The Monbulk and Healesville A-graders battling it out.
By Carli Mitchell
HAVING played each other two weeks ago in round 17, Monbulk and Healesville met once again in an elimination final at the weekend.
Both teams were evenly matched, of course, until the Monbulk girls came away with the all-important win to progress to the next round.
Accuracy has never been so crucial, and because of this, Healesville lost the match 41 – 34.
Playing each other only the week before, Wandin and Upwey Tecoma met again at the weekend in a very exciting match of netball. The difference this time, however, was that the Upwey girls got over the line, defeating Wandin comfortably 41 – 32.
Wandin will be playing Monbulk next week, as Upwey Tecoma will be playing Mount Evelyn with both games expecting to be absolute rippers.
Heading up to Healesville at the weekend for the elimination final, Monbulk met Warburton Millgrove. Having played against one another the previous week, the outcome was possibly going to be different; however, the Warby girls registered the important win and defeated Monbulk for the second week in a row, 36 – 27.
Also playing at Healesville, Mount Evelyn and Upwey Tecoma met one another at the weekend in a qualifying final. Both teams played well, with the game rising to another level as compared to that of the usual season. By the end of the game, the Mount Evelyn girls won the match comfortably 44 – 29.
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Meeting in an elimination final, Mount Evelyn played Monbulk at Healesville at the weekend.
The game was tight from the get-go, with both teams being evenly matched.
There were great contests throughout the court between the centre court players, and by the end of the game, Mount Evelyn got over the line to win 25 – 19.
In one of the closest games of the round, Wandin played Olinda Ferny Creek in a qualifying final.
The two teams were so evenly matched it was difficult to keep the two teams apart.
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PLAYING at Woori Yallock on the weekend, Emerald took on Seville in what was always going to be an exciting and physical match.
This was the last chance for both teams. It was 30 all in the last 2 minutes of the last quarter until Seville got a goal which put them in the lead.
It was 30 intense seconds until the umpire blew her whistle signalling the end of the game. Seville now go on to play Yea for a shot at the grand final.
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YARRA junction met Alexandra in Sunday’s first semi final at Woori Yallock. Alexandra was very accurate down the whole court and didn’t give Yarra Junction a chance. Alex shooters were on fire, with the final score being 51-26. Alexandra now go on to play Yea in next week’s preliminary final.
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SEVILLE took on Alexandra in the C grade semi final. For the first half it was all Alexandra with fast passing and accurate shooting. Seville started to come back in the second half, putting pressure on Alexandra that it wasn’t expecting. At the end of the game scores were level, so the game went into over time. Seville took control from the start and came away winners 25-20.
