By Alex Woods
This weekend, The Burras played away against Powelltown and the Women’s Footy went up to Thornton.
D grade started the morning and started strongly with a 2-21 halftime score. They continued on only allowing Powelltown to score 3 goals in the second half and shooting a total of 25 for themselves. The final score was 5-46, Holly Cole shot 20 goals, Lexi Cole with 12, Maddie Loveless and Sienna Muir both got 7. Issy Maurici, Holly Cole and Emily Kay were the top performers of the day.
C Grade took the court next, and again, had another good start to the game. The half time score was 2-37 and they continued on strongly. Again, keeping Powelltown to only score another 3 goals in the second half and shooting another 29. The total score was 5-66, Ashlyn Hermansen shot 39 goals, Mel Hancock with 19 and Cam Partel with 8. Nicole Winzer, Casey Hare and Amy Morris were the stars of the match.
B Grade finished off the netball for the day, They got a good lead having a nice score of 7-19 at quarter time. They continued on and had a nice 30 goal heading into the last quarter. Pushing through to the end, they finished off with a 28-63 score. Jordana Butcher shot 24 goals, Tayla Ferguson with 23 and Alex Woods with 16. Tayla Ferguson, Jordana Butcher and Chelsea Barnard were all the top performers.
Women’s footy took the trip to Thornton, to take on Thornton-Eildon. A close first quarter, with T/E kicking 1 goal and Warby with 1.4. The Burra went into halftime with a 20 point lead. They came out the second half strong, kicking 4 goals and 2 behinds, to make the lead 6-52, heading into the last quarter. They finished off strongly and came home with a 1.0-6 to 9.14-68 win. Madi Ward and Jade Mewburn both kicked 3 goals, Emerson Woods with 2 and Maddi Andueza kicked 1. Top performers were Emerson Woods, Tamika Ferguson, Steph Mackay, Madi Ward and Jade Mewburn.
Reserves kicked off the footy at Powelltown. They started strongly having a halftime lead of 2.4-16 to 10.6-66. The second half was strong by the Reserves as they kicked away and let Powelltown to only score another goal and behind in the last quarter. They came home with a 3.5-23 to 21.18-144 win. Nate Lucas secured a nice 4 goals, David Lever with 3, Brayden Woolridge, Matt Sidari, Tyler Bert, Daniel Schlueter and Chad Currey all had 2 and Ricky Andueza, Harry Rothwell, Brayden Ferguson and Brett Winzer all got one. David Bedggood, Nate Lucas, Braden Woolridge, David Lever, Daniel Schlueter and Chad Currey were all top performers. Brayden Woolridge was awarded the Andrew Clarke Best On Ground Medal.
The Seniors finished off the round and secured a 1.2-8 to 4.6-30 lead at the end of the first quarter. Powelltown secured 2 goals in the second quarter, but the Burras got another 4 and 2 behinds to have a lead of 20-58 at the halftime break. The second half was very much the Burras, they kept Powelly to only secure 1 goal and 1 behind in the second half and kicked another 13 goals for themselves. They came home with a 4.3-27 to 21.19-145 win. Brock Caneva and Bailey Humphrey both kicked 3 goals each. Hudson Semple, Nelson Aldridge, Tom Barr, Jack Farrugia Jake Byrush and Liam Westlake all secured 2. Lachlan Hewitt, Trent Elliott and Josh Sharp all got 1.
Jack Farrugia was awarded the Steve Darwall Medal. Tom Barr, Dylan Walker, Tyson Henry Brock Caneva and Jake Byrush were all top performers of the match.
Home game next weekend against Yarra Glen, as the club will play its 1000th game.
