Coasters pumped to start campaign following promotion

April 27, 2025 BY Brian Allen

Ruby Schofield dribbles during a Surf Coast under-15 versus under-17 girls practice game. Photo: SUPPLIED

SURF Coast Football Club’s junior girls’ soccer teams are excited to get stuck into their Victorian Community Premier League (CPL) north-west season after being promoted for this year.

It’s a milestone the Coasters have been working towards for about a decade and the club is hoping for a big crowd to mark the occasion.

They will take on Bendigo City in the under-13s, 15s and 17s with all the action at Banyul Warri Reserve in Torquay on Sunday, April 27.

The under-13s start at 11.45am, the under-15s kick-off at 1.15pm and the under-17s play at 3pm.

Some of Surf Coast’s under-15 CPL girls at a beach training session. Photo: SUPPLIED

Marisa Joseph, who served on the club’s CPL planning committee, said the girls were pumped and ready to go.

“They’ve been training really hard over the summer, they’ve had a few practice matches with some other CPL teams from the other side of Melbourne,” she said.

“Bendigo are going to be a formidable opponent so we’re hoping the support will help the girls get over the line.”

Joseph said the under-15s played in the metropolitan league last year and that the CPL sits between the metro league and the top-tier National Premier Leagues.

She said having under-13s, 15s and 17s was a requirement of joining the CPL and the Coasters had trials that attracted players from the Greater Geelong region.