Archive 09/10

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Woeful Witches Crash to Defeat
Saving their worst performance of the season for their last game, the Witches slumped to a 4-0 defeat to a red hot Gungahlin.

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Witches Do It Tough Against 2010 Champions Monaro FC -

The Witches battled hard against the efficient Monaro outfit and managed to fight back from 2 goals down to earn a creditable draw against the undefeated 2010 Champions. (full story in News)

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Belsouth Spellbound by Magical Witches: With only 10 players the Witches were twice in arrears but fought back to record a stunning , courageous victory. (Full story in News)

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Witches in Mud Fight: On a field made boggy by consistent rain and made even worse by a torrential downpour in the second half, the Witches slogged out an exciting and valiant draw with Gungahlin.

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Monaro Game deferred: Monaro FC requested a deferral due to a significant number of players attending a school excursion.   Having already won two games on forfeit this season, the Witches had no interest in gaining victory by way of another forfeit and agreed to defer the game to a date to be advised.

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Witches of Courage

The Witches took on Woden for the second time in five days and showing maturity and courage beyond their years emerged triumphant again. (see news for full story)

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Bright Night For Witches

On a cold night in Canberra the Witches turned up the heat in their deferred game against Woden Utd. Although the final score was only 1-0, it could have been more as the Witches continued their good form.

(Full story in News)

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Another Cop Out as CGGS Forfeit: Although hardly the fault of Capital Football, it must be an embarrassment to them when school based teams continue to forfeit games. This is despite Capital inserting holiday breaks in the competition in an attempt to reduce such occurrences. It is notable that in the three seasons that the Witches have had home games we have had a number of forfeits, all for home games and nearly always by either Radford or CGGS. It is demoralising for the Witches who just want to play games and instead find they get every other week off.

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Kanga Cup  Fair Play Witches

The Witches may not have won the Kanga Cup but they played four superb games, only losing one with two wins and a draw. And to top it off they were deservedly voted the winners of the prestigous Fair Play Award for the U18 Girls section. This award maintains the Witches' excellent reputation, fostered over the past four seasons, as a team with impeccable sporting attitude as well as being successful on the field. They have proved to be, yet again, a wonderful advert for and a credit to their district and sponsors.

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Finally: A Game (and a win)

The Witches finally got on the field and Woden Hammers suffered the effects of their pent up frustration. The Witches ran out 7-1 winners over a game but outgunned Woden. (Full Story in News) - Now another two week break in competition during school holidays.

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Radford Forfeit:

In yet another blow for the Witches, the home game scheduled for 20th June is off as Radford have forfeited. The Witches are battling for consistency this season and the continual breaks in the season are not helping. So far the Witches have played 6 games in 9 weeks and with no game this long weekend, followed by the Radford forfeit, they will have to wait until 27 June for their  next match.

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High Praise for Sporting Witches

The Grand Wiz was thrilled at the comments by two Tuggeranong supporters last Sunday. During the first half  a Tuggeranong supporter made a point of letting him know that they were very impressed with the attitude displayed by the Witches and that it was a pleasure to play against opposition that was not only skilful but who obviously enjoyed playing and had a wonderful sporting attitude.

Then during the later stages of the game another Tuggeranong supporter commented that the Witches were a credit to their District with their approach to the game, combined with their precise and skilful play. Those comments were worth more than any victory. Keep it up Witches!!!!

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6th June 2010

Witches Find Form Again

The Witches played some fine football after struggling early to cope with a tiny field, eventually running out 5-0 victors.

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30th May 2010

Woden Utd game washed out.

Replay  date and venue TBA

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23rd May 2010

Witches Woeful Win

What a difference a week makes. Last week unstoppable, - this week unwatchable. The Witches may have won 4 - 0 but it was not a good performance by the young side.

(See News)

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16th May 2010

Witches Regain Winning Way

The Witches returned to winning form in a difficult match against the previously undefeated Belsouth.  Trialling a new formation to overcome defensive shortcomings, the Witches ran out 4-1 victors. (See News)

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9th May 2010

Witches lead, then lose - again.

Once again the Witches lead at half time only to collapse in the second half, losing 3-1 to Monaro FC.

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 18 April 2010

Witches Blow Two Goal Lead

Gungahlin shocked the Witches, fighting back strongly from 2 goals down to run out winners 3-2 and gave the Witches their first home defeat in 3 seasons. (Story in News)

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11 April 2010

Witches start season proper with a Bang!

After a long build up to the season during which the lack of firepower became a major concern, the Witches turned it around to knock up five unanswered goals on day 1 of the competition. It wasn't without frustrations though, .......!

(Full story in News)

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Mixed Results in Pre-Season

The girls came away from the first day of the pre-season tournament with a loss, a draw and a win. They followed that up with two 2-0 losses the following week. Despite the lack of success there is no panic in the girls camp as the focus is experimentation at this stage. (Details on News page)