By Alex Woods
A massive weekend was set to be had. 7 teams in the qualifying position and playing for a spot in the Grand Final.
The morning started with D Grade playing against Powelltown.
The rain was set in for the morning, which made for wet netball conditions.
They got off to a strong start in the first quarter but Powelltown slowly bought it back for the Burras to have a 6 goal lead at the first break.
The second quarter gained more momentum for them to have a 9 goal lead, only allowing Powelltown to score 1 goal in the second.
The second half was much the same for the Burras, usurping their strong defensive efforts and converting them into goals, the D Grade girls secured their much earned Grand Final position with a 24-13 victory.
Top performers were: Courtney Godenzi, Cam Partel and Tayah Humphreyz, Tayah and Cam both shot 12 goals each.
B grade we’re on after and this was set to be a tough match for the girls.
Broadford had secured 2 wins against them and 1 for Warby.
Only going down by 4 goals over at Broadford a few weeks ago, they definitely had a good chance at securing a victory.
Burras got an early jump heading into the quarter time break 6-9. They looked and felt strong but had to continue it for another 3 quarters.
They second quarter was much the same but the Burras held onto a 2 goal lead heading into half time break.
A slight change in positions, the girls took control of the game and converted the turn overs into goals.
The defensive pressure caused Broadford to turnover the ball and into the Burras hands.
They scored 14 goals to Broadford’s 7, going into the last quarter with a nice 9 goal lead.
The last quarter was a big one for B Grade, hadn’t been in a Grand Final since 2016, but this was a completely different team, and the only netball side to not have made it last year going down to Broadford in the Prelim.
Broadford had a big quarter shooting 11 goals to our 9 but thankfully our big 3rd quarter was enough for us to keep the lead and finish was winners by the final siren.
Chelsea Barnard, Jordana Butcher and Alexandra Woods were named top performers with Jordana shooting 23 goals and Alex with 16.
Reserves took to the footy field for their big clash against Powelltown.
Burras had the lead at quarter time with a score of 2.1-13 to 1.0-6.
The wet oval made for scrappy footy but the Burras held onto the lead going into the half time break by 4 points.
They had a much-needed reset and regroup to come into the second half even stronger.
They kept Powelltown scoreless in the third quarter and scored some much needed goals themselves to give themselves a nice lead heading into the last quarter.
The Burras had strong defensive pressure and managed to convert all the turnovers into some goals.
The last quarter they kept as their game, Powelltown scored 1.4 to our 2.1 in the last, the boys had secured the victory when the siren sounded having a nice score of 7.5-45 to 3.7-25.
Earning themselves a Grand Final position in 2 weeks time.
Matthew Sidari, Aaron Pye, Joshua Read, Brayden Ferguson, Kobi Gay and Aidan Norfolk all had solid games with Josh Read kicking 3 goals, Tyler Bert, Damien Egan, Noah Erickson and Aaron Maguire all had 1 each.
A Grade started their game midday, taking on Broadford.
Game started close with Burras being 2 goals up at the first break (9-7).
They managed to create a nice gap heading into the second half with a score of 27-15.
The third quarter had strong defensive pressure, only allowing Broadford to score 1 goal, while putting up 6 themselves.
The A Graders had a nice lead heading into the last quarter (33-16) but the game was far from over yet.
This quarter was big for both teams, Broadford shot 13 goals but was enough to regain control of the game as the Burras put up a massive 24 goals to give a final score of 57-29. 4
The 17 & Under netball finished off the day over at the courts, taking on Alexandra.
They matched up last week with the Burras having a victory go 21-9, but finals are a different ball game.
Alexandra got the early jump having a 1-4 lead at quarter time.
Burras made some changes going into the second to regain momentum and the lead heading into the half time break.
Burras had a strong quarter scoring 7 goals to Alexandra’s 2, giving them a 2 goal lead heading the second half.
Thier defence worked tirelessly to keep Alexandra scoreless in the third quarter and converted into 3 goals to increase their lead.
Last quarter came around the Burras went out strong to finish off the day.
They managed to leave Alexandra to score only 2 goals and gained another 5 for themselves, giving a nice victory of 16-8 and a Grand Final position.
A nice clean sweep for netball and all sides into the last game.
Seniors finished off the day with a tough match against Alexandra.
Burras went down to Alex last weekend by a few goals and the conditions of the ground was going to make it a hard game.
Burras got a nice start kicking 3.3-21 to Alexandra’s 2.2-14 in the first quarter, Alex gained some momentum and managed to secure a 3 point lead heading into the second half.
Unfortunately, Alexandra took control of the second half and kicked 3 goals and 3 behinds to our 1.1.
The last quarter was much to Alexandra’s way and the Burras couldn’t convert their efforts into goals, kicking 3 behinds for the quarter to Alexandra’s 2 goals and behinds.
Alex took the victory with a final score of 5.9-39 to .16-70.
The Burras have a second chance against Powelltown on Saturday at Broadford.
Big week of training and working hard to get a hopeful victory.
Tyson Henry, Dale Morris, Trent Elliott, Dylan Walker, Thomas Marr and Tom Barr were named top performers with Trent Elliott kicking 2 goals and Tyson Henry, Tom Barr and Blake Muir all had 1 each.
Great weekend for the Burras!
