July 21, 2015
The annual Mini Mod Carnival, organised by the Wondai-Proston Junior Rugby League, had everything a South Burnett footy fan could desire.
The non-stop games on Saturday featured teams from across the Burnett and Sunshine Coast, and shone a spotlight on the league stars of the future.
And the final game, for the second year in a row, was between two South Burnett teams: Wondai and Kingaroy.
In action on the back fields at Wondai Sportsground were U7s, U8s and U10s.
But most eyes were on the U12s on the main oval. The action just kept on coming with back-to-back games separated by just one minute.
The football was very close … demonstrated by the number of drawn matches.
As the day drew to a close, there were several teams in the running for the final which added even more excitement to the last few games (and more yelling from the grandstand).
Last year’s champions, Nanango, just missed out.
The Stags needed to score five tries in their final game against the Maryborough Wallaroos to earn the bonus points they needed.
The youngsters tried hard, downing the Wallaroos 16-12 in an exciting game but managed only four tries.
After a long day of football, the host team Wondai ended up drawn with Kingaroy on 17 points, which meant an evenly matched final.
In the end, the Red Ants scored three tries to Wondai’s double in a very close game.
NB. In Mini Mod, the games are shortened, and have modified rules; there are no goals and no scrums.
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Mini Mod Final – Wondai v Kingaroy
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Best & Fairest Awards
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- Burrum Heads – Lachlan Hutchen
- Central Burnett – Jonah McDonald
- Cherbourg – Stafford Sandow
- Gympie – Ryan Jones
- Hervey Bay North – Elias Broome
- Hervey Bay South – Frank Wright
- Kingaroy – Josh Ayre
- Maryborough Wallaroos – Herbert Daffey
- Maryborough Brothers – Jacob Quinn
- Murgon – Glen Fisher
- Nanango – Matthew Springate
- Wondai / Proston – Albert Dynevor
Player of the Final – Sophie Klein
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Murgon hairdresser “oriGINAl hair by GINA” had a pop-up barber shop operating at the Wondai Sportsgrounds for the carnival.
Gina Oberle and Tyrone Murray were kept busy with haircuts and colourings.
Gina said there had been 23 haircuts and about 30 gold coin donations raising Funds for the NRL Drought Fund
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More Mini Mod Photographs
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