The Round Ball soccer squads returned to Warrnambool last weekend as the South West Games Senior Soccer Tournament kicked off.
On Saturday the U21 girls squad took part in the open aged competition and despite having a much younger side went through the minor rounds undefeated.
Seeded in Group One the local side defeated Warrnambool Wolves in the first game 3 nil and then easily accounted for the Melbourne based Brunswick Zebras by the same margin to sit top of the ladder moving into the final game of the group stages.
The Brunswick game confirmed the strength of squad and coach Scott Dickson was quick to highlight the importnace of the victory to the girls.
"Brunswick Zebras are a massive club with a fantastic history.
They have seven girls teams that take part in the Metro Melbourne competion and 2 Women's sides, one takes part in the Metro North West Competition and the other competes in the State North West League. To defeat such a strong club is fantastic for the girls and a clear indication of how good a squad this is."
the final group game was against Ballarat North and after a physical encounter the girls rounded off the first stage of the competion 2 goal winners.
The final pitted the second Warrnambool Wolves squad against the Round Ball and after a slow start the girls found themselves a goal down early on. The girls started to control the play and after some brilliant play in the midfield the Mount Gambier girls leveled the score and later in the half took the lead 2 goals to one. The second half saw the Warrnambool side pile on the pressure and equalize then take the lead 3 goals to 2 with less than five minutes to go. With their backs to wall the girls rallied and in spectaculr fashion equalized in the last minute to take the game into extra time. After ten minutes of extra time the sides still could not be seperated and a penalty shoot out was required to split the sides.
After the required three shots the sides were locked and sudden death shots were required.
After an enthralling match Jayme Grygetic stepped up and cooly slotted home to bring the South West Games Champions trophy back to Mount Gambier for the first time.
"The girls were fantastic, we have a very young squad and they will be the basis for our Under 21 G Squad that we are putting together this summer. This is a fantastic group of girls that have dominated womens soccer for nearly a decade. They have excelled at SAPSASA, won State and Country Championships, dominated local soccer and not to mention in this group we have four State representatives. I am really looking forward to working with them".
The Round Ball under 21 G-Squad trains on Tuesday night 5.30-6.45 and Sunday mornings at Grant High School.
On Saturday the U21 girls squad took part in the open aged competition and despite having a much younger side went through the minor rounds undefeated.
Seeded in Group One the local side defeated Warrnambool Wolves in the first game 3 nil and then easily accounted for the Melbourne based Brunswick Zebras by the same margin to sit top of the ladder moving into the final game of the group stages.
The Brunswick game confirmed the strength of squad and coach Scott Dickson was quick to highlight the importnace of the victory to the girls.
"Brunswick Zebras are a massive club with a fantastic history.
They have seven girls teams that take part in the Metro Melbourne competion and 2 Women's sides, one takes part in the Metro North West Competition and the other competes in the State North West League. To defeat such a strong club is fantastic for the girls and a clear indication of how good a squad this is."
the final group game was against Ballarat North and after a physical encounter the girls rounded off the first stage of the competion 2 goal winners.
The final pitted the second Warrnambool Wolves squad against the Round Ball and after a slow start the girls found themselves a goal down early on. The girls started to control the play and after some brilliant play in the midfield the Mount Gambier girls leveled the score and later in the half took the lead 2 goals to one. The second half saw the Warrnambool side pile on the pressure and equalize then take the lead 3 goals to 2 with less than five minutes to go. With their backs to wall the girls rallied and in spectaculr fashion equalized in the last minute to take the game into extra time. After ten minutes of extra time the sides still could not be seperated and a penalty shoot out was required to split the sides.
After the required three shots the sides were locked and sudden death shots were required.
After an enthralling match Jayme Grygetic stepped up and cooly slotted home to bring the South West Games Champions trophy back to Mount Gambier for the first time.
"The girls were fantastic, we have a very young squad and they will be the basis for our Under 21 G Squad that we are putting together this summer. This is a fantastic group of girls that have dominated womens soccer for nearly a decade. They have excelled at SAPSASA, won State and Country Championships, dominated local soccer and not to mention in this group we have four State representatives. I am really looking forward to working with them".
The Round Ball under 21 G-Squad trains on Tuesday night 5.30-6.45 and Sunday mornings at Grant High School.
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