By John Vellante
Globe Correspondent | August 8, 2010
The event received very little, if any, attention in this neck of the woods, but the US and Canadian women’s national teams squared off in the Australian Rules Football 49th Parallel Cup last weekend in Toronto.
Three teams competed for the Mile High Hookup Cup in Denver Colorado on Saturday June 19: Arizona/Sacramento, Denver, and the Mid East team comprised of players from Minnesota, Milwaukee, Baltimore-Washington, and Atlanta.
Denver vs Arizona
In the first game of the day, the home town team Denver took on Arizona/Sacramento. With a convincing 3 goals to nil halftime lead it looked like Denver was going to take this win. Arizona was having non of that and came back for a narrow 2 point victory
The New York Magpies hosted the first tournament of the year at Tibbets Brook Park in Yonkers NY. Three teams descended on New York for the first hit out of the year: New York Magpies, Central Blues from Toronto, and the Reds, a mixed team comprised of players from Atlanta, Baltimore, Minnesota, Arizona, Milwaukee, and Denver.
Day 2 of the Great Southern Footy Challenge started with Milwaukee guaranteed a spot in the final. The first game of the day featured the two 1-1 teams battling it out for a spot to take on Milwaukee.
Atlanta vs Arizona/Denver/Baltimore
Atlanta Lady Kookaburras 7.9 (51)
Arizona/Denver/Baltimore 4.2 (26)
Goal Scorers:
Atlanta: Judith Stein (5), Nori White, Nikki-Nicole Peoples
Arizona/Denver/Baltimore: Anna Thexton (2), Tina Arend, Kelli Modica
4 teams from around the country met in the first day of the Great Southern Women's Footy Challenge. In the first hit out of the year for most players saw Atlanta play host to Arizona/Denver/Baltimore-Washington, Milwaukee, and New York.
The day started off with a training session for the US Freedom. After running two miles and doing skills tests, the players had to strap on their boots for two games.
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.
Ausball became the starting point for womens footy in DC. Ausball is a co-ed, non-tackle version of the game. It has been a huge success so far, supplying recruits for the both the mens and womens teams.
For more info on upcoming Ausball & Metro games, check out the Baltimore-Washington Eagles website eaglesfooty.com.
