TEAM SUPREME: The Shoalhaven Aboriginal Sports Club Kangaroos team (back) Scott Aldridge (coach), Daryl Solway, Steve Parkes, Mark Smith, Jason Smith, Nathan Golding, Nanado Lattanzio, Arthur Smart (manager), (front) Neville Hampton (team organiser), Garry Griffin, Garry Cork, Matt Parsons, Willy Hampton, Brian Brown, Lee Smith and Craig Ellis. Absent were John Burton and Graeme Fairbairn.
THE Shoalhaven Aboriginal Sports Club Kangaroos team and its B grade side, the SASC Bumberangs, competed in the fourth annual Goulburn Vets Shield Over 35s Tournament held at Cookbundoon Oval on February 2 and 3.
The Bumberangs got eliminated early on Sunday morning by the eventual Saucer winner Woden Valley 3-1.
The team played consistent on Saturday to record a nil-all draw against Goulburn Red Hats, a 2-all draw against Wagga, but lost 3-nil to Goulburn in its last match.
The Kangaroos, on its way to victory, recorded a nil-all draw with the opposition they would eventually meet again in the grand final, the Canberra Old Boys.
The Kangaroos then went on to defeat Temora 2-nil and the Goulburn Blue Hats 3-1.
The team defeated the Canberra Old Boys from Tuggeranong Football Club in the grand final 1-nil in a hard-fought match.
In its previous finals match, the Kangaroos accounted for red hot favourites and talk of the tournament, the Burradoo Blues, 2-0 after it soundly defeated Huskisson 4-nil in its first match.
Congratulations to Mark Smith, who took out the award for player of the tournament and also to stand-in goal keeper Willy Hampton, who only let the one goal in throughout the whole weekend.
Congratulations to Huskisson for taking out the plate final in a penalty shoot-out after extra time failed to produce a result.