By Alex Woods
This weekend, the Burras travelled up to Broadford for Round 12: Road Safety Round. 4 games of netball today and 2 football.
It started off with the Under 17s netball, they got a good start of 4-5, and managed to take that out to 7-11 by halftime. It was 3 goals again at the three-quarter time break and Broadford wasn’t far behind. The last quarter came with some intensity to fix our mistakes from the previous term and convert them back into goals. They fought hard until the end and secured a 4-goal win. Tayah Humphrey put up 19 goals, Amarli Weir with 3 and Lexi Cole with 1. Grace Cole, Amarli Weir and Tayah Humphrey were all named best on for this game.
Broadford doesn’t have a D Grade, so C Grade was next. Unfortunately, Broadford got the head start and was 12-5 at the first break. Broadford continued their momentum into the second quarter shooting 7 goals to our 4. We bought some more back into it in the third shooting 8 goals to their 7 but wasn’t enough. Broadford secured the win for this match 33-21. Unfortunately, wasn’t our day, but will work hard for the next clash.
Reserves kicked off the football at midday, Marcel Kocher and Aaron Maguire ran out for their 50th game for the Burras. Closer start for the first half of this match. Burras managed to let Broadford kick their only 2 goals and the defenders kept them goalless for the remainder of the match. 2.2-14 to 4.9-33. They kept Broadford to another 2 points in the second half and kicking 6.5 for themselves. 2.4-16 to 10.15-75 was the total score. Brady Mitchell kicked 4 goals, Josh Read kicked 3, Marcel Kocher, Tarkyn Nicolandos and Aaron Vaughan all kicked 1 each. The best players for this match were: David Bedggood, Zayden Crunden, Kobi Gay, Hudson Semple, Caelan Flynn and Tom Kelly. The boys still remain undefeated and 4 wins clear on top position.
B grade took the court next in what was set to be an intense match. It got off to an 8-all start, then Burras secured a 2 point lead heading into the second half. It was intense and physical from the start, and the girls kept using their run and speed to try and break Broadford’s defence. Broadford managed to secure 12 goals in the third quarter to our 5 and had a 5-goal leading heading into the last quarter. Burras tried to shut down any run Broadford tried to get, but unfortunately, the goals secured by Broadford in the 3rd got them over the line by 4 goals. Alex Woods had 22 goals for the game, Jordana Butcher with 12 and Emily Hay with 5. Chelsea Barnard, Emily Hay and Alexandra Woods were all top performers for this match.
A Grade finished off the netball for the day. Another close start for the girls being up 10-12 at the first break. They managed to stretch it out 21-27 by halftime. The third quarter was a big one with the Burras putting up 21 goals to Broadford’s 7, which extended the lead to 20 goals heading into the last quarter. Another big quarter by the girls putting up another 23 goals to Broadford’s 9. Another massive win was performed by A Grade with a 37-71 win. Karly Wappett had a big game shooting 41 goals, Bianca Daniels with 26 and Ally Langdon made an appearance at the opposite end and contributed 4 goals. Ally Langdon, Ashlee Guerra and Karly Wappett were all top performers for the match.
The seniors finished off the round. Broadford managed to secure a small jump kicking 4 goals straight to the Burras’ 3.3. The Burras got back the lead kicking 5.6 to Broadford’s 4 goals, with a score of 8.0-48 to 8.9-57 at halftime. The Burras managed to keep Bradford goalless for the remainder of the match only allowing them to kick 2 points in the last quarter. The Burras bought out more momentum in the second half kicking more goals. The final score was 8.2-50 to 7.21-123. Jack Farrugia and Liam Westlake both had 5 goals each. Nelson Aldridge, Tom Barr, Tyler Bert, James Iacono, Brayden Ferguson, Bailey Humphrey and Brayden Woolridge all secured 1 goal each.
Jack Farrugia, Liam Westlake, Trent Elliott, Tyson Henry, Lachlan Marr and Josh Dobson were all top performers for the game.
Away game at Yarra Junction next weekend.
