Our club is flying west to compete in the inaugural Canadian National Championships at the picturesque University of British Columbia rugby fields in Vancouver on June 20. It is two years since the Kookaburras formed as a training group to provide a few girls for two Canada vs USA exhibition matches at the same venue and were comprehensively flogged. My, how times change. We return to Vancouver in 2009 as the reigning US National Champions and one of the largest women's football clubs worldwide. Our start-up club in Edmonton will join us to field 47 players in a travelling contingent of 51 players and coaches, in what will be the first 18-a-side club matches of women's Aussie Rules played in North America. Our squads are posted below:
Calgary Elite Kookaburras
Coach: Jake Anson - Calgary
Assistant: Alex Evans - Calgary
Kathryn Zakus (Captain) - Kensington Kingfishers
Holly Greatwich (Vice Captain) - Hillhurst Nighthawks
Lori Bossert - Hillhurst
Elise Botero - Hillhurst
Anna Davison - Kensington
Sarah Eddie - Hillhurst
Leslie Gurba - Kensington
Vicki Hewitt - Kensington
Melanie Howard - Kensington
Roxanne Kelly - Kensington
Caitlin Kidd - Hillhurst
Rebecca Jones - Kensington
Ciara Lanigan - Hillhurst
Diana Leon - Kensington
Erin MacDonald - Kensington
Shelby McLean - Hillhurst
Amanda O'Rae - Hillhurst
Charlene Olm - Kensington
Alicia Scanlon - Hillhurst
Lyndsay Smith - Hillhurst
Reagen Stoddart - Kensington
Jane Wardle - Hillhurst
Samantha Woodward - Kensington
Lesley Zmurchuk - Hillhurst
Edmonton/Calgary Reserves Emus
Coach: Tristan Waldock (Edmonton)
Assistant: Matt Kidd (Calgary)
Kyla Fisher (Captain) - Edmonton Emus
Carissa Glasier (Vice Captain) - Hillhurst
Tara Bailey - Edmonton
Emma Brunton - Edmonton
Kylie Clancy - Kensington
Katie Dowhaluk - Hillhurst
Caroline Fairman - Hillhurst
Amber Fraser - Kensington
Marie Galick - Edmonton
Grace Kuo - Edmonton
Kathleen Macridis - Edmonton
Rachel Mrdeza - Hillhurst
Phillipa Ngaju - Edmonton
Lucy Nolan - Edmonton
Lesley Norton - Kensington
Stacey Ouellette - Hillhurst
Darlene Pereira - Kensington
Kate Ross - Kensington
Katherine Semenuik - Edmonton
Chantal Spindler - Edmonton
Tamara Snaith - Kensington
Kim Stewart - Hillhurst
Paige Wynne - Edmonton
Calgary Elite Kookaburras
Coach: Jake Anson - Calgary
Assistant: Alex Evans - Calgary
Kathryn Zakus (Captain) - Kensington Kingfishers
Holly Greatwich (Vice Captain) - Hillhurst Nighthawks
Lori Bossert - Hillhurst
Elise Botero - Hillhurst
Anna Davison - Kensington
Sarah Eddie - Hillhurst
Leslie Gurba - Kensington
Vicki Hewitt - Kensington
Melanie Howard - Kensington
Roxanne Kelly - Kensington
Caitlin Kidd - Hillhurst
Rebecca Jones - Kensington
Ciara Lanigan - Hillhurst
Diana Leon - Kensington
Erin MacDonald - Kensington
Shelby McLean - Hillhurst
Amanda O'Rae - Hillhurst
Charlene Olm - Kensington
Alicia Scanlon - Hillhurst
Lyndsay Smith - Hillhurst
Reagen Stoddart - Kensington
Jane Wardle - Hillhurst
Samantha Woodward - Kensington
Lesley Zmurchuk - Hillhurst
Edmonton/Calgary Reserves Emus
Coach: Tristan Waldock (Edmonton)
Assistant: Matt Kidd (Calgary)
Kyla Fisher (Captain) - Edmonton Emus
Carissa Glasier (Vice Captain) - Hillhurst
Tara Bailey - Edmonton
Emma Brunton - Edmonton
Kylie Clancy - Kensington
Katie Dowhaluk - Hillhurst
Caroline Fairman - Hillhurst
Amber Fraser - Kensington
Marie Galick - Edmonton
Grace Kuo - Edmonton
Kathleen Macridis - Edmonton
Rachel Mrdeza - Hillhurst
Phillipa Ngaju - Edmonton
Lucy Nolan - Edmonton
Lesley Norton - Kensington
Stacey Ouellette - Hillhurst
Darlene Pereira - Kensington
Kate Ross - Kensington
Katherine Semenuik - Edmonton
Chantal Spindler - Edmonton
Tamara Snaith - Kensington
Kim Stewart - Hillhurst
Paige Wynne - Edmonton
