APFA Club Championship 2017

Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle Jets	7	5	1	1	0	16
2	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	7	5	0	2	0	15
3	Wanderers	6	4	0	2	0	12
4	Brisbane Roar (Orange)	6	3	1	2	0	10
5	Sydney FC	6	2	0	4	0	6
6	Melbourne City	6	1	0	5	0	3
6	Central Coast	6	1	0	5	0	3

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home	Time/Results	Away	Venue
2017-01-04 00:00:004 January 2017	Central Coast	00:00:0012:00 AM	Sydney FC	N/A
2017-01-04 00:00:004 January 2017	Wanderers	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	N/A
2017-01-04 00:00:004 January 2017	Newcastle Jets	00:00:0012:00 AM	Melbourne City	N/A
2017-01-04 00:00:004 January 2017	Central Coast	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Orange)	N/A
2017-01-04 00:00:004 January 2017	Newcastle Jets	00:00:0012:00 AM	Wanderers	N/A
2017-01-04 00:00:004 January 2017	Sydney FC	00:00:0012:00 AM	Melbourne City	N/A
2017-01-05 00:00:005 January 2017	Sydney FC	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	N/A
2017-01-05 00:00:005 January 2017	Central Coast	00:00:0012:00 AM	Newcastle Jets	N/A
2017-01-05 00:00:005 January 2017	Brisbane Roar (Orange)	00:00:0012:00 AM	Melbourne City	N/A
2017-01-05 00:00:005 January 2017	Sydney FC	00:00:0012:00 AM	Wanderers	N/A
2017-01-05 00:00:005 January 2017	Central Coast	00:00:0012:00 AM	Melbourne City	N/A
2017-01-05 00:00:005 January 2017	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Orange)	N/A
2017-01-06 00:00:006 January 2017	Newcastle Jets	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Orange)	N/A
2017-01-06 00:00:006 January 2017	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	00:00:0012:00 AM	Melbourne City	N/A
2017-01-06 00:00:006 January 2017	Central Coast	00:00:0012:00 AM	Wanderers	N/A
2017-01-06 00:00:006 January 2017	Newcastle Jets	00:00:0012:00 AM	Sydney FC	N/A
2017-01-06 00:00:006 January 2017	Central Coast	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	N/A
2017-01-06 00:00:006 January 2017	Wanderers	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Orange)	N/A
2017-01-07 00:00:007 January 2017	Wanderers	00:00:0012:00 AM	Melbourne City	N/A
2017-01-07 00:00:007 January 2017	Sydney FC	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Orange)	N/A
2017-01-07 00:00:007 January 2017	Newcastle Jets	00:00:0012:00 AM	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	N/A
2017-01-07 00:00:007 January 2017	Brisbane Roar (Grey)	00:00:0012:00 AM	Newcastle Jets	N/A

Review

The 2017 iPRO APFA Club Championship was held in Sydney, from the 3rd – 8th of January, 2017. Four players from our Winter Season were selected to represent the Melbourne City FC Powerchair Team which featured six other teams from New South Wales and Queensland. Shaun Mott, made his debut for Melbourne City. As did Western Australian, Dylan Needham, who also played his first official match of Powerchair Football.

Team Members

Melbourne City Powerchair Team 2017 : Shaun Mott, James North-Coombes, Luke David (Coach/Captain), Jules North-Coombes (Vice-Captain), Dylan Needham

Day 1

Newcastle Jets 6 – Melbourne City 0

Sydney FC 2 – Melbourne City 0

Photo by Rev Williams (http://www.pbase.com/wrs864/australian_powerchair_football_ass_ipro_club_championship_2017)

Day 2

Roar PFC 4 – Melbourne City 0

Melbourne City 1 – Central Coast Mariners 0 (Luke David ’40)

Photo by Rev Williams (http://www.pbase.com/wrs864/australian_powerchair_football_ass_ipro_club_championship_2017)

Day 3

Brisbane PFC 9 – Melbourne City 0

Photo by Rev Williams (http://www.pbase.com/wrs864/australian_powerchair_football_ass_ipro_club_championship_2017)

Day 4

Western Sydney Wanderers 2 – Melbourne City 0

Photo by Rev Williams (http://www.pbase.com/wrs864/australian_powerchair_football_ass_ipro_club_championship_2017)

Day 5 (Championship Final)

Newcastle Jets 1 – Brisbane PFC 0

Photo by Rev Williams (http://www.pbase.com/wrs864/australian_powerchair_football_ass_ipro_club_championship_2017)

Summary

A big thank you to our support crew, our athletes and Melbourne City! The team struggled with consistancy but continue to improve at each event. Team Captain and Coach had this to say after the event:

“I cherish every moment I get to play sport. Not only do I get to do the thing I love, I also get to spend time with some of the best people! Powerchair Football struggles to get the attention it deserves in Victoria which makes it hard to train and compete against teams in NSW and QLD. We never gave up though, so proud of my team mates. We struggle with consistency but we pulled off an incredible win against the Central Coast Mariners. We battled hard against Sydney and Western Sydney Wanderers. A big thank you to our support crew and to Western Australian player Dylan Needham for coming down to play for us. You only just got your Strikeforce and hadn’t played a proper Powerchair Football match but you stepped in and played so well. It’s time to take this experience back and prepare for Nationals in October for both of our states. Onto bigger things for Powerchair Football in Victoria!”

Luke David, Melbourne City Captain/Coach