NELSON Bay Football Club will have a dominant presence at Northern NSW Football's girls state championships next month with seven players selected for Newcastle representative teams.
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The tournament, at Coffs Harbour from September 19-21, sees the best female players come together from seven Northern NSW Football zones including Mid North Coast, Newcastle and Far North Coast, plus the Emerging Jets.
Abbey Cave, 12, Jade Graham, 11, Tara Helly, 12, Tara Knight, 12, Hayley Moore, 12 and Sky Wood, 12, have been selected through a trial process for Newcastle's under-12 championship team.
The girls play together in Nelson Bay Football Club's under 12 A-grade team in the weekend competition.
Taylah Knight, 13, who plays in Nelson Bay's under-16 girls, was selected for Newcastle's under-14s.
Tony Moore, Hayley's father and coach of the under-12 Nelson Bay side, said it was unusual for so many players to be selected from the one club.
"But it's not completely uncalled for," he said.
"The girls are winning their competition by a mile.
"They're undefeated this season and haven't conceded a goal."
The under-12 side is also coached by former Matilda's goal keeper Debra Carlin who is also Newcastle Football's technical director.
Taylah and her team in the under-16s were also undefeated this season.
Moore said he was proud of all seven girls selected for the state championship.
