Kappa Cup: Football stars shine bright during goal-fest in Townsville

A high-octane weekend of Queensland’s Kappa Cup football saw 16 goals scored across three thrilling fixtures with four Townsville stars cashing in with multi-goal games. Find out who starred in each match.

Townsville Warriors FC beat Estates FC 6-0 in round 3 of the Queensland Kappa Cup. Sophie Hannay and Maria Heinzen Pitt celebrate with Bianca Foster. Picture: Sharon Woodward.

MA Olympic beat Townsville Warriors 3-1 to advance to the fifth round of Queensland’s statewide knockout Kappa Cup.

Two goals in two minutes from electric forward Padraic Glasheen just after halftime gave MA Olympic the lead and young gun Tom Berzinski added another midway through the half to ensure his team saw out the win.

It was always going to be a tough task for Warriors after rising star Nate West was shown a red card after just 20 minutes of play.

Despite being a man down, Warriors hit the lead just before the break when Gareth Edds converted a penalty – but the advantage was short-lived as Glasheen nailed his own spot kick to tie the game before netting the go-ahead goal just minutes later.

Mackay Lions, Marlin Coast Rangers and Across The Waves were the other regional winners in the men’s Cup in round 4.

Warriors had a much better showing in the women’s fixture, beating Estates FC 6-0 to advance to the fourth round of the Kappa Cup.

Townsville Warriors FC beat Estates FC 6-0 in round 3 of the Queensland Kappa Cup. Estates player Jaymee McCormack and Warriors player Emmaline Waters. Picture: Sharon Woodward.

Warriors raced out to a 4-0 first-half lead thanks to a brace from captain Simone House, and celebrations began not long after halftime when House finished off her hat-trick with another great goal.

Emmeline Waters, Lauren Jackson and super sub Sophie Hannay contributed the other three goals in the resounding win.

Townsville Warriors FC beat Estates FC 6-0 in round 3 of the Queensland Kappa Cup. Warriors player Shaynodah Smit and Estates Lara Goodwin. Picture: Sharon Woodward.

Brothers finished with the same score against MA Olympic’s women as Evan Amendum and Stephanie Luyt each bagged a first-half brace.

Monique Gibbs came on late and made the most of her opportunity with a nice goal to put a cherry on top of the emphatic win.

Kristy Hanna scored the other Brothers goal while MA Olympic was unable to find the back of the net thanks to a tremendous performance by Maddison Marsh between the posts.

Mackay Lions beat Magpies 4-0 in the round 4 fixture between the sides on Friday night to become the first team to progress to round 5 on the women’s side of the draw.

MEN’S KAPPA CUP ROUND 4

MA OLYMPIC: 3 (Padraic Glasheen 49’ (pk), 51’, Tom Berzinski 72’)

TOWNSVILLE WARRIORS: 1 (Gareth Edds 45’ (pk))

WOMEN’S KAPPA CUP ROUND 3

ESTATES FC: 0
TOWNSVILLE WARRIORS: 6 (Simone House 7’, 13’, 54’, Lauren Jackson 14’, Emmeline Waters 42’, Sophie Hannay 79’)

MA OLYMPIC: 0
BROTHERS: 6 (Evan Amendum 23’, 34’, Stephanie Luyt 30’, 32’, Kristy Hanna 46’, Monique Gibbs 90’)

Originally published as Kappa Cup: Football stars shine bright during goal-fest in Townsville