YVMDFNL Wrap 2 August, 2014
How results can change the outlook of the Final Five so quickly in Division One of Yarra Valley Mountain District Community Bank Football Netball League.
Division 1 has Wandin, Monbulk and Olinda Ferny Creek sharing top spot with Wandin on top by percentage.
Woori Yallock and Upwey Tecoma share fourth and fifth but Woori holds fourth by a massive 30.27 per cent, with Mt Evelyn just out of the five by one game.
In Division 2 Seville is still one game clear of Yarra Glen on top of the ladder but it has those two spots sewn up so it’s now a battle for the minor standings.
Powelltown sits third one game clear of Yarra Junction and Thornton is one game clear of Alexandra in fifth.
Netball now sees Upwey Tecoma two games clear of Wandi, with Belgrave one game away in third.
Yarra Glen is cemented on top with Seville sitting second but Yarra Junction and Powelltown and only one game behind in third and fourth with Yea sitting fifth.
The next three weeks could see a lot of movement in both football and netball.
First Division (Seniors)
Warburton Millgrove 12.5 (77) d Mount Evelyn 10.12 (72)
Warby may not partake in finals this season but it is certainly having a say in shaping them as it put a dint in Mount Evelyn’s finals aspirations handing it a nail-biting five point loss.
This game was in the balance right throughout, Mount Evelyn did have more chances than Warby over the duration of the game but it wasn’t able to nail those opportunities on a regular basis which kept Warby in the game.
On the other hand Warby made every chance it got count.
Despite Mount Evelyn having five more scoring shots it was Warby that held its nerve when it counted which, ultimately, produced its fantastic victory.
Best
Warburton Millgrove: M. Wappett (3), L. Barnard, A. Pettinella.
Mount Evelyn: M. Martin (2), W. Nicholson, K. Elliott.
Wandin 22.15 (147) d Upwey Tecoma 4.13 (37)
Wandin has shot into flag favouritism in a big way after it comprehensively thrashed Upwey.
Wandin jumped out of the blocks and before Upwey knew what happened it was down by 41 points at the first change.
Upwey did battle hard to get back into the game in the second and did, in fact, reduce the margin to 34 points by half-time, however that little comeback was short lived as Wandin held Upwey goalless in the second half as it ran away with the game booting six goals in the third quarter and then backed that up with seven in the last, Wandin winning by 110 points in one of the most dominating performances of the year to date.
Best
Wandin: J. Myers, R. Wilson (1), J. Ladner.
Upwey Tecoma: D. Sloane, S. Gooley, S. Parkinson.
Woori Yallock 9.7 (61) d Healesville 4.7 (31)
This wasn’t the prettiest game but that certainly didn’t bother Woori Yallock as it was able to hold Healesville at bay all day.
It was only eight points the difference at half time but Woori did seem to have control of the game and that proved the case in the second half as Healesville found it hard to get the ball forward and it only booted one goal for the half while Woori found more avenues forward with cleaner ball movement booting five second half goals to win by 30 points with a solid performance.
Best
Woori Yallock: B. Monkhorst (2), B. Sneddon (1), J. Williams.
Healesville: A. Davies, H. Prest, A. Hamer.
Second Division (Seniors)
Powelltown 15.9 (99) d Alexandra 7.7 (49)
Powelltown sits reasonably comfortably in third spot after a solid four quarter performances handing Alexandra a 50-point defeat.
Powelltown set its win up in the first half holding Alex to just one goal while it booted eight majors to grab a 44-point half-time lead.
The second half was a lot more competitive from Alex but it was too far behind to be any real threat as Powelltown maintained its sizeable lead until the final siren.
Best
Powelltown: C. Vail, M. Horsley (1), M. Gordon.
Alexandra: J. Murphy (1), B. Cooper (1), D. Toomey.
Yarra Glen 11.6 (72) drew with Seville 10.12 (72)
This game was touted as the Grand Final preview and if that is the case then finals are going to be epic.
There was nothing separating the sides all day as it went goal for goal for most of the match.
Yarra Glen did lead at the first three changes but its biggest lead was just eight points at three-quarter time with the game well and truly in the balance.
The last quarter was a torrid hard hitting affair and goals didn’t come easy; in fact Yarra Glen didn’t score a major as it could only scrounge one behind for the term while Seville did boot the all-important goal for the quarter and come final siren scores were all tied up after a bruising battle by two sides that look destined to meet each other come finals.
Best
Yarra Glen: D. Watt (1), M. Attard (3), M. Ashton.
Seville: M. Callinan, K. Jones (5), M. Adams.
Yarra Junction 6.14 (50) d Thornton Eildon 6.7 (43)
Yarra Junction has consolidated its position in fourth spot and sits two games clear of Thornton after defeating it by seven points in a low scoring contest.
Yarra Junction’s lead was just two points at half time but it booted eight straight behinds to 1.1 in the second term and really should have been further in front than its two point lead.
The second half was a big arm wrestle with only five goals booted for the half but it was Yarra Junction that was able to hold out Thornton until the final siren to eventually come away with a tough seven point victory.
Best
Yarra Junction: E. Wadsworth, L. Cove, D. Amrein.
Thornton Eildon: J. Newton, D. Creed, B. Kapakoulakis (2).
YEA: BYE
Division 1 (A Grade) Netball
Mount Evelyn 58 d Warburton Millgrove 24
Mount Evelyn played a very good consistent four quarter game and although Warby didn’t play a badly it was Mount Evelyn that kept pulling away as the game went on; it finished the game well with 32 second half goals to 10 to run away with a goods win.
Best
Mount Evelyn: Teagan Ashmore, Maddie Hickey (28), Jessica Walker.
Warburton Millgrove: Jaime Lord, Alexandra Bryan, Kellie Davidson.
Healesville 60 d Woori Yallock 34
After an even first quarter where Healesville’s lead was just three goals it broke away in the second scoring 13 goals to four to go into half-time with a handy 12-goal lead.
In the the second half Healesville was sharper with its ball movement and it were clearly a class above as it scored another 30 goals to 16 to win by 26 goals in what was a pretty classy display.
Best
Healesville: Lauren Woodgate (29), Caitlyn Jeffress, Kylie Malone (30).
Woori Yallock: Stacey Southwick, Abby Stewart, Peri Stewart (27).
