Monday, May 25, 2009 Local Sport 17 Gun-shy Gunners outgunned ANU continues league domination

By Chris Dutton can think of to describe it,’’ Evans Meanwhile, the Australian Insti- By Michael Inman contest. But ANU called on its depth third placed St Patrick’s 2-1 while said. ‘‘A few of the guys had their say tute of Sport continued its impress- Hockey to put the result out of the question UC kept cemented itself in second after the game and a few people need ive start to the season with 100-90 with a further two goals in the final position with a 4-2 over fourth Dejected Gunners coach to have a good look at themselves win over Ballarat on Saturday night. Competition leader ANU continued 10 minutes to run out a 5-2 winner. placed Old Canberrans. Greg Evans has pleaded with his and what they’re contributing. Australian Boomer squad its winning ways by downing a Despite the loss, Central coach Wests kept Tuggeranong/North team to keep its season alive after it ‘‘We’re making mistakes out there members and United States college- spirited Central 5-2 in their ACT Geoff Davis was happy with his Canberra winless for the season with slumped to its eighth loss in 10 that you wouldn’t make in an under- bound duo Cody Ellis and Brock hockey senior women’s first grade side’s performance. a 2-1 victory. matches yesterday. 14’s team. Motum led the AIS with 20 and 17 match yesterday. ‘‘We held our structure, we The Gunners forfeited a 10-point ‘‘Bendigo is a crunch game for us, points respectively. ANU showed why it is the form could’ve just gone back out after ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● half-time lead to the Ballarat Miners if we lose that we can almost kiss our side of the competition by scoring in half-time and gone through the AT A GLANCE in a 96-80 defeat at Belconnen. season goodbye.’’ ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● the first three minutes. motions but we had the run on them Evans could not hide his disap- The Gunners were quick to estab- AT A GLANCE Central fought back but ANU in the second half,’’ Davis said. ACT women’s hockey league first grade round pointment after watching his team’s lish their dominance over the scored another two goals before the ‘‘We had a couple of opportunities eight yesterday: ANU 5 (T. Staunton 3, A. Flan- top-four aspirations slip away Miners, with teenager Brad Simpson Saturday: AIS 100 (C Ellis 20, B Motum 17, J half-time break on the back of a and took them whereas in the first agan, K. McGrath) bt CENTRAL 2 (K. Dooley, against the Miners. leading the charge. Page 16) bt BALLARAT MINERS 90 (R Norwood mountain of possession. half we didn’t have many . . . They S Dobbie); UC 4 (C. McGowan 2, M. Bone, Just halfway through the season, Their lead skipped out to 10 in the 27, J Brown 23, B Carter 12) ANU won the teams’ previous probably have the better players S. Vaughan) bt OLD CANBERANS 2 (J. Day, the coach said Canberra’s finals opening quarter but missed Yesterday: BALLARAT MINERS 96 (B Goodga- encounter 5-0 and appeared set to across the paddock but we hussled C. Steele); UNITED 2 (K. Urquhart, L. Watson) bt hopes now hinged on Saturday’s opportunities cost Canberra its me 22, B Carter 18, J Brown 17) bt CANBERRA repeat the scoreline until Central and hassled really well today and ST PATRICKS 1 (E. Taylor); WESTS 2 (V. Cairns, PAINT WORK: Gunners’ Jono Miller, match against Bendigo. chance to shut Ballarat out of the GUNNERS 88 (B Simpson 23, G Baird 20, rallied after the break, scoring two that was what kept us in the game.’’ J. Mulgrue) bt TUGGERANONG/NORTH CAN- right, takes on Ballarat’s Phil Benn. ‘‘Gut wrenched is the only word I match. J Miller 16). quick goals to put it back in the In other matches, United upset BERRA 1 Dominant Debutante clinches Woden win Bulldogs tipped to Team continues Danning key winning streak as Young improve By Merryn Sherwood By Michael Inman Soccer Socceroos Amy McLachlan scored in the 90th Undefeated Goulburn Workers minute on debut to deliver Woden Bulldogs coach Andrew Theuma Valley a last-gasp 2-1 win over make semis has sent the rest of the Canberra Weston Creek in Capital Football Raiders Cup competition a mess- women’s premier league at Kaleen Canberra’s Kofi Danning played an age – we’ve still got room for yesterday. important role in helping the Young improvement. The Woden Valley premier under- Socceroos to a semi-final in the In a battle of the league’s heavy- 18s player had come on to the field Terborg Toernooi tournament in the weights, Goulburn emphatically with 15 minutes to go and the score Netherlands. defeated defending premiers locked at 1-1. The Young Socceroos played out a Queanbeyan Blues 28-14 at Then in the final minute, she took draw and a 2-0 win in their final Workers Arena to continue its advantage of a Weston Creek lapse. group stages yesterday morning. undefeated run. Weston goalkeeper Luisa Marzotto, Danning played both games but The win has shown the Bulldogs who played in the W-League for had the most impact in the 2-0 win, are the team to beat after five Perth Glory, had thrown the ball back the former Canberra FC junior rounds of season 2009, but Theu- into play to captain Jenny Brew. setting up both goals. ma believes his team can get But the ball fell between Brew and It was enough to put the Aussies better. McLachlan, who got to it first. With PRESSURE: Woden’s Courtney Atwood into an overnight semi-final against ‘‘There’s definitely room for Marzotto still out of position McLa- tries to outrun Korri Chaivannacoopt. the youth team of Dutch giants Ajax improvement,’’ he said. chlan touched the ball into an open Amsterdam. ‘‘We’ve got a few new guys so goal. the penalty box. Woden peppered Danning’s Sydney FC youth we’re still working on our The win means Woden is still Marzotto for the final 20 minutes, teammate and fellow Canberran Sam combinations, learning to play undefeated and on top of the wom- particulary through Field and Brown, Munro is also on the tour but didn’t with each other but so far so good. en’s premier league ladder after four but every shot went straight to the play in the final two group games. ‘‘We’ll just keep working on rounds. keeper before McLachlan scored. Meanwhile, Canberra’s Bronwyn things each week and we’ve got Woden has now beaten the three Weston Creek is still winless after Studman played the full 90 minutes Westies [West Belconnen] next teams who have been the bench- four rounds, having drawn two and in the Young Matildas’ 4-1 win over week, which will be a good test for mark over the past three seasons in lost two, but coach Rob Mason said Finland in Italy yesterday morning. us. The boys were really up for this Canberra, Belwest Foxes, Belconnen his players were improving. In hot conditions, the Australian week so we’ve got to get them back United and Weston Creek. Coach ‘‘The girls played really well work- under-19 team got off to a good start up for next week.’’ Doug Penny said it had been a better ing the ball, we’ve been working on when captain Tameka Butt played in The last time the two teams met start than even he expected. something since the Fed Cup and we Marianna Tabain, who scored with a was in July last year, the match Woden didn’t make the finals last are starting to hit our straps,’’ he shot from the left flank in the fourth ending in a 26-all draw, but this year – but with an influx of new talent said. minute. time around a scintillating first such as Ashleigh Palombi, Grace In the men’s premier league games Butt doubled her team’s lead in the half from the Bulldogs made sure Field, Sally Rojahn and Catherine yesterday, Belconnen United moved seventh minute with a long-range the result would not be repeated. Brown, made the pre-season Feder- to the top of the ladder with an 8-1 shot which found the top left corner A four-tries-to-one spurt from ation Cup final earlier this year. thumping of Queanbeyan. Belcon- of the goal. the Bulldogs saw them lead 18-6 at ‘‘I was anticipating that the first nen moved to 13 points, with Can- Jessica Seaman scored the Young the break, and a further two tries half of the season, that with players berra FC on 12 after a bye. Matildas’ third goal in the 78th in the second half saw them run with other commitments like 15s and minute. out 28-14 winners. 17s nationals, if we won games then ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● Finland pegged a goal back The job was made difficult for that was great,’’ Penny said. ‘‘But AT A GLANCE immediately after the restart. the Blues when forced to play they have really stepped up. But substitute Nicola Bolger much of the second half a man ‘‘Credit to Weston, they really did Capital Football women’s premier league round completed the scoring for down after Phil Shepherd was sent well in the first half, they did what we four: WODEN VALLEY 2 (G. Field, A. McLachlan) in the 80th minute after receiving a off for a high and late shot. should have done, but in the second bt WESTON CREEK 1 (A. Tupper) at Kaleen pass from Samantha Kerr. Goulburn was also reduced to 12 half we just kept grinding away.’’ Enclosed. BELWEST 3 (J. O’Brien, K. Crocker, The game was the first in a series of men for the remaining 10 minutes Weston Creek controlled the first J. Armstrong) bt CANBERRA FC 1 at Kaleen international friendlies in Italy. after half Jeremy Braun was sin- half and got ahead of Woden in the Enclosed, BELCONNEN UNITED 2 (S. Spinapolice, Canberra United players Ashleigh binned for repeat offences around 27th minute when Aleisha Tupper K. Woodman) bt ANU WSC 0 at McKellar Park. and Nicole Sykes are also in the the play the ball. got free and beat Woden Valley Men’s premier league round seven: ANU FC 2 squad, but stayed on the bench in the goalkeeper Tatijana Curic. (Jones, T. Womack) bt TUGGERANONG UNITED first game. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● Then either side of the half-time 1 (M. Shields) at ANU North, CANBERRA OLYM- The Australian under-19s women’s AT A GLANCE break, Weston Creek striker Rachel PIC 1 (S. Barsley) bt CANBERRA CITY 0 at team is preparing for the under-19s Crittenden came close to extending O’Connor Enclosed. BELCONNEN UNITED 8 AFC Asian Cup, to be played later this GOULBURN WORKERS BULLDOGS 28 the lead. (D. Leet 3, D. Wells 2, T. Beaton, C. Reinhart, year, which is the qualifying (J. White 2, N. Morris 2, J. Turner, N. Williams Woden equalised in the 67th min- L. Pietrukowski) bt QUEANBEYAN CITY 1 tournament for the 2010 under-20s tries; N. Williams 2 goals) bt QUEANBEYAN ute when Field scored from a scrap in (G. Cattanach) at Riverside Oval. BATTLE: Woden Valley’s Ellen Kromar, left, and Weston Creek’s Laura Jones compete for the ball. Photo: KARLEEN WILLIAMS women’s World Cup. BLUES 14. Belco goes hunting Sth Canberra, but misses Are you By Merryn Sherwood while Arawang has dropped to fourth. and Belconnen were very good,’’ Allen said. Netball Tuggeranong coach Kate Durham said her ‘‘They were up for it [last night], so we just team was hitting form at the right end of the need to make sure we can keep our cool and South Canberra had a close two-goal win over season. put it together.’’ Canberra’s Belconnen to take its winning streak to seven ‘‘We had been going well against the top Next weekend’s round eight will be held on in round seven of the Netball ACT division 1 teams but not really starting to play until the Friday with all three games at Lyneham from state league at Lyneham last night. second-quarter,’’ Durham said. ‘‘But I think 7pm. In other results Canberra ran out to an the girls who have played Darters, their ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● ultimate impressive 50-34 win over Arawang while experience is starting to come together and Jo Tuggeranong beat Queanbeyan 51-36. [Pivac] and Rhiannon Hall are really working AT A GLANCE Arawang’s loss – its second in a row – has well together [as the shooting pair].’’ allowed Canberra and Tuggeranong to draw South Canberra sits on top of the ladder and Netball ACT division 1 state league Round 7 at the Lyneham level on 22-points. coach Sally Allen expected a torrid run in the Netball Centre: SOUTH CANBERRA 55 bt BELCONNEN 53, AFL fan? On percentages, Tuggeranong has jumped last three rounds before finals. CANBERRA 50 bt ARAWANG 34, TUGGERANONG 51 bt from fourth to second and Canberra to third ‘‘We have spoken about being the hunted QUEANBEYAN 36. As the Western Bulldogs and the Sydney Swans prepare to descend upon Canberra for this weekends AFL blockbuster this is your chance to win the ultimate day at the footy in The Canberra Times biggest footy fan promotion. Mixed results keep Eastlake on top WIN ONE OF TWO By Merryn Sherwood shot 4.5 from nine shots on goal. 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Kavanagh, played his first senior NEN 22.12 (144) bt TUGGERANONG 13.13 09-07109/3 game for the Tigers this year and (91) at Manuka Oval. ON THE RUN: Magpie Andrew Ainger looks to clear the ball at Manuka Oval.