2017 Junior Country Championships

 

SA Country would like to thank all of the participating players, coaches, managers, referees and score bench officials for their support of the U12 & U16 Junior Country Championships held in Adelaide on 25^th – 26^th March, 2017.

In particular, we would be lost without the efforts of Beth Serle, Sharon Venn, Graham Catto, John Spooner, Cheryl Bennett and Elyse Hicks who managed venues for the weekend as well as the assistance provided to them by a great number of volunteers throughout the weekend.

The work in preparation for the weekend takes several weeks and Beth Serle, Sharon Venn and Elyse Hicks are thanked and congratulated on their outstanding work in all areas.

We would also like to acknowledge the support of our sponsors; City Holden, Sports Centre and Spalding. Their support allows us to keep nomination fees to a minimum and improves the quality of the event.

Thank you also to Forestville, Sturt and Southern Tigers clubs for their support through provision of canteen and barbecue facilities at the venues and to Sports Medicine Australia for the Sports Trainers.

Lastly, most importantly, thank you to the Associations and all families for their support of the event.

17 Divisions of competition saw the following;

• 12 Associations won Championships with Adelaide Plains (2), Mount Gambier (2), Mildura (2), Riverland (2)
• A further 18 Associations played in Grand Finals
• 24 Associations nominated teams
• 125 teams competed

Congratulations to Portia Size (Riverland), Isabella Duval (Strathalbyn) and Madi Haggett (Millicent) on being awarded the Sally-Jane Allen Memorial Trophy for MVP in the U16 Girls Division 1 competition.

Information on scores and trophies are below.  

Congratulations to Mount Gambier on winning the John Spooner trophy for most wins in the Division 1 minor round competition. The table below shows the top 10 Associations;

Rank	Association	Number of wins
1	Mount Gambier	20
2	Riverland	12
3	Great Southern	11
4	Yorke Valley	10
5	Port Augusta	9
5	Whyalla	9
7	Strathalbyn	8
8	Eastern Hills	7
9	Naracoorte	6
10	Murray Bridge	5

 

Congratulations to the following teams and individuals:

Competition	Winning team	score		Runner-up team	score
U12 Boys Div1	Great Southern	44	Versus	Port Augusta	23
U12 Boys Div2	Port Pirie	43	Versus	Barossa Valley	33
U12 Boys Div3	Light	48	Versus	Willunga & Districts	25
U12 Boys Div4	Port Lincoln	66	Versus	Broken Hill	38
U12 Boys Div5	Mount Gambier	26	Versus	Roxby Downs	24
U12 Girls Div1	Riverland	44	Versus	Port Augusta	29
U12 Girls Div3	Bordertown	34	Versus	Port Lincoln	20
U12 Girls Div4	Keith	36	Versus	Adelaide Plains	18
U16 Boys Div1	Mildura	60	Versus	Mount Gambier	39
U16 Boys Div2	Mildura 2	42	Versus	Bordertown	39
U16 Boys Div3	Mount Gambier	30	Versus	Port Augusta	29
U16 Boys Div4	Adelaide Plains	49	Versus	Eastern Hills	21
U16 Girls Div1	Riverland	50	Versus	Mount Gambier	48
Sally-Jane Allen Memorial Trophy (U16 Girls Div 1 MVP)			Portia Size (Riverland) Isabella Duval (Strathalbyn) Madi Haggett (Millicent)
U16 Girls Div2	Whyalla	51	Versus	Port Augusta	49
U16 Girls Div3	Naracoorte	44	Versus	Mount Gambier	22
U16 Girls Div4	Adelaide Plains	49	Versus	Riverland	15
U16 Girls Div5	Keith	33	Versus	Naracoorte	30

 

Stuart Macdonald

Executive Officer