The Kempsey Dragons Junior Rugby League Club celebrated three premierships at Verge St Oval on Saturday.
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The Dragons Under-13s boys proved too strong in a 34-18 domination of Orara Valley.
Kempsey's Under-16s League Tag scraped home with a 6-4 victory against Coffs Harbour while the Dragons' Under-16s held on for a 16-14 win over Sawtell in a nail-biter.
Unfortunately, the Smithtown Tigers sole performers the Under-14s boys suffered a narrow 26-20 defeat in a sea-sawing match.
Dragons president Reuben Jones was over the moon to see all three Dragons sides claiming the premiership, while he felt for the Smithtown outift who were in the contest until the final siren was sounded.
"I am pretty proud of all three of the sides. To go three from three on grand final day is really special and pretty rare," Jones told the Argus.
"The Under-13s won back-to-back titles so that proves they have plenty of quality players in that squad and we expect them to be competing for another title next year.
"The League Tag side also won their second straight title and they are a great group of young women who play with a lot of heart.
"The Smithtown side was very unlucky, the game went back and forth but unfortunately they couldn't get over the line."
Jones said the premiership for the Under-16s was extra special, as they had fallen at the final hurdle in the four previous grand finals.
"The Sawtell side had beat them in the last four deciders so it was great to see them get over the hump," Jones said.
"It was a blinder of a game that went down to the last minute. We got a penalty late in the game and were able to control possession and wind down the clock."
Sawtell were first on the board in the Under-16s game but five-eighth Tim Bull answered right before half-time as he stepped numerous defenders before diving under the posts to level the scores at six.
In a momentum swinging second half, the Dragons did enough to edge out Sawtell for the impressive victory.
The Dragons put icing on the cake of a successful season as they were awarded Club Champions of Group Two Junior Rugby League.
"It was a pretty successful season for every team in the club," Jones said.
"The Club Championship goes off a point system based on where each team places.
"While the kids have done well to finish where they did, this award is also for all the people who are working behind the scenes to make sure the club is in the right position and keeps moving forward."
Kempsey hosted all six grand finals.
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