18/5/22 Above: Visually impaired JMF participant, Alyawarr boy Tarrant Jackson (16 years-old), celebrates a goal in Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. Photo provided by Impetus by: Moriarty Foundation. A new partnership between John Moriarty Football and Australian Blind Football, will ensure blind and vision-impaired Aboriginal children in some of Australia’s most disadvantaged and remote communities willContinue reading “Impetus Charity Partners Moriarty Foundation Assist Visually Impaired Indigenous Children”
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Fightback Seals Second Spot For Pride
Mickleover Sports 3-4 Pride Park By Hannah Roberts (18/5/22) Above: Pride Park’s Maja Znamirowska (blue shirt) scores her hundredth goal for the club. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. A second-half hat-trick from Maja Znamirowska fuelled an impressive comeback from Pride Park away at Mickleover on Sunday. A 4-3 win on the day was enough to seal secondContinue reading “Fightback Seals Second Spot For Pride”
ParaMatildas: Georgia Biekhoff & Kelly Stirton On A “Surreal” Week
Ahead of today’s inaugural CP Women’s World Cup Final, Impetus’ Ben Gilby heard from top scorer Georgia Biekhoff and head coach Kelly Stirton (17/5/22). Above: Outstanding Para-athlete Georgia Biekhoff speaking ahead of the ParaMatildas’ World Cup Final today. Photo: Football Australia. Georgia Biekhoff is not just an incredible footballer. She is a true inspirational allContinue reading “ParaMatildas: Georgia Biekhoff & Kelly Stirton On A “Surreal” Week”
The View From France
Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the France Cup 2022 Final. Above: Paris St. Germain lift the France Cup after their 8-0 win over Football Féminin Yzeure Allier Auvergne. Photo: PSG Feminines. Paris Saint-Germain (D1) won 8-0 against Football Féminin Yzeure Allier Auvergne (D2). This final took place in Dijon in front of a crowd of 7 000 spectators,Continue reading “The View From France”
England Announce Provisional Euros Squad
This afternoon, the Lionesses revealed the long list of players from whom their squad of 23 for this summer’s European Championships will be drawn from. We find out who is in and hear the views of head coach Sarina Wiegman (17/5/22). Above: England head coach Sarina Wiegman. Photo: FA. Sarina Wiegman has named a 28-playerContinue reading “England Announce Provisional Euros Squad”
Kerr Clincher Seals FA Cup After Raso’s Late Rally
Chelsea 3-2 Manchester City By Darrell Allen at Wembley Stadium (16/5/22) Chelsea made it a League and Cup double on Sunday with a dramatic extra-time win in the FA Cup Final. In front of a record crowd of 49,094, Emma Hayes’ side came out on top in a high-quality contest that ebbed and flowed fromContinue reading “Kerr Clincher Seals FA Cup After Raso’s Late Rally”
NPL WA Women’s Wrap Round Seven
Ben Gilby provides his weekly round-up of all the action from the Western Australia NPL Women’s competition. As usual, there is a detailed report on one game and a wrap of all the other matches along with photos (16/5/22). Above: Balcatta Etna goalkeeper Gabby Dal Busco punches clear under heavy pressure against Perth RedStar on Sunday. Photo: JASP Photography. MAINContinue reading “NPL WA Women’s Wrap Round Seven”
“The Women’s Game Wins Again”
Ahead of tomorrow’s FA Cup Final at Wembley, Impetus’ Kieran Yap heard from the head coaches of both teams for us – Emma Hayes of Chelsea, and Manchester City‘s Gareth Taylor (14/5/22). Manchester City and Chelsea have a strong mutual respect, and both managers are predicting a high-quality match in front of a potentially record-breakingContinue reading ““The Women’s Game Wins Again””
Katelyn Smith: Living The Dream At The World Cup
With the ParaMatildas now midway through the group stage at their inaugural World Cup, goalkeeper Katelyn Smith answered Impetus editor Ben Gilby’s questions. It’s an inspirational story of bravery and overcoming barriers to join her heroes Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter as the list of female Australians who have represented their country at a WorldContinue reading “Katelyn Smith: Living The Dream At The World Cup”
Norfolk Wrap
by Darrell Allen. With contributions from John Barrett, Charnelle Riggall, and Stuart Terry (12/5/22). Above: Wymondham Town celebrate after their League Cup success over Wroxham. They also received their league trophy after the game. Photo: Wymondham Town. The big game of the weekend in Norfolk was the Eastern Region League Cup Final between two-tier fiveContinue reading “Norfolk Wrap”
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