WA Football

THE Peel Football League is hoping to go one better than last year at the upcoming Landmark Country Football Championships, which kicks off on Thursday, July 14 at grounds around the metropolitan area.

In their first regular entry into the carnival last year, Peel came agonizingly close to snatching the A-section title from Upper Great Southern, who have dominated the competition for the past decade, losing the grand final by just five points.

New coach Clayton Falkingham says their aim this year is to knock off UGSFL. “We beat them in the first match last year but they came and got over us in the grand final,” he said.

This year’s Landmark Country Football Championships will be a crucial test for players vying to make the WA Country Football League team to travel to Adelaide next month.

New coach Paul Pannell, pictured, says the squad of 33 will be whittled down based on their performance during the four day Landmark carnival.

The WACFL team will play the South Australian Country Football team in the curtain raiser to Port Adelaide versus the Adelaide Crows on July 31st.

“What we’ve got in the squad at the moment is the players who play good footy in their local clubs around the State,” said Pannell.