Take a look at the 20 most significant sporting moments throughout an unprecedented 2020 of action. Let's kick off the countdown with the first five picks, 20-16.
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"It's honestly amazing. All the girls put in so much work to get there. It feels amazing."
- Heidi Regan
#20 - Waratahs obliterate CYMS in ODFA grand final
After withdrawing from the returning Western Premier League campaign, Ryan Sinclair's Waratahs were always going to be an odds-on shot to go all the way in the first grade competition.
After working their way through the season undefeated, the sky blues took on a young CYMS side in the deciding clash.
While CYMS had played a stack of brave games throughout the winter, they were absolutely no match for the experience of the Tahs, conceding 10 goals in what was an absolute bloodbath.
Tahs' skipper Sinclair has already indicated his side will be front and centre for the 2021 WPL competition which seems a fitting transition after the damage they did in the local comp.
#19 - Baggust prevails in dramatic sudden death showdown
It was 42 years between drinks for Port Macquarie's David Baggust but the 63-year-old made a happy hunting ground of DuntryLeague, winning a NSW Amatuer Men's Championship for the first time since 1968.
Baggust scraped past hometown hero Robert Payne on the fourth playoff hole as the pair couldn't be split until after 7pm.
While he played some good golf throughout the first 18 holes, he well and truly saved his best for last as he produced some cracking shots from close range.
Many athletes would wilt under the extreme pressure of a playoff situation but Bagust was cool as a cucumber throughout the overtime format.
He held the lead going into the third day of action but was pegged back by Robert Payne, John Fearnley and Peter Kirwan as all four progressed to the playoffs.
While the latter two were knocked out on the first hole, the aforementioned duo stuck around for a further three.
#18 - Bush jockey does his best to fix track
What racing fans witnessed on Thursday 17 at Narromine Turf Club might never happen again.
In what was one of the more surprising scenes at any track in Australia this year, champion jockey Greg Ryan jumped on the lawn mower to try and do his bit to get the surface up to scratch.
The 'Greg can ride anything to win' jokes began almost as soon as the jockey with more than 4000 career wins to his name jumped on the ride-on to cut back the grass in the area of the track in question.
It was a section between the 800-600m area of the track, with early reports stating the grass was too long and it was leading some horses to slip in the early races.
The track had been rated a Good 4 at the start of the day but the water on the problem section of the track reportedly hadn't been absorbed as much as would have been liked because of the longer grass.
Despite the best efforts of Ryan, the decision was made to abandon the meeting with only two races completed.
#17 - Red hot Vipers run riot in all grades
The Western Women's grand final day at Pride Park was dominated by the Vipers.
The snakes took out three premierships in the under 14s, 18s and open's, closing out what was a sensational season of action for the Orange-based club.
While all the victories were stunning, the highlight of the day was the way in which Marty Lyden's all-age girls dominated a highly touted Wiradjuri side as they score 24 unanswered points to suffocate their opposition.
Fullback Heidi Regan was at her scintillating best as she carved through the Goannas whenever she touched the footy.
"It's honestly amazing. All the girls put in so much work to get there. It feels amazing," Regan said
Another sensational individual showing came in the under 18s grand final win as lock Lilly Baker announced herself as one of the most devastating up and coming women's footy stars in the Central West as she was physical from start to finish, helping her side destroy Woodbridge.
#16 - Emus host Forbes in diabolic conditions
Orange Emus and Forbes Platypi players rushed to the showers, found heaters or latched on to anything they could find that was warm after a torrid Blowes Clothing Cup clash in abhorrent conditions in at Endeavour Oval on Saturday August 22.
Emus won 8-0 on the back of a first half try to Archie Hall and a penalty goal from returning veteran Nigel Staniforth, but the scoreline was almost lost in the wash after players battled their way through patches of snow, sleet and rain, on top of an out-and-out bog of a surface and freezing temperatures.
The end of the game deteriorated to the point where it became scrum, pass, drop, repeat, Emus skipper Charlie Henley saying he'd never played in anything like it before.
"And I hope to never play in anything like that again," he smiled, covered in mud in the Emus' change rooms.
"That half-time break killed us. We all warmed up in the sheds and then went back out and it turned to mud and slush and it was awful. The temperature. We couldn't hold the ball.
"We'll take the four points and move on to next week and hope for better conditions."
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