Tashara
Larry Dwyer (12)
This is a very strong age group on the Gold Coast who benefitted from the Gold Coast program which was developing 2 Gold Coast Teams for the QLD State Champs 2 years ago. Fantastic Development Program run by Murray Archibald, with amazing coaches and clinics right over a 2 year period. This age group attained a high skill level which we are seeing now.
You are right when you say this is a very strong age group. They always were; just look at this age group's young Surfers Paradise team's undefeated record and international undefeated tour in the years prior to any state champs. They followed this up with two strong teams as a result of attracting players from other clubs. They were able to build combinations over the years and I would suggest their development was due to the coaching within the club.
I think you are contributing their success to the short-lived Gold Coast Development Program which is now defunct and failed in the age group below.
Regardless, this has been a strong age group on the Gold Coast for some time and I'm sure we'll see a few of their players start to pop up in other GPS schools #cough Churchie #cough