Weston Workers Bears Football Club lost their Grand Final 2-0 against the Lambton Jaffas at Edgeworth.
Played in glorious conditions on a good surface everything appeared set for a fantastic end to the season.
Coach, Steven Piggott, made only one change to the starting 11 with Liam Thornton coming back from injury to replace Nick Thompson.
Weston should have lead after 2 minutes when Jason Cowburn blasted high and wide from close range.
The Bears didn't seem to have their mojo from there on and copped a goal in the 15th minute of play when a corner from the Jaffas saw an unmarked Jobe Wheelhouse power his header into the net giving the Jaffas the lead.
Weston then conceded a soft goal just after the 30minute mark when hesitation in the 6 yard box allowed the Jaffas to score from close range and saw the Jaffas take a 2 nil lead which they took to the sheds at half time.
The Bears were very well supported and the large numbers who turned up in black & white set the hill alight and would easily have made up half of the 4100 crowd.
At half time coach Piggott replaced jamie Subat with Jye Mackellar wide on the left fringe. As the second half progressed Zac Sneddon & Jason Cowburn were replaced with Rob Macbeth & Michael Ryan.
It was a day when little seemed to go right for the Bears who had only lost once in their last 12 games.
As hard as the Coalfields boys tried they were outgunned and in the end were simply not good enough.
Congratualtions to everyone involved on a super season - you made everyone proud with your efforts in making our '50 seasons' in the top flight one to remember.
C'mon you Bears!!!
Myself and a great mate I played with back in 1995 got talking yesterday about the grand final we won that year.
He couldn't even remember the score. 
He thought it was 3-1 when we actually won 4-0. What we both could remember clearly was the week leading up to the grand final and the days after. We had such a fantastic time and it was simply because of the quality people we were surrounded by. I will never forget the coaches, sponsors, committee, supporters, helpers and players that were involved in 95. We won all three grades and everyone played their part.
From this conversation I started to get very excited about this weekend's game. I don't get to too many games since retirement but grand finals bring back so many fond memories.
The current Bears team is very worthy of our support. The majority have played the best part of 150 first grade games in the black and white. They appreciate the history of the club, the players and staff that have been there before them.
In my conversation with the same 95 mate we agreed that we should make an effort to get to the bowling club near the ground before the match. Catch up for an hour before we go into the ground where we will all congregate together. I think it's worth the effort, life's busy but some things can wait.
Myself and Richo will be at the club (beside Edgeworth ground) from 1pm. Mention you're an old bear and he will shout you your first beer. Bring your wife, children and equally as important, get in touch with an old bear you haven't seen for a while and bring him too.
We all should have a black or white (or both) shirt laying around somewhere.
See you there!
Cheers,
Kav
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