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Burras battle through windy conditions to claim victory



Warburton-Millgrove Football Netball Club report, Round 14:

A bit of travelling happened on the weekend.

The women’s footy started over at Wandin, the windy conditions made for a difficult match.

It started slower with Wandin seven points up at first break.

Burras fought back and had a five point lead at half time.

The gained some momentum had secured a 2.2-14, 4.13-37 win.

Scarlett Potter, Lily Pagels, Gabby Woods, Madi Ward, Sally McIntosh and Ruby Ross were top performers.

Under 18s were over at Yea taking on Yea.

Yea had control of first quarter with an 11 point lead, but Burra turned it on in the second kicking five goals to their none.

They kept going in the second half and took home a nice win 6.5-41 to 9.9-63.

Kobe Wunhym, Mahliki Balde, Brayden Tamme, Alex White, Reece Irvine and Jai De Graaf were the best players.

Reserves took the field at Powelltown to start the day over there.

Some more windy conditions and they had the game with a half time score of 9-32 Burras way.

Burras turned the second quarter into theirs, running away with a final score of 1.4-10 to 20.15-135.

Liam Barnard, Tyler Bert, Tom Campbell, Dale Morris, Matt Sidari and Ben Gray were some of the top performers.

Senior finished off the footy for the round.

They had a mega first quarter, kicking 7.9 to 0.2.

The game was very much in Burras hands, as they finished with a total score of 5.7-37 to 25.22-172.

Tom Barr receive the best on ground medal.

Lachy Hewitt, Toby Mitchell, Ben Pretty and Mitch Gordon were also among the best.

Under 17s netball had a tough morning, coming from playing top team Seville twice this week, they took on Powelltown in the morning. Even start for both sides, and Powelly had the 3 goal lead at Half time. Powelly took control of the second and took the 20-12 win. Amarli Weir, Rylee Bond and Issy Maurici were the top performers.

D grade on next and they had a strong start with a 3-27 half time score.

There was no slowing down for the Burras, as they took the game 12-59.

Tiahn Syme, Tayah Humphrey and Mel Hancock were the stars of the match.

C grade also took the game in their hands from the start.

They had a half time score of 5-28 and continued to pick it up in second half.

Burras took home the win 8-61, with Sienna Muir, Tayla Ferguson and Cam Partel all having top games.

B grade also had a strong start.

A 4-16 first quarter, that turned to 5-38 at half time.

Their game completed with a 15-74 finals score with Aleigha Walters, Jordana Butcher and Zoe Timoney being the stars of the match.

A grade finished the netball off for the day.

They too also had a strong first half with a score line of 10-37.

Their secs half was bigger, putting up another 46 goals to Powelltown’s five.

Finishing with a total score of 15-83, Amanda Finn, Karly Wappett and Morgan Wyatt were top performers for the day.

Over to Alexandra and Thornton next weekend.

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