ENDURING North Bendigo soccer club Golden City FC is marking its half century since foundation this year, but has so far struggled to properly celebrate the milestone.<\/p>\n
Along with Strathdale, South Bendigo (now known as Spring Gully) and Bendigo Institute of Technology, the team affectionately known City is an inaugural member of the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League established 1971,<\/p>\n
Seniors player Sean Tomlinson has been at City for nearly two decades and said like many other leagues, the local comp\u2019s season is in disarray with no real certainty in terms of what happens for the remainder.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately we don\u2019t have a crystal ball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a few months, it might be a bit different with these vaccination targets, and there will maybe be a little bit more clarity in terms of lockdowns.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome senior teams have gotten around two thirds of the way through the season and other teams only really half. Juniors are probably similar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s going to have to be a chat about how they shorten the rest of the year or what else they plan to do – they could decide to pretty much just jump straight into the finals after lockdown, or shorten the finals format.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tomlinson also has his fingers crossed that the jewel in the crown of this year\u2019s landmark club celebrations – the 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner – will still go ahead on 23 October, after one postponement so far and plenty of jittery former members reluctant to make firm plans to attend.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been hard to get the interest that you normally would, especially from people coming from Melbourne or interstate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’ve been pretty apprehensive about booking because they don’t know what restrictions will be in place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully it can happen. I’d like to think that if it was called off once more we\u2019ll try and reschedule again. I think it’s so important to be able to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Currently, Golden City Football Club has more than 200 members playing across 16 teams in senior, women\u2019s and junior competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ENDURING North Bendigo soccer club Golden City FC is marking its half century since foundation this year, but has so far struggled to properly celebrate the milestone. Along with Strathdale, South Bendigo (now known as Spring Gully) and Bendigo Institute of Technology, the team affectionately known City is an inaugural member of the Bendigo Amateur […]<\/p>\n