This edition of Ramstats 2016 covers games played on 7th and 8th May:
SATURDAY
1. Senior Grade (Div 2) v Camden - Rd 6 at Harrington Park
2. Third Grade (Div 5) v Macquarie Uni - Rd 6 at Macquarie Uni
SUNDAY
3. Reserve Grade (Div 3) v Wollondilly - Rd 6 at Hannaford Oval
4. Ramettes (Ladies Div 1) v Wollondilly - Rd 4 at Hannaford Oval
NB (1): Quarter by quarter and goalkicking records only exist from 1990 onwards.
NB (2): History v Club records can vary markedly in nature as the divisional structure means clubs may not play each other on the same level
NB (3): Where referred to, "Age Grade" means combined Under 18/19/20 matches for Penrith
GENERAL
* Five weeks in, the club has used 122 players - 90 men and 32 ladies.
* Third Grade kicked the Rams' 299th 100 point score on Saturday, and the Ramettes kicked the 300th 100 point milestone on Sunday.
* The Ramettes' score of 20.24 (144) is the highest score in the club this season, eclipsing Reserve Grade's 21.15 (141) last weekend.
* The club has now played 253 Sunday games.
* During Third Grade's game, the Rams passed 104,000 points in competition football.
PLAYERS
(Former players who did not play with the club in 2015).
No returning players this week.
DEBUTS
Congratulations to the following people who made their debut for the club:
CLUB DEBUTS
1. Ashlee Curtis (Ramettes) - new player
2. Reece Arber (Third Grade) - from Holroyd-Parramatta
3. Robert Watkins (Third Grade) - new player
SENIOR GRADE DEBUTS
No debuts in Senior Grade this week.
MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following people on achieving these individual milestones:
50 CLUB GAMES
* Kayne Quirk, in Third Grade, played his 50th game for the Rams. Kayne started with the club in 2013 with the Under 18s.
* Daniel Lowe, in Reserve Grade, also played his 50th game for Penrith. Daniel started way back in 2005 with the Under 18s.
250 CLUB GOALS
* Ben McGovern, with 3 goals in Senior Grade, passed the 250 career goal mark for Penrith, becoming the fourth player to do so (after Jason Bradley, Jason Ware and Ben Robinson).
100 CLUB GOALS
* Jessie Burnham, with 5 goals, became the first Penrith Ramette to reach the 100 career goal mark, in her 54th game.
50 THIRD GRADE GOALS
* Tayt Corless, with 3 goals, passed the 50 career goal mark in 3rd Grade. He is the third player to achieve this milestone, after Kevin Kirk and Dane Fysh.
FIRST GOAL FOR CLUB
* Emma Nolan, for the Ramettes, kicked her first goal for the club.
* Rebekah Boyes, for the Ramettes, also kicked her first goal for the club.
* Miguel Limson, in Third Grade, kicked his first goal for the club.
FIRST GOAL IN SENIOR GRADE
* Zac Pianta kicked his first Senior Grade goal.
MOST GOALS IN A MATCH FOR CLUB (2 GOALS OR MORE)
* Renee Tomkins (Ramettes) - 3 goals (equals previous best)
* Nikki Perrett (Ramettes) - 2 goals (equals previous best)
RELATIONS
SIBLINGS
* Reece and Ryan Arber have become the latest set of siblings to play for the Rams. To date, the following sets of siblings have been identified as playing with the Rams (with the possibility of more being identified with further research):
* 7 sets of 3 siblings (6 x 3 brothers, 1 x 2 brothers/1 sister)
* 84 sets of 2 siblings (73 x 2 brothers, 8 x 1 brother/1 sister and 3 x 2 sisters)
SCORING
SENIOR GRADE
* 10.10 (70) - this was the club's 13th score of 70 points - 9.16 (4 times), 10.10 (6) and 11.4 (3). This was the 5th time that Senior Grade has kicked this score and the first time the club has kicked it since Reserve Grade won the 2012 Grand Final.
The Rams have won 7 and lost 6 games with a score of 70 points.
THIRD GRADE
* 17.11 (113) - this was the club's fifth score of 113 points - 16.17 (twice) and 17.11 (3). This is the first time Third Grade has kicked 113 points, meaning all the male grades have now kicked the score.
The club has never lost kicking this score.
RESERVE GRADE
* 4.3 (27) - this was the club's 18th score of 27 points - 3.9 (4 times) and 4.3 (14). This was the sixth time that Reserve Grade has kicked this score and the first time the club has kicked it since Senior Grade in 2008.
The club has never won with 27 points, although the Under 18s came within 4 points of Baulkham Hills at Greygums in 1996.
RAMETTES
* 20.24 (144) - this was the club's 1st ever score of 144 points - well done ladies!
* The only scores the club has now not kicked up to and including 150 points are 5 points, 137 points and 148 points.
WINNING MARGINS
SENIOR GRADE
* 17 points - this was the club's 8th win by 17 points, five of which have been by Senior Grade.
THIRD GRADE
* 67 points - this was the club's sixth win by 67 points and the first by Third Grade. All mens' sides have now won by this margin.
RAMETTES
* 143 points - this was only the club's second win by 143 points, the other being by the Under 18s in 2001.
VENUES
HARRINGTON PARK
*Formerly known as Fairfax Reserve
* Senior Grade played their 5th game at Harrington Park - for 2 wins and 3 losses.
* The club's total record at Harrington Park is now 6 wins and 7 losses.
* The Rams have played at least one game at Harrington Park from 2008 (when they first played there) until 2016.
* Camden's home ground prior to Harrington Park was Kirkham Park, Narellan
MACQUARIE UNI
* Third Grade played their fourth game on the Macquarie Uni main oval - for 3 wins and 1 loss.
* The club's total record at Macquarie Uni main oval is now - 13 wins, 1 win by forfeit, 38 losses, 1 loss by forfeit and 2 abandoned - a total of 55 scheduled games.
* The Rams first played at Macquarie Uni on 18th April, 1981 - the club's second ever game. This was the loss by forfeit referred to above, as the Rams fielded ineligible players due to the club being formed at short notice.
(Macquarie Uni also has a second field on which the Rams have competed, the Macquarie Uni North Oval).
HANNAFORD OVAL
* Hannaford Oval became the 61st venue (and the 63rd ground - Bensons Lane and Macquarie Uni have two ovals) at which the Rams have played a game.
* Prior to Hannaford Oval, the Rams played Wollondilly (aka Bargo) at the Bargo Showground - the first game Penrith played there being in 1988.
* After Sunday's games, the Rams record at Hannaford Oval stands at 1 win and 1 loss.
GRADES
SENIOR GRADE
* Senior Grade's 12th season v Camden (1984 - 2016)
* Senior Grade's 23rd game v Camden (5th at Harrington Park) for 19 wins and 4 losses.
THIRD GRADE
* Third Grade's 4th season v Macquarie Uni (2003 - 2004, 2012 & 2016)
* Third Grade's 6th game vs Macquarie Uni (4th at Macqurie Uni) for 4 wins and 2 losses, with the Rams also winning two games via forfeit
* Third Grade's unbeaten streak vs Macquarie Uni is now 5 matches, its equal highest against any club.
* Third Grade's highest score this season, 17.11 (113), beating 14.13 (97) (scored twice).
RESERVE GRADE
* Reserve Grade's second game v Wollondilly this season.
* Reserve Grade's 7th game vs Wollondilly (debut match at Hannaford Oval), for 8 wins and 2 losses, with 1 game also won by forfeit.
* This is Wollondilly's second win in a row v Penrith, after 6 consecutive losses.
* Reserve Grade passed 32000 points in competition football in this match.
RAMETTES
* Ramettes' debut match vs Wollondilly.
* Wollondilly becomes the 16th club the Ramettes have competed against.
* Ramettes all-time highest score and winning margin.
* Most goals the Ramettes have kicked in a match (the first time the Ramettes have kicked 20 goals). Also the most behinds the Ramettes have kicked in a match.
* 5.9 (39) is the Ramettes' highest quarter of the season.
RANDOM TRIVIA
* The Rams have kicked 30 behinds or more only 5 times in 1573 matches:
- 47.39 (321) Senior Grade v Blacktown 1987
- 30.37 (217) Senior Grade v Blacktown 1994
- 50.33 (333) Senior Grade v Blacktown 1994
- 11.31 (97) Senior Grade v Camden 1984
- 35.30 (240) Reserve Grade v Macquarie Uni 1982
"Best" behind tallies for other grades:
- 19.26 (140) Under 18 v Holroyd-Parramatta 2005
- 20.24 (144) Ramettes v Wollondilly 2016 (as above)
- 25.23 (173) Third Grade v Sydney Uni 2014
Last Modified on 21/05/2016 08:47