It just seems every weekend is a big one at Chewton Soldiers Memorial Park as Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club head into week five of the Junior Soccer program for 2023.
Saturday saw another seven junior games with teams across the U10s, U12s, U14s and U16s all on display. The day kicked off at 9am with U12A Mixed Gold and Green taking each other on for an inter club derby and ended the same way with U16 Mixed Gold and Green also facing off.
All in all our juniors continue to shine both on and off the field representing the club in best possible way at the home of soccer in the goldfields.
Saturday May 27 will see another six of our 15 junior teams play home games across the age groups so if you or your kids have ever wondered what it might be like to join the club come down to grab a sausage from the kiosk BBQ and see our mighty Junior Mainers do their thing.
Small Sided, our programs for 5-9 year olds, continues this Friday and throughout Terms 2 and 3, with limited spots left please contact cgfcsecretary@gmail.com if you want to get involved.
Senior Report
The weekend was capped off with a three game Sunday with Senior Women, Men’s Div 7 and Men’s Div 5 teams all on the park, while the Youth squad rested up with a bye.
First on the day the Women faced Central Victorian League leaders and local rivals Kyneton. The senior women went into the game quietly confident from their three wins and two losses this season. They started strongly, solid against many fast and gutsy attacks from the young Kyneton squad.
In her first game for CGFC, seasoned keeper Lil was invaluable, making many saves and proving her experience in organising the back line to get the ball safely out of Castlemaine’s half. The back four – Lauren, Jess, Scout and Caz – worked tirelessly all game, with Eva holding a strong defensive mid, but Kyneton were still able to break through to score 3-nil at half time.
Fresh legs from the bench in the second half kept up the defence, but Castlemaine were unable to find a rhythm in attack, with Kyneton managing to put away another 5 for an 8-nil win. Despite the score, there were plenty of positives and lots to work on for the rest of the season. This Sunday sees resting up with a bye.
For the Men it was mixed fortunes. In the 1pm kick-off the Div 7 Men suffered a big defeat to top of the table Wyndham. After a strong to Doreen United in Round 4 the Maine opened the scoring and took it right up to Wyndham in the first half, trailing 3-2 at half time.
Unfortunately, it was a game of two halves, with Maine’s shape and structure falling away in the second half and Wyndham’s strong attack taking full advantage piling on 5 goals. Final score 2-8 to the visiting team.
Special mention to Joseph and Finn in midfield, along with Claudio at the back. Unfortunately there weren’t too many more winners on the day. The reserve team will look to bounce back next week when they take on Albert Park SC, looking to improve their mid table position.
In the late kick-off the Div 5 Men came away with a strong 5-2 win against RMIT FC. Undefeated, with 3 wins and a draw, after 4 rounds the Maine sit in 5th with a game in hand that would take them one point clear at the top of the ladder should they win it. This weekend they take on 6th place Brunswick Zebras FC in an 11am home kick-off. Later in the day the Youth team take on Spring Gully for what will finally be their first home game of the season.
