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over 8 years ago
The greatest club in women's football, ever, surely!

I let my guitar speak for me

over 8 years ago

AllWhites82 wrote:

Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Final:

Coastal Spirit 1 (Chloe Jones) Cashmere Technical 0 HT 1 - 0

didn't catch the game is it correct that tech brought in longo ?
over 8 years ago

VimFuego wrote:
The greatest club in women's football, ever, surely!

what bev peterson has done for this team this season should not be under estimated , and that is what makes gunnie so good . 

over 8 years ago
Bev peterson had only worked with a couple of the older girls in sprints? imo full credit too Gunnie/team/pdl for working hard individually. Think this club has produced a large number of talented players under Gunnie's wing over the years, interesting what next season will be like. Coastal seems to have it sorted
over 8 years ago

AllWhites82 wrote:

Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Final:

Coastal Spirit 1 (Chloe Jones) Cashmere Technical 0 HT 1 - 0

didn't catch the game is it correct that tech brought in longo ?

No

over 8 years ago

AllWhites82 wrote:

AllWhites82 wrote:

Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Final:

Coastal Spirit 1 (Chloe Jones) Cashmere Technical 0 HT 1 - 0

didn't catch the game is it correct that tech brought in longo ?

No

I heard she was asked (as she does every time Tech play Coastal) and said no again as she hasn't played for the team all year. She was at the game. 

Wouldn't have been a good look, mind you they did sign Meikayla Moore, flew her down for half a game, and never played again!

I let my guitar speak for me

over 8 years ago

VimFuego wrote:

AllWhites82 wrote:

AllWhites82 wrote:

Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Final:

Coastal Spirit 1 (Chloe Jones) Cashmere Technical 0 HT 1 - 0

didn't catch the game is it correct that tech brought in longo ?

No

I heard she was asked (as she does every time Tech play Coastal) and said no again as she hasn't played for the team all year. She was at the game. 

Wouldn't have been a good look, mind you they did sign Meikayla Moore, flew her down for half a game, and never played again!

Pretty sure Annalie came off the brench once this season, think it was in the second half. 

over 8 years ago

Footy4 wrote:
Bev peterson had only worked with a couple of the older girls in sprints? imo full credit too Gunnie/team/pdl for working hard individually. Think this club has produced a large number of talented players under Gunnie's wing over the years, interesting what next season will be like. Coastal seems to have it sorted
. cheers for correcting (was wrongly informed that Bev was involved with the whole squad ) . any team could do a lot worse than getting canterburys most successful speedster involved in their set up ......can never praise Gunnie/ coastal women too much as their results speak for themselves . Have they ever won Canterbury sports team of the year ?
over 8 years ago

Interestingly no Tasman players but suppose the commute put some off 

over 8 years ago

Luis Garcia wrote:

Interestingly no Tasman players but suppose the commute put some off 

don't they have to pay their own way as well?, that probably put some off as well

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over 8 years ago

Luis Garcia wrote:

Interestingly no Tasman players but suppose the commute put some off 

don't they have to pay their own way as well?, that probably put some off as well

Do not think that is the case, but will follow this up.

over 8 years ago
I've heard there's quite a few people living up there, you could perhaps start your own team... :-)

I let my guitar speak for me

over 8 years ago · edited over 8 years ago · History

AllWhites82 wrote:

Luis Garcia wrote:

Interestingly no Tasman players but suppose the commute put some off 

don't they have to pay their own way as well?, that probably put some off as well

Do not think that is the case, but will follow this up.

Have been advised that there is funding available to bring players down from Nelson to play, so no players have to pay. Several spots still to be named and understand likely to include player(s) that turned out for Tasman in the WPL. 

over 8 years ago

Results from Mainland Awards Last evening - categories winners highlighted in bold:

Women
Goalkeeper of the Year Una Foyle Hannah Hegarty Briar Guyan
Defender of the Year Rebecca Lake Ashleigh Ward Kathryn van Emple
Midfielder of the Year Lily Bray Beth Elliott Whitney Hepburn
Striker of the Year Emma Kench Mel Cameron Jayda Stewart
Youth Player of the Year Jayda Stewart Beth Elliott Macey Fraser
Golden Boot Mel Cameron
Coach of the Year Alana Gunn Keith Braithwaite

Overall Player of theYear was Emma Kench

over 8 years ago
Bray only played half a season is my understanding? Who's Kench?
over 8 years ago

Footy4 wrote:
Bray only played half a season is my understanding? Who's Kench?

Plays at Cashmere Technical

over 8 years ago

Have a look at the next waves of WPL players - and the clubs they're from; just 3 from Coastal/Cashmere out of a total of 42!


Kotahitanga. We are one.

over 8 years ago

Awesome, so good for the game.

What's sight without sound? Love without peace? Copulation without conception?

over 8 years ago

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Great to see these other clubs investing in womans football, the results would appear to be clear! Waimak to win the WPL within the next 5 years, unless the same old poaching and pride carrot comes out :)

over 8 years ago

Great to see some clubs making a serious investment in woman's football and I hope that they get rewarded in the future,especially to stop the poaching that has made some clubs seem more successful than they deserve to be. Surely Halswell should be rewarded with a WPL team. They have won PDL which is more than other clubs have done to get promoted. They have the depth and they develop juniors. They have more right to be there than Varsity on that basis.

over 8 years ago

Gaffa wrote:

Great to see some clubs making a serious investment in woman's football and I hope that they get rewarded in the future,especially to stop the poaching that has made some clubs seem more successful than they deserve to be. Surely Halswell should be rewarded with a WPL team. They have won PDL which is more than other clubs have done to get promoted. They have the depth and they develop juniors. They have more right to be there than Varsity on that basis.

I've commented on this thread before about Parklands promotion and Shane - due to poor process/criteria from Mainland. Then there was the McMann-led debacle that destroyed Selwyn at a critical time. 

The key, as always, is how a club treats its premier women's team - especially in relation to the men; and what opportunities a club can offer. The challenge for Waimak will be to see if they can build from here as the players begin to reach maturity, and all that that brings re work, education etc

Kotahitanga. We are one.

about 8 years ago

End of an era. Well done Gunnie. Big boots to fill.

Kotahitanga. We are one.

about 8 years ago

Global Game wrote:

End of an era. Well done Gunnie. Big boots to fill.

Size 8? All the best Gunnie, I know you have other coaching gigs for 2018.

about 8 years ago

Halswell seem to have a team in the WPL, not sure if it's been mentioned previously. 

I let my guitar speak for me

about 8 years ago

Rumours going around that there will be no Tasman women's team this year. 

about 8 years ago

Does the league have the ability to support additional teams coming in? - seems to be a lot of young players in many teams and will there be a lot lost to other areas for University etc?

about 8 years ago

Any news on Coastal Spirit WPL coach for upcoming season?

Justice is served.

about 8 years ago

Yes for Goalkeepers

E's Flat Ah's Flat Too

about 8 years ago

Delta wrote:

Rumours going around that there will be no Tasman women's team this year. 

Sadly Tasman's withdrawal from the WPL has been confirmed today by Mainland. 

about 8 years ago

Does a team pull out of the WPL every year?

I let my guitar speak for me

about 8 years ago

VimFuego wrote:

Does a team pull out of the WPL every year?

Almost seems the case. Sounds like the bulk of Tasman's squad from last season unavaliable for various reasons - no longer in the region, retired etc.

Tasman added to the WPL in the last two sesons, finishing third twice with their record being - played 33, won 18, drawn 3 lost 12.

about 8 years ago

BrightSpark wrote:

Any news on Coastal Spirit WPL coach for upcoming season?

Jimmy Small, confirmed on Coastal's facebook page earlier today, Jimmy coached Western's MPL side a few season's back. 

about 8 years ago

BrightSpark wrote:

Any news on Coastal Spirit WPL coach for upcoming season?

Jimmy Small, confirmed on Coastal's facebook page earlier today, Jimmy coached Western's MPL side a few season's back. 

about 8 years ago

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about 8 years ago

Apparently talk of FC not having a team this season. Players going to other team trainings

about 8 years ago

Dinamo Chris wrote:

Apparently talk of FC not having a team this season. Players going to other team trainings

Time we stopped pretending NZ has the quality & quantity of girls/women to be calling anything a Premiere League.

Train and play the best & serious ones in with the boys/youth/men. That's what they as players deserve and need for their development.

Happens overseas where the numbers are much more favourable than in NZ. The rest is participation / social.

about 8 years ago · edited about 8 years ago · History

10cc wrote:

Dinamo Chris wrote:

Apparently talk of FC not having a team this season. Players going to other team trainings

Time we stopped pretending NZ has the quality & quantity of girls/women to be calling anything a Premiere League.

Train and play the best & serious ones in with the boys/youth/men. That's what they as players deserve and need for their development.

Happens overseas where the numbers are much more favourable than in NZ. The rest is participation / social.

Regional version of Ferns Player Development Programme. Surely time for a a national winter club league. Find the money.

And the rest? There still needs to be a female only top league - for all sorts of reasons.

Kotahitanga. We are one.

about 8 years ago

Yeah agreed Global. Speaking to Turnbull it seems there are some good works in motion...

I think their world cup money should go towards this... Not sure how much they get for their world cup campaigns though.

almost 8 years ago

WPL commences on Saturday - both games at English Park 

Midday

Halswell vs. Universities

2pm

Coastal Spirit vs. Cashmere Technical (Hawkey Shield Challenge)