Mount Gambier's Community Football Development Program, the Round Ball will take on one of the highest regarded clubs for junior development in the nation when they head to Geelong this weekend. The Round Ball will lock horns with North Geelong Warriors and will take on their under 18 squad in a testing encounter.
CEO of The Round Ball program, Scott Dickson is very excited about the trip to Geelong and the opportunity that it will provide for his squad. "Our side has been training hard all summer and is keen to be challenged. we have some very talented juniors in our program and we are looking forward to taking on the Warriors". North Geelong will take part in the newly formed Metropolitan Melbourne Under 18 competition and will be a difficult challenge for the local outfit. "We are very realistic when it comes to this fixture. North Geelong are a very strong club and have developed some of the finest players to have played the game in Australia. Four Socceroos have come from the club and it was the only Australian club to have players from the club in the squad for two National teams at the 1996 Fifa World Cup. We all know that Josip Skoko developed as a player in North Geelong and in recent years both Cameron Hart and Callum Ferguson have both left the WBSA to join North." This will be the second time that The Round Ball has travelled to Geelong to take on The Warriors and the third time that they have visited Geelong."Last time we visited North Geelong we took on an under 17 side and we got over the top of them, this time we have a much younger side and it will be harder, however, this side has played together for quite a while now and I am quietly confident that they will do well. Vinko Buljubasic will coach the Warriors on the weekend and he played for Perth Glory and was a Socceroo and if we are fortunate Josip is keen to catch up with the boys"
On Sunday The Round Ball will field a younger under 16 side to take on the Breakwater Eagles, last seasons under 15 Geelong Champions. " We hosted the Eagles a fortnight ago and did very well. We beat them both times in Mount Gambier, but at home they will be a different prospect. They are keen to have another go at our side and we look forward to taking them on on Sunday. We are keen to give several of our younger boys a run and Jake Blackwell and Sam Shoemark will feature in our under 16 side"
The Round Ball has named Alex Bissell as captain of the under 18 side and Alex Sims to captain the under 16's.
