Courtesy: Diamond Valley Leader


Local girls represent VIC at the FFA National Futsal Championships

18 Jan 10

Local girls Keely Lockhart from Eltham North and Cassandra Dimovski from Lower Plenty, both from Eltham Redbacks FC (previously Eltham North Soccer Club), represented Victoria this week at the FFA National Futsal Championships in Canberra.

Lockhart competed for the U11 girls team who were very competitive with a highlight 8-1 win over Canberra in Round 10 but unfortunately missed out on making the final.

Dimovski competed for the U16 girls who did particularly well and made the final but lost 2-0 to a very strong team, NSW Thunder. Victoria’s highest score in their league was a 9-1 win over Northern NSW Hawks in Round 4.

The Rebacks have historically had very strong girls and womens membership highlighted by the Women’s Premier League team which was very successful in past years under coach Bob McGuinness before disbanding in 2009 due to lack of facilities.

Players such as Enza Barilla, Nicole Paul and Deanna Niceski have all played for the Redbacks and have gone on to play for the Victory W-League team.

The Redbacks, complete with a brand new state-of-the art FIFA 1-star artificial surface, are open for registration for the 2010 season.


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com