Western Border Football Netball Budget - The Western - Round 6 2023

*Picture Sam Willis

SENIORS

East 1.3 3.5 4.10 6.12 (48)

Best - South: T. Saffin, O. Thomson, H. Winterfield, K. Jones, R. Jones, L. Foran; East: R. Flamank, T. Balshaw, J. Forster, C. Slape, R. Lillecrapp, K. Dwyer. North

Goals - South: B. Kain 2, L. Foran, E. Chuck, K. Jones, R. Jones, N. Forbes; East: R. Flamank 4, S. Lock, M. Rumbelow

Best - North: T. Christophersen, T. de Wit, J. Schutz, J. Jenner, M. Kelton, D. Bachmann; Casterton Sandford: D. Ayton, M. Krieger, H. Mccrae, D. Cleary, M. Killey, J. Carlin.

Goals - North: T. de W. 7, S. Stafford 3, T. Christophersen 2, D. Bachmann, S. Zeitz, A. Dally; Casterton Sandford: H. Mccrae 3, S. Craig, D. Cleary, G. Parsons, D. Ayton, M. Krieger

Best - Millicent: T. Renzi, C. Williams, S. Waring, F. Bradley, C. Gallio, K. Bradley; West: J. Pfitzner, L. Lean, K. Giddings, J. Williams, E. Giddings, B. Newton.

Goals - Millicent: F. Bradley 5, S. Willis 2, D Tincknell, M. Withers, C. Williams; West: D. McElroy 2, B. Ousey 2, M. Minuzzo, T. Davis, J Pfitzner

RESERVES

Best - North: N. Tana, T. Fle, M. Blanck, T Harris, B. Nole-Jusce, S. Richards; Casterton Sandford: K. Forbes, J. Smith, H. Carlin, J Searle, A. Russell, T. Searle.

Goals - North: T. Young 2, N. Mark; Casterton

Sandford: J. Searle 5, B. Millard 2, F. Bright, J. Smith, R. Makore, C. Zippel.

East 0.0 0.2

Best - South: C. Williams, J. Sneath, E. Fisher, S. King, J. Gazzard, L. Pearce-Raisin; East: C. Barry, T. Mccourt, B. Gaffney, J. Donehue, L. Hicks, T. Gilbert.

Goals - South: E. Fisher 7, C. Williams 3, J Sneath 2, H. Keding 2; East: T. Mccourt, J. Donehue, J. Thomas.

Best - Millicent: M. Reilly, N. Robbins, B. Tilley, M. Varcoe, E. Redman, H. Reilly; West: M. Kipping, P. Rudd, T. Redden, G. Ros-Smith, B. Say, T. Schrader

Goals - Millicent: M. Reilly 5, S. Duldig, B. Tilley, W. Oconnor; West: J. Schapel 2, R. Rutkowski.

UNDER 18'S

Best - South: H. Mitchell, W. Boston, C. Fielding, S. Sims, K. Bannon, S. Domaschenz; East: T. Wilke, W. Ellis, E. Telfer-Sco, E. Straord, N. Bignell, C. McLean.

Goals - South: J. Sims 4, H. Fisher 4, C. Fielding 3, S. Sims 2, J. Richter, A. Urquhart, L. Ray

North 3.3 3.5 4.8 4.9 (33)

Best - North: C. Turner, J. Fle, A. Dally, S. Baron, A. Bruce; Casterton Sandford: J. Rhook, D. Munro, O. Foster, S. Paon, A. Lane, J. Wombwell.

Goals - North: I. Phu, A. Bruce, C. Turner, A. Dally; Casterton Sandford: J. Rhook 3, O Foster 3, R. Cleary 2, A. Lane, S. Paon.

Millicent 2.2 3.5 7.5 10.9 (69) East 0.1 2.1 3.2 3.2 (20)

Best - Millicent: J. Todd, L. Cawood, E. Redman, C. Damhuis, D. Sigston, J. Werchon; West: B. Cowling, F. Kenseley, N. Davey, B. Overmaat-Pohlner, Z. Hopgood, L. Loring.

Goals - Millicent: No goal scorers recorded; West: B. Winterfield 2, L. Loring 2, F. Kenseley 2, N. Davey, Z. Hopgood, T. Johnson.

UNDER 16'S

Best - South: J. Richter, M. Bentley, E. Forbes, J Maxwell, J. Bartle, J. Vause; East: J. Mee, A. McKinnon, R. Angelino, C. McCracken, T. Grigg.

Goals - South: E. Forbes 6, W. Awill 5, J. Maxwell 4, J. Vause 2, L. Sigley; East: J. Mee.

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Goals - Millicent: R. Lindner 4, O. Nicholls 2, C. Gibson 2, L. Robbins, N. Thomson.

Goals - Millicent: C. Hateley 4, K. Kenny, A. Lindner, M. Hunt; West: O. Feetom 3, B. Szopory, S. Fraser, J. Milich.

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Goals - North: S. Baron 4, E. Kulimushi 4, J Bryan 2, F. Mobbs 2, C. Harris 2, K. Roulstone, J. Butler, E. Brook, B. Stephens, I. Richards, J. Dyson, E. Buckland; Casterton Sandford: N. Longhurst 2, J. Geary 2.

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Millicent Millicent

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Senior Coaches: Clint Gallio & Tom Renzi

Red & Black

Congratulations to Todd ‘Godra’ Craig on his 100 game milestone this week A loyal and valued team-mate/clubperson, get around him this weekend. He’ll happily tell you how sensational he is after a cuppla frothies While on the topic of guys that aren’t shy of calling it as they see it, Zac McGuiness and Kade Varcoe rack up 50 games each. Guinny and Gitta are pivotal for their skill and leadership in the senior structure. It’s great to see these gents reaching milestones over recent and coming weeks, having developed through our juniorprogramtobepillarsofthe club.

Good wins in both senior teams against the Roos last week keeps themomentumrolling.

In the Magoos, Dredgie Reilly finished with a handful and was named best afield Singles to Digga Duldig, Brad Tilley and Muzz O’Connor. Brad was named in the best as was Nat Robbins, Hammer Reilly (in his 150th to makeitmemorable),MattVarcoe and we welcomed back Eli Redmanforarunaround.

The Seniors game was a low scoringaffairforthefirsthalf We

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had plenty of possessions but were missing targets by hand and foot. The back six all defended well forcing the West forwards outtofindspacecloserto50arc.

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Last week we went down thehighwaytotakeonrivals South.

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It might be coincidental, but the second half saw Dylan Tincknell moved into attack and presented strongly.Ourskillssharpenedand disposals were reaching their targets and players were able to move the ball into space. The 20 point deficit at half time was overcometoa6pointlead.

The final stanza saw the Saints run out the game a little stronger than the Roos. Clint Gallio and Frazer Bradley had plenty of the ball Frazer finished with five majors. He worked up and down the ground. The West defenders made it fairly tough for our designated forwards all day Cream Willis kicked 2 goals and singles to Chipper Williams (named in the best players), Matt Withers and Dyl Tincks Truck R e n z i i n t e r c e p t e d a n d counterpunched well along with Boxy Bradley to be named in the best, and were ably supported by the other four Fish Waring got some good touches in his first gameback.

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U14s played a few good patches considering we had quiteafewplayersout.Best players R Grigg, C Ligairi, F Chittleborough, C Gifford, J RentschandTDumigan.

U16s were up against a very strong opponent but never gave up, best players J Mee, A McKinnon, R Angelino, C McCrackenandTGrigg.

U18s are struggling at the moment but the there are some regular names popping up in the best playersregularly

A grade had there chances to put an inaccurate South away in the first half then in the second half the tables were turned and we were inaccurate but South capitalisedandgottheclose win,bestplayersRFlamank, T Balshaw, J Forster, C Slape, RLillicrapandKDwyer.

With interleague training in full swing best of luck to all ourguysinthesquad.

B grade were undermanned and playing a young fast South side, best players C Barry,TMcCourt,BGaffney, J Donehue, L Hicks and T Gilbert. BestplayersTWilke,WEllis, E Telford Scott, E Stratford,

Congratulaons to Millicent representaves Levi Robbins, Arlie Sims, Pacey Duldig and Brax Thomas on represenng Mid South East in Adelaide SAPSASA.

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Under 18’s Under 18’s

Coach: Jacob Carger

Team Manager: Jason Werchon

1 Alex Wesolowski

3 Teej Lawlor

4 Patrick Jennings

5 Corey Carlson

6 Blake Werchon

8 Je Werchon

11 Tallan Dunn

12 Dylan Sigston

14 Cambell Hateley

19 William Wilson

21 Kaden Thomas

22 Kallen Shanks

24 Charlie Damhuis

26 Jacob Todd

28 Harry Gibbs

43 Saxon Snook

47 Daniel Hateley

49 Toby Jazepczyk

53 Brodi Sims

57 Liam Calwood

58 Cooper Todd

Jack Hagge

Eli Redman

Jackson Bowden

Coach: Jason Dunn

Team Manager:

1 Cody Williams

3 Dom McDonald

4 Talan Daltan

East Gambier East Gambier Red & Black

21 Trae Wilke

22 Ethan Humphies

5 Kyan Chileborough

6 Elijah Straord

8 Ky McCracken

9 Angus Clarke

10 Sam Couldrey

11 Kobe Wagener

12 Kaelen Mee

14 Fionn Graney

15 Campbell McLean

17 Nick Bignell

19 Will Ellis

20 Vinnie Kele

Under 16’s Under 16’s

Coach: Kevin Schutz

Team Manager: Brian Cawood

1 Je Werchon

2 William Jennings

3 Teej Lawlor

4 Curs Shanks

7 Harrison Thwaites

9 Klaye Kenny

12 Dylan Sigston

13 Sam Gronn

14 Cambell Hateley

15 Lenny Tunkin

16 Zach Ash 19 William Wilson

20 Ashton Lindner (c)

Harry Giggs

44 Max Hunt

Beau Douglas 53 Brodi Sims 58 Cooper Todd

Team Manager:

Mason Andersen

Ryan Angelino

Jarrod Carey

Charlie Clark

Brock Dempsey

Isaac Dwyer

Noah Gollan

Toby Grigg

Riley Lawrence

Lachlan Legray

Cruz McCracken

Angus McKinnon

Jarvi Mee

Riley Mitchell

Andison Penyman

Jaiden Picken

Under 14’s Under 14’s

Coach: Nat Robbins

2 William Jennings

47 Cruz Gibson

Coach: Grant Spooner

Team Manager:

Emme Best

William Rentsch

Banjo Sampson

Corey Smith

Solomon Telford

Tex Tilley

Brodie Versteegh

Skye Virtanen

4 Curs Shanks (vc)

6 Levi Robbins

3 Henry Damhuis 51 Asha Gysbers 59 Louis Easterby

7 Lenny Tunkin (c)

9 Klaye Kenny

10 Ari Robbins

11 Logan Douglas

16 Oakley Nicholls

17 Sebella Coghlan

18 Naite Thomson

19 Ryder Lindner

23 Tye Kovacs

30 Isabelle wilson

42 Liam Millard

55 Mitchell Tarrant

Sco Brooks

Flynn Chileborough

Eamon Cook

Samuel Dickson

Xavier Farmilo

Angelo Ferraro

Chayse Gifford

Rhys Grigg

Ryan Hayden

Alex Kanahs

Joel Rentsch

Jackson Saunders

Noah Spooner

William Vincent

Taj Wilson

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Red, Black & White

Coach: Brad Tilley

Zavier Gurney

Ryder Straord

Axel Joyce

Levi Robbins

Tyler Ryan

Brax Thomas

Arli Sims

Colby Watson

Blayke Koehne

David Berzel

Pacey Duldig

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Coach: Team Manager:

Archer Wilson

Raff Lawlor

Hughes Hunter

Oliver Sager

Frankie Robbins

Kobe McGrath

Hamish Damhuis

Tully Robinson

East Gambier East Gambier

Red & Black

VCoach: Mahew White

Braith Allison

Je Beever

Cooper Bignell

Nicholas Clark

William Clark

Tom Croser

Hallam Davey

Finn Gale

Coach: Bre Hosking

Zach Angelino

Chase Buckingham

Blake Cooper

Elijah Dickson

Will Hosking

Parker Lamont

william leitch

Connor Lynn

Coach: Nick Anderson

Max Greene

Noah Griffin

Kade Hand

Vaughan Hunter

Brayden Legray

Nash Neilson

Mitchell O'Brien

Lennox Telfird

Isaac Thami

Harley Walker

Taj White

Fraser Fleming

Owen Lloyd

Jed Sunderland

Jax Reilly

Lauchlan Murphy

Tex Thomas

Jarvis Gurney

Ziggy Galambos

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Coach: Craig Gysbers

Jagger Gibson

Sunny Coughlan

Levinson Clyde

Parker Millowick

Degan Rigney

Mariah Lloyd

Jacob Gysbers

Mark Rigney

Samuel Andersen

Asher Anderson

Campbell Best

Hugh Clark

Oliver Clarke

Tyler Cox

Harrison Cram

Judd Creek

Tyler Mariano

Hamish Mckenzie

Tahj Pitkin

Louis Prosperi-Porta

William Richardson

Bentley Ward

Baden Dihm

Hudson Farmilo

Thomas Gale

Sebasan Grubb

Naon Hedwards

Maxx Keenan

Nate Stafford

Memphis Howard-Love

Blake Humphries

Kade Jakutavicius

Coach: Andrew Angelino

Dominic Albanese

Storm Altschwager

Billy Angelino

Braxton Bowyer

Nicholas Brooks

Van Byron

Archie Cook

Lenny Cooper

Under 12 E’s Under 12 E’s

Coach: Marco Lucchini

Nathan Barnes

Zade Kurzman

Nate Lucchini

Oliver Mckelvie

Nash Moelder

Lucas Murray

Jax Sargeant

Jenson Davey

Oscar Ferguson

Maton Finck

Brayse Gifford

Taj Jensen

Ted Kerr

Tyler McPherson

Nate Moloney

Logan Murray

Cody O'Brien

Rayan Singh

Flynn Turner

Logan White

Ryder Wilson

North Gambier North Gambier

Senior Coach: Ben Hardy

Assistant Coaches: Jordan Holli & Kevin Bryan

Reserves Coach: Tim Young Assistant Coach: Thomas Young

South Gambier South Gambier

Red & White

7 Ciaran Buckley

13 Jake Schutz (Svc)

14 Aidan Curs

15 Jay Turner

16 Sam Shepherd

17 Hamish Telford (Svc)

18 Jordan Holli

19 Declan Kenny

20 Tim Young (Rc)

21 Sam

TIGER JUNIOR NOTES TIGER JUNIOR NOTES

Under12B

With Our game this week against Casterton being the only u12 grade playing we had the opportunity to have a few players from the A's and C's join in with our team and had enough numbers to play a full oval game for the first time this season, this really allowed the team to play the controlled possession game we've been practicing with lots of room for them to spread out and be the next option. It was a hard fought contest with both teams producingsomegreatpassagesofplaythatreallywasfantasticto watch and the improvement by the whole team from week to week is so good to see! Best players this week were Lakyn Corcoran, Maison Roscow, Claire Flett, Riley Chapman, Digby Stevens and Mitch Allen Goals - Maison Roscow (+ 2 for Casterton)DigbyStevens,AbelMacintoshandRileyChapman.

Thanks to Thomas Bryan, Cohen Minter, Preston Badger, Tom WrightandRileyChapmanforfillinginforusandalsotoeveryone thathelpedoutandplayedaquarterforCasterton.

GoTigers!

StacyMullens-Coach

Congratulaons to the following NGFC players compeng in the Sapsasa AFL Carnival this week in Adelaide

Lower South East Boys AFL Hardie Stafford, Jobe Lynagh, Jacob Cox, Ronnie Coleman

North Gambier North Gambier

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On Saturday we welcomed Casterton Sandford to Vansittart Park While it wasn't warm, we didn't see much rain and some good f o o t y w a s p l a y e d throughouttheday

The cats are struggling in U14s, but good on them for turning up each week, and our players who helped make up the numbers. Most of our players got to experienceanewposition,a few scored their first goals fortheyear,whichwillstand them in good stead in coming weeks. Best players were Cooper Harris, Esai Kulimushi,CodyBlanck,Jack DysonandEthanBrook.

Toby de Wit had a weekend of highlights, but he will be feeling a lot better about his football highlights than his basketball. The cats hung tough before our big forwards sealed the game in the last quarter 7 goals wasn't enough for Toby to getbestplayer,thatgoingto one of our recruits in the v e r s a t i l e T y s o n Christopherson. Other awards went to Jake Schutz, Josh Jenner, Mitch Kelton andDaleBachmanm.

Another meeting this week regarding 2024 – there is a lot to be sorted our and confirmed, so please stay patient and stay tuned for further information and/or aclubmeeting.

Coach Zeitz lost of few to injury and sickness in the U16s during the week and while that didn't seem to hurt them early, it was a different story after ½ time, with the Cats far too good in the end. Hopefully that is the worst of the availability issues and we only get stronger from here. Cooper Turner is in a great patch of form, he was named best, followed by James Flett, Aaron Dally, Same Baron andAlexanderBruce. Comingevents

We have South at home this week, which will present a challenge across all grades, including the seniors after their first win last week. There is a bit of weather forecast, but plenty of shelter around the oval and Flettys fire will be running hot in the shed. See you there!

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VIt was good to get back home after three weeks away and it was great tohaveourLifeMembersoutatthe club. It was a good day on the field with the Seniors picking up there first win with a great second half after starting the game with thirteen straight points. It was a great way to celebrate Cayde Watsons 1st game and also Taylor Saffins 100th and he put in a ripper to be 1st best, Oli Thompson, Hugh Winterfield and Kyle Jones for his first game this year, Rex Jones and Luke Foran were other better players and Kainy being the only multiplegoalscorerwithtwo.

The Ressies had a solid win and Elliott Fisher had a big day with seven, Willow four, Jamo and Huddy with two each. Best Players to Willow, Jamo, Elliott Fisher, captain Shaughn King, Gaz and Lloydo.

The Under 18's were solid again and are playing a team brand of footy Multiple goal scorers were Harry Fisher and Jed Sims with four and a couple of lads who moved up forward for the second half Connor Fielding with three and Sam Sims with two. Best players to Mitchell, Boston,Fielding,SamSims,Bannon andDomaschenz.

The Under 16's were good again and a big congratulations to Will Attiwill who has had a fantastic

start to the season and has been rewarded with a place in the Under 15 state team in Ballarat in July. Six goals to Emerson Forbes this week who is putting together a strong season, five to Will Attiwill, four to Jace Maxwell, better players Richter, Bentley, Forbes, Maxwell, BartlettandVause.

The 14's have been good since the first week loss to North and best players against East were McCracken, Kentish, Haggett, Cutting, McGregor and McTaggart and multiple goals kickers were Ropitini,McCrackenandCutting.

Just a reminder that there is still a lot of information to come around the restructure, there are a lot of people offering thoughts on travel and junior structures that are untrue and unhelpful. Please wait for the information to come from official channels on how the leagues, draws and junior structureswillwork.

This week we have the 100 club back at the club after the game, get outforwhatisalwaysafunnight.

Also time to start organising a table for the Red & Rump night with NorthAdelaide&Crowslegendand now media personality Andrew Jarman as our special guest on July 1.

Youngy was up and about with his reserves team this week, but unfortunately they didn't run out onto the field as he was hoping and again the start left much to be desired. This weeks positive was that we won thelast¼! Hopefullyweare on the other side of injuries which will strengthen the ressies in the weeks to come Awards this week were given to Nathan Tana, Tom Flett, Michael Blanck, Tyler Harris, Bradley NottleJustice&ShaunRichards.

Friday 2nd June 2023 –Junior Tig Golf & Music Night(seesocialsfordetails)

Saturday 3rd June 2023 –Senior Tig Golf & Music Night (see socials for details)

Saturday 22nd July 2023 –ReunionWeekend

Saturday29July2023–Sponsorsday

Friday 4th August 2023 –Goods&servicesauction

Thank you to our major s p o n s o rs i n S t u c key Electrical Contractors and KFC.

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Cayde was presented his guernsey from club legend and uncle Paul Mullen

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South Gambier South Gambier

Under 16’s Under 16’s

Under 14’s Under 14’s

Coach:

Brodie

Lachlan Moss

Alex

Patrick Sigley

Josh Vause

Harrison Xanthopoulos

North Gambier North Gambier

South Gambier South Gambier

Coach: Nat Anderson

Blake Janeway

Jackson Janeway

Sebasan Radlmair

Connor Ruwoldt

Coaches:

Kobi Hay

Hadley Bryant

Tate Anderson

Harty Blackwell

Desney Bums

Summer Burns

Hudson

Essie Hill

Jack Mitchinson

Chase Noonan

Levi Tull

Fletcher Walker

Riley Watson

Hudson O'Connell Charlie Winterfield

Rowan Patzel

Casey Peterse

Jack Rees

Harry Sneath

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Here we are Cat fans, back at Island Park, welcoming the Roos from the West, after a mixed bag of results from last weeks trip over thebordertonorth.

TheUnder16swereslowto start but once they got going they were able to put the cubbies to the sword, going from 21 points down at ¼ time to running out winners by 34 points Better players in a good team effort were Jedd Rhook, Dylan Munro, Oliver Foster, Samuel Patton, Archie Lane and Jack Wombwell. Jedd and Oliver got 3 goals each and Rankin Cleary was the other multiple goal scorer with2.

The Cats can get a gap in the top 4 if they can get over the Joeys this week and if they can move the ball they way they did last week,lookout!

The Reserves flew out of the box and didn't look back, getting their first win for the year, Josh Searle led the way with five goals which was a great effort as the veteran is carrying a few injuries but with his mate Kurzo out of the way for a bit , made himself at home in front of the big sticks Talking about big sticks, Andrew Russell also showed a bit of form and was named in the best along with Kaneo Forbes, JarradSmith,HamishCarlin and young gun Thomas Searle. Bradley Millard was a welcome inclusion and joined Searle Snr as a multiplegoalscorerwith2.

TheUnder14'sgivetheirall every week and it's a shame they can't get a full

list every week, but they had a crack against North that'sforsureandgotafew goals on the board with multiple goal scorers being Nate Longhurst and Jaggar Geary, they were also namedinthebetterplayers along with Billy Rhook, Takudzwa Makore and ZavierCates.

The seniors will take the bitter pill from last weeks game, swallow and move on to the Roos this weekend. President Ayton and skipper Cleary led the way last week and were named in the best along with Michael Krieger, Hamish McCrae(our only multiple goal scorer also), Matt Killey and Justin Carlin.

Now is the time Cat fans, visit our well stocked Canteen or/and BBQ, stay hydrated and keep the energyup,ifyouseeaWest supporter give them a smile and congratulate them on the great job they have done on their new facilities at Malseed Park and if you see Fridge, well, don'tbetoonasty.Carnthe Cats!

Thank-you to all our valued s p o n s o r s i n c l u d i n g Boonaroo, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Bendigo Bank, and Casterton Secondary College

Upcoming Events: 1st of July Comedy night by the one and only Ethan Hocking, he gives good banter but his brother playedforEssendon.

VWell what a big day Saturday was to a very strongMillicentoutfit.

We had good showing throughout the day and enjoyed the beautiful weather Millicent had to offer. (although the wind wasn’tfun)

Wehadgreateffortinunder 14's who tried really hard and pushing themselves and are improving every weektogetbetter.

Closetoughgameinthe16's seen us lose by a kick but again big steps taken in a group learning to play together and are building eachweek.

Our 18's had a good showing and excellent to see them play football and football only and shows whattheycandowhenthey playlikethat.

Both our senior grade played a great sides and Millicent showed us what

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we want to be. A great classy team in both grades that play a great style of football.

In the reserves we had a big 100 games to the Mouth of the West, Jordy Coombe. Great effort from Jordes who is a great club man and takes great pride in wearing thejumper

This week we head to C a s t e r t o n f o r t h e indigenous game with the Jumpers designed by Brandon Newton (toolbox) theylookgreatandwiththe footballers and netballers we will be taking apart of they tremendous initiative withtheCastertonSandford footballclub.

See you at the football givingbigsonshit!

Fridge

This weekend takes us to Casterton

Which means this makes it our indigenous round in support of the Casterton Sandford Football Netball Club

A huge thank you to Brandon Flagbox Newton for designing our amazing Guernsey’s and XPRS apparel for bringing them life

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Under 18’s Under 18’s

West Gambier West Gambier

Under 16’s Under 16’s

Under 14’s Under 14’s

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Under 12 A’s Under 12 A’s

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Under 12 B’s Under 12 B’s

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Under 12 C’s Under 12 C’s

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Under 12 E’s

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FROMTHEARCHIVES GREATWBFLFINALS

SOUTHPREPAREFORFIRSTWBFLGF(1970)

ComparisonstoSouth’s1951flagthriller

In the week leading up to the 1970 Western Border Football League grand final there was plenty of talk aboutwhowouldwinandwhy

In simple terms, Hamilton was the premiership favourite and had built up a winning streak of 19 victories during the season and had the talent, toughnessandbrilliancetomatchanyside.

Just the same, there was an underlying fact that underdogs often get up to cause surprises in grand finals. At South there remained great confidencethey could become the first team since North Gambier to comefromthefirstsemifinalandgrabtheflag.

Along with the many facts of history which were written and talked about during that week one of the interesting comparisons was whether this current South side could emulate what the Demons did back in 1951 when they won their last premiership and theirsecondoverall,previouslywinningin1949inthe SouthEastandBorderFootballLeague.

This 1970 side had had two thrillers - winning by five points against West and then watching as Coleraine’s John Vickery hit the post right on the siren to win the preliminaryfinalbyfourpoints.

TheSouthpremiershipsideof1951hadasimilarroad to the grand final when they won the first semi final against East, winning by four-points and then defeated Penola by four goals in the preliminary final before going up against Millicent when they snatched aone-pointvictory

It was how South won which created history and was stillbeingspokenaboutin1970.

With seconds remaining, and scores level, South coach Jack Kelly grabbed the ball in the centre of the ground and sent his customary long drop kick to the goal square where players flew high, but none higher than halfforwardflankerBob Dermodywho,realising the situation did not try to mark,but instead punched theballthroughforavitalandmatch-winningbehind.

The siren sounded seconds later to give South a thrillingvictory

South were led by the former St Kilda champion Jack Kelly in both the 1949 and 51 premierships, when in 1949 they comfortably and downed the favourites North Gambier and fans were hoping something similarmighthappenin1970.

In both 1949 and 1951 South was the underdogs and not expected to win – it was a similar story in 1970 againstHamilton.

Looking back at history it was interesting that Syd “Sprigger”Lynchplayedinthebackpocketinthe1951 premiership was still playing at South in the reserves after a stellar career spanning more than 300 league games,mainlyintheSEBFL.

Veteran South fans believed he played more than 400

games in league and reserves at South before retiring in the early 1970s.

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Also a member of the 1949 and 1951 premiership teams was present South selector Bob Attiwill senior and father of Bob Attiwill junior who was in the currentDemons’line-up.

Other famous names in that last premiership were formerPortAdelaideplayerBobDermody,ArchRyan, Max Crouch, Bill McGregor, Barney Seager, Les and RonStephens.

GiantruckmanErnieLewiswhowouldlaterwinaMail Medal in 1953, kicked four goals in that 1951 grand final while coach Jack Kelly and full forward Milton Jacquelinkickedthreeeach.

WalkerwasbackedbytheconsistentRusselMatthews and brilliant tall man Max Deckert who could outrun anyotherbigmanontheground.

Cayzer will have back up in John Melville and Hugh Brommell while rover and captain-coach Jim Read poses a threat to the South trio Barry Smith, Peter WhiteheadandJimmyJohnson.

South coach Garry Sims will come up against another topcentrehalfforwardthisinHamilton’sDeneMilner

After Sims disposed of Coleraine champion Geoff Shrive the previous week, this clash will be eagerly awaitedandcouldhaveabigbearingontheoutcome.

South’s top rover Bob Nicholls who had starred all seasons, was injured during the finals and missed selectioninthepremiershipteam.

Theteamlinedasfollows:

Thescoreswere:South10.17;Millicent11.10. Backs: S Lynch, D Naismith, Overall; HB: Moller, A Ryan, M Crouch; C: Ferguson, W McGregor, L Stephens; HF:R Dermody, B Seager, R Attiwill;F:Sims, M Jacquelin, Oerman; R: E Lewis, Meridith, J Kelly; 19th:FWaters,20th:RStephens.

Some of the interesting talk during the 1970 WBFL pre-game week was that no WBFL team had won two premierships – Hamilton had won previously two yearsearlierin1968andwasrunner-upin1969.

Tongue-in-cheek perhaps, but it was also stated that South had never lost a WBFL grand final, probably becausetheyhadneverbeeninonebefore.

And of course, South started its previous two grand finalsin1949and51asunderdogsandgotupandwon both.

But the underlying fact was that Hamilton was a class act.Theywerethebestteamthroughouttheminorby alongmarginandanevenbetteroutfitthanwhatwon the1968flag.

They had the best ruckmen in the league in former St KildaplayerGeoffCayzerwhowontheWBFLMedalin 1968 and 69 and played a big part in the Magpies flag winin1968.

Along the way in 1970 Hamilton recorded some massiveone-sidedwinsandwhilethatcansometimes mask weakneses, there just didn’t appear to be any in theMagpieline-up.

Theirperformanceinthesecondsemifinalwhenthey demolished a competent Coleraine in easy fashion was said to be one of the most polished finals performancesforsomeyears.

Yet, South were the team throughout the season to put Hamilton under most pressure and in their minor round clash at the Showgrounds it was only a late kick off the ground for a goal which resulted in a Hamilton winbysixpoints.

Ruckman David Walker was not the most brilliant ruckman in the league but his persistence and ability to run out the game might make him equal to the task ofdentingthebrillianceofCayzer

Gordon Walker and Gary Fox on the flanks have done little wrong through the final series although they wouldcomeupagainstthecleverAlanKnapewhowas alsolikelytorovewithRead.

LesPayneandGeoffJosephwerelikelytobetheother flankersandforwardpocketplayers.

In the centre, there was nothing between South’s Daryl Sims and Brian Cordy and both had good finals’ form.

On the wings Hamilton’s Bill Barham, and Sandy Eckersley had not lowered their colours this year and comeupagainstBaszcelWhiteheadandBobAttiwill.

In attack South were sweating on the fitness of centre halfforwardJeffArthur

He could not train on the Tuesday night after the preliminary final but South were confident he would play

Another to miss training was ruck-rover Russel Matthews who had treatment for a shoulder strain while ruckman David Walker left the track early to receive treatment on a shoulder knock received the previousweek.

Coach Garry Sims put the Demons through a tough session and all was in readiness for their clash on Saturday

• PHOTO: The South team photo taken during the 1970 season is Back: Jeff Arthur, Dale Hillyer, Robert Sims,JohnBroadbent,SteveRothall,RusselMatthews Neville Jennings, Peter Whitehead; Centre: Chairman of selectors George Holmes, Gordon Walker, David Walker, Brian Norman, Barry Smith, Hayden Mansell, Baszcel Whitehead, Gary Fox; Front: Sid Lynch, Ian Wilson, Brian Attiwill, Garry Sims (c-c), Darryl Sims, JimJohnson,DavidRothall,BobAttiwill.

RESULTS

A GRADE

West Gambier 50 (T. Bryant, S, Rier) d Millicent 48 (T. Sanderson, L. Paul)

North Gambier 90 (G. Pos, B. Walters) d Casterton Sandford 34 (M. Cleary, C. Galpin)

East Gambier 45 (B. Creek, M. Amy) d South Gambier 33 (E. Bouchier, G. Dalton)

A RESERVE

Millicent 66 (J. Sunderland, D. Denton) d West Gambier 54 (C. Tremelling, T. Earl)

North Gambier 58 (A. O'Shaughnessy, J. Lile) d Casterton Sandford 39 (P. Murrell, S. Fidler)

South Gambier 56 (M. Burley, M. Thiele) d East Gambier 22 (L. Murray, S. McKinnon)

B GRADE

Millicent 42 (N. Domaschenz, J. Lovino) d West Gambier 34 (D. Wombwell, E. Gillies)

Casterton Sandford 49 (T. Cleary, A. Balzan) d North Gambier 40 (A. Redman, B. Lush)

South Gambier 38 (S. Auld, M. Glynn) d East Gambier 17 (O. Plunke, S. James)

C GRADE

West Gambier 44 (E. Pollock, A. Koch) d Millicent 28 (L. McCallum, E. Bonde)

North Gambier 48 (K. Egan, S. Nieuwenhuizen) d Casterton Sandford 22 (K. Gill-Killey)

East Gambier 41 (M. Buon, B. Jean) d South Gambier 31 (B. Winterfield, J. McGregor)

17 & UNDER

Millicent 54 (E. Easterby, P. Venn) d West Gambier 29 (E. Xanthopolous, L. Simpson)

North Gambier 66 (C. Mackereth, S. Mobbs) d Casterton Sandford 33 (I. Longhurst, I. Lane)

East Gambier 53 (A. Beveridge, J. Davis) d South Gambier 25 (S. Wight, C. Awill)

15 & UNDER A

Millicent 58 (B. Coghlan, K. Dunn) d West Gambier 24 (E. Jolley, M. Pearson)

North Gambier 83 (E. Adam, M. Human) d Casterton Sandford 10 (B. Carlin, A. Crauford)

South Gambier 57 (G. Dalton, K. Sims) d East Gambier 31 (I. Straord, S. Clark)

15 & UNDER B

Millicent 40 (T Grosser, J. Hibberd) d West Gambier 17 (M. Dyson, M. Vivian)

North Gambier 63 (L. Allen, L. Brook) d Casterton Sandford 1 (A. Bailey, K. Vise)

13 & UNDER A

Millicent 50 (L. Crowe, I. Coghlan) d West Gambier 14 (C. Hunter, E. McKenny)

North Gambier 29 (L. Hunter, A. Halloran) d Casterton Sandford 19 (M. Robbins, C. Kurzman)

South Gambier 23 (H. Bowering, Z. Cole) d East Gambier 13 (S. McCracken, A. Olsen)

13 & UNDER B

Millicent 25 (O. Hales, A. Galambos) d West Gambier 9 (M. Thomas, S. Riddoch)

North Gambier 49 (I. Brook, P. Lucas) d Casterton Sandford 12 (A. Murphy, M. Robbins)

East Gambier 15 (S. McCracken, C. Lile) d South Gambier 9 (A. Peucker, M. Fullerton)

11 & UNDER

Millicent 37 (L. Joyce, K. Madden) d West Gambier 15 (I. Stuckey, Z. Bonney-Dawson)

North Gambier 12 (S. Halloran, P. Bilney) d Casterton Sandford 6 (M. Carter, C. Longhurst)

East Gambier 23 (C. Hosking, S. Dwyer) d South Gambier 3 (L. Howard, M. Agosnelli)

NORTH GAMBIER V CASTERTON SANDFORD

It was a busy day at the office for North GambiergoalshooterGracePosasshe had a day out, scoring 71 of the Tigers' 90 goals in a comprehensive 56 goal victoryoverCastertonSandford.

With the likes of Macey Griffith, Brianna Walters and Mel Renko delivering the ball to the tall shooter, there was lile theCatsdefenderscoulddo.

Ebany Jarrad was back on court and she certainly contested hard for Casterton Sandford to try and deny Pos so much ballbutthesupplycamethickandfast.

Jarrad moved out to goal defence in the second half, with Libby Altorfer given the goal keeper bib and the height differenal proved insurmountable despite Altorfer's strong leap and tenacity.

The Cats did have an improved scoring rate and the combinaon of Ivy Lane and Chesley Galpin looks promising, while Madalene Cleary was again the Cats' best, having an effect in the first half and goal defence before moving to centreinthesecondhalfandcontrolling themidcourtforthevisitors.

North used the weekend oung to also try some different combinaons with Griffith having a quarter in wing aack and ulity Lauran Norman having her first run at goal aack for 2023 in the secondhalf

MILLICENTVWESTGAMBIER

The rematch between 2022 Western Border Netball Associaon grand finalists Millicent and West Gambier liveduptothehype.

The match was basically a goal for goal

contest from the first whistle to the last as both sides worked overme to limit opportunies for the team's respecve dominantgoalshooters.

Not surprisingly both finished as their team's best player – but it was Sarah Rier who had the last laugh as West heldonforatwogoalvictory

Rier scored 36 from 47, while Millicent's Tabatha Sanderson converted 32 from 40, missing only two opportuniesinthesecondhalf.

The respecve goal aacks – Lisa McGregor and Demi Verbena - did a mountain of work out front of the two spearheads, while the bale between West's Tara Bryant and Millicent's Lillie Paul was one for the ages as two of the brightest mid court talents in the compeon ran hard both ways and were both influenal in their teams' fortunes.

Given both these sides normally score well in excess of 60 goals, the 50-48 scoreline shows that both sides had a strong defensive focus, not just in the circle but right down the court and neither side could really establish their favouredquick,directballmovement.

Trailing by five going into the final quarter,theSaintsshowedwhytheyare such a respected ouit, throwing everything at the Roos but the reigning premiers were able to hold sway as they too now present as a model of consistency – an emerging trait over the past18months.

SOUTHGAMBIERVEASTGAMBIER

The Bulldogs saved their best for last –the last quarter that was, when East Gambier played with an intensity and

ferocity that wore down the young South Gambierline-up.

In a game that had been a real arm wrestle, East turned a narrow two goal three quarter me lead into a 12 goal victory, led by the relentless pressure applied by Bo Creek and Morgan Amy, ably assisted by full court defensive effortfromtheenreEastline-up.

South was only able to generate eight final quarter scoring opportunies to East's 20 and that weight of possession toldthestory.

Tarsh McCallum was a dominant player in the frenec final quarter and her leadership was invaluable, while Renee Henke and Casey Horrigan not only presented strongly in the shoong circle, neng 15 from 20 as a combinaon.

The Demons would have been happy with their first half, leading by one at quartermeandfouratthehalfbutjust as supply was scarce in the last quarter, that decline in scoring opportunies was evident in the third with only 11 chancestoscoreonoffer

Playing in a milestone game, Indi Dwyer was part of the back three that applied gooddefensivepressurealldayandwith Chloe Perryman dominang the mid court, having an impact defensively and in aack, the Bulldogs were basically able to maintain their intensity for longer

SouthshooterGracieDaltonagainstood up to the pressure, earning every possession in her bale with Amy, while Ellie Bouchier was the main source of turnoverballfortheDemons.

ROUNDPREVIEWS

NORTH GAMBIER V SOUTH GAMBIER

The young South Gambier lineup faces another huge test this weekend when it heads to Vansiart Park to take on the in formTigers.

Stopping Grace Pos will be priority one and their former team mate connues to dominate the compeon in goalshooter

That task will fall to everyone, not just the circle defenders, with the mid court needing to curb the influence of Brianna WaltersandMelRenkowhoare all class, boasng speed and smarts and rarely make an errorwithballinhand.

That task will fall to the likes of Megan Reid, Tully McShane and Ruby Richter and they will need to be at their ght checking best to hopefully make the feeds into Pos less accurate and allow their defender to create some turnoverball.

Ellie Bouchier will be a key as theonlyDemonsdefenderwith theheighttomatchPosinthe air.

At the other end of the court, the Demons will need to be paent with ball in hand to work their way through the defensive class of Noni McConnell and Mikaela Pi, who deny opponents me and space and never give up easy ball.

South goalers Gracie Dalton and Alyssa Duncan will need to work for each other to secure enough scoring opportunies to stay in touch on the

The form of North Gambier, given their new look line-up, has been outstanding and the Tigers should secure a comfortablevictory.

CASTERTON SANDFORD V WESTGAMBIER

Casterton Sandford is coming offacoupleoftoughweeksand it doesn't get any easier at Island Park this weekend when the Cats host the reigning premiers.

TheRoosareascoringmachine a n d a r e c o m i n g o ff a confidence building victory over Millicent and they will be tough to stop with Sarah Rier and Lisa McGregor both capable of pung up big numbersintheshoongstakes.

Ebany Jarrad and Madalene

Cleary are the most likely to takeonthetaskofstoppingthe Roos goalers and they will be hoping Libby Altorfer and the always improving Madeline Paon can make life tough for the West feeders and slow the ballmovement.

At the other end of the court, West defenders Amy Cram and jade Rier are coming foo a strong defensive game and they will certainly make Ivy Lane and Chelsey Galpin work for their scoring opportunies but the young shoong combinaon is starng to find some chemistry and showed s o m e p r o m i s e i n l a s t weekend'slosstoNorth.

scoreboard. Westisjusttooseledandwell

d r i l l e d a combinaontoletthisoneslip.

MILLICENTVEASTGAMBIER

Millicent is coming off a ght loss to reigning premiers West, while East Gambier survived an arm wrestle with South courtesy of a stunning final quartersurge.

It sets up an intriguing clash at McLaughlinPark.

The Saints certainly start favourite given the form of Tabatha Sanderson and Demi Verbena in the shoong circle, the strong form of Lauren VanEeden in defence and a mid court that boasts Lillie Paul, who is seling into her work in thecentre.

The good news for the Bulldogs is defenders Bo Creek and MorganAmyarecomingoffthe South game as the best two players on the court, so hopefully they can limit the scoring opportunies for SandersonandVerbena.

Chloe Perryman and Tarsh McCallum will be keys for the Bulldogs as well and will need to work overme to find a way throughtheghtdefensiveunit of Lisa Duldig, VanEeden and Pora McRae to find Renee Henke and Casey Horrigan in goodscoringposion.

East isone of theteamsin2023 sll looking to develop chemistry as a new look combinaon so the more seled Saints should secure a strongwin.

Thank you everyone last week for an awesome and successful Sponsors Day Today we welcome East Gambier which means we are back to the start of the round.

U11s-37to15

Afteraslowstartinthefirst2quartersthe girls settled into some great passages of play from defence through to the attack. They had fantastic defensive pressure all overthecourtandtheirmovementinour attacking circle was too good for the west defence taking the girls to a very strong win! Their development over these past few weeks has been amazing to watch! Keep up the great work girls. Awards went to Lia Joyce (Wendys & Toy Kingdom), Kirra Madden (Dentons & Bakers Delight), and Izabelle Zalme (Fasta Pasta).

U13As-50to14

A slow start in the first quarter allowed West to stay close with us for the first quarter Once the girls woke up, great passages of play started to happen allowingustofurtherourlead.Therewas some awesome defensive pressure all over the court, we just must try and execute these on the scoreboards rather than making silly turnovers. Awards went to Audrey Galambos (Duckys) and Lucy Crowe (Boost) for their defensive pressure all game The JM Incentive Award went to Amarlie Thomson at training for her encouragement and listening.

U13Bs-25to9

Awesome job today girls. After a slow start they were able to convert their intercepts and reward the defender’s hard work. Some great passages of play being able to bring the ball down the court.Isgreattoseewhatisbeingworked on at training being implemented into their game Awards Brydie (Toy Kingdom), Sophie (Sportspower), and Audrey(JMIncentive).

U15As-58to24

We started the match strongly, using our speedinattackandfinishingwellingoals. The second quarter was more evenly matched,andourerrorratewashigh.We regroupedatthehalftimebreak,focused on our structure, and shutting down the scoring of West to win the quarter by 15 goals. The last quarter saw us to continue this momentum and win comfortably Our teamwork and support for each other was again one of the highlights. Let’s continue to keep building Best Players Ducky’s - Matti Fauchelle, Shearer’s Cook – Piper Paul and JM IncentivetoMyleeLynch.

U15Bs-46to17

After a slowish start the girls settled into thegametoregaintheleadandbebackin front by the end of the first quarter

Tahnee Grosser and Emily Walker provided plenty of options in the goal circlewithTahneeshootingat100%.Asha Gysbers and Ella Matthews had strong connections in attack Our defensive pressure has been a strong point and on Saturday it was a highlight again. Lexi Nicholls, Jeda Hibberd & Eva Crowe gained many intercepts. Well done to Lucy Crowe for coming on in the third for her first run in 15’s. Great win again girls but still plenty to fine tune! Awards went to Eva (Dentons), Jeda (Fasta Pasta) and Tahnee(JMIncentive).

Millicent Millicent

Red, Black & White

U17s-54to29

A solid win girls. We started strong with somegreatinterceptsfromourdefenders giving us lots of scoring opportunities. With positional changes we took a while to settle throughout the game, making silly errors with passing and leading from behind. To our credit we didn’t drop our heads and kept working hard pushing the score line out. A big thank you to Piper & Mia for playing for us. Some things for us to work on at training. Let’s come out firing this week. Awards this week went to Edie (Fasta Pasta), Keelie (Laura & Vicki Hair)&Poppy(ZambrerosIncentive).

CGrade-28to44

Wehadanawesomefirsthalfofthegame and were still in it through the first 3 quarters. Unfortunately, it came down to fitness and consistency that let us down.

Eva Bonde and Ella Wezolowski had an awesome defensive game in one quarter they had 7 interceptions within the goal circle, to get them wins we need to work asateamdownthecourttofeedintothat goal circle. We will get them next time!! Awards went to Eva Bonde (Laura & Vicky) and Laylah McCallum (Alternate Life).

BGrade-42to34

A fiercely contested game from the first whistle, we played with consistency, and it showed as the game went on. Was a good battle for the whole game. Across the court everyone knew their roles and worked hard! The attackers worked hard in the circle and everyone’s defensive pressure was superb. Really proud of the teamwork and the work effort this week to come away with and 8 goal win Awards to Nicole Domaschenz ( SASSI ) andJordynIovino(McCourts)

AReserve-66to54

The match went goal for goal for the first quarter with both teams applying pressure causing errors through the midcourt. The second quarter was our best as we worked hard defensively to restrict the scoring opportunities of West and outscore them by 10. We continued to work as a team defensively and support each other to increase our scoreboard pressure. Injecting fresh legs in the last quarter was another highlight of the game as we continue to show our versatility Best Players Jackie, Donna (Somerset)andKeish(Denton’s)

AGrade-48to50

Atightlycontestedmatchthroughoutthe fourquartersandwejustfellshortaftera fantastic fight back in the last five minutes. We built our defensive pressure throughout the game and worked together all over the court, supporting each other and working hard to score.

Lauren & Portia used their speed to get touches in defence and Lisa used her smartsandvoicetobackupallday Lillie& Daisy kept working all day to find circle edge and Tab and Dem had some beautifulpassagesofplayingoals.Weare a new combination, and we will keep working hard together and we look forwardtowhatwecanproduceinRound

2. Best Players – Tab (Since 56) & Lillie (Somerset)

Under11’sEast23WonSouth3

Another great win today girls. You are jelling so well as a team and it really shows out on court. You are moving the ball beautifully down the court and working together to get the great end results we are seeing. You are all playing fantastic netball at the moment girls. Well done

BestPlayers:C.Hosking,S.Dywer

Award Winners: S Dwyer ( Zambrero’s),C.Hosking(Wendy’s)

Under13BEast15WonSouth9

Well done to the girls on their win today A slow start but you all dug deep and lifted to have a good end result.It’snevereasyplayingwhen you aren’t feeling 100% but you still put in and worked as a team. Greatjobgirls

Best Players: S McCracken, C Little

Award Winners: C. Little ( McDonalds),A.Hosking(KFC)

Under13AEast13LostSouth23

Well done on the game girls even thoughwedidn’tgetthewinitwas a very good game to watch. We hadaslowstartinthefirstquarter The rest of the game the girls played so well as a team and come back to bring the scoreline closer. Its so good to see you all play well as a team. Keep up the great work the wins are just around the corner

Best Players: S McCracken, A Olsen

Awards Winners: O. Hosking (Zambrero’s),C.Little(KFC)

Under15AEast31LostSouth57

Great effort girls even though we lost everyone played so well as a team, Skye,Lacey and Jolie tried hard all day in defence. Indee, Ellie and Lily ran and fed the goalies well also and Tahni and Sharni moved and shot amazingly you should all be proud of your efforts. Thanks Ava Hosking for sitting on ourbench.

BestPlayers:I.Stratford,S.Clark

Award Winners: T Kemp ( Kirralie Jade), S.Wilson(FastaPasta)

Under17’sEast52WonSouth25

Well done ladies and a well deservedwin.

Fantastic defensive efforts from Abby,TandIndi.

Great running and feeding from ourmidcourtwithSam,jarrahand Keeliemakingiteasytogettheball to our goalies. Congratulations to Ambah and Jordy for a full game in goals,workingtogetherwithease.

East Gambier East Gambier

Red & Black

Congratulations to Indi for playing her100games.

Keepupthegoodwork.

BestPlayers:A.Beveridge,J Davis

Award Winners: J. Davis ( Nourish Nook),A.Beveridge(GlobeHotel)

CGradeEast41WonSouth31

The Grand Final rematch of 2022 withuscominghomewiththewin.

We started strong keeping South to2goalsEast11atquartertime.

Grace was moved to Centre where we seen her drive hard and had patience with her passing into the goal circle to Katie, Millie and Megan who came on at half time whoshotbeautifully

Zena showed her leadership skills by providing voice and patience throughthewholecourt.

Best Players: M. Button, B. Jean ( SponsoredbyConfession)

Award Winners: G. Fergusson ( FastaPasta),Z.Creek(Boost)

In defence the combination of Brooklyn, Eryn and Chloe made it hard for South as they provided a lotofdefencepressure. B

Grade

This week was a tough one for the Bs, up against an in form South unit We started off strong but couldn't maintain the accuracy andintensitytostaycompetitive.

BestPlayers:O Plunkett,S.James

Award Winners: J Clark (Foxies Deli),S.James

AResEast22LostSouth56

Was a tough game against South. We had great passage of plays during the game. The wins are just aroundthecornerforus.

Best Players: L Murray, S McKinnon

Award Winners: L Murray (Birdie Blue),S.McKinnon(OkPieShop)

AGradeEast45WonSouth33

Well done girls on a terrific second half of the game. Once we were able to open up the space and drive the ball down the court, our opportunities arose. Extra pressure over the ball helped create turnovers and with confidence Renee and Casey finished well. The win we wanted and deserved Congratulations IndiDwyeronyour100games.

Best Players: B. Creek (sponsored by East Gambier Netball Club), M. Amy ( Sponsored by Soul Physiotherapy&Movement)

Award Winners: B Creek ( Jen’s Hotel),M.Amy(FastaPasta)

North Gambier North Gambier

Yellow & Black

South Gambier South Gambier Red & White

Under11’s North12vsCasterton6

It was a fantastic win for the girls this week. They played beautifully as a team and put into play all the strategies practised at training Confidence is growing as the girls begin to settle into their preferred positions. Soph is proving to be a valuable defender, and Payton has found her strength within the midcourt. Welldoneonagreatgame.

Best players: Sophie Halloran and Payton Bilney

Under13B’s

North12vsCasterton49

North lost to Casterton 12 - 49. However, the girls should all be really proud of their efforts displayed, not giving up all game. We came up against some very tall, strong girlsalloverthecourt.Whenwestartedto read off each other and lose our defender, we had some lovely passages of play that resulted in a goal. Awards to Indi and Isla, who both presented to space and applied gooddefensivepressure.

Bestplayers:IndiRenkoandIslaBrook

Under13A’s

North29vsCasterton19

Averyclosecontestagainstatall&athletic Casterton team. Everyone performed at a higher intensity & focussed on front option strategies which resulted in a 10 go a l w i n S t ro n g d efe n c e a n d determination in the second half was pleasingfromallplayers.

Under15B’s

North63vsCasterton1

The girls came out victorious with a score of 63-1. Right from the start, our players seamlessly worked together to drive hard and pass accurately all the way down the court.Thisenabledourgoaliestofinishoff their attacking plays with great shooting accuracy Our defenders worked tirelessly, and read the play to make many interceptions,makingitextremelydifficult for Casterton to score We took the opportunity to trial new combinations both in attack, and defence, which highlightedtheversatilityandadaptability of the team It was great to see how encouraging the girls were of each other, but also how they displayed exceptional sportsmanshiptotheopposition.

Bestplayers:LilyBrook&ZoeDavison

Under15A’s

North83vsCasterton10

The girls had another great week, having a big win over Casterton. The girls focused on sticking to their structures, ensuring that we drove strongly out of defence to transition to our attack Lily, Mia and Maggie fed beautifully all game, and had strong drives onto the circles edge Defensively Kelsie, Raine and Ruby all worked cohesively and are becoming such a strong defensive unit. Elodie had an outstanding game, shot beautifully and drove hard all game, her and Mischa continue to make life very hard for opposing defenders Well done on anothergreatgamegirls.

Darmaani

Under17’s

North66vsCasterton33

Another good win for the girls today The girls started off strong putting into action the individual tasks they had been assigned. Their determination to achieve

their individual goals created great teamwork, as they all encouraged each other work hard. Our third quarter was a bitinconsistentwithsomeunforcederrors sneaking in. However, a couple of slight adjustments to our gameplay resulted in a strongfinalquartwiththeendresultbeing 66-33.

Bestplayers:CaraNultyandJaymeYoung

CGrade

North 48vsCasterton22

A great improvement on last weeks performance, getting the win 48-22 against Casterton. Kahlia demonstrated her versatility moving into C for the first time this season, she offered us strong drivesandgreatvoicedownthecourt.Our defence got their hands to some good ball and provided us with countless turnovers that our goalies were able to convert on. MillyAllenhadanimpressivedayinGA/GS with some great numbers on the board. Some good passages of play with the girls starting to utilise our structures more effectively Our focus into next week will be on our communication and second efforts.

Best players: Kahlia Egan and Sarah Nieuwenhuizen

BGrade

North40vsCasterton49

Another great start to a game. We were right in it until half time, even up by 3 at thehalfbreak.AvaandGeorgiahavereally worked each other out and our defence get their hands to a lot of ball. The mid court works hard getting the ball down to the goalies Some more work in our pressure and passes and the wins will come.

Best players: Justine Forrest and Ava Norman

AReserve

Probably not our most polished game however we did come away with the win. We started a little slow and took a little while to settle into the type of game style we have been working at and once we found that we stuck with it for a half a game. Our premiership quarter really let us down and a lot of the basic game plays/ concepts we have been working on seemed to just be forgotten and by the final quarter we did manage to regroup, however we need to realise that in tighter games this may be too late and something we have to work harder to avoid. Alycia as usualhadaverycomposedgameshooting very accurately and didn’t let anything happening on court affect her, while her and Alisha also showed they have a great understanding of game play, again moving beautifully together, and both were fed well by some great, smart passing by Amanda.

Best players: Alisha Bryan and Alycia

Pitson

AGrade

North90vsCasterton34

A relatively easy contest this week against Casterton. Our goal was to keep to our game plans and keep the work effort up the whole game. Grace Potts had a strong game under the post, scoring a high number of goals this week. We made a changeathalftimetogiveLaurenaturnin GA, bringing in some speed and quick passing. Defensively, we turned a lot of ballover,withNoniandMakailapickingup alotofreboundsandinterceptions.

Best players: Noni McConnell and Mel Renko

A couple of big results last weekend with supercoach Larnka getting her 13 & Under A team over the line for thefirsttimethisseasoninwhatwas reward for effort and hopefully a boost in confidence for the young stars…

NewrecruitHarperBoweringledthe way in what has been a consistent seasonfortheyounggoaler

Zara was also impressive, starting at goal attack and then heading int the centretogivetheteamsomerun.

Maya started at wing attack and was a key link player in attack, before spending the last quarter in goals, while Tegan Sims ran hard through the mid court to help set up the dominantfirsthalfscorelineof14-6.

Lucy Noonan, our smiling assassin, was impressive on the defensive wingandalsohadagoingoals,while Lilly was the backbone of the defensive end with her ability to create interceptions and rebound strongly

Skipper Scarlet Ryan was Lilly’s partnerincrimeatthedefensiveend andtheduoreallylimitedthescoring opportunitiesforEast.

Elsie was also key with her f=fresh legs coming into the mid court for thesecondhalf

Lucky the girls won because Larnka had a hiccup with her C Grade and two losses would have been too much!!!

The other impressive win was in A

Reserve – their first for 2023 – and it was comprehensive from go to whoa.

Maddie is making a name for herself intheshootingcirclethisseasonand her combination with both Jaymee and Georgia was on fire on the weekend.

The girls pretty much had the game under control all day but it was the 18-4 final quarter onslaught that reallysealedthedeal.

Caitlyn continues to dominate the mid court with great support from ChelseaRyanandJoirdywithJaymee also using her accurate feeding skills to great effect, while defensively CharleneandMykaelaareasgoodas itgets.

CONGRATS TO THE DEMONS THAT ARE PART OF THE WESTERN BORDER JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE SEASON THISYEAR:

17&under

SophieWight

15&UnderChampionshipsteam

GracieDalton

15&UnderDevelopmentteam

CharlieAttiwill

RubyMilich

13&UnderDevelopmentteam

MayaClarke(emergency)

ZaraCole

AmberFerrari

ScarletRyan

Best players: Elodie Adam and Raine

Bestplayers:LaceyHunterJennaBaron

North58vsCasterton39

LarnkaForan(COACH)

Casterton-Sandford Casterton-Sandford

Blue, White & Red

West Gambier West Gambier

Blue & Red

Congratulations to Indi Longhurst for making the U17 Western Border Championship Team along with Phoebe Carlin as emergency, and Ylana Grigg making the U13 Team. The girls will compete at the SA Country Championships on the June long weekend. Goodluck! Well done to the girls who trialed but weren’t successfulintheselection.

Back in Mount Gambier for the second time this season, the Cats girls had some tough games ahead withsomestrongteamline-upsfrom NorthGambier

JUNIORS:

Under 15A’s lost 10-83 Special mentions to Brydie, Amy and Makayla.

It was a really tough day for the Cats girls in the Under 15B’s, having to play a majority of the North Under 15A’s.MylieandAmeliaplayedreally well getting out quickly for centre passes and creating strong drives back to the goal circle. Despite their efforts some incredibly strong defense from North didn’t allow the girls to get a score on the board until the 3rd quarter Nicole, Kirby and A m e l i a t o o k s o m e g r e a t interceptions in defence against North’sgoalies,whileCaitlynwasher usual strong consistent self through the centre court in both attack and defence.Thegirlslost1-63,butitwas not a reflection of how they played. CoachEmmacommentedthatwith5 players new to the game of netball, they are all improving each week so much as a team and individual players.

Marlee and Chloe were strong presences on the court in the Under 13A’s.Thegirlslost19-29.

Under 13B’s had a great win 49-12 with some terrific plays seen across the court from Marlee, Adele, Stacey andZoya.

The Under 11’s showed some great work ethic this week, but it seemed with every goal the Cats scored, North managed to put two on the board.LeavingMia,Cleoandtherest of the team with a finishing score of 6-12.

SENIORS:

A Grade players Madalene, Chelsey and Chloe attempted to put a stop to North’s attack with some good defensive pressure across the entire court, but unfortunately the opposing girls were too strong and ranawaywiththewin34-90.

A Reserves lost 39-58 Special mentionstoPaige,SharnaandClaire.

Trictia, Amber, Shelby and Kerri were on fire in the B Grade. It was a tough battle with the North players refusing to go down easily, but our girls managed to grab a 9 -goal lead by the last timer, bringing home the win49-40.

C Grade lost 22-48. Special mentions to Katie, Amber, Michelle and Sophie.

Our Under 17’s made the most of each ball they had with Indi, Ivy, Brydie and Isobel ensuring it got down into the Cats attacking half but unfortunatelylost33-66.

50club games katie gill killey& makayla Rees

Round 5 had the Roo’s heading down to Millicent to take on the Saints in what was the most anticipated games to watch this round forbothFootballandNetball.

AswecelebratedNationalVolunteerweeklast week we just want to send out a huge thank you to all our volunteers in our netball family Our club wouldn’t be what it is without all of you.

Thank you to the following local businesses and supporters for providing our girls with GameDayAwardsforRound5.AWaveFromit All, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Mount Gambier, Kaboom Family Entertainment, Awatuna Pty Ltd,SorrentosCAFÉ,MGSTiltTrayandTowing, OKPieShop,NataliePearson-FinanceBrokerMountGambier,TheHaven-Cafe&Takeaway, Lima & Co , Intersport Mount Gambier, MakeupbyKirralieJade,BirdieBlue,WashDay Laundry,WesternTavern-MtGambier

Encouragement Award: Doug & Di Harding awardedtoLaraMurdoch.

Under11s

Wow, one of our best games this season. Even though it didn’t reflect the scoreboard I was really happy with how we played. Our ball movement, footwork, defence and shooting was amazing on Saturday. Our trainings again have been focused and giving 100% effort and this is showing on the court. If we can look after our ball and watch our passes for 6 quarters we can get the win. Sophie C and Isla shot really well when in goals. Sophie S, Eliza, Phoebe just amazing in defence Emily, Mackenna, Kelsey and Ayla all worked hard throughthemidcourt.LittleZoegettingbetter and better each week. Best went to Isla and Zoe.Welldonegirls.

Under13Bs

The West 13b team started out strongly against Millicent. Working hard to convert limited balls at the attack end. Heading to quarter time scores were tied. Millicent made multiple changes heading into the 2nd quarter Once again it was a very even quarter with both teams making simple errors and making tough work of every goal. At half time Millicent lead by 1 goal. Both teams made multiple changes which worked well for Millicent.

After the half time break the West girls struggled to control ball and maintain pressure on Millicent. The saints girls were able to pull away and lead at the 3 quarter break by 10. West made more changes at the last break but to no avail going down by 16. This was not West’s strongest performance but there is a lot to learned from this game. Westwillbebetterforthisexperience.

Under13As

This week saw us up against Millicent, they were dominated from the first centre pass, which caught us on the back foot. Nice plays from us for throughout the game but wasn’t enough as Millicent ran away with the will confidently

With some positive plays we can look up and challengetheotherteamsnicely Welldoneto award winners 1st: Isla Lynch and 2nd: Eva Povey

And 1st best on court: Claire Hunter 2nd best: EllaMcKenny

Greateffortwesties!!

Under15Bs

Our U15B side hit the court running against Millicentthisweek.TheWestGirlsplayedhard in defence but Millicent came out on top. Our attacking group worked relentlessly through allfourquartershowevertheturnoversbythe Millicent girls kept coming in. With a few injuries and illness plaguing the team we are proud of the girls efforts and look forward to re-grouping and building again throughout the remainder of the season Millicent finishedupwiththewin40-17.1stbestplayer MaggyDysonand2ndbestMileyVivian.

Under15As

We always knew we were going to have a toughmatchagainstMillicentbutyougirlsdid agreatjob. You all played a solid 3 quarters and kept up withthem!

The defenders had a tough job against some tallgoalies.

GamedayawardswenttoEllaandMikayla

17/U

Itwasalwaysgoingtobeatoughgamecoming up against Millicent this weekend. They play a hard pressured game but my girls did themselves proud. We have some things to work on at training but all in all they played well.

Lucy and Aleisha started in the goals backed up by Halle at WA and Alex running the C bib. The girls worked well against a brilliant Millicent defence team Imogen replaced Aleisha after half time slotting in well with Lucy

CharlottecameonatCafterhalftimegivingus some fresh legs across the court helping out our fantastic defence team. Macy, Ellie and Tully played a tight consistent game not giving an inch Macy’s height gave us a small advantage and the Millicent goalies had a bit of trouble shooting over her hands. Ellie took some amazing interceptions today, her determination didn’t give in all game. We didn’tcomeawaywithawintodaybutwehad manyhighlightsandlotsofthingstoworkon.

Game day awards 1st best – Ellie Xanthopoulos2ndbest–MacyPearson

Another strong game against Millicent Amazing strength shown by our attackers, standing tall on some strong defenders. Once again, our defenders were key contributors to our turn overs, always watching ball and putting forward second efforts. Our mid court were brilliant feeders, applying pressure where needed at centre passes and around the goal circle. We look forward to heading to Casterton this weekend West defeated Millicent 28-44. Best Players: Emma Pollock and Alana Koch. Game Day Awards: Olivia JamesandEmilySutherland.

BGrade

Today saw us start 3 players down. Halle & Zarah both did a great job and stepped up, thanksgirlsforfillingin.

Lysh played a great half in goals until she had to come off unwell, however Kylie showed howadaptivesheiswhenshesteppedintothe ringanddidn'tmissabeat.Maeleeranhardat Centre all game. Our defensive duo of Brooke &Deanacontinuedtogettheirhandstolotsof balls.

Unfortunately we didn't come away with the win but we had some great passages of play Let's keep working on coming in front and beingmoreprecisewithourpasses.

Thanks Tammy & Kellie for your help on sidelines.

A-Reserve

We played 3 almost 4 really outstanding quarters of netball and are starting to work real well as a team and learning more about eachothereachweek.

Tahlia and Gracie both played fantastic with someimpressivedisplaysofspeedandspace!

Chelsea was pivotal in defence working tirelesslyandgettingsomanytouches!

Thanks again as always to Ellie, Charlotte, Aleisha and Lucy for being there for us each week!

AGrade

Tough game, happy to get the win. I thought Tara and Zoe applied a lot of pressure on the outside that allowed Amy and Jade to get some important touches. Tarz ran hard all day and Mik was creative with the ball in hand! Sarz showed she is able to dig herself out of a hole which was pleasing to see and continued tobeastrongtargetforus!ThanksagainTahlz andAnnaforbenching-itwasafreshone!

CGrade

SEASON FIXTURE F.L.

ROUND 1 - 22nd April 2023

West Gambier

East Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

Anzac Day - 25th April 2023

South Gambier

North Gambier

ROUND 2 - 29th April 2023

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

North Gambier

East Gambier

South Gambier

West Gambier

ROUND 3 - 6th May 2023

East Gambier

West Gambier

North Gambier

West Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

ROUND 4 - 13th May 2023

East Gambier

West Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

North Gambier

South Gambier

Millicent

ROUND 5 - 20th May 2023

South Gambier

Millicent

North Gambier

East Gambier

West Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

ROUND 6 - 27th May 2023

North Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

Millicent

South Gambier

West Gambier

East Gambier

ROUND 7 - 3rd June 2023

South Gambier

East Gambier

West Gambier

Millicent

Casterton-Sandford

North Gambier

BYE Interleague - 10th June 2023

ROUND 8 - 17th June 2023

West Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

East Gambier

South Gambier

North Gambier

ROUND 9 - 24th June 2023

South Gambier

North Gambier

Millicent

West Gambier

East Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

ROUND 10 - 1st July 2023

West Gambier

East Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

South Gambier

North Gambier

BYE State Country Championships - 8th July 2023

ROUND 11 - 15th July 2023

South Gambier

West Gambier

East Gambier

North Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

ROUND 12 - 22nd July 2023

Casterton-Sandford

North Gambier

Millicent

East Gambier

West Gambier

South Gambier

ROUND 13 - 29th July 2023

East Gambier

South Gambier

North Gambier

West Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

ROUND 14 - 5th August 2023

Casterton-Sanfford

East Gambier

West Gambier

Millicent

North Gambier

South Gambier

ROUND 15 - 12th August 2023

Millicent

South Gambier

North Gambier

West Gambier

East Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

ROUND 16 - 19th August 2023

West Gambier

Casterton-Sandford

Millicent

1st Semi Final - North Gambier - 26th August 2023

2nd Semi Final - Millicent - 2nd September 2023

Preliminary Final - East Gambier - 9th September 2023

Grand Final - South Gambier - 16th September 2023

East Gambier

South Gambier

North Gambier