IT has been a historic week for St Georges Basin Football Club.
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For the first in club history, Basin secured the first grade competition championship with a nail-biting 3-1 win over Milton-Ulladulla.
Despite Milton getting an early goal past the boys in the seventh minute, the team did not drop their heads.
The assuring and motivating voices of team captain, Brendan Hobbs and centre-back Ben Cubbo could be heard from the sidelines, promising the team results would if they continued playing their game.
And the results did come - in the 72nd minute, Luke Reid capitalised off a free-kick from Blake McGinn, plucking it out of a swarm of defenders and sending it into the goals.
The goal opened the floodgates and Basin's attacks came fast.
Tyrone Nye-Williams then got the team their final goal in the 79th minute resulting in their 3-1 victory.
Prior to the first grade match, the Basin home crowd were thrilled with the reserve grade performance which resulted in a 6-nil win over Milton.
Ash Hale scored off a penalty in the first half and the boys went into half-time with a 1-nil lead.
The second half saw them lift and deliver a further five goals.
Ash Hale executed a fantastic free-kick, getting over the wall and dropping behind the goalkeeper.
Chris Brown, Alex McGarrell and Reilly Matthews all found the back of the net and a sixth goal being counted as an own-goal to Milton.
Milton third grade forfeited their game.
Over 35s had a 1-nil loss to Milton which sees them finish up third on the ladder going into the finals.
The club is extremely proud to be able to say that 15 out of the 17 competition teams have all made it to the finals - a testament to the hard work of the coaches and players in a season that has been heavily disrupted but has seen the Basin club shine.
Under 15 Boys B had a 2-all draw against Milton with goals from Callum Rowley and Lucas Carter.
The under 15s A had a 3-1 win over Huskisson-Vincentia with a brace from Hayden Musson and a goal from Kayden Sullivan.
Both teams have qualified for the semi-finals.
The under 12 girls had a win over Husky with goals from Leilani Bagley, Lily Heckenberg and Tia Kingma, while he under 14 girls had a crucial 1-nil win over Illaroo with a goal from Bridie Moore.
Again, both teams are through to semis.
The under 13 Boys B had a 1-nil loss to Shoalhaven United which unfortunately knocked them out of the semi-finals, finishing in fifth position by only one point.
Basin's under 13A had a 5-1 win over Shoalhaven Heads-Berry with a brace from Nayt Perez and goals to Henry Small, Ari Dedousis and Hunter Fuz securing the boys' competition championship.
Also heading into semi-finals for Basin juniors are the under 10s Red and White and Under 11As and Bs.
Their first grade women finished out their round with a bye.
While reserves and thirds both had 3-1 losses to Sussex Inlet - with Crystal Foster scoring for both teams.
The three women's teams will all play in the semi-finals next week.
