Premier League Reserves Women’s Coach, Ron Di Felice, said:

PREMIER LEAGUE WOMEN v CLARENCE

“The premier team lost 3-0 to Clarence. Very strong performance by the girls against such a formidable team”

PREMIER LEAGUE WOMEN RESERVES v KINGBOROUGH

“An under strength reserve team drew with Kingborough 2-2.

We won the resulting penalty shootout 4-3 to gain the bonus point, with match-winner Hayley Fitzgerald scoring a hat trick”.

COME ALONG AND CHECK OUT THE ZEBRAS TENT AT THE FESTA ITALIA TODAY, Sunday 19th February, North Hobart

Thank You to our hard workers today 

PREMIER LEAGUE MEN v BEACHSIDE

Tonight’s game score = First half Zebras 5-1. Full time score 6-1. Well done to our Premier League Men

Congratulations to our PREMIER LEAGUE MEN RESERVES v BEACHSIDE 4-0 Win

$5 each

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To purchase please email info@hobartzebras.com.au

Please Note: All Central Region Players need to go through Tilford Zebras and not Tilford Zebras CR. Once in you will find you can select the junior teams from U/9 to U/12′s.

PREMIER LEAGUE MEN RESERVES v UNIVERSITY… 1 1 – 0 win

PREMIER LEAGUE WOMEN v NEW TOWN EAGLES… 3-4

• Tuesdays at John Turnbull Oval and
• Thursdays at Lansdown Oval, West Hobart

The first two weeks will be important to work out numbers for teams, after this the coaches will finalize training days, times and all other information.

Our Youth Technical Director, Romeo Frediani will be there to talk and answer any questions, or you can contact him for more information at zebras.youth.director@gmail.com

Keep an eye on our ‘Upcoming Matches’ (on the right hand side of our home page)advising date, grounds and kick off times for this tournament over the next few weeks.

COME ALONG AND SUPPORT OUR PLAYERS

What can be said, Brisbane certainly dealt us a heavy dose of rain.

With games pre organised it wasn’t to be due to the ground closures.

The guys did not let any barriers slow them down.  They trained in excessive humidity up to 96% most days there.

They had the fortune of seeing Brisbane Roar train for 2 hours and then the players coming and introducing themselves to our team at the end of it.  On Saturday night we all attended the game between Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets at Suncorp Stadium with the Jets coming out the victors 1-0.

We did have a positive note though; the guys went to Kendron Indoor Stadium and played a round robin against a few other Queensland Football teams.   It was a hot, sticky day but our boys performed to their best ability not letting the heat defeat them.

[Premier League Reserves Men's Coach, Nick Harrison and Premier League Men's Coach, Eamonn Kelly are ready for Brisbane]

Raelene Hennicke:  On Wednesday, 25 January, you fly out to Brisbane with the Zebras squad of players for a pre-season tournament.  How many players are you taking? What number of games will you play?

Eamonn Kelly:  Wednesday 25 January we do fly to Brisbane at 6.00am.  Thanks DJ!  We will be taking a squad of 16 players.  We would and could take about 20 as it has been a very difficult decision to pick the final squad.  There has been a tremendous battle among the boys for a spot in the squad, but, unfortunately, as always, some people have to wait for the next opportunity, which will be the start of the Summer Cup.  We will be playing three games in four days, so it will be a great test to see where we are at with our fitness levels.

The schedule will be:  Arrive Wednesday 25at 9.30 am.  Transfer to the accommodation and then train at 11.30am and 2.00pm, and then play our first game the same day at 7.00pm.

RH:  What teams will you be playing in Brisbane?

E.K :  First game, 25 January 2012 at 7.00pm versus Mitchelton F.C., Queensland Premier League 1.

Second game, 26 January 2012 at 7.00pm versus Samford Rangers, Queensland Premier League 1.

Third game, 27 January 2012 at 7.00pm versus Mt Gravatt Hawks S.C., Queensland Premier League 1.

RH:  Do you think that playing and training in the heat over the five days will benefit the team for the Summer Cup more so than preparing in our cooler climate?

E.K : I firmly believe that training and playing in their sort of temperatures can only benefit the players for our assault on the 2012 Summer Cup and also be a good stepping stone for the up-coming season.  We train and play in our climate every day of the week, so it will be great to, hopefully, see the benefits.

RH: What are your expectations of the tournament?

E.K: The expectations are very high from me and the coaching staff, as the club has invested a lot of money.  We are not travelling that far to lose anything.

RH: What are your expectations of the players?

E.K: The expectations of the players is also at a very high level as they have worked their behinds off since November 2011 for this trip and beyond.  I can only commend nearly all of the squad as most have been training five nights a week, and also week-ends.  I would like to wish every one of them all the very best for the trip and 2012 season, and always remember that nothing in this world comes easily.  If you want to be the very best, you have to work very hard, and harder again after that.