By Alex Woods
This weekend Warburton-Millgrove Football Netball Club hosted Broadford for 4 netball and 2 football games.
Matt Godenzi played 200 games and Haley Toy played her 150th game for the Burras. The morning started off with the Under 13’s Warburton Junior showcase, they played so well and it was a great turnout between Junior and Senior netball. The day was a clean sweep but read more about each game below:
The 17’s netball started off the morning with a competitive match. The court was slippery and wet, which made for some interesting netball. The team started strong having a 9-5 lead by half time, but as the conditions started to dry up, Broadford contested it to Warby and was only 1 goal behind by the last break. The Burras made a few changes, adjusted their mistakes and managed to secure a 4 goal win. Lucas Rush, Grace Cole and Reese Ormsby were the top performers, Tayah Humphrey put up 13 goals, Lucas Rush with 3 and Tahlia Thornton with 2.
C Grade was on next for Haley Toy’s 150th game. C Grade came out firing having a 8-1 goal lead at quarter time. They continued the momentum right up until the end. The team worked strongly from the defence right up to the goalers. The mid-courters executed their passing well. C Grade came away with a 38-9 goal win for Haley. Melanie Hancock, Haley Toy and Grace Robinson were named top performers, Mel shot 18 goals, Cam Holland with 12 and Ella Meerkotter with 8.
Reserves started off the football for Matty G’s big 200th game. The boys kicked 7.14-56 to Broadford’s 0.1-1 in the first half, and managed to keep them goalless until the last quarter. By the last break, the scores were 13.19-97 to 0.3-3. Matty G saw himself kick 3 in the last term for his big milestone and Damien Egan kicked another mega 9 goals in the match. Josh Dobson also contributed 3 goals for the game and Luke Anderson, Tarkyn Nicolandos and Daniel Schlueter all had 1 each. Marcel Kocher, Christian Toy, Jamie Nelson, Matthew Godenzi, Tarkyn Nicolandos and Cody Ladewig all were named top performers for the day. The final score was 18.22-130 to 3.4-22.
B Grade took the court next in a tough match set to be had. Broadford has claimed all the wins so far in each match-up, but there has always been the belief that the team could get over the line. The
game started in the Burras’ favour shooting the first couple of goals before Broadford. The team worked nicely with a 12-10 goal lead at the first break. By half time the B Grade girls were 12 goals up and didn’t look like slowing down. The defence shut down their attack and converted it nicely at the goaling end. The girls shot 12 goals in the 3rd quarter to Broadford’s and kept it going in the last with another 12 goals to their 5 again. Claiming a needed 26-goal win with a final score of 48-22. Well done girls.
A Grade finished up the netball in what was set to be another tough match. A Grade saw their first loss in a while in Round 1 after going down by 2 goals. This was the time to redeem those 4 points for the ladder. A strong start saw A Grade up 12-7 by the first break. They continued on throughout the game with speedy efforts, strong defence throughout and converting it all into goals. By the end of the 3rd quarter, A Grade was 44-19 in front and unfortunately, Broadford couldn’t keep up with the pace of their movement. The A Grade girls showed everyone what they are made of and put all their skill and talent to use to convert a 2 goal loss 6 weeks ago into a 62-23 win. Ally Langdon, Ashlyn Elliott and Bianca Daniels were awarded best on. With Bianca Daniel shooting 31 goals, Karly Wappett with 19 and Shae Gee with 12.
Seniors finished off the day aiming for a win to complete the clean sweep. A strong first half was had, kicking 11.7-73 to Broadford’s 2.4-16. The team converted much better and entered the ball into the Burra’s 50 nicely. They continued the pressure right across the ground and had a major 3rd quarter kicking 10.1 to Broadford’s 3.1. The young guns were on fire with Bailey Humphrey and Liam Westlake kicking 6 goals each, with Mumford also getting some airtime taking hangers. The Seniors completed the clean sweep for the club having a final score of 27.11-173 to Broadford’s 5.7-37. Nelson Aldridge, Trent Elliott, Jack Farrugia, Lachlan Marr, Blake Muir and Brayden Woolridge also contributed 2 goals each. Liam Barnard, Mitchell Gordon and Josh Read all also had 1 to their name. All the young boys, Patrick Huynh, Liam Westlake, Bailey Humphrey, Blake Muir, Tyson Henry and Jack Farrugia turned it on today earning themselves top performers.
