Premiership Hopes

Shore AFL’s chance at the Premiership

J. A. T. Collier

SINCE THE START OF THE SEASON, the men of the Shore AFL team have been working hard to get to the pointy end of the season. After a rocky start to the season in a trial match against Riverview, the boys have put in the effort and are positioned on top of the ladder with 2 games left to play. Shore is sitting in a good position as of now, and the next few games are crucial for the team.

To begin with, Shore are on top of the table right now, with high hopes that the premiership will be coming to Shore in 2 weeks. In competition games, with some triumphant wins against strong teams, Shore has not yet lost a match. However, with 2 games left of the season, anything could happen. After a gruelling 3 day camp throughout the holidays, where boys were put through numerous kicking and running drills to get back to match fitness, the team has high hopes for this weekend’s clash. This means for the massive game ahead of the team on Saturday, the team is hoping for another big win to consolidate their position on the ladder going into the final game. For this to happen though, many things need to fall into place.

For example, Tom Marshall needs to continue his goal scoring streak with the help of the key midfielders Alex Wyborn, Jasper Hogarth Scott and Cooper Gregory to feed the ball inside 50 to him from the centre square. Joslin Barnes needs to continue his dominant form as ruckman and all the backs such as Billy Fennessy need to play exceptionally hard to prevent any goals scored by the opposition. The boys all need to work together and get the job done because if the boys win this weekend, the premiership would have a good chance of coming home to Shore.

So as the weekend dawns upon us now, I wish all the boys in various sporting teams good luck in their matches, however a big good luck to the fine men of the Shore AFL team as they go into battle and attempt to bring back the premiership to Shore where it belongs. GO SHORE.