A great way to start a season

April 12, 2010 on 7:17 am | In MATCH REPORTS | Comments Off

The ladies travelled to Harvey for the first game of the season eager for a win.

The team was greeted with warm weather and a slight breeze. Nervous laughter filled the change room as Coach Jenni Boyle instructed the team on a game plan that would lead us to our first win.

With Brooke Gaunt, our sweeper, leading the defence including new players Jodi Graeme, Jayde Jackson and returning player Emelia Hewton, Serena Leotta our keeper wasn’t going to see too much of the ball.

Ruby Tucker and Asha Dilkes Hoffman took up the roles of the centre midfield with Grace Allington and Pairs Bedford as our left and right wings. Ellie and Jaye Lanzini were our glory hound strikers for the day!

Great passing between our team made for a smooth game right from the first whistle. Harvey came out strong but was quickly stopped by our defence who made great passes to Asha and Ruby in the midfield.

Multiple attempts at goals by Ellie and Jaye were made but Harvey was the first to score. Not deterred Margaret River pulled together and Grace lead the charge on evening the score, a foul tackle on her resulted in Jaye scoring off the penalty.

The elation of evening the score gave the girls the energy they needed to dominate the rest of the game. Late in the second half Ruby sent a well placed cross to Paris who scored our second goal.

Chemmart player of the day went to Asha Dilkes Hoffman for her outstanding game as a centre midfielder.

The game was played in great spirits and was a fantastic start to our season. Our next game will be Sunday 18th April against Bunbury United at our home grounds.