Atlanta

The Arizona Republic was on hand to watch Arizona, Atlanta, and Denver/Milwaukee battle it out at the Duel in the Desert.  They took plenty of pictures which can be viewed at  www.azcentral.com/commphotos/azcentral/6380/1/0/

The first women's footy games of the year were held on Saturday with the inaugural 'Duel in the Desert' tournament hosted by the Arizona Lady Hawks. With temperatures expected to rise into the triple digits it was an early start with games starting not long after 8.00am. At the event were the newly formed Denver Lady Bulldogs and the Atlanta Lady Kookaburras as well as the hosts of course the Lady Hawks, runners-up at last years Nationals in Louisville.

Photos courtesy: Pat Shannahan - Phoenix

The Atlanta Lady Kookaburras won their third successive USAFL National Championship title on Sunday defeating the Arizona Lady Hawks in Louisville Kentucky. The Lady Kookaburras came up against stiff opposition through out the pool games from the Milwaukee Lady Bombers, Arizona Lady Hawks and a combined team from Balt/Washington-Calgary, but were far too good and completed the weekend with their unbeaten run intact.

The Lady Kookaburras recently met two women from Australia living in Birmingham, AL.  They like to come to Atlanta to visit the Australian Bakery - they bring a cooler each visit to stock up on supplies from home.  On one visit they saw a flyer promoting the Lady Kookaburras and decided to come out for a look and a kick.  Now both Betty Pat and Sue Marsh are hooked.  Each week they drive from Birmingham early Saturday morning (7am because of the time change!) in order to play in the 11 am game in Atlanta.  Funny thing is, they never touched a footy ball before they moved to Atlanta which th