Joeys’ female team gaining momentum

COACH Chris Hickey says St Joseph’s female footy players have a spring in their step following two wins from their past three games in AFL Barwon Division 1.

Joeys are sixth on the ladder with a 2-4 record after accounting for Barwon Heads in Round 5 and rival Torquay in Round 7 last weekend.

They have a bye this week, and their next game is against third-ranked Geelong Amateur on June 14, at Queens Park Reserve at 6.30pm.

“We’re happy with the first part of the season, we’ve played a couple of the stronger sides and certainly haven’t been blown away,” Hickey said of the Division 1 newcomer.

“I feel like we’ve been competitive, even in the games we’ve gone down to Grovy (Grovedale) and Thomson and St. Mary’s, who are at the upper end of the ladder. So they’ve been pleasing on that front.”

 

Joeys beat Torquay by 13 points at home.

Hickey said the players were becoming more familiar with each other, and he praised the team’s ball movement and ability to cover-off defensively.

“It was a really high quality game of football.

“If anyone had been wandering past Drew Reserve on Saturday and stopped and watched a bit of the female footy, they’d have been pretty impressed with where the standard’s got to generally.”

Joeys have had a cruel run with injury with Mia Haydon doing her anterior cruciate ligament and Cinnamon Sarkis battling a long-term knee injury.

Alana Hocking injured her ankle and could be out for 8 to 10 weeks, according to the coach.