Illawarra lost their stranglehold on the NSW state men’s indoor title losing to the hosts Goulburn at their new venue last weekend.
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Illawarra have been perennial champions of the competition when being held at Unanderra for many years and were also missing their star players.
They lost in the semi-final to Goulburn 8-4 in a late blowout with the hosts fielding former Kookaburra and ACT player Glenn Turner and other ACT players.
Goulburn eventually lost to Central Coast 6-5 in the final in extra time.
Illawarra had a great build-up to the semis in the pool games beating Metro South West 6-0, Nepean 7-3, Manning Valley 14-0 and Central Coast 9-5.
Illawarra captain Heath Ogilvie had no excuses for their loss.
Ogilvie gave credit to Goulburn and said his team were too complacent and had a bad game.