 Fry
coach of Lionesses in 2009
Saturday 18
October
2008
(Pece Siljanovski) - Preston Lions
Football Club is pleased to announce the re-appointment of
FFV Coach of the Year Andy Fry as the womens senior coach
for season 2009 for the Womens Victorian Premier League (WPL).
Fry with his
coaching staff have guided the club to bigger and better
things over the past two years. After the Lionesses gained
promotion to the WPL in 2007, Fry was given the job of
consolidating and establishing the Lionesses roots in the
WPL. The Lionesses were happy to have finished 2007 in a
respectable eighth spot, three positions away from a
finals birth.
In off field
matters the club was in its best shape it has ever been,
with committee stability and strong corporate backing, the
Lionesses aims were to play finals football and proudly
represent not only the whole northern region of Melbourne
in the highest womens competition in the state, but also
carry the same club name that the senior men have made
famous nationally.
The club sent
shock waves throughout the entire competition when at the
end of the season the Lionesses finished third on the
ladder, the highest position the club has achieved in the
WPL. The Lionesses continued their form into the finals
series, disposing of the much more experienced WPL club
Ashburton. Although the Lionesses lost the next match with
a credible performance against Box Hill Inter, the women
of Preston had another chance to play for the last
remaining spot in the finals.
The following
week the Lionesses meet another experienced WPL side,
Heidelberg United. Although for the majority of the match
the Lionesses outplayed their more fancied opponents, it
was United who progressed to the finals in penalties after
a winner could not be determined in ordinary and extra
time.
 Even
though the season was over, the women of Preston could
hold their head up high knowing that not only did they
finish third on the ladder, but they performed brilliantly
in the finals series, wining against Ashburton and making
sure that United earned their spot in the finals after
pushing them to penalties.
The Football
Federation Victoria acknowledged the excellent work by Fry
as he was awarded the Coach of the Year Award of the WPL
competition.
With Fry as
head coach, the Lionesses are now continuing the building
blocks of being the leading womens club in the northern
region with junior girls squads being established for
2009, providing a pathway for talented girls to play
reserves and senior football in the WPL. For more
information please
click here.
We would like
to wish Fry and his dedicated staff the best of luck in
2009. |
