AMY Barraclough is from Uralla but is playing for Group 4 in this weekend’s Greater Northern Championships at Scone Park.
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She “came down” from Uralla to play with the Collegians Warriors in last year’s Group 4 ladies league tag competition and enjoyed herself so much she is returning to play with North Tamworth in the 2018 Woodleys Isuzu Ute Group 4 ladies league tag premiership.
Barraclough, who runs the Uralla Golf Club, was also a member of the Group 4 side that won the GN title in Armidale last year.
“We went well last year,” she said of a side coached by Tim Walsh last year with Damien Allan as his manager.
“Had a good side.”
A five-eighth or pivot, Barraclough hopes to rekindle last year’s heroics with another strong individual game inside a good team effort.
She said the side has a good core with a number of them, such as Kimberley Resch and Aimee Diebold, having “played together for a long while”.
“We’ve also got some good young players too,” she said.
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Allan is also looking forward to the Scone GN Championships.
Now coach he sees plenty of pluses in a strong side.
“It’s coming together well,” Allan said.
“We’ve got a good squad of 18. Play 21 first up 9am then 19 at 11.15am.”
“We did win it last year, I think we’ve won the last couple and got a fair few in the Greater Northern side too.”
He said the mixture of youth and experience is a potent force in his squad as they began their final training session on Jack Woolaston Oval Thursday night.
GROUP 4: 1 Aimee Diebold (Kootingal-Moonbi), 2 Jacqui Jones (Gunnedah), 3 Hope Martin (Dungowan), 4 Jessica Baker (Kootingal-Moonbi), 5 Brianna Trickett (Dungowan), 6 Kimberley Resch (North Tamworth), 7 Amy Barraclough (North Tamworth), 8 Jesse Brown (North Tamworth), 9 Bronte Martin (North Tamworth), 10 Sophie Barr (Kootingal-Moonbi), 11 Kendall Horne (Kootingal-Moonbi), 12 Jamie Blackler (Dungowan), 13 Callie Winsor (North Tamworth), 14 Dayna Porter (Werris Creek), 15 Khobi Devine (Gunnedah), 16 Abi Dow (Kootingal-Moonbi), 17 Jessica Blair (Kootingal-Moonbi), 18 Anna Smith (Werris Creek). Coaches – Damien Allan and Dustin Munn.
