PORT Macquarie Makos women’s 40s claimed bragging rights over the rest of the club when they were the last local team out of this year’s State Cup.
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They fell at the final hurdle when defeated 4-2 by arch-rivals Manly to cap off what coach Cath Eichmann described as a successful tournament.
The Makos finished with two wins, two draws and two losses, but it was the performance of Julie Seward which stood out.
She dislocated her shoulder in the second game of the carnival, but soldiered on to be on of the team’s best.
“That didn’t help us,” Eichmann said.
“But her husband is a physio and he popped it back in and she finished the rest of the games, so she will probably get our player’s player.”
While disappointed to not make the finals, Eichmann remained upbeat.
“We would have liked to have made the final because I believe we’ve got the clientele to make the finals one year, it just wasn’t to be this year,” she said.
The performances of Lisa Wilkes and Toni Gibson pleased the coach throughout the three-day event and she felt the overall standard had improved.
“When you get to this age, the mind is willing but the body is not,” Eichmann laughed.
Overall, Port Macquarie started this year’s NSW State Cup with nine teams and representation in almost every division.
Three teams entered the day on Sunday, but joining the women’s 40s watching the finals from the sidelines were the men’s 55s and the mixed 40s.
Port Macquarie Touch Football Association president Wayne Prince was happy with the overall result.
The women’s over-30s were beaten in the quarter finals.
“They still went well and with a bit more luck could have made it further,” Prince said.
The mixed open’s topped their group then got knocked out of the championship pool round.
The women’s opens lost their pool games but then made the quarter finals in the plate competition while the women's 20's got knocked out.
The men’s over 30s didn’t make it through to the finals.
Prince said one of the standout performances was from the men’s open team who finished second in their pool and then fourth in the bowl competition.
“We haven’t had a men’s open team for about 10 years so to see them perform well was fantastic,” he said.
“Overall we stuck it to the more fancied sides and with a bit more luck quite easily could have had three finals appearances.”
The performances from the Makos nine combined sides was a better effort than 12 months ago.
“We went above expectations,” Prince said.
