The round started Friday Night with the Women’s footy team taking on Officer, in Officer.
With most of the team depleted with sickness, the team managed to take the field with two rotations (before being struck down with injuries). It wasn’t the Burras’ day on the field, and Officer came out to win. The final score was 5.10-40 to Burras 0. The team gave their all and will reset for a big game next weekend.
Saturday came by and Warburton-Millgrove hosted Belgrave. D grade started the morning with a tough match-up. The game was close and they were only three down at halftime. Belgrave took control in the last half and secured the win 17-21. Holly Cole, Maddie Loveless and Hannah Darwall were the top performers with Holly shooting 4 goals, Sienna Muir with 4, Brooke de Pedro with 6 and Maddie Loveless with 3.
C grade on next and Belgrave got an early jump of 4-11 at quarter time. But the Burras managed to bring it back with being 4 down at halftime. Belgrave took the strong lead again and secured the win 19-28. Cam Holland, Cam Partel and Amy Morris were the top performers, with Cam H shooting 5 goals, Mel Hancock with 10 and Ashlyn Hermansen with 4.
A Grade got a strong lead and was 25-15 at the halftime break. They continued the game in the second half with strength and speed, they got the win 56-29 with Ally Langdon, Morgan Wyatt and Selina Fotia being top performers. Bianca Daniels put up 25 goals and Karly Wappett with 31.
B Grade finished off the netball and it wasn’t their day today. Belgrave was strong and they had a nice lead of 9-27 at halftime. The Burras’ second half was better but Belgrave continued nicely and got the win 26-57. Monique Lee, Chelsea Barnard and Tayla Ferguson were the top performers, with Tayla shooting 15 goals, Cam Holland with 5 and Alex Woods with 6.
Reserves took to the field just after midday. Belgrave had a 10-point lead at halftime, the game remained a few goals throughout but Belgrave took control in the last and secured a 1.6-12 to 5.5- 35 win. Dave Bedggood, Brayden Ferguson, Harry Rothwell, Matt Sidari, Ricky Andueza and Tyler Bert were top performers, with Jack Broek kicking the only goal.
Seniors finished off the day, at the first break, scores were even, but the Burras took control in the second quarter to go into halftime with a score of 6.9-45 to 1.3-9. Belgrave secured a few goals in the third but the Burras still had a 23-point lead heading into the last. They managed to secure 3.3 in the last to Belgrave’s 1.2 and got the win. Lachlan Hewitt, Tyson Henry, Tim McKail, Nelson Aldridge, Andrew Trende and Liam Barnard were all stars of the match. Lachlan kicked 5 goals, Liam Barnard with 2, Brayden Woolridge, Jack Farrugia and Tom Baker all had one each.
