Official: 2010 McDonald's Women’s Champion of Champions Reports Online
The 2010 McDonald's Women’s Champion of Champions played at Valentine Sports Park on Saturday October 23rd produced a great day of amazing results and skills as female football in NSW continued to increase in popularity in front of what was a healthy amount of supporters at Glenwood.
All seven age groups were highlighted by Football NSW reporters with reports now present online below.
Girls Under 12
South West Slopes 1 v Northbridge 0 (extra-time)
South West Slopes clinched the Under-12 Girls Champion of Champions title with an extra-time golden goal over Ku-ring-gai side Northbridge.
Played in some very hot and humid conditions, Kya Godbier used her pace to get in behind the Northbridge defence and coolly slot home past a faultless Georgia Turnham in the Northbridge goal to seal the win.
Having dominated possession throughout the encounter, the win was just reward for South West Slopes. Northbridge certainly did hold their own throughout the match, and were a massive threat on the counterattack, marshaled constantly by Daisy Arrowsmith out of midfield.
Match winner Godbier didn’t have everything going her way early as she squandered a golden one-on-one chance after combining with teammate Emma James.
South West Slopes continued to carve out the better openings with their dominance of possession, though were constantly frustrated by Turnham.
Northbridge’s Arrowsmith nearly found a breakthrough on 24’ minutes as her free-kick attempt was blocked by the wall before her follow-up effort finished wide of the target.
At the other end Emma Jones’ low-driven attempt after the break was turned behind for a corner by Turnham – Jones another impressive performer for South West Slopes, confidently making the play in the attacking third.
Northbridge’s only real chance of the second period fell to Alice Falconer, though she was quickly thwarted by some resolute defence.
With normal time coming to an end, Turnham produced an exceptional reflex save from Godbier’s close-range effort to ensure the match went into extra-time.
Godbier got her revenge for a frustrating match in-front of goal when she took her chance in the 3’ minute of extra-time to secure the title for South West Slopes – the side conceding only one goal all campaign en-route to the grand final triumph.
Match Stats
South West Slopes 1
(Kya Godbier 3’ extra time)
Northbridge 0
South West Slopes: 1.Natasha Goode; 2.Kirrilee Cameron, 3.Tanelle Eccleston, 4.Olivia Moore, 5.Matilda Flanery, 6.Annie McGrath, 7.Erin Holder, 8.Kya Godbier, 9.Phoebe McGeoch, 10.Emma James, 11.Jessica Doolan, 12.Shannon Caldwell, 14.Sophie West
Northbridge: 1.Georgia Turnham; 2.Genevieve Casey, 3.Holly McNight, 4.Georgia Jones, 5.Emma Hannigan, 6.Alice Falconer, 8.Daisy Arrowsmith, 9.Taylor Babbs, 10.Nikki Seroukas, 11.Anna MacGregor, 12.Amelia Wagg, 14.Xanthe Muston, 15.Natasha Reiss, 22.Charlotte Bridson
Girls Under 14
Tennyson Tigers 1 v Bossley Sports 0
The Under-14 Girls Champion of Champions title went to Tennyson Tigers in a nail biting 1-0 victory over Bossley Sports.
Both teams certainly deserve appraisal for a fast-paced encounter despite the very warm conditions, in a match where both sets of defenders dominated their opponents attacking threats.
Lara Bates clinched the match winner in the last minute of the match, rising highest inside the penalty-area to head home into the back of the net.
The early stages produced attacking football by both sides, though the final pass in the attacking third appeared to be missing.
Sally Van Der Vegt tried her luck from distance midway through the first-half, though could not trouble Olivia Cachia in the Bossley Sports goal.
Bossley Sports response arrived via the right-flank where Meg Vandenheuvel’s cross almost picked out Alexia Martinez who was anticipated by Tigers goalkeeper Heather Madgwick who cleared her line quickly.
Bossley Sports nearly found a breakthrough in the closing stages of the first-half as a misunderstanding between goalkeeper Madgwick and Talia Tuake saw the latter play the ball behind the goal line with the Bossley Sports strikers ready to pounce.
The Tigers dominated the second-half from the outset as the Rebel Frison show commenced. Frison was exceptional with her skill, strength and vision creating a number of chances for her side. The pick of the chances arrived midway through the second period as the midfielder, with her back to goal and outside the penalty-area, brought the ball down off her chest before turning and firing a powerful drive into the arms of goalkeeper Cachia.
Frison was denied again moments later by Cachia, the shot-stopper this time getting down well to parry a powerfully hit diagonal effort across the face of goal.
Kate Alderton squandered a late chance, blasting over the crossbar from close-range before Bates stepped up to head home for a deserved Tigers victory.
Match Stats
Tennyson Tigers 1 (Lara Bates 59’)
Bossley Sports 0
Tennyson Tigers: 1.Heather Madgwick; 37.Rebel Frison, 50.Kate Brown, 21.Talia Tuake, 9.Olivia Chiu, 47.Kristen Gabrielli, 34.Sally Van Der Vegt, 54.Anais Alonso, 48.Lara Bates, 33.Tamara Viner, 16.Lauren Briscoe, 58.Ella Serhan, 27.Kate Alderton, 59.Lucy Jones, 7.Gillian Bartlett, 39.Emma Crestani
Bossley Sports: 1.Olivia Cachia; 32.Meg Vandenheuvel, 28.Keeley Baker, 24.Indiana Wagner, 26.Dina Marbin, 44.Jessica Grasso, 40.Courtney Krope, 42.Melissa Orellana, 30.Siobhan Bonora, 34.Ellie Louskos, 36.Sarah Wojciechowski, 46.Kimberly Ann Ellul, 22.Alexia Martinez
Girls Under 16
Epping YMCA 0 v Wakehurst 2
Wakehurst mounted early pressure on Epping YMCA and should have gone ahead after 5-minutes when a corner from Phoebe Layden eventually fell to Penny Crooks who lifted her snap shot over the bar from inside the area but slowly Epping clawed their way into the match and when Jessica Khoury slipped the ball into the path of Bronte Taylor she was unlucky to see her effort deflected away for a corner after desperate defence marred the opportunity although they should have been in front from another corner when Hannah Bisset headed over just 60-seconds later.
Epping’s best chance came soon after when Khoury played Bridget Sutherland into space with a one-on-one with Wakehurst goalie Ruby Alcock who dived bravely at the feet of the striker to snuff out the danger and keep the match goal-less but her side did go in front just after the quarter hour when a cross-cum-shot from the right Kate Geddes looped over Epping ‘keeper Kaitlin Spensieri into the far corner of the net.
Plenty of tactical exchanges on and off the pitch ensued and it wasn’t until the 31st minute the scoreboard official was troubled again when Wakehurst extended their lead after good build up play saw Rochelle Sharpe send Layden away on the left and her cut inside the box and shot was unstoppable.
Try as they might Epping couldn’t find a way back into the game although they applied pressure early during the second period but Wakehurst took command and started to dictate terms and although no further scoring took place it was a thoroughly entertaining game played in the right spirit with Epping YMCA able to take a lot of credit for their performance and overall performance on a day that simply didn’t belong to them.
Match Stats
Epping YMCA 0
Wakehurst 2
(Geddes 16, Layden 31)
Epping YMCA: Kaitlin Spensieri, Claudia Werner, Bridgit Sutherland, Jia Lee Lim, Georgia Tafe, Jessica Khoury, Hannah Bisset, Giulia Casson, Jacqueline Berky, Caitlin Hort, Claudia Villari-Kohlert, Dina Grinberg, Bronte Taylor, Kristina Baker, Alexandra Eley
Wakehurst: Ruby Alcock, Jamie Mitchell, Phoebe Layden, Tallulah Griffiths, Lauren Rice, Abbey Cosh, Penny Crooks, Madeline Sheard, Abigail Norsa, Rochelle Sharpe, Jessie Williams, Sarah Hopkinson, Jessica O’Donovan, Kate Geddes
Girls Under 18
Fernhill 1 v Miranda Magpies 8
Miranda Magpies handed Fernhill a harsh football lesson in the Under-18 Girls division with an emphatic 8-1 victory to seal the title.
Following the bright sunlight and heat earlier in the day, these two sides met a downpour prior to kick-off, and at intervals throughout the encounter as hat-tricks to Lara Halls-Smith and Alex Kelly killed off any chance for the Illawarra side. Goals to Justine Giampaoli and Brittany Vanderhart added salt to the wounds of Fernhill, despite Amanda Zuzic scoring late in the first-half to keep the tie open.
Halls-Smith opened the scoring in the 10’ minute with a fabulous loop over the goalkeeper after running behind the Fernhill defence to carve out the opening.
The score, and Halls-Smith’s personal tally, was doubled 5’ minutes later as the striker finished with ease after dispossessing some lackluster defending.
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Justine Giampaoli added a third for the Magpies on the half-hour mark with a fine finish from close-range before Zuzic showed strength and persistence to maintain possession, despite close attention from her marker, to reduce the deficit to two.
Following the break Jacqueline Harris made the most of a failed clearance inside the Fernhill penalty-area to drive the ball home for the Magpies fourth, before Halls-Smith sealed her hat-trick with a fierce diagonal drive past the outstretched arms of the goalkeeper.
Alex Kelly grabbed her first of the afternoon on the hour mark, driving the ball home with aplomb following another poor clearance by the Fernhill defence. Kelly then doubled her tally 10’ minutes later. Played through on goal, one-on-one with the goalkeeper, the striker produced an audacious chip over the goalkeeper to find the back of the net.
The 8-1 victory was complete when Kelly found her third for the afternoon, the striker driving the ball into the bottom right-hand corner to complete Miranda Magpies resounding display.
Jessica Tomassini had two chances late in the match for Fernhill, though her brave forward forays from her own half failed to provide just reward as Miranda administered the closing stages with ease to secure a much deserved win.
Match Stats
Fernhill 1 (Amanda Zuzic 34’)
Miranda Magpies 8 (Lara Halls-Smith 10’, 15’, 53’, Justine Giampaoli 30’, Brittany Vanderhart 51’, Alex Kelly 59’, 69’, 74’)
Fernhill: 1.Cayce Wylie; 2.Jessica Tomassini, 3.Brittany Elm, 4.Skye McPherson, 5.Amanda Zuzic, 6.Jade Thompson, 7.Hannah Kerry, 8.Brooke Carney, 9.Stephanie Abel, 10.Jessi Denniss, 11.La-Trisha Broome, 12.Rhie Stevens, 13.Laura Godkin, 14.Alyssa Layland, 15.Hannah Muirhead, 16.Bridget Roberts
Miranda Magpies: 4.Isobel Bruce, 5.Felicity Zinnato, 8.Justine Giampaoli, 9.Brittany Bultitude, 10.Jacqueline Harris, 12.Brittany Vanderhart, 14.Gabbie Johnson, 15.Natalie Harris, 16.Bronte Keet, 71.Lara Halls-Smith, 72.Alex Kelly, 81.Jessica Cawsey, 84.Dahna Cicco
Girls Under 21
Granville Association 1 v Culburra 6
Culburra travelled up to VSP from the south coast and were in determined mood not to leave empty handed and tested Granville ‘keeper Anita Accevedo after three minutes who needed to save smartly after Elise Battin sent Amy Loveday into the clear but it was a lesson Granville didn’t learn from and they found themselves under the pump from then on in an uncharacteristic display that could only be described as nerves.
Maddy Cornell opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a beautifully executed lofted angled shot that left the custodian grasping thin air and Granville did well to keep the score to nil-one until the 34th minute when Tamara Nash sent a low shot beyond Accevedo down to her right and three minutes later was left to pick the ball out the net again after being exposed to a thundering run and shot from Battin to give Culburra a 3-nil half-time lead.
Rebecca Houston, Sarah Mason and Rachel Garcia worked the frontline and right flank particularly well with their flowing passing and for a short spell looked to be taking the game back to Culburra but Battin added the fourth with a lovely lobbed effort from the edge of the box and moments later Sarah May did the same from the angle of the area when looping the ball in at the back stick over the increasingly exposed Accevedo as Gladesville pushed for a goal and left gaps at the back as they chased the game.
The Granville Association girls battled hard in the sweltering conditions and finally netted a consolation through Sarah Mason but Culburra ended the day as they began when Amy Loveday rounded out the scoring.
It was a case of Culburra attacking the ball and winning the 50/50’s whilst Gladesville waited for the ball to come to them and if the score line should suggest an easy victory it was anything but, they simply didn’t find their rhythm on this day.
Match Stats
Gladesville Association 1
(Mason 66)
Culburra 6
(Cornell 11, Nash 34, Battin 34,55, May 57, A. Loveday 86)
Gladesville Association: Anita Accevedo, Courtney King, Charlotte Stenning, Anna Nickols, Rachel Lindsay, Elise Jonsson, Victoria Facey, Emily Salinas, Ashleigh Standford, Kristina Mott, Sarah Sykes, Rebecca Houston, Kara Hocothee, Michelle Barlow, Sarah Mason, Rachel Garcia
Culburra: Amyann Green, Brooke Gammage, Elise Battin, Kaylee Burton, Sarah May, Leah Dodd, Tamara Nash, Taylor Feast, Amy Loveday, Molly Loveday, Samantha Cornell, Caitlyn Pattie, Rebecca Bodley, Lisa Stockman, Maddy Cornell
All Age Womens
University of Wollongong 3 v Lindfield 1
Wollongong ‘Hippo’s’ started as brightly as their pink shirts and came close to open the scoring against Lindfield inside the first minute when Jamie Dennison found herself in space and time to fire in a fierce low shot that was well handled by Lindfield ‘keeper Amy Seskin and the dye was cast for an enthralling match for the many spectators present.
Leah Carlton was next to show for Wollongong but looked to have left her shooting boots at home when firing over from distance before the move of the game found her on the end of an inspired break that saw Fran Holloway slip a pass to Renee Leddy who in turn played in Carlon who crossed from the right for Halloway to fire goal ward but finding Seskin in sparkling form to save sharply and Carlon again imposed herself when mounting pressure on the Lindfield backs and winning the ball in good position once more sent her effort over the bar but she didn’t have long to wait to open the scoring when Kathryn Collins rampaged down the Lindfield left and sent over a cross to be met by Carlton who this time made no mistake in finding the net.
Lindfield should have been in front from a 17th minute free-kick by Jen Dodshon that saw Rabiye Arslan, in the Wollongong goal, able only to parry the shot that was seized upon by Rachel Bennet who was unlucky to see her effort deflected into the side netting for a corner.
Moments later and Wollongong increased their lead when Sonja Caraian looked harshly to be adjudged to have nudged Uni’s Collins in the back inside the area and referee Adam Dow had little hesitation in pointing to the spot that was duly dispatched by Dennison to give her side a 2-nil lead going into the break.
Lindfield really took it to Wollongong in the second-half and came close to reducing the deficit particularly when Rachel Bennet was in a good position but couldn’t gain enough height to attain purchase on a header that fell weakly to the ‘keeper after an early scare from Wollongong in the 48th minute saw Karen Clarke volley over from the edge of the box after Dennison whipped in a corner but Lindfield did claw one back moments later with the goal of the game.
Caraian floated a free-kick to the edge of the area that Bennett met with a deftly struck volley that looped over Arslan into the net to bring the match back to 1-two as the rain came down on the dusty Valentines Sports Park pitch.
Lindfield’s Bennett received a nasty gash to the right knee that needed treatment but as her side chased to get back into the match and level the scores they inevitably left gaps at the back and exposed the ‘keeper and although they fought back strongly the result was settled in the 78th minute when Collins was able to net from close range and in so doing restore the two goal lead that Lindfield couldn’t pull back even though Clare Sullivan, who worked tirelessly all afternoon, tested Uni custodian Arslan strongly with a header.
Wollongong merited their win but Lindfield were more than worthy opponents that tested them strongly.
Match Stats
University of Wollongong 3
(Carlon 23, Dennison 28 penalty, Collins 78)
Lindfield 1
(Bennett 58)
University of Wollongong: Rabiye Arslan, Lauren Wiedl, Leah Carlon, Belinda Griffith, Kaylie Harrison, Grace Fahey, Kathryn Collins, Courtney Collins, Maria Romeo, Lyndsay Andrew, Fran Dorczak, Karen Clarke, Fran Halloway, Renee Leddy, Jessica Guppy, Le-Tisha Kable, Jaime Dennison
Lindfield: Amy Seskin, Emily Seskin, Holly Daly, Fleur Garton, Stephanie Kaye, Mun Ling Yeng, Lena Sachs, Mel Dawes, Carly Vinokur, Sonja Caraian, Claire McAlpine, Rachel Bennett, Charlotte Richards, Eloise Taylor, Cynthia Pow, Jen Dodshon, Clare Sullivan
Over 30 Womens
Nepean Association 1 v North Strathfield 3
Canterbury Association based side North Strathfield captured the 2010 Champion of Champions Over 3o Womens title after defeating Nepean Association 3-1 in hot and humid conditions at Valentine Sports Park on Saturday.
North Strathfield’s joint coaches Rachel Jospe and Hayley Harradine were ecstatic with the performances of all their team members who lifted the trophy at the conclusion of the match.
It was however Nepean Association who scored the first goal of the match in the 7th minute when Amanda Brickfield put in a superb pass which caught North Strathfield keeper Kristy Farr off-guard and the ball fell to the feet of Nubia Lopez who calmly slotted the ball for the game’s first goal.
Three minutes later North Strathfield went close to an equaliser when Fiona Forster rose well to head an inch perfect cross from Hannah Burton but the ball sailed over the bar.
Nepean almost went two up in the 12th minute when Brickfield again was involved after her shot sailed over the bar from a dangerous corner by Annabel Whyte.
North Strathfield however responded after some heavy pressure in the 17th minute when Melissa Fitzgerald latched onto a great cross inside the box and put the ball past a despairing Natalie Merlino to level the game at 1-1.
Nepean went close to scoring a second three minutes later when Anne Blair-Hickman’s shot from outside the box almost hit the back of the net.
The half-time whistle sounded and it was one-a-piece at the break but things changed as goals were on the menu in the second half.
North Strathfield took the lead in the 62nd minute when Nicole Mueller headed home a neat goal from close range after an aerial scramble with the ball proving too hot to handle for Merlino to push the game into North Strathfield’s favour.
The icing on the cake for North Strathfield was then seen in the 68th minute when what appeared to be a routine cross deflected off Nepean’s Claire Grundy as her own goal sealed the victory for the Canterbury Association side 3-1.
Match Stats
Nepean Association 1
(Nubia Lopez 7’)
North Strathfield 3
(Melissa Fitzgerald 17’, Nicole Mueller 62’, Claire Grundy (own goal) 68’)
Nepean Association: Natalie Merlino, Amanda Brickfield, Janeen McCrorie, Sue Henderson, Stacey Fanella, Melanie Murray, Nubia Lopez, Annabel Whyte, Louise White, Lynne Wegrzyn, Mel Forbes, Wendy Johnson, Anne Blair-Hickman, Kristie Verinder, Frances Refalo, Claire Grundy.
North Strathfield: Kristy Farr, Melissa Fitzgerald, Nicole Mueller, Jennifer Grinham, Sarah Benson, Karin Senff, Melinda Yates, Rachel Jospe, Olga Lauricella, Kylie Goodall-Holmes, Vanessa Allen Ereckson, Amanda Alcock, Hayley Harradine, Sarah Ashcroft, Fiona Forster, Hannah Burton, Lisa Hopkins
-Reporting by Mark Stavroulakis, Joseph Carlucci and Micky Brock
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