South Hobart have announced the appointment of Alistair Russell as their new coach of the club’s Women’s Super League team for the 2022 season.
Russell coached Olympia Warriors in 2020 before sitting out the 2021 campaign.
He replaces Craig Westwood, who will be the assistant coach, together with senior NPL coach Ken Morton.
Morton welcomed the appointment and said Russell would be a huge asset to the club given his knowledge, experience and success as a coach in the past.
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Reigning NPL Tasmania champions Glenorchy Knights have signed Reef Murfet as their new senior goalkeeper for the 2022 season.
Murfet, 18, replaces Lachlan Hart, who has joined Victorian NPL club Oakleigh Canons on a two-year contract.
Murfet was with Riverside Olympic before joining A-League club Central Coast Mariners at the start of this year on the recommendation of former Accrington Stanley and Sydney FC keeper Alex Cisak, who now runs a coaching school in Tasmania.
Things didn’t work out at Central Coast, however, and Knights signed him up to replace Hart.
Murfet can expect good coaching from the experienced and demanding Michael Soszynski, the Knights’ goalkeeping coach.
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Devonport Strikers have signed former Wellington Phoenix keeper Keegan Smith for 2022 following the retirement of the brilliant Nathan Pitchford.
Smith, 22, joined Phoenix in 2018 while Mark Rudan was coach, but he was unable to make an impact and did not play many games.
Moving the other way is Devonport Strikers’ utility player, Jordan Lamb, 22, who was recruited from New Zealand by the Strikers at the start of the 2021 season.
Lamb played for Wellington Phoenix reserves before coming to Tasmania and joining champions Devonport Strikers.
He is returning to New Zealand to join Hamilton Wanderers.
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Striker Ben Hamlett is leaving Kingborough Lions United.
He is reported to be heading for Europe or America to pursue business and lifestyle interests rather than football opportunities.
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I have yet to hear that any sods have been turned in relation to facilities promised up to three years ago by millions of dollars in Commonwealth Government grants.
I suspect followers of New Guinea cargo cults had more success in obtaining overseas goods delivered from the skies than Tasmanian football clubs have had from this so-called financial windfall.
KGV Park badly needs new and better floodlights, while if the artificial pitch is retained, it will probably need to be re-laid and upgraded.
From a footballing perspective, the sooner promotion and relegation are introduced in the NPL Tasmania competition and the Women’s Super League, the better.
What are Southern and Northern Championship sides playing for?
At the moment, they can win their respective leagues, yet they have nowhere to go.
Football around the world thrives on promotion/relegation, and that’s what should happen in Tasmania.
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Southern Championship club Metro have appointed Chris Chalker to replace senior coach Mark Broadbent.
His assistant will be Scott Horne.
Wayne Jackson is Metro’s women’s coach, while Kye McQueen is the club’s youth coach.
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