They went into the State Championships with the bar set at coming in with a top five position, and despite going up against some stiff competition, they've gone and done it.
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Mudgee District Netball Association's under 17s representative squad proved they were worthy of competing at state level by finishing in fourth position, one better than they had aimed for.
With a total of 19 teams in their division, and having to play a total of 18 games across three days, under 17s coach Tash Smith says her team gave it their all and it was easy to see.
"By the end of day two my girls were just absolutely wrecked, a lot of them didn't even have a half off so they played the entire 18 games," she said.
It was pretty tough and super competitive, and the games were really close but they [Mudgee] were really strong and ended up placing really well.
- Mudgee Netball under 17s representative squad coach, Tash Smith
"To come out with fourth I was really stoked, it felt really good to finish in fourth."
When asked what the key was to being awarded with such a high position, Smith says it was all about 'consistency'.
"It was just consistency. We needed to maintain our strength and we did that," she said.
"Expectations were quite high but they definitely lived up to it."
While emotions were anticipated to be high, there was another reason, aside from the result, that some of the squad were particularly teary about.
"Mudgee Netball doesn't really go beyond 17s so we have three or four girls who won't play rep netball again, so after the last game they broke down and were so upset, they didn't want it to finish," Tash said.
Emotions were pretty high but they were ecstatic with the results.
Mudgee Netball's under 15s side also did well at state, coming in 12th place.
Up next for the rep girls is the weekly Saturday games until September when a retrial for next year's rep competition will go ahead, while Mudgee Netball continue to look for players to make up an open's side.
"Anyone from 17 and above, you can literally play if you're 50," Tash said.