FFSA Women’s Challenge Series

[BillShankly]

Football Federation SA would like to announce the formation of the FFSA Women’s Challenge Series for the 2013 season.

The FFSA Women’s Challenge Series will be a tournament to open new pathways for Women’s Football in South Australia. The Series has been established to enable more female players the opportunity to play representative football and open up opportunities for players over the age of 18 striving to play at the top level, being the Westfield W-League.

The Challenge Series will look to establish the following goals;

1. Create a Competition link between the FFSA Women’s Premier League and the Westfield W-League

2. Have the best female players playing against the best in regional select teams.

3. Creating an elite pathway for players over the age of 18.

4. Developing a yearly rivalry series, and establishing a zone rivalry, with The Southern All Stars and the Northern All Stars.

The Northern All Stars will be represented by the following Premier/Reserve League clubs;

Adelaide University
MUWFC
Para Hills Knights
FFSA Under 15 / Adelaide Olympic


The Southern All stars will be represented by the following clubs;

Adelaide City
Fulham United
Cumberland United
Sturt Marion

FFSA Women’s NTC will be represented by;
The best players Born 1995 and below.

FORMAT FOR THE SERIES
The format will be as follows;

1. Games played on the first Wednesday of the Month, starting in May 2013
2. Will be a best of five series against each team
3. Northern All Stars vs. Southern All Stars
4. Northern All Stars vs. NTC
5. NTC vs. Southern All Stars
6. There will be a winner of each series, and also an over all winner of the Challenge Series.

The Selection will be done in conjunction with the FFSA Technical Staff and the Premier League Coaches, so all parties will be working together in identifying the best players in women’s football.

These teams are aimed at representing the inform players in the league for the previous month.

ELITE PATHWAY FOR PLAYERS OVER 18.

The Challenge Series will be a major selection for the 2013/14 Westfield W-League season. We believe this format will enable players to showcase their talent over a longer period and open the door for more opportunities for all players for the following reason;

1. Give players opportunity to showcase their talents over 10 games against the best players in the league, a much fairer way for players to highlight their ability;

2. Greater opportunity for all players to participate in an elite program.

3. Allowing all Premier League coaches to be involved in the process, to have coaches working day in and day out with the players to help develop a stronger network and better development.

This series will be the first step in building a strong local competition and helping Women’s football grow into a strong and viable pathway, and working at developing a W-League team that represents all, and we can be proud of

The first games will be held on Wednesday the 1st of May 2013 at Burton Park.

The squads and fixtures will be released in the coming weeks.

We would like all clubs to help build the connection with their zones, and establish a strong and competitive series that will showcase the best of Women’s Football in South Australia.

[BillShankly]

Really hope this works!
Definitely a positive for soccer in SA

[beaches]

This type of thing should have been implemented years ago. Good move.

[juniorsupporter]

Great idea. Trick will be to get older players to participate if they're nominated to play for north or south. Their participation is crucial to the whole thing.

[ball_girl]

hopefully they've already started notifying players as well... its only 2 weeks until they have scheduled the first game!

[Fatboy]

Does anyone have a team list for the next round or are they just keeping the Teams the same?

Nothing on FFSA website as yet. Not surprising though, still got 36 hours until kickoff!!!

[ball_girl]

Does anyone have a team list for the next round or are they just keeping the Teams the same?

Nothing on FFSA website as yet. Not surprising though, still got 36 hours until kickoff!!!

36 hours? It was meant to be played on the first Wednesday of the month. One can only assume that it was delayed because of the Thursday night round games for all Prems / Reserves teams.
Have they told people that its been played this week have they?

[SAD GAL]

Simple anser. Of course not. Then again the lack of timely communication can be solved with the formation of a new committee and restructure of the league.

My advice to the FFSA....FIX WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. DON'T SHUFFLE THE DECK CHAIRS AND FOCUS ON GETTING THE COMP RESURECTED AND WORKING AS IT SHOULD. IF YOU DON'T. LEAVE IT SOMEONE WHO CAN.

[juniorsupporter]

Refer to other challenge series thread, also FFSA website- :?

[M@rvin]

OK What were the results? Not on sporting pulse or FFSA web site.

FFSA Women's Challenge Series - June

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Photo by Adam Butler
The inaugural Football Federation SA Women’s Challenge Series continues this week on Wednesday, June 19 at Burton Park.

The Challenge Series has been designed to open new pathways in women’s football and showcase the best female players in South Australia.

The monthly tournament will offer more female players the chance to play representative football and provide opportunities for players over the age of 18 striving to play at the top level, namely the Westfield W-League.

The squads are not permanent and throughout the Series new players will be given the opportunity to compete in the Series and represent their zones.

Each month a Women’s Premier League coach will take charge of the teams, with Adelaide University’s Tracey Jenkins leading the Northern Allstars and Fulham United’s Livio Tramontin taking charge of the Southern Allstars for this month.

Northern Allstars

Kelly Barltrop (GK) Para Hills Knights
Sophie Walker Adelaide University
Ebony Weidenbach Metro United
Susan Bassett Para Hills Knights
Laura Johns Adelaide University
Rochelle Kuhar Metro United
Sophie Walker Adelaide University
Jess Teague Para Hills Knights
Jenna McCormick Adelaide University
Rhianna Peate Adelaide University
Vanessa Reed Metro United
Chloe Green Metro United
Brooke Dayman Para Hills Knights
Lucy Adamopolous Adelaide Olympic
Donna Cockayne Metro United

Coach: Tracey Jenkins Adelaide University



Southern Allstars
Hayley Truskewycz (GK) Adelaide City
Georgia Johnson Sturt Marion
Charlotte Meszaros Sturt Marion
Alicia Nickolas Adelaide City
Jodie Bruce Adelaide City
Isabella Scalzi Adelaide City
Alicia Nickolas Adelaide City
Michelle Male Adelaide City
Cassie Tsoumbris Fulham United
Jess Nagel Adelaide City
Maddie Du Rieu Adelaide City
Bianca Gray Sturt Marion
Daniela Di Bartolo Adelaide City
Greta French-Kennedy Adelaide City
Georgia Macri Fulham United
Sally Treharne Sturt Marion

Coach: Livio Tramontin Fulham United



Women’s Challenge Series Fixtures – June 19

Northern Allstars vs. Southern Allstars – 6:30pm
NTC vs. Southern Allstars – 7:30pm
NTC vs. Northern Allstars – 8:30pm