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On and off the field: Clockwise from top left: South Mornington’s Archer Murray, No 3, celebrates with teammates after beating Beleura; Rye’s Bonnie Street-Harris about to tale her kick; South Mornington’s Cooper Leopold, Tom Stuart, Ethan Mead, Harry Van Raay, Harrison Dade and Kieran Roberts and teammates with the cup.; Mt Martha’s Nathan Heath (best on ground) runs with the ball against Somerville; South Mornington’s Harry Douglas takes a mark against Beleura; and Mt Martha captain Jake Hall holds the premiership cup aloft in front of his team. Pictures: Stewart Chambers
Putting the grand into finals SPECTATORS were entertained by 12 thrilling Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League grand finals on Sunday 28 August. Matches were played from under-11s to under-17s with three separate age groups for girls’ football. Tight contests were the order of the day with the under-11 grand final between South Mornington and Dromana in Navy Division going to extra time after the scores were all tied up after four quarters. South Mornington eventually won the match. In other grand final results: Junior girls: Beleura 2.2-14 d. Mt Martha 0.1-1. Under-15s: Mt Martha 13.12-90 d. Somerville 8.7-55. Under-14s: Sorrento 11.12-78 d. Balnarring 5.11-41.
61 to become 22 By Toe Punt There were a total of 61 players nominated for the MPNFL Peninsula Division Team of the Year, to be announced at presentation night on Wednesday, September 7 at Mornington Racecourse. All Peninsula Division coaches were asked to present a team, based on the games and video footage that they had seen in season 2016. Based on the greatest number of nominations, the team was again selected by Mornington Peninsula News sports journalist Andrew ‘Toe Punt’ Kelly. The squad for the 2016 Peninsula Division Team of the year was: Bonbeach: Shane McDonald, Mark Tyrell, Gary Carpenter, Dylan Jones, Matthew Douglas, Beau Bailey. Chelsea: Grant Trew, Todd Gardiner. Edithvale: Tim Mannix, Todd Woodbridge, Steve Mannix, Michael Meehan, Brendan Neville.
Frankston YCW: Byron Barry, Lachy Wallace, Scott McLeod, Ash Eames, BJ Credlin, Ryan Santon, Paul Minchington, Anthony Bruhn, Kevin Lylak, Kyle Hutchison, Ryley Hodson. Karingal: Aaron Paxton, Jake Kelly, Michael Burke, Grant Goodall, Aaron Lees. Langwarrin: Shane Paterson, Kieren Albanese, Matt Naughton, Nick Hammill, Michael Parker. Mornington: Warwick Miller, James Cameron, Jai Haddock, Jackson Calder, Michael Gay, Joel Miller, Pines: Jack Fisher, Luke Potts, Tim Bongetti, Aaron Edwards, Paul Scanlon, Beau Hendry, Mt Eliza: Darren Booth, Sam Gill, Karl Lombardozzi, Rohan Heasley, Jay Neratzoglou, Sam Gill, Ben Landry, Dan Gormley, Justin Van Unen, Jordan Capkin Seaford: Matt Herbert, Josh Stokes, Aaron Walton, Kyle Matthews, Johnathan Haidon.
Under-12s: Somerville Gold 8.6-54 d. Red Hill 3.3-21. Mt Martha Intermediate girls 7.5-47 d. Pearcedale/Baxter 2.3-15. In the grand final under-12s White Division Somerville Gold JFC 8.6-54 defeated Red Hill JFC 3.3-21. The day ended with the under-17s grand final between Crib Point and Rye – the MPJFL’s first twilight final. The national anthem was sung before the game as a helicopter delivered the match ball and premiership cup. Crib Point won by seven points: 10.9-69 to 9.8-62. “That was a fitting end to a truly magic day,” MPJFL secretary Paul Bartolo said. The finals were held at the Thomas Barclay Reserve, Hastings.
Nepean team of the year announced THE Nepean team of the Year was announced at presentation night last Wednesday night. Hastings FC had the most representation with five players selected. In the league media, Frankston’s Sam Fox won the award from teammate Dale Sutton, while Somerville key defender Scott Simpson finished third. Nepean Team of the Year Back: Beau Muston (Frankston), James Brigden (Sorrento), Christian Ongarello (Dromana) HB: Paul Rogasch (Hastings), Scott Simpson (Somerville), Nick Boswell (Rosebud) C: Jake Mitchell (Red Hill), Ryan Mullett (Rye), Rowan Hogenbirk (Somerville) HF: Colin McVeigh (Hastings), Keegan Downie (Rosebud), Luke Tapscott (Sorrento) FF: Luke Hewitt (Hastings), Nick Corp (Sorrento), Sam Fox (Frankston) Rucks: Ben Dwyer (Rosebud), Greg Bentley (Rosebud) (C), Dale Sutton (Frankston) Int: Alex Harnett (Pearcedale), Shaun Foster (Hastings), Matthew Greig (Rye), Mark Devereaux (Hastings) Most Valuable Player: Greg Bentley (Rosebud) Coach of the Year: Beau Muston (Frankston) Frankston Times 5 September 2016
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