Jukic double sinks East Fremantle
Report by Tristan Wheeler
Jukic lights up the night with hat-trick
Report by Peter Simcox
Queens Park have opened their Bankwest Women’s State Premier League campaign with a 5-1 win against Beckenham Angels at Mills Park on Thursday evening.
Former Beckenham and Perth Glory striker Katarina Jukic was the hero for Queens Park bagging a hat-trick, with Sadie Lawrence and Tia Stonehill also getting on the score sheet.
Jukic said it was good to start the season with a win and continue the momentum of winning the Night Series.
“Sadie (Lawrence) and I got some great service tonight and we managed to put them away.
“We didn’t play our best in the Night Series, but we won the final and it’s good to keep that momentum going tonight. We probably need a few more game to gel, but the signs are good.”
Queens Park Coach Ben Anderton said it was a pleasing performance, and they took their chances well.
“It was a slow start to the game but we lifted and when we introduced Shannon (May), we took control,” he said.
“She gave us some composure and we managed to re-cycle the ball better and got Katarina, Sadie and Tia into good positions up front and they took their goals well.”
The visitors dominated early and were ahead on 11 minutes. Natasha Rigby’s corner picked out Jukic who headed home from close-range.
Beckenham hit back and when Kim Thiess’ corner wasn’t dealt with, Andrea Priato’s shot was saved by Danelle Cornish.
Queens Park created the better chances and were rewarded on 37 minutes with a second goal. A great through ball sent Jukic in on goal who finished clinically.
The Beckenham shot stopper was keeping her side in the game and stood tall to deny Jukic a hat-trick moments later.
However there was nothing she could do when Queens Park added a third on the stroke of half time. A defensive mix up let in Stonehill, and the pacey striker made no mistake.
The home side made a great start to the second half and they pulled one back in the opening minute. Valenti found space on the edge of the penalty area and her long-range shot gave Cornish no chance.
Two minutes later Queens Park regained their three goal margin. Stonehill made space down the left and crossed in to the penalty area with Jukic sliding in at the back post to complete her hat-trick.
Queens Park made it 5-1 on the hour as Lawrence heading home Jamie-Lee Gale’s corner.
With Shannon May pulling the strings in the middle of the park Queens Park continued to press. Jukic’s curling shot flashed wide of the target, before Lawrence saw her shot cleared off the line by Rhian Mears.
Next week Queens Park host East Fremantle at Coker Park, while Beckenham Angels travel to Jubilee Reserve to take on Bassendean Caledonians.
Beckenham Angels 1 (Valenti 46min)
Queens Park 5 (Jukic 11min, 37, 48, Stonehill 43, Lawrence 60)
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Kick-off: 7:00pm
Mills Park
Beckenham Angels: GK Stacey CAVILL, 2 Annie LEYLAND, 3 Rhian MEARS, 4 Jamie LEITCH, 5 Felicity LINDQUIST, 6 Kim THIESS, 7 Bethany WORTH, 8 Jessica VALENTI, 9 Jessica CIACOTTI, 10 Jessica LEURS, 11Monja SAETERVIK, 12 Jessica LINDQUIST, 14 Shelby COCHRANE, 15 Andrea PRIATO, 16 Sabrina NEATES, 17 Laura St RUTH
Yellow Cards: nil
Red Cards: nil
Queens Park: GK Danelle CORNISH, 2 Angelique STANNETT, 3 Rebecca DICARLO, 4 Natasha RIGBY, 5 Courtney OWEN, 6 Jamie-Lee GALE, 7 Brittany WOODFIN, 8 Sadie LAWRENCE, 9 Tia STONEHILL, 10 Nicole CAMPBELL, 11 Rebecca BENNETT, 14 Shannon MAY, 17 Breanne ALEXANDER, 20 Katie SCHUBERT, 21 Jamie DUNCANSON, 23 Katarina JUKIC
Yellow Cards: nil
Red Cards: nil
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Queens Park title-tilt grinds to a halt
Football West News
Monday, August 22, 2016
Queens Park’s championship aspirations received a body-blow as they were held to a frustrating goalless draw against Balcatta at Grindleford Reserve on Sunday.
Report by Paul J. Laverty
On a pitch which held up well despite a full weekend of rain and football, the first half failed to ignite, dishing up pace and physicality but with both defences coming out on top.
In the second period Queens Park lifted peppering the home goal with shots, and Balcatta had their keeper Gabby Dal Busco to thank for keeping the scores level with a virtuoso performance.
In the 62nd minute she bravely saved at the feet of Nicole Campbell when the Queens Park captain looked set to score, and then followed this up with two lightning-quick close-range stops within a minute, the first from Katie Schubert and the second again from Campbell.
On 73 minutes Queens Park’s Natasha Rigby made a surging run down the right and her effort finally beat Dal Busco only to hit a post.
Moments later Campbell held her head in her hands when she rattled the ball over the bar from just 12m following a superb cut-back from Stacey Learmont.
Balcatta were mostly limited to speculative long-range efforts but could have pinched it right at the end when Chelsea Winchcombe had the ball nicked from her toe following a dazzling solo-run through the Queens Park defence, before Ash Panaia sliced the resulting corner just past a post.
In the end both teams had to settle for a share of the spoils with Queens Park falling further off the pace in the race for the Bankwest Women’s State League Premier title.
“We had a couple of players out through injury but we should have got the job done,” said a frustrated Queens Park coach, Ben Anderton.
“We controlled the tempo, the possession, but it was just one of those days it wouldn’t go in.”
For Balcatta this was a confidence-boosting result, which the young side vow to use as a benchmark for the 2017 season.
“Everybody’s pretty stoked,” said captain Chelsea Winchcombe.
“We worked as a team. We’ve had the ability all season and we just pulled it together today.”
Balcatta 0
Queens Park 0
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Grindleford Reserve
Kick-off: 3pm
Referee: M. Tolmie
Balcatta: 1. Gabby DAL BUSCO, 2. Chelsea WINCHCOMBE, 3. Tahlia D’OPERA, 4. Cass HARDING, 5. Erika CHILCOTT, 6. Monique GODDING, 7. Giorgia ALFORD, 8. Lexi NJIRICH, 10. Caitlin DOEGLAS, 11. Melanie DOEGLAS, 12. Tiahna SCANDRETT, 14. Ash PANAIA, 15. Madisyn OLGUIN, 17. Nadia HARVEY
Yellow cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Queens Park: 1. Danelle CORNISH, 3. Rebecca DICARLO, 5. Angelique STANNETT, 8. Stacey LEARMONT, 9. Brittany WOODFIN, 10. Nicole CAMPBELL, 11. Natasha RIGBY, 12. Kathryn SCHUBERT, 13. Georgie KENT, 14. Emma YLIAS, 15. Jessica DARMAGO, 16. Caitlyn BROOMHEAD, 17. Monique GORDON, 24. Sadie LAWRENCE
Yellow cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Walsh the hero as Redbacks down the Angels
Pictured: Emily Henderson and Penelope Clayton in action. Photo: Peter Simcox, Football West
Monday, August 08, 2016
Northern Redbacks extended their lead at the top of the Bankwest Women’s State League Premier Division with a hard fought 3-1 win against their nearest challengers Beckenham Angels at Celebration Park on Sunday.
Report by Peter Simcox
Speedy striker Larissa Walsh was the hero, bagging a hat trick, while Shannon May’s goal for the Angels was a stunning long-range shot, but it was in vain.
Redbacks Coach Tim Hodgson said it was a great performance, especially being without a number of key players.
“We had three of our top players missing today and we knew it would be a tough game, as they always are against Beckenham,” he said. “But we knew what was at stake and it was important to get the result.”
“Today is a good result but there are still five games to go and we can’t become complacent.
“We said along we want to have it in our hands and not really on other people, and today’s win gives a little buffer but we’re not counting our chickens just yet and we know there is a long way to go.”
Hodgson said Walsh’s pace caused the Angels problems.
“Larissa was great for us today, we knew her pace would cause problems and we were under a lot of pressure in the second half, it was real backs to the wall from our side,” he said.
“But we used Larissa as an outlet up front and it’s something we’ve worked on, and today it worked.”
Walsh, who turns 22 on Wednesday, celebrated her birthday early and said it was a good team performance.
“We worked extremely hard today, got our formation sorted and we got what we wanted and that was three points,” she said.
“We were missing a few players today but it showed we have players who can step up and put in a good performance.
“Tim wanted to use me up front with my pace and it worked and I was happy to score the goals in the top of the table clash, which moves us four points clear at the top.
“But as Tim reminds us, we still have five games left, so we still need to play hard for the rest of the season.”
At kick off only two points separated the sides on the table and the visitors had keeper Rhian Mears to thank after she pulled off a double save to deny Walsh early.
But Beckenham hit back, Katie Holtham’s long-range shot was saved by Kathleen Waycott, before Ella Mastrantonio snap shot flashed over the top.
The visitors were on top but they almost conceded on the half hour. Jessica Wheatman’s free kick was turned around the post by the alert Mears.
Walsh’s pace was causing Beckenham problems and on 34 minutes she opened the scoring. A long ball over the top sent the striker racing clear and she finished low past Mears.
Beckenham almost hit back immediately. The lively Katarina Jukic raced clear and beat the keeper to the ball but from a tight angle her curling shot crashed off the post and away to safety.
The Redbacks had their keeper to thank for keeping the lead in the shadows of half time, Waycott saving well to thwart May.
Beckenham made the perfect start to the second half and levelled nine minutes in. May picked the ball up 20m from goal and her stunning shot flew into the top corner of the net giving Waycott no chance.
The goal lifted the visitors and Holtham’s shot on the turn whistled just wide of the target before Jamie Lee-Gale shot straight at Waycott.
The home side were hanging on, and they had Emily Dunn to thank for keeping them level, the defender superbly clearing Holtham’s shot off the line.
Holtham was a real handful and she went close again on 80 minutes, firing over from the edge of the penalty area before Waycott was out bravely to save at the strikers’ feet.
But against the run of play the Redbacks regained the lead seven minutes from time. A long ball over the top sent Walsh racing clear again and she finished clinically past Mears.
Walsh was at it again three minutes later to complete her hat-trick and seal the points. It was a case of déjà vu, this time racing down the left before firing home from 10m, to send the Redbacks four points clear at the top of the table.
Northern Redbacks 3 (Walsh 34mins, 83, 86)
Beckenham Angels 1 (May 54’)
Sunday August 7, 2016
Celebration Park, Balga
Referee: Ian Fisher
Northern Redbacks: GK Kathleen WAYCOTT, 2 Jessica WHEATMAN, 3 Larissa WALSH, 4 Kimberly THIESS, 5 Eleanor BLACKMORE, 6 Carla BENNETT, 7 Lauren RILEY, 8 Stephanie WAYCOTT, 9 Jade KLEPPE, 10. Jacinta COLEMAN, 11 Emily DUNN, 12 Shawn BILLAM, 14 Renee LEOTA, 15 Emily HENDERSON, 17 Chloe ALAGA
Beckenham Angels: GK Rhian MEARS, 2 Lindsey KENYON, 3 Annique KEISLER, 4 Jessica LINDQUIST, 5 Shannon MAY, 7Marianna TABAIN, 8 Jamie-Lee GALE, 10 Jessica LEURS, 11 Ella MASTRANTONIO, 12 Eleanor BATES, 14 Penelope CLAYTON, 15 Danielle BROGAN, 16 Katarina JUKIC, 17 Katie HOLTHAM
Redbacks see off Queens Park challenge
Football West News
Monday, August 01, 2016
A clinical display by Northern Redbacks saw the title-holders take a significant step towards retaining their Bankwest Women’s State League Premier League crown with a 2-0 away win at Coker Park.
Report by Paul J. Laverty
An early goal in each half, the first a volley by Nadene Caldwell and the second a tidy finish by Renee Leota, brought title-challengers Queens Park back down-to-earth with a bump after their impressive victory at home to Beckenham Angels last week.
Redbacks coach Tim Hodgson was delighted with the victory.
“They’d beaten us twice already this year but we were more disciplined than in the past,” he said. “The focus was there for the whole 90 minutes.”
The top-of-the-table clash failed to spark into a pulsating encounter with the Redbacks coming out on top in almost every department.
The result could have been even more convincing had Lauren Riley not saw her first-half pile driver brilliantly tipped onto the bar by Danelle Cornish in the Queens Park goal.
For the home-side it was a day to forget with in-form forward Brooke Johnston failing to threaten the Redbacks’ rearguard. She was reduced to hopeful shots from outside the box which caused little trouble for shot-stopper Kathleen Waycott.
Falling four points adrift of top spot and seeing their league fate taken out of their own hands, Queens Park coach Ben Anderton was frustrated with his side’s display both with and without the ball.
“We showed them too much respect,” he said. “We let them play the ball too much and didn’t pressure.”
Hodgson’s Redbacks have another crunch game next week against Beckenham whose win against the National Training Centre side sees them leap above Queens Park into second place, just two points off Northern Redbacks.
“It’s certainly going to be very tough, we’ve been strong rivals for years” said Hodgson, ahead of his club’s clash with Beckenham.
“We need to put in a performance like we did today and maybe a little bit more.”
Queens Park 0
Northern Redbacks 2 (Caldwell 15min, Leota 55)
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Coker Park
Kick-off: 3.00pm
Referee: Pedro Vasquez
Queens Park: 1. Danelle CORNISH, 3. Rebecca DICARLO, 4. Natasha Rigby, 5. Angelique STANNETT, 6. Monique GORDON, 7. Brittany WOODFIN, 8. Stacey LEARMONT, 9. Brooke JOHNSTON, 10. Nicole CAMPBELL, 11. Sadie LAWRENCE, 12. Alex DERCKSEN, 13. Georgie KENT, 15. Jessica DARMAGO, 16. Caitlyn BROOMHEAD, 25. Courtney OWEN
Yellow cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Northern Redbacks: 1. Kathleen WAYCOTT, 2. Jessica WHEATMAN, 3. Larissa WALSH, 4. Kimberly THIESS, 5. Eleanor BLACKMORE, 6. Carla BENNETT, 7. Lauren RILEY, 8. Jade KLEPPE, 9. Chloe ALAGA, 10. Jacinta COLEMAN, 11. Emily DUNN, 12. Shawn BILLAM, 14. Renee LEOTA, 15. Emily HENDERSON, 16. Nadene CALDWELL, 17. Stephanie WAYCOTT
Yellow cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Johnston back with a bang for Queens Park
Football West News
Monday, July 25, 2016
Brooke Johnston was the star-of-the-show as her second-half hat-trick helped Queens Park thump Beckenham Angels 3-0 and leapfrog them into second-place in the Bankwest Women’s State League Premier Division.
Report by Paul J. Laverty
The Angels had no answer to Johnston’s movement and power as she returned to the side following an eight-week injury lay-off to underline Queens Park’s credentials.
“I just wanted to try and do my bit for the team,” Johnston said. “To grab a hat-trick is a dream.”
On a day boasting near-perfect conditions for football there was little between the two sides during the first period with both defences coming out on top.
Johnston was working the Beckenham back-line hard but finding their keeper Stacey Cavill in fine form, as did teammate Stacey Learmont when her cross-turned-shot was expertly tipped onto the bar by the shot-stopper.
Beckenham also enjoyed periods of pressure with Jamie-Lee Gale unlucky on two occasions when she blasted over the bar from close range and then rounded Queens’ goalie Danelle Cornish only to drag the ball too far and out for a goal kick.
In the second-half the game came alive when Queens Park won a corner and Beckenham failed to clear their lines allowing Johnston to smash home.
The home-side should have gone further ahead soon after when Johnston turned provider and played in Learmont, who dragged her shot wide.
Queens Park then received a wake-up call when Janelle St. Pierre picked out Eleanor Bates at the back post only to see her looping shot go over the bar.
Queens Park regained control with Johnston nodding home from six metres following Courtney Owen’s corner to make it 2-0.
Beckenham were running out of legs and ideas, and had little answer to the energy and invention of Queens Park.
The Coker Park side almost sealed the points when Learmont neatly turned her marker on the edge of the box only to hit the ball the wrong side of the post.
However, she made amends moments later when her pass cut open the Beckenham defence allowing Johnston to coolly slot home for her third and secure the points.
Beckenham boss Jason Washington-King was pragmatic after the loss.
“They just played great, we didn’t,” said Washington-King, whose team plays the National Training Centre and Northern Redbacks in their next two games.
“It’s a tough competition… We can’t worry about this game, we’ve just got to move on.”
Queens Park coach Ben Anderton was also keen to look forward to next week’s top-of-the-table clash with Northern Redbacks.
“We’ll take confidence from this, we’ve had good success against Redbacks in our last two meets,” Anderton said.
“We know it’s going to be tough, but we’ll just keep working all week. It’s anyone’s league at the moment.”
Queens Park 3 (Brooke Johnston, 52min, 67, 79)
Beckenham Angels 0
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Coker Park
Kick-off: 3.00pm
Referee: Ian Fisher
Queens Park: 1. Danelle CORNISH, 3. Rebecca DICARLO, 5. Angelique STANNETT, 6. Monique GORDON, 7. Brittany WOODFIN, 8. Stacey LEARMONT, 9. Brooke JOHNSTON, 10. Nicole CAMPBELL, 11. Sadie LAWRENCE, 12. Alex DERCKSEN, 13. Georgie KENT, 14. Noi PUKKAEW, 15. Jessica DARMAGO, 16. Caitlyn BROOMHEAD, 22. Jaymee GIBBONS, 25. Courtney OWEN
Yellow cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Beckenham Angels: 1. Stacey CAVILL, 2. Lindsey KENYON, 3. Annique KEISLER, 4. Jessica LINDQUIST, 5. Shannon MAY, 6. Bronwyn CLARK, 7. Marianna TABAIN, 8. Jamie-Lee GALE, 9. Eleanor BATES, 10. Emily BRODERICK, 11. Ella MASTRANTONIO, 14. Penelope CLAYTON, 17. Janelle ST. PIERRE
Yellow cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Melville v Queens Park WSL video highlights
Melville v Queens Park WSL video highlights thanks to Olivia Spears, MCFC videographer
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