Re: Piccola District football league
I no from speaking to certain players that were playing in the central Goulburn league that it was a much more physical league than the Picola league, infact they reckon the Picola league is real soft. That will explain why the Tungamah league teams dominate the league
Ex TFL teams dominate this league as they are closer to larger towns. Tungamah & Katamatite used to struggle when the TFL was a 'southern' league. Tungamah was the most northern club in its own league before it left in 1995. Now that they are in a league that is more 'Yarrawonga friendly' they attract better players.
Shepp East & Katandra pull lots of players from Shepparton, as do Dookie now I would guess. Clubs like Picola, Katunga, Strathy, Wunghnu and Yarroweyah cut each others throats when getting players from Numurkah.
It is all about position to a certain extent, plus the mind set of the club. Katandra, Shepp East have always been clubs that are successful and do not tolerate mediocrity. Katandra had to do lots of work changing peoples minds about footy when we entered the PDFL as lots of people wanted it back to the good old Tungamah league and stopped supporting the club in some way. Now that we have reassessed where we are, we are now back trying to set the standard, as we did along with Congupna & Shepp East in the TFL.
Feel like i am writing a novel!