From Capital Football
MEN’S FUTSAL PREMIER LEAGUE: ROUND 9
Canberra City Prawns closed the gap on league leaders Boomerangs FS Club in the Men’s Futsal Premier League without even playing a game after Round 9. The Prawns were the beneficiary of a 5-0 forfeit win by the Monaro Panthers Green who were unable to field a team and, after Boomerangs FS Blue was held to a 3-3 draw by Untouchables FC, the gap at the top was reduced to a point.
The clash between Boomerangs FS Blue and third placed Untouchables FC showed just why this competition will go to the wire this season as neither side could shake free the shackles and had to be content with a share of the points following a six-goal thriller. Daniel Bennett struck his 20th goal of the season for Boomerangs and was joined on the score sheet by Jason O’Dwyer and Callum Smith.
Untouchables have enjoyed a good season to date, only losing twice in eight matches, and underlined their potential by sticking with the Boomerangs throughout the match. They were well worthy of their draw thanks to goals from Aidan Brown, youngster Patryk Bylinski and Jason Farrell. Untouchables are no only two points off the summit themselves.
In the only other match played in Round 9 the points were shared again as Monaro Panthers Grey and Boomerangs FS White fought out an entertaining 5-5 draw. Travis Dries was at the double for Boomerangs White, taking his tally for the season to ten, whilst there was a first of the season for David Dexter and goalkeeper Ashley Collins. Ross Edwards added the other goal for Boomerangs.
Monaro Panthers Grey have found some form of late and they still harbour hopes of a place in the top four and a semi-final spot as goals from Michael Sydney (2), Regan Walsh, Angus Paterson and Joshua Calabria made sure that they stuck with their higher placed opponents throughout indicating their threat as the season draws towards its climax.
RESULTS
Monaro Panthers Grey 5 (Michael Sydney (2), Regan Walsh, Angus Paterson, Joshua Calabria) Boomerangs FS White 5 (Travis Dries (2), Ashley Collins, David Dexter, Ross Edwards)
Boomerangs FS Blues 3 (Daniel Bennett, Jason O’Dwyer, Callum Smith) Untouchables FC 3 (Aidan Brown, Patryk Bylinski, Jason Farrell)
Canberra City Prawns 5 Monaro Panthers Green 0 – forfeit win
TABLE
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
|
|
1 |
Boomerangs FS Blue |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
43 |
21 |
+22 |
19 |
|
2 |
Canberra City Prawns |
8 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
40 |
25 |
+15 |
18 |
|
3 |
Untouchables FC |
8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
31 |
19 |
+12 |
17 |
|
4 |
Weston-Molonglo Timberwolves |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
35 |
30 |
+5 |
12 |
|
5 |
Monaro Panthers Green |
8 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
23 |
36 |
-13 |
8 |
|
6 |
Monaro Panthers Grey |
8 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
22 |
45 |
-23 |
7 |
|
7 |
Boomerangs FS White |
7 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
20 |
38 |
-18 |
5 |
LEADING SCORERS
20 Daniel BENNETT (Boomerangs FS Blue)
10 Travis DRIES (Boomerangs FS White), Stephen DOMENICI (Canberra City Prawns), Daniel BARAC (Weston-Molonglo Timberwolves)
8 Dragan STEGNJAIC (Monaro Panthers Green), Brett FORWARD (Untouchables FC), Tony ALEKSOVSKI (Weston-Molonglo Timberwolves)
6 Jason O’DWYER (Boomerangs FS Blue), Robbie CATTANACH, Daniel FULTON, Goran JOSIFOVSKI (Canberra City Prawns), Thomas JAMES (Monaro Panthers Green), Josh CALABRIA (Monaro Panthers Grey)
5 Tom McLACHLAN, Callum SMITH (Boomerangs FS Blue), Angus PATERSON (Monaro Panthers Grey)
WOMEN’S FUTSAL PREMIER LEAGUE: ROUND 10
Belconnen United sprang the upset of the round in the Women’s Futsal Premier League as they stunned championship chasing Boomerangs FS El Diva 2-1 in Round 10 of the indoor competition. The Blue Devils claimed only their second win of the season in the process as they put a huge dent in El Diva’s hops of ending the season at the top of the table.
Rhianna Goldstein and Jessica McEwan were the goal heroes for Belconnen who defended superbly and denied Boomerangs a way back into the match. Nikola Orgill did score for Boomerangs, her fifteenth goal of the season, but Belconnen held on to record a memorable win and keep alive their push for a top four spot.
Later on in the evening the Blue Devils were held to a surprising 1-1 draw by bottom of the table Tuggeranong United who claimed their first point of the season. Kristy Helmers scored the all-important goal for Tuggeranong whilst Brittany Smale recorded her sixth of the season for the Blue devils who may view this as an opportunity squandered to put more pressure on Weston-Molonglo Pandas above them.
The Pandas currently sit in fourth place on the table, two points ahead of Belconnen United and Monaro Cubs after they defeated the young Panthers outfit 2-0 to jump over them in the standings. The Pandas were indebted to a brace of goals from Karen Clarke for their important victory, Clark bringing her personal tally for the Women’s Futsal Premier League competition to half a dozen for the year.
Monaro Panthers meanwhile has extended its advantage at the top of the table to six points following Boomerangs El Diva’s surprise defeat by downing Untouchables FC 3-1. Ashleigh Palombi scored twice for the Panthers to move into double figures for the year whilst leading scorer Brittany Palombi netted her seventeenth of the campaign in the win. Alice Churchill pulled one back for Untouchables FC but they were unable tom halt the unbeaten Panthers’ charge.
RESULTS
R6: Tuggeranong United 1 (Kristy Helmers) Belconnen United 1 (Brittany Smale)
Untouchables FC 1 (Alice Churchill) Monaro Panthers 3 (Ashleigh Palombi (2), Brittany Palombi)
Belconnen United 2 (Rhianna Goldstein, Jessica McEwan) Boomerangs FS El Diva 1 (Nikola Orgill)
Monaro Cubs 0 Weston-Molonglo Pandas 2 (Karen Clarke (2))
TABLE
|
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
|
1 |
Monaro Panthers |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
9 |
+41 |
27 |
|
2 |
Boomerangs EL Diva |
9 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
41 |
24 |
+17 |
21 |
|
3 |
Untouchables FC |
9 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
31 |
22 |
+9 |
16 |
|
4 |
Weston-Molonglo Pandas |
8 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
25 |
31 |
-6 |
9 |
|
5 |
Belconnen United |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
16 |
-3 |
7 |
|
6 |
Monaro Cubs |
9 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
28 |
43 |
-15 |
7 |
|
7 |
Tuggeranong United |
8 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
13 |
56 |
-43 |
1 |
LEADING SCORERS
17 Brittany PALOMBI (Monaro Panthers)
15 Nikola ORGILL (Boomerangs FS El Diva)
12 Georgia FOGARTY (Monaro Cubs)
10 Ashleigh PALOMBI (Monaro Panthers)
8 Sarah CRITTENDEN (Monaro Panthers), Najwa ALLEN (Untouchables FC), Hope WILKINS (Weston-Molonglo Pandas)
6 Brittany SMALE (Belconnen United), Natalie DE MARCO, Clare MUNRO (Boomerangs FS El Diva), Kristy HELMERS (Tuggeranong United), Hayley BUCKINGHAM, Alice CHURCHILL (Untouchables FC), Karen CLARKE (Weston-Molonglo Pandas)
5 Nicole SOMI, Sabrina SPINAPOLICE (Boomerangs FS El Diva), Olivia GURNEY (Untouchables FC), Erika PENNYFIELD (Weston-Molonglo Pandas)