By Alex Woods
A windy day for sport today. But nonetheless, another clean sweep for the season and some happy Burra people.
The morning started off with 17 and Under netball, they got off to a red-hot start having a score of 7-0 at quarter time. The team kept Yarra Junction to 1 goal in the first half whilst shooting another 10 in the second quarter themselves. By the end of the match, the 17’s had well and truly taken the win with ease with a nice win of 25-7. Still remaining undefeated, well done team. Tayah Humphrey put up 20 goals for the game with Lexi Cole contributing 4 and Tahlia Thornton with 1. The best players were Tegan Butcher, Lucas Rush and Lexi Cole.
Next up was D Grade. This team also had another cracker of a match being 11-5 at halftime but soon kicked it out putting up 17 goals in the third quarter and leaving Yarra Junction scoreless for the remainder of the match from halftime. By three-quarter time the score was 28 to 5 and the girls weren’t slowing down. Another 17 goals were shot by the Burras in the last quarter, giving them a mega win of 45-5. Camryn Holland contributed 28 goals to the team win, Cam Partel with 8 and Tayah Humphrey with 9. Georgia Wyatt, Cam Partel and Alexandra Freeman were all awarded best on court. The D Grade girls remain undefeated in the first half of the season.
C Grade was ready in the hope of another good win. They managed to secure a 20-6 lead by half time and kept the momentum going from there. They continued on the strong shooting and got another 11 goals in the third quarter. The defenders worked awesome keeping Yarra Junction to 6 goals in each half. The final score was 39-12 with Ella Meerkotter, Melanie Hancock and Ruby Kelly all awarded best on court. Ella also contributed 18 goals and Mel Hancock with 21.
Reserves started off the football at midday. A strong start by the boys with a 3.6-24 to 0.1-1 lead at the first break. They kept Yarra Junction to 1 goal by halftime whilst kicking another 3.5 for themselves having a half-time lead of 40 points. Yarra Junction came out strong in the second half, securing a few goals for themselves, but was unable to keep up with the Burras, who contributed a couple more to their score. The final score was 11.19-85 to Yarra Junction 5.3-33. Marcel Kocher kicked 4 goals to his name, Damien Egan also secured 3 and Josh Dobson, Brayden Ferguson, Matt Sidari and Ash Taylor all got 1 each. Josh Dobson, Brayden Ferguson, Ben Gray, Aaron Pye, Hudson Semple and Daniel Schlueter were all named top performers for the match. This side also remains undefeated at the halfway mark in the season. Well done, boys.
B Grade took the court after C Grade. The girls needed a good win after the loss last game against Powelltown. They got off to a flying start with a quarter-time score of 21-5. By halftime, they had a big lead of 39-12. Some changes were made and some fresh legs to run out, they put up a massive 20 goals in the third quarter and the defenders kept Yarra Junction to 3 goals. The score was 59-15 at the last break and they still had one more quarter to go. They powered through, Yarra Junction secured 8 in the last but couldn’t keep up with the Burras who also put up 13 for themselves. The final score was 72-23 and it was a good win needed for B Grade. Alex Woods put up 47 goals and Emily Hay had 25 to her name. Alexandra Woods, Taylah Moschetti and Chelsea Barnard were all awarded best on the court for the game.
A Grade finished off the netball but had a closer start to the match than the other games. They had a 4-goal lead at quarter time but managed to stretch that out 31-14 by half time. They used their speed and intensity to push it out to a 20-goal lead by the last break. A 21-goal lead was secured by A Grade, Bianca Daniels shot 29 goals and partner Karly Wappett wasn’t far behind with 25. Bianca Daniels, Karly Wappett and Selina Fotia were all awarded best on court for the win. The A Grade girls sit on top of the ladder with only 1 loss against them.
Seniors finished off the round and hoped to secure that clean sweep. 6.8 to 1.0 was kicked by quarter time and the Burras were up. They had a massive second quarter kicking 11 goals and 6 behinds to Yarra Junction’s 1 goal in the first quarter. The Burras were up 15.14-104 to 1.0-6 at half time. The third quarter came along and the Burras lost a bit of momentum compared to the second quarter. They still managed to kick 3 goals but also missed a few. A little reset at three-quarter time and they gained a little bit more intensity to finish off the match strong. The win was secured with a 22.23-155 to 4.3-27 final score. Young guns Liam Westlake and Bailey Humphrey both slotted 7 goals each. Jack Farrugia had 3 goals to his name, while Tom Barr, Trent Elliott, Tyson Henry, Blake Muir and Josh Read all had 1 goal each. Dylan Walker, Liam
Westlake, Bailey Humphrey, Tom Barr, Patrick Huynh and Timothy McKail all were named best on for the team’s big win.
Home game again next weekend against Yarra Glen, all Ladies are invited to WMFNC Ladies Day in the social rooms from 3pm.
Well done Burras on a good weekend.
