Mrs Ough has been an avid supporter since 1955, firstly for Rainbow and then when the two clubs merged. 

She was born in Natimuk before moving to Goroke and then Rainbow. 

Every match day, Mrs Ough comes to support the young Storm footballers early in the morning and stays right through until the seniors have walked off the ground after the final siren. 

“I go in time to see the little kids in the morning and then I stay there all day,” she said. 

“I used to take a friend with me, she’s in care at the moment, but if we were losing she would go ‘we should go home’ and I would say ‘no you can’t, we’re losing, we can’t leave’ – you’ve got to stay there for support.

“I’d be more likely to leave if we were having a big win.” 

The club means everything to Mrs Ough.  “It means a great deal because I love the footy,” she said. 

“But I just think every town needs sport in general to keep it going.”

Mrs Ough said football kept the community ticking. 

“I just think the community spirit, it keeps everyone involved,” she said. 

“It’s something to do, especially for the kids. If they’re playing sport they’re not getting into trouble.” 

Mrs Ough said she had loved watching Jeparit-Rainbow in the 2017 season. 

“The season has been good,” she said.

Mrs Ough said she hoped Storm could win against Harrow-Balmoral on Saturday at Pimpinio Sporting Complex.  

“But you never know, if it rains any more, Pimpinio will be a bit of a tricky ground,” she said, 

Mrs Ough is confident Jeparit-Rainbow can challenge Harrow-Balmoral and potentially get over the line in the Horsham District Football and Netball League preliminary final. 

“Anybody can be confident and then the underdog can come up and get the win,” she said. 

“We’ll probably go into the game as the underdog I would say because Harrow-Balmoral is very strong. 

“We’ve done pretty well, I’m very pleased.” 

Mrs Ough remembered a time when Jeparit-Rainbow was in the Mallee league. 

“Before we joined Horsham District and we were in the Mallee league and we were struggling but we have gone well since we joined Horsham District,” she said. 

Mrs Ough is a volunteer at Rainbow P-12 College and said hearing the young children talk about football was great. 

“They get very involved – I do some reading at the school and they talk about footy a lot,” she said.

Mrs Ough said one of her fondest memories was when Jeparit-Rainbow won a senior premiership in 1997. 

“We did win one premiership,” she said. 

“But just going to the football, you know all the kids that play – it’s like an overgrown family.

“It’s really important to have a club like this, it’s not only the seniors but it’s the little fellas coming up, from Auskick, right through.”