In The Spotlight – Queensland Pride

In the 13th edition of In The Spotlight, the Queensland Pride’s Peta Rogerson speaks about her team’s preparation in the lead up to the Elite Eight.

How does it feel to be a part of the 2011 Elite Eight series? 

It is a bit of a different feeling than usual, purely because we are in new teams with different combinations of players and different teams to play against compared to the past NTL format.  But it is very exciting to think that you will be playing against the best players in Australia.  Every game will be extremely high level and competitive - and I will love that.

How is your team’s preparation going in the lead up to the event?

Our team has had an excellent preparation. We met before Christmas to get a general idea of where our fitness and skills were at and after a small Christmas break we got stuck into training most weekends as a group from mid-January.  Because our team is a little spread out (Brisbane, Toowoomba and Sunshine Coast) we have also trained in smaller groups mid-week.  Training has had a big focus on improving our ball skills.  We are hoping that this will help with all of those little one per centers things that can be so crucial in a pressure game. 

What would you say are the strengths of your team?

Well without sounding bias I think we have a lot of strengths: a good mix of experience and youth, good skills, plenty of speedy players, unknown factor against New South Wales teams, very gutsy and most importantly we have a lot of fun playing together.

Who do you expect to be your toughest opponents?

I don't think there will be any easy games, but I think our toughest will be against New South Wales Country Mavericks. 

What would it mean to you to win the Elite Eight series?

When you think about it the Elite Eight series will be the best Touch competition played in the world, so to win it with our group of girls that I love would be awesome. 

Stay tuned to the website for the upcoming editions of In The Spotlight, which will feature every team in the Elite Eight series.

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