We were there early enough on a bright, sunny and quite warm start to the afternoon.
Pre-game talk in the room with the Coach doing the briefest pre-game talk this season. The buzz and anticipation was palpable. Adrenalin running at a million miles an hour but nerves not evident – the players were just keen to get out to warm up; and then get to the start whistle to showcase their talents, tenacity, terrific skills and tear through their opponents.
Read MorePremiership match reports, there is nothing quite like them. Easy to write because talking about success is fantastic, hard to write because Grand Finals are emotional rollercoasters. Saturday rolled around and the weather turned it on, it felt really really ‘finalsy’ this week with the sun shining and the outer at the hockey centre filled with tangerine and royal blue.
Read MoreGrand finals are brutal games, especially if you're on the losing side, and unfortunately we found ourselves there on Saturday after our much anticipated final against Footscray.
Coming off an amazing win against Waverley last week the team were confident of continuing their winning way. We had come up with a saying at the beginning of their final's campaign "Together, every step of the way" summing up perfectly the great team spirit that surround the team.
Read MoreIt was a fabulous spring day to become Champions of the Women’s Pennant A section for 2023.
Read MoreComing off the back of a very nice win the week before and getting back simon 'half a hamsting' matchoss and Hugh 'I'm a doctor' slifirski our team was looking stronger than ever. After a long warm up in the sun we knew this would be a battle against MCC as well as one with the conditions too.
Read MoreYou only need to beat them once!
On Saturday we saw the culmination of all the hard work that has been put in since the middle of February. But this journey started in 2021 when the sudden shutdown of the season saw us yield a promotion to pennant C but no accreditation for holding the top spot for the entire shortened season. Throughout a 3 year span this team has lost a combined 8 games, yet achieving the ultimate goal had somehow eluded us.
Read MoreLate on the last Sunday afternoon of season 2023 Pennant E after watching and cheering on other Weller teams as they sweated their way through warm Saturday afternoon games assembled for their opportunity to finish off what has been a very successful and enjoyable year with one last victory after securing the Minor Premiership already this year.
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