Its pleasing to see that the Atlanta Lady Kookaburras are not resting on their laurels and doing everything they can to retain their unbeaten record and shoot for a record 4th straight National Championships win come October in Colorado Springs CO.
Currently there are a dozen or so committed ladies training in Atlanta and several other team members that now live away from Atlanta, working towards their first 2008 goal. At the end of May the first ever Women's Footy tournament away from the Nationals will take place in Phoenix Arizona.
Three other teams will be looking to stop Atlanta's winning run in the Arizona sunshine that weekend, with hopes of maybe of also wrestling that bigger trophy at the end of the year away from the Lady Kookas grasp.
The Atlanta Kookaburras continued their unbeaten run for 2008 with an action packed 64 point win today over arch rivals the Nashville Kangaroos. The game played in perfect conditions at Creel Park in Atlanta was always going to be a hotly contested affair as there remains a long history of fierce hard fought games prior to today between these two teams.
The Kookas took control early though with superior running and great marking overhead. The Kookaburras were lining up very tall today with seven or eight players at least 6'3". This allowed the Kookas to control the game in the air and provide many opportunities for their forwards. Michael Frost played a very good game off a half forward flank kicking 3 goals for the game and Warren Ballagh must have sore hands from all the marks he took. Ross Larosa was great again and with new players like Chris Holden, Dave Evans and Mike Waller playing well there is plenty to like about the way the Kookas are playing this season.
Good return games also came from Ben Crist, Brent Kewley and Andy Ciganek who all played roles when needed in the back half. Up forward Adam Jennings had a great first half taking marks at Center Half Forward and with veteran players Brent Bacon and Wayne Kraska cleaning up, the game result seemed never in doubt. Well done Kookas, great to get one back against those guys!
The Atlanta Kookaburras showed a supreme team effort to dominate the Baton Rouge Tigers this afternoon down in Louisiana. The Kookas won every quarter and were never troubled at anytime. With many first year players traveling for their first road game the team came together well enjoying the great sunny conditions.
Standout for the Kookas was first year player Carl Garofalo with 7 goals off the half forward flank. Other great games were played by Paul Cargal and another rookie Chris Holden who was like a General through the midfield. Final scores saw the Kookas go 2-0 for the year with 78 point win.
Everyone is probably as shocked and as sad as we were to see Michael Johns voted off American Idol last night. Michael selected in the bottom three for the first time received the least amount of votes of all the contestants and was bid farewell. With true class Michael closed out the show with his rendition of 'Dream On' originally sung by Aerosmith as the audience looked on in shock just like us.
From everyone here at the Atlanta Kookaburras we congratulate Michael on his wonderful journey. We have all been thrilled to see our teammate live his dream out making us all very proud. We all look forward to seeing where this leads Michael and hope to see him back in Atlanta soon. The Kookas wish him the very best of luck in his future career. Cheers Rockstar, your a legend.!!
The Atlanta Kookaburras men's team travel to Baton Rouge Louisiana this coming weekend for their first road game of the year. The trip down to play the Baton Rouge Tigers has been an eventful one the last couple of times. Last year traveling with a light squad the Kookas were up against it at half time when Jim Batten tore up his knee. With no reserves available Batten in true Kooka spirit played the rest of the game out standing in the goalsquare and the rest of the team responded to go away to a great victory. One of the best road victories the Kookas have seen.
Two years back there wasn't so much joy as the Tigers mauled a depleted Kookaburra team into an embarrassing loss. Both those games are sure to inspire the Kookas this week in Baton Rouge. The possible line up is as follows.
