Volume
49, No. 15, August 24 2006
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CHARGE: LS Tuilawa, CPL Sam Spry, LEUT Donna Douglas and Capt Anna Reinhardt prepare to defend a shot at goal during the Australian Country Hockey titles in Bendigo. |
The team was unlucky not to capitalise on opportunities to put games away and allowed mistakes that permitted late goals to draw matches.
Losses to Western Australia and NSW prevented the team from making the semi-finals and taking some strong performances into the weekend. In the play-off for fifth, the team played South Australia and produced the performance that they had been waiting for all week – an impressive 7-2 win.
“Australian Country selectors and Hockey Australia personnel commented on several occasions that this was the toughest team that the ADF had brought to the championship in years,” ADF Hockey public relations manager, LEUT Cayzer said.
The women’s team produced a mixed week of performances in some close results and tough matches that proved the strength of ADF women’s hockey.
The team included CAPT Anna Reinhardt (2 HSB), CPL Di Casey (RAAF Williamtown) and SMN Jenssa Schonrock (HMAS Kuttabul), who played crucial roles.
The tournament-opener, a 3-4 loss to South Australia, set the tone for the week with some great attacking hockey from the women though opportunities did not go their way.
A 1-1 draw with Western Australia, followed by narrow losses to Victoria (1-0), NSW (2-0) and eventual tournament champion Queensland (3-1) made it even harder to make the finals.
In a play off for fifth and sixth place against South Australia, a tense scoreless draw relegated ADF women to sixth, based on other results from the week.
