The Inter-hotels Pool North Central Netball Association results round 12 14 & Under A C Grade Comp season A Grade Watchem 40
ROUND Twelve of the Inter-Hotels’ Pool Competition was played on Wednesday, 5th July, and as I had predicted, the match of the round was to take place at the Parisian enclave of town while the grey grasshoppers and other nocturnal wildlife that call the Country Club home bore witness to the other close encounter that was to eventuate. - By Bob Wooley With both the Farmers’ Arms and Country Club One teams at full strength it was to be indeed a monumental clash akin to one between the Autobots and the Decepticons (I’m a Transformer movies fan) and they could not be separated at the end of the first round after the Farmers captain Optimus Prime Leigh Watkins had won his opening game against the Club’s leader Megatron Paul Mullins while the Farmers’ Ben Medlyn and Geoff Watts had failed against Troy Shields and Jacob Vanrenen however saintly Shane Sanger created the state of equilibrium by outsmarting demonic Des Moulday. The second round was to be a different story however as the Mean Machine began to assert their authority when Paul squared his match with Leigh while Troy and Jacob took great pleasure in dismantling Ben and Geoff however it was to be Shane who was to keep the fighting Farmers in the battle when he overwhelmed Des to leave the Club leading by five games to three with just one singles frame required in the third round. This was between the masters of the two sides and it was to be the wizard Leigh who was to conjure up the spell that was to retire Paul to the bar and elevate the doubles encounters to where they would decide the match however it appears the rollers and floggers had retired into hibernation, allowing the flying Farmers to win both and take the match by the narrowest of margins, six games to five. This now leaves them securely in second place on the ladder with a virtually unassailable twelve-point buffer ahead of those teams below them. It was on this day eighty years ago that the German Wehrmacht launched the attack on Kursk against the Russian army that was to escalate into the greatest tank battle in history and the Logan troop broke out of the Avoca Forest to rumble through town and assault the Country Club Two defenders at their home citadel and it wasn’t long before they were in more strife than the Aussie cricket team are with the Pommy
tabloids (again) as the home side’s Harley Durward and Bill Rodger stopped Stephen Rodger and Ben Pell in their tracks (it is also fifty years to the day since England’s Harold “Dickie” Bird umpired his first Test match; one wonders how he would have handled the Lords fiasco). The McNaulty brothers, Jason and Shaun, kept the Loganites in the fight however by eliminating Grant Doyle and Jake Male respectively then when the Club won the first of the doubles the match was all over however the boys from the Pub in the Scrub staged a fighting retreat, winning the final doubles in the Club Two’s six games to five victory. The Royal Two team where the gracious hosts for the Farmers’ Arms Two team and received an early wakeup call when the flighty Farmers broke out of the barrier early with Logan Hines and Luke Pole winning their opening frames against Simon Elliott and Nick Birthisel respectively however their exaltation was to be truncated as Peter Tannock, a surprise appearant on the baize once again, and Phil Atkins demolished the delightfully demure darlings, Alayne and Zoe Cunningham. Logan went on to win his match against Simon but the rollicking Royals went on to success in both doubles for a nine games to three victory, thereby consolidating in fourth place on the ladder, now eight points clear of the fifthplaced Logan. Top side Royal One was handed a percentage boost and a night off when, as a result of the traumatic circumstances that their opponents the Sporting Club team had encountered with the medical emergency at their match on the 28th June the Club team members had opted to forfeit this week, a decision that is completely understandable considering what they had been forced to witness unfolding with one of their teammates. At the time of writing the unfortunate young man is in a serious condition in an ICU in a Melbourne hospital and a fund-raising day is being held on Sunday, 23rd July, at the Farmers Arms hotel to help provide support for his young family.
Charlton 7, BirchipWatchem 37 Wyche-Narraport 7 Boort 22 Donald 31 Wedderburn 1 Sea Lake Nandaly 24, St. Arnaud 20
14 & Under B Charlton 1 BirchipWatchem 31 Donald 20 Wedderburn ) Sea Lake Nandaly 10 St. Arnaud 23
17 & Under A Wyche-Narraport 19 Boort 24 Sea Lake Nandaly 21 St. Arnaud 26 Donald 63 Wedderburn 17 Charlton 8 Birchip-
Sea Lake Nandaly 36, St. Arnaud 48 Wyche-Narraport 33 Boort 37 Donald 54 Wedderburn 67 Charlton 34 BirchipWatchem 44
B Grade Sea Lake Nandaly 43, St. Arnaud 33 Donald 57 Wedderburn 32 Wyche-Narraport 15, Boort 61 Charlton 26 BirchipWatchem 32
C Grade Sea Lake Nandaly 44, St. Arnaud 26 Wyche-Narraport 6 Boort 69
Donald 43 Wedderburn 46 Charlton 14 BirchipWatchem 64
Ladders A Grade
pts
Boort Wedderburn Birchip-Watchem Nullawil Wyche-Narraport Donald Charlton St. Arnaud Sea Lake Nandaly
44 36 32 26 20 12 12 4 4
B Grade Boort Wedderburn Nullawil Donald Birchip-Watchem Charlton Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud
44 36 32 28 24 8 8 8
Boort Nullawil Birchip-Watchem Wedderburn Donald Sea Lake Nandaly Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Charlton
Donald Wedderburn Boort Charlton
44 36 32 28 24 12 12 4 0
17 & Under A Birchip-Watchem Boort Nullawil Donald Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Charlton Sea Lake Nandaly Wedderburn
14 & under Nullawil Sea Lake Nandaly Donald Birchip-Watchem Boort Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Charlton Wedderburn
16 10 8 2
40 36 32 28 18 16 14 8 0
44 40 28 28 20 16 12 4 0
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14 & Under B Birchip-Watchem 32 St. Arnaud 24 Sea Lake Nandaly 20
North-Central Football Roundup Goldacres Seniors
SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 9.15 13.24 20.28 (148) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1. 2 2. 3 5. 4 (34) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: John Summerhayes 5, Billy McInnes 4, Billy Poulton 3, Charlie Cox 2, Thomas Cox 2, Will Simpson 2, Trent Donnan, Tyson McKenzie. For St Arnaud: Owen Lowe 2, Jake Male 2, Zachary Notting. Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Trent Donnan, Charlie Cox, Tyson McKenzie, Luke Martin, Will Simpson, Ryan O’Sullivan. For St Arnaud: Jake Male, Owen Lowe, William Jackson, William Bertalli, Mitch Birthisel, Nick Birthisel. 5.1 7.1 9.3 13.5 (83) BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 5.3 9.3 11.5 (71) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goals for Birchip-Watchem: Nathan Gordon 5, Ben Edwards 4, Daniel Castellano, Ben Christodoulou, Nicholas Rippon, Lachlan Ryan. For Charlton: Christopher Gavaghan 4, Nick Thompson 3, Sam Woods 2, Mason Heenan, Riley Thiesz. Best for Birchip-Watchem: Nathan Gordon, Nicholas Rippon, Dale Hinkley, Marshall Rippon, Jonty Randall, Darcy Reid. For Charlton: Jesse Taylor, Sam Woods, Christopher Gavaghan, Nick Thompson, Patrick Soulsby, Bailey Dixon. WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 3.0 4.2 7.5 9. 8 (62) BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.5 2.9 4.13 (37) Goals for Wycheproof-Narraport: Rick Allan 2, Damien Horbury 2, Ben Brennan, Gedd Hommelhoff, Koby Hommelhoff, Rowan Jones, Joel Turner. For Boort: Jarrod Fitzpatrick 2, Brayden Aitken, Levi Moss. Best for Wycheproof-Narraport: Spencer Allan, Rick Allan, Joe Kenny, Gedd Hommelhoff, Koby Hommelhoff, Josh Walsh. For Boort: Ryan McGhie, Jarrod Fitzpatrick, Tom Potter, Samuel Green, Natnael McLaren, Matthew Hodoras. DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 6.5 13.11 16.13 (109) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 4.3 6. 4 12. 5 (77) Goals for Donald: Sam Dunstan 6, Stephen Dinnell 3, Ryan Bath 2, Trent Grant 2, Cooper Anderson, Josh Potter, Ross Young. For Wedderburn: Sam Barnes 7, Mitchell McEwan 2, Danny Benaim, Tom Campbell, Jordan Rosengren. Best for Donald: William Burke, Ryley Barrack, Trent Grant, Josh Potter, Ross Young, Sam Dunstan. For Wedderburn: Jordan Rosengren, Sam Barnes, Darcy Jackson, Hamish Lockhart, Mitchell McEwan, Luke Holt. Bye: Nullawil.
Haeusler’s Reserves
SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 9.15 13.24 20.28 3.2 9.6 13.12 21.15 (148) (141) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0. 0 0. 0 (0) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Nathan Wight 9, Max Cahoon 4, Chase Tait 3, Cooper Allan 2, Zachary Wemyss 2, Joel Donnan. For St Arnaud: Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Lance McClelland, Max Cahoon, Angus Collins, Cooper Allan, Nathan Wight, Chase Tait. For St Arnaud: Harrison Meagher, Rodney Kirk, Sam Penfold, Edward Swanton, Kynan Torney, Hamish Darby. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 2.7 4.11 9.12 (66) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.2 0. 2 0. 2 (2) Goals for Birchip-Watchem: Callum Goode 3, Ty Colbert 2, Jak Goldsmith, Kody Leith, Jack Ryan, Tison Wiantara. For Charlton: Best for Birchip-Watchem: Alexander Noonan, Ty Colbert, Jack Ryan, Jacob Noonan, Micheal Love. For Charlton: Tyler Catherine, Lachlan Holmes-Brown, Darby Fitzpatrick, Dan Whykes, Henry Bourke, Jake Lanyon. BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 7.6 13.6 17.6 (108) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.1 1.3 2.4 (16) Goals for Boort: Patrick O’Rourke 6, Dale Cameron 2, Chris O’Rourke 2, Kobie Streader 2, Mitch Buchanan, Jett Hird, Nicholas Scott, Jordan Sheahan, Blake Slatter. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Zachary Cruse, Harry Fawcett Best for Boort: Patrick O’Rourke, Blake Slatter, Mitch Buchanan, Nathan Gooding, Oliver Toose, Alex Cockerell. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Rhylie Botheras, Kirk Henshaw, Trevor Rumbold, Thomas Keane, Zachary Cruse, William Allan. DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 3.5 6.15 7.15 (57) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 4.2 4. 2 7. 4 (46) Goals for Donald: Bayley Burke 2, Brenton Dixon 2, Gavin Beckham, Michael Donnellon, Brady Griffiths. For Wedderburn: Jesse Douglas 3, Gerald Riley 3, Chris Hargreaves. Best for Donald: Kalon Green, Gavin Beckham, Brenton Dixon, Dion Hawkes, Joshua Talty, Tom Letts. For Wedderburn: Dane Keuken, Cameron Lang, Kyle Wright, Tyson Webster, Lachy Price, Matthew Lockhart.
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ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 9.4 9.5 11.5 (71) SEA LAKE NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.4 3.5 5.7 (37) Best for St Arnaud: Tyson Funston, Jackson Needs, Ryan Bigmore. For Sea Lake-Nandaly: Isaac Durie, Tye Griffiths, Cruz O’Sullivan, Noah Barbary, Ethan Ellis, Angus Renney. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 8.6 10.8 12.10 (82) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.3 0.5 2. 8 (20) Best for Birchip-Watchem: Riley Hogan, Harry Cook, Charlie Frank, Lucas Darby. For Charlton: Jye Roberts, Isaac Bourke, Ethan Soulsby, Sebastian Zagame, Mitchell Boyle, Leigh Van Boven. BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 9.11 11.15 14.19 (103) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 0.0 0. 2 1. 4 2. 6 (18) Best for Boort: Max Beattie, Lachlan Hall, Brodie Wagner, Samual Toose, Brodie Arnold. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Thomas Cotton, Xavier McKersie, Leyland Seddon, Locke Coles, Spencer Nicholls. DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 4.3 7.6 7. 6 (48) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 1.8 1.9 3.14 (32) Best for Donald: Brady Griffiths, Rory Godkin, Colby Anderson, Joel Lewis. For Wedderburn: Dylan Caruana, Robert Whyman, Noah Winslett, Jason Sanderson.
Next Round
Round 13, Saturday, July 15 —
St Arnaud v. Charlton Birchip-Watchem v. Wycheproof-Narraport
Boort v. Donald Nullawil v. Sea Lake-Nandaly Bye: Wedderburn
Uniting Church Under-14s
SEA LAKE-NANDALY 4.8 (32) d. ST ARNAUD 1.1 (7). Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Nate McClelland, Milton Bailey, Finn Austerberry, Charlie Winter-Goldman, Scott Barbary, Riley Allan. For St Arnaud: Jack Batters, Archer Reyne, Finn Green, Hamish Tannock, Bob Donald, Arley Reyne.
CHARLTON 4.9 (33) d. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM 2.0 (12). Best for Charlton: Murphy Fitzpatrick, Sebastian Zagame, Mitchell Boyle, Dustin Hill, Reagan Good, Nate Markham. For Birchip-Watchem: Willow Ryan, Oscar Sharp, Kobe Hamilton. BOORT 22.16 (148) d. WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT 1.0 (6). Best for Boort: Brodie McPherson, Connor McNally, Archer Lee, Mase Young, Tristan Broad. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Morgan Beattie, Adele McNaughton, Saeed Al Amoudi, Private Player.
DONALD 10.10 (70) d. WEDDERBURN 3.6 (24). Best for Donald: Baxter Donnellon, Jesse Lydom, Hayden Clark, Jaxon Reynen. For Wedderburn: Brock Treuel, William Huismann, Jayden Baltas-Brew, Luke Martin, Archa Derks.
Positions of Teams Goldacres North-Central Seniors
Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .
P 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 10
Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .
P 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 10
Pts 44 28 28 28 26 16 14 8 0
% 259.86 170.79 165.13 114.52 95.70 92.69 91.26 48.65 29.26
W 11 7 7 7 6 4 3 2 0
L 0 3 4 3 4 7 7 9 10
Haeuslers Reserves Pts 44 34 30 28 24 12 8 8 4
% 649.71 306.15 281.52 132.45 107.85 43.40 35.92 35.18 29.89
W 11 8 7 7 6 3 2 2 1
L 0 2 2 4 5 7 9 9 9
D 1 1 -
B 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
For 1146 924 1042 765 712 812 668 577 342
Ag 441 541 631 668 744 876 732 1186 1169
D 1 1 -
B 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
For 1111 946 853 653 591 306 379 298 301
Ag 171 309 303 493 548 705 1055 847 1007
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Teams St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .
P 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 11
Pts 40 38 34 22 18 16 12 10 2
W 10 9 8 5 4 4 3 2 0
L 0 1 2 5 6 6 8 7 10
D 1 1 1 1 1 1
B 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
D -
B 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Uniting Church Under-14s
P 11 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 11
Pts 40 36 32 28 16 16 12 8 4
W 10 9 8 7 4 4 3 2 1
L 1 1 3 4 6 6 8 9 10
Tooleybuc Sporting Club Presidents’ Award
Voting for round 12: Sea Lake-Nandaly: T. Donnan 3, R. O’Sullivan 2, L. Martin 1. St Arnaud: O. Lowe 3, J, Male 2, D. Gifford 1. Birchip-Watchem: N. Gordon 3, N. Rippon 2, J. Randall 1. Charlton: S. Woods 3, J. Taylor 2, C. Gavaghan 1. Wycheproof-Narraport: S. Allan 3, J. Kenny 2, J. Walsh 1. Boort: R. McGhie 3, J. Fitzpatrick 2, T. Potter 1. Donald: W. Burke 3, R. Barrack 2, T. Grant 1. Wedderburn: J. Rosengren 3, M. McEwan 2, S. Barnes 1.
Saturday’s Leading Goal Kickers Seniors
Reserves
Sam Dunstan (Donald) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Ben Edwards (Bir.-Watchem) 4 . . . . . . . .43 Billy Mcinnes (SLNT) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Sam Barnes (Wedderburn) 7 . . . . . . . . . .32 Adam Thomson (Nullawil) 3 . . . . . . . . . . .31 Nathan Gordon (Bir.-Watchem) 5 . . . . . . .30 Tom Campbell (Wedderburn) 1 . . . . . . . .25 Joshua Jenkins (SLNT) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Gedd Hommelhoff (W-N) 1 . . . . . . . . . . .23 Nick Thompson (Charl) 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Billy Poulton (SLNT) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Ben Brennan (W-N) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Callum Goode (Bir.-Watchem) 3 . . . . . . .28 Sam Goldsmith (Nullawil) 0 . . . . . . . . . . .27 Patrick O’Rourke (Boort) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Gerald Riley (Wedderburn) 3 . . . . . . . . . .23 Nathan Wight (SLNT) 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Matt Poyner (Nullawil) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Joel Clohesy (SLNT) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
CHS Broadbent Club Championship
(Senior win 10 pts., Reserves 6, Under-17s 4, Under-14s 2) Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . . . . . . . . . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Snr. 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
Res. 6 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0
U-17 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0
U-14 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
Ttl. 218 154 144 133 121 110 58 58 56
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