MARCH PAST

Collaroy has been a force in March Past since early in the clubs history. The senior team has won 12 national titles and many other places. Our under 21 team has won numerous State and Australian medals.

 

In keeping with the March Past tradition our Nipper team has also won many Association medals and is the current State Champions. State being the highest level of competition that the Nippers go to.

 

In 2003 a group of ladies got together and decided to reform the Collaroy Ladies March Past team. The last all female team that the club had was in 1947.

 

This group of dedicated women has improved rapidly since getting together and have shown that with some hard work you can very quickly start to rival the men. This has culminated in the 2006 State Championships with the ladies taking 6th place to the men who came 1^st.

 

However, revenge came at the Australian Championships when the Ladies managed to out perform the men to win silver and became the first ever all female team to win a place at the Australian Championships. This was a very proud moment for the ladies and for the club.

 

2006/07 will be a new season and you can be sure the men’s team will be keeping a very close eye on the ladies after the 2006 results. It will be a very close contest between the two for the whole season.

 

Saturday October 21 will be the Branch March Past seminar and will be the first time the two groups get together. The seminar is the time where coaches, officials and competitors get together to make sure they are up to date for the season.

 

Serious competition does not really start until the new year and we will keep you up to date on developments.

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For all March Past enquiries, please contact Greg MacMahon at Greg.MacMahon@bigpond.com