By Tim Baker
With the Seville Senior Football side already having secured their Grand Final spot, it was down to the Reserves and A, B and D grade netball sides to try and secure their place. The Under 17 Netball side also took on Narre Warren in their Grand Final.
Seville Reserves headed out to Woori Yallock to take on Gembrook-Cockatoo in the Division One preliminary final on Saturday 17 September.
Gembrook won the toss and elected to kick to the Paddington end where there was quite a strong breeze. Gembrook made the most of their opportunities and was able to apply some good score board pressure, with a handy lead of 25 points at quarter time.
Seville then had the breeze in the second quarter but this didn’t seem to help them. Gembrook had their confidence up and was playing much better than Seville.
Seville on ballers, lead by ‘Beefy’, were battling hard but were just unable to match it with the in-form team of the competition.
Gembrook has not lost a game since it played Seville in round 11 and was on an 11-game winning streak.
The coach Timmy “Bakes Snakes” Baker threw the magnets around a little bit in the second half to see if he could get a few more of his boys into the game. ‘Buster’ Shore was having a stinker and just couldn’t get into the game, his chances of getting into the senior grand final team Friday now seem quite unlikely.
Gembrook continued their good form in the second half and had a comfortable 9-goal win in the end. Beefy, Bobby Vegas, Clem, Liam, young Fraser and Vas were amongst Seville’s better players for the day.
The Seville Reserves boys will now enjoy a few quiet beers next Friday as they cheer on their senior teammates in the Grand Final.
While a Reserves win was not to be, the netballers had differing fortunes, with all remaining senior teams booking a Grand Final place. Unfortunately however, the Under 17 team went down to Narre Warren 30-12.
Scores:
Seville A defeated Yarra Glen 37-20.
Seville B defeated Belgrave 61-34.
Seville D defeated Berwick Springs 29-22.
The Division One Grand Finals were meant to take place at the Yarra Glen Showgrounds, but due to flooding concerns, the games have been relocated to Woori Yallock for the Friday 23 September clashes.
