\u201cThey\u2019re a happy team at Gordon\u201d, and they have every right to be.<\/p>\n
The Senior football side were victorious last Saturday, winning the Central Highlands Football League (CHFL) Grand Final, against neighbour and friendly rival, Springbank.<\/p>\n
The 2023 premiership saw Gordon go back-to-back Premiers after a d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu classy performance against the Tigers.<\/p>\n
Twenty-eight year-old playing coach Adam Toohey and his team of Eagles led the charge from the first bounce.<\/p>\n
He said in the rooms after the match he was so proud, not just of the group, but the whole football club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis green and gold runs so deep. It\u2019s about every single person in the club that has a connection and been on this journey. It is just so special,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we are about the eighth team to go back-to-back; such an effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Toohey said he remembers when he was a little boy and he couldn\u2019t wait for that one day to make it to a Grand Final, and get that opportunity to actually win a premiership.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only do I thank the 22 that played today, but we had 37 who played senior football this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would not be in this situation if we didn\u2019t have the 37 that contributed throughout the entire season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Final score – Gordon 13.13 91 def Springbank 5.4 34 <\/p>\n
The Springbank club were not disgraced, with around 100 members playing in football and netball grand finals on the day.<\/p>\n
The yellow and black claimed premiership wins in the Under 18 and Reserves football and 15&Under netball.<\/p>\n
Springbank also claimed the minor premiership title, finishing on top of the CHFL ladder at the end of the 2023 home and away season, by percentage from Gordon in second place.<\/p>\n
A decade of being president of the GFNC, Peter Clifford said he believed the game was won from the first bounce.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur pressure from all over ground from the whole team, the Tigers never got a spare second,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt all the boys were quietly confident and our captain of the Under 18 side, Dylan Anderson, experienced and played in his first premiership at senior level.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd let\u2019s not forget our netballers,\u201d Mr Clifford said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSally Eastwood has been playing at the club since she was eight years old and I think the girls had more tears than excitement, after the inaugural D Grade team claimed their first flag.\u201d<\/p>\n
Final score – Gordon (31) def Rokewood (18). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThey\u2019re a happy team at Gordon\u201d, and they have every right to be. The Senior football side were victorious last Saturday, winning the Central Highlands Football League (CHFL) Grand Final, against neighbour and friendly rival, Springbank. The 2023 premiership saw Gordon go back-to-back Premiers after a d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu classy performance against the Tigers. Twenty-eight year-old […]<\/p>\n