Golden Grove Football Club

Ms LUETHEN (King) (15:55): I rise today to talk about the wonderful achievements of members from the junior football team in my electorate of King. On Sunday 9 September, the under-13 team from the Golden Grove Football Club took out the division 1 premiership when they defeated Broadview at Prospect Oval. Not only did the Kookaburras under-13 team win the premiership, which was awesome, but what was even greater about this feat was that it was the team's third consecutive premiership, having previously won the under-11 and under-12 premierships in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

The team's three-peat is such an incredible achievement that I wanted to use this time to publicly share their story. This is truly a local success story. Within the team, nine boys have also been selected for the Central District SANFL development squad, while two others have been picked by Norwood and another by North Adelaide. I have also been told that there could be even more players from the team who will be represented in these development squads for the next season.

In addition, throughout the season the team also celebrated the 150^th junior game of Sebastian Wauer, Liam Fawcett and this season's association best and fairest winner, Connor Butcher. The list of incredible individual achievements does not stop there, with Waylon Casey leading the association in goal kicking, and Tyson Murphy finishing as the runner-up.

Players lucky enough to enjoy the team's triple-premiership win were Tyson Murphy, Brayden Rachwal, Brandon Bray, Connor Butcher, Lachlan Butler, Jack Johnston, Sebastian Wauer, Kael Murdoch, Liam Fawcett, Declan Tomney, Noah McDonald, Brodie Harrigan, Joshua Hartwig, Oliver Robinson, Brodie Tilley, Rory McGlone, Jake Winter, Bevan Wood, Max Kenward, Thomas Delia, Waylon Casey and Jack Stevenson.

It is so inspiring to see these local players within the King electorate achieving such great things. I hope I hear their names not only now, when they are younger, but when they play for the Adelaide Crows or Port Adelaide in the AFL, if they choose to. It is especially exciting for me to see not only these wins but the community pride and feel around this team and around the Golden Grove Football Club in general. These boys would not have been able to achieve these great things on the field were it not for the love and support of those parents, guardians, volunteers, coaches and water runners who make it all possible.

I especially want to thank the team's coach, Jason Murdoch; assistant coach, John Butcher; team manager, Gregg Stevenson; runner, Mike Butler; first aid volunteers, Mark Wauer and Nikki Harrigan; and the regular ground marshall, Meredith Tilley. Without the support of this group of volunteers, the boys would not have had the opportunity to showcase their immense talent. I give my sincerest thanks to you all.

It is stories like these that make me so proud of my community and those people who are working towards the betterment of people living in our area, putting this ahead of their time and themselves. These volunteers are the lifeblood of recreational clubs around our state and they do all they can to help. It is community groups like this that every parent, including me, hopes their children can be a part of, and for this I pass on my sincere thanks. There is a real community feel around the Golden Grove Football Club under-13 division 1 boys and across such a big club where we have the biggest junior squad in the country. I look forward to cheering them on in the coming years and seeing them flourish. I also look forward to seeing many of the members on the weekend at the seniors' presentation and the juniors' presentation. Well done to all.