAS FROST
The Lysicrates Prize event sees plays performed with a variety of genres and stories. Why do you think it is important to keep the competition open to all forms of plays with different stories?
For the first five years, we placed absolutely no restrictions on the writers. All we asked them to do was
to submit the first act of a new play. The fifteen finalists took us at our word. There were farces,
tragedies, family dramas, all kinds of submissions. We felt this was the only way for real Australian voices
to express themselves freely.
Over the past five years, we made a couple of discoveries. First of all, audiences typically seemed to go for
the most moving tragedies. But perhaps most important, we also found that a genuine Australian voice
seemed to be emerging, which combined comedy and tragedy in sometimes very skilful ways – the tear in
one eye, the laugh in the other. This year we asked writers to submit only comedies, but lo and behold,
we got the same result – plays that combined the laugh with the sob or the sober reflection. We loved
that. We want that to continue. It’s authentically and naturally Australian, and it seems to emerge
whether the play is a tragedy or a comedy.
Why do you believe it is important to promote Lysicrates’ story?
The story of Lysicrates has many dimensions. It is about the artistic triumphs, in theatre and architecture, of the golden period of Athenian history. It is about the invention of democracy in the theatre. It is about enhancing the links between Greece and Australia. It is about bringing to the theatre people who have never set foot inside one, and introducing them to the magic of live drama. It is also about the extraordinary man who commissioned our sandstone copy of the monument, James Martin, a poor Irish immigrant boy who rose to become a wealthy barrister, three times Premier of NSW, Chief Justice and prominent Hellenophile. These are all reasons we believe it is important for the Lysicrates message should be made known to as many people as possible.
What would you say is your most proud achievement for the Lysicrates Foundation?
Hard to choose. Seeing the absorption of the kids’ faces as they watch a theatre performance, many for the first time, at the Martin-Lysicrates Competition, an offshoot we’ve created for plays written for kids years 7 and 8. Watching them exercise their democratic vote for the first time. Watching a full performance of one of our Lysicrates plays, reading the great reviews, and seeing the face of the playwright as the audience applauds. Knowing that because of the foundation, a play now exists that could easily become an Australian classic and would never have been written otherwise. Watching kids of every colour and background come up to the statue of James Martin, read his story, and walk away thoughtful, and hoping they’re thinking, well, he started with no advantages, and succeeded in this country, maybe I can too. Knowing that we have brought the glory of Greece to Australians young and old. All those things. And plenty of others!
Lysicrates Prize 2020. Photo: Griffin Theatre Company
How do you see The Lysicrates Foundation and the Lysicrates Prize event expanding and continuing for the future?
We have big dreams ourselves! There are Lysicrates plays we would like to take on tour in country NSW
and other states of Australia; we would even like to take these unknown Australian voices to the great
theatre centres of the world.
Starting the foundation with your wife Patricia, how has the foundation expanded both your views on the arts in Sydney?
We have realised how incredibly much is achieved in the arts in Australia by tiny, under-resourced
groups. We have been amazed at the quality of our Australian actors. We have been charmed by that
typical Australian ability to write with, as I said earlier, the tear in one eye and the laugh in the other.
We began with great respect for Australian artistic ability, but even so, we have been astonished at how
good our artists really are.
Being from the Greek community of Alexandria in Egypt, how important is it for you to continue expanding the knowledge of Greek history in Australia and in the Sydney Arts?
Incredibly important. I am pleased that the foundation was the catalyst for the creation of the first
textbook made in Australia that teaches the Classical Greek language to kids from an Australian
perspective. I am steeped in Greek culture myself, and one of the things I have tried to do, most notably in
the beautiful books produced by the Lysicrates Foundation, is to commission and include illustrated
articles on Greek themes, and write some of them myself.
How do you see the future of Greek culture in Australia and what do you think needs to happen to better preserve it?
There is a true renascence of the arts in Greece – an artistic and intellectual effervescence. Australians of
Greek descent should become better acquainted with this world, and also try and act as a bridge between
Australian and Greek creativity.
The opening night of the Hellenic Art Theatre’s prophetic comedy, Ploutos, was a huge success as the audience became enthralled with the unique portrayal of wealth and greed.
Based on a play written by ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes almost 2500 years ago, Ploutos tackled the issue of inequality between the rich and poor in a thought-provoking and insightful way.
In fact, the plot focused on a poor Athenian man, Chremylos, who returned home from his visit to the Oracle of Delphi with a blind old man who turned out to be Ploutos, the God of Wealth. Chremylos decided to help restore Ploutos’ sight so the God would distribute his wealth to the deserving and virtuous.
The divide between the rich and the poor became clear in Greek comedy, ‘Ploutos.’ Source: The Hellenic Art Theatre.
“It was this relationship between the God of Wealth and the poor Athenian man, Chremylos, which really made me realise things haven’t changed much since Aristophanes first wrote the play,” one audience member said.
“The comedy was just a really clever way to comment on today’s social injustices and ridicule the unfair distribution of wealth and corruption.”
Greek comedy, ‘Ploutos,’ was a success. Source: Hellenic Art Theatre.
With such high praise from just its opening night, Ploutos is expected to continue its success through its performances from September 5 – 20.
Sydney Olympic FC suffer their third loss of the season to a strong Marconi Stallions side in a 2-0 loss at a soggy Marconi stadium on Saturday.
Much like last week against APIA Leichhardt, Olympic came out strong in the first 10 minutes against Marconi with a great attack opportunity from Ferreira on the right hand side, which was saved by the keeper.
New Sydney Olympic signing Go Hayama delivered an impressive performance in the first half, possessing a strong presence on the pitch and filling the small gap in Olympics midfield.
The attacking strength sadly didn’t hold out too long however as Marconi player Anthony Frangie bagged a first half brace to bring the Marconi side into the lead before the second half.
Men’s 1- R3 Marconi v Olympic. Photo: Sebastian Giunta #sgphotographics
Majority of the match in the second half was played in the midfield, with not many opportunities given for either side.
A strong chance was given to Sydney Olympic in the second half as the ball fell to the feet of Nicola Kuleski inside the box, yet was hit it wide off a half volley.
Despite leading the match, Marconi Stallions delivered an aggressive style of play against Sydney Olympic, being dealt ten fouls and two yellow cards in the first half alone.
Sydney Olympic will face Mt Druitt Town Rangers at home this Sunday as the Belmore team will look to secure there first win of the season. The match will kick of at Belmore Sports Ground at 4pm Sunday.
