By Alexandra Woods
All teams played this weekend with our Unders for footy and netball playing at Powelltown and Seniors teams at Yarra Junction. More milestones this week as we see netballers, Chelsea
Barnard player 150th game, Sally McIntosh with 100 games and Gabby Woods with 50. Well done girls!
The morning started at Powelltown where the 17 and Under netball went up against Powelltown. In an even fight throughout the morning, unfortunately, Powelltown got the win by 3 goals. Hannah Darwall, Grace Cole and Tahlia Thornton were best for the match, whilst Tayah Humphrey shot 10 goals, Tahlia with 6 and Lexi Cole with 1. The final scores were 17-20.
Under 18s took on Kinglake at Powelltown. In what was set to be a tough match, after going down last time we met by 30 points. This time, it was the Burras who snagged the win by 41 points, putting the boys on the equal points on the ladder to the top team, Kinglake. Tyler Bert, Blake Muir, Blake Cameron, Zayden Crunden and Kobi Gay were the best players for the match. Liam Westlake managed to secure 6 goals to his name giving him a total of 26 goals in 7 games. Blake Muir and Dylan Walker kicked 3, Charlin Nyhuis and Aspen O’Neill Kicked 2 and Angus McDonald and Hudson Semple both had 1 each. 78-119 was the final score.
Next was over to Yarra Junction for our Senior Squads.
D Grade was first to take the court in another massive win. 7-42 was the end result with Cam Holland shooting 29 goals and Cam Partel with 10. We also saw Maddi McConachy move into the goals putting 3 up herself. Courtney Godenzi, Nicole Cervasio and Ashlee Freedman were top performers for this game.
C Grade had another amazing performance, bringing home a 15-55 win. Mel Hancock put up 27 goals and Emily Hay with 19. Brooke de Pedro also contributed with 9 goals. The best performers for this match were Ellie Stahl, Melanie Hancock and Haley Toy.
B Grade up after with another solid win by 11 goals to Yarra Junction. Chelsea Barnard, Sally McIntosh and Jordana Butcher were the top players of this game, with Jordana Butcher shooting 23 goals and Alexandra Woods with 18.
Reserves took the field and secured a 75 point win. 4.3-27 to 15.12-102 was the final score with Damien Egan kicking 5 goals, securing 17 goals in 4 matches. Troy Dargie kicked 3 goals, Dave Bedggood and Nic Toy with 2 and Josh Read, matt Sidari and Jake Cahill all had 1. The best players were Brayden Ferguson, Shannon Noonan, Matthew Godenzi, Jackson Blake, Kyton Handy and Jackson Jones.
A Grade was last to take the court and completed the match with a solid 34-55 win. Bianca Daniels put up a big 40 goals, Kirralee Luiyf with 12 and Emerson Woods with 3. Best for this match were Bianca Daniels, Selina Fotia and Ashlyn Elliott.
Seniors finished off the weekend and the clean sweep at Yarra Junction. After a tough battle and a couple of injuries, the Burras didn’t let Yarra Junction take control of the game. Using their fitness and skills the boys managed to secure a 10.9-69 to 14.11-95 win. Our backline was unstoppable leaving Yarra Junction to kick 2.1 goals in the second half. Jack Farrugia, Aiden Westlake, Jack Lee, Timothy McKail, Shawn Andueza and Bailey Humphrey were top performers for the match.
Jack Farrugia kicked 4 goals for the day, Brady Mitchell with 3, Mitch Bondua with 2 and Tom Marr, Nelson Aldridge, Trent Elliott, Bailey Humphrey and Patty Huynh all had 1 each.
Bye for football next weekend but our netballers take on Yea at home.
