Thunder DrillDance Echuca

⚡ NATIONALS PHOTO DUMP ⚡

Because one post was never going to cover this weekend! 😂🖤🩵

Marching, nerves, laughs, teamwork, celebrations, questionable decisions and memories we’ll be talking about for a LONG time.

Gold Coast Nationals 2026 — you were one hell of a ride! ⚡

⚡️💙 AUSTRALIAN DRILLDANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 — THAT’S A WRAP! 💙⚡️

Where do we even start?

What a weekend. What a journey. And what an incredibly proud couple of coaches we are.

Saturday saw two Thunder teams take to the floor in Technical Drill, proudly representing our little club from Echuca on the biggest stage in Australian DrillDance.

Then Sunday our Masters stepped onto the floor for Display and finished an incredible 5th IN AUSTRALIA! 🇦🇺

But as coaches, this weekend was about so much more than a placing.

We watched our teams walk onto those floors with courage, determination and pride. We watched them trust each other, back each other and give everything they had.

Were the performances perfect? Probably not.

Were they performed with heart?

Every. Bloody. Count. 💙

The standard of DrillDance across the weekend was absolutely spectacular. To sit back and watch so many incredible teams from around Australia perform at that level was something special. Congratulations to every competitor, coach and club who made Nationals what it was.

To our coaches, coordinator and support crew — thank you. There are so many hours, conversations, lists, messages, laughs, stresses and jobs that happen behind the scenes to get a team onto that floor. We couldn’t have done it without you.

To our families, friends and supporters — thank you for being Thunder’s biggest cheer squad. Whether you were sitting in the stands, helping behind the scenes or cheering us on from home, we felt every bit of it.

And to our wonderful sponsors — thank you for believing in our little club and helping us get all the way from Echuca to the Gold Coast. We are genuinely grateful for every bit of support we received.

And then there was everything that happened OFF the competition floor… 😂

✈️ Plane rides
🎢 The Slingshot
🥃 The tequila shots
😂 More laughs than we could possibly count
🔦 And an escape room that proved working as a team on a DrillDance floor and working as a team while stumbling around in PITCH BLACKNESS are apparently two very different skill sets!

Somewhere amongst all of that, memories were made that will last a lifetime.

As coaches, we ask a lot of our teams. We push. We correct. We change things. We ask for one more time when everyone knows damn well it won’t be one more time. 😂

But this weekend we got to stand back and simply be proud.

Proud of how far you’ve come.

Proud of how you represented Thunder.

Proud of how you represented Victoria.

And most importantly, proud of the way you represented each other.

We started this little club with an idea and absolutely no clue where it might take us.

Turns out…

It takes you all the way to Nationals. 💙⚡️

Gold Coast 2026, thank you for the performances, the friendships, the laughter and the memories.

From two very proud coaches, thank you Thunder.

Now rest those feet, recover those bodies and maybe swear off tequila for at least a few days… 😂

Because apparently we’re doing it all again.

🇦🇺⚡️ ADELAIDE 2027 — SEE YOU THERE! ⚡️🇦🇺

Angela & Lynne 💙🖤🤍

P.S … stay tuned for the photo dump !!!

✈️💙 WE’RE OFF TO NATIONALS! 💙✈️

The Thunder DrillDance Team is officially BOARDING THE FLIGHT and heading to the Gold Coast for the National Championships! 🏆🔥

The bags are packed, the uniforms are ready, the nerves are kicking in… and now it’s time to BRING THE THUNDER! ⚡️

We’ve worked hard. We’ve trained hard. We’ve dreamed about this moment. Now it’s time to hit that floor and show Australia what THUNDER is made of! 💪✨

🌩️ LET’S GO THUNDER! 🌩️
🏆 Gold Coast, we’re coming for you!
💙🤍 BRING THE THUNDER! ⚡️

⚡️ FOUR. MORE. SLEEPS. ⚡️

At this point, we’re not sure whether we’re more excited, nervous… or just completely delirious from counting 🤣🤣

But here we are — 4 sleeps until NATIONALS! 🩵🖤🤍

We’ve trained.
We’ve drilled.
We’ve sweated.
We’ve laughed until we cried.
We’ve occasionally wanted to cry without the laughing. 😂
We’ve changed counts approximately 658 times.
We’ve pointed toes, fixed angles, swung back arms, flattened feet and heard “AGAIN!” more times than any reasonable human should. 🤦‍♀️😂

And somehow, through all the chaos, we’ve become one hell of a team.

Thunder has never been about taking ourselves too seriously — but we take what we do seriously.

Behind all the laughs, inappropriate comments, eye rolls, questionable dance moves and absolute carry-on is a group of women who have worked bloody hard to get here. 💪

Now there’s nothing left to do but pack the uniforms, find the hairspray, get ourselves to the Gold Coast and leave absolutely everything we’ve got out on that floor.

Whatever happens at Nationals, we’re already bloody proud of how far we’ve come.

⚡️ ONE TEAM. ONE DREAM. ONE GOAL. ⚡️
🩵🖤 THUNDER IS COMING! 🖤🩵

⚡️🏆 THE RESULTS ARE IN… AND THUNDER HAS DONE IT! 🏆⚡️

What an incredible day at the 2026 DrillDance Victoria State Titles! 💙🩵

🥇 THUNDER MASTERS – 2026 STATE CHAMPIONS! 🥇
🏆 1st Place – Technical Drill
🏆 1st Place – Display

STATE CHAMPIONS IN BOTH ROUTINES! 🙌⚡️

And our amazing Thunder Juniors have done us proud too! 💙
🥉 3rd Place – Technical Drill
🥉 3rd Place – Thematic Dance

We could not be prouder of every single member who stepped onto that floor today. All the training, commitment, teamwork, laughs, nerves and hard work have led to this moment.

To our coaches, members, families and support crew — this belongs to all of you. 💙🩵

Our little club from Echuca is heading home with TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES and FOUR PODIUM FINISHES! ⚡️🏆

NEXT STOP FOR THE MASTER — NATIONALS! 🇦🇺