For 19 straight years, Ararat Rats played against Horsham Demons in the Wimmera Netball Association's A Grade grand final.
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In the successful run, between 1975 and 1993, there were two women heavily involved, both at club and association level.
Gail Dunn and Gayle Dadswell, or better known as Slug and Snail, were recognised for their contribution to netball in the region at the 2019 best and fairest count.
Rats' stalwart Donna Spalding presented the awards to the duo, expressing how she felt honoured to be asked to acknowledge the two women.
Spalding notified the pair and invited them to the night. Both women said they were in shock when they found out.
"Donna (Spalding) came around and picked me up asked; 'you've got 10 minutes don't you?'," Dadswell said.
"We went and tracked down Slug (Dunn), and we were together when we were told.
"I think we were both just shocked. It was so long after the event - it's been a long time since we had both been involved at the club and association."
Their names are now etched on the life members board, a tribute to their dedication and commitment to netball in the region.
Dunn started her career at the Ararat Netball Club in 1973, retiring in 1996.
In her 23 years of service to Ararat and Wimmera netball, Dunn notched up 385 A Grade games - although this number could be greater due to missing scorebooks.
"I think we were both just shocked. It was so long after the event - it's been a long time since we had both been involved at the club and association."
- Gayle Dadswell
A member of the league's 200 club, almost twice over, Dunn played in 20 A Grade grand finals, tasting glory 12 times.
Dunn's personal achievements are not to be looked over.
She won the A Grade best and fairest four times - 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1994.
Giving back to the club she felt so passionate about, Dunn signed on as the playing coach for A Grade in 1982-83 and claimed the 1983 premiership.
Slug didn't really like being a playing coach, so she took on the B-Grade coaching role for eight years.
"I didn't feel like I was a great communicator and didn't feel I was competent in the A Grade role," Dunn said.
"I felt like I didn't have as much expertise as others."
Extremely fast and agile, Dunn spent most of her playing career in the centre or wing positions and has been called "a match-winner".
Dunn served as association secretary in 1979, secretary-treasurer in 1988 and Wimmera delegate 1974-82.
In 1990 she was awarded the Wimmera-Mallee Netball Region's netballer-administrator of the year.
Spalding said she could clearly remember watching "Slug" as a young netballer.
"She played netball like a basketballer and was unstoppable," she said.
"I then had the privilege of playing alongside her and then coaching her in the 1990s."
Dadswell joined the club four years after Dunn, in 1977 when she moved the Ararat to start her teaching career at the Ararat Technical School.
Originally a hockey and basketball player, Dadswell started off playing in B Grade, but the club soon realised "this girl could play".
Dadswell, too, played a big part in the 19-year run of grand finals against Horsham.
She played in 14, won eight and also coached some of those years.
As an A Grade coach, Dadswell was a part of 10 grand finals, winning eight premierships. She also coached a B Grade team in a losing grand final.
"In those days we were a very tight-knit group - we didn't really have that many different players over all those years. People stuck with the club," Dadswell said.
"We would go away for country week and tournaments altogether.
"It was lots of fun and bonding. For me, netball was always about the comrade and the team."
Dadswell's individual achievements - both on and off the court - demonstrate her commitment to the sport.
In 1983, Dadswell won the A Grade's best and fairest.
Dadswell represented the Wimmera in the Mobil Cup Series and was captain in both 1990 and 1991.
Complementing her extensive playing and coaching career, Dadswell said taking on the administration roles within the club and league were "just something you did".
"When people list our achievements we both know we did those things because you just think it's what everyone does," Dadswell said.
"If something needed to be done, you just get in and do it."
She was club president for 14 years and treasurer for two. Dadswell took on the role of association president twice, vice president once and spent 16 years as a league delegate.
"Without a doubt, Snail has been the best coach Ararat has had. She has an amazing netball brain," Spalding said.
"As a netballer, she was an amazing goalie.
"If something needed to be done, you just get in and do it."
- Gayle Dadswell
"She had an accurate shot, was a creative passer and fantastic under pressure."
Spalding said "Snail" brought a new style of netball to Ararat.
"She taught us how to use basketball skills like jump-shots and lay-ups into our goal circle," she said.
"I cried the day she retired.
"We had been goalie partners from 1983-88 and then again in 1990.
Spalding said she was eleven when "Snail" knocked on her door to ask her mum if she could play with Ararat, in 1979.
"She coached me for three years as an under-16 player," she said.
"Not only did she teach me how to play the game, but Snail also taught me about sportsmanship and how to be an active club member."
What's behind the unique nicknames?
Slug (Dunn) said her name stems back from high school.
"One of my friends went to call me something which couldn't be repeated as a teacher walked past," she said.
"She quickly changed it to Slug, and from there, it stuck."
Snail's nickname carried on from when she played hockey.
"A number of people in the area knew me from hockey, so they already called me Snail," Dadswell said.
"It just continued from there."
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