South West Queensland Thunder FC

South West Queensland Thunder is a semi-professional soccer club based Toowoomba, and represents the South West Queensland Region in the National Premier Leagues Queensland and Football Queensland Premier League. The club was established in 2012, and play their home fixtures at Clive Berghofer Stadium.

South West Queensland Thunder
Full nameSouth West Queensland Thunder Football Club
Nickname(s)Thunder
Founded2012
GroundClive Berghofer Stadium
Capacity9000
ChairmanMichael Clarkson
CoachSam Gahan
LeagueFQPL
20237th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The club fields teams in National Premier Leagues Queensland, Football Queensland Premier League (FQPL) and NPLW age groups, as well as Skills Acquisition Program Academies for boys and girls.

Home ground edit

Clive Berghofer Stadium is a rectangular football stadium in Toowoomba, Queensland. Situated on Mary Street on the eastern fringes of Toowoomba CBD adjacent to Queens Park and Toowoomba East State School. Formerly known as Athletic Oval, the stadium was renamed to reflect the home club's major sponsor, philanthropist property developer and former local Mayor Clive Berghofer. The ground plays host to rugby league, rugby union and football fixtures[1] and is lit to A-League standard. The recently upgraded grandstand includes undercover seating for 2,300.[1] The stadium has hosted international and national rugby league matches as well pre-season A-League fixtures.

Current Senior Men's Squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Ben Wood
2 DF   AUS Brendan Roche
3 DF   ITA Mirko Crociati
4 DF   AUS Jordan Howard
5 DF   AUS Wade Hall
6 MF   AUS Jacob Bigby
7 FW   AUS Luke Beutel
8 DF   AUS Harry Black
9 FW   AUS Angus McKenzie
10 MF   AUS Jackson Franke
11 FW   AUS Wilfred Phillip
12 DF   AUS Akok Deng
13 DF   AUS Kurt Kohlbach
14 MF   AUS Serugo Veco
15 DF   AUS Jase Sampson
16 MF   AUS Riley Willmot
17 DF   AUS Alex Munster
18 MF   AUS Jack De Bortoli
19 MF   AUS Tom Fowler
20 GK   AUS Monte Radburn
21 FW   AUS Alick Gaske
22 FW   AUS Jake Stoner
23 FW   AUS Josue Kalenga

Current Senior Women's Squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Elizabeth Hollitt
2 DF   AUS Ebonney Kidd
3 DF   AUS Lauren Spreadborough
4 MF   AUS Lucy Major
5 DF   AUS Breanna McCarthy
6 DF   AUS Ashlee Parravicini
7 FW   AUS Lana Harch
8 MF   AUS Jordie Franke
9 FW   AUS Jessica Fry
10 DF   AUS Sienna Williams
11 FW   AUS Bridget Fraser
12 MF   AUS Casey Evans
13 FW   AUS Abbey Lloyd
14 DF   AUS Sarah Hall
15 MF   AUS Melanie Lloyd
16 DF   AUS Macey Eiser
17 DF   AUS Hayley Victor
18   AUS TBA
19 MF   AUS Talitha Doro
20 GK   AUS TBA

Football Staff edit

  • Manager of Football Operations: Janelle Sothmann
  • Technical Director: Ivor Prasad
  • Senior Men's Head Coach: Sam Gahan
  • Senior Women's Head Coach: Tim Taylor
  • Senior Men's Assistant Coach: Ivor Prasad
  • Senior Women's Assistant Coach: Austin Williams

Board of Directors edit

  • Michael Clarkson (Chairman)
  • Jason Hall (Vice Chairman)
  • Genevieve Duncan (Secretary)
  • David Scutt
  • Jessica Fry
  • Trent Knack
  • Melanie Lloyd
  • Tarnya McBurney
  • Kasey Cockburn

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Clive Berghofer Stadium (Toowoomba Sports Ground) | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

External links edit