GULLS’ WORK REWARDED

This season has been another one of overall rising performances – and rises up the ladders – for Warragul football and netball teams.

Although there are five home and away rounds to go the Gulls are assured of having five teams in finals – the three open age senior netball teams and the two junior football sides.

And the reserves’ football team is on the verge of the “five” and by no means out of the running to play in the finals.

The progress has not been a “flash in the pan” but the fruits of a focussed plan put in place four or five years ago when the teams certainly had their struggles.

Five years ago the Gulls couldn’t field an A grade netball team.

Today it sits second on the ladder in that grade.

Both A and B grade made the finals, in fifth spot, last season.

This year C grade will join them with finishing spots likely to be much higher than 5th.

Four years ago Warragul didn’t have an Under 18 thirds football team.

Today the thirds equal ladder leaders.

And the Under 16 fourths, that had only three wins last season has lost only one game in 2019 and is at the top of its table.

Season 2015 produced a are total of just five wins among all of Warragul’s football sides.

The number reached mid-teens a year later, 22 in in 2017, 27 wins plus a draw last year (the reserves finished in 5th place) and this year with five rounds to go the four Gulls’ teams have already notched 31 victories.

Here’s hoping 2019 might see some netball and football premiership cups added to the collection in the social club.