On Saturday, 30 August the Grenfell Soccer Club’s mighty under 14’s squad travelled to Young to take on the strong side from Young in the grand final match.
Despite far from ideal conditions, the weather being cold and miserable, Grenfell were able to claim a 1-nil victory over the home side to bring the championship ttophy back to Grenfell.
A nervous but excited Grenfell team was eager to get out on the field and show the massive crowd that had shown up to cheer them on just how far they had come and bring a championship back home.
The game kicked off and Grenfell started strong with Penny Hughes, Jessie Pollock and Chloe Petty moving the ball around well in the mid field.
Josh Freebody and Angus Whiley, up front and hungry for the ball, were creating chance after chance at the goals and it seemed only a matter of time till they would take the lead.
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The enthusiasm from the bench was great, with their coach pacing up and down the side line voicing his encouragement.
After a beautiful pass from Darcy Griffin to Penny was sent through to Josh, he slotted it past the keeper to bring the score up to 1-0.
With that goal the Grenfell players lifted, with Max Taylor and Tom Kilby on the wings running non stop attacking and defending.
As the team starting to get tired from the strong efforts on the field, super subs Ava Baker and Erika Gavin came on and started strong pushing hard until half time.
The second half started a little slower, although Young really piled on the pressure with Jake Cartman and Paddy Radnedge defending like their lives depended on it.
With the team in defensive mode and really starting to get tired, Riley Dennis stepped up and put on a performance that’s the stuff of legends.
When the whistle blew for full time, the Grenfell crowd went berserk and the players began their celebrations for winning the premiership match.
