Strikers 1 - Player Profiles
Brodee Barling
Nickname: Brodz
Age: 24
Previous clubs: Baulkham Hills
1st grade debut: ages ago cant remember
Position: Striker
Career highlight: Playing against Alison Annan and playing for NSW
Pre-match rituals: make sure my sugar levels are right!
Best advice you have been given: Treat others as you would treat yourself
Advice for young players: Never give up, you can achieve anything you put
your mind to.
Best thing about playing 1st grade: The challenge
Favourite singer/band: Radiohead, Pnau, Sarah Blasko (just to name a few)
Favourite sporting personality: don’t have one
Celebrity Partner: Brad will do
Worst ever pick up line used: “Do your feet hurt……. Cos youv’e been running
through my head all day!
Kathleen
Chua
Nickname: Chew/Choo
Age: 21
Previous clubs: UNSW, Gordon North Shore
1st grade debut: UNSW 2005, Strikers 2006
Position: Striker
Career highlight: NSW U16 All Schools Team, NSW U18 and U21 State Squad
Pre-match rituals:
Best advice you have been given: There’s no point doing something if you
don’t enjoy it
Advice for young players: Train as hard as you play
Best thing about playing 1st grade: Every game is a challenge
Favourite singer/band: Currently sigur ros
Favourite sporting personality: Roger Federer
Celebrity Partner: David Tennant
Teagan Gale
Nickname:
Age: 20
Career
highlight: South
Africa Tour with un/16 Aus All Schools Team
Previous
clubs:
Ajax Colts in Goulburn
1st grade
debut: 2007
or 2006
Position:
Striker/
Inner
Pre-match rituals: Stretching
Best advice
you have been given: No
Regrets
Best thing
about playing 1st grade:
Great Team
Favourite singer/band: Kings of Leon
Favourite sporting personality: Sophie Rodwell
Celebrity Partner: Andy Lee
Worst
ever pick up line used:
Don’t really use them!
Ella Kenny
Nickname: Kenny
Age: 24
Previous clubs: Ipswich, Southampton, East Grinstead
1st grade debut: Ipswich 2000
Position: Left midfield/Forward
Career highlight: National Vase Champs 2009
Pre-match rituals: Lucky Socks...
Best advice you have been given: Always smile at the umpires.
Advice for young players: Never give up, train hard and you will reach your
dream.
Best thing about playing 1st grade: Playing with a talented team of people
around you.
Favourite singer/band: Counting Crows (Mr Jones)
Favourite sporting personality: Kelly Holmes
Celebrity Partner: Jonny Wilkinson
Worst ever pick up line used: “Can I take a picture of you so that I can
show Santa just what I want for Christmas”
Angela McCann
Nickname: Dory
Age: 33
Previous clubs: St George
1st grade debut: 1989
Position: GK
Career highlight: Playing AHL for NT in 2002
Pre-match rituals: Always put right foot gear on first
Best advice you have been given: Don’t marinate in metal bowls
Advice for young players: Play for your team and not yourself
Best thing about playing 1st grade: It’s challenging
Favourite singer/band: At this point in time, I’m loving TOOL
Favourite sporting personality: Any non ARL boofhead
Celebrity Partner: Brad Pitt
Worst ever pick up line used: I’ve been married for so long, I can’t
think of one.
Ashlea
Pointer
Nickname: Ash
Age: 19
Previous clubs: None! Strikers girl through and through since I was 9 Years
old.
1st grade debut: 2006
Position: Half
Career highlights:
U16 and Opens NSWCCC Sides
Parramatta State League 06, 07, 08 ,09
NSWIS EAP Squad
U18 NSW Squad 05, 06, 07
U21 NSW Squad 07, 08 ,09
U21’s Northern Territory Team 08,09
NSW AHL Squad 09
Pre-match rituals: Sandwich, music, right shoe on before left
Best advice you have been given: Play with heart, passion and determination
Advice for young players: Don’t ever give up
Best thing about playing 1st grade: High quality hockey
Team comedian: Angie- and her colourful use of words!
Favourite singer/band: Kings of Leon
Favourite sporting personality: Libby Trickett/ Roger Federa/ Kurt Gidley
Celebrity Partner: Matthew McConaughey, or George Clooney (for the older
man!)
Worst ever pick up line used: I don’t pick up haha so worst used on me was
“Are your legs sore??? Because you’ve been running through my mind all week”
Desiree
Taylor
Nickname:
Des, Desi, D, Taylor,
Age: 23
Previous clubs: Kai-Zan / Campbelltown / Moorebank
1st grade debut: 14 years old
Position: Inner / Centre Half / Half
Career highlight: Australian U/18’s Squad / Junior Youth Olympic games /
Scoring winning goal in stroke extra time shoot out at u/18 national finals
(NSW v Qld) – what a high!
Pre-match rituals: Limited alcohol consumption the night before! Haha…. Set
myself mini personal goals to focus on before each game & listen to
Pennywise!!
Best advice you have been given: Advice for young players: Listen to all the
advice you can get - take bits and pieces away from everyone that you think
can apply to your game and use it constructively to better your game and
self and don’t be afraid to try new things on the field and give everything
a go!
Best thing about playing 1st grade: It’s rough!! And sometimes learning off
the players you play against.
Team comedian: Me & Ash – we’re a comedy dual act once we get going!! Haha
Favourite singer/band: Pennywise
Favourite sporting personality: Mohammed Ali
Celebrity Partner: Johnny Depp
Worst ever pick up line used: "Is there a rainbow outside your house? "No
why?" "Because you're the treasure I've been looking for." – Terrible!!!
Kirsten Wilson
Name: Kirsten Wilson
Nickname: KJ
Age: 18
Previous clubs: Kedron Wavell Utd.
1st grade debut: 09 for Sydney but have play div 1 since 07 for Kedron.
Position: Striker
Career
highlight:
Won State
schoolgirls championship in 06 and winning the grand final for the third
year running for Kedron J1.
Pre-match rituals: Left shin pad on before right and weetbixs for
breakfast.
Best advice you have been given: If someone tries to start you on the field, look at them and laugh. Take there number and get them back by winning the game. Then see if they still want to take something up.
Advice for young players: Practise makes perfect, if you keep at it, it will one day pay off and no matter how stuffed you are always put in and never give up.
Best thing
about playing 1st grade:
Its fun and
fast.
Favourite singer/band: Alexisonfire and colour&city
Favourite sporting personality: Dawn Frasier swimming legend!
Celebrity Partner: Hamish
Worst ever pick up line used: “ are u a librarian… cause I want to check u out!”