By Callum Ludwig
Another home game for the Burras and another 5/6 wins secured. A special weekend, as Tim McKail played his 250th game which also honours him with Life Membership for the club.
17s started up first in a big match of 2 undefeated teams. The 17s went out strong, being up by 4 goals by the halftime break. Alexandra put up 6 goals in the 3rd quarter, but Burras managed to get 5, giving them a lead of 3 goals by the last break. It became close in the end, but the team remains undefeated securing a 2-goal win. Lucas Rush, Tegan Butcher and Tahlia Thornton all were top performers in the game. Lucas also managed to secure 9 goals to the team’s win, Tayah Humphrey with 7 and Tahlia Thornton with 2.
A bye for D grade and C Grade were next on the court. A big start for C Grade as they shot 16- 2 by quarter time. The second quarter was just as accurate with a halftime score of 30-4. The team
worked flawlessly from the defence all the way to the goals. The mid-court transition worked well and they put it to the goalers effortlessly. The final score was 54-13 with Mel Hancock putting up 31 goals, Cam Holland (50 Games) with 12 and Ella Meerkotter with 11. Amy Morris, Melanie Hancock and Bianca Fraser were all awarded best for this match.
Reserves took the field next in another game that was a clash of the undefeated. 4.3-27 to 1.1-7 was the quarter-time score and the boys looked strong. 5 goals were secured in the second quarter to Alexandra’s 2. They kept the momentum going right until the end and secured the win 17.17-119 to Alexandra 2.3-15. Damien Egan had another mega game kicking 6 goals (that is 24 goals in 3 games). Josh Read also secured 5 goals to his name, Matt Sidari with 2 and Marcel Kocher, Hudson Semple, Christian Toy and Aaron Walley all had 1 goal each. Jackson Jones was strong in the back line, being awarded best on. Joshua Read, Marcel Kocher, David Bedggood, Kobi Gay and Damien Egan were all also awarded top performers in the team’s win. The boys sit nicely on top with a massive 743.90 percentage, only having 82 points scored against them in 5 games.
B Grade were on next. Some big wins for the day already. 16-3 the Burras’ way, was the score at the first break. Strong defence and securing the ball all the way down the court to the goals. B Grade kept the momentum going but Alexandra slowly started to secure more goals. The score at the last break was 17-32, but the B Grade girls didn’t look of slowing down. The final score was 42 to 20 with Jordana Butcher putting up 18 goals, Alex Woods with 14 and Emily Hay with 10. Taylah Moschetti, Katelin Borondy and Jordana Butcher were all awarded top performers.
A Grade finished off the netball in another mega win. 33 to 8 by half time and the team only became stronger. With strong defensive efforts and the passing to goalers being strong, the team secured a massive 72-17 victory with Coach, Karly Wappett securing 35 goals, Bianca Daniels with 21 (despite being injured) and Shae Gee with 16. Karly Wappett, Ally Langdon and Gabrielle Woods were all awarded best on.
Seniors finished off the Round in a big match for Captain, Tim McKail’s 250th game. An even start with a score of 2.4-16 for both teams. Warby-Millgrove took control more of the second
quarter, having a halftime score of 6.8-44 to Alexandra 3.7-25. Alexandra comes out firing in the third quarter, scoring 5.1 to Warburton-Millgrove’s 1.2, giving them a lead of 4 points at 3 quarter-time break. Unfortunately, Alexandra was too good in the end, securing 3.2 to the Burras 2.3, in the last quarter giving them a win with the final score being 9.13-67 to Alexandra 11.10-67. The boys still remain on top of the ladder, meaning 6/7 Burra teams are in the top spot and B grade in 3rd. Nelson Aldridge and Tom Marr both secured 2 goals. Whilst, Trent Elliott, Bailey Humphrey, James Iacono, Tim McKail and Liam Westlake all had 1 each. Nelson Aldridge, Thomas Marr, Tim McKail, Patrick Huynh, Dylan Walker and Shawn Andueza were all top performers for the match. Onto next week against Broadford at home.
