Taylors Lakes’ growth in the Essendon District Football League women’s division 2 has been on show in the early in the season.
After just missing out on finals last season as it fielded its first standalone side, the Lions have started with three wins from their first four matches.
Coach Joseph Antonetti said they’ve been really happy with how it has played out so far.
“We are pretty happy and we can’t complain,” he said. “We had a little hiccup on Saturday [round four] against the Bulldogs [Gisborne-Kyneton United].
“It is early one and we play them again and hopefully we can get them later in the season.”
Antonetti said the match against the Bulldogs, which was a top of the table clash, was a good test to see where they were at.
He said it was a game that could have gone either way with Gisborne-Kyneton United kicking away late in the contest.
Antonetti said the work the club had been doing to make it a place people wanted to be was paying off.
The club is keen to strengthen its female program, advertising for female football coordinator.
“It’s a good environment and the people are good, and we’re building a program that is growing,” Antonetti said.
“Hopefully we can grow on what we did last year. We didn’t know what to expect from the other teams coming into the season, so we’re a little surprised with the good start, but not surprised how good our footy is.”
The Lions had a bye on the weekend.
Antonetti said it came at a good time with a few injuries and unavailabilities.
“Everyone gets a break and that little bit of a reset,” he said. “When we get back we’ll continue to work towards the last week of the year.
“We need to put our heads down and get back to work.
“There’s always things to work on and have to get back to refining a few things.”
The Lions face East Sunbury this Saturday in the second week of the split round.
