Kyneton District Soccer Club has two women’s teams this season – Division 1 and Division 2 – in the Bendigo Amature Soccer League.
On Sunday April 7, the women opened the season against Golden City White with a phenomenal away game, bringing home a 7-1 win with the team’s minted captain, Bec Cole, securing a sensational first-time header goal off a perfectly placed Ivy Morris-Perrott corner.
With Isha Kuyateh donning the gloves for the whole game, Kyneton’s goals were safe from the futile attempts by Golden City to try find the back of the net – a resounding success rate with only one of them sneaking through in the final minutes of the game.
Dream team defenders, Bec Cole, Ava Coleman, Maddie Hacche and Lucy Hebborn, were an impenetrable wall against the opposition’s forwards as they tried to either charge the ball down the centre or out along the wings – Maddie especially put some great pressure on to keep her player away from the goals.
The centre’s stronghold was held together by Simone Hooppell and Lorelei Cook who fed any centering balls out to the waiting forwards and wingers, and always there for any passes that needed laying back when Kyneton had the ball in their forward line.
Running along the paint were newcomers to the team, Miranda Minson, Beth Houghton, and Lenka Thompson showing true grit for their new Kyneton Rangers home as they supported the team through the length of the pitch. And moving to the fantastic forwards, flashy, fast and furious were our feature goal scorers Sian Hooppell, Bronte Randle, and Ivy Morris-Perrott. These players fought for each ball and hammered the six into the back of the net.
Coach Ron Cole played a 4-4-1-1 formation, which showed to be a winner against the Golden City, let’s see if coming formations can play to the strengths of Kyneton Rangers Senior Womens throughout the season. Congratulations to Ron and the whole team, a sterling first match.
ROUND 2
Round 2 for Kyneton Women’s Division 1 and Division 2 saw both teams hit their home ground at Barkly Square.
The new pitch looked especially good under lights as the Rangers Div 1 team took on La Trobe for our Saturday night game.
A strong 90 minutes was played by all 11 Kyneton Rangers as the night cold settled over Barkly Square, but it wasn’t enough for them to sing the mighty club song at the final whistle, conceding 2-5.
It was a different tune for the Rangers Div 2 team, playing under the blazing sun for a Sunday lunchtime match up against Epsom Scorpions.
Short of two players and another two taking to the pitch for the first time for the Rangers, the nine women played smart and solid taking in the flags with a 6-1 victory.
Both teams can be proud of their efforts and commitment to this beautiful game.
