Glenelg vice-captain Ellie Kellock says team success is behind her top form this season

Glenelg vice-captain Ellie Kellock has gone from growing up kicking the footy with her siblings on a farm in the state’s mid- north, to starring in the SANFLW.

Glenelg SANFLW midfielder Ellie Kellock, in action against South Adelaide, is the SANFLW Player of the Week for round eight. Picture: Gordon Anderson

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Ellie Kellock loved kicking the football around with her three siblings as a youngster.

Kellock, together with her older brothers Sam, now 27, and Matt, 25, and younger sister Annie, 19, grew up on a wheat and sheep farm in Farrell Flat, a mid-north town with a population of 294.

When the siblings were not helping their parents on the farm, they were having a kick and a catch.

“When I was younger I kicked around the footy with my two older brothers and my sister was always with us as well,” Kellock, 21, says.

Ellie Kellock playing for Glenelg. Picture: Gordon Anderson

“We had a big backyard, so we played a lot of marks up and that type of thing.

“I always wanted to play football but it clashed with my netball at home and I wasn’t overly keen on playing with the boys.”

Kellock had a change of heart after moving to Adelaide to board at Sacred Heart College and joined Morphettville Park in the SA Women’s Football League.

Last year she won Glenelg’s SANFLW best and fairest and last week she was the competition’s Player of the Week for round eight.

Glenelg’s Ellie Kellock. Picture: Gordon Anderson

Kellock amassed 23 possessions, seven tackles and five clearances in the Tigers’ 14-point home win over South Adelaide.

“Whenever the team is playing well, I seem to find the ball a bit more and am able to have good weeks,” she says.

Kellock says being voted by her teammates to be the club’s 2019 vice-captain, alongside skipper Cass Hartley, is a huge honour and she is enjoying the role.

“I like to use my voice in positive ways to get the best performances out of the girls,” she says.

“I feel very privileged to be there and quite honoured to play in the black and gold.”

The Tigers are fifth with a 4-4 record, one win behind fourth-placed West Adelaide.

It means Glenelg must win its remaining two games against Sturt and Woodville-West Torrens to snatch a finals berth.