The 'Still Roofing' Under 14 Mackay representative side have returned from the 2015 North Queensland Academy Championships with six players named in the initial Central Queensland squad.
Jack Alexandrou, Mitch Healey, Jake Kennedy, Blake Jones, Adam Fedor and Lachlan Matthews have been named in the initial Central Queensland side after very high consistent campaigns for the Mackay side. Three of the six selected hail from the Whitsunday Sea Eagles with Alexandrou and Jones both North Mackay players and Matthews Mackay City Hawks.
AFL Queensland Regional Manager Jeff Neumann said he was delighted with six players selected in the Central Queensland squad.
"To have three players from the (Whitsunday) Sea Eagles is credit to the way that particular football clubs go about their player development,' Neumann said.
"Six in total is a great result and with the State Academy Championships not until September a few more Mackay players could get the call up," Regional Manager Jeff Neumann added.
Adding to the six players, Coach Gary Downes will coach the Central Queensland side with Regional Manager Neumann joining Downes for the September State Championships.
"Gary is a fantastic coach and the boys just love him, he is enthusiastic and one of the region’s best junior coaches," Neumann said of appointed CQ coach Gary Downes.
Prior to the championships, Whitsunday Sea Eagle Max Cornish and Blake Jones were named Co-Captains of the 2015 team.
Mackay were caught napping in their opening game of the Championships, going down to Townsville but regained momentum with a nail-biting 6-point win over Capricornia. Unfortunately Mackay were unable to match it with eventual winners Cairns in game 3 and then went down by a slender 2-point margin to Cape York in the final game of the Championships.
Game by Game Results
GAME ONE
Mackay 1.3 (9) def.by Townsville 8.7 (55)
Best: Fedor, Jones, Matthews, Cornish, Alexandrou
Goal kickers: Fedor1
GAME TWO
Mackay 4.5 (29) def. Capricornia 3.5 (23)
Best: Fedor, Alexandrou, Healey, Murphy, Jones
Goal kickers: Cornish 1, Fedor 1, Hall 1, Jones 1
GAME THREE
Mackay 1.0 (6) def.by Cairns 15.12 (102)
Best: Jones, Fedor, Healey, Murphy, Alexandrou
Goal kickers: Fedor 1
GAME FOUR
Mackay 4.3 (27) def.by Cape York 4.5 (29)
Best: Alexandrou, Tass, Healey, Fedor, Jones
Goal kickers: Fedor 1, Hughes 1, Jones 1, Merkel 1
PHOTO BY Hayley Kennedy
Last Modified on 29/06/2015 10:54