By Mick Morris
Seville journeyed out to the Gembrook Showgrounds to take on the in-form Lime Greens in a top-of-the-table clash.
The game started off with a bang when Gembrooks Bastow pinned Deng Nai’s arms and drove him head first into the turf resulting in a free kick and the Blues headed inside-50 for the first time.
The resulting entry gave Seville their first score, a behind which would become 1 of 4 for the quarter.
The Lime Greens then hit the scoreboard with 2 quick goals to take a 10-point lead into quarter time.
Seville 1-4-10 to GC 3-2-20
Gembrook jumped out of the blocks in the second kicking a couple of quick majors.
Seville hit back with a couple of their own before Gembrook paid back the favour by nailing a couple more themselves.
Weller and Welsh were giving Gembrook a bit of drive while Saniga and Jimmy Cecere were doing the same for the Blues.
Halftime saw the Lime Greens up by 19 points.
Seville 4-4-28 to GC 7-5-47
The third quarter was all Gembrook.
Seville can thank the likes of Nolan, Bailey, Iacuone and the Sciortino brothers who battled hard in trying to repel the constant pressure going forward from Gembrook.
A 3-goal to nil quarter saw Gembrook head into the orange break 37 points up.
Seville 4-6-30 to GC 10-7-67
Seville finally got a bit of a run-on in the last but left it a little bit late.
Seville’s lack of tackling pressure and costly turnovers along with the run in the legs of the Lime Greens made it a day to forget for the Navy Blues.
Final scores: Seville 7-7-49 to GC 11-9-75
Seville’s best on the day were Sonny Saniga, Domenic Aloi, Deng Nai, Jye Sciortino, James Cecere and Daniel Iacuone. Goalkickers were Cecere and James Nolan with 2 and Aloi, Andrew Condello and Brendan Dickinson with one each.
Seville now drops to 2nd on the ladder with Gembrook taking over 1st place.
Hopefully, the Blue Boys can get a few injury-listed players back in the coming weeks to help strengthen the line-up.
Next week Seville is back at home vs Emerald.
Seville FNC will be hosting their 50th Anniversary past players’ day at home next Saturday.
Other results:
Reserves: Gembrook-Cockatoo defeated Seville 8-6-54 to 5-6-36.
A Grade Netball: Gembrook-Cockatoo were defeated by Seville 32 to 39.
B Grade Netball: Gembrook-Cockatoo were defeated by Seville 17 to 51.
C Grade Netball: Gembrook-Cockatoo were defeated by Seville 23 to 40.
D Grade Netball: Gembrook-Cockatoo drew with Seville 25 all.
17Blue Netball: Gembrook-Cockatoo were defeated by Seville 11 to 40.
