Then on Sunday, several junior teams will be striving for glory in our iFLY Melbourne Division 5 and 6 competitions with Grand Finals to be played at Lionheart Reserve and Martin Reserve with a number of preliminary finals also taking place at multiple venues. Finals football will also continue in our Airport Toyota Women’s competitions.
seasons thus far and wish all players, coaches, volunteers, and umpires the very best of luck for the weekend!
Thank you to all the clubs that have or will host EDFL finals.
I’d also like to thank the tremendous work of the EDFL staff who have put in countless hours to ensure we have had a well-run and successful season in 2023.
Grand Finals return to the Strathmore Community Bank EDFL this weekend!
After two weeks of finals played in great spirits, we will see our first premiership in 2023 awarded when the girls from Aberfeldie and Keilor run out in our AGA Under 18.5 Women’s competition on Saturday morning at Highgate Reserve.
The Airport Toyota Women’s Premier Division Preliminary Final will follow the Under 18.5 Women’s Grand Final in what is set to be a big day out there at Craigieburn!
Monk Oval will also play host to our Airport Toyota Women’s Division One and Division Two Preliminary Finals.
To all those who have qualified for finals, I congratulate you on your
The support and leadership from Chairman Bernie Shinners and the EDFL board must also be acknowledged. It’s been great to see improved behaviour from all around the grounds and we’re looking forward to more of that at our packed finals venues!
Good luck to ALL sides.
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After a stunning entry into the final four to hand Aberfeldie their first loss, the reigning premiers in Keilor have been knocked out of the finals by Moonee Valley.
The Blues enjoyed a strong start to the game kicking the only goal of the first quarter to take a six point lead into the first change.
The Fog were on the offensive in the second quarter kick two of their own while holding Keilor scoreless, leading by 10 point at half time.
With everything on the line, Keilor dragged back the margin to just three points and fought hard in the last quarter before Georgia Marsland iced the game with two vital goals.
The Fog won by 10 points with Georgia Marsland kicked three of their four goals to book their meeting with Oak Park following their three-goal loss to Aberfeldie.
Alex Quigley played a lone hand up front for Oak Park kicking all three of their goals, with Erica Markesich matching the sharpshooter up the other end with some assistance from teammates to secure a comfortable win in the end.
The Kangaroos have enjoyed two comfortable victories over Moonee Valley in their two meetings during the home and away season, but we’ve come to learn that the girls from Ormond Park are not to be underestimated.
Greenvale have booked their Grand Final spot after a stirring win over Burnside Heights, Talia Motta the hero kicking a goal with four seconds to go to put the Jets up by two points.
The Jets trailed by 15 points at the final change and peppered the goal face, holding the Bears scoreless in the last quarter.
That was Motta’s second goal of the day in a best on ground performance with Nicolette Paschalis chipping in with another.
The Bears controlled much of the day and were led by their stars in Brodie Stevens, Kayla Ravanello, Krissy Trang and co.
Burnside Heights will face Essendon Doutta Stars this week who enjoyed a strong 49-point win over Gisborne.
It was a dominant performance from start to finish for Douttas who extended their lead at every break, before Gisborne kicked their only three goals in the final quarter to reduce the three quarter time margin by a goal.
Moonee Valley had a successful day on the weekend in the women’s competition with their second side also winning their elimination final, an 11-point triumph over Coburg Districts.
The Lions held the advantage at every break, before the Fog finished strong kicking 2.4 in the final quarter and keeping Coburg Districts scoreless.
They had a number of contributors across the ground and will face Aberfeldie 2 after their heavy defeat to flag favourites Airport West.
Oak Park and Moonee Valley will play off for a spot in the Grand Final against Aberfeldie. It’ll be the first time since the introduction of the Premier competition that Aberfeldie won’t face Keilor in the big dance after Moonee Valley knocked them out in the elimination final last week.
Oak Park have proven themselves to be the clear next best after Abers losing just three games this season, all to the Two Blues.
Their two meetings against Dean Rioli’s Moonee Valley have resulted in comfortable victories for the Kangaroos, a 55-point win in Round 5, and a 20-point win in Round 12.
Lessey Hodgkinson and Nic Cook’s Kangaroos have been the most prolific side in front of goals this season led by the number one women’s goal kicker in Premier Metro Victoria Alex Quigley (41 goals), whose supporting acts in Sam German (18 goals) and Shanel Camilleri (15 goals) complement the well-balanced forward half.
The second time they faced the Fog, Nicole Chiera (21 goals) hit the scoreboard twice after being held goalless in the first matchup, with Charlotte D’Ambrosio (17 goals, eight games) also returning to that lineup to provide another forward for Oak Park to control.
While she didn’t hit the scoreboard, there’s no doubt her addition would have been handy with Moonee Valley doubling their score.
The Fog would need their big guns to step up if they’re to take the victory here, but when the likes of Anita Ovenden, Kerri Magee, Jessica Nannup, and Bronwyn Peddley are running out, you certainly can’t count them out.
Up until Round 11, the Airport Toyota Women’s Division One premiership looked like it was Greenvale’s to lose, but two consecutive losses to Burnside Heights and Essendon Doutta Stars shook things up.
The latter sides will face up this weekend for a Grand Final spot against Greenvale in a contest that has gone either way so far this season.
Douttas enjoyed a comfortable 58-point victory in Round 5 before the Bears squared the ledger with a 22-point win in Round 9.
Holly McGregor missed the first matchup but returned for Burnside Heights’ win the second time around as they managed to restrict the Douttas offense to just one goal scorer in Jessie Hulett.
Hulett kicked four goals in Round 5 and three goals in Round 9, so if the Bears are to stop her potency (more than two goals per game), it’ll limit their avenues to goal with Marie Napoli and Neve Crowley their next best at around a goal a game.
Coming into this game, the Bears have won seven of their last nine (two losses to Greenvale), while Douttas have won their last six games in a row.
Windy Hill awaits!
The Fog will have a second opportunity to book their spot in the Grand Final when their second side faces Aberfeldie 2.
The season series between these two sides is split down the middle with Moonee Valley 2 winning by 18 points in Round 5, and Aberfeldie 2 winning by 16 points in Round 12.
Moonee Valley were able to keep Abers sharpshooter Jacqueline Wade quiet in Round 5 before she booted three goals to give her side the edge in their second meeting.
A meeting with Airport West beckons for the victor!
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Aberfeldie
President: Brett Williamson
Coach: Glenn Walsh
Colours: Navy Blue & Sky Blue
2 Danielle Milotti
3 Sienna Loccisano
4 Lily-Mae Robertson
6 Mikayla Curll
7 Shauna McElligott
8 Isabella Ewing
9 Dilara Bozkurt
23 Daisy Panagiotopoulos
25 Ava Newman
27 Maddison Wilczynski
28 Sienna Rocci
32 Bridget Walsh
33 Jasmine Ferbrache
41 Ellena Bassett
54 Sarah Sullivan
61 Faith Kassis
76 Amelia Liberato
81 Lara Churchill
118 Elise Koenig
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Keilor
President: Ray Sheridan
Coach: Giovanni Castello
Colours: Blue, Red & White
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ROUND 1
Aberfeldie 2 13.8-86 Maribyrnong Park 2 0.2-2
Airport West won by forfeit against Greenvale 2
Moonee Valley 2 15.12-102 Westmeadows 2 1.0-6
Coburg Districts Bye
ROUND 2
Coburg Districts 4.2-26 Moonee Valley 2 3.3-21
Airport West 4.3-27 Aberfeldie 2 0.0-0
Westmeadows 2 won by forfeit against Greenvale 2
Maribyrnong Park 2 Bye
ROUND 3
Airport West 8.11-59 Moonee Valley 2 0.2-2
Westmeadows 2 1.0-6 Coburg Districts 10.20-80
Maribyrnong Park 2 won by forfeit against Greenvale 2
Aberfeldie 2 Bye
ROUND 4
Coburg Districts 0.1-1 Airport West 14.14-98
Moonee Valley 2 12.12-84 Maribyrnong Park 2 0.0-0
Aberfeldie 2 won by forfeit against Greenvale 2
Westmeadows 2 Bye
ROUND
Westmeadows 2 0.0-0 Airport West 25.16-166
ROUND 6
Coburg Districts 3.3-21 Aberfeldie 2 7.3-45
Maribyrnong Park 2 3.10-28 Westmeadows 2 2.3-15
Moonee Valley 2 7.12-54 Sunbury Kangaroos 0.1-1
Airport West 23.18-156 Pascoe Vale 1.0-6
ROUND 7
Aberfeldie 2 15.12-102 Westmeadows 2 3.1-19
Coburg Districts 4.5-29 Sunbury Kangaroos 1.0-6
Pascoe Vale 1.1-7 Moonee Valley 2 10.20-80
Airport West 23.25-163 Maribyrnong Park 2 0.0-0
ROUND 8
Aberfeldie 2 2.1-13 Airport West 14.13-97
Sunbury Kangaroos 7.8-50 Westmeadows 2 0.7-7
Moonee Valley 2 2.5-17 Coburg Districts 3.6-24
Pascoe Vale 5.10-40 Maribyrnong Park 2 1.1-7
ROUND 9
Airport West 7.16-58 Sunbury Kangaroos 0.0-0
Coburg Districts 2.5-17 Pascoe Vale 3.5-23
Maribyrnong Park 2 2.1-13 Aberfeldie 2 6.9-45
Westmeadows 2 0.4-4 Moonee Valley 2 17.12-114
ROUND 10
Coburg Districts 8.11-59 Westmeadows 2 2.3-15
Sunbury Kangaroos 10.6-66 Maribyrnong Park 2 2.2-14
Moonee Valley 2 0.2-2
Aberfeldie
ROUND
Aberfeldie
4.0-24 Aberfeldie 2 6.4-40
Pascoe Vale 4.5-29 Sunbury Kangaroos 4.3-27
Airport West won by forfeit against Westmeadows 2
ROUND 13
Aberfeldie 2 9.8-62 Coburg Districts 2.5-17
Sunbury Kangaroos 5.7-37 Moonee Valley 2 1.4-10
Pascoe Vale 2.0-12 Airport West 19.16-130
Westmeadows 2 0.3-3 Maribyrnong Park 2 6.7-43
ROUND 14
Sunbury Kangaroos 7.3-45 Coburg Districts 2.5-17
Maribyrnong Park 2 0.1-1 Airport West 17.11-113
Moonee Valley 2 2.7-19 Pascoe Vale 5.7-37
Westmeadows 2 3.0-18 Aberfeldie 2 14.11-95
SEMI FINALS
Coburg Districts 2.2-14 Moonee Valley 2 3.7-25
Airport West 11.11-77 Aberfeldie 2 1.2-8
Aberfeldie
President: Brett Williamson
Coach: Mark Kennedy
Colours: Navy Blue & Sky Blue 6
45 Emma Hatherley
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Moonee Valley
President: Michael Milne
Coach: Garry Noonan
Colours: Black & White
46 Maddy Kelly
6 Casey Dean
7 Jena Osman
51 Anabel Robinson
8 Anh Nguyen
55 Amanda Wright
10 Jana Taleb
14 Olivia O'Connell
34 Maree Musarra
35 Marlee Daly
37 Natalie Barone
40 Emily Cran
41 Madena Jaffer
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17 Georgia Seymour
19 Mikaela Wallis
23 Lily Wood
25 Jane Greenshields
29 Julia Ferguson
33 Hannah Randell
44 Adriana Koukounaras
51 Tabatha Andrade
54 Madelene
56 Madeleine Alafaci
57 Vasilia Grosios
64 Caterina Warrick
75 Aaliyah Malik
ROUND 1
Tullamarine 2.5-17 Burnside Heights 12.11-83
Greenvale 9.9-63 Essendon Doutta Stars 1.4-10
Sunbury Lions 5.9-39 Pascoe Vale 0.0-0
Gisborne 12.22-94 Sunbury Kangaroos 0.0-0
ROUND 2
Pascoe Vale 0.0-0 Gisborne 29.10-184
Sunbury Kangaroos 0.0-0 Greenvale 31.17-203
Essendon Doutta Stars 12.4-76 Tullamarine 3.3-21
Burnside Heights 9.9-63 Sunbury Lions 0.1-1
ROUND 3
Pascoe Vale 0.0-0 Burnside Heights 19.22-136
Sunbury Kangaroos 1.4-10 Sunbury Lions 6.7-43
Greenvale 18.14-122 Tullamarine 1.0-6
Gisborne 5.6-36 Essendon Doutta Stars 6.5-41
ROUND 4
Sunbury Lions 0.2-2 Essendon Doutta Stars 13.7-85
Gisborne 1.3-9 Greenvale 10.10-70
Tullamarine won by forfeit against Pascoe Vale
Burnside Heights won by forfeit against Sunbury Kangaroos
ROUND 5 Essendon Doutta Stars 9.16-70 Burnside Heights 2.0-12
Greenvale 14.7-91 Sunbury Lions 3.2-20
Gisborne 20.8-128 Tullamarine 2.0-12
ROUND 6
Sunbury Lions 1.3-9 Gisborne 6.5-41
Burnside Heights 3.3-21 Greenvale 9.3-57
Tullamarine 1.1-7 Essendon Doutta Stars 15.15-105
ROUND 7
Gisborne 5.4-34 Burnside Heights 7.3-45
Essendon Doutta Stars 5.6-36 Greenvale 7.7-49
Tullamarine 9.7-61 Sunbury Lions 1.2-8
ROUND 8
Burnside Heights 10.10-70 Tullamarine 2.2-14
Greenvale 8.7-55 Gisborne 3.9-27
Essendon Doutta Stars won by forfeit against Sunbury Lions
ROUND 9
Sunbury Lions 0.1-1 Greenvale 10.9-69
Tullamarine 3.2-20 Gisborne 6.12-48
Burnside Heights 7.6-48 Essendon Doutta Stars 3.8-26
ROUND 10
Essendon Doutta Stars 5.2-32 Gisborne 0.1-1
Sunbury Lions 0.1-1 Burnside Heights 13.5-83
Tullamarine 0.3-3 Greenvale 13.9-87
ROUND 11
Greenvale 4.7-31 Burnside Heights 5.8-38
Essendon Doutta Stars 11.7-73 Tullamarine 2.1-13
Gisborne Bye
Sunbury Lions Bye
ROUND 12
Essendon Doutta Stars 10.8-68 Gisborne 1.2-8
Burnside Heights 10.10-70
Greenvale Bye
Tullamarine Bye
ROUND 13
Sunbury Lions 4.1-25
ROUND 14
Tullamarine 2.8-20 Greenvale 11.7-73
Gisborne 14.12-96 Sunbury Lions 1.0-6
Burnside Heights Bye
Essendon Doutta Stars Bye
ROUND 15
Gisborne 7.8-50 Tullamarine 6.9-45
Greenvale 7.7-49 Burnside Heights 6.4-40
Sunbury Lions 0.3-3 Essendon Doutta Stars 10.14-74
SEMI FINALS
Essendon Doutta Stars 11.5-71 Gisborne 3.4-22
Greenvale 3.6-24 Burnside Heights 3.4-22
ROUND 8
Oak Park 8.8-56 Hillside 1.2-8
Strathmore 0.1-1 Keilor 10.12-72
Maribyrnong Park 4.5-29 Westmeadows 8.3-51
Moonee Valley 1.1-7 Aberfeldie 8.8-56
ROUND 9
Aberfeldie 3.7-25 Oak Park 2.4-16
Westmeadows 0.3-3 Moonee Valley 8.6-54
Maribyrnong Park 10.6-66 Strathmore 3.5-23
Hillside 0.4-4 Keilor 2.10-22
ROUND 10
Aberfeldie 6.10-46 Hillside 0.2-2
Strathmore 3.1-19 Oak Park 10.7-67
Moonee Valley 4.10-34 Maribyrnong Park 7.9-51
Westmeadows 1.7-13 Keilor 5.9-39
ROUND 11
Keilor 6.5-41 Moonee Valley 7.4-46
Westmeadows 5.3-33 Oak Park 5.8-38
Maribyrnong Park 1.3-9 Aberfeldie 7.8-50
Hillside 5.11-41 Strathmore 1.3-9
ROUND 12
Moonee Valley 3.8-26 Oak Park 6.10-46
Keilor 7.5-47 Maribyrnong Park 5.3-33
Hillside 5.9-39 Westmeadows 1.5-11
Aberfeldie 5.5-35 Strathmore 1.3-9
ROUND 13
Oak Park 9.14-68 Keilor 0.4-4
Moonee Valley 10.4-64 Strathmore 3.3-21
Westmeadows 2.0-12 Aberfeldie 9.6-60
Maribyrnong Park won by forfeit against Hillside
ROUND 14
Aberfeldie 2.4-16 Keilor 2.5-17
Oak Park 7.9-51 Maribyrnong Park 2.4-16
Strathmore 5.6-36 Westmeadows 4.7-31
Hillside 3.0-18 Moonee Valley 10.13-73
Moonee Valley 11.9-75
Keilor 4.6-30 Oak Park 9.3-57
Aberfeldie 9.15-69 Westmeadows 0.1-1
Hillside 3.4-22 Maribyrnong Park 12.6-78
Oak Park
President: Tim Littlewood
Coach: Lessey Hodgkinson & Nicolas Cook
Colours: Blue & White
Moonee Valley
President: Michael Milne
Coach: Dean Rioli
Colours: Black & White
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21 Emily Findlay
23 Melissa Tomkinson
24 Jessica Welsh
25 Alexandra Quigley
26 Chloe Caruana
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