Kedron State High and St.Ursula’s from Toowomba have won this year’s grand finals in the Brisbane Lions Cup secondary schools girls’ competition.
Friday, 26 August, 2011
Kedron State High and St.Ursula’s from Toowomba have won this year’s grand finals in the Brisbane Lions Cup secondary schools girls’ competition.
Kedron comfortably won the junior premiership for years 8-9, while St.Ursulas just scraped home to claim the senior pennant for years 10-11-12.
This is the 15-a-side competition for girls across south-east Queensland.
Teams win their way through regional stages, then through pool finals, and eventually into the grand finals, which were held yesterday at Yeronga.
Josh Drummond, Brisbane Lions’ Female Football Ambassador, was on hand to watch both games and present medallions and trophies to both teams. He is pictured here with the winning Kedron SHS team.
Kedron, coached by Ross Clayfield, beat Park Ridge State High, coached by Julie McCarthy, 4.10.34 to 3.1.19, with Kedron’s Naszat Guartevo judged best afield.
In a lightning start, Park Ridge, the reigning premiers, kicked a goal within the first few minutes.
And it looked as if the girls who played in the U15 club premiership team last weekend were on track for a second premiership within a week.
But Kedron responded with three late first quarter goals, and took control from that point on.
Two late goals to Park Ridge in the last quarter were not enough to stop Kedron SHS from running winning the junior premiership for the first time.
In the senior grand final, St Ursula’s College, coached by former QAFL senior field umpire Wayne Waltisbuhl, beat the Sunshine Coast’s Mountain Creek SHS, coached by Peter Bock, 3.2.20 to 2.6.18.
St.Ursula’s Kayla Rogers was named best afield.
It was déjà-vu as the Mountain Creek girls attempted to repeat their 2010 grand final win over their Toowoomba counterparts.
Chasing a third consecutive flag, St.Ursula’s were held scoreless in the first quarter as the Creekers dominated possession but failed to take significant advantage, recording four behinds in quick succession.
The girls from the Darling Downs lifted in the second quarter, and from then on it was one of the most exciting and fiercely-fought matches Yeronga has seen in school football this season.
With scores locked at 3-0 to 2-6 three minutes from full-time, it looked like the grand final would go into extra time.
But St Ursula’s, led by Rogers, managed to get the ball into their forward line and score two important behinds to claim the premiership.
