West Hobart vanquish Dominic 3-1

A 10 am kickoff saw the visitors West Hobart Bumblebees under 12 girls take on Dominic College under 12s at their Tolosa Street ground. The threat of rain did not stop some rousing performances. Both teams showed plenty of enthusiasm and enterprise in a tight tussle.

West Hobart broke the deadlock mid way through the first half when following sustained pressure AJ slotted home with a neat finish. The lead didn’t last long however, with Dominic responding well, pressure from the forwards leading to a well deserved equaliser within minutes of going behind.

West Hobart continued pushing forward, and with the ball bouncing around the Dominic goal mouth, it fell to Millie to slide it home and restore their one goal lead.


No further score was added before the break, and the girls settled into the well earned half time oranges.

The second half started as the first finished with strong pressure and strong efforts from both sides.

West Hobart continued to press and was rewarded with a third goal midway through the second half when Lauren calmly steered the ball past the keeper into the corner of the goal.

The game tightened with half chances for both teams and great individual and team performances and solid defending from both sides. No more goals were scored and with the final whistle, West Hobart emerged the victors with a hard-fought 3-1 win. They are now looking forward to their next opponents in two weeks time (next week is a bye).

Thanks to Lauren's dad, Calum, for today's notes. He also skilfully umpired the second half of the match.

First game, first win for us

We all would like to welcome Jacinta, Josie, Lauren, Matilda and Amber to our team, as well as everyone from last year. It’s always great to have some new talents contributing to the coming soccer season. And we hope Rhianna's sprain gets better soon.

On a beautiful, sunny and warm autumn Saturday morning the first game of the season kicked off against the Sacred Heart soccer team.

After a long summer break the start naturally was a bit slow but progressed steadily. In the first half, Anna as goal keeper was kept busy and the team was lucky not to be a goal down after the first goal by the Sacred Heart team was disallowed. Then, as a possible wake-up call, the team clicked and got their passing going.

West Hobart broke through in the 2nd half when Millie scored our first goal, although Sacred Heart came back strongly.

In the second half, after a long goal kick down from Alice Cox, Nadia snatched onto the kick, raced it down the sideline and scored a beautiful 2nd goal for the team. The West Hobart girls could maintain their fight back thanks to the help and big effort from all the new players, such as Lauren in the defense position.

A great start to the upcoming soccer season with a win of 2 goals to one.

Thanks to Paul and Daniela (Anna's parents) for this summary, and to Cory Griffiths who's our coach once again.

Orange Roster: 24th April - Anna Jamison West Hobart v. Dominic College at Dominic, 10 am 1st May - bye 8th May - Bella Donnet-Jones West Hobart v. Waimea Whirlwind at Guilford Young College, 1 pm

Who's in this year's team: Anna S-M Rosie Alice C Bella Rhianna Nadia Alice F

Anna (AJ) Bijou Jacinta Amber Millie Lauren Josie