When Rockhampton No 2 Women’s Masters Team discussed what “dress theme” would best depict their team, association and town, they decided they should celebrate Rockhampton’s iconic Australian Beef Week and proudly represent the Beef Capital with a ‘cow’ boy dress up.

Sticking with their association colours of black and red they luckily found that this year’s ‘flanny shirt’ fashion colours came in Rocky colours and their cowboy hat was found on a party shop online. To represent the beef side of their theme, their search for ‘wearable’ cows resulted in a family of four miniature dressed toy cows from Target and to complete their ensemble a team passport was added to a handmade woollen lanyard to hold their cow.

At Warwick Rocky 2’s first meeting included a ‘team bonding craft’ session to assemble their lanyard, cow and passport, distributing the smallest cows to the youngest team members. The final piece of their team get-up was to present their coach and manager with their ‘cow onesies’ they were required to wear every day. Though a total surprise for them, they happily obliged, especially as they kept them warm! No team member was to ever be found without their outfit on whilst at the fields or be fined accordingly. But everyone liked wearing their outfit so much that no fines were required.

Rocky 2 really embraced the whole outfit creation process and loved the hamper prize received for their win. The fun they had in developing the theme pre-tournament was a highlight for the team, bringing them together as a stronger team. It is yet to be determined if they will keep the theme for future championships. But they look forward to preparing their team outfit for 2022 in tropical Townsville.