It's hard not to agree.

Nearly five decades has lapsed since Hamilton and her 1968 Maroons teammates last hoisted the premiership trophy.

Grand final appearances have been few and far between since then.

On Saturday, Newbridge hopes to turn back time in a premiership battle against perennial LVFNL powerhouse Mitiamo.

It's hard to believe, but in the year the Maroons last won a top grade netball competition, John Gorton was the Prime Minister of Australia, Boeing rolled out its first 747 'jumbo jet' and Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon in late December, seven months before Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission.

Hamilton, a long-time former Newbridge resident, was a guest of the club at its final training session on Thursday night.

She conceded she was "lucky" to be involved in the '68 flag.

Hamilton, initially a hockey player, took up netball after the birth of her three children.

By 1967, she was coaching the Maroons' junior team to a premiership, in the days when each club had just the one junior and one senior teams.

"I was retiring (as a player in '68), but because the Harris girls (Pam and Gail) got hurt in a car accident and we needed some extra players," Hamilton said.

"We didn't have footballers' girlfriends and wives coming out to play, so we had to make do with the locals.

"Once the Harris girls came back in the middle of the year, we were able to combine as a team and I stopped on as a goal keeper.

"The rest is history."

Proud still to be a part of the club's only senior premiership, Hamilton said she had fonder memories of her year as a premiership coach in ‘67.

"They only started a junior competition in the league in '66 - we were runner-up then and won the premiership in '67," she said.

"Those girls came up and played seniors in '68 and we won.

"That was my last game, so I went out a winner."

Hamilton's daughters would later follow in her footsteps and play netball for the club, while her late husband George was a club legend, vice-captain of the Maroons' 1957 premiership team and life member.

His blazer hangs proudly in a frame hanging in the club rooms at Newbridge Recreation Reserve together with a long list of his accomplishments.

Both Hamilton and her daughter Kaye were presented life membership in 1991.

She continues to maintain an interest in the club and will be court-side at Pyramid Hill to not only cheer on the A-grade side, but her grand-daughter Sarah Hamilton, who will play in the C-reserve grand final against Mitiamo.

Another grand-daughter Ella also plays for the Maroons.

Hamilton has urged the club's current A-grade crop to seize the moment and clinch a long overdue premiership.

"It's hard to think that they have gone so long without another one," she said.

"I just wish them all the best and encourage them to enjoy the game."

Hamilton could only marvel at the height of the modern-day Maroons stars, after meeting the current A-grade line-up, including goal keeper and league best and fairest runner-up Amy Jackman.

"They are all so much taller now. I suppose I have shrunk a couple of inches but not that much," she said.

"But they were never as tall as Amy.

"I was medium-height, but we wouldn't have had a hope now of defending a goaler of that height."

Jackman, a newcomer to the club this season, was elated to meet one of the club's nine only A-grade premiership players and was hopeful of playing a part in breaking the flag drought.

"It's pretty sad that they they haven't on in that long, but hopefully we can get across the line this year," the 22-year-old said.

"It will be a huge celebration for everyone, including Isobel.

"She was a goal keeper, so we have a bit of a connection.

"He advice was to play my best, go my hardest and do my bit for the team."

The 1968 premiership team comprised Hamilton, Pam Harris, Carmel Holland, Yvonne Stewart, Marge Metelmann, Gwenda McCartney, Gail Harris, Jenny Freeman (emergency) and Gwen Davies (emergency).