The celebrations have started early for Whittlesea United having secured the FV state league 3 north women’s title with three rounds remaining.
Whittlesea has been the standout team in that division this season and claimed the title with 15 wins from as many matches.
They made it 16 from 16 on the weekend.
Committee member Koray Kolege said it was an incredible achievement by the playing group to achieve the title with three rounds remaining.
The club reformed its women’s side this season.
“They’ve done incredibly well this year,” he said. “We’ve had faith in the girls to do really well at this level.
“They have come from a higher level than being in state league 3.
“It wasn’t a shock for me to see the success, but football is a fickle sport.
“Anything is positive and it’s a testament to them and the coaching staff to go undefeated to seal the championship.
“It’s massive for the club and massive for them and a combination of everyone across the park.”
Kolege said they had their challenges across the season, but had been able to fire when they needed to.
In the first 15 games they scored 73 goals, while conceding just eight goals.
Kolege said while the group can celebrate the championship, they still have another goal they’re focusing on.
“We want to finish undefeated,” he said. “We spoke to the girls and that would obviously cap off this season if we can maintain the undefeated run until the end of the season.
“It’s hard to keep motivated and winning. They are determined and capable of doing that.
“They’re putting in the hard work.”
On Sunday, Whittlesea accounted for Brunswick Zebras, 3-0.
The championship and undefeated run will see the side play in state league 2 north-west next season.
Kolege said that was where they wanted to play this year and they have worked hard to achieve that.
“We’ve ended up where we want to be, it’s just taken us a year to get there,” he said.
“We’ll work on developing our program further, it’s important for us.
“We have a successful men’s side and we want to have a pathway for female football sides at the club.
“We have about four or five junior female teams and it’s growing year by year. We want to be successful so they have somewhere to go in the club ranks.”
