While Western has plenty of positives to draw from its two-win PSSA touch football campaign, one of the brightest spots to emerge from the three-day tournament was the form of Cudgegong Valley Public’s Brock Roe – a relative newcomer to the sport.
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Brock and his red and green teammates helped Min Quayle’s side to an 11th placed finish, a sound improvement on last year’s last-placed efforts.
Quayle, who’s a Mudgee resident teaching at Gulgong Public, said her side’s focus was on improvement and remaining competitive.
”Our goal was to better ourselves from last year and to get off the bottom of the ladder,” Quayle said.
“The goal was to compete in each game, to be in it and to play hard. We had some close games against teams that ended up in the top six.
“We lost by one to Polding who ended up fifth. We were very competitive over this tournament and that was the goal.”
It’s often hard for regional teams to match up with the coastal squads as the logistics of meeting up for weekly training sessions can be difficult due to the travel time required by each player.
As for Brock, his first dose of legitimate touch football competition was succesful as he was put to the wing where his speed and skills helped him contribute massively.
“He did really well there and scored a couple of tries,” she said.
The goal was to compete in each game, to be in it and to play hard. We had some close games against teams that ended up in the top six. We put Brock on the wing because of his size and speed. He scored a couple of tries. I spoke to his mum and she's putting the whole family into touch this year. That will help his skill massively.
- Min Quayle
“He’s really fast so it’s a good spot for him out there.”
As for Roe’s touch football future… well, Min has already started the recruitment process.
“I spoke to his mum today and she’s putting the whole family into touch this year so he’ll only improve his skill massively.”
Brock was the Mid-Western region’s solitary PSSA touch representative and hopefully a prosperous summer season at Mudgee and Gulgong will lead to the emergence of more high-level touch football players.
Jake Humphreys
Sports nut at the Central Western Daily.
Sports nut at the Central Western Daily.
