Easterns Local Football Association announces league winners
Out of the 14 junior sides in the club, there were a number of teams that made it into the top three spots, but the u-10s were the only team to go on to win their league.
Springs Old Boys u-10 division three team won the league for the 2018 season.
The team was crowned at the Easterns Local Football Association’s annual League Winners Presentation at Olympia Football Club in Bedfordview on Saturday.
Out of the 14 junior sides in the club, there were a number of teams that made it into the top three spots, but the u-10s were the only team to go on to win their league.
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At the beginning of the 2016 season, the three associations (Easterns, Northerns and Southerns) decided to join forces in order to give the players more exposure to playing against teams outside their areas.
This has led to each league comprising up to 11 different teams, with 20 games being played from April to October.
During the 2018 season, this u-10 side only lost two games and ended up with an impressive tally of 130 goals scored in the season.
The team is coached by two young men who are junior league players themselves.
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Ntsika Hlongwane and Jarred Ackermann (both 17) have coached the side for the past two seasons. Their passion and commitment to the game – and the players – is evident both at practice sessions and on the side of the field at games.
They have been undeterred by their age and have become proud ambassadors of the Pollak Park club.
The coaches, players and supporters are taking a well-deserved break at the moment but are looking forward to the new challenges the season will hold when it resumes in March/April next year.
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