Around 27 teams from across Southern Riverina and the MIA region met in Griffith to fight it out for the Paul Kelly Cup and Tony Locket Shield last Friday.
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Griffith East Public School was crowned the winner of the Tony Locket Shield and St Patrick's took the Paul Kelly Cup.
Griffith East was crowed the overall winner of the day, taking a play-off match 61-31 against Temora’s St Anne's on Thursday morning, meaning they progress to the Southern NSW Tony Locket Shield final in Wagga on July 2.
In the girl’s Paul Kelly Cup, St Patrick's will now go through to represent at the Southern NSW Paul Kelly Cup finals on July 2 in Wagga against all the sub-regional and regional winners from Southern NSW.
AFL’s MIA Development Coordinator Che Jenkins said the matches played on the gala day were some of the best he has seen yet.
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“Over the past eight years I have been in the role this was the most skillful matches we have had in a long time, which reflects well on the school kids representing in AFL,” Mr Jenkins said.
“The quality has really gone up a notch, with the students embracing AFL and the AFL competition as a whole.”
Around 30 secondary school students from Griffith high schools umpired the matches on the day, taking advantage of the Southern NSW umpiring coordinator’s knowledge.
“It was great to see their involvement,” Mr Jenkins said.
