Western Border Football Netball Budget - The Western - Round 3 2023

After a summer of hard work West Gambier unveiled their newly resurfaced courts in round 1 against Casterton Sandford *Image courtesy

SENIORS

2.4 5.8 8.9 15.13 (103)

South 3.1 4.3 8.3 8.4 (52)

Best - Millicent: J. Werchon, C. Gallio, J. Carger, F. Bradley, K. Varcoe, J. Verbena; South: E. Chuck, B. Whicker, E. Marks, N. Seager, M. Harrold, O. Thomson.

Goals - Millicent: J. Carger 6, H. Nitschke 2, K. Varcoe 2, C. Gallio, S. Willis, J. Cushion, J. Todd, J. Werchon; South: N. Forbes 3, E. Chuck 2, O Thomson, N. Seager, R. Kuhl.

Best - North: M. Kelton, C. Ortlepp, J. Jenner, S. Stafford, D. Bachmann, T. Harris; West: B. Ousey, J. Ferguson-Lane, L. Bradley-Brown, K. Giddings, M. Minuzzo, T. Mcpartlan.

Goals - North: S. Stafford 3, D. Bachmann, H. Telford, J. Holli, N. Blachut; West: B. Ousey 6, B. Papps 3, M. Cornolo 2, W. Crook, K. Giddings, A. Stone, D. McElroy, C. Wagstaffe.

Cast-Sand 0.5 4.6 7.8 11.13 (79)

East 0.2 1.6 4.7 7.8 (50)

Best - Casterton Sandford: E. Pritchard, M. Killey, J. Coer, J. OBrien, H. Pritchard, M. Krieger; East: R. Lillecrapp, S. Lock, J Lawrence, N. Lock, J. Plunke, J. Mee.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: M. Krieger 2, E. Pritchard 2, H. Mccrae 2, S. Craig, D. Cleary, J. Carlin, E. Geary, H. Pritchard; East: S. Lock, M. Rumbelow, L. Brooker, J. Dowdy, M. Scanlon, N. Walters, N. Gollan.

RESERVES

Best - North: D. Poyner, B. Walters, A. Curs, B. Nole-Jusce, J. Phillips, T. Boxall; West: J Coombe, T. Cleveland, J. Schapel, B. Cook.

Goals - North: J. Phillips, R. Rolph; West: J Schapel 6, R. Wilson 4, B. Cook 2, B. Say 2, J. Coombe, L. Lefever,

Keding 4, H. Fisher, S. Mctaggart, H. McBain.

Best - Casterton Sandford: Z. Nash, J. Smith, J Searle, K. Forbes, J. Smith, P. Milich; East: S. Couldrey, B. Gaffney, T. Mccourt, W. Ellis, L. Hicks, C. Lile.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: M. Kurzman 2, Z. Nash, K. Forbes, J. Searle, J. Smith, B. Gill, T Searle; East: J. Thomas 2, J. Love 2, B. Gaffney 2, T. Balshaw, C. Lile, T. Mccourt, W Ellis.

UNDER 18'S

Best - North: D. Bryan, T. Hamilton, Z. Young, C. McLaughlin, R. McLaughlin, J. Collins; West: T. Johnson, M. Cornolo, F. Kenseley, T. Smith, Z. Hopgood, J. Prior

Goals - North: Z. Young 4, D. Bryan 3, C. McLaughlin 3, R. McLaughlin, J. Collins, M. Baron, T. Hamilton; West: F. Kenseley 2, N. Davey 2, C. Carson, B. Winterfield, M. Cornolo, T. Johnson, J. Prior, A. Noble.

Best - North: C. Turner, A. Dally, B. Rogers, tate Smith, C. McLaughlin; West: O. Feetom, K. Harkness, T. Stutley, H. Croker, K. Stratman. Goals - North: A. Dally 6, A. Bruce 2, C. McLaughlin, S. Crispino, J. Driver; West: O Feetom 5, H. Croker 2, K. Harkness, J. Sim.

Best - Casterton Sandford: E. Geary, O. Foster, J. Rhook, H. Dorahy, J. Rhook, B. Mckinnon; East: R. Lawrence, J. Mee, T. Tilley, L. Legray, T Grigg, R. Angelino.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: E. Geary 4, J. Rhook 2, J. Jones; East: R. Lawrence, C. McCracken, B. Dempsey

UNDER 14'S

Best - Millicent: K. Kenny, H. Damhuis, C. Shanks, S. Coghlan, A. Gysbers, L. Easterby; South: O. McCracken, H. Higgins, J. Burns, K. Maxwell, J. Harten, L. Fritsche.

Goals - Millicent: L. Tunkin, O. Nicholls, A. Gysbers; South: M. Ropini 3, J. Vause 2, O. McCracken, C. McGregor

Best - Millicent: K. Shanks, J. Todd, H. Gibbs, K. Thomas, T. Dunn, B. Werchon; South: C. Watson, J. Sims, S. Domaschenz, M. Whitehead.

Goals - Millicent: H. Gibbs 2, A. Wesolowski, T Dunn, J. Todd; South: J. Sims 3, L. Ray 2, H. Mitchell 2, C. Watson, M. Whitehead, F Lawson.

UNDER 16'S

Best - Millicent: D. Sigston, C. Todd, C. Damhuis, T. Lawlor, A. Lindner, L. Cawood; South: L. Sigley, L. Cameron, J. Bartle, I. Bouchier, R. Paterson, H. Hicks.

Best - North: S. Baron, J. Butler, C. Waters, E. Kulimushi, M. Rogers; West: J. Sugden, T. Porter, T. Curnow, R. Hinchliffe, J. Burchell.

Goals - North: E. Kulimushi 4, K. Roulstone 3, S. Baron 3, F. Mobbs 2, M. Rogers 2, J. Butler 2, E. Fle, C. Harris, J. Bryan, C. Waters; West: T. Porter.

Best - Casterton Sandford: N. Longhurst, B. Rhook, N. Robbins, J. Lykke, J. Geary; East: R. Grigg, S. Brooks, T. Dumigan, T. Wilson, T Croser, X. Farmilo.

Best - Millicent: M. Withers, A. Schultz, C. Gysbers, J. Peters, B. Werchon, N. Robbins; South: J. Sims, H. McBain, J. Gazzard, L. Gray, H. Keding, T. Vassallo.

Goals - Millicent: J. Peters 3, A. Fuller, M. Withers, M. Reilly, H. Gibbs, T. Chant; South: H.

Goals - Millicent: No goal scorers recorded; South: W. Awill 4, J. Maxwell 2, M. Bentley, A. Milich, N. Maxwell, I. Bouchier, L. Sigley, L. Cameron.

Goals - Casterton Sandford: N. Longhurst, T Makore, H. Simson, D. Gorman, T. Auld; East: R. Grigg 5, A. Kanahs 2, T. Dumigan, S. Brooks, B. Allison.

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East Gambier East Gambier

West Gambier West Gambier

Looking forward to Round 3 with construction on our new kitchen/canteen underway will be looking to see that complete over the fewweeks.

O u r 1 s t P r e s i d e n t s Luncheon is next week and we welcome back former EastGambierJunior,Sydney Swans player and 205 game Sturt Football Club Simon Feast who will be our guest speakerfortheday,

If you haven’t completed your Presidents Club membership make sure you do this week and don’t miss out on chatting with the Former player at the 1st of

East Gambier East Gambier

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this seasons presidents luncheons.

PresidentsLuncheon

13thMay2023

12:30start

2CourseLuncheon

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$60perhead

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o Premiership Player Riley Janeway who will run out for his 100th A-Grade game this weekend – a great asset to the team and fantastic clubperson.

VPerfectweatherforFootball

a n d n e t b a l l o n t h e weekend, bit of rain but plenty of sunshine to follow itup.

Our day on the football field started of slow but we are growing as a club and playing some great football in patches throughout all ourJuniorgrades.

Goal of the day from the boundary goes to Tyrece Porter in the under 14s with theonlymajorfortheteam. Nothing better then seeing a flat floating spiral slowly floatthroughthesticksfrom theboundaryline.

Our16sand18sbothplayed solid football in patches and are growing as a team. As they play more together they better they will become so very positive signs.

Our ressies keep on playing good football and had some first gamers for the club hit the field Patrick Rudd (Badger) and Olek Stirrat played there first games for the club and both done the jumper proud. And we also hadthereturningpensioner in Dwayne Phillips that

West Gambier West Gambier

Blue & Red

played first game since breaking his wrist being a sniper.

Our Senior side took the field and played out a scrappy tough first quarter and then hit the straps in the second half. First senior game to Luke Winterfield sincecomingtothecluband he did a great job in his fist outing, he was extremely excitedandnervousbutwas for the club. But how bout b i g

OOOOOUUUUUZZZZZZEEE EEgreattoseehimgetsome reward for the big pre season and hard work he put in Love having great people and great families apart of our great club and now he is a Roo Boy Great signs from the side with plenty more improvement tocome.

To d a y w e f a c e n e w challenges at East and be another step for us to keep learning and getting better GoRoos

I will see you on the dance floor tonight for Groovin in theROO!

100

A-GRADE games RILEY JANEWAY

Braiden Ousey hit form kicking 6 goals for West Gambier last weekend

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*Image courtesy Wanita Robinson Photography

Coach: Jason Dunn

Team Manager:

1 Cody Williams

East Gambier East Gambier

Red & Black

Under 18’s Under 18’s

21 Trae Wilke

3 Dom McDonald 22 Ethan Humphies

4 Talan Daltan

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

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

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

West Gambier West Gambier

Under 16’s Under 16’s

William Rentsch

Banjo Sampson

Corey Smith

Solomon Telford

Tex Tilley

Brodie Versteegh

Under 14’s Under 14’s

Skye Virtanen

Taj Wilson

Braith Allison

Je Beever

Cooper Bignell

William Clark

Tom Croser

Hallam Davey

Max Greene

Noah Griffin

East Gambier East Gambier

Red & Black

Under 12 A’s Under 12 A’s

Vaughan Hunter

Brayden Legray

Nash Neilson

Mitchell O'Brien

Lennox Telfird

Isaac Thami

Harley Walker

Taj White

Under 12 B’s Under 12 B’s

Zach Angelino

Chase Buckingham

Blake Cooper

Elijah Dickson

Will Hosking

Parker Lamont

William leitch

Connor Lynn

Coach: Mark Paech

Samuel Andersen

Asher Anderson

Campbell Best

Oliver Clarke

Tyler Cox

Harrison Cram

Judd Creek

Baden Dihm

West Gambier West Gambier

Coach: Nick Anderson

Dominic Albanese

Storm Altschwager

Billy Angelina

Braxton Bowyer

Nicholas Brooks

Van Byron

Archie Cook

Jenson Davey

Coach: Cole Hedwards

Nathan Barnes

Zade Kurzman

Nate Lucchini

Nash Moelder

Lucas Murray

Flynn Turner

Logan White

Tyler Mariano

Tahj Pitkin

Louis Prosperi-Porta

William Richardson

Bentley Ward

Under 12 C’s Under 12 C’s

Hudson Farmilo

Sebasan Grubb

Naon Hedwards

Memphis Howard-Love

Blake Humphries

Kade Jakutavicius

Manx Keenan

Under 12 D’s Under 12 D’s

Oscar Ferguson

Maton Finck

Brayse Gifford

Taj Jensen

Ted Kerr

Tyler McPherson

Nate Moloney

Logan Murray

Cody O'Brien

Rayan Singh

Under 12 E’s Under 12 E’s

Ryder Wilson

MILLICENT

North Gambier North Gambier

Yellow &

Millicent Millicent

Red, Black & White

TIGER JUNIOR NOTES TIGER JUNIOR NOTES

U12E

It was another great effort for the E’s against West. Great teamwork and sharing thefootybythewholeteam.

Award winners this week were Flynn Moyle, Cruz Bilney, Sam Copping, Nate JohnsonandKadeLynagh.

U12D

Round two had North Gambier U12 D’s playing against West Gambier Football Clubonwhatwasagreatdayoffootballinthesunshine.Inthefirst30seconds,we had our first goal kicked by Morgan Renko, by a superb midfield clearance. Ryan Davison provided elevation in his ruck work, which assisted others to grab the football and go in what was a generous distance between goals. Jimmy Crozier displayed slick hands to move the ball like a hot potato, and the likes of Brax Edwards, Corey Phillips and Xavier Wurst provided a link in the chain to move the ballforward.BeauWhelanusedthespaceofthegroundextremelywellandkicked throughthebigsticks.

West Gambier players showed some amazing skills with some superior marking, handballingandkicking,whichproducedmultiplegoalsbeingkicked.Thiscreated a few magnet changes to the Tigers field and exposed the elite running of Flynn Buckley and Finn Roscow In what was all about teamwork, creating space and looking for the right options to kick too, this was done with plenty of smiles and laughs!

GG(goodgame)isanewwordcoacheshavelearnt!

Awards on the day were handed to Finn Roscow, Xavier Wurst, Hudson Rogers, CoreyPhilipsandMorganRenko.

JoeyRenko-Coach

U12C

The U12C are playing beautifully as a team. It's a joy to watch but makes picking

bestplayersahardthingtodo.

Thisweek'sstandoutswereRyleyJudd,HarryLucas,THomasBryan,CohenMinter andMorganRenko.

DannyVinko-Coach

U12B

Our first home game for the season against West started a little slowly with the team taking a while to catch up with the pace of the game which put the backline underabitofpressureearlybuttotheircredittheyhandleditwellandweathered thestorm.Oncetheteamsettledtheyputtogethersomereallygoodfootballwith some fluent passages of play that were great to watch and also resulted in some greatgoals.GoalkickerswereMaisonRoscow1,ThomasBryan1andRyderSealey 1, best players were Cooper Stephen, Lakyn Corcoran, Ryder Sealey, Mason Bradshaw and Will Mullens. Thank you to Cohen, Thomas and Ryder from the C's forplayingupforustoo.

StacyMullens-Coach

U12A

It was a much improved effort after round 1 from the entire team The contribution was collective and the coaches could have easily given awards to many more players. The first year and less advanced players should be recognised fortheirindividualgamesandabilitytobecomepartoftheteam.

AwardwinnersforRound2vWest

-EddieBuckland,AddisonSchloithe,JakeCarey,JobeCreek,RonnieColeman

Overallitwasgreattoseeallplayersperformreallywellatourfirsthomegameand show some signs of how the team can develop and hopefully be very competitive fortheseasonahead.Therewereplentyofsmilesandhighfivesandtheendofthe game!

AdrianFlowers-AssistantCoach&TeamManager

BenJohnson-Coach

North Gambier North Gambier Yellow & Black

Aweekislongweekinfootball, particularly if you play two games. While it is an honour andprivilegetoplayAnzacDay, a few of the seniors struggled to come up after a short turn around.

AllcredittoWest,whowerefar too good on the day and will hold on to the Tom Hall Trophy for another year, noting they were fairly confident, not worrying about bringing the trophy Our senior highlight was having two debutants in W i l l B r o w n , t h e b e s t optometrist in town and Tyler Horrigan, a father son recruit. Both can be proud of their efforts.

After another quick start, we fell away in the 2nd half, seemingly getting frustrated with what was being served up. Named best players were Mitch Kelton, Cameron Ortlepp, Josh Jenner, Sam Stafford (3 goals), Dale Bachmann&TylerHarris.

Another good start to the day with coach Roulstone having the U14s flying already, having f i x e d t h e i r w a y w a r d goalkicking, goals were evenly spread with 10 individual goal scorers Better players were Sam Baron, James Butler, C h a r l i e Wa te rs , Ea s i e KulimushiandMasonRogers.

TheU16sgavecoachSamZeitz his first win after a very competitive game, holding on to an 8 point lead at the final siren. Aaron Dally channelled Jeremy Cameron and kicked 6 goals.Betterplayersontheday were Cooper Turner, Aaron Dally, Bowen Rogers, Tate SmithandChadMcLaughlin.

After a disappointing first game, coach Kevin Bryan got the U18’s up and about this week, with assistance from some of the U16s. There were some great goals and marks, including Chad taking a screamer over older brother Reece, which I am sure has been spoken about at home. The major goal scorers were

included in the best players, including Darcy Bryan (3 goals) Trae Hamilton, captain Zayne Young (4g and another that looked very close) Chad (3g) and Reece McLaughlin and JontyCollins.

The reserves are not getting the results on the field at this s t a g e , b u t t h e r e w a s improvement this week and room for more as the season goes on As a club we appreciate the reserves efforts as the new players are adding to the club activities (and saving the juniors playing m u l t i p l e g a m e s ) . Unfortunately, Tim Boxall ended up in hospital Saturday night with a nasty injury and we wish him a speedy recovery Coach Young named best players in Danny Poyner, Brayden Walters, Aidan Curtis, Bradley Nottle-Justice, James PhillipsandTimBoxall.

Today we host Millicent. While the seniors are playing a twilight game, teas are available at the club from 6pm and awards at 7.30pm, before our first social function for the year Hot Dub Tige Machine commencingaround8.30pm

Just a reminder of game times thisweek;

Millicent

Red, Black & White

Congratulations to our reliable and loyal Clay Reilly on reaching 150 games His experience and poise in defencewillbewelcomedback into a Reserves team that defeated South for the first time in quite a few seasons. Matt Withers and Nat Robbins were influential against the Demons in the middle along with a great running game fromdefencebyAidanSchultz, and Josh Peters doing the finishingworkwith3goals.

After a slow start, the Seniors really kicked away in the last quarter for a comfortable 51 point win. We've welcomed back Frazer Bradley (who had to take on some of the ruck load) and Harry Tunkin from Glenelg over the past couple weeks, and also introduced Micah Rupcic for his first game for the Saints on the weekend. Micah got his share of ball in close to feed possessions out to our running players. This

good work was finished off by Jacob 'there's a pig at full forward' Carger with 6 majors, and Hamish Nitschke and Kade Varcoe with 2 each Josh Werchon, Clint Gallio and Jack Verbena were also influential acrossthegame.

Atoughdayforallofourjunior grades against some strong South outfits, but loving the effort the kids are putting in and looking forward to seeing there improvement across the season.

Norththisweekforoursecond twilight fixture for the year. Hopefully the weather is kind and a good crowd turns out to see what should be a great gameoffooty.

Rosters are now out. Please make sure you check and fulfil yourresponsibilities.

Memberships can still be purchased. Pleasereach out to Mardi or Andrew Whan or head to Team App and purchasefromtheNGFCStore.

Thank you to our major sponsors for season 2023, Stuckey Electrical Contractors andKFC.

North Gambier North Gambier

Under 18’s Under 18’s

Coach:

Under 16’s Under 16’s

Coach:

Under 14’s Under 14’s

Zavier Gurney

Berzel Ryder Straord Axel

Tyler

Brax Thomas

Arli Sims

Coach:

Raff Lawlor

Fleming

Oliver

Robbins

Thomas

Sunderland Tully Robinson

Sunny Coughlan

Jagger Gibson Parker Millowick

Degan Rigney Mariah Lloyd

Mark Rigney Jacob Gysbers

Casterton-Sandford Casterton-Sandford

South Gambier South Gambier

Casterton-Sandford Casterton-Sandford

Blue, White & Red

Whatfantasticdaybackatisland park last week! Sun was out and so was the crowd for our first homegameof2023!

Thankyou once again to all the volunteers and lions club that make it possible to host these days in such a professional manner.

Well done to the u12s on anotherterrificdisplay.Boofand his team has these little tackers ticking along beautifully with a smileontheirfaces!!

It was massive improvement for our u14s from round 1 - 2! Well done Charlie bear and co on doing such a great job with your crewsofar!

U16s had their first win of the year and wasn’t it great to hear them belt out our famous song! Well done Nathan and team on working so hard to keep on teaching and improving our u16s!

The Goos were in the contest andlookedliketheyshouldhave taken the choccies, however a little fade-out cost them but we can see with a little more hard work and time together I reckon they will continue to improve andbeaforcecomeSeptember

The senior boys were able to comeawaywiththe4pointsina terrific performance right across the board. A very exciting day to see our new boys and their families/friends at home for the

firsttime!

Thanks also goes to the umpires whoareworkingwithalotofour local kids to teach and educate the art of umpiring. To Chris and he’screw,wethankyouandlook forward to working together to keep on developing our local boysandgirls!

And lastly, to the ladies and gentleman in the kitchen, a beautiful meal was once again devoured!AhugeThankyouand welcome to Shannon in the kitchen! Very lucky to have someoneofyouskillandlovefor foodonboard!

And a shout out to Wade Northcote on this music! Brilliant music, great to finish withyouaftersuchagoodday!

Today we welcome South over toIslandPark.

Today is a chance to thank all involved in working to get our very impressive new lights which will be on show for our first night match in many years with the Senior boys kicking off at5.30pmVictime!

Good luck to all, catch you all later on in the club rooms for a ripper feed and a beverage! In saying that, Thankyou to all that helpedmakeitpossibletoinstall our now fully functioning tap system:-)

GoCatters

South Gambier South Gambier Red & White

First and most importantly best wishes to Liam Delaney after suffering a broken leg in the Under 18’s, thanks to the trainers and ambos for the support and hope Liam has a speedyrecovery

To the footy on a great day down at Millicent and the 14’s had a good win with 3 goals to MasonRopitiniandtwotoJosh Vause and best players McCracken, Higgins, Burns, Maxwell,HartenandFritsche

The 16’s also played well again this week with Will Attiwill again in the goals with 4 and Jace Maxwell 2 and Best Players Sigley, Cameron, Bartlett, Bouchier, Patterson andHicks.

The 18’s was a great contest with the South boys just getting away at the end. Jed Sims picked up 3 goals and second best, multiple gaols to Lachie Ray and Harry Mitchell and other better players Watson, Domaschenz and Whitehead.

TheRessiesputupagreatfight and went down by 11 points with Huddy Keding leading the way with 4 goals. Best players were Jed Sims, Harrison McBain, Jack Gazzard, Luke GrayHuddyKedingandTommy Vassallo.

The Seniors were in the game

until three quarter time playingsomeexcitingfootybut a few early injuries and the short week from Anzac Day hurt and Millicent were too strong at the end Multiple goal scorers were Forbesy with three and Chucky with two who also picked up the best player award Other better players were Whicker, Marks, Seager,HarroldandThomson.

ThisweekofftoCastertonfora twilight Senior game and c e l e b r a t e w i t h a f e w milestones, Telf & Sturge play their 50th club games, while the Big Rig LLoydo plays his 150th club game including 89 SeniorsincludingaSeniorflag.

Its great to see so many at the club on Thursday nights, keep getting out and around the players.

GoDees

Casterton-Sandford Casterton-Sandford

Blue,

Under 18’s Under 18’s

South Gambier South Gambier

Under 16’s Under 16’s

Under 14’s Under 14’s

Coach:

Brodie Jennings

Chase Kilpatrick

Lee McTaggart

Henry Medhurst

Lachlan

Patrick

Josh Vause

Harrison Xanthopoulos

Casterton-Sandford Casterton-Sandford

Under 12 A’s Under 12 A’s

NO TEAM FIELDED IN THIS GRADE NO TEAM FIELDED IN THIS GRADE

Coach:

Samuel

Coaches:

Kobi

Hadley

Harty

Desney

Summer

Parker

Essie

Chase

Hudson

Rowan

Casey

Jack

Thomas

Sebasan

Connor

Liam Salmon

Beau

Riley Watson

FROMTHEARCHIVES

AWALKDOWNMEMORYLANE

FOOTY:THEEARLYYEARS:SEBFL1954

NORTHTURFSOUTMILLICENT

Tigerswintightgameinfirstsemi

NORTH Gambier won a narrow five-point victory in the 1954 South East and Border Football League first semi final against Millicent, played at Penola’sbigground.

It pushed the Magpies out of the finals series and the Tigers would then move into the preliminary final.

The oval was at near capacity as the two teams came onto the field with Johnnie Taylor leading Northandhewonthetoss.

North were immediately into attack and Terry O’Donnellwasfreedrightinfrontandgoaled.

Bowman for Millicent had opened strongly but his long kick fell short and North defence rushed theballoutofdanger

As soon as the North centreline, led by youngster TrevorProbert,startedtopushforwardtheywere met by the brilliance of Millicent centre half back NeilMcDonald.

His athleticism was amazing as he was either taking strong pack marks or gathering the ball on the run, dodging opponents and sending the Magpiesbackintoattack.

With Ray Thompson on top at full back and Eric Roughana during well at centre half back for Northitbecameabattleofthehalfbacklinesand neither side were able to make a dent on the scoreboard.

Probert was damaging in the centre but his long kick registered a behind as the wind and the weatherelementsstartedtoplayabigroleinhow thegamewouldpanout.

Peter Thompson then took a great mark up forward and put the Tigers two goals clear with a beautifulpuntkick.

The long striding, long kicking full back Ray Thompson raced down field to intercept with great judgement and then banged the ball 60 metres to the forward line where Peter Thompson rose above the pack to pull in a top mark and then goaled for his second in as many minutes.

John Hanel in the back pocket was giving Ray Thompson plenty of support and they denied Millicentamajorinthatfirstterm.

Firstquarter:North3.3,Millicent0.3

In the second quarter the early part was dominated by the respective full backs – Ray Thompson (North) and Darkie Stevens

(Millicent).

They both took several saving marks on the last line of defence as neither attackscouldpenetratethedefences.

Attiwill was finding plenty of the ball across centre and he drilled a pass to coach Fred Bolton at full forward and put a drop kick through for Millicent’sfirstmajoroftheafternoon.

Across half back Pearce and Roughana were combining well to halt the Magpie attacks but Neil McDonald was doing much the same at the otherendoftheground.

Stevens charged down the ground, taking two bounces and then banged the ball into the half forwardlinewhereGouldsnappedupthecrumbs andpassedtoBoltonwhoagainmadenomistake for Millicent and suddenly North had a game on theirhands.

It was all Millicent as they charged forward time and again but Ray Thompson was in great touch atfullback.

Curyer who was now on top in the centre gathered and got the ball to Downes who kicked long over the pack and while it fell short it bounced and bounced and finally dribbled through for a major for the Magpies to allow themtohitthefrontforthefirsttimeinthegame.

Bolton took a mark on the siren and from 60 metreshiskickjustfellshorttogiveMillicenta13 pointleadathalftime.

Millicent5.5(35),North3.4(22)

In the third term Millicent were gaining plenty of advantage around the packs where Clive “Bub” Stevens and Attiwill were creative plus Curyer was now a dominant player, not only at the clearances but around the ground and his ability to hit teammates with his passes made him the bigdangerplayerforNorth. Then through good work from Taylor, he got the ball to Peter Thompson and he kicked his third to narrowthegap.

BubStevens’pacewasworryingtheTigersandhe continually raced down the open spaces on the Penolaflankstopushtheballforward.

Then, Roberts gathered at centre wing, got the balltoTaylor,whoturnedbrilliantlyoutoftrouble topasstoJoeWaterswhomadenomistake,then in a mini burst of brilliance Roberts again broke free and goaled on the run and North were back infront.

It was during the midway point of the third quarter that the weather became terrible and heavyhailandgaleforcewindshittheground.

It rained heavily for the remainder of the quarter and players started to play in ankle deep water in

somepartsaroundtheground.

Threequartertime:North6.8,Millicent5.5

With heavy rain falling play became congested as both teams used their defence to hold the score line.

In the final term neither side kicked a goal. North didnotscorewhileMillicentaddedthreebehinds tonarrowthegaptofivepointsatthefinalsiren.

Adding to the problem for Millicent was their top ball winner Bub Stevens was injured into the final term and had to leave the ground and from there Millicentstruggledtoshowthesamedashthathe provided.

Peter Thompson finished with three goals while FredBoltondidthesamealthoughhehadlimited opportunities.

Ray Thompson was close to best man on the ground at full back and his height and baulk was handy in the many packs that were created, particularly when the rain came but he his aerial workwasfirstrate.

Captain coach Johnnie Taylor was everywhere and his disposal, even in the wet was excellent while Eric Roughana’s bullocking body work and dash from half back kept Millicent out time and again.

Curyer was Millicent’s best and his drive from the midfield really tore North’s talented centreline apart.

Healsohelpedoutindefenceasalooseman.

Attitiwill, Bub Stevens (until injured) and Neil McDonaldwereotherstocontroltheirpositions.

• PHOTO: North captain-coach Johnnie Taylor (pictured on the right) was among the Tigers’ best. The photo was taken of the 1955 SEBFL inter-leagueteamandnexttoJohnnieTaylorishis brother Laurie who was coaching West Gambier in1955

RESULTS

A GRADE

Millicent 58 (D. Verbena, D. Tunkin) d South Gambier 39 (S. Wight, A. Duncan)

East Gambier 38 (B. Creek, R. Henke) d Casterton Sandford 19 (M. Cleary, C. Humphries)

West Gambier 57 (S. Rier, A. Cram) d North Gambier 53 (G. Pos, B. Walters)

A RESERVE

Millicent 58 (K. Stuart, J. Sunderland) d South Gambier 32 (C. Muller, J. O’Neil)

Casterton Sandford 61 (T. Broomby, P. Murrell) d East Gambier 25 (T. Gray, L. Murray)

North Gambier 50 (A. Pitson, A. O’Shaughnessy) d West Gambier 44 (C. Tremelling, A. Bosco)

B GRADE

South Gambier 37 (A. Pearce-Raisin, H. Witherow) d Millicent 30 (M. Fleming, J. Iovinc)

Casterton Sandford 47 (D. Crawford, A. Balzan) d East Gambier 38 (N. Smith, L. Leigh)

West Gambier 48 (C. Carraill, K. Heaver) d North Gambier 33 (A. Redman, G. Wehrmann)

C GRADE

South Gambier 54 (A. Clayton, B. Winterfield) d Millicent 35 (R. Millowick, E. Bonde) East Gambier 55 (Z. Creek, T. Janeway) d Casterton Sandford 20 (K. Gill-Killey, M. Mutch)

West Gambier 44 (A. Koch) d North Gambier 28 (H. Fox, S. Merre)

17 & UNDER

Millicent 66 (E. Easterby, P. Venn) d South Gambier 10 (S. Wight, C. Ryan)

Casterton Sandford 52 (I. Longhurst, M. Paon) d East Gambier 51 (M. Lamb, A. Beveridge)

North Gambier 68 (J. Young, A. Collins) d West Gambier 28 (A. Hudson, T. Lindner)

15 & UNDER A

Casterton Sandford 36 (R. Forbes, M. Rees) d East Gambier 28 (S. Clark, E. Chileborough)

North Gambier 72 (M. Collins, M. Human) d West Gambier 27 (L. Pearson, M. Vivian)

15 & UNDER B

Millicent 58 (E. Mahews, E. Walker) d South Gambier 5 (A. Ferrari, L. Sneath)

North Gambier 44 (C. Mitchell, I. Stafford) d West Gambier 27 (H. Jackson, M. Badenoch)

13 & UNDER A

Millicent 47 (L. Crowe, A. Thomson) d South Gambier 13 (Z. Cole, S. Ryan)

Casterton Sandford 31 (B. Mutch, G. Bailey) d East Gambier 18 (B. Mutch, G. Bailey)

North Gambier 47 (J. Baron, G. Collins) d West Gambier 24 (S. Richards, C. Vorwerk)

13 & UNDER B

Millicent 19 (L. Van Eeden, L. Mahews) d South Gambier 13 (A. Green, Z. Harten)

Casterton Sandford 37 (Ylana Grigg, R. Gorman) d East Gambier 5 (I. Cook, L. Dickinson)

West Gambier 33 (H. Jackson, R. Lamb) d North Gambier 17 (A. Schloithe, I. Renko)

11 & UNDER

Millicent 21 (I. Zalme, L. Joyce) d South Gambier 8 (W. Bowering, L. Howard)

Millicent 59 (E. Denton, M. Fauchelle) d South Gambier 18 (G. Dalton, C. Awill) East Gambier 14 d Casterton Sandford 2

North Gambier 10 (P. Mulraney, SA. Halloran) d West Gambier 4 (S. Stratman, E. Lamb)

MILLICENTVSOUTHGAMBIER

Overthepastcoupleofseasons,Millicentgoal aack Demi Verbena has done most of her damage with her precise delivery to Tabatha Sanderson but with her shoong partner unavailable at the weekend, the mulpremiershipSaintshowedallhertricks.

Her well med drives and ability to convert from long range saw her dominate the scoreboard, especially aer moving from her starng role at goal shooter back out to the morefamiliarposionofgoalaack.

Verbena need 44 of the Saints’ 58 goals in whatwasacomfortable19goalvictory.

South came out of the blocks firing and worked their way to a three goal quarter me lead.

The shoong combinaon of Alyssa Duncan and Gracie Dalton converted 13 from 14 and the new look South aack line, with Megan Reid at wing aack and Sophie Wight leaving the defensive end and running centre looked efficientandeffecve.

Millicent wasted no me to react to the Demonsearlyform,reshufflingtheirline-upto move usual goal keeper Pora McRae into the shoong circle, Kimmi Tincknell back to gaol keeper to try and make life tougher for Dalton and the mid court returning to its usual configuraon with Lisa Duldig on the defensive wing, Lillie Paul in centre and Daisy Tunkintotheaackingwing.

TheeffectwasimmediateasMillicentwonthe quarter 18-3 in a quarter that totally turned thematchonitshead.

Verbenawaseverywhere,shoong13from16 and Tincknell’s close checking, combined with Lauren VanEeden’s athlecism out front saw the Saints start to generate plenty of turnover ball.

To the Demons’ credit, they regrouped aer the second quarter onslaught and only went down by one in the third quarter as Dalton started to find her feet against the wily Tincknell.

In the end, the final margin was 19 but given every player in the South line-up is under 20 years of age against a club that has been playing off in almost grand final for the best partoftwodecades,itwasavalianteffort.

Verbena was outstanding, while Duldig controlledthemidcourt,VanEedengenerated plentyofturnoversandTunkinusedherspeed togreateffect.

Wight was the Demons’ best with her hard running through the mid court, doing damage defensively and also providing plenty of drive into the aacking third, while Duncan worked overmetoalwaysprovideanopon.

Nikiesha Facey made her debut for the Saints in A Grade when she took to the court in the final quarter – connuing the generaonal associaon of the Facey family with the MillicentFootballNetballClub.

CASTERTONSANDFORDVEASTGAMBIER

ItwasallaboutdefenceintheIslandParkclash between Casterton Sandford and East Gambier in what was a low scoring affair as eithersidegaveaninch.

The Bulldogs won every quarter as the Cats triedtoseleintoasignificantlydifferentlineuptotheroundoneteam.

Chloe Foster returned and took the goal shooter bib, while Caeleigh Humphries was a welcomeaddionaswellingoaldefence,with coach Dani Russell also stepping out for her firstgamefortheCatsinwingaack.

The inclusions allowed Madalene Cleary to moveintothecentrewhereshecouldnotonly control the game for Casterton Sandford but also impact at both ends of the court and also reunitedregulardefensivecombinaonEbany JarradandHumphries.

Aer both sides suffered from inaccuracy in theshoongcircleintheopeningquarter,with scoring opportunies at a premium, from the first break onwards, both shoong duos made the most of their opportunies and it was East’s second quarter, which they won 11-3 thatsetupthe19goalvictory

The defensive efforts of Bo Creek and Morgan Amy saw plenty of turnover ball created and the support in the mid court from Chloe Perryman, who has a tough defensive mindset, and Eliza Cole meant every Cats feed was under pressure and that pressure remainedwhenthetwomidcourtersswapped bibsathalfme.

The small moving goal circle of the Bulldogs provided its challenges for Jarrad and

Humphries and with Renee Henke and Casey Horrigan both finishing accurately in the final three quarters, the scoreboard remained in theBulldogs’favour

NORTHGAMBIERVSOUTHGAMBIER

For the second successive week, new North Gambier goal shooter Grace Pos enjoyed a strong oung but reigning premiers West Gambier eventually had enough firepower to take the points in what was an arm wrestle all day

Pos would have been thrilled to see Jade RierwasnotplayinganditdidleavetheRoos defensiveend,withoutthatinjeconofheight tocombatPos.

Ofcourse,Westhasastarshooteroftheirown andSarahRier,whodominatedinroundone, wasagainonfire,converngheropportunies fromlongrangeaswellasunderthepost.

West Gambier won every quarter, albeit narrowly, unl the last as North looked to conjuretheupsetbutdespitethehardrunning ofBriannaWalters,thestrengthofPosunder the past and some important defensive touches from Mikaela Pi and Noni McConnell, the Tigers were unable to bridge thegap.

Despite missing her usual defensive partner in JadeRier,AmyCram,incombinaonwiththe tenacious Racheal Langford, was sll able to create a turnover when required and her role intransionwasalsocricalasshelinkedwith Lisa McGregor, who is an expert at finding SarahRierinspace.

Sarah Rier dominated the scoring again neng 48 from 55, while at the other end, Pos was the dominant shooter but Macey Griffithcontributedsignificantlymoreshotsto the scoreboard than in round one, pung teamsonnocethatsheisnotjustafeeder

Waltersrelishedthemovetoheaackingwing with Mel Renko taking the centre bib for the West clash, with Walters speed and ability to work in small spaces perfectly suited to the wingaackrole.

ROUNDPREVIEWS

CASTERTON SANDFORD V SOUTH GAMBIER

Casterton Sandford and South Gambier are both looking for their first win of 2023 ensuring the Island Park clash between the two this weekend will be fierce.

Both sides have new look line-ups and are sll looking to sele into their best line-up.

Last weekend the Cats went down to East Gambier but certainly got their defensive efforts back on track, keeping theBulldogstoamodestscoreline.

The return of CaeleighHumphries to the court to team with Ebany Jarrad helped withthat,aswellasthetenacityofLibby Altorfer on the defensive wing and with Madalene Cleary taking the centre bib, she also brought more defensive intensity

Now the Cats will be looking to build some chemistry at the aacking end of the court as the young line-up that includes Ivy Lane, Chloe Foster and Chelsey Galpin tries to generate more scoringopportunies.

Coach Dani Russell will no doubt be using her experience and that of Cleary in the feeding roles to hopefully see thoseopportuniesincrease.

Of course, against the defensive efforts of the likes of South’s Ellie Bouchier, Mykaela Thiele and Sophie Wight, it won’t be easy as the Demons defensive stocksareathlecandreadtheplaywell.

At the other end of the court, youngster Gracie Dalton connues to find her feet and will only improve every week as she learns to compete at the top level, while Alyssa Duncan has become the clear leader of the aacking end and her bale with Humphries will be one of the mostpivotalontheweekend.

EASTGAMBIERVWESTGAMBIER

The bale between the 2021 premiers and the reigning premiers would normally be the match of the round but itwillbeatoughoungforEastGambier given their personnel changes since taking the 2021 tle, especially as West Gambier has the same line-up that took lastyear’spremiership.

Easthastwoplayersremainingfromthat 2021 premiership team – Bo Creek and Tarsh McCallum – and they will need to be in the Bulldogs’ best if they are to challengetheundefeatedRoos.

McCallum will run the aacking end of the court as she looks to build chemistry between the new shoong combinaon of Casey Horrigan and Renee Henke, while Creek rules the roost at the defensive end, combining with Morgan Amy, as well as the mid court pressure coming from Eliza Cole and Chloe Perryman.

Westlookedunstoppableintheopening round and were challenged last weekend by North but with Sarah Rier dominang the shoong circle, Tara Bryant doing the same in the mid court and Amy Cram connuing to enhance her reputaon as arguably the best defender in the compeon, the Roos have no weaknesses and will be able to take advantage of East sll looking to gel as a team and take the points comfortably

NORTHGAMBIERVMILLICENT

North Gambier was impressive on ANZAC Day and backed up that performance with a narrow loss to reigning tleholders West Gambier so this clash with Millicent is easily the

T h e S a i n t s h a v e enjoyed two comfortable victories and thisweekend’s clashwillbetheirbiggest testatthisearlystageoftheseason.

matchoftheround. Every match up on court looms as crical.

Pora McRae will have the tough task of combang the work under the post of new North shooter Grace Pos, while Lauren Van Eeden will be looking to stop the creave feeding of Macey Griffith, who also upped her shoong load in roundtwo.

At the other end of the court, the North defensive line also has a tall shooter to deal with in Tabatha Sanderson, who receives good service from Demi Verbena, who was on fire last weekend in Sanderson’s absence, shoong the lightsout.

It means Mikaila Pi, Noni McConnell and maybe even young defender Stella Mobbs will need to work over me to limit supply to both Sanderson and Verbena, as well as relying on pressure fromthemidcourtofMelRenko,Lauran NormanandBriannaWalters.

And the Tigers mid court will need to apply relentless pressure when in defensive mode and show paence and precision with ball in hand, given the Saints mid court is a perfect mix of youth, speed and experience with Lillie Paul, Daisy Tunkin, Kimmi Varcoe, who can also fill a defensive role, and Lisa Duldigtakethoseroles.

TheSaintstotakethepointsinagenuine armwrestle.

The Demons to just get the job done in a ghtone.

East Gambier East Gambier

Under 11- East 14 won Casterton

What a game! Congratulations on your first win girls. You all played so well as a team and listened to direction Keep playing like the superstarsyouare.

Best players: A Hannaford, A Lucchini

Award winners: A Hannaford ( ClubTea)A.Lucchini(Wendy’s)

Under 13B- East 5 lost Casterton 37

Up against some taller timber we kept looking to pass over their handsandheight.

Chloe & Olivia worked well in the shooting circle and the 2 x Ava's againhadagreatgameindefence.

Ourpassingprobablywastheonly different, choosing the incorrect passing option and allow Casterton to obtain the ball way tooeasily,

Keepworkinghardandlearningto adapt.

Bestplayers:ICook,IDickinson

Awards - C Little (McDonalds) , IsanaMee(BoostJuice)

Under 13A- East 18 lost Casterton 31

The girls had a great first half, was great passages of plays The goalies worked well together with movingtheballaroundandhaving great confidence with taking a shot a goal. Still a few things to work on at training and they will come.Keepupthegoodwork.

Bestplayers:O,Hosking,TOlsen

Award Winners: A Hosking ( Fasta Pasta)O.Hosking(KFC)

Under 15A – East 28 lost Casterton36

Great effort girls even though we went downby8 it was good to see everyone backing each other up andusingyourvoices.Stillneedto work on a few things but that will come.

B e s t p l ay e rs : S C l a r k , E Chittleborough

Award Winners: S Wilson ( Kaboom) L Hannaford ( fasta Pasta)

Under 17’s- East 51 lost Casterton 52

Greatgamebythegirlsthisweek. They were behind all game, but nevergaveup.

The last quarter was the best with the girls digging deep and coming back from 8 goals down to only losingby1.

Keepupthegoodworkgirls

West Gambier West Gambier

Red & Black Blue & Red

Bestplayers:MLamb,ABeveridge

Award Winners: A Beveridge ( BakersDelight)IDwyer(Wendy’s)

CGradeEast55wonCasterton20

Another strong start to the game against Casterton-Sandford

Megan Wilson was moving and shooting very well in the circle with11from11.

At quarter time we seen Katie GaffneycomeintothegameatGS, and played a strong game for her firstgameoftheseason.

We also had Grace Ferguson and ChloeLinesplaytheirfirstgameof the season and both playing a great defence game, having turn oversanddefections.

Driving hard in the mid-court was Tamara Janeway, passing with precision into the circle alongside CoachZenaCreek.

Anotherfantasticgame,welldone girls.

Best players: Z Creek, T Janeway (Janewayconstruction)

Awards winners: T Janeway (Arena surf and sport), C Lines (KirralieJademakeupandlaser)

BGrade-East38lostCasterton47

Still unifying as a new team, our girls faced a physical Casterton side There were many strong passages of play to build upon as we get to know each other and implement game structures A change up of positions showed potential for a very adaptive and versatilegroup.

BestPlayers:NSmith,LLeigh

Award Winners: S James ( The NourishNook,LLeigh(Zambrero)

ARes-East25lostCasterton61

A tough game against Casterton. The girls had good passages of play Let’s reset and come out strongagainstwest.

Bestplayers:TGray,LMurray

Award Winners: L Harvey ( Globe Hotel),TGray(OKPieShop)

A Grade- East 38 won Casterton 19

Great win for us girls Our defensive pressure all over the court was brilliant and we were able to capitalise well on turnovers in the second half We need to continue to be patience in attack and work hard on our secondefforts.

Bestplayers:BCreek,RHenke

Award winners: M Amy ( Fasta Pasta),RHenke(SanPiero)

VRound2sawusWestiesheadovertoTigerland atNorthfortheday

A massive thank you to the following local businessforsupplyingthegirlswithGameDay Awards

Kaboom Family Entertainment, Donut King Mount Gambier, A wave from it all, Krispy Kreme Mount Gambier MGS Tilt Tray and Towing, Paradise Pizza, Sorrentos Cafe, Boost Juice Mount Gambier, OK Pie Shop, Natalie Pearson Finance, Make up by Kirralie Jade, Vanity, Wash Day Laundry, The Haven, Lima & Co,Intersport

Encouragement award: Doug and Di Harding –awardedtoChaneilCowland

very talented North side The score line probably doesn't reflect the contest and individual battles out on court. It was pleasing to see some really lovely passages of play and transitionsthroughcourt.Wearehappytosee some of what we have been working on at trainings being translated into our games! Keepworkinghardgirlsandwelookforwardto hittingthecourtonceagainagainstEast!

17’s - We came up against the strong North girls today, even though we didn’t come away with the win my girls played a really good strong game. Lucy and Imogen worked well together in the goal circle in the first half, with AlexandCharlottebackingthemupatWAand C.

Under 11s - A terrific game by the 11’s on Saturday against North. Its pleasing to see improvement already especially in footwork andpassing.SophieCdidsometerrificshotsas well as Isla who impressed with some great movement. Ayla having her first go in centre played well. Our two little ones impressed us, Gracie and Zoe both played well in the centre court, backing each other up and leading to space. Kelsey was the intercept queen in GK, likewise for Mackenna. Birthday girl Sophie S had another great defensive game Eliza cleaned up her footwork as the game went on which was fantastic Emily picked up and chased all the loose balls and was able to then get the ball to a team mate. Phoebe again had a great game with some great passing to her team mates. That win is not to far away, lets work hard at trainings and apply what we are learningtoourgame.

13B’s - After a disappointing loss last week these young Westies came out firing against NorthGambier

Hannah Jackson and Isobel Richards dominated the goal circle, shooting with great accuracy They were feed with some fantastic passing by Mackenzie Fisher and Savannah Riddoch.

In defence Aggie Thomas and Ruby Lamb combined well to force the North players into making errors. Both girls chased down every loose ball with support from Chaneil Cowland in the midcourt. At half time scores were 19-7 up.

Going into the 3rd quarter the only change made for West were Savannah and Aggie to the bench. With Harper Lindner hitting the courtatCentreandMollyThomasinatGK.The Westiesdidn’tmissabeatwinningyetanother quarter

Throughout the last 2 quarters North kept making positional changes to try and peg back the difference with no success. West went on towineveryquarterforthegame.FinalScores were33-17.BestonCourtawardswerewonby Isobel Richards and Mackenzie Fisher The encouragement award was presented to ChaneilCowland.

13A’s- We headed to North this week where it was a hard game from the first centre pass, Northcameoutfiringinniceform,Wedidhave some nice plays throughout the game but unfortunately it all came a little too late, and Northsgoaliesweretoostrongforusthistime.

Some nice circle work from Sara and Eva. Mid court showed some great positivity, and there were some nice defensive work at stages from the girls. Thank you to Hannah Jackson for filling in well done, and thanks to Savanna and Lilaforsittingbench.

This weeks best on court and 1st award went to Sara Richards and second best and award wasClaudiaVorwerk

Next week is a new week and we got this girls! Let’sgowest!!

15B’s - The 15B’s played a great 4 quarters of netballandgaveittheirall Westruggledtoget the turn overs to go in our favour at times but thegirlskeptworkinghardeveryquarter

Our defenders played an absolute blinder and reallyputthepressureonnorth’sshooters

Our best player for the game we’re Holly JacksonandMatildaBadenoch.

In the second half the ever reliable Aleisha came on taking over the GA position, she played against a defender who was at least a foot taller than her but it didn’t make a difference to her game. A quiet achiever she worked well with Immy to keep the North defendersontheirtoes.

MacycameonattheGKpositioninthesecond half and gave us a bit of height in our defence team. I was proud of my team the way they never gave up and fought right to the end of the game. Game day awards 1st best – Alex Hudsonand2ndbest–TullyLindner

C Grade - Another great win thanks to a solid first quarter, which allowed us to maintain a lead for the whole game Again fabulous defence efforts awarding us with many turnovers, and then some brilliant attacking efforts from our goalies despite the challenge from the very talented north defenders. Our midcourteffortsandfeedingintoourshooters was on point, with great skill being presented down the court with some rewarding turnovers. We look forward to heading to East for another challenging game this week, and then celebrating back at the club with our event of the season, Groovin the Roo! West defeated North 28-44 Game day awards: Emily Sutherland and Annabel Judd Best Players:TeoneBrauerandAlanaKoch

BGrade-Thegirlsstartedoffstrongtodaywith some great defensive pressure down the whole court. With some great defence and timely interceptsfrom the defenders gave us a 3 goal lead at ¼ time. A slip of concentration and missed opportunities from us saw North getbackintothegameandweweredownby1 goals at half time. With positional changes made at half time the girls dug deep and regained possession and turned around the scoretobeupby11at¾time.Thelastquarter all girls remained focus and were determined to widen the score line with west being up by 15 at the final whistle. Final score North 33 to west 48. Congratulations on your first win of the season ladies. Game day vouchers were awardedtoMaeleeandKirby

A Reserve - What a tight game everyone worked hard and gave it their all for each quarter was a close one! Chelsea played some great tight checking defence earning her 1st best player Tahlia shot fantastic all day, combining smoothly with Carlee Great to have them both back on the court this year Anna covered a lot of ground was great support at both ends. Maddi and Gracie both impressedwiththeirreboundingeffortsunder thering.Let'skeepworkingtogetherasateam wasarealsolideffort.

Well done to Imogen on your 50 game milestone!

A Grade - Tough game today but happy to get the win against North who will be right up therethisyear Aslowstartbutwewereableto build into the game. We were able to create some crucial turnovers at critical points in the game which was pleasing to see A huge thankyou to Rach for backing up her A Res game to help us out and to Anna, Tahls and Gracieforbenching.Happy21sttoJadeRitterwehopeyouenjoyedyourtimeawayinBali.

It was great to see Ellie back in the defence withTully,bothgirlstakinginterceptsandwith Halle at WD they worked the ball down the courttoourgoalies. 15A’s -

Tough day out for our girls, up against a

North Gambier North Gambier

Yellow & Black

Under11’s

North10vsWest4

AnotherexcitingdayforourU11s.Thegirls worked really well as a team, displaying positive attitudes and a willingness to learn They applied strong defensive pressuretokeeptheballinourpossession, resulting in many attempts at goals and ultimatelythewin.BestplayerswerePiper Mulraney and Sophie Halloran. Piper has found her niche in the mid court, making strong leads, and moving the ball quickly Sophie showed her strength as a defender, demonstrating her ability to read the play and make great interceptions. A fantastic teameffortgirl,welldone.

Best players: Piper Mulraney and Sophie Halloran

Under13B’s

North17vsWest33

The girls today had some really nice passages of play where we looked down the court and chose the right passing option.Itwasgoodtoseeuschasingdown loose balls and getting infront of our players in defense. Whilst we didnt come away with the win, we all showed improvedstrengthfromlastweekwithour passes and pulling in the ball. Piper ran hard all game, and Indi and Addi S combinedwellingoals.Let'scontinuenext week with lots of encouragement and support amongst each other Well done girls.

Bestplayers:PiperLucasandIndiRenko

Under13A’s

North47vsWest24

Anotherstrongperformancefromthegirls defeating West 47-24. We trialled another couple of combinations in goals which worked successfully & showed the versatility in our attack line up Our defenders continue to cause havoc for the opposition as they forced several turnovers and made countless intercepts throughoutthegame.

Best players: Carey Grivell and Amelia Adam

Under15B’s

North44vsWest27

It has been an exciting start to the season, with another strong game from our 15Bs, taking the win by 17 points. The girls were strong all the way down the court from theiraccuracyingoals,totheirreboundsin defence. The girls had multiple intercepts andplayedwithconfidenceandskill,while also showing great communication. Well donetothe15Bsonanothergreatwin.

Bestplayers:MiaGriffithandBellaStafford

Under15A’s

North72vsWest27

Another amazing game from our under 15 Agirls!Thegirl’spressurealloverthecourt was strong and their transition out of defence to work the ball into our goalies was brilliant. The girl’s ability to turn the ball over and convert these into goals resulted in an outstanding 40+ goal win. It was again a full team effort, with all girls deserving to be in the best Special mention to Maggie Collins who was excellentinbothdefenceandattacktoday

Best players: Mischa Human and Kelsie Anderson

Under17’s

North68vsWest28

AnotherstrongperformancefromtheU17 girls today Each player worked hard to own their position and dictate their opponent’s movement The excellent communication and positive attitudes

were again evident, allowing the girls to work together to build on their success each quarter A great team effort by all, resulting in a 40-goal win. As we move into the next week it is important that we continue to build on our performance by fine tuning our movement and strategies, sowecankeepgrowingasateam.

Best players: Coco Mackereth and Ava Collins

CGrade

North28vsWest44

A tough game this week and we were unable to match the defensive pressure and physicality of West While there’s plenty to take away and develop, the girls didn’t give up the fight. We worked our way into the game winning the third quarter and breaking even in the fourth. Unfortunately, we were unable to minimise the lead that West created in the first half, going down 28-44. It was great to welcomeHannahFoxintotheteamforher first game this season, she added consistency and energy for us through the mid court. A big congratulations to Keeley Quinn on her 50th Senior Game for North. We look forward to a solid training, tweaking aspects of our game ready for nextweek.

Best players: Sarah Nieuwenhuizen and HannahFox

BGrade

North33vsWest48

A better game this week with us level pegging for the first half Our third qtr unfortunately had that come undone. But much better all over court this week Georgia moved brilliantly in goals and converted nicely and with the injection of Amelia in the centre the ball moved through the court with ease Our defenders again worked tirelessly and seem to be "almost there" each time it came down there. Let’s train hard this weekandgoagain.

Best players: Georgia Wehrmann and AmeliaRedman

AReserve

North50vsWest44

In totally different weather conditions to the game we played 4 days prior, it took us a little while to settle into the free flowing game we have been working on. Alisha played a fantastic ½ game in the GS position directing the play in and around the ring. Whilst Amanda worked hard to injectherselfintothegameandafterafew changesinthesecondhalfreallystartedto control the midcourt and provide lots of support and direction to the youngsters. Special mention to Stella who played a great game at both ends of the court but really relished in opportunity to play in the attack line causing headaches for the opposition.

Best players: Amanda O’Shaughnessy and AlishaBryan

AGrade

North53vsWest57

A much-improved game this week. The quality of netball from our team lifted this week, taking some lessons learnt from our last game. Our defensive pressure was again strong, which allowed more volume comingdownintoourattackingend.More accurate shooting helped us put more scoreboardpressureonaverystrong,wellstructuredWest.Briannafedbeautifullyall game and Mikaila got a lot of touches in defence,playingagreatgameinGK.

Best players: Brianna Walters and Mikaila Pitt

Today we take on North Gambier at Vansittart Park with the netball playing at normal times and footy playing later for another twilight game. Thanks to everyone for those who donated and congratulations to the winners of the Mother’sDayRaffle.

U11s

Taking the court in new positions the girls didn’t take long to settle! With some great defensive pressure, they were able to turn the ball over numerous times in defence! In the second half some fantastic teamwork and movement in attack saw them rewarded with some accurate shooting in goals. A fantastic team effort giving the girls their second win for the season! Awards this week went to Isabelle Zalme (Toy Kingdom & Wendy’s) and Lia Joyce (Dentons SP & Boost).

U13As

What another big win this week! The defensive pressure all over the court was great to see with all new combinations throughout the game Our focus this week at training will be ourprelimmovementsbeforereceiving the ball to lose our defenders Our attackers were patient with the ball allowing us to score off many wins in defence Awards go to Lucy Crowe (DentonsSP),IndiCoghlan(FastaPasta) and Scarlett Zalme (Jacqui Matthews IncentiveAward).

U13Bs

What a great game girls!! Everyone played well implementing what we have been working on at trainings Thereweremanygreatpassagesofplay with everyone coming in front and meeting the ball. I can’t wait to see what they can do next week. Awards went to Lacey (Zambreros), Lottie (Shearer’s Cook) & Olivia (Jacqui MatthewsIncentiveAward).

U15As

Another great team effort by you all! We focused on our full court defensive pressure and caused turnovers to give our attackers lots of opportunities Emily & Matti were named in the best for their defensive efforts with Emily also given the Fasta Pasta Award, Bell was awarded the Sports Power award for her direct passing in attack and Eva the Jacqui Matthews Incentive award for her versatility in defence. Well done girls.

U15Bs

15B’shitthecourtfortheirfirstgameof the season on Saturday and for a new side together they played a great team game and came out winners Emily Walker in her first game for the Saints showed her potential as a goalie with some great leads & moves. Defensive pressure all over the court was excellent with many intercepts and forced turnovers Best players Emily Walker (Chook House) & Lexi Nicholls (Jacqui Matthews Incentive Award and Boost).

Millicent Millicent Red, Black & White

U17s

A great game today girls A strong defensive effort across the court with our goalies finishing off all the hard work accurately. A big thanks to Michelle for coaching today Let’s keep working hard at training and come out firing this week. Awards went to Poppy (Pierinas Hair Concept) & Edie (Ducky’s Surf).

CGrade

Another tough game for us today Our transitions out of the defensive end needs some work for us to get a win on the board. We need to keep on working on the small things at training and workingasateamsowecancontinueto improve. Was great to have our Junior Mackinlee Alcock take the court for her first senior game, and we had Bek Millowick (New Heaven) and Bella Pollifrone (Denton’s) have another greatgamewinningtheawards.

BGrade

Tough game for us today Our defence worked tirelessly all game. We had a challenging time getting the ball through the mid court and our opponents tight defence proved hard for our goalies. We improved as the game went on just couldn’t close the gap from the first quarter The second effortsasthegamewenton weremuch better. Congratulations to Matti Fauchelle and Mylee Lynch who came onthecourtfortheirfirstseniorgames! AwardswenttoMichelleFleming(Since 56)andJosieLang(Somerset).

AReserve

Another good win girls. We built as the game progressed and played smarter in attack which saw us keep possession of the ball. Keish, Alice & Keel’s worked together as a combination to build pressure which resulted in turnovers. Jac & Alana worked hard through the midcourt all day and Rylee & Abby continuetogrowinconfidenceingoals. It was great to get Poppy Venn on court at WA for her first senior game! Well done, Poppy Keeley received the Sassi voucher and Jacqui the McCourt’s voucher for their tight defensive pressure.

AGrade

With Tab away we reshuffled our attack lineandLilliehadthefirstcrackatgoals. Thefirstquarterwentgoalforgoaluntil South broke away late in the quarter We reshuffled our line up at the break anditwasPortia’sturningoals,andshe played with great intensity and her baseline drive was a highlight! Kim, Lauren, and Lisa shut down South’s options in attack and we built a 10-goal lead at halftime Lillie and Daisy continued to use their speed to hit circle edge and Demi controlled the attack line and finished accurately Keish entered the game for the last quarter at WD and it was great to see her play her first A Grade game for the club! Awards went to Daisy Tunkin (Laura & Vicki) and Demi Verbena (Pierinas).

Casterton-Sandford Casterton-Sandford

Blue, White & Red

Juniors:

ItwasagooddaytobeplayingEast Gambier at Island Park for our juniors with 3 out of 4 teams havingawin,andallteamsplaying exceptionallywell.

Under11s:

Ouryoungestplayerslost2-14but it was not a reflection of how hard all 14 girls worked from either end of the court Bridie, Mia and Sienna got special mentions on the weekend. Coach Phoebe saw some great defending in the ring from Hannah, Bridie, Sienna and Bailey, with the assistance of Cleo and Sylvie offering helpful pressureon and off thering.Ruby, Penelopi, Mia and Abbie made excellent leads off the attacking line for each centre pass. The girls didn’t stop there with Imogen and Nicola doing the leg work up and down the court, to get the ball to Kate and Aubree practicing their preliminary moves from training inthegoalring.

Under13B’s:

Good win finishing with a score line 37-5 Ylana, Renee and Marleespecialmentions.

Under13A’s:

Brooklyn and Georgia brought their team across the finish line by 13points,31-18.

Under15B’s:BYE

South Gambier South Gambier Red & White

Under15A’s:

After the loss last week Rachel, Makayla and Amy were stoked to help their team come away with a win36-28.

Seniors:

Under17s:

It was a close game running away withaonegoalvictory52-51.Indi, Madeline and Sarah special mentions.

CGrade:

The girls were out of luck losing 20-55. Katie, Michelle and Jamie keptspiritshighdespitethescoreline.

BGrade:

Anotherwinundertheirbeltswith Amber, Dakota and Anna matching the East girls as they steppedupthepressureinthelast half Finished up with a 9 goal win 47-38.

AReserves:

Tori, Paige and Claire helped hit the game out of the park having a greatwin61-25.

AGrade:

Unfortunately came away with a loss 19-38. Special mentions to Madalene,CaeleighandChelsey

Goodluck against South this week girls!

VAlways a tough day out when we head to Millicent but there were still some good signs with the B andCGradeteamsagainflyingthe flag strongly with two strong p e r fo r m a n c e s to re m a i n undefeated.

C Grade, under the guidance of Larnka, has a versatile line-up and after showing good composure under pressure in round one, they took control of the game early at theweekend.

shot also provided relentless pressure.

At the other end of the court, South’ssisteractofMelandSamis looking really good with their goodunderstanding,speedonthe moveandaccuratefinishing.

Themidcourtwasalsoonfirewith Hannah and Kaitlyn providing plenty of drive and Shelby doing a mountain of work to create turnovers and then be the key link player through the middle of the court. The defensive efforts of Jess, Alannah, Jade and Mel created plenty of turnover ball and then the hard running mid court of Misty and Ash made sure defence turned into offence in the blink of aneye.

Theshootingcirclehasalsolooked good whether it be Chelsea, Brooke and Ella in the roles and they made sure the scoreboard kepttickingover…

The B Grade has also looked good in the opening two rounds with coach Leyna Bruggemann and assistant Ange Queale also conjuring wins in two ways In round one it was a domination where as at the weekend they kept getting challenged and rose tothatchallengeeverytime.

Alyce and Maca are such a tough defensive combination to score against and they both came up w i t h s o m e i m p r e s s i v e interceptions and rebounded strongly, while their work over the

Ourjuniorteamshavehadatough start against two of the stronger clubs in junior ranks but it has been great to already see improvement and that will continue with some more competitive outings in the next few weeks as hew line-ups look to maketheirmark.

Thanks to all our junior coaches –Mykaela, Brandi, Misty, Hannah andLarnka.

Don’t forget a second apparel order will be placed in the coming week so please contact Di or Kylie if you are looking for anything you didn’tinitiallyorderfor2023.

We look forward to seeing you play many more games with the clubintheyearstocome!

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50club games IMOGEN McGREGOR

SEASON FIXTURE F.L.

ROUND 1 - 22nd April 2023

West Gambier

East Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

Millicent

Anzac Day - 25th April 2023

South Gambier

North Gambier

ROUND 2 - 29th April 2023

Casterton-Sanfford

Millicent

North Gambier

East Gambier

South Gambier

West Gambier

ROUND 3 - 6th May 2023

East Gambier

West Gambier

North Gambier

West Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

Millicent

ROUND 4 - 13th May 2023

East Gambier

West Gambier

North Gambier

North Gambier

South Gambier

Millicent

ROUND 5 - 20th May 2023

South Gambier

Millicent

North Gambier

East Gambier

West Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

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-Sanfford

North Gambier

BYE Interleague - 10th June 2023

ROUND 8 - 17th June 2023

West Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

Millicent

East Gambier

South Gambier

North Gambier

ROUND 9 - 24th June 2023

South Gambier

North Gambier

Millicent

West Gambier

East Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

ROUND 10 - 1st July 2023

West Gambier

East Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

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-Sanfford

Millicent

ROUND 12 - 22nd July 2023

Casterton-Sanfford

North Gambier

Millicent

East Gambier

West Gambier

South Gambier

ROUND 13 - 29th July 2023

East Gambier

South Gambier

North Gambier

West Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

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-Sanfford

ROUND 16 - 19th August 2023

West Gambier

Casterton-Sanfford

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