By Alex Woods
It all kicked off at Morrison Reserve with the 17 and Under netball. A strong rivalry between Warburton-Millgrove and Powelltown, but the Burras handled the game beautifully. A slower but good start saw the team 1-4 at the quarter break. The second quarter was more the Burras way shooting another 6 to 3, having a halftime score of 4-10. They kept the game going their way as the match went on and saw a final score 15-25. Lucas Rush saw himself as the top performer, shooting 11 goals in the last quarter, Tegan Butcher and Hannah Darwall were also in the bests. Tayah Humphrey put up 13 goals to the team’s win with Lexi Cole also contributing 1. Bye next weekend for this team.
Up next was D Grade and A Grand final replay. Good start from the girls, a 5-9 quarter-time score, then pushing it out to 6-13 by halftime. The movement become stronger and the girls managed to push out the margin having a final score of 15-24 and gain another win on the board. Great defensive work from Nicki Cole and Courtney Godenzi who saw themselves in the bests, along with midcourter, Nikita Aldridge. Some great goaling teamwork with Tayah Humphrey putting up 14 goals and Camryn Partel with 10.
C Grade took the court next in another Grand Final replay. A strong even start saw the girls 1 goal up at the first break. By half-time they managed to secure a 2-goal lead, but unfortunately wasn’t enough to hold on. Powelltown manage to put up 9 goals in the third to 8. In the last it was Powelltown’s way shooting another 8 goals to 5, giving them a win and a final score of 29-27. Nicole Winzer, Bianca Fraser and Ella Meerkotter were all top performers for the match, with Ella putting up 16 goals. Mel Hancock also put up 11 goals. Onto next weekend against Yarra Glen.
Reserves started off the footy at Kilsyth against Powelltown. Reserve boys have been in some finals form and still carrying it on from last year. With new coaches Matt Godenzi and Tom Kelly, as well as some new in’s, this team still hasn’t put a foot wrong. The boys kicked off strong kicking 6.2 to Powelltown 0 by the first break. By halftime, the score was 3.0 Powelltown to 8.10-58. The boys kept Powelly to 1 goal in the second half, whilst booting another 8 themselves. The final score was 4.1-25 to 16.18-114 with Marcel Kocher being awarded the ‘Clarkie’ Best on Ground Medal and also kicking 4 goals. Damien Egan was back in the team, booting 5 goals for the day. Matt Sidari and Liam Westlake also contributed 2 to the match. Caelan Flynn, Jackson Jones and Christian Toy all also secured 1 each. Liam Westlake, Zayden Crunden, Tyler Bert, Ben Gray and Jackson Jones, all saw themselves as top performers for the day.
B Grade was up for a tough fight against the reigning premiers. A strong start but unfortunately, trailed by 3 goals at the first break with a score of 12-9. The second quarter was big with Powelly securing 11 goals to 8, giving them a 6-goal lead at halftime. By the three-quarter time break, Powelly had another good run seeing themselves 9 goals up by the last break. Some changes and the girls turned it on using every C pass to their advantage with a few turnovers. They bought it back to five goals but unfortunately, Powelltown secured the win. 40-35 final score with Chelsea Barnard, Jordana Butcher and Emily Hay being the top performers. Jordy also put up 18 goals, Alex Woods with 11 and Emily Hay with 6.
A Grade was on the hunt for another win on the board. After a quality first quarter, the girls had an 11-goal lead with a score of 5-16. By the halftime break, they had a lead of 14. The second half for the girls was strong throughout the defence and mid, and the goaling duo were on. A Grade secured another massive 33-goal win with a final score 30-63. Karly Wappett and Bianca Daniels had the teamwork going, with Karly putting up 32 and Bianca with 31 goals. Ally Langdon saw herself as top performer holding up the defensive end, Bianca Daniels and Selina Fotia also were in the bests for this match.
It was back over to Kilsyth for what was set to be a major match against rivals. The first quarter was strong with the boys having a lead by the first break of 1.6-212 to 4.4-28. Kicking 6 behinds in the second quarter to Powelltown’s 3 behinds, still saw the Burras in the lead by the halftime break. The third quarter came along and Powelly came back out strong, with Warburton-Millgrove kicking 1 goal to their 4 goals and 7 behinds. Powelly were 1 goal up by the last break and it was time for the Burra boys to regain possession of the lead. The match intensified with the defenders turning it up keeping Powelltown to just 2 points throughout the last term. The Burras fought back and bought the heat securing 5 goals and 8 behinds to claim victory by 30 points. Bailey Humphrey kicked 2 crucial goals in the last to bring the Burras Back in to the game, Josh Sharp also secured 1 to give the Burras a bit more confidence. Trent Elliot kicked 2, with a mega boot at a crucial time in the last quarter. Josh Sharp, Trent Elliott and Bailey all had 2. Josiah, Will, Tyson and Jack Farrugia all secured 1 each. Nelson Aldridge was awarded the Steve Darwall Best on Ground Medal. Patty Huynh, Trent, Harry Rothwell, Ben Pretty and Tyson, all saw themselves as top performers. Well done boys.
