Senior Women

FundAVA Raffle

Gisborne Soccer Club is immensely proud of our player Ava Ryan who has been selected to represent Victoria in the u12 girls School Sport Australian Championships in Perth this October. This is an amazing testament to her training and dedication to personal development …. it also comes with a significant financial expense of $5000! As a community, we would like to contribute to the expenses and support Ava and the Ryan family to have an amazing experience in Perth whilst cheering on Victoria.

100% of proceeds from this raffle up to $4000 will be donated to the Ryan family as a contribution to the costs of travelling to the School Sport Australian Championships in Western Australia. Any further proceeds will be donated to Gisborne Soccer Club and used to continue the development of our players to such a high standard.

2024 Womens Team

Gisborne Soccer Club regrets to inform that due to the low number of interested players we are unable to field a Womens team in 2024.

We remain committed to fostering the growth of female football within our club, we are pleased to have strong number in our Junior program which acts as a pathway to the return of Senior football, to which we anticipate will be in 2025.

Gisborne SC proudly continues to facilitate the strong “Gisborne Tillies” program, enabling Women who wish to stay engaged with playing the game but not at a competition football level.

Cameron Emery, who was appointed our Womens coach for Season 2024, will remain at the club, he moves to the vacant Junior Boys U15’s role (our Junior Girls already have their coaches appointed) and will take the reins of the Womens team upon its return in 2025.

Presentation Evening 2023

The Presentation Evening for our Senior teams was held on September 8.

We extend our congratulations to the following award recipients:

GOLDEN BOOT:

MSL Reserves: Franco Mangano
WSL Team: Arlo Kappel
MSL Seniors: Tyson Lopez

COACHES AWARD:

MSL Reserves: Joel Campbell
WSL Team: Ruby Haberman
MSL Seniors: Darby Hester

PLAYERS PLAYER:

MSL Squad: Luca Malignaggi
WSL Team: Emily Walduck

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

MSL Reserves: Aidan Crisp
WSL Team: Arlo Kappel
MSL Seniors: Tyson Lopez

Womens Shirt Presentation

Last night we launched the 2023 Senior Womens Season by revealing the new kit, along with announcing our shirt numbers for the year.

This years kit design features a unique striped zig-zag pattern in 2 shades of Sky Blue. “1998” appears on the back of the shirt, just under the collar, referencing the year the club was established.

We are also pleased to announce our Mens Shirt sponsors for 2023:

Builders Academy will feature on the front of the shirt. BA extend their partnership with us, having been on our title-winning Womens shirts in 2022.

The Telegraph Hotel have also extended their partnership with us. After sponsoring the front of the Mens shirts for the past 4 seasons they have decided re-focus their support and will feature on the back of the shirt, beneath the numbers.

We extend our thanks to both Builders Academy & The Telegraph Hotel for their on-going support.

Players were presented their numbers using the White Cup Kit,
made possible by
Holgate Brewhouse & Procon Training.

New Cup Threads

With thanks to Holgate Brewhouse we are pleased to reveal our new Cup kit.

The all-white kits will be worn by our Mens team for our Australia Cup fixtures, as well as our Womens team for our Nike FC Cup fixtures. They will also double as a thirds kit throughout the season if required.

The pattern is inspired by Jackson’s Creek, which runs through Gisborne and along side our home, Dixon Field.

Welcome Tony Ivanov

We welcome Tony Ivanov to Gisborne SC who takes up the role of Head Coach for the Senior Womens squad.

Tony brings with him a wealth of football experience as a player, head coach and coaching director. He currently holds a Football Australia Senior Licence and formerly held a UEFA Pro Licence.

New Senior Womens coach Tony Ivanov (L) with Assistant Coach Jamie Ivanov.

The former goalkeeper has coaching experience around many clubs in Melbourne’s west including Sydenham Park, Brimbank Stallions, Moreland United, LaTrobe Uni, and Altona Magic. He has also spent time at Preston lions in Youth development.

Tony will be joined by his son Jamie who has taken up the role of Assistant Coach for our Womens Squad.

Presentation Evening 2022

The Presentation Evening for our Senior teams, along with the Boys 17s, was held on October 14.

We extend our congratulations to the following award recipients:

GOLDEN BOOT:

Boys 17: Caleb Mares
Mens Thirds: Dillon Norton
Mens Reserves: Joseph Cavoli
Mens Seniors: Jake McIntyre
Womens: Jaclyn Camilleri

COACHES AWARD:

Mens Thirds: Joel Campbell
Mens Reserves: Alex Matthews
Mens Seniors: Tyrese Smith-Grant
Womens: Gemma Owen
Encouragement Award: Aidan Crisp

PLAYERS PLAYER:

Boys 17: Chris Chown
Mens Reserves: Joseph Cavoli
Mens Seniors: Jake McIntyre
Womens: Emily Walduck

BEST 1st YEAR PLAYER:

Mens Squad: Shaun Cauchi
Womens: Mallory Vandeloo

MOST IMPROVED:

Boys 17: Thomas Gibson
Mens Squad: Darcy Kappel
Womens: Catherine Owen

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

Boys 17: Chris Chown
Mens Thirds: Steven Cacciottolo
Mens Reserves: Connor Maxwell
Mens Seniors: Matthew Hume
Womens: Kaelyn Sutton

Partnership Extended

We are delighted to announce we've extended our partnership with Builders Academy Australia (BAA), who in Season 2022 will be on the front of our Womens shirts.

BAA first partnered with us in 2020 and throughout the past two seasons have been hugely supportive of player development, particularly in our female football program.

Visit https://buildersacademy.com.au/ to find our more about BAA.

We thank BAA again for their ongoing support.

Players Of The Year 2021

The Player of the Year awards 2021 for our Senior Mens & Womens squads was held on November 21.

We extend our congratulations to the following award recipients:

OUSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO FEMALE FOOTBALL
(Sponsored by Builders Academy)
Taylah McIntyre

JUNIOR TALENT ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
(Sponsored by Builders Academy)
Niamh Ryan

BEST 1ST YEAR PLAYER:

Womens: Joanne Owen
Mens: Henry Taylor

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER:

Womens: Megan Seric
Mens: Michael Owen

GOLDEN BOOTS:

Womens: Jaclyn Camilleri
Mens Thirds: Dillon Norton
Mens Reserves: Joseph Cavoli
Mens Seniors: Jake McIntyre

GOALS OF THE YEAR:
Womens:
Taylah McIntyre
Mens Thirds: Daniel Adamo
Mens Reserves: Joseph Cavoli
Mens Seniors: Daniel Adamo

PLAYERS PLAYER:

Womens: Stevie Mitchell
Mens Thirds: Hayden Rush
Mens Reserves: Joseph Cavoli
Mens Seniors: Matthew Hume

COACHES AWARDS:

Womens: Lily O’Flynn
Mens Thirds: Reuben Bennett
Mens Reserves: Owen Boys (Warren, Michael, Gerard & Paul)
Mens Seniors: Sean O’Callaghan

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Womens: Katerina Karatsoris
Mens Thirds: Ryan Happ & Kristian Luketa
Mens Reserves: Joseph Cavoli & Rhys Sartori
Mens Seniors: Andy Koroneos