What
is happening in women’s football in Tasmania?
We
seem to be lurching from crisis to crisis, which is not exactly putting the
sport in a good light.
South
Hobart has now withdrawn from the Southern Women’s Championship for the current
season.
This
follows the withdrawal of Taroona and Launceston City from the Women’s Super
League state-wide competition.
There
will now be only six teams in the Southern Championship, the same as in the
Women’s Super League.
The
southern competition will now feature Beachside, Hobart Zebras, Kingborough
Lions United, Olympia Warriors, Taroona and University.
Football
Tasmania will release a new roster shortly.
This weekend’s
games will go ahead, but University will be idle as they now have a bye.
The results of
games that have been played will count and be weaved into the new roster (I don’t
know how).
And, we
wonder why some women are switching to AFL.
Raising the
profile of women’s football was one of the major strategic aims of Football
Tasmania.
New women’s
development officer Debbie Banks will have to try and pull a rabbit out of a
hat, I reckon.
7 comments:
So how does this work that South Hobart get a grant for Women's football and have no women?
Will this be looked at money given to a more deserving club with a thriving women's football program?
"Is Tasmanian women's football crumbling?"
YES.
What grant was this?
Ask Mr Edwards and co.
Are there any repercussions for South Hobart dropping out after the league has started?
Lets be honest, AFL have their sh*&^t together & have a much better pathway set up leading up to the AFLW & will only get stronger.
FFT and Olympia have a lot to answer for with what they did when the FFT girls all shifted there on mass a couple of years ago and then FFT let the club break the rules. It was only the pressure from the other clubs that saw them finally penalise Olympia...to late. That's where the mess started and it's still a mess. It didn't work...how many of those girls still play here
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