ACT Under 17 Girl's squad announced

The ACT girls under 17’s squad has been named ahead of the National Championships in Coffs Harbour next month with Capital Football opening the door for a few players who missed out in their own state selection.

With a couple of players unavailable for selection, the ACT has acquired the services of three South Australian shadow players to make up the numbers for the coming nationals.

ACT U17’s coach Ian Shaw is looking forward to mixing it with the best.

“It’s a pleasure to be able to put together a squad for the national titles. The under 17’s squad will be very competitive, but because of a lack of available players from the local region we’ve been able to draft in three shadow players from South Australia which will strengthen our team and be great for the player’s development.”

Shaw said.“I’m really looking forward to taking this group away - there are some really good young players and we have a very competitive team.”

Shaw’s involvement in national championships is very impressive having coached the only ACT boys team to a national title many years ago.

The ACT has been drawn against Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland and NSW in group A with the top two teams to progress to the semi finals.

This year’s squad:

Maja Blasch Kirri Bolton
Ilanah Aitchison Kristina Matkovic
Emily Davidson Natasha Ackland
Bronwyn Studman Monique Solar
Katrina Brennan – Captain Courtney Attwood
Thea Wilkinson-Shore Allie Lound
Emi Skopal Rebecca Werner – South Australia
Jessica Nagel – South Australia Hayley Truskewycz – South Australia