ACT Women's league update

Belwest Reach Summit

The Belwest Foxes have regained the league lead from Weston Creek in round eleven of the Club Pink Women’s Premier League over the weekend. Belwest held the lead for the first six rounds this year but surrendered the top spot to Weston Creek who has hung on to it until the weekend.

Belwest reclaimed the lead with a 4-1 defeat of ANU WFC at Kaleen.

Four individual goal scorers helped see Belwest move up the ladder, goals from Nicole Monks, Karen Clarke, Cian Maciejewski and Leanne Mills sealing the victory.

ANU’s Amy Kilpatrick got one back for the home side. With the loss to ANU a nearly insurmountable gap has formed between the bottom two clubs and the top four with an eight point gap separating the two.

At the top of the table, the Foxes have a two point lead ahead of Weston Creek. The result sets up a huge match against third placed Canberra City – Limestone Academy.

Canberra City – LA provided the upset of the round as they defeated Weston Creek 2-nil, knocking them off the top of the table in the process. The three points were important for both teams as City were hoping to remain in the top three while Weston Creek were looking remain the leaders.

Both goal scorers were member of the women’s invitational side which took on American visiting side Cal United, unfortunately for Weston Creek’s Jenny Brew it was in her own goal while

In the final match of the round, Belconnen United got up 3-nil against cellar-dwellers Woden Valley. United needed the victory to remain in touch with the top three with only four rounds to go. A brace from Belconnen’s Nicole Somi and another from Matina Gazis ensuring the north side club returned home with the valued points. It’s Woden Valley’s sixth straight loss and fourth consecutive without having scored a single goal. Somi’s two goals moving her two steps closer to the league’s leading goal scorer Luisa Marzotto as the season draws to a close.

The result leaves Woden Valley and ANU WFC to battle it out for the wooden spoon.

Ilahna Aitchison scored herself at the correct end. Canberra City – LA is the Club Pink Women’s Premier League in-form team at the moment having gone having not lost since the long weekend at the beginning of June.

City is now only three points behind Belwest and one point behind second placed Weston Creek.

In the final match of the round, Belconnen United got up 3-nil against cellar-dwellers Woden Valley. United needed the victory to remain in touch with the top three with only four rounds to go.

A brace from Belconnen’s Nicole Somi and another from Matina Gazis ensuring the north side club returned home with the valued points. It’s Woden Valley’s sixth straight loss and fourth consecutive without having scored a single goal. Somi’s two goals moving her two steps closer to the league’s leading goal scorer Luisa Marzotto as the season draws to a close.

Sunday, 29th July 2007

ANU def by Belwest 1-4
Belconnen United def Woden Valley 3-0
Canberra City – LA def Weston Creek 2-0