THE MBCM Northern Country Women’s League (NCWL) Youth Girls Football Competition celebrated its 10th Anniversary last year at a gala function held last Friday Night. The final ‘Team of the Decade’ was announced on the night. The team is as follows:
FULL BACK – Millie Brown (Mooroopna), Eloise Ashley Cooper (Finley), Amy Duguid (Shepparton Notre) – HALF BACK – Tamara Smith (Mooroopna), Georgia Gall (Euroa/Seymour), Kate Adams (Shepparton United)
CENTRE – Keeley Skepper (Benalla/Shepparton United), Rebecca Webster (Mooroopna), Aurora Smith (Euroa/Shepparton United)
HALF FWD – Madison Gray (Benalla/Shepp United), Molly Tancred (Shepparton Notre/Mooroopna), Olivia Cicolini (Finley/Shepp United)
FULL FORWARD – Kiara Cooper (Echuca), Abby Favaro (Shepparton Notre), Sophie Locke (Euroa/Seymour)
FOLLOWERS – Tali Verhoeven (Northern Angels/Shepparton Notre), Grace Egan (Shepparton Notre), Reni Hicks (Kyabram)
INTERCHANGE – Tayissa Gray (Benalla/Shepparton Swans), Shaleah Cooper (Moama), Jayda Richardson (Tatura/Moama), Alexandra Mulcahy (Kyabram/Mooroopna), Sophie Damon (Shepp Notre), Teagan Brett (Shepp Notre).
Region manager Quentin Thomson said, “We are thrilled to have announced the final team on Friday night. We were also pleased to announce Rebecca Webster as our Captain and Dean Walton as our Coach of the Decade.”
Dean, a former Shepparton United youth girls coach, brings extensive experience and a passion for growing female football participation.
Chyloe Kurdas, in a remarkable keynote, detailed her role in launching the competition in 2012 as AFL’s female football development manager. She also announced the naming of the Youth Girls Best and Fairest Medal. This medal will now be known as the “Britt Tancred Medal” in honour of Britt’s significant contributions.
The League welcomed four new teams from three clubs, marking continued growth in female football participation. As a result, the League was renamed AFL Goulburn Murray Women’s & Girls to better represent the expanded competition. A new logo will be unveiled before the season starts on April 7, 2024.
