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CAPITAL FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE www.capitalfootball.com.au
Welcome to the
Capital Football 2011
Season
A very warm welcome to everyone to the 2011 Capital Football season and, in
particular, to our Premier League competitions. We particularly welcome back The
Tradies club as naming rights sponsor of the Women’s Premier League and extend
a warm welcome to The Rock Development Group who are the new sponsors of
men’s Premier League football. The support of both of these sponsors is crucial in
maintaining a viable competition in terms of standards and rewards for the
competing clubs so thank you to both for adding their name to our competitions.
Whilst on the subject of sponsors I’d also like to thank Derbystar for their continued support of the
Premier League competitions through the supply of match balls to all competing clubs and TigerTurf, who installed
the pitch at the Hawker Football Centre and who sponsor our club championship award.
Season 2011 promises to be another exceptional year for football in the ACT and surrounding region. Our flagship
competitions have undergone structural changes with teams leaving and joining the top flight. The men’s Rock Pre-
mier League has been re-structured after ANU FC chose not to pursue Premier League football and will revert to a
nine-club competition with two bye’s for each club throughout the season.
In The Tradies Women’s Premier League Brindabella Blues have made way, after a tough season in the elite division
to focus on building their playing ranks with a view to possibly moving back into the Premier League in later years.
In their stead we welcome Gungahlin United, a young vibrant club with close links to Canberra City in the Rock Pre-
mier League. Their appearance in the women’s competition means that we continue with an eight-club league and
a 21-round format that proved very satisfactory last season.
The 2010 Capital Football season was punctuated by the FIFA World Cup held in South Africa adding some top-class
international football to the calendar and a chance for our players, officials and supporters to watch matches on
their televisions and become inspired to take up, or follow, the local game. 2011 offers a similar opportunity in the
Women’s game with the Matildas taking part in the FIFA World Cup to be held in Germany in June and July. They’ve
been handed a tough draw with Brazil, Norway and the unknown quantity that is Equatorial Guinea standing in the
way of a quarter final berth. But we believe they can do it! Keep an eye out during the season for news on where
you can follow these matches on SBS.
And finally I’d like to extend our appreciation to John Logue and Alan Bradbury for their contributions to the Board
over the past years. John, in particular, has been a stalwart throughout the post Crawford Report years and seeing
us through the unification of four organisations into a single entity as well as steering the Kanga Cup organising
committee for eight years. We welcome two new Directors in James Selby and Eddie Senatore and will soon
announce a new chair and deputy chair for the board and organisation.
All that remains is for me to wish you and the referees all the very best for a successful 2011. Enjoy your football
and I look forward to seeing you around the grounds during the year.
Heather Reid
CEO. Capital Football
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE NEWS, RESULTS & LADDERS THROUGHOUT 2011 AT:
WWW.CAPITALFOOTBALL.COM.AU
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Welcome to the Capital Football
2011 Premier League Season
WELCOME FROM THE WOMEN’S
LEAGUE STANDING COMMITTEE
The 2011 season got off to a great start with the Women’s loop Federation Cup. Eight teams
competed again this year and newcomers to Premier League, Gungahlin United, showed they
are ready for the challenge of the year ahead. Belconnen United were this year’s champions
defeating Woden Valley 3-1 on penalties after the score was 0 – 0 following extra time. It was
an exciting game and the defence and keepers were outstanding.
The Pre Premiership competition was also successful with most of the teams that will be
playing this season nominating. For many teams this tournament is an opportunity to
experiment with player positions and for novices and new recruits to have a run with their new
team mates. It’s also a time for coaches both new and returning to try something new.
Once more a good number of teams have nominated in the State League / Master’s
competition and with the start of the season just around the corner, we are looking forward to
what promises to be another successful season full of fun and great contests. We couldn’t have
the great competitions we have without the efforts and dedication of our coaches, referees,
volunteers and supporters. Thanks for your contribution to women’s football in Canberra. I
hope you have an enjoyable season.
Fran Sankey
Chair—Women’s Standing Committee
WELCOME FROM THE MEN’S LEAGUE STANDING COMMITTEE
Capital Football looks forward to a revamped State League competition after the recommendations from
the SL review were completed in 2010. There are ten State League competitions confirmed with ten
teams in each competition. All clubs are anticipating strong even competitions.
The Men’s Premier League has a new sponsor ROCK Development Group. Their sponsorship will be used
as prize money apportioned to all four divisions with the final portion available to coach Development.
Tiger Turf and Derbystar are continuing their sponsorship with the Men’s Premier League. The Federation
Cup also has a new sponsor “loop” (Belconnen Markets), who have replaced long time sponsor Project
Coordination.
The Premier League clubs are all striving to break the dominance of Canberra FC and place some of the
silverware in a different trophy cabinet in 2011. There has been the usual player movement in the off-
season and some clubs now have a different
make up and hope that they have the mettle
to produce some exciting results.
The Masters competitions continues to show
strength for our senior players and now have
an Over 45’s competition for the most mature
masters. Clubs, players and referees look for
ward to a competitive season to be played in a
fair spirit.
George Lemon
Chair—Men’s Standing Committee
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Capital Football
2011 Season Guide
Contents
Welcome Messages …………...………………………………………….. 4
PART ONE: The Winners 2010
2010 Competition Winners ……………………………………………. 6
2010 Golden Boot Winners …………………………………………….. 7
2010 Award Winners ……………………………………………………………………………………………………... 8
Australian Representatives ………………………………………………………………………………………….…. 10
2010 Final Standings—Men’s Competition …………………………………………………………………….. 11
2010 Final Standings—Women’s Competition ……………………………………………………………….. 13
2010 Grand Finals—Results ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
2010 Men’s Grand Final: Canberra FC v Belconnen United …………………………………………….. 15
2010 Women’s Grand Final: Belwest Foxes v Weston Creek …………………………………………... 16
2010 Men’s Pathway Finals …………………………………………………...………………………………………. 17
2010 Women’s Grade Finals …………………………………………………………………………………………… 18
PART TWO: The Clubs 2011
The Rock Premier League
Belconnen United …………………………………….. 21 Goulburn Strikers ……………………………. 26
Canberra City ……………………………………………. 22 Monaro Panthers ……………………………. 27
Canberra FC ………………………………………….…. 23 Tuggeranong United ……………………….. 28
Canberra Olympic ……………………….…………... 24 Woden Valley ………………………………….. 29
Cooma Tigers ……………………………………..……. 25
The Tradies Premier League
ANU WFC …………………………………………………. 31 Gungahlin United …………………………… 35
Belconnen United ……………………………………. 32 Tuggeranong United ……………………….. 36
Belwest Foxes ………………………………………….. 33 Weston Creek …………………………………. 37
Canberra FC ……………………………………... 34 Woden Valley ………………………………….. 38
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ACT Football Federation
(Capital Football)
Postal Address:
PO Box 50, Curtin, ACT 2605
Street Address:
Football House, Unit 2/3 Phipps Close, Deakin, ACT 2600
Phone - (02) 6260 4000
Fax - (02) 6260 4999
Email - info@capitalfootball.com.au
Website - www.capitalfootball.com.au
Capital Football Board: League Services Technical Department
Rachel Harrigan, Fethon Ileris,
Peter Maybury, Kim Chapman, Alasdair Grocock Royston Thomas
Eddie Senatore, James Selby Mens League Manager Technical Director
mensleague@capitalfootball.com.au technical@capitalfootball.com.au
Business Operations Angelo Maralit Daniel Murphy
Junior League Manager High Performance Manager
Heather Reid juniorleague@capitalfootball.com.au development@capitalfootbll.com.au
Chief Executive Officer
ceo@capitalfootball.com.au Melanie Luksa Pat McCann
Women’s League Manager Game Development Manager
womensleague@caputalfootball.com.au coaching@capitalfootball.com.au
David Lee
Acting General Manager Sigourney Dunk
general@capitalfootball.com.au Referee’s Administrator
refadmin@caputalfootball.com.au
Adam Castle
Events Coordinator/Kanga Cup John Perrett
kangacup@capitalfootball.com.au Acting Futsal League Manager
futsalleague@capitalfootball.com.au
Carol Hayes
Finance Officer Nedja Barisic
accounts@capitalfootball.com.au Work Experience & League Assistant
Russ Gibbs
Media/PR Officer
media@capitalfootball.com.au
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Men’s League
Competition Premiers Runner’s Up League Champions
Premier League Canberra FC Belconnen United Canberra FC
Federation Cup Canberra FC Goulburn Strikers N/A
Premier Pathway Woden Valley Belconnen United Belconnen United
Premier under-18 Tuggeranong United Woden Valley Woden Valley
Premier under-16 Canberra Olympic Woden Valley Canberra FC
State League 1 Queanbeyan City White Eagles White Eagles
State League 2 ANU FC Weston Creek Weston Creek
State League 3 Belconnen United Canberra FC UCU Pumas
State League 4 UCU Pumas Tuggeranong United Belnorth
State League 5 Canberra City Cooma Tigers ANU FC / Canberra
City
State League 6 Canberra Olympic ANU FC ANU FC
State League 7 Belconnen United ANU FC Belconnen United
State League 8 Burns FC ANU FC ANU FC
State League 9 ANU FC Tuggeranong United Tuggeranong United
State League 10 Gungahlin United ANU FC Blue Gungahlin United
Masters Division 1 Canberra FC Weston Creek Weston Creek
Masters Division 2 Burns FC Belconnen United Belconnen United
Masters Division 3 Belnorth Woden Valley Belnorth
Masters Over-43 Canberra FC Lanyon United Tuggeranong Old
Boys
Women’s League
Competition Premiers Runner’s Up League Champions
Premier League Woden Valley Belwest Foxes Belwest Foxes
Federation Cup Belwest Foxes Woden Valley N/A
Premier Reserves Belwest Foxes Belconnen United Woden Valley
Premier under-18 Belconnen United Woden Valley Belconnen United
under-18 Division 1 Gungahlin United Monaro Panthers Monaro Panthers
State League 1 O’Connor Knights Tuggeranong United O’Connor Knights
State League 2 Woden Valley Griffins Cooma Tigers Woden Valley Griffins
State League 3 Belnorth Belsouth Belnorth
State League 4 Belwest Foxes Yass FC Belwest Foxes
Masters Weston Creek Rebels Tuggeranong United Weston Creek Rebels
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Men’s League
Division Player Club
Premier League Danny Macor Belconnen United
Premier Pathway Daniel Barac ACTAS
Premier under-18 Muad Zwed Woden Valley
Premier under-16 Julian Borgna Canberra FC
State League 1 Ned Aleksic Queanbeyan City
State League 2 Tim Webb Weston Creek
State League 3 Edwin Davidson UCU Pumas
State League 4 Joseph Colebatch ANU FC
State League 5 Russ Gibbs Tuggeranong United
State League 6 Thomas Elford ANU FC
State League 7 Ronald MacLeod Burns FC
State League 8 Daniel Barratt ANU FC
State League 9 Matthew Tew / David Gungahlin / Weston
Winslade / David Pollock Creek /
Tuggeranong United
State League 10 Faisal Sheikh / Michael Gungahlin / Woden Val-
Pogson / Ian Roxburgh ley / ANU FC
Masters Division 1 Steven Lazzari Weston Creek
Masters Division 2 Ronald MacLeod Burns FC
Masters Division 3 Ahmadullah Jadeer Gungahlin United
Masters—Over-43 Colin Tulley Tuggeranong Old Boys
Women’s League
Division Player Club
Premier League Caitlin Munoz Belconnen United
Premier Reserves Sarah Tutt Belconnen United
Premier under-18 Brittany Smale Belconnen United
under-18 Division 1 Monica Cerro Gungahlin United
State League 1 Anita Misic O’Connor Knights
State League 2 Ashlea Kara Woden Valley
State League 3 Kirsten Burrowes Weston Creek
Cindy Condron UCU Pumas
State League 4 Lucy Southern Yass FC
Masters Dianne Stinziani Weston Creek
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Men’s League
Player of the Year Player Club
Premier League Dustin Wells Belconnen United
Premier Pathway Peter Spiller ANU FC
Premier under-18 Sam Carters ANU FC
Premier under-16 Darcy Crosthwaite Woden Valley
Coach of the Year Coach Club
Premier League Darren Viskovich Tuggeranong United
Club Champions Club
Premier League Belconnen United
State League Narrabundah
Fair Play Award Belnorth
Women’s League
Player of the Year Player Club
Premier League Cian Maciejewski Belwest Foxes
Premier Reserves Julie Gordy Weston Creek
Premier under-18 Anna Bennett ANU FC
Coach of the Year Coach Club
Premier League Antoni Jagarinec Belconnen United
Trophy Club
Vicky Baxter Diplomacy Trophy Weston Creek Rebels
Under-18 Shield Belconnen United
Heather Reid Trophy Cooma Tigers
Sarah Briggs Shield ANU WFC 2
Julie Murray Shield Weston Creek
Elaine Watson Cup Woden Valley Rival
Cathy McCallum Award Mike Borucinski
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Capital Football Representative Awards
Trophy Club
under-13 Girls Siena Senatore
under-13 Boys Nathan Alferink
under-13 Boys (Alex Reid Memorial) Andre Saleh
under-14 Boys Kieran Matress
under-15 Boys Ilija Cotric
under-15 Girls Stephanie Coates
under-17 Girls Grace Field
Futsal – Men’s Tom Rogic
Futsal – Women’s Amanda Aurousseau
Special Service Awards
Award Person Club
Life Membership John Jenkins Referee
Hall of Fame Jim Roberts Administrator
Hall of Fame Ned Zelic Player
Hall of Fame Sacha Wainwright Player
Hall of Fame Tom Exharos Player
Award of Distinction Henk Thijssens Referee
Volunteer of the Year David Calvert Belsouth
Junior Coach of the Mal Daisley Tuggeranong United
Year
Male Coach of the Matthew Selems Marist College
Year
Referee’s Awards
Trophy Recipient
Men’s Premier League Grand Final Richard Naumovski
Referee
Women’s Premier League Grand Final Samantha Ockerby
Referee
Dennis McDermott Award – Richard Naumovski
Federation Cup
Women’s Federation Cup Final Alasdair Grocock
Referee
Men’s Referee of the Year Richard Naumovski
Women’s Referee of the Year Alasdair Grocock
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Socceroos
Carl VALERI
Young Socceroos – under-20
Chris BUSH
Kofi DANNING
Stephen DOMENICI
Steven LUSTICA
Sam MUNRO
Matildas
Caitlin MUNOZ
Sally SHIPARD
Lydia WILLIAMS
Australian Girls – under-13
Siena SENATORE
Futsalroos
Angelo KONSTANTINOU
Tom ROGIC
Pat ROSS-MAGEE
Referees
Ben WILLIAMS
Ben WILSON
Allyson FLYNN
Chris COLLEY (Futsal)
Coaches
Robbie HOOKER (Matildas—Assistant Coach)
Roger CUA (Futsalroos)
10Men’s Premier League
Pos Played Win Draw Loss For Against Diff Pts
1 Canberra FC 18 12 5 1 57 15 +42 41
2 Belconnen United 18 12 3 3 47 25 +22 39
3 Cooma Tigers 18 9 4 5 34 19 +15 31
4 Canberra City 18 8 3 7 37 26 +11 27
5 Monaro Panthers 18 8 2 8 29 33 -4 26
6 Canberra Olympic 18 6 5 7 26 30 -4 23
7 Woden Valley 18 6 1 11 28 46 -18 19
Tuggeranong
8 18 5 4 9 22 47 -25 19
United
9 Goulburn Strikers 18 4 4 10 28 41 -13 16
10 ANU FC 18 3 3 12 17 43 -26 12
Men’s Premier Pathway League
Pos Played Win Draw Loss For Against Diff Pts
1 Belconnen United 19 11 5 3 43 22 21 38
2 Woden Valley 19 11 4 4 51 38 13 37
3 ANU FC 19 10 4 5 44 33 11 34
4 ACTAS 19 9 5 5 51 31 20 32
Tuggeranong
5 19 9 5 5 35 34 1 32
United
6 Canberra Olympic 19 9 2 8 46 44 2 29
7 Canberra City 19 7 3 9 45 39 6 24
8 Canberra FC 19 6 3 10 41 45 -4 21
9 Cooma Tigers 19 5 5 9 40 46 -6 20
10 Monaro Panthers 19 4 1 14 28 55 -27 13
11 Goulburn Strikers 18 3 3 12 20 57 -37 12
11Men’s Premier League under-18
Pos Played Win Draw Loss For Against Diff Pts
1 Woden Valley 17 11 4 2 61 18 43 37
Tuggeranong
2 17 10 5 2 38 15 23 35
United
3 Canberra FC 17 10 4 3 44 13 31 34
4 Cooma Tigers 17 11 1 5 51 30 21 34
5 Belconnen United 17 9 1 7 40 31 9 28
6 ANU FC 17 8 2 7 41 29 12 26
7 Canberra City 17 4 4 9 26 38 -12 16
8 Monaro Panthers 17 5 0 12 15 41 -26 15
9 Canberra Olympic 17 5 0 12 18 58 -40 15
10 Goulburn Strikers 17 1 1 15 13 74 -61 4
Men’s Premier League under-16
Pos Played Win Draw Loss For Against Diff Pts
1 Canberra FC 17 16 0 1 107 9 +98 48
2 Canberra Olympic 17 13 1 3 77 17 +59 40
3 Woden Valley 17 13 1 3 80 16 +65 37
4 Belconnen United 17 10 3 4 51 23 +28 33
5 ANU FC 17 8 0 9 42 42 0 24
6 Canberra City 17 7 1 9 40 48 -8 22
7 Tuggeranong 17 7 1 9 39 52 -13 22
8 Goulburn Strikers 17 4 1 12 26 69 -43 13
9 Monaro Panthers 17 2 0 15 17 120 -103 6
10 Cooma Tigers 17 1 0 16 20 102 -82 3
12The Tradies Women’s Premier League
Pos Played Win Draw Loss For Against Diff Pts
1 Belwest Foxes 21 18 0 3 95 18 +77 54
2 Woden Valley 21 17 2 2 77 16 +61 53
3 Belconnen United 21 11 5 5 66 20 +46 38
4 Weston Creek 21 9 4 8 40 32 +8 31
5 Canberra FC 21 6 5 10 26 58 -32 23
Tuggeranong
6 21 6 4 11 44 47 -3 22
United
7 ANU WFC 21 4 6 11 26 -51 -25 18
8 Brindabella Blues 21 0 0 21 14 146 -132 0
Women’s Premier League Reserves
Pos Played Win Draw Loss For Against Diff Pts
1 Woden Valley 21 16 3 2 70 21 +49 51
2 Belwest Foxes 21 15 5 1 63 9 +54 50
3 Weston Creek 21 11 6 4 62 19 +43 39
4 Belconnen United 21 9 7 5 44 31 +13 34
Tuggeranong
5 20 6 4 10 34 47 -13 22
United
6 ANU WFC 21 6 1 14 34 40 -6 19
7 Canberra FC 21 5 4 12 32 40 -8 19
8 Brindabella Blues 20 0 0 20 6 138 -132 0
Women’s Premier League under-18
Pos Played Win Draw Loss For Against Diff Pts
1 Belconnen United 21 17 4 0 146 20 +126 55
2 Woden Valley 21 16 2 3 125 24 +101 50
Tuggeranong
3 21 12 4 5 50 31 +19 40
United
4 Weston Creek 21 11 3 7 60 49 +11 35
5 Radford College 21 7 2 12 61 67 -6 23
6 ANU WFC 21 6 2 13 49 82 -33 20
7 Belwest Foxes 21 5 2 14 43 97 -54 16
8 Brindabella Blues 21 0 1 20 17 178 -164 1
13Grand Final Results – Men’s
Division Winners Runner’s Up Result
Premier League Canberra FC Belconnen United 6-0
Premier Pathway Woden Valley Belconnen United 4-1
Premier under-18 Tuggeranong United Woden Valley 3-2
Premier under-16 Canberra Olympic Woden Valley 4-2
State League 1 Queanbeyan City White Eagles 1-0
State League 2 ANU FC Weston Creek 2-1
State League 3 Belconnen United Canberra FC 4-2
State League 4 UCU Pumas Tuggeranong United 1-0
State League 5 Canberra City Cooma Tigers 2-1
State League 6 Canberra Olympic ANU FC 3-1
State League 7 Belconnen United ANU FC 2-1
State League 8 Burns FC ANU FC 3-2
State League 9 ANU FC Tuggeranong United 1-0
State League 10 Gungahlin United ANU FC Blue 3-1
Masters Division 1 Canberra FC Weston Creek 5-4
Masters Division 2 Burns FC Belconnen United 3-2
Masters Division 3 Belnorth Woden Valley 2-1
Masters—Over-43 Canberra FC Lanyon United 1-0
Grand Final Results – Women’s
Division Winners Runner’s Up Result
Premier League Woden Valley Belwest Foxes 5-3
Premier Reserves Belwest Foxes Belconnen United 1-0
Premier under-18 Belconnen United Woden Valley 5-2
under-18 Division 1 Gungahlin United Monaro Panthers 2-1
State League 1 O’Connor Knights Tuggeranong United 5-0
State League 2 Woden Valley Griffins Cooma Tigers 2-0
State League 3 Belnorth Belsouth 1-0
State League 4 Belwest Foxes Yass FC 3-0
Masters Weston Creek Rebels Tuggeranong United 2-0
14CANBERRA FC TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Saturday 18th September 2010
McKellar Park, Belconnen Soccer Centre
Canberra FC 6 (Danai Gapare 2’, 45’, Adam Spaleta
9’, 63’, Matt Grbesa 18’, Alex Castro 37’)
Belconnen United 0
Referee: Richard Naumovski
Crowd: 1,450
Valeri Medal: Adam Spaleta (Canberra FC)
Canberra FC completed a second successive treble with a sensational 6-0 rout of perennial rivals Belconnen United in the 2010 Gatorade
Premier League Grand Final at McKellar Park. The League champions were in stunning form and were 5-0 up by the interval, thanks to some
quite brilliant goals, to which the Blue Devils simply had no response. Barely two minutes were on the clock when Danai Gapare chased a
long ball down the left flank and cut back to send a swirling cross into the Belconnen area which totally outfoxed Rohan Shepherd in the Blue
Devils goal to drop into the net.
If that was a surprise to Scott Conlon’s team, what was to follow must have been like living a nightmare. With the flow of play all directed at
Shepherd’s goal the lead was doubled before ten minutes had elapsed. Canberra FC was awarded a free-kick wide on the left hand side from
where Adam Spaleta sent a venomous delivery into the area that slashed it’s way past Shepherd and into the top corner of the net. Barely
eight minutes later and it was 3-0. Matt Grbesa advanced and, from 25 metres, chipped Shepherd who had been drawn off his line by the
prospect of a cross to the far post.
By this stage most of the crowd were rubbing their eyes in disbelief and that was further heightened
with a fourth FC goal in the 37th minute. Jon Ison was the catalyst, the defender firing a laser-like cross
into the penalty area where Alex Castro slipped his marker to loop a beautiful header over the stranded
Shepherd and into the net.
Adam Spaleta, who would be awarded the Walter Valeri medal as man of the match, turned provider
again on the cusp of half-time, collecting a pass over the top of the flat Blue Devils defence and squar-
ing a pass to the unmarked Gapare who had the easiest of tasks to tap into the empty net for a half-
time score of 5-0. It was perhaps inevitable that the second half would not quite live up the incredible
scenes of the first but the crowd remained and the supporters were treated to what was, arguably, the
goal of the game in the 63rd minute.
Adam Spaleta received a pass 35 metres from goal and unleashed an exocet of a shot that thundered
past Shepherd and into the top corner of the net that was left shaking on its moorings by the sheer
velocity of a quite stunning strike. Incredibly the same player hit an even harder shot ten minutes later
that crashed off the underside of the bar, and seemingly crossed the line, only to be judged to have
bounced clear by the match officials. With the game meandering towards it’s inevitable conclusion Ison and Belconnen substitute Tai Smith
were sent off for their part in a melee that threatened to spiral out of control, but it didn’t take the gloss of a brilliant display by Canberra FC
who were worthy champions.
Walter Valeri Medal Winners
Year Name Club
2008 Dustin Wells Belconnen United
2009 John Glass Canberra FC
2010 Adam Spaleta Canberra FC
15YEOMAN-DALE TREBLE SEALS CUP VICTORY
Sunday 19th September 2010
Hawker Football Centre
Woden Valley 5 (Erin Frewin 2’, Georgia Yeoman-Dale 23’, 56’.
88’ (pen), Ashleigh Palombi 29’)
Belwest Foxes 3 (Snez Veljanovska 30’, Cian Maciejewski 45’, Hope
Wilkins 73’)
Referee: Sam Ockerby
Crowd: 935
Murray Medal: Georgia Yeoman-Dale
A hat-trick from speedy striker Georgia Yeoman-Dale led Woden Valley to a sensational 5-3 victory over the Belwest Foxes in The Tradies
Women’s Premier League Grand Final at Hawker Football Centre on a sunny spring afternoon. The pace of Yeoman-Dale was too much for
the Foxes defence to cope with and the feisty young forward was at the top of her game and could have gone home with six goals to her
name following several decent chances that were spurned. Not that it mattered to the Julie Murray Medal winner who was clinical when
needed.
It took Woden less than two minutes to signal their intent, taking the lead in an unusual way. A shot from distance took a huge deflection
and, after ‘keeper Melanie Luksa did well to readjust to claim the ball, it spilled lose for Erin Frewin to bundle into the net from close range.
The dream start got even better in the 23rd minute when Yeoman-Dale reacted quickest to Isabella Boag-Taylor’s through ball, rode a
challenge from a defender and skipped past Luksa to roll the ball into the empty net for a silky goal.
Incredibly by the half-hour mark the underdogs were 3-0 ahead. Once more Yeoman-Dale was to the
fore racing onto a pass, rounding Luksa out wide and crossing to an unmarked Ashleigh Palombi who
headed into the almost gaping goal.
The Foxes aren’t the champion team they are for nothing though and they hit back almost
immediately. Hope Wilkins burst clear and squared a pass for Snez Veljanovska to finish high into the
top-corner of the net. Before half-time the deficit was reduced to 2-3 when a defensive lapse allowed
Cian Maciejewski to get clear and clip the ball past the advancing Gill Raymond. The next goal would
prove crucial and it was Woden who got it.
Inevitably, Yeoman-Dale was the pivot again, latching onto a Frewin goal kick that eluded everyone
else to sprint clear of Hayley Buckingham, skip round Luksa and slide the ball into the open net to
make the score 4-2. Just when it seemed that Woden had the game in the bag the Foxes responded
again. Maciejewski hit a fierce drive towards goal that Raymond did well to parry before Wilkins
reacted quickest to poke the ball home and put the match back into the balance.
Everything was up for grabs but it was Woden, and the brilliant Yeoman-Dale, who had the last word. The striker got clear of the Foxes
defence yet again and in the process of rounding Luksa once more was felled by the Foxes custodian. Luksa saw red for the challenge and
Yeoman-Dale dusted herself off to slot the resultant penalty, claim the match ball, and make sure that Woden would claim the 2010 Tradies
Women’s Premier League crown at the end of an epic battle played in front of an appreciative crowd.
Julie Murray Medal Winners
Year Name Club
2008 Sofia Merkoureas Belwest Foxes
2009 Rachel Crittenden Weston Creek
2010 Georgia Yeoman-Dale Woden Valley
16WODEN VALLEY STORM TO PATHWAY WIN
WHILST TUGGIES TAKE UNDER-18 THRILLER AND
OLYMPIC FLY HIGH IN UNDER-16
Premier Pathway League
Saturday 18th September 2010
McKellar Park, Belconnen Soccer Centre
Woden Valley 4 (Chris Ruiz, Lachlan Nichols, Bensah Afiabo, Gary
Alexander)
Belconnen United 1 (Josh Sands)
Referee: Luke Withell
Woden Valley were simply too strong for Belconnen United in the Premier
Pathway League Grand Final running out comprehensive 4-1 winners in an
exciting match at McKellar Park. The Valley side were 2-0 up by the interval thanks to a goal from skipper Chris Ruiz on 16 minutes and a
second from Lachlan Nichols just after the half-hour mark. A third goal, bagged on 61 minutes by forward Bensah Afiabo had Woden in
complete control of the match with the outclassed Blue Devils simply chasing shadows for much of the afternoon. They did give the home
supporters something to cheer about though seven minutes after the third Woden goal when Josh Sands converted to give them some hope,
but that was swiftly extinguished with fifteen minutes remaining when Gary Alexander finished the match off once and for all with a fourth
Woden goal.
Premier League under-18
Saturday 18th September 2010
McKellar Park, Belconnen Soccer Centre
Tuggeranong United 3 (Andrew Lawrence (2), Sam Ramey)
Woden Valley 2 (Jonathan Kipnis, Adrian Canizares)
Referee: Matt Rynne
Tuggeranong United scored three times in the final seventeen minutes
of the match, coming from 0-2 down, to stun Woden Valley in the
Premier League under-18 competition. Woden had looked set fair for
the trophy when they roared into a two-goal advantage thanks to goals
from Jonathan Kipnis and Adrian Canizares with United left floundering.
However, the dismissal of the influential Mathew Kocic midway through
the second stanza swung the match back in favour of Tuggeranong. United still had plenty to do though and were indebted to captain
Andrew Lawrence for getting them back into the match in the 73rd minute. Lawrence, who was superb in midfield throughout, played a part
in the build-up to the equaliser as well, struck by Sam Ramey six minutes from time. Barely two minutes later the comeback was complete
when Lawrence added his second to send the United support wild.
Premier League under-16
Saturday 18th September 2010
McKellar Park, Belconnen Soccer Centre
Canberra Olympic 4 (Yusuf Kamara (2), Danny Brice, Michael
Bornholt)
Woden Valley 2 (Darcy Crosthwaite, Petar Varga)
Referee: Alex McConachie
Canberra Olympic may have ended the game with nine men, following the
late dismissals of Matthew Murcutt and Josh Ratnam-Johnson, but they had
already done enough to claim the under-16 crown with a 4-2 win over
Woden Valley. The Olympic team showed plenty of spirit and determination
to see off the fancied Woden Valley side who, despite goals from Darcy
Crosthwaite and Petar Varga, were second best on the day. Yusuf Kamara starred for Olympic with a brace of goals whilst Danny Brice and
Michael Bornholt, a regular supplier of goals throughout the 2010 season, added further gloss to the final score. It was a deserved win for
Olympic who had beaten the minor premiers, Canberra FC, in the Major semi-final to advance to the Grand Final stage after ending the
season in second place.
17FOXES AND BLUE DEVILS CLAIM PREMIER CROWNS
Premier League Reserves
Sunday 19th September 2010
Hawker Football Centre
Belwest Foxes 1 (Gemma Matheson)
Belconnen United 0
Referee: Richard Brown
Belwest Foxes edged out Belconnen United in a taut encounter at
Hawker Football Centre to claim the Premier League Reserves title.
A solitary goal, scored in the second half by Gemma Matheson,
proved the difference between two evenly matched teams. Earlier,
the Blue Devils Westfield W-League goalkeeper Jocelyn Mara had to
be on top form to deny the Foxes with Sam Price in good form whilst at the other end Belwest custodian Melanie
Luksa was well protected by a solid back four that was able to nullify the threat of Golden Boot Sarah Tutt.
Belconnen had qualified for the final from fourth place on the ladder whilst Belwest Foxes had ended the regular
season in second place.
Premier League under-18
Sunday 19th September 2010
Hawker Football Centre
Belconnen United 5 (Tahlia Backhouse (2), Brittany Smale (2), Brittany Tully)
Woden Valley 2 (Meg McLaughlin (2))
Referee: Nunzio Rinaudo
Doubles to Tahlia Backhouse and Brittany Smale were the highlight of a goal-fest
as Belconnen United defeated Woden Valley 5-2 in the under-18 Premier League
Grand Final. The Blue Devils took an early lead through a 4th minute Brittany Tully
strike before Meg McLaughlin, Woden’s best player on the day, leveled the scores
only three minutes later. Backhouse and Smale made it 3-1 to Belconnen at the
interval and, despite Woden’s best efforts to force their way back into an
entertaining match, the Blue Devils ran away with the match in the second stanza. Backhouse and Smale added
their second goals, to take the score to 5-1, before a brilliant second from McLaughlin reduced the arrears, but that
strike proved little consolation in the end as Belconnen, who were undefeated throughout the regular season, ran
out worthy winners.
18ACTION FROM THE 2010 PREMIER LEAGUE GRAND FINALS
Above: Tuggeranong United Above: Close control from a
staged a remarkable comeback to Belwest Foxes midfielder during
take the Premier League under- her team’s narrow 1-0 win over
18 title. Here a midfield battle Belconnen United at Hawker
takes place in what was a thrilling Football Centre in the Women’s
contest between two teams Premier League Reserves Grand
packed with talent. Final played on a warm Sunday
afternoon in September 2010.
Left: Action from the Women’s
Premier League under-18 tussle Below: Belconnen United try to
between Woden Valley (orange) force their way into contention
and Belconnen United. during the Premier Pathway
League Grand Final match with
Below: Michael Bornholt (centre) Woden Valley. Woden proved
celebrates his goal, Canberra too strong on the day though to
Olympic’s fourth, in the Premier record what was an upset 4-1
League under-16 Grand Final. victory.
19*Draws in this guide are subject to
change at late notice. For up to
date information visit the
Capital Football website.
20Belconnen United Blue Devils
McKellar Park, Corner Owen Dixon & William
Slim Drives, McKellar
Coach: Steve Forshaw
2010: ACT Premier League—2nd, Grand Final Runner’s-Up (lost to Canberra
FC 0-6), Federation Cup—Semi-Finals (lost to Goulburn Strikers on pens)
THE SQUAD
Rowan Sheppard, Jack Kaye, Zac Maybury, David Kemp, Lee Pietrukowski, Matt Valeri,
Jack Blackley, Cameron Reinhart, Tom McLachlan, Tom Rogic, Elliot Zwangobani,
Taylor Beaton, Callum Beaton, Julian Piromalli, David Arranz, Michael Reeves, Callum
Smith, Glenn Smith, Nick Rogers, Danny Macor, Dustin Wells
ARRIVALS: Jack Kaye (ANU FC), Tom McLachlan (ANU FC), Tom Rogic (ANU FC), Julian
Piromalli (Western Australia), Elliot Zwangobani (Canberra Olympic), Nicky Rogers
(Goulburn Strikers)
DEPARTURES: Ben Cheyne, Tai Smith
May 2011 PREVIEW
Another season brings another change in management at the Blue Devils
Sun 1 Canberra Olympic @ O’Connor
as the departure of Scott Conlon from the Head Coach hot seat paves
Sun 8 Cooma Tigers @ McKellar Park the way for the return of former boss Steve Forshaw, and maybe the
return of the lucky Akubra with it! Conlon’s tenure ended in the most
Sun 15 Canberra FC @ Deakin Stadium
ignominious of ways as Belconnen were taught a football lesson on their
Sat 21 Monaro Panthers @ McKellar Park own field in the Grand Final with age-old foes Canberra FC romping to a
Sat 28 Tuggeranong United @ Kambah 2-1
6-0 victory. That Belconnen also lost, on penalties, to Goulburn Strikers
in the Federation Cup meant that there would be no silverware at
June McKellar Park last season. But this squad still has plenty of talent and are
Sun 5 Woden Valley @ McKellar Park more than likely to be top level contenders for honours again in 2011.
The basis of last season’s team is still around with veterans Matt Valeri
Sun 12 Goulburn Strikers @ Cookbundoon and Danny Macor still lacing up the boots for the cause. A plethora of
Sat 18 Canberra City @ McKellar Park young talent has emerged from the Blue Devils junior ranks to push the
older players for a start and this will no doubt please Forshaw as compe-
Sun 26 Bye tition for places is liable to be a good thing. How they recover from the
July disappointment of the denouement of 2010 could have a major bearing
on how their season pans out, but you can be sure that under the astute
Sun 3 Woden Valley @ Woden Park guidance of Forshaw they will be amply prepared for the challenges that
Sat 9 Cooma Tigers @ Nijong Oval lay ahead. The Head Coach is tempering optimism though with some
cautionary words. “Although this is a transition year we would hope to
Sun 17 Canberra FC @ McKellar Park be competitive in all the games we play and will be looking toward a top
Sun 24 Monaro Panthers @ Riverside Stadium four finish,” Forshaw said. “We have introduced some new players,
some youth and retained have some experience in the squad, and how
Sun 31 Tuggeranong United @ McKellar Park
successful we are will depend on how well we can get the balance right
August and how quickly the disparate parts gel together,” he added. With new
signing Nicky Rogers adding punch up front and the acquisition of NIKE
Sun 7 Canberra Olympic @ McKellar Park
Chance Academy winner Tom Rogic anything is possible.
Sat 13 Goulburn Strikers @ McKellar Park
HONOURS BOARD
Sat 20 Canberra City @ Hawker FC League Champions: (5) - 1982, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998
Sun 28 Bye Grand Final Winners: (8) - 1982, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2008
Federation Cup Winners: (3) - 1990, 1992, 1998
21Canberra City Football
Club
Tradies Hawker Enclosed,
Walhallow Street, Hawker
Coach: Pat Caggiano
2010: ACT Premier League—4th, Semi-Finals (lost to Cooma Tigers 1-2),
Federation Cup—Quarter Finals (lost 0-3 to Canberra FC)
THE SQUAD
James Ward, Mitch Stevens, Micah Purdy, Rob Perry, Marc O’Neill, Tim Mathas, Ryan Kyprianou,
Nikola Taneski, Misko Naumoski, Simon Allan, Costa Fallas, Simon Gemmell, Jonathon Bills, Euan
Peterkin, Obi Shadmaan, Ross Edwards, Thomas Castleton, Brad Sawyer, Michael De Marco, Saa
James, Adam Dobell, James Perry, PJ Crimmins, David Dexter, Pat Ross-Magee
ARRIVALS: Nikola Taneski (ACTAS), Costa Fallas (UC Pumas), Ross Edwards, Thomas Castleton
(Belconnen United), Brad Sawyer, Saa James, James Perry (return from injury)
DEPARTURES: Stuart Lacey (Tuggeranong United)
April
2011 PREVIEW
Sat 30 Cooma Tigers @ Nijong Oval The question at Canberra City is whether they can repeat their heroics of
2010 and secure finals football for the second year in succession. Last
May
season began with little expectation on Pat Caggiano and his young team
Sun 8 Canberra FC @ Hawker FC but, spurred on by the goals of off-season recruit Misko Naumoski, City
strung together a series of excellent performances and settled into the
Sat 14 Monaro Panthers @ Hawker FC
last available finals spot in fourth place. From there they were unlucky to
Sun 22 Tuggeranong United @ Hawker FC fall 1-2 to a Cooma Tigers team that were fired up on their return to the
top-flight, thus ending City’s season prematurely. Blessed with some
Sun 29 Woden Valley @ Woden Park
outstanding talents including the mercurial genius of Futsalroo interna-
June tional Pat Ross-Magee, City have enough in their locker to surprise many
Sun 5 Goulburn Strikers @ Hawker FC of the traditional pre-season favourites. Defensively their numbers are
not quite so impressive though and finding a solution to the age-old
Sun 12 Bye problem of a rock-solid centre-back pairing on which to build any
Sat 18 Belconnen United @ McKellar Park success is surely the number one priority for the City management as the
new campaign approaches. Injuries derailed their progress at crucial
Sat 25 Canberra Olympic @ Hawker FC times during the 2010 campaign and keeping a fit and healthy squad is
July quite possibly up their with finding a defensive solution on Caggiano’s
pre-season agenda. “We aim to be competitive in all of our matches and
Sun 3 Goulburn Strikers @ Cookbundoon improve on week to week results from 2010,” Head Coach Caggiano
Sun 10 Canberra FC @ Deakin Stadium commented. Their only significant loss from the squad that played some
attractive, fluent football last term is holding midfielder Stuart Lacey.
Sun 17 Monaro Panthers @ Riverside Stadium And, while there hasn’t been a huge influx of ‘name’ players for 2011
Sat 23 Tuggeranong United @ Kambah 2-1 Caggiano has recruited wisely particularly from the lower leagues. In
come striker Nikola Taneski and defender Thomas Castleton, signed
Sat 30 Woden Valley @ Hawker FC
from State League Four Belconnen United. Goalkeeper Costa Fallas, who
August scored in pre-season, has been picked up from State League Three side
UC Pumas will provide cover for regular number one James Ward.
Sun 7 Cooma Tigers @ Hawker FC
Sun 14 Bye HONOURS BOARD
League Champions: None
Sat 20 Belconnen United @ Hawker FC Grand Final Winners: (1) - 1989 (as Canberra City Concordia)
Federation Cup Winners: (3) - 1963 (as Concordia), 1991, 2005
Sun 28 Canberra Olympic @ O’Connor
22Canberra Football
Club
Deakin Stadium, Grose
Street, Deakin
Coach: Rob Graham
2010: ACT Premier League—Champions, Grand Final Winners (defeated
Belconnen United 6-0), Federation Cup Winners (defeated Goulburn Strikers
3-2)
THE SQUAD
Ben Klug, Adam Perakovic, Aidan Brunskill, Marcin Zygmunt, Matt Grbesa, Izach
Clements, John Glass, Ian Graham, Adam Spaleta, Ivan Pavlak, Josip Jadric, Michael
Spaleta, Paul Ivanic, Nathan Evans, Anthony Bekavac, Ryan Reid, Jon Ison, Joseph
Lekic, Dom Falla, Aaron Evans, Daniel Bennett
ARRIVALS: Daniel Bennett, Izach Clements, Anthony Bekavac (all ANU FC), Aaron
Evans (ACTAS), Ryan Reid
DEPARTURES: Alex Castro (Cooma Tigers)
May 2011 PREVIEW
It was business as usual at Deakin Stadium last season with the perennial
Sun 1 Goulburn Strikers @ Deakin Stadium
title challengers packing in three more trophies into their ever growing
Sun 8 Canberra City @ Hawker FC trophy cabinet. In short whatever could be won was won as Canberra FC
claimed the Federation Cup, coming from 0-2 down in the process, and
Sun 15 Belconnen United @ Deakin Stadium
League Championship before annihilating old foes Belconnen United 6-0
Sun 22 Canberra Olympic @ O’Connor in the Grand Final—on the Blue Devils own patch! And while many
Sun 29 Cooma Tigers @ Deakin Stadium
would be predicting a similar success story for new head honcho Rob
Graham in 2011, the new coach has an unforgiving task of following up
June two successive trebles. The loss of the talismanic Alex Castro to Cooma
Sun 5 Bye Tigers is a big blow but some clever off-season recruiting may offset the
departure of the player who scored 18 goals in 2010. A broken leg
Sun 12 Monaro Panthers @ Riverside Stadium sustained in a pre-season tournament in Queensland will keep two-goal
Sun 19 Tuggeranong Utd @ Deakin Stadium Grand Final scorer Danai Gapare sidelined for the entire campaign with
his directness sure to be missed. For all that though Canberra FC will still
Sun 26 Woden Valley @ Woden Park be the team to beat this season. From the backline forward they possess
July a squad that is the envy of the rest of the competition and will take
some knocking off their proud pedestal. “As a club we always have high
Sun 3 Bye expectations,” Graham commented. “Obviously we’ll have to wait and
Sun 10 Canberra City @ Deakin Stadium see how we go but if we don’t do well we can’t blame it on re-building as
we have only lost one player. We still have Adam Spaleta, who is a
Sun 17 Belconnen United @ McKellar Park standout all the time, and top players like Ian Graham, Josip Jadric and
Sun 24 Canberra Olympic @ Deakin Ivan Pavlak. And keep an eye out for Ryan Reid, a tall central midfield
player who we have high hopes for this season.” When all is said and
Sun 31 Cooma Tigers @ Nijong Oval
done it would still take a brave man to bet against Canberra FC .
August
HONOURS BOARD
Sat 6 Goulburn Strikers @ Cookbundoon League Champions: (19) - 1962, 1963 (as SC Hope), 1966, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988 (as Croa-
tia Deakin), 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (as Canberra Deakin), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (as Can-
Sun 14 Monaro Panthers @ Deakin Stadium berra FC)
Grand Final Winners: (16) - 1962, 1963, 1966 (as SC Hope), 1967, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988 (as
Sun 21 Tuggeranong United @ Kambah 2-1 Croatia Deakin), 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005 (as Canberra
Deakin), 2007, 2009, 2010 (As Canberra FC)
Federation Cup Winners: (15) - 1962 (as SC Hope), 1964, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986 (as Croatia
Sun 28 Woden Valley @ Deakin Stadium
Deakin), 1995, 2002, 2004 (as Canberra Deakin), 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 (as Canberra FC)
23Canberra Olympic Football Club
O’Connor Enclosed, Padder Street, O’Connor
Coach: Dean Ugrinic
2010: ACT Premier League—6th, Federation Cup—
Quarter Finals (lost to Belconnen United 0-4)
THE SQUAD
Angelo Konstantinou, James Bradbury, Billy Sgouros, Jakob Williams, Matt Cachia, Jon Stone,
Travis Dries, Andy Ross, Robbie Deeley, Nick Sallecchia, Domenic Giampaolo, Mohsen Ravanparsa,
James Field, Elia Salloum, Daniel Barac, Nick Mihailakis, Robbie Schroder, Milan Popovic, Joel
Valtonen, Jason Ugrinic, Chris Nikitis, Oliver Weiderkehr, Yianni Karabalis, Brody Willis
ARRIVALS: James Bradbury (ANU FC), Jakob Williams (ACTAS), Robbie Deeley (AFC Caversham, NZ),
Mohsen Ravnaparsa (ANU FC), James Field (ACTAS), Daniel Barac (ACTAS), Milan Popovic (ACTAS),
Brody Willis (Goulburn Strikers)
DEPARTURES: Steve Vanzetti, Trent Flanagan (O’Connor Knights), Elliot Zwangobani (Belconnen
United), Kieren Stroh
May 2011 PREVIEW
Predicting what you are going to get out of a Canberra Olympic Premier
Sun 1 Belconnen United @ O’Connor League team is a little like picking the winning lottery numbers—
Sun 8 Bye sometimes you just pick and hope! Every season Olympic enter the
competition amongst the favourites to progress to the latter stages and,
Sun 15 Cooma Tigers @ Nijong Oval more often than not in recent years, they have flattered to deceive. Last
Sun 22 Canberra FC @ O’Connor season was a case in point with a terrific 3-1 win over Canberra FC offset
by a number of poor performances that culminated in dropped points
Sun 29 Monaro Panthers @ Riverside Stadium and a final Premier League position of sixth. The loss of Coach Ian Hey-
June wood shortly after their 0-4 federation Cup loss to Belconnen United
heralded the arrival of ACT Rockets Coach Dean Ugrinic and the amiable
Sun 5 Tuggeranong United @ O’Connor
Ugrinic will be looking forward to getting a full pre-season with his
Sun 12 Woden Valley @ Woden Park charges under his belt. The midfield qualities of Englishman Andrew Ross
was a huge bonus to Olympic last season with the tenacity and vision of
Sun 19 Goulburn Strikers @ O’Connor
the playmaker very much in evidence throughout the season. If Ross can
Sat 25 Canberra City @ Hawker FC curb his sometimes volatile temper his impact can push Olympic to finals
football and possibly even further. A club statement regarding the 2011
July
campaign read: “After the departure of a number of key players, Dean
Sat 2 Tuggeranong United @ Kambah 2-1 Ugrinic and his coaching staff have invested heavily in youth and the
promotion of those players within the club. Using these youthful players
Sun 10 Bye
as a foundation for the next generation, Olympic is creating a strong club
Sun 17 Cooma Tigers @ O’Connor culture of excellence in an improvement of the 2010 season.” This injec-
Sun 24 Canberra FC @ Deakin Stadium
tion of youth includes former ACTAS players Daniel Barac, Milan Popovic,
Jakob Williams and James Field all of whom tasted field time during the
Sun 31 Monaro Panthers @ O’Connor pre-season friendly matches and the loop Federation Cup. If Olympic can
August start well then there’s every reason to believe this could be their year.
Sun 7 Belconnen United @ McKellar Park HONOURS BOARD
League Champions: (5) - 1975, 1980 (as Downer Olympic), 1993 (as Olympic),
Sun 14 Woden Valley @ O’Connor
1994 (as Downer Olympic), 2006 (as Canberra Olympic)
Sun 21 Goulburn Strikers @ Cookbundoon Grand Final Winners: (3) - 1993, 1994, 1997 (as Olympic)
Federation Cup Winners: (5) - 1979, 1981, 1983 (as Downer Olympic), 1997, 1999
Sun 28 Canberra City @ O’Connor (as Canberra Olympic)
24Cooma Tigers FC
Nijong Oval, Barrack Street, Cooma
Coach: Gaby Wilk
2010: ACT Premier League—3rd,
semi-finalists (defeated Canberra
City 2-1, lost to Belconnen United
1-2) , Federation Cup—Quarter Finals (lost 0-2 to ANU FC)
THE SQUAD
Rade Kosanovic, Phil Yarnold, Felipe Flores, Jordano San Martin, Tony
Aleksovski, Goran Josifovski, Alex Castro, Ian Elliott, Serdan Bircan, Elyja Shah,
Todd Donaldson, Jerry Ibarra, Dom Coluciello, Peter DeWitte, Frank Bangweni,
Nicolas Alcazar, Jair Wilk, JP D’Ambrosio, Marcial Munoz
ARRIVALS: Jordano San Martin, Alex Castro (Canberra FC), Elyja Shah
DEPARTURES: Cristobal Soza (overseas), Scott Barsley, Daniel Gecic
(Queensland)
April
2011 PREVIEW
Sat 30 Canberra City @ Nijong Oval Cooma Tigers came back into the Premier League fold in 2010 with all
guns blazing and were ultimately only ninety minutes away from a place
May
in the Grand Final. A 1-2 loss to Belconnen United in the Preliminary
Sun 8 Belconnen United @ McKellar Park Final put paid to the Tigers hopes of repeating their 2006 title winning
heroics but not before the Blue Devils had been given an almighty fright.
Sun 15 Canberra Olympic @ Nijong Oval
This season promises even more from the Cooma based team who,
Sun 22 Bye while retaining the core of the team that performed superbly in the
2010 season, have signed the exquisite talents of the former Canberra
Sun 29 Canberra FC @ Deakin Stadium
Cosmos midfielder Alex Castro. Castro, arguably the most gifted player in
June the entire Premier League structure, was in inspirational form for
Sun 5 Monaro Panthers @ Nijong Oval Canberra FC last season guiding his former club to an historic second
treble with some outrageous performances. His vision, skill and ability to
Sat 11 Tuggeranong United @ Kambah 2-1 pop up with the vital goal when required could be just what the Tigers
Sun 19 Woden Valley @ Nijong Oval need to push them that little bit further and into the Grand Final. When
Castro was last with Cooma the Tigers won the Grand Final. A case of
Sun 26 Goulburn Strikers @ Cookbundoon history repeating maybe? On the downside though is the loss of the
July talents of Cristobal Soza with the exceptional Chilean defender offering
supporters a fleeting glimpse of his quality last term before continuing
Sun 3 Monaro Panthers @ Riverside Stadium his round the world odyssey and twin strikers Scott Barsley and Daniel
Sat 9 Belconnen United @ Nijong Oval Gecic. That leaves a lot of pressure of main front men Jair Wilk and
Serdan Bircan to step up to the plate in terms of adding more goals to
Sun 17 Canberra Olympic @ O’Connor the pot then they did last season, but they undoubtedly have the talent
Sun 24 Bye and ability to do just that. In goal Gaby Wilk can call upon either Rade
Kosanovic or Frank Bangweni with both stoppers having a wealth of
Sun 31 Canberra FC @ Nijong Oval
experience as top-flight custodians to call upon. Early indications are
August that the Tigers are the real deal in 2011 and are ready to go one-step
further than last season and secure that coveted Grand Final spot.
Sun 7 Canberra City @ Hawker FC
Sun 14 Tuggeranong United @ Nijong Oval HONOURS BOARD
League Champions: None
Sun 21 Woden Valley @ Woden Park Grand Final Winners: (1) - 2006
Federation Cup Winners: None
Sun 28 Goulburn Strikers @ Nijong Oval
25Goulburn Strikers FC
Cookbundoon Sporting Fields, Rex
Street, Goulburn
Coach: Gerry Doran
2010: ACT Premier League—9th,
Federation Cup—Runner’s-up (lost to Canberra FC 2-3)
THE SQUAD
Alex Whittle, Tim Dally, James Saul, Alan McDonald, Bradley Roberts,
Luke Hartin, Aaron Swanson, Ben Hartin, Adam Mills, Grant Tucker,
Darkies Dennis, Josh Strange, Aaron Bright, Chris Armstrong
ARRIVALS: Unknown at time of press
DEPARTURES: Jesse Bunt, Edan Wheeldon (Woden Valley), Daniel
Aliffi, Andrew Aliffi, Brody Willis (Canberra Olympic), Nicky Rogers
(Belconnen United), Sam Taylor, Bryan Roberts
May 2011 PREVIEW
In many ways it would seem that Goulburn Strikers are in almost exactly
Sun 1 Canberra FC @ Deakin Stadium the same position that Tuggeranong United found themselves twelve
Sat 7 Monaro Panthers @ Cookbundoon months ago. A squad bereft of a raft of top-shelf players, including the
Aliffi brothers, Daniel and Andrew, flying winger Sam Taylor and top-
Sun 15 Tuggeranong United @ Kambah 2-1 scorer Brody Willis have also waved goodbye to erstwhile Coach Carlo
Sun 22 Woden Valley @ Cookbundoon Aliffi. In his place steps Gerry Doran who has inherited a squad thin on
numbers and, perhaps more vitally, thin on experience. If anything
Sun 29 Bye though the Strikers can at least set their stall out for the future now by
June investing their time and effort into gelling this group of teenage starlets
into a team that could shake the Premier League. As usual the Strikers
Sun 5 Canberra City @ Hawker FC
are liable to be tough to beat on their own pitch at Cookbundoon. Their
Sun 12 Belconnen United @ Cookbundoon home form in 2010 was generally good and if they can get some early
results on the board at home then the possibility of some surprise points
Sun 19 Canberra Olympic @ O’Connor
should not be discounted. Any sort of injury jinx though, such as the one
Sun 26 Cooma Tigers @ Cookbundoon that cursed the latter stages of their Premier League quest last season, is
likely to be even more undesirable with numbers so thin on the ground.
July
Early pre-season results saw the Strikers beaten 1-4 by Tuggeranong
Sun 3 Canberra City @ Cookbundoon United at Kambah with the United youngsters showing the Goulburn set-
up what can be achieved with time and a little patience. A quick phone
Sun 10 Monaro Panthers @ Riverside Stadium
call to Tuggeranong Coach Darren Viskovich will tell Doran exactly what
Sat 16 Tuggeranong United @ Cookbundoon to expect early on but perseverance, and a modicum of good fortune,
Sun 24 Woden Valley @ Woden Park
could help the Strikers prove the naysayers wrong. Whilst their pre-
season loop Federation Cup campaign was a bit of a disaster in terms of
Sun 31 Bye results the experience gained by the Strikers players could prove to be
August invaluable. At the very least they will now be aware of what it takes to
play in the Rock Premier League. Some of the talent in the squad is
Sat 6 Canberra FC @ Cookbundoon unquestionably good but whether it’s enough remains to be seen.
Sat 13 Belconnen United @ McKellar Park
HONOURS BOARD
Sun 21 Canberra Olympic @ Cookbundoon League Champions: None
Grand Final Winners: None
Sun 28 Cooma Tigers @ Nijong Oval
Federation Cup Winners: None
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