WA Kookaburras Floorball Club

Kookas A vs Pirates A: 5 -7
In an incredibly well fought game today, the Kookas came out with a fighting spirit despite having depleted numbers. The valiant Tomma (sporting a slightly busted ankle, slightly sore knee and a bit of a cold) stepped into goals and made some stirling saves, and she kept grinning throughout. What a trooper!

The first Kookas goal of the game came to our latecomer Sallae (who says that the swiss are known for punctuality?). All was forgiven as soon as he put one in the net though. It certainly took a bit of the sting out of the two previous Pirates goals. Just to spice things up a bit, our favourite Pirate Arvid put his foot (or was it his elbow) in it and shoved Patty. BEEEP! TWO MINUTES BUDDY!

Second period started out a little better for us with Tim Singer scoring a beauty, assisted by Cambo. It must have stung Arvid a bit more as he managed to attract yet another two minutes for pushing. Not his day really! It was definitely Singer's day as he managed another goal with 3 minutes to go and no assistance was required :). Just as the seconds ticked down on the clock though, Pirates pulled back to a one goal lead.

The third period started quite strong for pirates with a couple of goals earlier on, but as the minutes ticked down, the team pulled back two goals in quick succession - first an own goal (so thanks, unnamed pirate for that), and another blinder from Sallae from the halfway line. Not to be outdone though, after both teams taking a time out, the pirates snuck another one in with 27 seconds on the clock. Unfortunately, the boys just ran out of time. Touka from Pirates was awarded 2 points and Cambo 1 point by the ref.

Pirates B vs Kookas B: 4-2
Another valiantly fought game today. The team was asked to be switched on from the first minute, and after just 4, Jason Slattery scored a lovely goal with an assist from Fi. Given the heat and the poor condition of the court, the B's decided to play it tight, and it paid off for the next ten minutes. The pirates managed to claw one back in the 6th minute but the period finished with no other goals.

Second period started similar to the first, with Kookas making their presence known and putting lots of pressure on the pirates. A superb attempt on goal by Richard turned into an assist as Sean managed to get the rebound in. A minute later, you would have thought Pirates player 85 had just won the world cup - he put a goal in whilst almost decapitating the players around him and let such a triumphant roar that everyone seemed quite stunned. Someone should perhaps keep him away from the Red Bull in future! The period ended 2 - 2, with the pirates captain ironically complaining about shoving. That's ok, we both agreed to keep our players in check...right? Defence was tight in this period, and we rallied superbly.

Third period started off ok - nothing too drastic - then our jittery caffeine addict number 85 decided to have a bit of a wobbler behind Kookas net. Mike Z and Katy went in to try and get the ball off the back of the goals, when this guy started pushing and shoving like he was having a fit - which subsequently meant the goal got shoved and stuck on Aaren's helmet, which meant as he tried to stand and get free, he threw the goal and it landed on Katy's arm! Crazy times! With no apology forthcoming, there was nothing left to do but take the lumps and try to get on with things. It seemed to unsettle the brave band of kookas though, and after yet another over the top triumphant goal scoring whoop (and a massive crack across the hands for Aaren), people were getting annoyed. With 12 seconds to go (how did we end up going from 6 minutes to this so quickly?), a radical 6 player all-or nothing was attempted, but unfortunately, one slipped into the open net. Although the outcome was not the best, it seemed a quite tight bunch out on the court and we kept our heads up through 2 short hand penalties. Surprisingly crazy 85 got 2 votes, but not surprisingly, Nicole Arrold got 1 for some stirling defensive work.

This week sees three of our Kookas heading off to World Champs, with a further Kooka already over there and getting prepared. Good luck to Teresa Annese, Jill Roberts, Fiona Wainwright and Leith Woods, and to all the Aussie girls.

Games begin this weekend:

Lords on Sunday with A's playing at 8.45am and B's at 10.30am.

Training is every Wednesday at Chisholm College, Bedford.

Starting at 6.30pm costing $5.

Good Luck for the first games!!

This season was a big transition for the Kookas; there were the losses of experienced players and coaches and the introdution of new players and a new format to our A Division Series.

On the court both our A and B team made the finals, the B's into the grand final but not managing to get across the line against Pirates losing 2-0. Congratulations to FAWA MVP, Kookas own Angelo Tinelli, Club A Div Team Player - Nick Rose, Club B Div Team Player - Sean Parker, A Div Best Player Tim Campbell and B Div Best Player Fabi Thoma.

Off the court the club with massive contributions from our social co-ordinator, Tania Perpoli Kookas enjoyed a Spring Break season opener, a Christmas Party, with our very own Czech Santa and a fantastic Wind Up in Subiaco.

During the season we wished Tim Campbell and Mike Hamer luck as they headed off to Finland to take on the best teams in the world for the World Floorball Championships, Campbell managed to earn a Best On Ground award against Germany. Back in Perth a few of our Kookas were selected in the Australian Women's Team, the Women's Development Team and the U19 Men's Development team. Congratulations to Jill Roberts, Tania Perpoli, Fiona Wainwright, Caitlin Park, Kathryn Slattery, Leith Woods, Teresa Annese and Cameron Creagh respectively.

Hope you are all amped for another big Summer series of Floorball.

 Game Times:

B Div 11:30am Lords

A Div 1pm Lords

Reffing/ Scoring Duty 10am

All teams and duties TBA 

This season will include a Friday night blockbuster for our B Div team, Aussie Men going to Finland for WFC, Men and Women playing in APAC held in Perth next Jan and of course some serious Sunday competition at Lords and Byford.  We'll need everyone to fire up and pitch in to get our club into finals in both A and B Division.

Some player updates:

Juerg Kihm is coaching Floorball Riders, Switzerland and has recently got married - congrats from all of us Jug!

Alex Peck is playing in Korea and working hard to send a few of those Koreas over to help our teams here.

Jill Roberts has been working in Cananda and travelling around the US but will be joining us in November.

We will be happy at the return of Mike Skinner and Nick Singer during the season and wish a good retirement to Michel Noresson and Tommy Harstrom (although they would be welcome back any time.

We'd like to welcome Fabienne Thoma (good name right?) from Floorball Riders in Switzerland and Aaren Kanther who will be taking up a goalie berth this season. There are a few new players who are testing the waters right now and we hope they will join us on the court soon.

Make sure you register before your first game: www.floorball.org.au 

We welcome all new players (or old) down to our training session - Tuesday night 6:30-8:30pm at Chisholm College, Bedford. 

Congratulations to Tim Campbell and Mike Hamer who have made the Australian Men's Team for the upcoming World Floorball Championships in Finland, December 2010. Both boys will get to take on the best in the world, Sweden among others. We'll all be watching via internet.