AROUND fifty-five footballers and thirty netballers hit Haddon Recreation Reserve last weekend for Woady Yaloak Football Netball Club\u2019s first junior \u2018try out\u2019 day.<\/p>\n
Assessing those keen to join the club in the Under 9 sides of the Ballarat Football League\u2019s 2020 season, the Woady Warriors got children engaged in kicking, marking, agility tests, netball drills and more.<\/p>\n
Steve Sheehan\u2019s seven-year-old son, Billy tried out for the football team. Mr Sheehan said it\u2019s an exciting time, supporting a group that\u2019s \u201cstarting at zero.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a whole new entity. We\u2019re getting on board early, watching it flourish, build and grow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see a lot of the same faces from athletics or Auskick, and already there\u2019s new faces. This is a good opportunity for them to start becoming involved in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will keep the kids active and a lot of them will make new friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woady Warriors president, Adam Liversage said attendee numbers exceeded the club\u2019s expectations on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt holds us in good stead to get our numbers up and I\u2019m quite comfortable we\u2019ll get our teams in the Under 9s this year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019re going to get really good NetSetGo numbers this year as well, which will hold us in good stead to get an Under 11s netball team into the BFNL next year as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Woady Warriors are a brand-new club, approved to play in the BFL\u2019s Western Bulldogs Under 9 Friday comp late last year. They will absorb players and families from the north of Golden Plains Shire and Ballarat\u2019s far west.<\/p>\n
Thirteen sponsors are on board including Avalon Nursery and Prestige Denture Clinic. Eleven of those financial supporters are based in the area local to Haddon Recreation Reserve.<\/p>\n