The Byron Bay Public School (BBPS) boys football team made a gallant and impressive run in the Public School Sport Association’s state-wide knock-out competition, to finish in third place as the event reached its zenith in Sydney earlier this month.
The team of youngsters took on all comers, and was undefeated going through the preliminary contests based in the Shire, then North Coast and regionally.
The competition is open to all primary schools in NSW. All players have been playing Byron Bay Football Club (BBFC) since they were five or six years old, according to BBFC committee member, Danita Leitch.
Teamwork
‘The team devoured and defeated all teams they came up against, until the second-last round. The teamwork and creativity displayed by the BBPS kids did not go unnoticed,’ she said.
‘Little Byron Bay made its mark on the best in the state. Results like this inspire a town and all its little kickers’.
It was a big effort to get the team to Sydney for the big finale, but a combination of trains, planes and automobiles got the job done.
‘BBFC is a community-based club that relies on volunteers. You don’t get results like these without a lot of work behind the scenes,’ Danita said.
‘BBFC has the biggest membership for player participation than ever before and we are excited to start 2025 with enthusiasm’.
Players
Players included: Noah Atkinson, Nash Balbi, George Bloor, Max Bower, Max Cowan, Joshua Davidson, Tasman Harding, Benjamin Isaacson, Cooper Knaus, Jett Knaus, Onni Marilainene-Marinelli, Izzy O’Harae, Quinn Roche and Levi Simmons.
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