The Bermagui-Cobargo Eels clinched a cruisy 18-0 result over the Wolumla Wombats to be crowned the winners of the inaugural Bega Pub Comp on Friday night.
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"They have a lot of pride, the see that from their supporters and the enormous passion around the Cobargo township, they've had a really tough year so we were pretty stoked for them," organiser Scott Barton said on Monday.
The hooker for Wolumla himself, Barton credited the Eels with a dominant start that had the Wombats on the back foot and unable to recover.
"They got the jump on us and scored two tries in the opening 10 minutes."
A back-and-forth arm wrestle ensued, but the Wombats couldn't get on the board with the Eels sinking a late try to seal the win.
Meanwhile, in what was dubbed the division two grand final, the Commercial Magpies clinched a 28-12 result over the Grand Hotel Rovers.
Barton said while the Grand had come out and "scored a couple of quick tries" the Commercial squad had found their stride and put on a dominant display later in the piece with some commanding footy to clinch the result.
With the comp now wrapped up, Barton said the community were the big winners with another capacity crowd enjoying the last of the competition.
"The players in themselves were amazing, but the whole event was staged to help the community have a laugh and a bit of fun," Barton said.
"And the crowd we got for the grand final was phenomenal, that was the winner to see everyone enjoying a beer and supporting their towns."
Barton said the atmosphere was in some ways even better than normal grand final day with cars parked around the ground adding to the atmosphere as car horns and cheers echoed from all sides of the ground.
"It just felt massive," he said.
Organisers will now sit down to discuss the future of the pub comp, with Barton saying they had learned from the four-week draw.
"There were things that worked and some that didn't - so we'll learn from that and make it bigger and better.
"When you have the support of the crowds you can pull anything off really, I was stoked with how the whole event came off.
"It went so quick and it knocked around a few old bodies, but it was good to have a laugh and walking in and seeing the atmosphere, it will be good to see where it goes moving forward."
Organisers are hoping to run the competition as a bit of pre-season fun each February starting in 2022.
But Barton hoped even a hint of rugby league in 2020 had spurred on a bit of interest and hoped to see all sporting codes finding renewed strength moving into 2021.
"We just hope it helps the community into next year to get everyone back into sport," he said.