It is another exciting milestone for our Gold Coast Airport Seagulls women’s team when we play our first home match at 3pm at Piggabeen Sports Complex on Saturday.
Hopefully we will have quite a few people come down to watch, to take advantage of their first chance to see a Tweed women’s team in action.
While the scoreline wasn’t kind to us in the 36-0 loss to Easts Tigers last weekend, I thought our performance was better than that and we got quite a bit out of our first run together in a competition match.
We were behind 16-0 at half-time after playing some good football but we didn’t take advantage of our opportunities.
It was only when we conceded a couple of tries near the end of the game that the score blew out and by then we were down three players with injuries.
Unfortunately, two of them, Olivia Attenborough-Doyle and Sommer Nicholson, won’t be available this weekend but that also provides the opportunity for another couple of girls to come into the side.
Ash Jaeger will come from the interchange to the starting team at fullback and Chene Clydesdale will also come into the squad.
I was really pleased with how some of the girls performed, particularly hooker Abbie Beecher who was outstanding for us, and halfback Tarryn Aitken also showed glimpses of the potential she has.
There is a great feeling in the squad and we have a good positive attitude, so we’ll be looking to take a step forward this week with an improved performance through dedication and hard work.
It would mean a lot to the Gold Coast Airport Tweed Women’s team if we had a good following at Piggabeen on Saturday. I can assure you it will be entertaining.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Kelvin Wright
Gold Coast Airport Tweed Seagulls women’s team coach
Round 1 results: Wests Brisbane 40 def Toowoomba Valleys 4, Easts 36 def Tweed Heads 0, Burleigh 16 def Souths Logan 12.
Table: Easts 3, Wests 3, Burleigh 3, Brothers Ipswich 3, Souths Logan 0, Toowoomba Valleys 0, Tweed Heads 0.
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