By Alex Woods
We started off the morning with our 17 and Under netball. After a slow-ish start, they managed to close the gap to 3 goals by the end of the final siren. At 3qtr time, the team was down 10 – 21 and managed to change the game for the last quarter bringing the final score to 23-20. 10 goals to Tahlia Thornton, 9 to Tayah Humphrey and 1 to Layla Ata. Best for this game was Tegan Butcher, Tahlia Thornton and Lucas Rush.
Under 18’s pulled off another massive win, coming home with another 4 points against Alexandra. Liam Westlake kicked a massive 7 goals and Hudson Semple backed up his 5 goal effort last week with another 4 in this round. Luke Anderson, Dylan Walker and Tyson Henry all secured 1 each. The final score was 14.16-100 to 6.2-38 with the best players being Elken Croydon, Liam Westlake, Luke Anderson, Ziggy Kneebone, Dylan Walker and Tarkyn Nicolandos.
D Grade had a bye this round. C Grade was next on court and once again, pulled off another big win, holding on to their undefeated streak. With a strong start to finish, they managed to keep Alexandra to 11 goals whilst putting up 47. Emily Hay shot 20, Mel Hancock with 15 and Brooke de Pedro with 12. Top performers were Courtney Irwin, Melanie Hancock and Brooke de Pedro.
Reserves were next on-field and again, managed to keep hold of their Undefeated streak. Another solid performance by this team, coming home with a 1.0-6 to 16.14-110 win. Special mention to Damien Egan who slotted 8 goals for the game. Josh Read and Matt Sidari both kicked 2 and Marcel Kocher, Shannon Noonan, Nic Toy and Josh Plunkett all had 1 each. Shannon Noonan, Marcel Kocher, Matthew Sidari, Joshua Read, Ricky Andueza and Matthew Godenzi all were the best performers in this match.
B-Grade also got a win with a 54-47 finish. Another solid performance from our young B Grade team who are showing improvement after each week. Jordana Butcher shot 29 goals in 3 quarters, with Alexandra Woods putting up 21 and Ella Meerkotter with 4. Best players for this match were Jordana Butcher, Chelsea Barnard and Sally McIntosh.
An intense game for A-Grade this week as they secured another win by 2 goals. They produced a quality match from start to finish and were not letting Alexandra take the lead from them. Another team to not let the undefeated streak be interrupted, it is great to have some strong wins through the grades in both football and netball. The final score for this match was 47-49 with Shae Gee putting up 22 goals, Kirralee Luiyf with 20 and Bianca Daniels with 7. Best for this match was Ashlyn Elliott, Bianca Daniels and Kirralee Luiyf.
Seniors finished off the day with another strong 30 point win. A slower start saw Alexandra kick 4.4-28 to our 2.1-13, but we soon managed to pick up and kicked a massive 8 goals in the 2nd quarter. Bringing up to 6.5-41 to our 10.4-64 at Half time. With the final score being 11.12-78 to Burras 17.10-108, Mitch Bonuda contributed a big 5 goal effort. We also saw Brady Mitchell and Trent Elliott both have 3 goals to their name while Jack Farrugia, Mitch Gordon, Nelson Aldridge, Patrick Huynh, James Iacono and Harry Rothwell all secured 1. Best players for this match were Mitchell Gordon, Nelson Aldridge, Mitchell Bonuda, Timothy McKail, Brady Mitchell and Thomas Marr.
