As you may be aware, the ACT representative teams for the Under 14 and Under 15 Boys have been competing at the National Youth Championships in the last week.
ACT Under 14 Boys
The ACT Under 14 Boys have had an outstanding NYC, finishing second to NSW. This concludes a long campaign by the Coach and Assistant Coach, Manager, parents and Players. Go back to the most recent NPL interview with Ian Shaw (Technical Director Capital Football) to hear about the process used to prepare these young players. A fitting reward for so much hard work and willingness to persist by this little football community. We look forward to seeing them all int he Premier League Under 16 (or higher is some cases) in season 2011. We will speak to their coach soon.
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 NSW Country 5 4 1 0 9 2 13
2 Capital Football 5 3 1 1 6 2 10
3 Victoria Country 5 1 3 1 4 3 6
4 Queensland Country 5 2 0 3 9 10 6
5 Tasmania 5 2 0 3 7 8 6
6 Northern Territory 5 0 1 4 4 14 1
ACT Under 15 Boys
The ACT Under 15 Boys appear to have had a very difficult campaign. This is a highly competitive age group across the nation. Regrettably we were placed last, but I note that they played three draws, which implies two things - a loss of six points which cost them dearly in a short competition, and, the margin between last and second was a mere five points. The NSW Metro performance is poor by their standards, while the Football West winning performance should come as no surprise to anyone (the core of this team is most likely the oustanding U13 team of two seasons ago and had six Australian U13 selections among its number) Goal difference is interesting. It will be interesting to here how things went from the Coach, but the gap between second and last seems small, while the gap between Football West and everyone else appears substantial.
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Football West 5 4 1 0 12 6 13
2 Victoria Metro 5 2 2 1 6 3 8
3 Northern NSW 5 1 3 1 3 3 6
4 NSW Metro 5 2 0 3 8 11 6
5 South Australia 5 1 1 3 5 9 4
6 Capital Football 5 0 3 2 5 7 3