1st FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships: Australia vs. Indonesia 27-2

Australia vs Indonesia

Australia continue path to finals with clinical display over Indonesia

POLO AIR INDONESIA-Australia has continued their dominance in Group A with an emphatic 27-2 victory over Indonesia on day three.

The Aussie women picked up where they left off against the Czech Republic, dominating each quarter with authority.

Chloe Barr and Belinda Symons led the early scoring, running the Indonesians ragged with their array of counter attack and centre forward goals.

They received strong support from Shannan Martin, Kassia Ralston, Ainsley Masek, Jessica Zimmerman and Fiona Walsh who all converted in the first half.

Indonesian keeper Ayudya Suidarwanty Pratiwi tried valiantly to keep her team in the contest and her persistence eventual paid off.

Pratiwi blocked consecutive Australian attacks before she sent the ball long for teammate Ariel Siwabessy to convert.

Siwabessy again found the back of the net just minutes into the third term, before the Australians turned on the after burners to score 11 unanswered goals to close out the game.

Lenke Dauda-Board, Madeleine Quinn, Maddi Schmid and Montana Perkins each got their name on the scorer’s sheet with clinical finishes, while Martin, Symons, Walsh and Quinn struck again to add to their multiple hauls.

Barr, who ended the game with five as captain, said there was great satisfaction in ticking off another box in their gold medal campaign and was happy to make it two wins on the trot.

“We’re learning to work together and learning to communicate well and that is the benefit of taking it one game at a time,” Barr said.

“We paid a lot of attention to our extra man attack and to our talking and we’ve seen a massive improvement in those areas tonight from earlier in the week.”

Indonesian team manager Jusri Fathma Hakim said it was great for her team to be playing Australia and that it was a great opportunity “to mix with the best teams in the world”

“We are proud to be the only South-East Asian nation represented here. We don’t expect to win but we will lose with pride,” Hakim said.

“Our spirit is still strong even though we were playing one of the strongest teams in the world.”

Story by Lloyd Green

Australia vs. Indonesia

Result: Australia 27 beat Indonesia 2

Quarters: (6-0, 7-1, 10-1, 4-0)

Scorers AUS: Shannan Martin 5, Chloe Barr 5, Belinda Symons 3, Madeleine Quinn 3, Fiona Walsh 3, Montana Perkins 2, Kassia Ralston 2, Jessica Zimmerman, Maddi Schmid, Lenke Dauda-Board, Ainsley Masek

Scorers INA: Ariel Siwabessy 2.

Australia: Lilian Hedges, Ainsley Masek, Belinda Symons, Montana Perkins, Madeleine Quinn, Shannan Martin, Fiona Walsh, Lenke Dauda-Board, Maddi Schmid, Chloe Barr, Kassia Ralston, Jessica Zimmerman, Stephanie Calaizis

Indonesia: Ayudya Suidarwanty Pratiwi, Sarah Manzilina, Starlet Viersa Utami, Dewi Ratih, Chyntia Pradjipta Putri, Dwi Anggela Olsen Tiger, Erica Fernanda, Ariel Siwabessy, Glindra Patricia Legawa, Febrika Indirawati, Veriza Adera Pratiwi, Amanda Raudania Santoso, Aldila Putri Santoso

Monday 3 December – Indoor Pool						Monday 3 December – Outdoor Pool
0900	17	GRE	IRI	16-5		0900	9	BRA	CAN	9-9
1020	18	ROU	UZB	9-8		1020	10	USA	HUN	8-6
1140	19	PER	KAZ	6-15		1140	11	ITA	IND	47-2
1300	20	SRB	BRA	12-9		1300	12	GRE	ZIM	36-2
1420	21	EGY	CAN	10-14		1420	13	RSA	RUS	5-23
1540						1540
1830	16	AUS	INA	**women 27-2		1830	24	CRO	NZL	*men 17-4
2000	23	AUS	RSA	15-4		2000	15	UZB	CZE	3-15