By Alex Woods
This weekend was an away game over to Alexandra. The Burras started off the cold and wet morning with the 17 and Under netball. The team got off to a good start of 3-5 at the quarter-time break. By half
time, they were 4 goals up. Alexandra didn’t go easy on the Burras, creeping slowly only being behind by 3 goals. The Burras pushed it out in the last quarter and secured another 5 goals. The Burras defence was strong, leaving Alex scoreless in the last term. The final score was 9-17. Still, remain undefeated and on top of the ladder.
D Grade had a bye, so C Grade took the court next. They got off to a flying start, with a 13-goal lead (2-15). They continued strongly from the defence all the way down to the goals. Alexandra scored 5 goals in the second quarter and 1 in the 3rd, while The Burras managed to secure plenty for themselves. The final score was 8-47 and the Burras secured another good win. The top performers for the match were Grace Robinson, Courtney Irwin and Mel Hancock. The C Grade girls now have secured top spot on the ladder.
The Reserves started the football at midday. 3.1 was secured by the Burras in the first quarter, to Alexandra’s 0. Alex secured 2 goals to the Burras 1.4 in the second quarter while the Burras left Alexandra scoreless in the third and managed to secure 2 goals and 4 behinds for themselves. Wet and muddy conditions made for some harder football, but the Burras managed to secure another win with a final score of 4.0-24
to 9.10-64. Best were Josh Dobson, Ben Gray, David Bedggood, Zayden Crunden, Tarkyn Nicolandos and Jackson Jones. Marcel Kocher contributed 3 goals to the teams win, Jed Tapsall had 2, as well as Christian Toy and Jackson Jones and Josh Read both had 1 each.
B Grade followed straight after C Grade. They started strongly having a 6-goal lead, but Alexandra slowly bought it back towards the end of the first quarter, with a score of 7-9 Burras way. By the
end of the third quarter, they managed to extend the lead to 6 goals, 21 to 27, but Alexandra wasn’t slowing down. The Burras took control in the last term and set the game pace. Causing turnovers and converting them into goals, they secured a 14-goal win. Kelly Lewis, Taylah Moschetti and Katelin Borondy were awarded top performers. Alex Woods secured 25 goals, Jordana Butcher with 13 and Emily Hay with 6 goals.
A Grade finished off the netball for the round. They started strongly with a quarter-time break score line of 6-19. They extended that well out to 11-37 and were not slowing down. The third quarter came along and they kept Alexandra to only 6 goals for the quarter while getting 15 for themselves. A few changes into the last, and they brought home a solid win of 28-65. Ashlyn Elliott, Indiana Pinnock and Bianca Daniels were all given best on for the game.
Seniors’ footy finished off the day. The rain slightly returned but didn’t stay for long. 5.1 were kicked by the Burras in the first and Alex had 3.3. The second quarter was strong with another 3 goals secured to Alexandra’s 1. A reset at half time and Alex came out firing and secured 3 quick ones to bring the scoreline to only 8 points heading into the last. The Burras took the game into their control and managed to secure a good win against the Rebels on their home turf by 2 goals. Jack Farrugia, Nelson Aldridge, Patrick Huynh, Liam Barnard, Shawn Andueza and Ben Pretty were top performers in this game. Bailey Humphrey, Brayden Woolridge and Liam Westlake all had 2 goals each, Liam Barnard, Jack Farrugia, Brayden Ferguson, Mitch Gordon and Blake Muir all secured 1 each to the team’s win.
A bye next weekend with Rooster’s Raffle on Saturday.
