The successes of the junior teams was phenomenal in itself but the icing on the cake was the 18-12 victory over Sydney powerhouse Matraville Sports High school in the final of the Arrive Alive Cup.

While this game was the final and the game that clinched the title, it was just the last in a series of hard fought wins that started way back with the win over local rivals Palm Beach Currumbin.

For the past few years it has come down to these two Gold Coast League schools to see who will go on and represent South East Queensland in the QLD final of the Arrive Alive.

Both of these schools are strong with long, proud traditions in the sport and it is a shame that one of them has (by the nature of the competition) to bow out of the competition at this fairly early stage. Often the opposition in Sydney further down the track seem to be less formidable than the clash that is Keebra vs PBC.

Anyhow I digress and while we have been on the losing side of this fixture in the past few years, the boys put together a solid display of physical football and it was Keebra who progressed to play Kirwan SHS in Townsville.

Like PBC, Kirwan were a line up stacked with Queensland and Australian Reps and like PBC they felt the wrath of the dominant Keebra forwards who despite not featuring in any rep teams, knew they were the fittest, toughest, most dedicated side in the competition.

While many a coach maintains that if you compete long enough with big forwards they will eventually tire and the balance will swing in favour of the defenders, we disagree! if your forwards are fit enough and focussed they will go all day and this dedication and tradition is what we at Keebra pride ourselves on.

Ask any opposition player who felt the sting of Ben, Agnatius, Ice, Moseses, Reagan, Sam, Peter or Brandon and they will tell you that the impact they felt in the first tackle was still there at the end.

Kirwan were young and keen but fell short of the mark and it was next off to face the good ship Endeavour who had been sailing around Sydney with her masts full and flags flying for the past 3 or 4 years.

Captain Kahu and his crew of first mate Hemi, Henare, Jade, Matt, Bradley, Sione, and last but not least a character called Grasshopper who they had found in a field at the back of Nerang in grade 8, sailed valiantly off into the fray with cannons at the ready and an ample supply of nuts and bananas.