Women’s football in WA has grown to include Premier and Reserve competition, 6 social divisions, representative squads from juniors through to seniors, futsal and masters. In regional WA there are zones from Albany and Esperance to the Goldfields and Port Hedland. In each of these zones state body Football West is setting up academies. For more information go to www.footballwest.com.au

State Championships Semi-finals and Grand Final being held on Friday 10th August, 2007 at Hilton Reserve, Beaconsfield.

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WA win silver.Congratulations WA and Coach Jessine Bonzas!

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This program is sponsored by ERREA Italy.

We are the WA Distributors of ERREA Sportswear and ANDREAS BOOTS (Hand made in Italy), trading as Sports Essentials. Women’s Football is growing at a rapid pace, and our national teams our producing excellent results. Our sister company in Sydney, Sport Plus Sports, operate a junior academy for girls and employ Heather Garriock and other Matilda’s to run the program.

We can supply the full range of football requirements, including training aids, balls, bags, match day requirements (nets, corner posts, flags etc).

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Football West is providing player clinics for all Smarter Than Smoking Womens Premier League Reserve clubs that receive a “BYE” during the 2006 season.

Tanya Oxtoby - the captain of the Football West NTC Program and the Western Waves, has been appointed development coach to conduct the advanced coaching clinics which commence on Sunday 23 April 2006 at Queens Park Soccer Club between 3.00pm and 4.30pm.

Each Smarter Than Smoking Womens Premier Reserve club will receive 4 byes throughout the season creating an excellent opportunity for players to take part in this new program and develop the their game.

Program Topics are:

Keeping the Ball
Winning the Ball
Innovative Games at Training
Scoring Goals

Tanya will be supported at various times by other representative coaches and players to ensure that the players have a first rate experience. The program will be overseen and coordinated by Andrew Bettell (Education and Development Manager) and Alistair Edwards (FFA Young Matildas Coach, Western Waves and NTC Coach).

We look forward to meeting the Queen’s park Players next week and all of you throughout the season.

Reference: www.footballwest.com.au

The Football Federation of Australia, in conjunction with State Institutes and State Federations have established National Training Centre’s (NTC) around the country for both male and female players.

The programs have been, and continue to be highly successful in providing the country’s elite players with the appropriate training and competition environment.

The national driven NTC State based programs have been in operation in the Eastern States since 1997. WA had a boys program in conjunction with the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) from 1986-87 but since then no such programs have been in operation in WA. This has resulted in a gradual decline in playing standards or our players in comparison to our eastern states counterparts.

The FFA are making a concerted effort to ensure that all players irrespective of their geographical location have the opportunity to reach their potential and as such have been working closely with Football West, the Department of Sport and Recreation and WAIS to establish full time NTC programs for both males and females in Western Australia.

For WA to be competitive at the elite level and for our players to be given every opportunity to play represent the country this program is essential.
Football West’s strategic goal is to have a fulltime WAIS Football Program by 2008. With support from the FFA, the State Government and in collaboration with WAIS, an interim female program has been in operation since 2004. The boys interim program will commence in March 2006.

The female NTC program is under the guidance of current U/20 National Women’s team coach Alistair Edwards. In 2005 the Female NTC squad will be competing as a team in the U/14’s Premier League competition in line with the other states and FFA guidelines.

Over the past two years the NTC program girls have played over 30 games against U/14 boy teams. Initially, the girls struggled to adapt to the quicker and physically stronger boys but lately the games have become very competitive. Who can forget the visit of our Young Matildas in 2004 where, at Members Equity stadium the U/14 state boys team won 2-1 with a late winner from name.

The Western Waves have played a number of practice games against the U/14 Premier League boys teams in preparation for their National League season, with the most recent game being in late 2005 against Fremantle City’s U/14 Premier League championship winners. The Fremantle boys won 2 – 0 in what was a great game for all concerned.

These are exciting times indeed for the game in Western Australia. With the ‘A’ League going from strength to strength and WA having our very own Women’s National League team in the soon to be re-launched national women’s competition. The pathway is almost complete and with this the days of our players having to leave WA in pursuit of their dreams will be a distant memory.

Football West would like to congratulate everyone who has worked so tirelessly over the years to make this happen.

Reference: www.footballwest.com.au

Full time scholarships:
1. Kate Burns, Goalkeeper, Kingsley
2. Tanya Oxtoby, Captain, Northern Redbacks
3. Stacey Learmont (nee Woodfin), Queens Park
4. Nicola Williams, Northern Redbacks
5. Stephanie Grant, Northern Redbacks
6. Marianna Tabain, Junior player
7. Lindsey Jobling, Balcatta
8. Leigh Kelly, Queens Park
9. Ella Mastrantonia, Junior player
10. Danielle Cauluit,i Queens Park
11. Katie Coghla,n Balcatta
12. Collette McCallum, Young Matildas
13. Ciara Conway, Coming back from knee surgery
14. Edwina Forbes, Queensland junior state team
15. Molly Forbes, Queensland junior state team

Part time scholarship:
16. Kylie Chatto, Balcatta

Coaching team:
Alistair Edwards, Jessine Bonzas, Tracey Wheeler

Full time scholarship holders train Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays.

Players play as a squad in the under 14 boys premier competition Sunday mornings and are not released back to any women’s teams during the year unless released from their scholarships.