The Glenn Archer Cup Finals

On Tuesday 20th June, Queanbeyan played host to teams from all over the South Coast region who travelled to contest the Glenn Archer Cup. Schools that represented were the local lads, Queanbeyan public, Merimbula public, Tathra public, St Peter and Paul’s (Goulburn) and Yass public.

The day was played in very good spirits, with the local boys putting on a very good show, only narrowly missing out on the Final through percentage. There was some very high quality football being played at Margaret Donoghoe Oval, but in the end the teams from Tathra and Merimbula played off for the Cup. The game was very tight for the first two thirds, but the Merimbula team pulled away in the final third to win comfortably. They were named as the winners of the Glenn Archer Cup 2006 (see photo below).

In the other finals game, Queanbeyan public and St Peter and Paul’s played off for 3rd and 4th position on the day. After just missing out on contesting the Final, the Queanbeyan boys went down to the Goulburn based team, ending the day in 4th position. The final standings were as follows:

1st – Merimbula public
2nd – Tathra public
3rd – St Peter and Paul’s
4th – Queanbeyan public
5th – Yass public

John Dickie, Development Manager from the NSW/ACT commented “I thought the standard of football was very high and it was great to have teams travel all the way from as far away as Merimbula and Tathra. It was an excellent day for the code and we look forward to making the Glenn Archer Cup even better in 2007”.