The Macquarie Raidettes might have had to take the long road to it, but they've now got just one more week to wait before they can try for a 2020 premiership.
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It's just not their local one.
Led in training by Dubbo CYMS veteran Kaitlyn Mason, the patchwork side of the Dubbo league tag scene's youngest players has overcome a rocky start to claim a grand final spot in the Group 10 competition.
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COVID derailed the Group 11 competition but it hasn't been able to slow the Raidettes momentum, after they edged out the Orange CYMS 16 - 14 in the semi-finals to ensure a grand final spot in their first appearance in the competition.
"It's a huge achievement," Mason said of the grand final berth.
"And it's a huge credit to the girls, it just shows how hard they've worked this year and all the improvement they've made throughout the season."
The Orange Hawks will be their opponents come grand final day next weekend and there's nowhere the rapidly improving Raidettes work shows than in the two side's scorelines.
In their opening round matchup the Hawks drubbed the unsteady Raidettes 44 - 4, but a later rematch in the regular season saw the scores much more equal, with the Dubbo side going down 20 - 14 after the Hawks had held many other sides scoreless throughout the year.
Part of the improvements have been down to Mason's guidance, with her defence first mindset seeing the Raidettes not only avenge all their losses except for the ones to the Hawks, but saw them cling on through finals in last round's tough game against Orange CYMS.
"I'm putting a lot of it down to defence, what we displayed on the weekend, we pretty much only let in one try throughout that whole first half against CYMS which really helped in the back half of the game and we know our fitness is there which is great," Mason said.
While the older, more experienced girls like Taneka Todhunter and Maya Bayliss have taken the reins, a positive attitude throughout the team has created opportunities for the side to improve after every game, a must after only having weeks to train together before the start of the season.
It'll also be key if the side wants to lift the trophy high on grand final day, with Mason calling the prospect of taking home a Group 10 trophy for the fledgling side a 'great achievement' that would reflect the strength of junior League Tag in the Group 11 playing region.
"Not just for ourselves, but as Group 11 representatives as well, to go into their competition, where they're really well established," Mason said.
An under 18s League Tag competition hasn't yet been established in Group 11, but the Raidettes example is opening the door.
"Once everyone goes back to their clubs next year, it'll be a different season, but there's a lot of respect there now between the girls and that'll go a long way to building up that age group here as well."
The Raidettes are set to play on the weekend beginning September 26.