The past few weeks have been incredible for everyone associated with the Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club and the wider Mount Alexander community who have been riding on the Matildas wave.
From the incredible highs of that Quarter Final Penalty Shootout win to the lows of losing out to the Lionesses in the Semi Final, every emotion that sport can give has been experienced and expressed. A massive thanks from everyone at the club to both the Theatre Royal and Goods Shed for supporting the viewing parties that have brought so many together young and old united by the game. Saturday is one more chance for the Matildas to go a step further in the third place play off vs Sweden and we’ll all be behind them one more time. For our local England and Spanish supporters, best of luck for Sunday’s Final. A final shout out to all of our CGFC juniors who have attended the viewing parties, your chanting and passion has made for the most incredible nights – with you, we know the game is safe hands.
Juniors Report
We are now heading into the last full round of the regular season with a hand full of catch up games also to be played before we head to the Super Cup series. It has been an incredible season on the field for our juniors and as it stands we’ll see 8 of our 12 competitive junior teams make it to the Super Cup rounds – including all of our CGFC Matildas teams. Of those, last Sunday saw our U16 Matildas take a big step towards trying to secure the League when they played league leaders Golden City in a catch up Round. The original fixture was postponed a few weeks back due to ground conditions at Chewton, but finally the two side faced off on the weekend with Castlemaine having suffered their only previous loss of the season to Golden City in Round 3. In what was always going to be a hard and close game between two of the best teams in the league our Matildas were determined from the off to come away with the win. At the final whistle the teams were separated by a single goal to Rowan Edwards in the 33rd minute of play. Golden City remain top with only a point separating the two teams, but Castlemaine have a game in hand and will be looking for two more wins to round out their league season.
Want to get involved – in the past couple of weeks we’ve seen enquiries for Small Sided on Fridays as well as eight new girls taking part in Come and Play kicks on Wednesday evenings (5-6pm). If you have kids looking to get started even at this late stage of the season contact cgfcsecretary@gmail.com to find out how you can get involved.
Youth and Seniors
Youth sat out a bye last weekend, but visit Shepparton United this Sunday. With two games left to play they are pushing for a top four finish and a place in the Super Cup.
The Senior Women faced League leaders Kyneton in their last regular game of the season, hoping to cause a upset. Kyneton have been one of two stand out teams in terms of results and the Women have been looking forward to this game to as a test of where they have progressed too across the season as a whole.
From 2-0 down after 35 minutes the Maine continued to take the game to Kyneton with Sarah McComb scoring in the 39th minute to get back into the game. A huge effort second half saw neither Kyneton add to their goals or Castlemaine find an elusive equaliser, but this was still quite a statement result for the Women to build upon going into Finals as they take out 4th spot on the ladder with 6 wins, 5 losses and a 1 draw for the season.
The Div 7 men received all 3 points on Sunday as RMIT were a no show forfeiting ahead of the game. Earlier in the day the Div 5 men put on a commanding display for a 3-0 win over Point Cook to get back to winning ways after the previous weeks disappointment. The win moves them back to second on the ladder with a game in hand over third place Caroline Springs who they face in the last regular round of the season. First though is the important face off away to top of the table Spring Hills this weekend. A win sees the Maine in with a chance of ending the season top of the ladder. Let’s Go The Maine