Women's First Team & Reserves

Management/Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Ryan Shiffman

Assistant Coach: Connor Westbury

Assistant Coach: Dylan Riminton

Goalkeeper Coach: Jan-Willem Sudmann

Reserves Coach: Connor Westbury

Strength & Conditioning Coach: TBC

Manager: Kelly Bolus

Physio: Celia Allerby

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2024 SEASON

A tricky start to the season with perhaps some fatigue still present from the long campaign in the 2023 season with National League cost the team a chance to build any momentum, traditionally slow starters anyway which left us chasing points in the second and third rounds - a battling win away at Hibiscus Coast in the penultimate weekend of the season saw us escape relegation and consign Wanderers to the drop - who we beat in the final week of the season at the Ave to make ourselves feel a bit better about the year.

2024 saw First Team debuts handed to the following players:

Katie Mawdesley (new signing)
Kate Duncan (new signing)
Laney Strachan (new signing)
Cashlin Copley (new signing)
Kaliyana Haering (new signing)
Anna Sluyter (new signing)
Tayla O'Brien (new signing)
Julia Robinson (new signing)
Rachel Nolan (new signing)
Ella Alfaro-Campbell (promoted from Reserves)
Paige Ihaka (promoted from Reserves)
Jennifer McMurray (promoted from Reserves)
Taylor Frost (promoted from Reserves)

There was also the following milestones achieved:

Petra Wedlake - 50 First Team games

Leigh Aitken - 100 First Team games

Kim Oosterbeek - 100 First Team games

Awards

Golden Boot: Hollie Leona

Player of the Year: Kim Oosterbeek

Sportsman of the Year: Anita Trudgen

Players Player: Kate Duncan

Supporters Player: Petra Wedlake

Best Young Player: Abby Wright

Most Improved: Tayla O'Brien

2023 SEASON

A well deserved 4th place finish in the Women's Premier League - our highest since rejoining the league showcased the progress Ryan and his team had made at this level, with Britney Cunningham-Lee firing in goals upfront to win the League Golden Boot the team tested all opponents during the season, including taking a draw at home against then defending national league champions Eastern Suburbs. In particular a string of good results against West Coast Rangers who we were in competition with for 4th place helped us in that regard.

History was then made as the team qualified for the hybrid Women's National League - as the 4th placed Auckland team we knew it was going to be a struggle to compete but the team never gave up and while there were some disapointing moments we had some amazing highlights, including scoring our first two goals against Wellington United and then getting our first points and first win with a gutsy 1-0 win against rivals Eastern Suburbs, effectively knocking them out of the race for the final.

2023 saw First Team debuts handed to the following players:

Courtney Beale (new signing)
Abby Wright (new signing)
Vibha Godha (new signing)
Marilia Rocha (new signing)
Ashley Fillet (new signing)
Hannah Pilley (new signing)
Lily Pastiroff (promoted from Youth)
Prue Catton (new signing)
Rachel Nolan (new signing)
Hannah Barclay (promoted from Youth)
Kelsea King (promoted from Youth)

There was also the following milestones achieved:

Kat Gow - 50 First Team games

Hollie Leona - 50 First Team games

Cat Pretty - 50 First Team games

Anita Trudgen - 100 First Team games

Awards

Golden Boot: Britney Cunningham-Lee

Player of the Year: Britney Cunningham-Lee

Sportsman of the Year: Cat Pretty

Players Player: Britney Cunningham-Lee

Supporters Player: Petra Wedlake

Best Young Player: Cilla Fa'afua

Most Improved: Abby Wright

2023 WOMENS NATIONAL LEAGUE

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