Balgownie Junior Football Club

🥅⚽🥅- Grand Final Update 2: Balgownie U12.1 Girls then Balgownie U14.2 Girls both win their Grand Finals this afternoon, and are crowned Champions!!

-> 4. U16.1 last night: Balgownie 1 - 🏅Unanderra 3.
-> 5. U12.1 Girls: 🏅Balgownie 2 - Shellharbour 0.
-> 6. U14.2 Girls: 🏅Balgownie 2 - Berkeley 0.

-> A special 'Get Well Soon' on behalf of all the Balgownie U14.2 Girls Players, Coaches, Managers, Parents, and Supporters to the U14.2 Girls Berkeley Goalkeeper who was injured in a goal mouth collision during the second half this afternoon.👏🚑👏

-> All three of our Teams and their scoreboards featured in the photos associated with this post.

🥅⚽🥅- Grand Final Weekend Update: 2 of 3 x Balgownie Teams take out their Grand Finals and crowned Champions!!

-> 1. U12.5: Balgownie 0 - 🏅Albion Park 3.
-> 2. U13.1: 🏅Balgownie 5 - Highlands 1.
-> 3. U14.2: 🏅Balgownie 1 - South Coast United 0.

-> All three Teams and their scoreboards featured in the photos associated with this post.

-> 3 more Grand Finals left for Balgownie Teams with U16.1 next up shortly at 7pm, then our 2 x Girls Teams tomorrow.

🥅⚽🥅- 1 more sleep to Grand Final Weekend! The full line up and schedule for the Balgownie Teams featuring in Grand Finals includes:

-> Saturday Schedule:
1. U12.5 Balgownie v Albion Park at 8:30am
2. U13.1 Balgownie v Highlands at 11am
3. U14.2 Balgownie v South Coast United at 1pm
4. U16.1 Balgownie v Unanderra at 7pm

-> Sunday Schedule
5. U14.2 Girls Balgownie v Berkeley at 12:30pm
6. U12.1 Girls Balgownie v Shellharbour at 1pm

-> Thank you also to Unanderra Hearts Football Club for hosting Grand Final weekend in what will be a massive weekend for their Club, Committee, Parents and Helpers.

🥅⚽🥅- U12.1 Girls Grand Final: Balgownie v Shellharbour. 1pm on Sunday at Unanderra.

-> Our U12.1 Girls team were started as a new U9 Black all girls team in 2023, and now with three years of great support from Coach Ross Ryan and Manager Peter Bernardi, have developed into being a really strong team and a great demonstration of how the Matildas effect of recent years has helped develop the girls / female program at Balgownie and at all Clubs across the Football South Coast Association in terms of increased participation, more and more talent emerging, and a clear development and high level skill being shown from more and more girls / female Teams.

-> Our U12.1 Girls team is pictured here after winning their Semi Final against Shellharbour 2-0 at Judy Masters 10 days ago, which earned them last weekend off and a spot in this weekend's Grand Final. Shellharbour played and won their Final on the weekend to book their own spot in the Grand Final which means it will be a great rematch of the top 2 teams in the U12.1 Girls Competition this year.

-> Good luck to Balgownie and Shellharbour U12.1 Girls, they are both skillful and strong Teams, and this Grand Final is one to head to Unanderra on Sunday afternoon to watch and enjoy two high quality U12 girls teams in action.

-> Also in the photos is the Team when they were happily surprised to be presented with their Minor Premiers plaque and League Champions medal to help celebrate their Semi Final win.

🥅⚽🥅- U12.5 Semi Final: Balgownie 5 - Unanderra 4 in a nine goal thriller. Well done to both Teams in a cracking start to the Semi Final action at Judy Masters on Saturday morning.

-> Unanderra started strongly and led 2-0 early, Balgownie go on a roll to take a 4-2 lead, then Unanderra battled back to make it 4-4, before a last minute winner from Balgownie won it for our U12.5 team to secure a place in next weekend's U12.5 Grand Final.

-> Well done to all of our U12.5 Players, Coach Toby Flynn and Managers Erin Fletcher and Christine Flynn, Parents and Supporters. The Team was also thrilled to be presented with their U12.5 Minor Premier medals and plaque as per pictures associated with this post.

🥅⚽🥅- A big weekend of important Finals is here. Good luck to our 11 Teams who are playing this weekend and chasing a spot in next weeks Grand Finals. Pictured with this post:

-> U15.2 Girls who won their Semi Final last weekend and proceed now to play a Final against Albion Park on Sunday.
-> U14.1 Girls who won their Semi Final and now are preparing for a Final against Woonona on Sunday morning.
-> U12.3 who scored of a header from a corner kick in the last play of the game to win and proceed to now play a Final against Bulli tomorrow morning.
-> U13.2 all smiles after a tough Semi Final win against Berkeley and now head to Kiama to play Coniston in a Final tomorrow morning.

🥅⚽🥅- Congratulations to Chelsea Eastwood from our U13.1 Mixed Team for her selection into the Football NSW Regional Under 14 Girls squad!

👏👏👏- A big shout out and congratulations to Chelsea Eastwood who has been selected into the Football NSW Regional Under 14 Girls Squad to play in the Football Victoria ID Cup / State of Origin Tournament in late September and into early October in Melbourne. The tournament acts as a key talent identification phase heading into major national events like the Emerging Matildas Championships.

-> A great achievement for Chelsea pictured here before the U13.1 mixed Major Semi Final at Judy Masters on Saturday which her team won 2-0 to secure a spot in the U13 Division 1 Football South Coast Grand Final in 10 days time. Chelsea is the oldest female player at Balgownie in a Mixed Team.

-> Well done and good luck Chelsea.

🥅⚽🥅 - A massive weekend of action starts tonight with Balgownie U13.2 Girls our first semi finals team in action.

-> Good luck to our U13.2 Girls Team who kick off their Semi Final at 7:45pm tonight away at Kiama.

-> We are hosting a full schedule of Semi Finals on Saturday and Sunday at Judy Masters, and our Teams are also involved in Semi Finals at Away grounds, so please check the Finals Schedule associated with this post to see our Semi Final Teams kick off times and locations. They would all appreciate extra support from other Players, Teams, Families.

-> Also good luck to our U6 to U11 Mini Roos who will be out in force tomorrow for the final time for the 2026 Season. Pictured here with this post are some thrilled Teams of our youngest players who got to play on Judy Masters Ground 1 for the first time last weekend.

🥅⚽🥅 - 15 Balgownie Teams secure their spots for Finals Football! Congratulations to the following 15 Teams their Coaches, Managers and Players who have qualified for the U12 to U18 Junior Competition Finals: 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

1) U12.1 Girls - 1st.
Coach Ross Ryan, Manager Peter Bernardi.
2) U12.1 - 2nd (by 0.1 on a very tight countback):
Coaches Dale Masters, Gary Masters and Manager Fiona Masters.
3) U12.3 - 3rd.
Coaches Antony Pantalone, Peter Lozenkovski and Manager Stuart Johnstone.
4) U12.5 - 1st.
Coach Toby Flynn, Christine Flynn and Manager Erin Fletcher.
5) U13.1 - 1st.
Coaches Oscar Moreira, Aaron Anderson and Manager Nikki Curthoys.
6) U13.2 Girls - 2nd.
Coach Jay Hurry and Manager Jimmy Kim.
7) U13.2 - 3rd.
Coaches Chris De Santis and Michael Perre.
8) U14.1 Girls - 3rd.
Coaches Dale Masters, Gary Masters, Joel Quin and Managers Fiona Masters and Amy Lynam.
9) U14.2 Girls - 2nd.
Coach Leslie Molenmaker and Manager Jemma Geale.
10) U14.2 - 1st.
Coach Jason Saladino, Chris Galvani and Manager Kim Stevenson.
11) U15.1 - 2nd.
Coaches Gavin O'Brien, Corey Hayman and Manager Megan Melfi.
12) U15.2 Girls - 4th.
Coach Graeme Mcluskey and Manager Jemma Lawson.
13) U16.1 Girls - 3rd.
Coach Jamiee Ryan and Manager Shahne Hocking.
14) U16.1 - 1st.
Coaches Victor Costabile, Michael Sacco and Manager Aaron Sheldrick.
15) U17.1 - 3rd.
Coaches Peter Naumovski and Shaun Boyle.

-> As you can see each of these teams finished in the Top 4 of their respective Competitions after the Junior Competition home and away season finished on the weekend. An amazing result and reward for significant effort for each individual Team, their Players, Coaches, Managers, Parents and Supporters. Congratulations to all involved.

🥅⚽🥅- 5 x Balgownie Teams finish as League Champions!
Congratulations to the following 5 Teams who have finished 1st after the regular home and away season finished yesterday. 👏👏👏👏👏
- U12.1 Girls
- U12.5
- U13.1
- U14.2
- U16.1

-> The additional photos associated with this post show Balgownie at the top of Tables for each of these competitions.

-> Standby for the next post which will showcase all 15 of our U12 to U18 Junior Competition Teams that have qualified for the Semi Finals which kick off next week.