The teenager who saved his bush footy club from oblivion – then coached them to a premiership | VinceRugari
For more than a century they’ve been the heartbeat of their little town, the glue that keeps the community together. But a few months ago, things were looking grim for the Barcaldine Sandgoannas.
From the brink of closure, he guided his hometown club to a life-affirming premiership. On Saturday, the Sandgoannas twice came from behind to beat the Blackall Magpies 14-10 in Queensland’s Central West league grand final.It’s only a five-team competition, but they came home with a wet sail, responding to a four-game losing streak by winning their last three home-and-away games to squeak into the finals. The grand final, he said, was a “grind”; the hardest game he’d ever played.
“One thing that I’m very proud of our club and our community is that it’s very inclusive – there’s 25 blokes from completely different walks of life that have just become best friends.”The warm, fuzzy feelings don’t stop there. The day after the grand final, every Sandgoannas player was “auctioned off” to winning bidders who dressed them up for their “Silly Sunday” drinks in second-hand women’s wear and other novelty items from The Shop of Opportunity, a local charity store run by volunteers.
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