Services ended their Tamworth women’s premiership drought with double title success on the weekend.
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The club’s third and fourth grade sides both prevailed in extra-time thrillers.
The lower grade deciders were all tight affairs with one goal the difference in four of the five grand finals and all three women’s deciders going into extra-time.
On Friday night Mel Richards' golden strike delivered Services their first premiership since 2008.
Richards scored off a penalty corner about two and a half minutes into the first period of extra time for a 1-nil win over Olympians Royal in the third grade decider. Both sides had their chances to break the 0-all deadlock before full-time but couldn’t find the back of the net.
Services fourth grade side followed suit on Saturday with a 1-nil extra-time win over South United.
Souths got up in second grade 4-3 over Tudor Wests, Amber Whitney scoring late in the first half of the second period of extra-time.
In the men’s lower grade grand finals South United pipped Workies 3-2 in a tight second grade contest while in third grade Tudors Maroon prevailed over South United Blue 9-1.
