Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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Cats win thriller and deny Tigers es that never-say-die attitude and managed to win the ball and move it forward where Dwayne Hamlyn took a courageous mar. A 50-metre penalty sent him to the goal line where he put the Cats up by two points. Woomelang-Lascelles then managed to hold on for the final minute to give itself a fairytale ending to the season. In the reserves, Beulah held on to win by less than two goals against Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers and Ouyen United was too good for the Tigers in the under-16s.
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By MICK SHANNON
he 2013 Mallee Football League season came to an exciting finish with WoomelangLascelles beating the fancied Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers by two points in an action-packed grand final at Ouyen. The Cats came from fourth position on the ladder to claim the premiership, their first in 21 years. The result however represented the Tigers’ third consecutive grand-final loss.
Grand final scores Seniors Woomelang-Lascelles 15.14 (104) Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers 16.6 (102)
Woomelang-Lascelles was fantastic from the first bounce. The Cats ran hard and used pin-point accuracy by foot around the ground to kill the Tigers’ defence. Anthony Foot was dominant for the Cats across the half backline, continually throwing his body in front of the strong Tigers forwards and rebounding well to find free players through the wing. Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers struggled to get their best game going and were bought undone by skill errors and lack of pressure. Through the midfield, tough players Trent Donnan and Chris McMahon
DROUGHT BREAKER: Woomelang-Lascelles players and supporters celebrate winning their first Mallee Football League premiership and the former Southern Mallee Football League club’s first flag since 1992. Picture: PHIL DOWN
Reserves Beulah 12.7 (79) Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers 10.8 (68)
With the Tigers working hard to get themselves the lead by four points with only minutes to spare, the crowd believed they would hold on to claim victory.
Under-16s Ouyen United 11.12 (78) Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers 4.4 (28)
hit the packs hard for WoomelangLascelles while Kane Bannan provided the run and carry on the outside Again Colin Durie performed well for the Tigers as did Lance Brown, working hard to give key forwards
Cliff Ryan and Simon Weekly every chance to kick a winning score. The game came down to the final minute with all players crashing in hard to win the ball for their respective teams.
Magpies win flag in grand display MININERA DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUE By JONATHAN BOX
The Mininera season finished in style with the competition’s senior grand final providing fans with a great display of football. On a perfect spring day, a record crowd turned out to Conna Wilson Reserve at Mininera to watch Wickliffe-Lake Bolac and MoystonWillaura fight it out for the silverware. After a tremendous season, Nicholas Willox finished the year by leading his team of Wickliffe-Lake Bolac Magpies to a 33-point victory over the Pumas. Moyston-Willaura started the game strongly, outscoring Wickliffe-Lake Bolac in the first half, however the Magpies produced a 3.6 third quarter to Moyston-Willaura’s one point and broke the game open. The ‘premiership quarter’ certainly lived up to its name. Michael Otto was outstanding for the victors, featuring in the best and receiving the AFL Victoria Country Medal.His team-mate Dean McInnes added to the win by collecting the JA Knight Medal. Both had an outstanding day along with Lewis Medal winner Bradley Keilar and William Archer. Jason Quinlivian, Michael Blackburn and Nick Willox were also among Wickliffe-Lake Bolac’s best. Moyston-Willaura was obviously disappointed but its season wasn’t a total a loss having made the grand final for the first time in the club’s history. Aaron McKinnis was the only multiple goal
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scorer for the Pumas, kicking two, while Joshua Day and Tyson Carr were named the team’s best. Josh Bywater, Luke Thomas, Trent Fiscalini and Aaron McKinnis were also among better players for the Pumas. The grand final produced the biggest winning margin between the teams this year. The grand finalists were clearly the two best teams of the season and did not disappoint on the big stage. In the reserves, Great Western kicked away to a six-goal victory over Wickliffe-Lake Bolac. Great Western’s Craig Cooper received the Kerrin Peters Medal for best-on-ground. In the under-16s Ararat held its composure to walk away seven-goal victors over Penshurst. Tom Taurau of Ararat won the Peter and Helen Brown Medal. Team-mate Ben Robertson, the League leading goal kicker and JJ Box Medallist will have a full 2013 trophy case, adding an AFL Victoria Country Medal to his premiership medallion and other awards. Congratulations to all the teams and the players who competed in grand finals. It was a great display of the football our league has to offer.
Grand final scores Seniors Wickliffe-Lake Bolac 11.14 (80) Moyston-Willaura 7.5 (47) Reserves Great Western 14.8 (92) Wickliffe-Lake Bolac 8.8 (56) Under-16s Ararat 8.8 (56) Penshurst 1.8 (14)
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