16^th March, 2017

 

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 U14 & U18 Junior Country Championships held in Adelaide on 11^th – 13^th March, 2017.

 

In particular, we would be lost without the efforts of Beth Serle, Sharon Venn, Graham Catto 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;

• 11 Associations won Championships with Mount Gambier (4), Barossa (2), Whyalla (2), Light (2)
• A further 14 Associations played in Grand Finals
• 25 Associations nominated teams
• 114 teams competed

 

Congratulations to Alyssa Duncan from Mount Gambier and Shelbie Lee Sutcliffe from Barossa Valley 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 this weekend. 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 follow:

 

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

 

Congratulations to the following teams and individuals:

 

Competition	Winning team	score		Runner-up team	score
U14 Div 1 Boys	Mount Gambier	41	defeated	Mildura	40
U14 Div 2 Boys	Barossa Valley	39	defeated	Riverland	35
U14 Div 3 Boys	Riverland	44	defeated	Port Lincoln	36
U14 Div 4 Boys	Adelaide Plains	35	defeated	Murray Bridge	19
U14 Div 5 Boys	Kangaroo Island	46	defeated	Keith	38
U14 Div 1 Girls	Whyalla	39	defeated	Millicent	37
Trisha Flett Memorial Trophy (U14 Div 1 Girls MVP)			Alyssa Duncan (Mount Gambier) Shelbie Lee Sutcliffe (Barossa Valley)
U14 Div 2 Girls	Bordertown	29	defeated	Naracoorte	22
U14 Div 3 Girls	Mount Gambier	29	defeated	Port Lincoln	28
U14 Div 4 Girls	Light	38	defeated	Southern YP	25
U14 Div 5 Girls	Eastern Hills	25	defeated	Millicent	10
U18 Div 1 Men	Mildura	71	defeated	Naracoorte	60
U18 Div 2 Men	Whyalla	48	defeated	Yorke Valley	43
U18 Div 3 Men	Mount Gambier	50	defeated	Bordertown	37
U18 Div 4 Boys	Light	53	defeated	Jamestown	50
U18 Div 1 Girls	Mount Gambier	47	defeated	Yorke Valley	30
U18 Div 2 Girls	Barossa Valley	39	defeated	Whyalla	32
U18 Div 3 Girls	Southern YP	39	defeated	Riverland	32