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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 |
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| Capital Football Award Presentation Night | |||||
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Eleven of the Witches accompanied by seven friends
and family, attended the Capital Awards night at
the Hellenic Club, Woden. The evening proved to be
a huge success yet again with over 500 in
attendance to witness the end of season
presentations. It was a personal success for the
Witches, taking home four trophies on the night.
As well as collecting their Premiership and
Championship trophies, Natina picked up the Golden
Boot award for top scorer and in a surprise
decision, Jerry was awarded the Capital Football
Male Coach of the Year. The formalities concluded
around 10.30pm but the festivities continued with
a number of Witches remaining overnight to teach
the Canberrans how to party. |
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Tue, 22 Sep 2009 |
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| Thrilling Final Victory Wraps Up a Great Year. | |||||
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The Witches arrived at UoC to the news that Amy was
unavailable due to illness but Lizzie passed a late
fitness test and was a definite starter. Their was
an air of nervous excitement as the Witches warmed
up but once the game started it was down to
business. There was little between the two sides in
the first half. The respective defences were doing
an effective job of cancelling out their opponents
attacks and the game became a battle of the
midfield. The heat was affecting both sides but the
tempo never flagged. Despite opportunities at both
ends of the park the game remained scoreless at
half time. The second half was just as torrid as
the first but slowly the Witches were gaining the
ascendancy in the middle of the park, giving their
forwards more opportunities. Cassie burst through
twice in as many minutes, a desperate last ditch
tackle saving Woden the first time and the second
effort saw Cass' shot glide inches past the
post.Milly made inroads but there was no support
then Natina looked hit a shot straight at the
keeper. Then Natina looked certain to score as she
carved up Woden's central defence but a superb save
by the keeper saw her powerful drive deflected for
a corner. At the far end Danni proved that she has
become a top class keeper with a string of
courageous dives at the feet of the Woden forwards.
The Witches finally broke through to score the
winning goal in the 66th minute when Lizzie, who
was having an outstanding game in the middle of
the park, won possession and sent the ball through
to Natina who cut inside before making no mistake
with a brilliant shot from 18m that gave the
keeper no hope. Woden weren't yet finished and
gave the large crowd some nervous moments in the
remaining 14mins as they chased their vanishing
dream. Unfortunately for them, the Witches defence
was impenetrable and the final whistle saw the
Witches claim the double - champions and premiers. |
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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 |
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| Witches Win Semi-Final ----- just! | |||||
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Radford Rockets stretched the Witches to the limit
in an enthralling semi-final. Radford looked
nothing like the side thrashed 7-0 just a week
earlier as, boosted by three juniors and with
nothing to lose, they took the game right up to the
Witches. After surviving a couple of early scares
the Witches scored first when Natina was on the
spot to prod the ball home after Milly's screamer
hit the underside of the bar. Unfazed, Radford hit
back taking full advantage of some
uncharacteristically sloppy defending by the
Witches. The Witches regained the lead shortly
after when Natina was first to Kristy's through
ball. But Radford still wouldn't lie down,
equalising not long after, making good use of the
Witches slipshod marking. To the Witches credit
they fought back and took the lead for the third
time when Natina recovered the ball out on the left
flank before turning the defense on her way to
goal. This time Radford had no comeback and the
Witches went two up six minutes from the break.
Kristy and Natina again combining to good effect.
The Witches were now well on top and should have
killed the game off before the break but contrived
to miss three glorious chances. The second half was
not so prolific in goals but the intensity and
excitement was just as high with The Witches
content to absorb Radford's pressure then break
quickly on the counter attack. All was going
reasonably well until Lizzie was injured, requiring
a reshuffle in defense. As the Witches tried to
re-adjust Radford seized the opportunity, an
unmarked forward crashing the ball into the net
from 10m. With 15 mins to go the atmosphere was
electric but the Witches toughed it out. There was
further drama and confusion when the referee took
ill with 10 mins on the clock and had to be
replaced by one of his assistants but the Witches
remained unfazed, hanging on to their precious one
goal lead until the final whistle. |
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Wed, 09 Sep 2009 |
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| Witches claim championship in style. | |||||
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The Witches scored a resounding win against Radford
Rockets on Sunday in to secure the League
Championship. Although the Witches scored early,
there was little intensity displayed by either side
during the first half. In fact both teams seemed to
be enjoying the warm weather in the first half as
they meandered around the field but the Witches
were sharper up front with Milly snapping up a
chance after only 3 minutes. Milly was again
quickest to the ball in the 12th minute, clipping
her shot over the keeper. Milly was in the thick of
the action and minutes later her shot from 15m
shaved the crossbar. She was also involved in the
third goal, a classic display of first time passing
between Cassie, Milly and Natina finished in style
by Natina in the 23rd minute. Then the Witches went
back to sleep until half time. The second half was
a different story. The Witches were more focused
and attacked from the opening whistle. Radford were
pinned in their own half for long periods and when
they did venture into Witches territory they were
quickly and effectively dispensed with by the
Witches' back four. Cassie and Lizzie were causing
Radford all sorts of problems and Natina was first
to benefit when Lizzie weaved down the left wing
before delivering to Natina who shook off two
defenders before blasting home. Chasing her first
ever hat-trick Milly was shooting at will. She
managed to hit the post, the keeper (3 times)and
the crossbar again but the elusive third goal would
not eventuate. Milly was giving the Radford
defenders stress attacks, continually outpacing
them as she bore down on goal and the pressure
eventually told. Cassie streaked down the right
flank and sent over a perfect cross. The Radford
back lunged desperately in an attempt to keep it
away from Milly but succeeded in turning it into
her own net. Shortly after Milly finally broke
through for that elusive hat-trick, following
through to poke home after the keeper could only
parry her initial shot. Natina then finished the
scoring with one of her specials - a lofted drive
from 20m that gave the keeper no chance.
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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 |
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| Champions Elect Gong Gungahlin | |||||
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The Witches took to the field in their final home
game of the season knowing they needed to win
against Gungahlin but well aware that Gungahlin
were desperate to win to keep their semi-final
hopes alive. The first half by the Witches was
arguably the best football they have played this
season. The passing was precise and movement off
the ball was brilliant. It took only 5 mins to
open the scoring when Natina latched on to a
through pass from Kristy and slotted home from a
narrow angle after outpacing the Gungahlin defence.
The free flowing football continued from the
Witches and 11 mins later it was 2-0. In the best
move of the game the ball was switched from left
to right where Natina and Milly carved the
Gungahlin defence to hsreds with slick passing
before picking out Cassie in the centre. cassie
didn't waste the opportunity, slamming her shot
high into the net from 21m. The Witches were in
full flight and when milly took a free kick from
out on the right wing, no-one was surprised when
Natina chested the ball down on the edge of the
box and calmly slid it past the keeper. Not to be
left behind, Milly completed Gungahlin's first
half misery when she challenged the Gungahlin
keeper for a cross, who spilled the ball. Milly
was quickest to react and prodded home on the
stroke of half time. Stung by the humiliating
scoreline, Gungahlin responded by upping the
physical aspect of their game and succeeded in
containing the rampaging Witches during the second
half. The Witches were never under any threat and
totally dominated the tempo but were unable to
finish off in the manner they had in the first.
Full Time 4-0. The Witches now have only one game
to go to wrap up their second successive
Championship. |
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