Senior Country Week - Women's Review

Wimmera women runners up at hockey country championships
Wimmera’s women have shone at the Senior Country Week women’s championships 2008 coming runners up in the B grade section at Geelong.
The women have represented the Wimmera Hockey Association well in the last two years – a women’s team was premiers in that division last year, 2007.
A second Wimmera women’s team this year were not quite so successful, unfortunately losing all their matches.
The Wimmera’s women’s teams headed down on Friday night by bus driven by Sue Kuhnell to stay at the Barwon Caravan Park.
First games up on Saturday 7 June and Sunday 8 June at 9am and last games at 8pm made for long days.
Monday start time was 10am and finals were at 4.30pm. We arrived home at 12.30am after a celebration dinner at the Skipton Pub on the way home.
Some noteworthy extras for the weekend were: Kylie Ferguson played with Goulburn Valley Vets; Michelle Searle and Claire McDonald played with Goulburn Valley A team where Michelle scored a goal and they won 2-0 against central Vic; and Claire McDonald umpired a game, Vicki Smithyman a few games plus the Vets finals and Michelle Searle umpired a few and also the A Grade Finals.
A big thank you to IGA Dimboola for their kind donation towards the team’s food, Sue Kuhnell for driving the bus and to Lynn Kedwell for being both teams’ manager.
All had a great weekend with no extreme injuries, only a whole lot of bruising and bumps.
Will return next year to keep up the great Wimmera reputation.

Team 1
Kate Perkins, Cassie Curtis, Cara Elsom, Krystal Smith, Donna Meyer, Vicki Smithyman, Zoe Aitken, Kylie Ferguson, Naomi Kuhnell and Samantha Wallis.
Games played
Wimmera 0 lost to Albury 6
Wimmera 0 lost to West Gippsland 6
Wimmera 0 lost to Glenelg loss 4
Wimmera 0 lost to Warrnambool 7
Wimmera 0 lost to East Gippsland 1

Team 2
Rosa Goode, Hannah Bedford, Jess Ross, Elizabeth Klinge, Claire McDonald, Linley Arnold-Wardle, Jennifer Klinge, Michelle Searle, Mary Kedwell and Adina ‘Fred’ King.
Games played
Wimmera 1 def Geelong 0 (Mary Kedwell)
Wimmera 0 drew with Latrobe Valley 0
Wimmera 1 lost to Maryborough 2 (Adina King)
Wimmera 6 def East Gippsland 0 (Elizabeth Klinge, Adina King, Mary Kedwell, Michelle Searle, Jess Ross, Jennifer Klinge)
Wimmera 2 def Glenelg 1 (Jess Ross and Jennifer Klinge)
Elimination Final
Wimmera 6 def Maryborough 0 (Adina King 2, Mary Kedwell, Jennifer Klinge, Jess Ross, Michelle Searle)
Semi Final
Wimmera 2 def Geelong 0 (Michelle Searle and Jess Ross)
Final
Wimmera 0 lost to Albury 6
- Senior Country Week Women’s Coordinator Michelle Searle