Albany Junior Soccer Association's rich harvest at Football West Country Week

Albany Junior Soccer Association again produced an impressive week on the pitch, returning with three titles after another highly successful Football West Country Week tournament in Perth. Albany reached five grand finals last week and their under-12 girls in the Foord league, under-13 boys in the Millian league and under-17 girls in the McCallum division all finished victorious on the final day of the tournament. Albany won three divisions last year but were able to win three different titles this year. The under-13 boys were the powerhouse team going through the tournament undefeated from their nine games and only conceded six goals. They drew their second game on the first day but were able to net 18 goals from that point on heading into the final. They defeated Karratha 4-1 in the final on Friday, the third time they had beaten that opponent during the week-long competition. The under-17 girls produced a wonderful effort to win the title after sitting at the bottom of standings at the end of day two with one win from four games. However, they would recover to win their final four games without conceding a goal to advance them into the decider against Goldfields, who they had won and lost one game against previously. It was all the Albany girls in the final, winning 3-1 over Goldfields to secure title success. The under-12 girls only managed to concede two goals for the entire week and on Wednesday their only defeat came at the hands of Country Coastal, who they took on in the final. They won six games heading into the final before claiming a 1-0 win over Country Coastal in the final. After finishing equal top with Leeuwin Naturaliste, the under-17 boys in the Sainsbury league lost a thrilling final, going down 3-2 in extra-time. The under-11 boys in the Cahill league finished second to Leeuwin Naturaliste. The under-11 boys in the Jedinak league finished third after winning a penalty shootout in the third and fourth play-off. Albany’s under-14 girls in the Kerr league also finished third along with the under-15 boys in the Risdon league. The only Albany team out of the 10 teams that went to Perth that finished outside the top three were the under-15 boys in the Kruse league, who were fourth after three wins. Albany youngster Liam Murdock was named runner-up best and fairest in the under-17 Sainsbury league.