Mudgeeraba Foundation

Football Gold Coast are delighted to welcome back The Mudgeeraba Foundation as a key sponsor of women’s

football in 2017! Founded by Dr. Peter Ochsenbein in 1999, the foundation aims to actively support organisations and

individuals in the local community.

The Mudgeeraba Foundation will be starting an initiative with Football Gold Coast angled towards the support of individual female footballers. The initiative will look to

support girls and women to be part of football in any way possible.

We thank Dr. Ochsenbein again for his continuous support of women’s football on the Gold Coast!

GM Address

I wish everyone a warm welcome to our 2017Women’s Premier League Grand Final Day. I wouldlike to acknowledge and extend a special welcome toall our sponsors, distinguished guests , officials,players and supporters of Women’s football on theGold Coast , thank you and welcome and I hope youall enjoy the day.

2017 started disappointingly with 4 hubsrelinquishing their licenses and FGC being forcedto redo the draw with only 6 hubs making it to thestarting line. However, what had started under aheavy mist has finished in bright sunshine with one ofthe most even competitions culminating in a muchanticipated Grand Final.

Even though we had the disappointment of 4 hubsnot continuing, the introduction of the Women’sMidweek Metro League was a huge success andmade up for the loss. I can confirm that the Women’sPremier League will be around in 2018 and we areopening the net to other clubs to join the family byentering teams in the Premier League. Furthermore,the Metro competition will be based on divisions withthe top 4 teams in both Pink and Purple from 2017being the foundation of Metro Division 1 in 2018. Weare trying to entice more women to play the gameand we believe by having “like v like” divisions itmight add to the attraction. Let’s wait and see. Wehave other ideas on the table which will be revealedat a later date as today is about the Grand Finalists.

I would like to congratulate all our Grand Finalists onmaking it this far. It is not every day that you get theopportunity to play in such a high profile game andtoday is the culmination of a lot of work from a lot ofpeople so well done to you all. Play well and mostimportantly enjoy the day.

Finally to Gerry, Therese and everyone atSouthport Soccer Club thank you for hostingus today. It is a great venue with greatpeople involved and I am sure they will puton a greatand memorable day.

In closing I wish to thank all our players,officials, referees, parents, volunteers andeveryone else who puts in many thanklesshours to ensure our game gets played andpeople have fun. Without everyone's driveand passion we would have nothing.

Enjoy and see you all in 2018.

Damien BresicGeneral Manager

Football Gold Coast

Final Standings

Women’s Premier League Women’s Premier League Reserves

Metro Pink Metro Purple

U18 Girls U16 Girls

U15 Girls U14 Girls

U13 Girls U12 Girls

Girls Premiership Winners

U12- Pacific Pines U13- Robina U14- Pacific Pines

U15- Robina U16- Surfers U18- Burleigh

Metro Pink- Musgrave Metro Purple- Kingscliff WPL Reserves- Musgrave

WPL- Southport

Grand Final Schedule

Wednesday 6th of SeptemberMetro Pink- Surfers vs Coomera @ Lex Bell- 7:30pmMetro Purple- Kingscliff vs Nerang @ Reg Dalton- 7:30pm

Saturday 9th of September @ Arkinstall Park, Tweed HeadsU12 Girls- Pacific Pines vs Magic- 8:15amU13 Girls- Robina vs Pacific Pines/Palm Beach- 9:35amU14 Girls- Pacific Pines vs Robina- 10:55amU15 Girls- Robina vs Magic/Palm Beach- 12:25pmU16 Girls- Surfers vs Palm Beach- 2:05pmU18 Girls- Burleigh Heads Red vs Kingscliff- 2:25pm

Southport

1. Kylah Rumble- 30Favourite Club: Southport

Previous GF: No

2. Nat De Silva- 27Favourite Club: Southport

Previous GF: Yes

3. Hanna Brennan- 21Favourite Club: Southport

Previous GF: Yes

4. Narissa Campbell- 20Favourite Club: Southport

Previous GF: No

5. Amiee Nolan- 29Favourite Club: Southport

Previous GF: Yes

6. Eva Gasparovic- 28Favourite Club: Southport

Previous GF: Yes

7. Kate Webb- 31Favourite Club: Chelsea

Previous GF: Yes

8. Leigh Alexander- 34Favourite Club: Chelsea

Previous GF: Yes

9. Tegan Foster- 27Favourite Club: Liverpool

Previous GF: Yes

10. Lisa Stutz- 27Favourite Club: Chelsea

Previous GF: Yes

11. Katie Voller- 19Favourite Club: Chelsea

Previous GF: No

12. Diane Koureas- 25Favourite Club: Chelsea

Previous GF: Yes

Southport

Trent GregsonFavourite Club: Chelsea

Previous GF: No

13. Jane Laker- 27Favourite Club: Southport

Previous GF: Yes

14. Elizabeth Gorrie- 27Favourite Club: Bournemouth

Previous GF: Yes

15. Rebecca Day- 25Favourite Club: Bournemouth

Previous GF: Yes

16. Georgia Hoffman- 24Favourite Club: Tottenham

Previous GF: Yes

First Grade-Southport

Season Results

W Tweed 5-0W Mudgeeraba 4-2W Musgrave 3-1L Robina 5-3L Broadbeach 4-3W Tweed 4-0W Mudgeeraba 12-0W Musgrave 6-5W Robina 2-0W Broadbeach 2-0W Tweed 3-0W Mudgeeraba 7-2W Musgrave 5-2W Robina 2-0W Broadbeach 2-1W Tweed 7-1D Mudgeeraba 3-3L Musgrave 2-0L Robina 3-1W Broadbeach 2-1

Trent Gregson- Pre-Match

Match

Referee- Thomas Banks AR 1- Jordan Dorbeaux

We were happy with the league win thisseason as the girls have put in a lot ofwork to get here. Now we have onemore game to get the job done to cap offa great season for the club and ourwhole team. We know the threat Robinapose up front as we found out only a fewweeks ago but we will make someadjustments and hopefully we cancounteract their style of play. I amconfident in my girls that if we play theway we can and execute what wepractice in training on the field we cancome through and put ourselves in thebest possible position to win the game. Ican’t wait for it to finally get under way!

First Grade-Robina

Season Results

W Broadbeach 6-0L Musgrave 2-1

W Tweed 7-1W Southport 5-3

W Mudgeeraba 11-3W Broadbeach 5-2

L Musgrave 4-3W Tweed 8-1

L Southport 2-0W Mudgeeraba 3-2

L Broadbeach 4-3W Musgrave 3-0

W Tweed 7-3L Southport 2-0

W Mudgeeraba 5-2L Broadbeach 2-1

L Musgrave 3-2W Tweed 12-0

W Southport 3-1W Mudgeeraba 3-0

Paul Rushton- Pre-Match

Officials

Grand finals bring out the best ineveryone so I expect a fantasticshowcase of football with flare in attack,great passing and tough defence.Southport have a balanced team withdangerous players and years ofexperience. We have won 4 games in arow with 3 of them being sudden deathand our last game was the best we haveplayed all year. Whatever happens, theclub and I are very proud of our playersfor enduring the downs of the middle ofthe year and finishing strongly. I hopethe Gold Coast football communitycomes out to show their support forboth games. I can’t wait!

AR 2- Declan Chapman 4th Official- Samuel Christopher

Robina

1. Ashleigh Condon-25Favourite Club: Liverpool

Previous GF: No

2. Mia Pinchin- 21Favourite Club: Robina

Previous GF: Yes

3. Laura Willcocks- 24Favourite Club: Liverpool

Previous GF: No

5. Teonie Rushton- 27Favourite Club: Chelsea

Previous GF: Yes

6. Sophia Muller- 16Favourite Club: GCU

Previous GF: Yes

7. Paige Gailbraith- 21Favourite Club: Man City

Previous GF: Yes

8. Cahlia Tom- 16Favourite Club: Robina

Previous GF: Yes

9. Mckenzie Marta- 27Favourite Club: Man Utd

Previous GF: No

10. Emma Ellis- 20Favourite Club: Man Utd

Previous GF: Yes

12. Ruby Spillman- 19Favourite Club: Tottenham

Previous GF: No

13. Erin Bates- 19Favourite Club: Liverpool

Previous GF: Yes

14. Sarah Glover- 23Favourite Club: Man City

Previous GF: Yes

Robina

Coach: Paul RushtonFavourite Club: Liverpool

Previous GF: Yes

15. Serena Davidson- 29Favourite Club: Barcelona

Previous GF: Yes

17. Sophie TownerFavourite Club: Robina

Previous GF: Yes, 2009 Won

18. Mahalia Bromfield- 21Favourite Club: Newcastle

Previous GF: No

19. Kayla Miller-Gorce- 18Favourite Club: Liverpool

Previous GF: Yes

Reserve Grade- Musgrave

Season Results

W Mudgeeraba 11-0W Robina 3-0W Southport 4-1W Broadbeach 7-2W Tweed 6-2W Mudgeeraba 5-2W Robina 3-2W Southport 4-2W Broadbeach 6-1W Tweed 8-1W Mudgeeraba 9-2W Robina 3-1W Southport 2-1W Broadbeach 5-3W Tweed 9-0W Mudgeeraba 5-2W Robina 4-2D Southport 1-1L Broadbeach 3-2W Tweed 5-0

Daniel Lund- Pre-MatchI think it’s going to be a really hard game from minuteone to end. Robina have had a very strong back half ofthe season and have always been hard to beat againstus. It’s been a battle every game and the highintensity could go either way. Hopefully our girls canlift for the final. This week our training has been solidand the girls have definitely stepped up.Communication is good so I believe that if we canexecute the same mentality and concentration wehave had at training and replicate that on Sunday thatwe have a very good chance of pulling it off andwinning the double.

1. Victoria Carta2. Jaimie Mitchell3. Georgia Grosskreutz4. Kirsten Vialle5. Dannielle David6. Tyla Phillips7. Laura Hogg8. Gabrielle Wheeler9. Katherine McCafferty10. Jade Luciani11. Kate Wallwork12. Elke Jansen13. Isabelle Allen14. Loren Caban15. Courtney Finlay

Coach: Daniel LundManager: Lyn Lund

Reserve Grade- Robina

Season Results

W Broadbeach 2-0L Musgrave 3-0W Tweed 4-0W Southport 6-1W Mudgeeraba 8-2L Broadbeach 3-1L Musgrave 3-2W Tweed 3-0D Southport 2-2L Mudgeeraba 1-0L Broadbeach 2-1L Musgrave 3-1W Tweed 6-1W Southport 2-0L Mudgeeraba 4-0D Broadbeach 1-1L Musgrave 4-2W Tweed 1-0W Southport 2-0W Mudgeeraba 4-2

Paul Rushton- Pre-MatchMusgrave were deserved Premier and have been thebenchmark all year. They normally play at PremierLeague speed and have class across the park. We havecompeted for large periods of several of our gamesagainst them but the little things have let us down.We have hit our straps at the right time however with4 wins in a row, all sudden death matches for ourfinals chances. They will need to be at their best tobeat us. No matter what, our girls have donethemselves and the club proud, to have both of ourteams make the Grand Final along with 3 girls teams isa sign that we have put a lot of the right things inplace for the development of females playing football.Bring on Sunday!

1. Mahalia Bromfield2. Stephanie Esparza3. Brooke Winslade4. Katrina Marr5. Sara Bierling6. Grace Dorling7. Erin Bates8. Jasmine Harvy9. Alicia Sawtell10. Thais Stella11. Bethany Sheahan12. Ruby Spillman14. Sarah Glover16. Elaine Yeo17. Teliah Sargent

Coach: Paul RushtonAssistant: Rob KeenanManager: Wendy RushtonAbsent: Elly Fitzpatrick, Issy Rushton, Evy Garth and Tia Reardon

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