The ACT Women's Representative Team put on an
impressive diaplay against NSW and the Defence All-stars to take out the
Women's Tri-Team NAB Challenge on Saturday 12th June, 2010 at Kingston
Oval.
In a team that had numerous first time representative
players and a limited preparation the ACT team came together and put in
two strong performances that are encouraging signs for Women's football
in the ACT.
The ACT held the Defence All-stars goal-less in their
first match of the day, allowing their Forces opponents just 3 behinds
for the match.
In their second consecutive match for the day, the ACT
faced their cross-state rivals in NSW and continued their strong
performance holding NSW to just 3 goals for the match.
In the most exciting and final match of the day, the
Defence All-stars led at three quarter time and up until 5 minutes to
go in the match only to have victory snatched in the dying moments by
NSW to win by 8 points.
ACT def Defence All-stars 9.7.61 to
0.3.3
ACT Goal Kickers: Elise O’Dea 2, Karina Demant 2,
Courtney Horan 1, Danielle Peel 1, Hannah Dunn 1, Hannah McIntosh 1,
Nicole Somi 1
Best & Fairest Votes: 3 votes: Holly Cogle (ACT), 2
votes: Elise O’Dea (ACT), 1 vote: Fiona Rose (Defence)
ACT def NSW 7.6.48 to 3.4.22
ACT Goal Kickers: Emily Diprose 2, Elise O’Dea 1,
Danielle Peel 1, Kirrily Boyd 1, Karen Heath 1
Best & Fairest Votes: 3 votes: Holly Cogle (ACT), 2
votes: Karina Demant (ACT), 1 vote: Emily Diprose (ACT)
NSW def Defence All-stars 6.4.40 to 4.8.32
Best & Fairest Votes: 3 votes: Eliza Oates
(Defence), 2 votes: Una McKay (NSW), 1 vote: Jenna Linehan (NSW)
Pictured is Una McKay (vice-captain of NSW).