By Parker McKenzie
Silvan Football Club’s Leigh Kimpton scored his 100th goal of the season over the weekend during his teams 81-point win against Chirnside Park on Saturday 6 August.
31-year-old Kimpton said he hit the milestone in his 4th season with the club, after previously recording a high of 79 in his first season with the team.
“It was from a tight angle, about 45 meters out,” he said.
“I’m still probably thinking it over a little bit, but we knew this could happen and everyone ran onto the field.”
Silvan currently finds themselves in first spot on the ladder, with one game to go before finals in the Eastern football League 4th Division. Their final game —and then again during finals —will be played against Surrey Park, who inflicted the team with their only loss of the season so far.
Kimpton said he is focused on winning the Premiership now he’s achieved the lofty goal scoring target.
“We’re travelling well, we’ve only lost one game so everything is looking good for the flag,” he said.
“We lost to them once by three points, but I think we’ve hopefully learned from that.”
Kimpton needed to kick 6 goals to hit 100 for the season, but went one better with 7, bringing his total to 101 for the year.
He chalked his success this season up to the team improving under coach Trent Martin compared to previous seasons.
“We’ve picked up some good players and we’re just traveling a lot better than we have in the previous seasons,” Kimpton said.
“I’ve been kicking straighter and obviously we are going pretty well.
“The deliveries have been pretty good this year; it helps to have a good team around you.”
