Bowden Stone was one of the promising youngsters who starred for LBU this season.
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JORDAN TOWNROW
While neither of Lockington-Bamawm United’s senior football side or A-grade netball team will feature in the Heathcote District Football Netball League finals in 2025, the club has a myriad of units going for glory.
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LBU’s under-18 and reserves football teams have qualified for finals, while the B-grade, under-15 and under-13 netballers will attempt to capture the flag.
The two junior netball teams were particularly strong in 2025, finishing undefeated at the top of their respective ladders.
Despite a surge in the dying stages of the home and away season, the Cats’ senior side fell one game short of a finals berth, while the A-grade netball side finished second last with a record of 3-13.
While it has been an up-and-down season on the field and on the court for the club, president Greg Brentnall highlighted the positive off-the-field initiatives the club had done throughout 2025.
“Socially the season has been great, we ran the men’s mental day which was a big success for the local community, and we had a good ladies’ day as well,” he said.
“So, we’ve had a big season off the ground and with our first four games being at home, we had great attendance to those as well.
“Back in round one we played our first game under lights against Huntly and that was great, we got a huge crowd there.
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JORDAN TOWNROW
“There’s been a real buzz around the club and lots of positive energy, we’ve had great buy in from all our players with no drop off as the season went along.
“We’ve still got heaps of energy throughout the club, even with the teams not playing finals, they’re all still out cheering on our finals teams, which is fantastic to see.”
One of the major positives to come out of the club this season was the number of young talent present, with multiple under-age players getting experience in senior football and A-grade.
“This year we’ve had many younger players move up into our senior and A-grade teams, we had six underage players featuring in the A-grade side, and we’ve had eight players from our under-18s side feature in our senior footy team,” he said.
“All of those players have played a minimum of four games at the top level, with a couple earning regular spots in those teams.
“From a club perspective, it’s been really positive to be giving those younger players opportunities at a higher level and expose them to more development.
“Even though we didn’t have as good a year as we’d hoped, it’s all about the future and keeping the young ones at the club and rewarding them for effort.”
