SA Country would like to thank all of the participating players, coaches, managers, referees and score bench officials for their support of the U14 & U18 Junior Country Championships held in Adelaide on 7th, 8th and 9th March 2015.

In particular, we would be lost without the efforts of Beth Serle, Sharon Venn, Graham Catto, Bert & Suzanne Bargeus, John Spooner and Jen Dorrell 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 Jen Dorrell 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 Forrestville, 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.

16 Divisions of competition saw the following;

• 15 Associations won Championships with Port Lincoln being the only Association to win 2
• A further 6 Associations played in Grand Finals
• 24 Associations nominated teams
• 108 teams competed

Congratulations to Elyscia Mackiewicz (Broken Hill) and Emily Close (Mount Gambier) on being awarded the Trisha Flett Memorial Trophy for MVP in the U14 Girls Division 1 competition.

An update is included below on the John Spooner trophy, with a winner to be confirmed following the under 12 and 16 Championships in 2 weeks. The John Spooner trophy is awarded to the Association with the most Division 1 minor round wins in the Junior Country Championships each year. The top 10 Associations and their number of wins follows:

Rank	Association	# wins
1	Mount Gambier	15
2	Great Southern	9
3	Eastern Hills	8
4	Yorke Valley	7
5	Murray Bridge	5
5	Millicent	5
5	Strathalbyn	5
5	Naracoorte	5
9	Port Pirie	4
10	Riverland	3
10	Broken Hill	3

 

Congratulations to the following teams and individuals:

Comp	Winning team	score		Runner up	score
U14B1	Mildura	39	defeated	Naracoorte	37
U14B2	Riverland	42	defeated	Roxby Downs	23
U13B3	Adelaide Plains	50	defeated	Willunga	46
U14B4	Great Southern	39	defeated	Southern Yorke Peninsula	38
U14B5	Yorke Valley	33	defeated	Eastern Hills	27
U14G1	Broken Hill	45	defeated	Mildura	34
Trisha Flett Memorial Trophy (U14G1 MVP)		Elyscia Mackiewicz (Broken Hill) Emily Close (Mount Gambier)
U14G2	Whyalla	56	defeated	Willunga	22
U14G3	Port Lincoln	45	defeated	Port Pirie	35
U14G4	Southern Yorke Peninsula	41	defeated	Naracoorte	17
U18B1	Mount Gambier	44	defeated	Eastern Hills	33
U18B2	Millicent	63	defeated	Riverland	30
U18B3	Port Lincoln	50	defeated	Mount Gambier	38
U18B4	Jamestown	51	defeated	Strathalbyn	31
U18G1	Murray Bridge	43	defeated	Mount Gambier	41
U18G2	Port Pirie	41	defeated	Port Augusta	31
U18G3	Port Lincoln	43	defeated	Southern Yorke Peninsual	25

Stuart Macdonald
Executive Officer