Vickie Jovanovski and Angela Tasevski were at Shellharbour Workers Club celebrating the end of the junior soccer season on September 20 last year, when they got into a verbal confrontation.

Within minutes the pair, who had attended the function with their husbands and 11-year-old daughters, were at each other physically.

Tasevski used her shoulder to shove Jovanovski, who retaliated by grabbing Tasevski's hair, pulling her to the ground. The women's husbands and some others entered the scuffle in a bid to pull the women apart.

Witness accounts also said husbands Zivko Jovanovski and Mondo Tasevski threw punches during the fray.

Angela Tasevski lost a number of clumps of hair from the right side of her head during the the incident, a doctor's report tendered to the court confirmed.

The court heard the women were taking photos of their daughters receiving awards on stage just moments before they got into the dispute.

The girls were in a team coached by Zivko Jovanovski.

Vickie Jovanovski gave evidence that she was unhappy with Tasevski because she had told other parents that Jovanovski's daughter was to blame for the team's grand-final loss.

Another team-mate's mother, Valentina Cakarovska, gave evidence that Tasevski had complained Zivko Jovanovski had intentionally taken her daughter off the field when selectors were watching.

This led to the pair confronting each other and coming to blows before a room full of young families.

Vickie Jovanovski was subsequently charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and the lesser charge of common assault.

She pleaded not guilty, arguing she was acting in self-defence.

Magistrate Ian Guy disagreed and found the prosecution case proven but recorded no conviction against Jovanovski.

Instead he placed her on a 12-month good behaviour bond.

Mr Guy was scathing of the women's behaviour.

"I accept there was an element of provocation that led you to behave the way you did ... [but] to get to the level that there is an all-in brawl ... what message does that send in terms of good behaviour to young people?" he said.

"It ruined the day for all concerned, I'm sure."