Tumut defeated Temora 3-2, taking their maiden win of the season in Round 7 of the competition on Sunday.

“It’s a confidence booster,” Jaynoy said.

However he conceded the team may not be on a victory streak just yet.

“It will take some time for us to gel.”

After a glorious season in 2014, where Tumut won the inaugural Pascoe Plate for the grand final champions in the ‘runners up’ pool of the competition the club suffered losses in the off-season.

Nine first grade players dropped out, leaving Jaynoy and fellow co-coach Matt Casey with a recruitment challenge they are all too familiar with.

“It seems to go in cycles, we seem to build a team over a period of years, then it all falls in a heap,” Jaynoy said.

Jaynoy and Casey restocked the team with junior and reserve grade players.

“It’s been a struggle for us in first grade, we have had to start from scratch,” Jaynoy said.

As of 2014 Football Wagga has stipulated that each club in the competition must enter a first grade men’s team, and while Tumut’s first grade side has struggled to compete against the clubs established in areas with larger population bases Jaynoy wouldn’t have it any other way.

He said he doesn’t mind being humbled for the greater good, explaining the rule prevents the competition from becoming “bottom-heavy.”

“A few years ago soccer in Wagga was a bit of a laughing stock with only five first grade teams registered; something had to change,” he said.

He has been treating this season as a learning experience.

“What I’ve said to the players is, ‘even if we’re getting beaten, the best thing we can do is take something from each game,’” he said.