Gunning for glory

One year removed from having all three grades in the grand final, the Batemans Bay Seahawks under 17s side is the club's only representative in tomorrow's grand final day at Merimbula's Berembool Oval.

The junior Seahawks are the minor premiers and hot favourites after beating Merimbula Diggers by 25 points in the major semi-final.

The Seahawks will again face Diggers tomorrow, with coach Rob Kirwood confident of victory.

"We've beaten Diggers three out of the three times we've played them this year," Kirwood said.

"We've only lost two games all year, and they were when we had our representative players out."

Those losses to Eden and Tathra were both by only three points.

The majority of the Seahawks side has been together for a number of years, having progressed through the under 14s ranks, and almost all played in last year's side which lost the grand final to Diggers.

"Most of the guys are left over from last year, while Chris Gifford, Ryan Thompson and Andrew Rose came from the under 14s Tomakin Crows.

"The others have all won a grand final in the under 14s and then lost last year's under 17s grand final.

"With that experience and the quality of players we have, our chances have got to be good.

"I'm not trying to put Diggers down, but they have four or five good players where we have 10, so that gives us a big advantage."

Kirwood will look to captain Jamie Kemp to lead from the front and provide the impetus for the side to go forward.

Kemp was last weekend named the joint-winner of the best player award in the SCAFL under 17s competition and has played numerous reserve and first grade matches this year.

"I'll be looking for him to stand up and run all day," Kirwood said.

Others set to play important roles include twins Hayden and Brendan Ward, Taeg Rosevear, Adrian Van Luin and Luke Favetta.

Favetta is something of a prodigy at the club and Kirwood said his ability at this level is astounding considering he is just 14-years-old.

"Luke Favetta has been playing above and beyond himself.

"He only recently turned 14 and kicks 3-4 goals every game."

Kirwood went back through his match book and found Favetta's goal tally over the last three matches was four, three and three.

"His worst game all season was when he only kicked two."

The side trained hard on Tuesday night and had a light session last night.

First grade on-baller Simon Wheatley assisted Kirwood and assistant coach Jamie Woodward with running Tuesday's session.

Kirwood will have a simple message for his side before it takes to the field tomorrow morning.

"I'm just going to tell them to play the ball, accept the umpire's decision and remember that it's a grand final - so go hard."