By Julian Pitts
No footy played last Saturday due to a Covid lockdown and with the senior men having a bye this weekend all eyes are on our top of the table women’s team who play Hinterland at Palmwoods from 4.45pm on Saturday .
Before we run our eye over the efforts of all four of our senior teams, we thought it appropriate to show the five teams of the decade as selected and celebrated at our 50 year celebrations a fortnight ago.
Ruben ORourke and John Townsend were named as decade coaches of the ’70s and ’80s respectively with club legend ‘Bones’ Murray named the captain of both sides. The revered Alan ‘ Grumpy’ Smith was named coach of the ’90 s team with inspirational and courageous skipper none other than Aaron ’Aj’ Jacques. Brett Maloney got the gig as coach of the early 2000s team with three-time best and fairest and Sunshine Coast great Mark Vagg anointed as that decade’s captain. And the most recent team of the decade which was announced on the night had dual premiership winning coach Wayne Fletcher at the helm with current coach and respected Noosa tiger Adam Bovalino of course the captain!
I think it’s a good time to rate all our senior teams so far in 2021.
The seniors- yet to win a game in a competition that has dramatically increased in standard. The effort and commitment of most of the squad has remained a constant and I don’t think they are too far away from a win. Injuries haven’t helped with close to 45 players going through the senior ranks.
Skipper Aaron Laskey, Riley Buntain, Aaron Wilson and Seb Rogers have had stellar years to date.
The Ressies- just keep having a crack whilst also not winning a game thus far. Super effort against a strong Labrador outfit which must give ‘Oggy’s’ boys heaps of confidence going forward. Great to see club stalwarts Garry Wallace, Nathan Winter,Nick Hill and David Welsh dominating last weekend.
The Colts – been terrific and a model of consistency all year .Coached with a real ‘team-first’ ethos and have blooded plenty into the senior ranks while always being in finals’ contention. We were right in the game against top of the table Labrador last week before fading badly in the end. A massive game against Maroochy at home next week to try and cement a finals’ berth which would be great for the club.
The Women – our women’s senior team is flying under the astute tutelage of Graham Burgen. They sit top of the table and their best footy will be very hard to beat. Cass Young is the star of the show whilst the Trompf girls are all holding their own. Regan Mills continues to rack up heaps of possessions week in and week out whilst youngsters Hannah McKenzie and Shauna Kelly are dangerous around goals. All in their hands as to how the season pans out but a massive chance to go back to back.
A big weekend coming up on Saturday 17 July with Essendon great Terry Daniher our special guest at our president’s lunch coinciding with our 1980/81 and 2010/11 premiership reunions. For more information please google Noosa tigers Facebook and everything will be on there!
Best of luck to our women this Saturday and have a great weekend
Go Tigers.
