Gloomy skies and rain showers couldn’t dampen the spirits of almost 200 competitors that had won their way through to compete in the State-wide Grand Finals of the Freo Long Bomb, Freo Kwik Kick and Freo Fast Ball competitions.

The three competitions were the curtain raiser to the Fremantle v Port Adelaide game at Patersons Stadium on Saturday.

Freo Long Bomb is the easiest of the three competitions to conduct. It simply involves students trying to kick a football as far as they can.

Freo Kwik Kick involves students kicking in pairs over a short distance to see how many successful kicks they can complete in three minutes.

Freo Fast Ball is an exciting team handballing event. The competition involves a team of six students handballing a football through the zig-zag formation as quickly as possible.

The three competitions were split into individual age groups from Year Four through to Year Seven. Students came from as far away as Waggrakine up north to Manjimup down south and all over metropolitan Perth.

Whilst not everyone was fortunate enough to be a winner on the day, the opportunity to participate on Patersons Stadium will create lasting memories.

The support received from parents and supporters was fantastic and the club would like to recognise the volunteers including Fremantle Dockers SEDA students and WAFC representatives to make the day a success.

Massive thanks must also go to the hundreds of teachers for involving thousands of Western Australian primary school students in the competitions from all over the State.

2014 Freo Footy Skills 4 Schools Grand Final Winners