THE REGION’S best Oztag juniors have combined to take on Australia’s finest in Coffs Harbour.
Mid North Coast Mariners teams took on teams from across Australia at this year’s Australian Junior Championships, at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium and Coffs Coast Sport and Leisure Park precinct.
Mariners teams competed in five girls divisions and four boys divisions, as teams from across Australia played off for national championships.
The Mariners 14s Girls team were the best performing of the Mid North Coast teams, winning two games including a 4-1 victory against the Sydney Warriors, and a 3-2 win against Marlins.
The team’s manager Shelley Sprague said it was a great effort from the girls against tough opposition.
“We were one win away from making the quarter finals, and in the two wins they really gelled as a team and played with a lot of depth and width and defensively they turned up,” she said.
“It’s hard because the teams we play have so much depth and not many weaknesses.”
It was the third straight year the Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie associations had combined to play as the Mariners.
This year’s championships saw over 220 teams and more than 3500 players compete for national titles.
Standout players at the National Championships also had the chance to earn selection to the Under 16s and Under 18s Australian Tagaroos squads that will take on the world at the International Tag Federation Tag World Cup in Coffs Harbour next October.
Coffs Harbour will now host the Australian Senior Championships on 7-9 November.
By Aiden BURGESS
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