POST TOURNAMENT UPDATE
After an early departure from Canberra on Anzac Day, the travelling men’s and women’s teams arrived in Bairnsdale around 1.15pm.
The Boomerangs Women were scheduled to take on Bayside Pirates Sapphires at 2.30pm in a very much shortened Challenge for them (one game only), due to the withdrawal of the Vic Vipers Women’s team, and the unavailability of an Untouchables Women’s team to participate in the competition.
The Women’s team took out the match against the Bayside Pirates Sapphires 12-1 with an excellent performance by all of the small (and young) travelling squad.
The squad consisted of:
– Sophie Rolfe (GK)
– Erin Clout (C)
– Natalie De Marco
– Olivia Gurney
– Rachael Corbett
– Mikayla van Deyk
– Christina Drew
The win gave the girls the title of Women’s Champions of the inaugural Bairnsdale Futsal Championship. Let’s hope there are more teams participating next year in this well-timed pre-season competition.
In the Men’s division, four teams competed, Boomerangs FS, the Untouchables (also from Canberra), Vic Vipers and Bayside Pirates.
The first match for the Boomerangs travelling squad was at 4.00pm Saturday against local ACT rivals the Untouchables (a team which mostly constitutes the Capital FC F-League team). A hard fought local derby saw the Untouchables come out on top after leading 4-2 at half-time. A scoreless second half saw an improved defensive effort from the Boomers, but they could not register a goal of their own.
The second Boomerangs Men’s match was 11.00am Sunday morning against the F-League debutants, Bayside Pirates. The boys were down at half-time (2-3) to an enthusiastic and energetic Bayside team, but rallied to take out the match 6-4 after a goal scoring spree resulted from a terrific 5-6 minutes of play soon after the resumption which saw three quick goals netted.
The final match was against the Vic Vipers, who had won their previous two games (both 8-0). A tiring young Boomers squad worked to keep the strong Victorian outfit fairly quiet in the first half and went into the half-time break only two goals down 2-0. The wheels fell off though in the second half as the Vipers lifted the game intensity and pressured higher up the court. A diminished defensive effort in the second half saw a total of nine goals scored – seven by the Vipers and two by the Boomers to see the final score at Vipers 9-2 Boomerangs.
The Vipers took out the Bairnsdale Futsal Challenge by winning all their games, scoring 25 goals and conceding only two. The remaining three teams – including the Boomerangs – all finished with a single win and two losses each, and amazingly an identical goal difference.
The travelling Boomerangs Men’s team consisted of:
– Jason O’Dwyer (C)
– Zac Sorenson (GK)
– Nick van Aalst (GK)
– Jonathan Ciminelli
– Jake Wilsener
– Ben Basser
– Daniel Giovinazzo
– Brad Sawyer
– Grant Barlow
– Kristian Collins (Player/Coach)
Photos of the weekend’s matches are viewable HERE.
As part of the 2015 F-League pre-season preparation, Boomerangs FS F-League men’s and women’s team will be heading down to Gippsland this coming Anzac Day weekend to compete in the Bairnsdale Futsal Challenge.
Teams from Untouchables, Vic Vipers and Bayside Pirates will also compete.
The UPDATED draft draw for the Challenge is as follows.
Draw
Saturday 25/4
1.00pm Vic Vipers v Bayside Pirates (M)
2:30pm Boomerangs v Bayside Pirates (W)
4.00pm Boomerangs v Untouchables (M)
Sunday 26/4
9.30am Vic Vipers v Untouchables (M)
11.00am Bayside Pirates vs Boomerangs (M)
2.30pm Bayside Pirates v Untouchables (M)
4.00pm Vic Vipers v Boomerangs (M)
These matches will be a great opportunity to fine tune F-League preparations for the 2015 season starting in just a few weeks.
We will post updates and scores via Facebook and Twitter as the weekend progresses.