Healthy club spirit and a desire to enjoy themselves on the field is behind the Hallidays Point Barracudas undefeated run through the 2019 Men's Southern League football competition, according to the team's most senior member.
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Andrew Geer, who plays in the team alongside his sons Casey and Jarrad, believes it's the first time the team has gone through an entire season without dropping a game.
Finishing the season as minor premiers, the Barracudas will play the winner of Old Bar and Great Lakes for a spot in the grand final.
Although they're yet to beat either of those teams, with both their regular season games finishing in a draw, Mr Geer says they'll go into the match fairly confident.
"It's a really good comp this year," he said.
"The boys have gelled well. We're flying high."
With team members ranging from 19 to 50, Mr Geer believed it was a combination of some of their younger players hitting their straps and a few of the club's older, more experienced players rejoining the squad that'd contributed to their strong form.
They were also having a good time playing football.
"We're just happy to have a kick around with a couple of mates," he said.
"It's good fun."
With the three Gollan brothers in the team as well as Mr Geer and his sons, he said their squad was very much representative of the positive, family-orientated spirit they were building at the club.
"That's what we're all about," he said.
"We're not a big club but we're growing."
The Barracudas last won the Men's Southern League competition in 2016.
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