By Brendan Donovan
Saturday started over at Pakenham with the netball girls having a tough day at the office with all teams coming away with losses.
Pakenham have some really good depth throughout their grades and it showed up on the weekend. This year has been a growing year for the netball club and it’s so good to have the girls playing such an important role in the club.
The B Grade have earned a spot in the finals and will put their best foot forward in the weeks to come.
A Grade: Pakenham 60 defeated Woori Yallock 41. Top Tigers were Chelsea Smith, Danika Corless and Demi Barber.
B Grade: Pakenham 55 defeated by Woori Yallock 51. Top Tigers were Holly Dunlop, Danielle Gazzola and Jaymee Tough.
C Grade: Pakenham 57 defeated by Woori Yallock 11. Top Tigers were Ash Wilson, Grace Sibley and Kasie Pitts.
D Grade: Pakenham 49 defeated Woori Yallock 12. Top Tigers were Charlotte Comport, Kylie Corbett and Charlene Booker.
17 and Under: Pakenham 26 defeated Woori Yallock 15. Top Tigers were Oliver Stenhouse, Georgia Sands and Charlotte Comport.
Under 15: Pakenham 25 defeated Woori Yallock 20. Top Tigers were Miami Rowland, Hayley Gell and Ruby Gregson.
The Ressies’ season came to an end on Saturday as well after an awesome month of footy.
This year has been an outstanding success for the Ressies, turning around a decade of tough losses into a winning mentality and development group for the senior squad.
Final scores Pakenham 9.7, 61 defeated Woori Yallock 6.9, 45. Top Tigers were Hamish Gemmill, Kynan French, Christian Cameron, Pierce Jenkin, Noah Dare and Cam Bell.
For the seniors, for the most part, it was a frustrating game with both teams playing on the far side of the ground. A grinding win and no injuries with the added bonus of a week off after finishing top two.
Final scores Pakenham 5.6, 36 defeated by Woori Yallock 11.16, 82. Top Tigers were Liam Odea, Benjamin Monkhorst, Jordan Williams, Mitchell Arnold, Angus Smith and Bailey Syswerda.
Sunday at Kilsyth saw a great crowd turn out to as the Woor Yallock Senior Women’s football side play in their maiden grand final against Monbulk
In near-perfect conditions, the girls started well with Woori dominating ground position but were just not able to goals the goals and Monbulk’s counter punch resulted in two accurate scores and although the girls busted their guts all day, they fell agonisingly short after six scoring shots. Sometimes fairytales don’t always come true in sport and the girls fell 1 point short.
An amazing effort as a team and they complimented the club so well this year, so the club know there is more to come for this group.
Final scores Monbulk 2.0, 12 defeated Woori Yallock 1.5, 11. Top Tigers were Emily Spicer, Sky Wilson, India James, Emelia Robin, Jessi Adams and Natalie McLaren.
Finals start this week for the u18 football and b grade netball while the seniors men’s get a week off
