Western Border Football Netball Budget - The Western - Round 15 2023

FormerAFLicons Wayne Carey,Anthony Koutoufides and Ricky Nixon all treated fans with their presence last weekend at local football grounds. Carey is pictured presenting West Gambier’s Harvey Croker with the Duck medal for best player

SENIORS

East 2.2 9.4 11.6 11.7 (73)

North 3.2 6.3 9.6 15.10 (100)

Best - East: C. Slape, A. Clarke, S. Lock, M. Rumbelow, K. Dwyer, S. Lock; North: D Bachmann, S. Stafford, C. Ortlepp, N. McInerney, S. Zeitz, T. de Wit.

Goals - East: M. Rumbelow 3, J. Dowdy 2, M. Scanlon 2, S. Lock 2, R. Lillecrapp, A. Clarke; North: S. Zeitz 3, J. McConnell 3, T. de Wit 3, N. McInerney, S. Stafford, T. Christophersen, D. Ilsley, M. Baron, N. Blachut.

West 3.1 6.5 9.10 15.14 (104)

South 2.1 4.1 4.2 4.3 (27)

Best - West: M. Minuzzo, T. Davis, L. BradleyBrown, T. Lewis, T. Mcpartlan, J. FergusonLane; South: M. Sims, O. Thomson, J. Sims, N. Seager, M. Harrold.

Goals - West: D. McElroy 5, J. Williams 3, T Lewis 2, M. Minuzzo, A. Stone, B. Virgo, T. Holmes, B. Newton; South: E. Chuck 2, H. Fisher, M. Sims.

3, T. Wilke 2, B. Gaffney, G. Janeway; North: J Phillips, R. McLaughlin, J. Turner, T. Harris.

5.2 7.2 9.3 12.3 (75)

South 1.0 4.1 7.2 8.4 (52)

Best - West: T. Redden, C. Wagstaffe, W. Crook, P. Rudd, T. Cleveland, J. Schapel; South: C. Williams, R. Sturges, H. Snell, J. Sneath, S. King, L. Pearce-Raisin.

Goals - West: J. Schapel 4, B. Papps 3, T Redden, J. Coombe, C. Wagstaffe, R. Rutkowski, P. Rudd; South: M. Broome 3, C. Williams 2, F. Calderwood, H. Keding, A. Urquhart.

UNDER 18'S

Best - West: B. Winterfield, B. OvermaatPohlner, J. Prior, Z. Hopgood, B. Cowland, R. Burchell; South: H. Wright, M. Harrold, J. Sims, N. Adams, C. Watson.

Goals - West: B. Overmaat-Pohlner 2, R. Burchell, B. Winterfield, M. Cornolo; South: H. Wright 3, H. Mitchell 2, S. Sims 2, L. Delaney, J Sims, H. Keding.

Best - Casterton Sandford: C. Rice, A. Lane, J Rhook, J. Jones, H. Dorahy, B. Mckinnon; Millicent: J. Werchon, L. Easterby, B. Douglas, A. Lindner, C. Damhuis, D. Sigston.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: D. Munro 2, J Rhook, O. Foster, B. Mckinnon, E. Geary, R. Parsons; Millicent: J. Werchon, C. Hateley, Z. Ash, C. Damhuis, M. Hunt.

UNDER 14'S

Best - East: E. Clark, R. Grigg, S. Dickson, J Saunders, N. Spooner, CJ Ligairi; North: E. Brook, R. Hamilton, S. Baron, M. Rogers, K. Roulstone, C. Harris.

Goals - East: J. Saunders 2, S. Dickson; North: E. Kulimushi 2, M. Rogers 2, E. Fle, I. Richards, S. Baron, C. Blanck.

Best - Casterton Sandford: J. OBrien, H. Mccrae, M. Krieger, Z. Nash, J. Carlin, A. McKinnon; Millicent: F. Bradley, F. Grimes, H. McRae, H. Tunkin, C. Gallio, K. Bradley.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: H. Mccrae 2, J. OBrien, S. Gibbs, D. Ayton; Millicent: F. Bradley 11, C. Gallio 2, J. Verbena 2, S. Waring 2, J Werchon 2, H. Tunkin, M. Reilly

RESERVES

Best - Casterton Sandford: C. Devereux, K. Forbes, R. Makore, T. Searle, K. Humphries, F Bright; Millicent: D. Sigston, C. Damhuis, B. Tilley, M. Withers, A. Was, C. Reilly.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: D. Murrell, J. Bunnik; Millicent: J. Peters 2, T. May, D Sigston.

North 7.3 14.6 18.11 26.13 (169)

Best - East: C. McLean, K. McCracken, T. Tilley; North: T. Hamilton, R. McLaughlin, M. GoldSmiths, A. Bruce, Z. Nulty, Z. Young.

Goals - East: No goal scorers recorded; North: No goal scorers recorded.Gibbs.

Best - West: B. Witneys, J. Joyce, J. Flier, J Sugden, X. Hunter, W. Judd; South: No best players have been selected.

Goals - West: J. Flier, B. Witneys; South: J. Vause 4, M. Ropini 2, O. McCracken 2, I. Salmon, P. Sigley, J. Harten, J. Awill.

Best - Casterton Sandford: B. Rhook, N. Longhurst, J. Geary, K. Vise, J. Lykke; Millicent: C. Shanks, L. Easterby, R. Lindner, L. Tunkin, J Gronn, K. Kenny.

Best - East: C. Barry, A. Tos, R. Janeway, B. Gaffney, C. Lile, B. Coppick; North: T. Harris, M. Blanck, T. Young, Z. Young, R. McLaughlin, T Horrigan.

Goals - East: A. Tos 4, R. Janeway 4, S. Balshaw

Best - East: J. Mee, J. Picken, R. Angelino, B. Versteegh, T. Tilley, E. Clark; North: J. Driver, K. Allen, C. Turner, A. Dally, C. McLaughlin. Goals - East: J. Picken 2, S. Telford; North: C. McLaughlin 2,

Best - West: H. Croker, J. Sim, R. Barre, T Stutley; South: J. Richter, N. Maxwell, L. Cameron, A. Milich, L. Sigley, W. Awill. Goals - West: K. Harkness, O. Feetom; South: W. Awill 3, E. Forbes 2, N. Maxwell 2, L. Sigley, J. Maxwell, H. Hicks.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: K. Vise; Millicent: R. Lindner 4, A. Robbins 3, O. Nicholls 2, C. Gibson 2, W. Jennings, L. Tunkin, R. Straord.

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Millicent’s Frazer Bradley has soared to the top of the goal kicking table boong 11 goals last weekend against the Cats

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A big win on the road for the Seniorslastweek. Frazerwas named best afield hauling 11 (yes that’s right e-l-e-v-e-n) goals. Doubles to Clint, Jack, Fish and Worm. Singles to TunksandDredgie.

Also named in the best were Finn, Hamish, Tunks, Clint and Boxy Some very consistent performers in thereoverrecentweeks. The outfit should be tested today asweplayhosttoWest.

The Magoos was a low scoring affair, a slog to the end, but a win nonetheless. It’s great to see the juniors not only stepping up to make u p t h e n u m b e r s b u t

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p e r f o r m i n g w e l l t o complement the experience of the stalwarts. Old heads, young legs. Dylan Sigston was named best ahead of Charlie, Brad, Smithers, GooseandClay.

Josh Peters snared 2 goals andsinglestoTizzandDylan.

We would like to encourage everyone back to the club tonight for the Goods and Services Auction. Whether it be a unique sporting event, an intimate getaway, boutique dining, quality animal protein or backyard blitz, there’s something for everyone.

Hi all, finally got a game at Malseed park without some consistentrain.

straps in the second half We welcome back a few faces and enjoyed the patches of sunshine to play some good passages of play

The day was a mixed bag for the Juniors coming up against a very well drilled south team The improvement in our 14s is evidentanddespitethescoreon Saturday it was great to see the improvement with the kids. The Kids are playing together as a teamanditsawesometoseethe joy of little wins they are a c h i e v i n g o n t h e f i e l d throughout the game. Wel done to Bradlei for winning the “duck medal” The 16s and 18s played very similar games came across a very strong south unit and played a great first halves but died out in the second The reserves hit the ground running and played a very competitive south team who made them work to the very end Gives Comma a bit of bragging rights withJakeforabitlonger. GoRoos!

A big thanks to Matty and Mardi Patzel for the day with the duck for organising all the wonderful sponsor for the day. It was great for the player sponsors to enjoy a beer with the Duck and some greatcountryfootballalso.

This weekend we take on the bench marks in netball, football and club and we make no secret as a club we strive to be as successful in all the areas similar toMillicent.

Now I have again learnt the ever painful way of shooting my mouth of about the pies and will be saying no more about them. Itsbeenalong2weekstosaythe least and I wish I could say I learnt from this lesson but I wont.

The seniors have missed dry football and it showed with beingalittlerustyinthefirsthalf to a fast South side but hit our

Seeya in the beer shed chewing asupersnag!

Coach: Jacob Carger

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Under 18’s Under 18’s

Coach: Rowan Fox

Team Manager:

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Coach: Finn Grimes

Under 16’s Under 16’s

24 Tate Hammond (vc)

Coach: Nat Robbins

Team Manager: Megan Werchon

2 William Jennings

47 Cruz Gibson

51 Asha Gysbers 55 Mitchell Tarrant

6 Levi Robbins

7 Lenny Tunkin (c)

17 Sebella Coghlan

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3 Cameron Murray

25 Oliver Pohlner 26 Koby Stratman (c)

27 William Pearson 51 Jack Milich

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12 Silas Bowden 16 Toby Stutley

20 Ben Harfull

2 Rhys Newton 23 Owen Feetom

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Round 14 saw us at the kennel, with generally good results acrosstheboard.

Theseniorshadanupanddown day, finding themselves down by 3 goals at ½ time. With a few positionalchangesandIassume a spray from coach Hardy, the backline held East to only 2 further goals while the midfield and forwards got going to run out with a 4 goal win. Goals scorers were well spread with Zeitz, McConnell & de Wit kicking 3 each. Dale Bachman, SamStafford,CamOrtlepp,Nick McInerney, Sam Zeitz and Toby de Wit were named best players.

The ressies kicked one of their higherscoreswithnolessthan4 goal kickers. DJ Brooks was on the whistle and thanks to all those that have done the umpiring throughout the year It mightn’t feel like it some times out on the field, but your e f fo r t s a r e v e r y m u c h appreciated Tim & Zayne Young, Tyler Horrigan, Michael Blanck, Reece McLaughlin and Tyler Harris took out the awards.

U18s had a big win, kicking 26 g o a l s i n a n e x c e l l e n t preparation. The multiple goal kickers made the best players in Tr a e H a m i l t o n , R e e c e McLaughlin(5 goals), Maurice Gold-smiths, Alexander Bruce,

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Zach Nulty (5 goals)and Zayne Young(3goals).

Coach Zeitz and his U16s got back on winners board with a 3 goal win. On an even day some regular best players were named in Jackson Driver, Kade Allen, Cooper Turner, Aaron DallyandChadMcLaughlin.

U14s got out of the blocks quickly and had a solid win CoachRoulstonegaveawardsto Ethan Brook, Reid Hamilton, Sam Baron, Mason Rogers, Kobe Roulstone and Cooper Harris.

This week is our last home game, and all teams will be looking for wins Get to the footy and then over to the club for the awards, tea and race night.

Please support the social functions and the coming events,asfollows;

Saturday 12 August 2023 –North Gambier Cup (a night at theraces)

Saturday 14 October 2023 –Seniorpresentationnight

Saturday 28 October 2023 –Goods&servicesauction

Thank you to our major sponsors in Stuckey Electrical ContractorsandKFC.

VWhat a great night was had by all at the Bucking Bull show, a bit disturbing that so many wanted to pair up to ride but hey if thats what the young blokes of today are into more power too them. The Jones brothers have taken the mantle fromtheRhookBoysasthebestbull ridersintheclub,Joshuaridingthe8 seconds with a score of 86, just pipping his brother Casey and Claire Foster for top honours It was fantastic to see so many of our younger members having a crack and really enjoying themselves, Darren and Paige I think its time to buyJasmineaPony.

How good are the Under 16 Cats, they are really flying the flag for the clubatthemomentwitha2goalwin over the Saints, Coach Fidler has really got these young men working asacohesiveunitandareallsetnow for a good crack at the Finals. Better players in a top team effort were Coby Rice, Archie Lane, Jedd Rhook, JoshuaJones,HenryDorahyandBay McKinnon.

The Under 14's just keep on trying, they are helped to field a side each week by their opponents and are learning the best traits of team work Better players were Billy Rhook, Nate Longhurst, Jagger Geary, the unstoppable Kirby Vise (who was also in the best in the Under15Bsandboundary umpirein theSeniorFooty!)andJettLykke.

The Reserves looked like a Finals capeable team on Saturday with playersacrosstheParkputtingonan awesome display for the crowd, better players were Conan Deveraux, Kane Forbes, Rufaro Makore, Thomas Searle, Kaden HumphriesandFletcherBright.

The seniors played disciplined football, Coach Forbes will be reitterating that type of footy to his Cats again today, better players were Jarrod O'Brien, Hamish McCrae, Michael Krieger, Zac Nash, JustinCarlinandAdamMcKinnon. Today we are in a must win situation atNorth,itstimetotaketheTigerby the tale, do some dentistry and strip themoftheirstripes,thetimeisnow CatFansgethonkingifyouareinthe CarandgetyellingCARNCATS!Ifyou areoutaroundtheground.

Thank-youtoallourvaluedsponsors including Boonaroo, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Bendigo Bank, and CastertonSecondaryCollege

UpcomingEvents:19thAugustBand at the clubrooms No Plans, I hear Tinka will be staying away from creepy crawlies just so he can attend,theyplayalltheclassicsfrom TheAngelsthroughtoWheatus(not sureofZZToporIguessABBA,which would have been everything from A to Z, but anyway), so it should be a topnight.

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Was a sizable loss on the weekend for the Seniors after only being down 16 points at half time the West boys playedsomegoodfooty in the second half. Best players to Mitch Sims, Oli Thompson, Jed Sims, Nick Seager and Mitch Harrold with a coupleofgoalstoEthan Chuck and singles to Harry Fisher and Mitch Sims.

The Ressies played a ripper and after being down early came right back but couldn’t quite go on with it Bests were Chris Williams, Sturge, Henry Snell, Jamo, Shaughn King and Lloydo. Three goals to Broomey and two to Willow with singles to Gus Calderwood and H u d d y a n d G u s Urquhart up from the 18’s.

The Juniors were tested in each grade but came away with good wins and continue to play solidfootball.

This week for our last h o m e g a m e w e welcomeEasttoBLSPin a big game for the Seniorswhoarelooking to get into Finals and cocktailnightkickingoff at6.

Thanks to our major s p o n s o r s M G Plasterers, Mick Ryan Painting, Lennons on Lake Terrace, Dycer Constructions and A u s t r a l i a n G a s Networks.

VWith our last home game of the year we had our last presidents luncheon with g u e s t s p e a k A n t h o n y Koutoufides which was well attended and our way to say thankyou to our sponsors for their support throughout the year A big thanks to all that made the day a huge success. We also had our past players day which was great to see some old faces special thanks to Bobby Shepherd and Azza for getting some past greats backtotheclub.

Theseniorswasagoodcontest with our boy going into half time 3 goals up and playing well but a couple of game ending injuries and the experience of north took control our boys could only comeupwith2goalsinthe2nd half

Best players Carl Slape, Angus Clarke, Sam Lock, Mark Rumbelow, Keenan Dwyer and ShaunLock.

Reserves dominated all day to end up with a strong 11 goal win

Best players Connor Barry, Anthony Tos, Riley Janeway, Ben Gaffney, Connor little and BraydenCoppick

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Best players Campbell McClean, Ky McCracken and TexTilley

U16s had a good 3rd quarter kicking3goalsbutwereunable to kick a goal for the rest of the match going down to a more consistentopposition

U14s had a very slow start giving the tigers a 4 goal head start and couldn't bridge the gap

Best players Evan Clark, Rhys Grigg, Samuel Dickson, Jackson Saunders, Noah SpoonerandCJLigairi

This weekend we're taking on t h e d e m o n s a t b l s p presentations back at jens afterbestoflucktoallteams.

Special thanks again to our majorsponsors

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U18s had another hard day at theofficenotkickingagoal BioGro CreekLivestock

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Anthony Koutoufides was a guest speaker at East Gambier last weekend

Coach: Ma Ray

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Coach: Jason Dunn

Team Manager:

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2 Nick Adams

73 Rex Jones

74 Sam Sims

1 Cody Williams

3 Dom McDonald

21 Trae Wilke

22 Ethan Humphies

7 Liam Delaney 9 Lochie Thiele 61 Max Whitehead

4 Talan Daltan

Cayde Watson

53 Harry Mitchell

75 Jared Kuhl 84 Lochie Broome

5 Kyan Chileborough

78 Lochie Ray

1 Harry Fisher 85 Fletcher Lawson

6 Elijah Straord

8 Ky McCracken

9 Angus Clarke

62 Angus Urquhart

Will Boston

10 Sam Couldrey

11 Kobe Wagener

79 Harry Wright 66 Sam Domaschenz

64 Jed Sims 67 Kobe Bannon

12 Kaelen Mee

65 Mitchell Harrold

Conor Fielding

Addison Sims

76 Nelson Forbes 71 Hudson Keding

Coach: Luke Bentley

Coach: James McGregor

70 Je Awill

71 Liam Cung

88 Sco McBain

Louis Fritsche

Brodie Jennings

Chase Kilpatrick

Lee McTaggart

Henry Medhurst

Lachlan Moss

Alex Nunn

Patrick Sigley

Josh Vause

Harrison Xanthopoulos

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:

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: Grant Spooner

Team Manager:

Emme Best

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

William Rentsch

Banjo Sampson

Corey Smith

Solomon Telford

Tex Tilley

Brodie Versteegh

Skye Virtanen

Taj Wilson

Coach: Mark Phillips

South Gambier South Gambier

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Under 12 A’s Under 12 A’s

Coach: Mahew White

Braith Allison

Je Beever

Cooper Bignell

East Gambier East Gambier

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Coach: Nat Anderson

William Anderson

Kyan Awill

Oscar Benjamin

Paddy Bouchier

Flynn Clarke

Zachary Cung

Mitchell Dening

Benjamin Ellis

90 Jesse Mitchell

Baker

Elijah Finnegan

Alexander Hill

Imogen Hopes

Blake Janeway

Jackson Janeway

Jackson Jones

Beau Maxwell

Samuel Miller

Coaches: Chris Patzel & Mark Winterfield

Kobi Hay

Hadley Bryant

Tate Anderson

Harty Blackwell

Desney Bums

Essie Hill

Jack Mitchinson

Chase Noonan

Hudson O'Connell

Rowan Patzel

Nicholas Clark

William Clark

Tom Croser

Hallam Davey

Finn Gale

Under 12 B’s Under 12 B’s

Thomas Pedler

Sebasan Radlmair

Connor Ruwoldt

Liam Salmon

Beau Vivian

Nate Wakefield

Coach: Bre Hosking

Zach Angelino

Chase Buckingham

Blake Cooper

Elijah Dickson

Will Hosking

Parker Lamont

william leitch

Connor Lynn

Under 12 C’s Under 12 C’s

Coach: Nick Anderson

Max Greene

Noah Griffin

Isaac Thami

Harley Walker

Taj White Kade Hand

Vaughan Hunter

Brayden Legray

Nash Neilson

Mitchell O'Brien

Lennox Telfird

Tyler Mariano

Hamish Mckenzie

Tahj Pitkin

Louis Prosperi-Porta

William Richardson

Bentley Ward

Levi Tull

Fletcher Walker

Riley Watson

Charlie Winterfield

Samuel Andersen

Asher Anderson

Campbell Best

Hugh Clark

Oliver Clarke

Baden Dihm

Hudson Farmilo

Thomas Gale

Sebasan Grubb

Naon Hedwards

Maxx Keenan

Nate Stafford

Hudson Cook

Summer Burns Parker Davis

Casey Peterse

Jack Rees

Harry Sneath

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Tyler Cox

Harrison Cram

Judd Creek

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

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

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FROMTHEARCHIVES

FOOTY:THEEARLYYEARS:SEBFL1957

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NORTH Gambier found a super star when they appointed Carlton premiership star Richie Green to be captain-coach in 1957 in the South EastandBorderFootballLeague.

Greenhadbeenabrilliantballwinnerindefence for Carlton after debuting at 20 years of age in 1946.Heplayed95leaguegameswiththeBlues until 1952 when he switched to South Melbourne and played two games He was among Carlton’s best players in their 1947 VFL premiership win and again among their best again in 1949 when Carlton lost to Essendon in thegrandfinal.

After his VFL career he went coaching in the country and took charge of Camperdown from 1953beforefindinghiswaytoNorthGambierin 1957.Asamatterofinterest,Greendiedin1999 attheageof73.

When Green arrived at North there were a mix of experience and players nearing the end of theircareers,buttherewasanewgenerationof young stars just around the corner However, it would be three years before Green and North achievedsuccess.

Green’s SEBFL form in the centre and as a rover was magnificent all season at Tigerland and as a result he won the 1957 Mail Medal for the league’s best and fairest player and was a regularinter-leagueplayer

Histactics,directingtrafficbyinstructingplayers wheretheyweretodelivertheballandhismany high possession games, as well as his brilliant and accurate kicking, made him an inter-league champion.

As well, he was well liked by players and supporters and would eventually lead North to the 1960 premiership after three years of premiershipsuccessbyWest.

Amazingly, after Green won the flag he was sacked and he went to coach West for the next twoyears.

Butin1957Northfellshortofthegrandfinal.

Full back Pat Munn had moved from Penola and was a player upon whom Green could build a tightandruggedNorthdefence.

Munn’s “partner in crime” was centre half back Jack Allison and between them they had a great dislike of forwards and never took a backward step letting them what was ahead of them or in theircase-behindthem!

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AcrosshalfbackEricRoughana was as tough and fearless as anyone and his dashfromtheflankkeptatightreinonopposing forwards.

In the back pocket Kevin Pedlar had the job of minding the resting ruckmen and he did it well, week-in and week-out Pedlar had amazing judgement and his ability to out mark taller resting ruckmen was important for the Tigers’ defence.

Up forward, North had some emerging young stars in Alf McIntosh, the high flying centre half forward who would go on to play 199 league games for the Tigers and be a four-time premiership player, winning in 1960, 61, 62 and 1964 and runner-up in 1963. He retired one short of 200 league games after suffering a horrificfacialinjury

Harvey Stafford was the young up-and-coming ruckman who started to dominate from this period right through to his retirement at North in about 1966. He would also become a fourtime premiership player and played league at SouthAdelaideandGeelong.

North had four Hanels playing – Les, John, Vic and Bill and at different times they were all in theAgradeteam.

Les would go on to be a long serving committeemanandpresidentatNorth.

Interestingly,forbaseballfans,AlProbertwasin this North A grade side but would switch to baseball the following year and played more than two decades with Central Baseball Club, bothasaplayerandcoach.

Youngster Kerry Aslin was the boundary umpire but would play a significant role in North’s 1964 WBFL finals campaign and eventual premiership.

North club secretary Roy Bent played league footy with Norwood after World War I. As a left footed full forward he was the SANFL’s and Norwood’s top goal kicker in the 1921, 1924, 1925and1926seasons.In1925hesetwhatwas then a State goal kicking record of 65 goals and he played for SA 17 times. He was an important member of Norwood’s 1922 and 1925 premiership wins. He missed the 1923 premiership after being suspended for six games for throwing the football at a boundary umpire in the final minor round match of the season. In 1925 he kicked the winning goal to allow Norwood to win by a point when, with only seconds left on the clock he dobbed a long range left foot drop kick through the big sticks.

In an Australian Championship Carnival match playing for SA against Queensland in 1924 he kicked 12 goals and kicked 11 goals at full forward against Glenelg in 1926 also. Bent was later honoured by being selected in Norwood’s HallOfFame.

After league football he moved to Mount Gambier where he became associated with North Gambier and later became famous for Bent’sCornerwherehishomewassituated.This was on the corner of Commercial Street West and Sutton Avenue (north-west side where a chiropractor is now situated). From memory he ran the Gambier West Post Office near Bent’s Corner. He was club secretary of North for a number of years and in 1957 was heavily involved in recruiting Richie Green as captaincoach.

Bent always walked with what appeared to be a “stifforriggedneck” InDecember1925,hewas onatram/trainandputhisheadoutthewindow as it neared his stop when his head hit a pole causing serious concussion and injury and this virtually ended his SANFL league career althoughhedidplayafewgamesin1926before retiring at aged 26. He played 98 league games and kicked 333 goals As well as a great footballer he was also a top administrator Born inBrokenHillin1900hewasreturningtoMount Gambier from his last visit to his birth town when he was killed in a car accident in 1975, aged75.

EricRoughana,LesHanel,Richie Green (capt coach), Ben Bruhn (pres), Colin Henderson, K Shaw, L Pedlar, Cec Hunter (treasurer) Sitting: John Beard, R Pratt (mascot), Bill Hanel, Kerry Aslin (boundary umpire).

•PHOTO:NORTH1957:Back:PatMunn,GKuhl, JohnHanel,KevinPedlar,JohnStafford,KDellar, Jack Allison. Second row: Tom Turner (ctte), H Fewins (ctte), Wally Spehr (timekeeper), Barry Bruhn, Al Probert, Harvey Stafford, Alf McIntosh, Terry Bruhn, R Clemow (ctte), Roy Bent (sec) Front: C Munn (goal umpire), John Neale(trainer),

matilda neale 50club games

Matilda joined the West Gambier Netball Family in 2020aspartofourUnder11’s team, 2023 sees her in under the guidance of Hayley and Tracey,inwhichshehastaken ontheroleasvice-captain.

Sheisacriticalpartofthe13A side, she is a great team player that is constantly striving to better her game and she is extremely easy to coach Congratulations Matilda on achieving your 50 Game Milestone with West GambierNetballClub.

RESULTS

A GRADE

West Gambier 55 (T. Bryant, S. Rier) d South Gambier 39 (G. Dalton, A. Duncan)

North Gambier 47 (M. Griffith, B. Walters) d East Gambier 44 (R. Henke, B. Creek)

Millicent 77 (D. Tunkin, L. Van Eeden) d Casterton Sandford 34 (C. Humphries, M. Cleary)

A RESERVE

West Gambier 64 (C. Ransom, T. Earl) d South Gambier 43 (C. Muller, C. Ryan)

North Gambier 56 (N. Fox, J. Lile) d East Gambier 29 (B. Hicks, S. McKinnon)

Millicent 75 (J. Sunderland, A. Pra) d Casterton Sandford 47 (P. Murrell, K. Harvey)

B GRADE

Casterton Sandford 43 (T. Cleary, S. Richardson) d Millicent 40 (N. Domaschenz, K. Coghlan)

South Gambier 47 (M. Glynn, S. Raedel) d West Gambier 44 (C. Carraill, K. Hunter)

North Gambier 30 (K. Dyson, A. Redman) d East Gambier 22 (S. James, J. Clark)

C GRADE

Casterton Sandford 46 (E. Mutch, A. Spratling) d Millicent 45 (N. Winters, K. Lindner)

West Gambier 45 (E. Phillips, E. Sutherland) d South Gambier 43 (M. Dalton, C. Dunn)

East Gambier 35 (B. Jean, T. Janeway) d North Gambier 31 (S. Brown, H. Fox)

17 & UNDER

West Gambier 67 (L. Simpson, A. Pearson) d South Gambier 28 (S. Wight, S. Bartle)

Millicent 49 (L. Paul, A. Denton) d Casterton Sandford 47 (P. Carlin, I. Lane)

North Gambier 48 (C. Mackereth, S. Brown) d East Gambier 31 (A. Lines, K. Nielson)

15 & UNDER A

West Gambier 47 (A. Allen, L. Pearson) d South Gambier 43 (L. Sneath, S. Grassi)

Millicent 68 (B. Coghlan, P. Paul) d Casterton Sandford 11 (B. Carlin, M. Rees)

North Gambier 67 (R. Darimaani, M. Human) d East Gambier 7 (S. Clark, T. Kemp)

15 & UNDER B

Millicent 74 (E. Walker, E. Crowe) d Casterton Sandford 6 (K. Vise, M. Ireland)

West Gambier 49 (L. Buck, A. Reid) d South Gambier 8 (L. Milich, M. Bowering)

13 & UNDER A

North Gambier 50 (C. Grivell, J. Baron) d East Gambier 23 (M. Lile, C. Lile)

Millicent 45 (I. Coghlan, L. Crowe) d Casterton Sandford 12 (M. Robbins, C, Kurzman)

West Gambier 34 (E. McKenny, S. Richards) d South Gambier 30 (L. Noonan, Z. Cole)

13 & UNDER B

Millicent 39 (P. Johnson, B. Madden) d Casterton Sandford 25 (Y. Grigg, B. Mutch)

East Gambier 24 (T. Olsen, I. Cook) d North Gambier 9 (A. Halloran, P. Lucas)

West Gambier 29 (H. Jackson, I. Richards) d South Gambier 18 (E. McCracken, L. Dening)

11 & UNDER

Millicent 11 d Casterton Sandford 2

East Gambier 16 (H., Coote, A. Hannaford) d North Gambier 14 (D. Gabrielli, I. Clark)

South Gambier 23 (C. Sims, M. Raedel) d West Gambier 9 (S. Carruthers, A. Stubbings)

net set go

Our lile NET SET GO netballers had their last training tonight. This lile group have had the best me and made huge improvements from their first training, givingthemsomuchconfidence.

A big thank you goes to Liv Coote for taking on the role and bringing net set go to Eastforthefirstme.Shehasdoneaterrificjobwiththeselilegogeers,giving themtheencouragementandconfidencetohopefullygoonandplaynetballnext year

ROUNDPREVIEWS

SOUTHGAMBIERVEASTGAMBIER

East Gambier has looked a beer side in this final round of the 2023 season as they have finally been able to sele on a combinaon, pushing both Millicent and North Gambier in recent rounds without gengtheresult.

The Bulldogs head to Blue Lake Sports Park this weekend and will be looking to connue that finetuning when they take on the Demons.

TheflipsideofthatisSouthhasalso shown improvement against the top sides and should be looking at this clash with East as a chance to takescalpbeforetheseasonends.

MorganAmyshouldberighttotake the goal keeper bib for East and her bale with Gracie Dalton will be one of the key match ups of the contest.

South would do well to not look to deliver the ball in the air to Dalton and rather wait unl the young shooter works to the front as both Amy and Bo Creek are so strong aerially.

South goal aack Alyssa Duncan will be aware of that fact and will use her front cuts to great effect as well.

South’s defensive combinaon of SophieWightandEllieBouchierwill need to put in a four quarter performance to deny Renee Henke and Casey Horrigan any easy ball andtooanyscoringopportunies.

Henke and Horrigan are coming off a strong performance against the tough North defence and Wight andBouchierwillneedtorelentless in their commitment to working hardoneononeontheirrespecve opponents.

Tully McShane has a big job as well asshelookstolimittheinfluenceof TarshMcCallum.

East should take the points if they bringtheirformofthepastmonth.

MILLICENTVWESTGAMBIER

It is a top of the table clash at McLaughlin Park this weekend as the 2022 grand finalists go head to head for the final me prior to the 2023finalsseries.

SamKerr’scalfmighthavebeenthe most talked about muscle in Australian sport but in this region it is West Gambier playing coach Lisa McGregor’scalf.

The key Roo rested the minor strain lastweekendbutwhatWestdecide for this weekend remains unclear giventheycannotlosetopspotand thedoublechanceregardlessofthe result.

Fortunately Sarah Rier is such a dominant shooter, West can hedge their bets with McGregor and with Tara Bryant in outstanding form as she uses her speed to hit the circle hard and also is reliable with ball in hand,Westhasplentyoffirepower

D e n y i n g t h o s e s c o r i n g opportunies falls to Pora McRae and Lauren Van Eeden and the young duo has had a strong month, working hard to occupy front posion and using their ability to readtheplaytogreateffect,geng their hands on plenty of feeds to createturnoverball.

The defensive circle is a strength of West with Jade Rier and Amy Cram relentless in their defensive pressure,notjustinmakingittough for their opponents to get the ball, buttheirpressureovertheshotand strongrebounding.

Their clash with Tabatha Sanderson and Demi Verbena will be epic, while Zoe Malseed and Bryant will need to pressure the feeds from Lillie Paul and Daisy Tunkin, who will drive hard and are confident on therelease.

The Saints would love to knock off the Roos ahead of the finals and, especially if McGregor opts for one more week of rest, will get the pointsinaghtarmwrestle.

NORTH GAMBIER V C A S T E R T O N SANDFORD

North Gambier survived a significantscarefromfourthranked East Gambier last weekend and will no doubt be looking to iron out the wrinkles as finals fast approach when they host Casterton Sandford thisweekend.

And for the Cats, it is the second successive round they have had to findawaytodenyatallshootertoo much supply, having taking on Millicent’s Tabatha Sanderson last weekend and now facing the challenge of Grace Pos this weekend.

Pos is in good form at her new home at Vansiart Park and her combinaon with Macey Griffith has developed nicely over the courseoftheseason.

Brianna Walters will also cause headachesfortheCats.Waltershas always been a class act but her past month has seen her arguably ranked the best player in the compeon with her accurate deliveryandincredibleworkrate.

It means Ebany Jarrad, Chelsey Galpin, Chloe Foster and Madeline Paon will need to pressure every feed to hopefully force the Tigers into error and allow keeper C a e l e i g h H u m p h r i e s t h e opportunity to disrupt supply to Pos.

At the other end, Casterton Sandford will need to work the ball with care through what is a ght checkingTigersdefence.

Mel Renko, Lauran Norman, Noni McConnell and Mikalia Pi all pride themselves on one on one defensive pressure and that is withoutconsideringaroleforStella Mobbs.

It means Ivy Lane and Madalene Cleary will earn every scoring opportunity and will need to make every post a winner with McConnell and Pi both strong rebounders.

CASTERTONSANDFORDVMILLICENT WESTGAMBIERVSOUTHGAMBIER

The Saints showed their intent right from the first whistle in their Island Park clash with Casterton Sandford, seng up a strong lead at quarter me and building on that lead everyquarter

Itwasa10goalleadatquartermeandthen a perfect second quarter shoong performance from Millicent ensured that lead only grew as Tabatha Sanderson and DemiVerbenaputthrough21withoutamiss, while the defensive efforts of the Saints ensured the Cats only enjoyed 10 opportunity,nengseven.

Defensively, Pora McRae and Lauren Van Eeden were working well in tandem to shut down the space for Ivy Lane and Madalene Cleary, while the pressure on the feeders from Lisa Duldig and Lillie Paul also ensured therewereerrorsinthefeeds.

Attheotherend,itwastheslickworkofDaisy Tunkin seng up Verbena and Sanderson, as the young Saints wing aack found the circle’sedgewithmonotonousregularityand alwaysusedtheballwell.

ThethirdquarterwasaghteraffairasCleary and Lane had their best quarter, earning moreshotsastheystartedtofindholesinthe Saints smothering defence and finishing accurately,combiningfor11from13.

But the accuracy of the Saints shooters and their ability to find Sanderson in range ensured the lead connued to extend, with Sanderson converng 16 from 19 and Millicentbuilta32goalfinalchangebuffer

The Saints upped the ante on the defensive pressure again in the last and powered to a 77-34victory.

Despite Sanderson again being the focal point for the Saints, Cats keeper Caeleigh Humphries baled hard and was able to create turnover ball, while at the other end, the work rate of goal aack Madalene Cleary ensured the Cats were able to at least challenge the Saints defensive line and keep theirscoreboardckingover Tunkin and Van Eeden were best for the Saints.

The absence of Lisa McGregor for West Gambier’s clash with South Gambier gave Aleisha Pearson her first start as the A Grade goal aack and the youngster stated strongly as she combined with Sarah Rier to ensure the Roos were in control from the first whistle.

The Demons also had to cover player unavailability with Brandi Bouchier taking the goal keeper bib, combining with daughter Ellie Bouchier in the defensive circle, freeing Sophie Wight onto the defensivewing.

Thefirstquarterwasdominatedbydefensive efforts with the Roos taking a five goal lead intothesecondquarter

It was that quarter that set up the eventual 16 goal victory as the Roos connually found Rierinrange,withtheWestshooterneng 15 from 16 to see the lead blow out to 15 by themainbreak.

Hard running from Tara Bryant and smart placement of the ball from Pearson ensured Rier was able to put the gap on the scoreboard.

But the young Demons bounced back in the third, winning the quarter by five as they draggedthedeficitbackto10goals.

The Bouchier defensive duo applied greater pressure, while Megan Reid and Wight also looked to make things tougher for the West feedersandSouthreapedtherewards.

Their efforts to create turnover ball were rewarded by Gracie Dalton and Alyssa Duncan, who combined for 14 goals without a miss in the Demons best quarter for the match.

was a genuine arm wrestle.

The Bulldogs arguably enjoyed the weight of possession but conversion was an issue and at the first change it was the Tigers by one, with Macey Griffith neng six from six in a composedperformancefromthegoalaack.

East defender Morgan Amy was forced from the court at quarter me with a toe injury, that should not see her out of the game for too long, giving Sharna McKinnon the challengeoftakingonGracePos.

Again it was a ght quarter as neither side could really find any fluency with their ball movement, courtesy of both sides applying strongdefensivepressure.

East shooter Renee Henke ensured her side stayed in touch with a perfect shoong quarterandathalfmeNorth’sleadwasfive.

The lack of me and space for both teams with ball in hand connued in the third and it was the Bulldogs who started to get reward foreffort.

Led by Bo Creek, the defensive efforts of the Bulldogs limited North to only 11 scoring opportunies and with only six finding the mark,Eastwasabletostartworkingbackinto the contest with Casey Horrigan stepping up in the third to convert seven from eight as east took a one goal lead into the final change.

The final quarter was again all about the pressure being applied by both teams but perfect shoong from Griffith and Pos – 12 from 12 – saw the Tigers find themselves on the right side of the scoreboard when the final whistle sounded with the hard fought threegoalvictory.

The reigning premiers responded strongly in the last to push the lead out to the final 16 goalmargin.

EASTGAMBIERVNORTHGAMBIER

Griffith and Brianna Walters, who worked relesslyallgame,bothwithandwithoutthe ball, were best for the Tigers, while Henke’s composure on the shot and Creek’s ability to create turnover ball saw them named best forEast. North Gambier entered the weekend clash with East Gambier on a high from having defeated Millicent for the second me this season but the Bulldogs were unfazed by the Tigers’ impressive form and the first quarter

LADDERS

Millicent Millicent

Last weekend we played at Casterton; it wasagreatdayforallteamswithminimal rain!ThisweekweplayWestathome.

U11s-19to6

Playing their best 6 quarter effort to date thegirlsstartedoffstronglyfromdefence through mid to attack! Their solid defensive efforts kept Casterton to a low scoring game! The second half saw some fantastic attacking plays and great connections between the mid court and goalies! Another strong win, keep up the great work girls. Best players were Emily Millard (Sportspower/Subway), Kirra Madden (Fasta Pasta) and Maggie Buhlman(BakersDelight).

U13As-45to12

An awesome full game for the girls! The girls went out firing at the start and proved why they are sitting top of the ladder, the goalies worked well together and the midcourters fed in with patience and precision Our defenders worked hard all game with second efforts all over the court. Our transition improved down the court and less errors occurred. Keep listening and working hard at training girls! Best players were Indi Coghlan and Lucy Crowe, and the JM Incentive awards went to Olive for her listening at training andLindyforherstrongdrivesinattack.

U13Bs-39to25

Well done today girls. Everyone played super and gave their all. With a bit of a change with a few girls away it allowed thegirlsthatwereheretoplaywithsome of the A’s. A massive thank you to the A’s that helped us out this week. There were some great passages of play throughout the game. Everyone was coming in front andtotheball.Thefrontcutsworkedwell allowingtheballtoflowaloteasierdown the court. Best players were Prudence and Brydie and JM Incentive went to Prudence.

U15As-68to11

Today we welcomed Tahnee & Eva into ourteam,andbothplayedextremelywell at each end of the court. Tahnee shot accurately and Eva got some important tips in defence. Matti had a great game in defence covering the court collecting intercepts everywhere Bell & Mia worked well together in the midcourt switching and making it difficult for the Catstogettocircleedge.Pipercontrolled theattacklinewithhersmartsandMylee and Em combined well in goals in the second half using theirholds to gaingood positioning. Great win girls. Best players were Bell Coghlan and Piper Paul. JM Incentive awards went to Bell, Piper, and Matti.

U15Bs -74to6

The girls got a chance to play out of their usualpositionsandwerestillabletoform great connections and some good passagesofplay Wasgoodtoseesomeof the attacking work we’ve been working on at training being put into the game. Best players were Emily Walker & Eva Crowe. JM incentive award went to Lexi Nicholls.

U17s-49to47

In great netball conditions we played a tough Casterton. We started a bit slow with errors creeping into our game and not protecting the ball. As we moved throughthegame,wecleanedourpasses

West Gambier West Gambier

Red, Black & White Blue & Red

up and started to play like a team. We need to work hard at training this week and back each other to improve as a team.Thereweresomegreatpassagesof play in the third quarter with some fantastic end to end timing and finishing off by the goalies. Let’s keep building this week. Zambreros award went to Jaimie for some excellent feeding into the circle. BestplayerswereLillieandAbby

CGrade-45to46

After a huge few weeks scraping a side togetherdue to players being away it was great to have a full team hit the court.

Naomi Winter had an awesome game in WD really continued to put the pressure ondownthewholecourt,andwehadour young gun Keelie Linder have an awesome game in GA. Unfortunately, we went downby1 goal after the timer! Was a very disappointing loss but will give us moreofareasontofighthardforanother win in the next 2 games of the season. BestplayerswereNaomiandKeelie.

BGrade-40to43

We knew today would be a challenge for us - we started very well, and the game was a fierce contest from the get-go! The game was continually changing leads for all four quarters. We worked hard across the court and had some fantastic passages of play bringing the ball down into attack. Our defenders always have a tough game against the tall and versatile shootersfromtheCats!Agamethatwent down to the wire and unfortunately, we lost by 3. Let’s regroup and focus on the next challenge next week. Best players were Nicole Domaschenz and Krystal Coghlan.

AReserve-75to47

Congratulations to our Co-Captain Alana on reaching her 100 Senior game milestone!Alanaisnotonlyagreatplayer who has won multiple premierships and individual awards, but she is one of the nicestgirlsandbestteammatesyoucould ever have! We hope you continue to play manymoregamesfortheSaints!Thegirls stepped up for Alana from the first whistle in a game that was our best team effort for the year! Alice, Keish & Keels shut down the attacking end with their teamworkandgreatdriveoutofdefence. Jackie was in everything as she dominatedthemidcourtandteamedwell withAlanatohitcircleedge.Rylee&Abby had their best games for the season as they combined beautifully in goals and finished accurately Bell hit the court at halftimeandherfootworkandspeedwas impressive as she gained intercepts and drovehardoutofdefence.Fantasticteam effort and thanks to Em for being a backup on the bench. Best players were JackieandAlice.

AGrade-77to34

Awesome 4 quarter dominance with our attacking game steady and consistent. Defensive work spread amongst the whole7playersresultingin

turnovers in all areas of the court. Demi and Tabatha kept the scoreboard ticking over with clever use of height and speed. Our mids Lisa, Lillie and Daisy gave us cleartargetsandtimingtocircleedgewas smart and well positioned. Portia and Lauren battled hard from 1st whistle to last centre pass Pressure over shot providing some timely turnovers. Best named were Daisy and Lauren. Thanks to JackieandKeishforsittingbench.

VRound 14 had us hosting the Demons at Malseed Park. Another successful day on the courts, with some close games played. Great to see all of the teamscurrentlysittinginthetop4,howamazing! Well done coaches and players. Thank you to the following sponsors for supplying Game Day Awardstoour10NetballTeamslastweek,weare extremely grateful to you: Daryl & Megan Starick, Awatuna Pty Ltd, OK Pie Shop, Boost Juice Mount Gambier, Natalie Pearson - Finance BrokerMount Gambier, Sorrentos CAFÉ, Paradise PIZZA, Lima&Co.,WashDayLaundry TheHaven-Cafe& Takeaway, Vanity Makeup Bar and Body Lounge, MGS Tilt Tray and Towing, Makeup by Kirralie Jade, A Wave From It All. Doug & Di Harding Encouragement Award awarded to Hannah Jackson13Bs.

A GRADE: West defeated South 55-39. 1st Best Player:TaraBryant.2ndBestPlayer:SarahRitter

I thought we all took responsibility for our own positions today and had a solid game. Aleisha slotted in brilliantly at GA and our defence end worked tirelessly causing many turnovers. Sarah was a strong target under the post and Mik had her best game for the season. Tara was strong in bothattackanddefence.ThankstoAnnaandLucy forbenchingforus,wereallyappreciateit!!

once again did an amazing job, slotting in with Macy, I can put Tully anywhere and she will give it her all. Imogen went on at GA and Aleisha moved to the Centre spot. From there we went on with our game, Imogen and Lucy have played together for most of the past few years and know each other well and again both girls shooting with accuracy, holding and leading for the ball. A win by39goalsforus.

Thank you to our Under 11 girls who came out and supported the Under 17 girls. It was great to seeyouallsittingtherecheeringuson.

I would like to say well done to Aleisha Pearson whotodayplayedherfirstfullgameintheAgrade side. I was so proud of how she played, she held her own throughout the game. Thanks to Lisa for giving these young girls opportunities like this today

15A's: West defeated South 47-43 1st Best Player: Alice Allen. 2nd Best Player: Lila Pearson. Game Day Award Vouchers: Lila Pearson & Swaye Lindner

A RESERVE: West defeated South 64-43. 1st Best Player:CarlyRansom.2ndBestPlayer:TahliaEarl.

15B's:WestdefeatedSouth49-8.1stBestPlayer: LibbyBuck.2ndBestPlayer:AvaReid.

Another pleasing defensive effort from all the girls causing plenty of turnovers. Lila was a big target for us all day, finishing off accurately Lara and Miley played the perfect role at GA with Ella, Swaye and Lara creating space in attack and feeding our goalies beautifully Maggy, Alice and Mikayla applied pressure all game and really limited South's attack. Let's bring the form we have had in the last couple of games into this week. We played a dominate first quarter This really stamped our authority and intention for the game! Tahlia was holding brilliantly all day and our transitions were very impressive with Gracie and Carlee finding great space and providing amazing feeds Anna ran hard all day and provided some great pressure in defence! Chelsea works tirelessly in defence every game and today was another great display by her Maddie managed to get so many touches and is reading the play beautifully! Let's keep working everyone and continually improving

Congratulations to Aleisha and her brilliant effort intheA'stoday!!!

B GRADE: West defeated bySouth 44-47. 1st Best Player: Caitlin Carraill. 2nd Best Player: Kirby Hunter Game Day Award Vouchers: Maelee Dalton&KylieHeaver

This week saw us take on top of the table South. Withonlythebare7thisweekweknewgoinginto thisweeksgameitwasgoingtobetough.Thegirls played a fantastic first half with some great full court pressure and some great interceptions and goal scoring with saw us up by 2 at half time. The 3rd quarter wasn’t the best but we still managed tokeepourcomposureandplayourgamebutwe just made some silly little errors. Going into the final quarter we were down by 2 which we know wasnothingbutSouthgotsometimelyintercepts in which they converted however we did claw back some of the score difference and we ended upgoingdownby3goals.

C GRADE: West defeated South 45-43. 1st Best Player: Emily Phillips 2nd Best Player: Emily Sutherland. Game Day Award Vouchers: Zarah Sudgen&EmilySutherland.

Agreatgameforthegirlstakingthewintothetop team 45-43 Putting in everything learnt at trainings the girls really improved this week taking the time to slow in down and play our own game. Theykeptup the fight the whole game and fought very hard for each turnover Very strong defensive pressure seen the whole way up and down the court Defenders worked well and provided our attackers with numerous turnovers and shots on goal. Amazing efforts by our mid courters who were able to feed the ball to our endlessly working goalies, moving around the ring to create the opportunities for goals. The team celebrated well back at the club placing theirbetsatCasinonight!

17/UNDER: West defeated South 67-28. 1st Best Player: Lucy Simpson. 2nd Best Player: Aleisha Pearson Game Day Award Vouchers: Aleisha Pearson&ImogenMcGregor

This weekend we came up against South who have put up the good fight all year We started withLucyandAleishaingoalswithAlexatWAand Charlotte at the centre position backing the goalies up. Some brilliant passes into our girls with Lucy holding her player and pulling in some fantastic high balls. Both girls shooting with great accuracy The defence group of Macy – GK, Ellie –GD and Halle at WD put pressure on the South girls, all girls intercepting balls and bringing it back down to the attack end, both Halle and Ellie supportingattheattackingthirdline.Byhalftime we were up by 17. Charlotte and Ellie came off at half time, Tully going into the GD position and

The u15 girls took the first two quarter to get their feet and settle in. By the third and fourth quarter the girls had found their grove and we’re playing their game their way with a strong defence game by Holly, Matilda and Analeigh it wasgreattoseethemworkingwellalongwithour mid courters Libby and Maya. With another great team effort by the shooters Lila ,Miley and Ava these three did extremely well in the wind and rain to come away with the win 49 to 8 against South.

13A's: West defeated South 34-20 1st Best Player: Ella McKenny 2nd Best Player: Sara Richards. Game Day Award Vouchers: Matilda Neale&SaraRichards.

The13Agirlsweredowntothebare7playersthis week. This didn’t deter them as theyhit the court determined and focused to perform well, and they did. There were many great passages of play bytheWestgirls,astheycontrolledeveryquarter building on their score. In the last quarter the south girls were really starting to connect and impact the score board. The West girls fought back control of the game, going on to win every quarter Finalscorewas34-20.

13B's: West defeated South 29-18 1st Best Player: Hannah Jackson. 2nd Best Player: Isobel Richards Game Day Award Vouchers: Aggie Thomas, Chaneil Cowland Doug & Di EncouragementAward:HannahJackson.

Comingintothe14thround,the13Bgirlscameup against South West started the game off strong—withHannahJacksonandIsobelRichards workingintheshootingcircle,HarperLindnerand Mackenzie Fisher in the wings and Chaniel Cowland, Molly Thomas, and Aggie Thomas on the defensive side—leading the first quarter by four The West girls extended their lead in the second half to ten goals. Halftime changes saw Savannah Riddoch at C and Ruby Lamb at GD South also made some positional changes, which sparked the team, and they started to pull back the score, but this was not enough to deter the West girls. Eventually winning by eleven goals. Aggie Thomas and Chaniel Cowland were selected for best on court, and Hannah Jackson receivedtheencouragementaward.

Under11's:WestdefeatedbySouth9-23.1stBest Player: Sophie Carruthers. 2nd Best Player: Ayla Stubbings.

Another great start to our game on Saturday It wasaveryevengameforthemostpartbutSouth came out in the last couple of quarters firing and took the win. The girls though showed great determination and played right till the final whistle. We had some super impressive passages of play from defence into attack. Our defensive pressure in our attacking end caused South to turntheballoverbutwejustcouldn’tfinishwitha goal.ThanksU17sforyoursupportagainstSouth. We could certainly hear you! With only 2 more gamesleftletsgiveitourall.

North Gambier North Gambier

Yellow & Black

Under11’s:

Welldonetothegirlstoday,itwasavery close game!!! Unfortunately, we were unable to match East as they scored a fewlast-minute goals. It was fantastic to watch the immense improvement each girl has had over the season. The girls played as a team, successfully linking the ball down the court, making some seamless passages of play Our defensive pressure was strong, and the girlsallworkedharduntiltheend.

Best players: Demi Gabrielli and Isla Clark.

Under13B’s:

Thegirlsnevergaveupandcontinuedto tryallgame.Ourdefensivepressuresaw us make turnover ball and transitioning intoattack,wewerelookingandwaiting for the best pass option. Each week we are making little improvements as a team, which is promising. Today saw Piper play her 50th junior game. Like usual,thelittlepocketrocketranhardall game, getting touches in defense and being a leader for our attack end CongratulationsPiper!

Bestplayers:PiperLucasandIndiRenko

Under13A’s:

From training drills our game focus was constant ball pressure, blocking initial drives & forcing the opposition to play wide. This defensive pressure created moreopportunitiesforourdefendersto challenge and achieve important deflections & interceptions. Everyone played a confident attacking game displaying good decision making & timing. There were numerous passages of play where the ball flowed freely into ourgoalers.

Best players: Carey Grivell & Jenna Barron

Under15Bs: Nogame

Under15A’s:

The girls had another good win this week.Itwasimportantforustocarryon how hard work from the last few weeks and focus on four consistent quarters. We had a really strong first quarter which set up the rest of the game. We were able to make a few changes which showcased the girl’s versatility Raine had an outstanding game in defence, applying constant pressure and taking some amazing intercepts Looking forwardtobuildingintofinalsnow

Best players: Raine Darimaani and Ruby Mitchell

Under17’s:

This week we again took the court without our full team Luckily our versatility allowed us to still fill each position with a strong option Unfortunately, an injury in the first 10 minutesrattledthegirlsalittle,meaning for an inconsistent start The girls regrouped at half time, playing a strong secondhalfwithsomesmoothpassages ofplay Althoughnotourbestgame,the girlscameawaywithastrongwin.

Best players: Jayme Young and Macey Griffith

CGrade:

A slow start yesterday which ended up costing us, going down to East 35-31. The pressure and physicality from the first centre pass had us trying to force plays, challenged our decision making and impacted our accuracy on the scoreboard. To the girl’s credit, we were able to settle and close the gap from quarter time with some great passages of play which we will look to build from. Asolideffortfromthegirlsyesterdayled by our captains Keeley Quinn and Hannah Fox who showed great leadership and set the standards on court. We’ve been playing some great netball in the past few weeks, and we look to continue this into the final two rounds.

Best players: Hannah Fox and Sarah Brown

BGrade:

We came out of the blocks strong and in control of the game. We all played our parts and kept that up for most of the game. A few lapses did see East creep back in, but we were composed and took the W Ruby Mitchel filled in once again and did amazingly in defence with great combination with Kaite. Zarly was strong on the defence wing and got her hands to some great ball. Amelia and Maddyfedthegoalieswelland thatwas finished off with some nice shots. Two more games and if we play like that againhopefullysomegoodresults.

Best players: Katie Dyson and Amelia Redman

AReserve:

This week we could see the results of our focused training coming through. The patients and moving around the attack line looked great, the full court defence was causing lots of turnovers andthedefencelineweresolidasarock with Nat and Riley reading the play well and helping ensure the transition out of defence was straight down the line and linking well with the attack line. We needtocontinuetoworkonourtalkand intensity of game play going forward as it was improved however still more room to grow so let’s continue to focus onthisoverthecomingweeks.

Bestplayers:NatFoxandRileyMitchell

AGrade:

Awinisawin,andwepulledawayatthe last quarter right when we needed it. East were playing some good netball and shot with accuracy, and we were waiting for the moment where we gained the momentum, however it didn’t really come as easily as we were hoping. We had many opportunities to put some scoreboard pressure on but didn’tcapitaliseinthegoalcircle.Lauran drove the ball out of defence all game with strength and Mikaila took some good interceptions when we needed it the most. Time to regroup and look to thenextfewweeks.

Best players: Mikaila Pitt and Lauran Norman

AGrade

It is always a tough day coming up against the polished Millicent side. We started well and it’s nice to see the team settling into their positions and playing as a team, backing each other up. Chelsey Galpin and Chloe Fosterhavebeenmovingtheballwell through the middle of the court and their cut and drive movements have been working well, opening up space for each other. The second quarter was a tough one but Madeline Patton’s defensive pressure slowed down the Millicent WA, allowing our defenderstogethandstoalotofball. ThegoaliesofIvy LaneandMadalene Cleary hit their stride in the second half with perfect movement and teamwork That coupled with the defensive pressure and turnovers coming from Caeleigh Humphries and Ebany Jarrad made for a strong finishthatwewerehappywith.

FinalScore:34-77

Best Players: Caeleigh Humphries & MadaleneCleary

Vouchers: Caeleigh Humphries & MadaleneCleary

AReserve:

FinalScore:47-75

Best Players: Paige Murrell & Kerri Harvey

Vouchers: Kerri Harvey & Phoebe Carlin

BGrade:

FinalScore:43-40

Best Players: Trictia Cleary & Sarah Richardson

Vouchers: Kerri Harvey & Amber Balzan

Blue, White & Red

CGrade:

FinalScore46-45

Best Players: Ebony Mutch & Amber Spratling

Vouchers: Sophie Hart & Janine Parsons

Under17’s:

FinalScore:47-49

Best Players: Phoebe Carlin & Ivy Lane

Vouchers: Ivy Lane, Madeline Patton &PhoebeCarlin

Under15A’s:

FinalScore:11-68

Best Players: Brydie Carlin & Makayla Rees

Vouchers: Brydie Carlin, Makayla Rees&AmyCrauford

Under15B’s:

FinalScore:6-74

Best Players: Kirby Vise & Mylie Ireland

Vouchers: Amelia Bailey, Mylie Ireland&SophiaCorrigan

Under13A’s:

FinalScore:12-45

BestPlayers:MarleeRobbins&Chloe Kurzman

Vouchers: Isabella Luers & Brooklyn Mutch

Under13B’s:

FinalScore:25-39

Best Players: Ylana Grigg & Brooklyn Mutch

Vouchers: Georgia Bailey, Zoya Syed &ReneeGorman

Under11’s:

FinalScore:2-11

Vouchers: Abbey Fidler, Mia Carter, SiennaWinchester&CleoLonghurst

South Gambier South Gambier Red & White

Time for a bit of love for 11 & Under girls who played one of their best games for the season, coming from behind to secure a comfortablewin…

It was great reward for effort for the girls that have been working really hard on their defensive skills and doing a great job of limiting scoring but this week they were also able to get the rewardonthescoreboard…

Lara did a great job in both goal shooter and goal defence and she has been such a great leader thisseason.

Chloe has been working really hard on following court structure and found great space inoffence.

Ebony is super enthusiastic and she is always presenting for her team mates and also working hard defensively to win the ball back.

We welcomed Courtney back after a couple of weeks away and she ran hard in centre and then was dominant in goal attack, combining well with Lacey to keep the scoreboard tickingover

Halle has started to take the ball strongly and also worked hard onthequalityofherpassingand she had some important momentsintransition.

Willow is simply a gun and she is always looking to win the ball back and when we have it she presents time and time again so her team mates have an outlet –agreatadditiontoourclub.

Elsie Attiwill has come along in leaps and bounds over the past month or so and she worked hard to create turnovers and also passed well once we won theballback.

East Gambier East Gambier

Laceyhashadagreatseasonand t h e w e e k e n d w a s n o exception she has court smarts, good skills and finished accurately

Coco has had a super month as everything seems to come together…sheisstickingtocourt structures, finding good space, taking the ball strongly and passingwithaccuracy

Myla is another great little leader in our team and she was outstanding at the weekend, continuallywinningtheballback and being a key link player betweendefenceandoffence.

Lily is another new face who is really hitting her straps – she is a tight checking defender and makes good decisions with ball inhand.

We missed Elsie Sims and Ellie Scotland at the weekend but both have been key players in ourteam.

Elsie is always strong onto the ball and burrows in for those looseballs,whileElliehashadan impact in both offence and defence and her strong voice on courthasbeenamazing.

The 15 & under A girls put West on notice ahead of the finals despite suffering a narrow loss w i t h G ra c i e a n d S h a n a combining well in goals, Ruby and Charlie running hard through the mid court, Halle getting the job done at wing defence and Layla and Tyga applying plenty of defensive pressure.

The B Grade had a hard fought winledbyShelbyandMel,while C Grade suffered a narrow d e f e a t d e s p i t e s t r o n g performances from Chelsea and Alannah at either end of the court.

Under11East16WonNorth14

Was a special game for the girls today as the A and A res girls come and watch them play The girls had great passages of play and the movementoftheballhasamazing. Keep up the hard work at training girls.Proudofyouall.

Best Players: H Coote, A Hannaford

Award Winners: L. Bowyer (Kaboom), H. Coote (Zambrero), A Hannaford(ClubTea)

Under13BEast24WonNorth9

The girls had a slow start for the girls this week. We still had some great passages of play during the game. The shooters worked well with passing the ball around Defencegotlotsofturnoverwhich wecouldscoreoffof Keeptraining hardgirls.

BestPlayers:T Olsen,I.Cook

Award Winners: T. Olsen (Bakers Delight), L. Dickson (KFC), I. Cook (ClubTea)

Under13AEast23LostNorth50

It was a tough game against a very good North side. We had fantastic passages of play during the game. We set little goals each quarter which the girls achieved Chloe and Izzy worked really well and moved the ball beautifully within the circle. Isana and Ava worked well together in defence. Let’s re group and keep working hard a training. So proud of the whole squad.

BestPlayers:C.Little,M.Little

Award Winners: The Whole Team ( Kamboom)

Under15East7LostNorth67

Was a tough game against North. There was really good passages of play during the game The movement and passing within the circle with Tani and Sharni was great. The Defence has a tough job on very accurate shoots the girls got many turn overs but unfortunately,wecouldn’tconvert them into goals. Big thank you to Isana for playing for us. Keep working hard a training the wins arejustaroundthecorner

BestPlayers:S.Clark,T Kemp

AwardWinners:S.Clark(ClubTea), T Kemp (KFC), J O’Dea (Fasta Pasta)

Under17East31LostNorth48

Another great game from this muchimproved17’sside.

improvementplayingasateam.

Once again adapting to changes

quickly and being patient with ball movement.

Keep smiling girls I am so proud of youall.

BestPlayers:A.Lines,K.Neilson

Award Winners: A. Beveridge (Fasta Pasta), M lamb (OK Pie Shop),K.Neilson(Zambrero)

CGradeEast35Won31

We had a really good first quarter whichIbelievegotusovertheline. Northbroughteverythingatusbut we kept to our game and a level head to win by 4 We need to continue working hard at trainings to improve on Saturday’s game coming into the end of the season andintofinals.

BestPlayers:B.Jean(Sponsoredby Confession), T Janeway (Janeway Carpentry)

Award Winners: B. Jean (Kirralee Jade), K Gaffney (Arena), D Walters(Zambrero)

BGradeEast27LostNorth30

B Grade showed their diversity in different positions. They attacked and defended the ball all the way down the court, pegging back a 12 goal deficit. Jac and Shan had a blinderindefence.

BestPlayers:S.James,J Clark

Award Winners: S. James (Globe Hotel), J Clark (25 Acres), O Plunkett(FoxiesDeil)

AresEast29LostNorth56

A tough battle against north. We had some fantastic passages of play. Our defence turned ball over well but with our own errors we couldn’t convert to goal. The ball movement between the shooters was really good. Keep up the hard workgirls.

Best Players: B. Hicks (Sponsored by Hicks Auto & Engineering), S. McKinnon(BaddileyContracting)

Award Winners: S. McKinnon (Nourish Nook), L Harvey (Zambrero),B.Hicks(OKPieShop)

AGradeEast44lostNorth47

Weplayedwiththeconsistencywe wereafterbutjustcouldn’tgetthe win. Super proud of everyone, it wasaterrificgameandnoonegave up fighting. Well done Casey and Renee, you both were great in goals today Thank you for Sharna stepping up and also playing a greatgame.

Best Players: R. Henke, B. Creek (sponsored by East Gambier NetballClub)

Award Winners: R. Henke (Jens Hotel),C.Horrigan(FastaPasta),B. Creek(SanPiero)

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