Western Border Football Netball Budget - The Western - Round 1 2022

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2022 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME ROUND 2 - APRIL 9

Demons exact revenge for grand final defeat Brock Keding (pictured) is one of South Gambier’s bright young brigade who helped reverse last years grand final result from that Saints

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SOUTH GAMBIER v EAST GAMBIER CASTERTON SANDFORD v MILLICENT NORTH GAMBIER v WEST GAMBIER

GAME PREVIEW TIME TO SHAKE OFF THE RUST

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searched for a new scoring method without Gene Robinson.

The engine room features big names such as Hutchesson, Clint Gallio, Jacob Carger and Sam Willis and they all made key breakthroughs on the scoreboard.

These names will be turned to once again to get the first win on the board in Millicent ’s premiership defence.

Casterton Sandford v Millicent After sides shook off the Christmas pudding and preseason rust in last weekend’s opening round, it is time to build some form before the 2022 Bendigo Bank Western Border Football League season takes its first break in Easter.

The chocolate will taste much sweeter for those teams who register wins this weekend with some looking to fire into 2022 with a barnstorming 2-0 North Gambier v West Gambier start, while others are looking to get off the mark. The 2019 WBFL grand final aspirants meet for the first time in 2022 at Vansittart Park in unique Six months ago a Millicent road trip to Casterton positions. would not excite too many fans with the eventual North Gambier showed some grit overcoming premiers coming up against the wooden some COVID-19 concerns and a slow start to topple arch rival East Gambier away from home. spooners.

However, more eyes will be on the contest this The game was a glimpse of the new structure year with the roles reversed. implemented by coach Ben Hardy, which provided The Cats are ready to defend home turf in front of the rare sight of Justin McConnell playing in the a buzzing home crowd following their first win in midfield.

The move worked as some youngsters and familiar two and a half years.

With a full preseason under its belt, Casterton faces shined which could leave Hardy with some Sandford looked a revitalized outfit playing with tough choices on the selection table if the squad returns to full strength. the freedom and flare Kane Forbes envisaged.

One player who thrived in the environment was Being a coach from the city, Hardy said he was Hamish McCrae, who not only threw himself at impressed from his first impression of Western every ruck contest, but also laid some hard tackles Border football and is looking forward to the next challenge. and kicked three important goals.

“I think it was a bit more of a physical game in the The Cats were clean with the Sherrin, but also did country where it is all about who can win the not lose the ability to apply immense pressure on contested footy,” he said.

“In the city it is more about the running style of the ball carrier to restrict West’s runners.

The 29-point win has given the team the belief it game spread across the ground.

“So the main focus for us is if we can win the can compete against anyone in 2022.

“We want to be 2-0 at the break and we know contested footy you will win most games which Millicent will be a massive challenge, but we have has forced me to already my mindset. started the right way and we can fight with them,” “West has a long culture of being around the Forbes said. mark, but are going through a little rebuilding process.

The Saints could not complete a fairytale “After a loss they are going to come out firing homecoming for Tom Hutchesson or the which means we will have to be on the front foot premiership flag and went down to last year’s from the get-go and we will not take it lightly being a hot game in the kitchen.” grand final opponent South Gambier.

Although the loss will hurt, Millicent coach Clint Gallio can take heart by the way his midfield West Gambier is now led by Daron McElroy, who produced a hard battle for possession until the received plenty of encouraging signs despite the loss to Casterton Sandford. final siren.

His young team never gave up until the final siren The Saints produced the same amount of scoring with Mitch Cornolo standing tall on senior debut shots as South, but struggled to convert as they and Lewis Lean enjoying a productive return to the

F.L. club.

But it will be a tall order for the inexperienced squad to gel quickly against a more senior North outfit.

South Gambier v East Gambier East Gambier was one of just two teams to topple South Gambier last year, but few will expect the Demons to fall short at Blue Lake Sports Park this weekend.

The Demons are hungry to write the wrongs of last year and appeared an even better outfit scoring with and against the wind at McLaughlin Park.

Coach Brayden Kain appeared in ominous form kicking four important goals as South’s efficiency made the difference.

James Paproptny, Hamish Stevens and Liam Delaney entered the starting 18 like they were always meant to be there as the team was not afraid to move the ball aggressively with long and direct kicks to break away from the intense battle for possession.

Kain predicts an unchanged team will take on the dogs in the team’s return to Blue Lake Sports Park.

“We will be looking to go in unchanged which is a really good sign and the boys are excited for our first home game of the season,” he said.

“We have to give East full respect because you cannot take in any assumptions until you have played everyone.

“We will look to keep building the momentum and out in another consistent effort.”

It might take a little longer for the new-look Bulldogs to find their feet under the guidance of co-coaches Jayden Eldridge and Matt Scanlon.

Captain John Forster showed his leadership qualities, but a four-quarter effort is a must after a combined total of 1.4 across the first and third terms cost East dearly in round 1.

ROUND RESULTS SENIORS Millicent 1.1 3.6 8.7 11.11 (77) South 5.3 8.4 13.6 16.6 (102) Best - Millicent: J. Carger, D. Tincknell, D. Bromley, S. Waring, K. Bradley, F. Bradley; S. Gambier: T. Saffin, J. Paprotny, B. Keding, L. Delaney, R. Kuhl, N. Sims.

Goals - Millicent: J. Carger 3, T. Hutchesson 3, C. Gallio 2, S. Willis, K. Shanks, F. Grimes; S. Gambier: B. Kain 4, M. Sims 3, J. Woodall 2, L. Delaney 2, J. Paprotny, H. Stevens, M. Hein.

East 0.2 4.6 5.8 7.12 (54) North 2.5 5.6 9.8 11.10 (76) Best - East: J. Forster, C. Slape, S. Lock, S. Lock, C. Barry, P. Hatch; North: J. McConnell, S. Stafford, T. McInerney, N. McInerney, J. Holli , J. Griffith.

Goals - East: M. Scanlon 2, G. Cooper, G. Ha, J. Forster, M. Ferguson; North: N. More 2, J. Schutz 2, N. McInerney 2, S. Stafford 2, J. Griffith, B. Allen, J. McConnell.

West 2.0 2.2 3.4 6.7 (43) Cast-Sand 5.2 5.3 9.5 11.6 (72) Best - West: L. Lean, M. Cornolo, N. Taylor, K. Giddings, J. Williams; Casterton Sandford: H. Mccrae, D. Ayton, E. Pritchard, M. Killey, B. Galpin, D. Cleary.

Goals - West: N. Taylor 3, J. Williams, M. Cornolo, D. McElroy; Casterton Sandford: R. Killey 3, A. Mckinnon 2, B. Galpin, H. Mccrae, Z. Nash, D. Cleary, E. Pritchard.

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Millicent 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.2 (8) South 5.4 11.7 14.12 21.12 (138) Best - Millicent: J. Pra , H. Reilly, B. Smith, J. Davies, A. Wa s, J. Wilson; South: R. Hein, L. Gray, N. Seager, H. McBain, E. Marks, O. Thomson.

Goals - Millicent: C. Robinson; South: K. Eagleson 5, R. Sturges 3, C. Fallas 2, J. Meyer 2, S. Marano 2, E. Marks 2, C. OReilly 2, L. Gray, E. Fisher, N. Seager.

U/18's East 1.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (18) North 2.5 7.8 9.12 16.14 (110) Best - East: A. Clarke, W. Ellis, M. Price, J. Lawrence, E. Mwee Htoo, S. Ku Htoo; North: R. McLaughlin, A. Dally, J. Griffith, B. Allen, J. Williamson, J. Turner.

Goals - East: S. Ku Htoo, J. Lawrence, E. Mwee Htoo; North: R. McLaughlin 4, B. Allen 2, Z. Clark 2, J. Griffith 2, Z. Young 2, A. Dally, B. Braithwaite, H. Haywood.

Millicent 0.0 2.0 2.0 5.0 (30) South 1.0 1.0 5.0 8.0 (48) Best - Millicent: K. Shanks, E. Redman, J. Cushion, A. Fuller, J. Oleary, A. Wesolowski; South: N. Forbes, L. Thiele, E. Sims, J. Stephens, N. Wilke, H. Fisher.

Goals - Millicent: E. Redman 2, K. Shanks, D. Sigston, D. Lasle ; South: H. Fisher 2, N. Forbes 2, H. Keding, B. Klingberg, J. Stephens, L. Turley.

U/16's

West 1.2 2.8 6.11 8.17 (65) Cast-Sand 1.2 1.4 3.5 3.5 (23) Best - West: J. Hewe , A. Circelli, T. Dolan, M. Crook, D. Gillies; Casterton Sandford: J. Smith, M. Hunter, H. Smith, K. Forbes, T. Searle, B. Wombwell.

Goals - West: J. Hewe 4, D. Gillies 2, R. Povey 2; Casterton Sandford: P. Hutchins, M. Jarrad, T. Searle.

Millicent 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.1 (7) South 2.0 4.5 7.7 10.8 (68) Best - Millicent: H. Gibbs, W. Wilson, C. Damhuis, M. Hunt, J. Dean; South: J. Sims, R. Jones, S. Domaschenz, J. Salmon, A. Urquhart.

Goals - Millicent: C. Hateley; South: H. Wright 2, J. Salmon 2, E. Forbes, J. Sims, M. Goldsmith, L. Ray, D. Harten, J. Wayth.

East 2.1 3.1 5.4 6.5 (41) North 1.4 7.7 10.8 12.8 (80) Best - East: A. Todd, J. Thomas, B. Gaiter, G. Lines, A. Sco , T. Graney; North: C. Buckley, M. Harris, M. Chapman, E. Norman, D. Poyner.

Goals - East: A. Sco , B. Gaiter, R. Allen; North: M. Chapman 6, C. Buckley 4, T. Young, N. Mark.

East 1.3 3.6 6.6 7.6 (48) North 3.0 3.2 3.4 5.7 (37) Best - East: E. Stra ord, A. Clarke, J. Lawrence, N. Gollan; North: D. Arthurson, B. Anderson, J. Glidden, A. Dally, Z. Cordell.

Goals - East: J. Lawrence 3, A. Clarke 2, E. Stra ord 2; North: B. Anderson 2, A. Bruce, C.

Turner, D. Maple.

West 1.2 5.5 6.6 9.7 (61) Cast-Sand 0.0 0.0 3.1 5.2 (32) Best - West: No best players have been selected; Casterton Sandford: B. McKinnon, S. Gibbs, R. Makore, S. Herbert, J. Jones, D. Munro.

Goals - West: No goals; Casterton Sandford: S. Craig 3, P. Morne Ferreira, S. Gibbs.

U/14's East 2.2 6.3 7.6 9.8 (62) North 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0) Best - East: J. Mee, J. Picken, R. Lawrence, C. McCracken, B. Versteegh, R. Grigg; North: S. Baron, J. Fle , J. Driver, S. Crispino.

Goals - East: J. Picken 4, J. Mee, W. Vincent, J. Saunders, R. Mitchell; North: No goals.

Millicent 0.1 1.1 1.4 2.5 (17) South 0.0 2.0 4.0 5.4 (34) Best - Millicent: T. Lawlor, R. Lindner, W. Jennings, C. Shanks, S. Gronn, M. Tarrant; South: L. Cameron, A. Nunn, B. Fox, J. Harten, M. Hopgood, L. Moss.

Goals - Millicent: R. Lindner, A. Smith; South: W. A will 2, R. O’Donnell, J. Walmsley, H. Ellis.

West 0.0 0.1 2.2 4.2 (26) Cast-Sand 0.2 2.3 4.4 6.5 (41) Best - West: H. Croker, K. Gilbert, B. Noble, B. Szopory, R. Pearson; Casterton Sandford: K. Vise, S. Pa on, A. Lane, J. Rhook, C. Stephens.

Goals - West: H. Croker 2, H. Mobbs 2; Casterton Sandford: J. Rhook 2, C. Stephens 2, A. Lane, T. Makore.

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Bendigo Bank Seniors Name Brayden Kain Jacob Carger Tom Hutchesson Mitchell Sims Nathan Taylor Rick Killey Clint Gallio Josh Woodall Brodie Foster Liam Delaney Ma Scanlon Nick McInerney Sam Stafford Nick More Jake Schutz Adam McKinnon

Club South Gambier Millicent Millicent South Gambier West Gambier Cast/Sand Millicent South Gambier South Gambier South Gambier East Gambier North Gambier North Gambier North Gambier North Gambier Cast/Sand

Rnd Total 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Reserves Ma hew Chapman Kym Eagleson Ciaran Buckley Jessie Hewe Riley Sturges

North Gambier South Gambier North Gambier West Gambier South Gambier

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Name Reece McLaughlin Eli Redman Harry Fisher Nelson Forbes Zach Clark Joel Griffith Zayne Young Brodie Allen

Club North Gambier Millicent South Gambier South Gambier North Gambier North Gambier North Gambier North Gambier

Brooklyn Winterfield Jack Lawrence Jayden Prior Sam Craig Harry Wright Jacob Salmon Angus Clarke Elijah Stra ord Brodie Anderson

West Gambier East Gambier West Gambier Cast/Sand South Gambier South Gambier East Gambier East Gambier North Gambier

Rnd Total 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

U/16's 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2

4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2

4 2 2 2 2 2

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U/14's Je Picken Will A will Harvey Croker Harry Mobbs Jedd Rhook Connor Stephens

East Gambier South Gambier West Gambier West Gambier Cast/Sand Cast/Sand

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BENDIGO BANK SENIORS Cast-Sand North South Millicent East West

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South West North East Cast-Sand Millicent

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For 72 76 102 77 54 43

Agst Pts % 43 4 167.44 54 4 140.74 77 4 132.47 102 0 75.49 76 0 71.05 72 0 59.72

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For 138 65 80 41 23 8

Agst Pts % 8 4 1725 23 4 282.61 41 4 195.12 80 0 51.25 65 0 35.38 138 0 05.80

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North South Millicent East West

L 0 0 1 1 0

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For 110 55 38 18 0

Agst Pts % 18 4 611.11 38 4 144.74 55 0 69.09 110 0 16.36 0 0 00.00

U/16's South West East North Cast-Sand Millicent

W 1 1 1 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 1 1 1

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 68 61 48 37 32 7

Agst Pts % 7 4 971.43 32 4 190.63 37 4 129.73 48 0 77.08 61 0 52.46 68 0 10.29

U/14's South Cast-Sand East West Millicent North South White

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For 34 41 62 26 17 0 0

Agst Pts % 17 4 200.00 26 4 157.69 0 4 00.00 41 0 63.41 34 0 50.00 62 0 00.00 0 0 00.00

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Cats coach Kane forbes celebrates their first victory in 2 1/2 years *Image courtesy Thomas Miles - SE Voice

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ofthe FOOTBALLER YEAR MILLICENT v SOUTH GAMBIER

EAST GAMBIER v NORTH GAMBIER 5 4 3 2 1

Justin McConnell John Forster Sam Stafford Nick McInerney Shaun Lock

North Gambier East Gambier North Gambier North Gambier East Gambier

5 4 3 2 1

James Paprotny Jacob Carger Dylan Tincknell Clint Gallio Brock Keding

South Gambier Millicent South Gambier Millicent South Gambier

WEST GAMBIER v CASTERTON SANDFORD 5 4 3 2 1

Hamish McCrae Dylan Ayton Lewis Lean Ed Pritchard Mitchell Cornolo

Cast/Sand Cast/Sand West Gambier Cast/Sand West Gambier

MILLICENT

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Senior Coach: Kane Forbes Senior Assistant Coaches: Jus n Carlin, Rick Killey, Billy Galpin Reserves Coach: Joseph McArlein Assistant Coach: Zak Cleary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Ma Kerr Jesse Walker-Gould Billy Galpin Alister Bright Hamish McCrae Zac Nash Adam Mckinnon Pete Hutchins Diarmid Cleary © Sam Broomby Mason Hunter Tom Searle Kane Forbes Jarrad Smith Joey McArlein Dylan Ryan Tom Foster Gabe Parsons Adrian Jarrad Damien Wombwell Casey Jones Sam Craig Ma Killey Hayden Smith Hamish Carlin Jack Thompson Mick Jarrad Jason Sco Dylan Ayton Jus n Carlin Edmund Pritchard Charlie Jarrad

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 42 43 44 45 46 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 64 69 71 77 78

Jackson Fitzgerald Rick Killey Cale Zipple Jake Smith Ma Kurzman Cameron Harker Nicholas Schembri Dominic Ahmed Ben Holmes Chris McKinnon Kyle Carlin Kaden Humphries Dillan Carlin Rhys Jolly Cory Wombwell Bevan Wombwell Jus n Beecher Jarvis Parsons Tom Brody Cody Ireland Josh Co er Connor Hill James Killey Fletcher Bright Nathan Faroe Corey Hornibrook Fraser Kent Ma Thurkle Ranea King Jake Balzan Albwoski Smeaton

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Millicent Red, Black & White

Senior Coach: Clint Gallio Assistant Coaches: Tom Hutchesson, Tom Renzi, Peter Duncan Reserves Coach: Nat Robbins 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29

Zac Bradley Kade Bradley Noah Lang Ty Lang Clint Gallio Lyndon Smith Steven Duldig Kade Varcoe Sam Willis Luke Ferguson Colby O’Connor Dylan Bromley Tom Renzi Jacob Carger (c) Mitchell Nitschke Hamish Nitschke Dylan Tincknell Mathew Withers Kade Varcoe Jaxon Cushion Craig Gysbers Frazer Bradley Callen McGrath Kalan Shanks Eli Redman Nathaniel Robbins Sam Waring Mitchell Reilly Jim Fleming Aidan Schultz Harry Willis Finn Grimes

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CalebWilliams Kynan Dunn Nick Ash Josh Werchon Hamish Reilly Jack Wilson Jack Davies Tom Hutchesson (vc) Todd Craig Clay Reilly Dylan Shanks Hugh Armfield Thomas Chant Jed Haines Brad Smith Zac McGuinness James Wa s Jordon Pra Tyrone May Angus Wa s Thomas Chant

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Casterton-Sandford Blue, White & Red Welcome back to Island Park Cat fans, and for the first time since 2019 welcome back to the winners list Senior Cats. What an awesome display last week at West, and just reward for effort

by Kane Forbes' men. First gamers Fletcher Bright, Jack Thompson, Ed Pritchard, Cody Ireland and Jesse Walker Gould and the return of Alister Bright and Billy Galpin to the side gave the Cats a new look but at the same time looked like a team that had been together for several seasons, such was the cohesiveness of their play.

Hamish McCrae looks bigger, stronger and was dominant in the ruck and his tackling was reminisent of his father's, bringing down Roos left, right and centre, Diarmid Cleary is again set for a big season as is “Prez” Dylan Ayton who looked to enjoy the freedom of the Wing.

The Killey boys, Rick and Matt, read the play better than anyone and combined for many marks with Rick kicking 3 majors. The Young Guns of the club are another year older, Adam McKinnon, Zac Nash, Tom Foster, Nic Schembri and Corey Wombwell giving 100% for the 4 quarters. To top things off the Cats smiling assassins Gabe Parsons and Dylan Ryan were both able to come off the park with huge grins knowing they had demolished a young and determined West outfit.

The Under 14's got in their first win for the year and are coming off a solid season last year and are looking to take the next step, Kirby Vise led the way wracking up plenty of possessions, Samuel Patton and Archie Lane, made the going difficult for their Roo opponents while Connor Stephens and Jedd Rhook provided the sauce kicking 2 goals each.

Thanks for the cold beverages and the chips and gravy, West Gambier, you're the bench mark in Mount Gambier for hosting the opposition, keep up the good work.

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Club, a good turn out was expected after the win and the cats supporters did not disappoint, a great roll up and some good banter was had.

Twenty odd brave souls had a crack at the night golf and all though there was no winner recorded I was advised that everyone who had a hit was of a professional standard and if Tiger or the Shark had turned up they would have been forced to Caddy for the Cats.

This weekend we welcome the Saints to Island Park, Millicent always have a good crack so we supporters are going to have to make sure we get behind our Cats Netballers and Footballers and show our appreciation for their efforts. After the game the club will have presentations and meals and kicking off at 8:30 PM we have music from Suburban Henry and a Dress in your best to your waist & the rest bad taste, take from that what you will but myself and Scott Lane would attend Semi Formal events in the late 90's Tux up top and Boxers down below, it's taken 25 years for our trend to catch on but better late than never!

Thank-you to all our valued sponsors including Nutrien Ag Solutions, Bendigo Bank, and Casterton Secondary College Upcoming Events: Suburban Henry/ Best Half-Worse Half tonight.

April 30th - Family Games Night May 15th - Champagne Breakfast (Sunday) May 28th - Family Feud June 18th - Miss Casterton

It’s fantastic that the season has started. The clubrooms were abuzz last Thursday night with anticipation. The Club warmly welcomes our new players and their players and we are all pondering the new opportunities with the commencement of the new season. The refurbished bar, storage and dance floor area create a fresher ambience. Such a splendid backdrop, coupled with a $15 Schnitta, where else would you rather be on a Thursday night during football season. Credit due to the organisers and workers for the renovations.

The Seniors were up against their 2021 Grand Final opponent, who took the 4 points with them. We welcomed back Tom Hutchesson and Dylan Bromley, new tall Sam “Fish” Waring and promoted Colby O’Connor, Harry Willis, Kalan Shanks, Jed Haines, Reserves Captain Luke Ferguson and Craig Gysbers into the team from 2021’s Big Dance. The boys fell short on the scoreboard but would learn plenty from the 25 point margin. Keeping the old adages alive in football, “It’s not where you start, but where you finish.”

Millicent Red, Black & White Cushion, Austin Fuller, Jack O’Leary and Alex Wesolowski.

For the U16’s Campbell Hateley was the sole goal kicker and best players were Harry Gibbs, Will Wilson, Charlie Damhuis, Max Hunt and Jackson Dean.

The Under 14’s started off strongly but were unable to convert their opportunities and were over run by a strong South side. Ryder Lindner and Adam Smith each kicked a goal and best players were Teej Lawlor, Ryder Lindner, Will Jennings, Curtis Shanks, Sam Gronn and Mitchell Tarrant.

The 12A’s put in a great effort to lead most of the game only to be overrun by South in the last quarter. Thanks to some of the 12C’s for filling in. In the goals we re A r l i e S i m s a n d B rax Thomas with 2 and singles to Henry Damhuis and Ryder Lindner. Best players were Henry Damhuis, Ryder Lindner, Byron Noble, Mitch Tarrant, Campbell McMullan and Tye Kovaks.

The 12C’s are a bit short on numbers so a big thanks to South for lending a few players and to a few of the little 12D’s for helping out. Brax Thomas was the lone goal kicker and better players A long day for the Rezzies, were Arlie Sims, Colby Watson, scoring just one major for the Blayke Koehne, Tyler Ryan and d a y a g a i n s t t h e r e i g n i n g Tully Robinson.

Premiers. Chris “Silver ” Robinson appears to be reinventing himself as a forward Goal kickers for the 12E’s were after scoring a sensational Locky Murphy 4, Jax Reilly and sausage roll from the boundary. Tully Robinson 2 each and And, apparently, Tom Chant singles to Owen Lloyd, Sonny didn’t receive the memo that Coghlan and Mark Rigney. only Senior games are video Better players were Locky, recorded in the regular season. Sonny, Ziggy Galambos, Jacob He was heard to make a not-so- Gysbers and Tex Thomas. discreet inquiry about obtaining some footage for his personal Round 1 is done and dusted. h i g h l i g h t s r e e l . D o n ’ t b e Good luck in Round 2 taking on surprised to see him this week the Cats at Island Park, fresh with a Go-Pro strapped to his from a first round win against scone! Welcome back Chanty West Gambier. and thanks to the players and officials, young and old, that filled in and got the teams out on the park.

In the U18’s Eli Redman kicked 2 goals with Kalan Shanks, Dylan Sigston and Deegan Laslett kicking 1 each. Best players were Kalan Shanks, Eli Redman, Jaxon

MILLICENT

Casterton-Sandford Blue, White & Red

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Red, Black & White

Under 18’s Coach: Peter Duncan Team Manager:

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2 4 7 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 22 23 24 26

Tallan Dunn Daniel Hateley Harrison Thwaites Aussie Fuller Saxon Snook Harry Gibbs Dylan Sigston Jaxon Cushion Jacob Todd Brodi Sims Ma Varcoe Eli Redman Kalan Shanks Jack Hagge Charlie Demhuis Nick Joy

29 34 36 43 49 50 53 57

Ty Lang Patrick Jennings Jackson Dean Riley Redway Kynan Dunn Deegan Lasle Jack O'leary Alex Wesolowski Jackson Bowden Max Rohrlach

Under 16’s Coach: Laurie Jones Assistant Coach: Jimmy Boulton

Coach: Finn Grimes Mannager: Ma hew Thwaites

1 3 5 9 10 11 12 17 19 20 21 22 25 27 28

1 2 3 7 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 23 24

Josh Jones Sid Herbert Kaeden Talay Rick Kaliebe Mitchell Bright Herman Ferreira Rufaro Maroke Bay McKinnon Eli Hunter Sullivan Gibbs Coby Rice Sam Craig Ben Rafferty Dylan Munro Riley Hornibrook

31 52 62 84 92

Oliver Foster Mavric Parsons Jack Wombell Ellwood Geary Paul Ferreira

36 Jackson Dean Cooper Todd 47 Adam Smith Max Hunt 58 Campbell Hateley Je Werchon Harrison Thwaites Jackson Bowden Max Rohrlach Kobe Gibson Harry Gibbs Dylan Sigston Sam Gronn Brodi Sims Zac Ash Beau Douglas William Wilson Ashton Lindner Jack Hagge Charlie Damhuis

Under 14’s Coach: Ma Kurzman Assistant Coach: 4 6 7 10 12 13 14 15 16 24 30 33 39 67 72

Reghan Parsons 79 Kelem Blenkiron 88 Takudzwa Makore Archie Lane Jedd Rhook Nate Longhurst Alex Hill Connor Stephens Riley Hutchins Lachie Auld Jack Rhook Brody Pra Billy Rhook Blake Kurzman Samuel Pa on Kirby Vise Jaggar Geary

Coach: Mark Gronn Team Manager: Brian Cawood 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 17 18 20 23 23 41

Max Hunt Klaye Kenny Lenny Tunkin Ryder Lindner Cur s Shanks Teej Lawlor Liam Cawood Sam Gronn Louis Easterby Naite Thomson Beau Douglas Cash Kenny Noah Cebulski Noah Cebulski Liam Millard

47 50 55 58 59

Adam Smith Cur s Shanks Mitchell Tarrant Cambell Hateley Will Jennings William Bohlin Logan Douglas Ari Robbins Mark Bohlin Cruz Gibson Oakley Nicholls

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Red, Black & White

Under 12 A’s Coach: Darren Carlin 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 23 24

Lachlan Hulm Harry Simson Dana Murphy Tristan Herring Zeb Beaton Ayden Nolte Brody Davis Phoebe Gray Rupert Dorahy

Coach: Nat Robbins 26 27 29 32 33 34 35 36 39

Maggie Simson Oliver Kurzman Fraser Richardson Zavier Cates Lacey Thompson Alby Lane Darcy Gorman Toby Auld Max Stephens

40 41 43 45 46 47

Riley Gorman Jacob Rochecouste George Edgar Tate Rice Je Lykke George Robbins Kyden Graham

5 13 15 41

Cruz Gibson Oakley Nicholls Ryder Stra ord Tait Grge c Levi Robbins Axel Joyce Mitchell Holyoak-Tarrant

Tye Kovacs Tyler Ryan Zavier Gurney Liam Millard Ari Robbins Dallas Zalme Mark Bohlin Ryder Lindner

Under 12 B’s

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Under 12 C’s Coach: Steve Duldig

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4 6 8 12 15 16 20 24

Pacey Duldig 49 Raff Lawlor Arlie Sims Blayke Koehne Brax Thomas Archer Buchanan Lachlan Murphy Tully Robinson

Colby Watson Tait Cameron Judd Hales Dexter Ros Kobe McGrath Archer Wilson

Under 12 D’s

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Under 12 E’s Coach: Craig Gysbers

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Senior Coach: Brayden Kain Assistant Coaches: Mick Muhovics & Molly Patzel Reserves Coach: Nick Patzel Assistant Coach: Peter Harten 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

James Paprotny Brody Virgo Hamish Stevens Josh Woodall Bre O’Neil (c) a’s Duncan Reid Brodie Foster Sco Enderl Brock Keding Todd Reid (vc) a’s Jake Tentye (vc) a’s Kaleb Bowd Chris Williams Pat Glynn Lloyd Pierce-Raison Kym Eagleson Brayden Kain Adam Kuhl Luke Foran (c) b’s Alex Harkness Mitch Laube Oliver Thomson Mason Hein Luke Gray Jack Gazzard Emmerson Marks Jack Casey Dane Handreck Ben Milstead Taylor Saffin Sam McTaggart Robert Hein

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Colby Munro Mitchell Broome Ethan Chuck Hugh Winterfield Koby Chant Nick Patzel Connor O’Reilly Bryce Whicker Taylor Laube Ryan Kuhl Riley Sturges Chris Fallas Harrison McBain Elliot Fisher Branden Telford Nick Seager (c) b’s Jackson Meyer Riley Thomson Shaughn King Sebas an Marano

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Senior Coach: Ma hew Scanlon & Jayden Eldridge Senior Assistant Coach: Reserves Coach: Col Hedwards 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40

Ben Nash Garret Ha Shaun Lock Mark Rumbelow Nick Lock (c) Patrick Hatch Blair Humphries (b’s) Frazer Scanlon (a’s) Ma Benne Sam Lock Jesse Plunke Josh Waites Connor Barry Ma Scanlon Tully Balshaw James Byrne Riley Flamank Nick Walters Mark Kieselbach John Forster (c) Carl Slape Keenan Dwyer Alistair Sco Jayden Eldridge Riley Janeway Will Ellis Mark Paech Ben Gaffney Darcy Hunt Anthony Tos Mitchell Price Tyson Shepherd

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Jack Donahue Travis Gilbert Jasper Thomas Ma Ferguson Giancarlo Cooper Luke Johnston Brent Masterman Jackson Thomas Jacob Rigney Brent Collins Thomas Bignell Tom Graney Adam Todd Jayden Lines Connor Li le Rhys Allen

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After a long pre-season it was great to be back playing for p o i n t s . We t r a v e l l e d t o McLaughlin Park to play Millicent who are always great hosts. We’ve built quite a rivalry with MFNC over the past few years and it looks as if that will continue into the future. We have a lot of respect for Joel and his team and were fortunate to get the points in the football grades this time (not so fortunate in netball).

The U14 boys started with a 23 point win followed by the U16 team with a 61 point victory.

The U18 team had a hard fought game and came away 17 point victors. Nelson Forbes highlighted his improvement with a classy game at half forward, Lochlan Thiele was impassable at half back, Ethan Sims, skipper Jordan Stephens, Nick Wilke and Harry Fisher all played well.

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against the breeze, going into half time in front by 22 points.

It was goal for goal from then on in a high standard game before South ran out 25 point winners. Scoring shots were the same which is an indicator of the closeness of the game.

Coach Kain was the best forward with 4 goals, goal sneak Mitch Sims got 3 and Liam Delaney was excellent on debut with 2 goals. Taylor Saffin loves this ground and was BOG 2 years in a row. It is fa n t a s t i c t o h av e J a m e s Paprotny back in red and white and he showed why we were s o ke e n t o h a v e w i t h a d o m i n a nt d i s p l ay. B ro c k Keding showed the benefit of a great off-season, he really loves a contest. Youngsters Liam Delaney and Ryan Kuhl made their debuts and both were outstanding, they will both play many games of senior football in future. Noah Sims took on the best in the league in the middle and acquitted himself well. Our other recruits Ben Milstead, Hamish Stephens and Josh Woodall all played well in a strong team performance.

While it was a nice win there is a lot of improvement required if we’re to achieve our goals.

The reserves continued their 2021 form against last season’s grand final opponents. A 132 point win shows this team is continuing to improve and hasn’t peaked yet. Rob Hein, Luke Gray and Nick Seager all worked hard, great to see Harrison McBain excel in his first senior game, Emerson Marks and Oli Thompson This week we take on our enhanced their push for senior traditional rivals from the kennel. Saturday night we have selection. the return of a players auction In a game dominated by strong after many years in abeyance. wind the seniors started with Please come along for dinner the advantage and had 5 goals a n d s t a y f o r s o m e f u n up by quarter time. In a match afterwards. defining second quarter we managed to maintain the lead

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P. S . I h e a rd a t t h e n ex t delegates meeting there will be a motion that every grounds entrance is a minimum width wide so all cars can enter without Last week we were lucky to get damage.... all sides filled with help of a publican we know who was entertaining the Strathalbyn stallions cricket trip convinced them to don the red and black for the day to fill the b grade side. For what I was told the game was played in great spirit the coaches even agreed to a shorten last quarter.

Well if round 1 was anything to go by its going to be a very complicated year. With covid and close contact rules, each week is going to be a challenge.

This week we play the bench mark of the league who have had a big off season recruiting and in round 1 had a strong win against the reigning premiers, its going to be a tough day but in this covid world at the moment anything can happen.

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Under 18’s Coach: Duncan McGregor Team Manager: Darren Sims 2 14 19 59 60 61 62 64 65 66 67 69 71 72 73 74

Will Boston Lachlan Broome Lochlan Thiele Harry Mitchell Harry Fisher Hudson Keding Brydon Klingberg Mitchell Sims Noah Sims Conor Fielding James Snell Nick Wilke Joshua Chuck Ethan Sims (vc) Fletcher Lawson Nicholas Adams

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Coach: Jason Dunn Team Manager: Shem Wastell Mitchell Harrold Nelson Forbes Jordan Stephens (c) Samuel Sims Ethan Patzel Liam Delaney Luke Winterfield Liam Turley Jack Domaschenz (vc)

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Paul Vanikio s Shar Ku Htoo Soe Nay Bell Lay Bae Htoo Darcy Hunt Will Ellis Saw Nai Charlie Smith Sam Lock Harlan Puhara Kobu Wagener Thomas Bignell Mitchell Price Kaelen Mee Riley Flamank Fionn Graney

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Under 16’s Coach: Ma Ray Assistant Coach: Kobe Bannon Mason Bentley Isaak Bouchier James Braun Sam Domachenz Emmerson Forbes Maurice Goldsmith Jakob Hann Rex Jones Darcy Landon Charlie Lockwood Jace Maxwell Noah Maxwell Archie Milich Lachie Ray

Coach: Sam McCracken Assistant Coach: Finn O'Reilley Jake Richter Lewis Sigley Addison Sims Jed Sims Ma hew Thomas Angus Urquhart Joel Wayth Max Whitehead Harry Wright Cayde Watson Jacob Salmon Dean Harten Jared Kuhl

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31 Elijah Stra ord Julio Teodoro 33 Toby Grigg Tex Tilley Noah Gollan Angus McKinnon Talan Dalton Charlie Clark Corey Smith Ky McCracken Kyan Chi leborough Campbell McLean Brock Dempsey Jack Lawrence Angus Clark Sam Coludry Nicholas Bignell

Under 14’s Coach: Heath Mitchell Assistant Coach: Will A will Jordy Bartle Bailey Broome Jay Burns Lachy Cameron Cooper Clayfield Scarlet Creek Hudson Croser Harry Ellis Brody Fox Archer Gri on Jobe Harten Harry Hicks Hunter Higgins Merlin Hopgood

Coaches: Kelvin Cook & Shane Grigg Assistant Coach: Gabe Jones Kobi Maxwell Sco McBain Lee McTaggart Oliver McCracken Cooper Medhurst Wil Merchant Rhiley Miller Finn Mitchell Lachlan Moss Alex Nunn Ryan O'Donnell Henry Pedlar Mason Ropi ni Kobi Svec

Josh Vause Jack Walmsley

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Jarvi Mee William Vincent Xavier Clark Jared Carey Jalen Allen Riley Lawrence Sco Brooks Noah Spooner Rhys Grigg Lachlan Legray Cruz McCracken Isaac Dwyer Jackson Saunders Henry Virgo Tate Cook

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Brodie Versteegh Solomon Telford Andison Perryman Riley Mitchell William Rentsch Mason Anderson Jaiden Picken Evan Clark Banjo Sampson

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East Gambier

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Under 12 A’s Coach: James McGregor Team Manager: Terry Bailey

Coach: Ma hew White

Hugh Bailey Kur s Bentley Liam Cu ng Samuel Ellis Cooper Fear Ned Gazzard Joshua Hagge Henry Ken sh

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Chase Kilpatrick Cruze McGregor Henry Medhurst Albert Peters Isaac Salmon Patrick Sigley Fergus Tarr Anthony Whi aker

Harrison Xanthopoulos Elijah de Breuk

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Taj Wilson Harry Lynn Chayse Gifford Xavier Farmilo Titan Dumigan Samuel Dickson EamonCook Posy Tilley

Under 12 B’s Coach: Mark Phillips Jackson Baker Joel Clayfield Logan Cook Oliver Cu ng Hudson Gray Cooper Howard Dane O’Brien Reuben O a

Coach: Nick Bignell 2 5 13 14 18 30 31 33 34

Jack Odgers Holly Phillips Remi Ropi ni Archie Sims Thor Svec Bailey Timms

Nicholas Clark Finn Gale Kade Hand Taj White Lucas Johnston Cooper Bignell Nash Neilson Braith Allison Lewis Anderson

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William Clark 74 Hallam Davey 76 Max Greene 79 Je Beever 105 Tom Croser 122 Vaughan Hunter Brayden Legray Mitchell O'Brien Aiden Perry

Under 12 C’s Coaches: Nat Anderson & Vanessa Maxwell William Anderson Kyan A will Oscar Benjamin Paddy Bouchier Zachary Clarke Mitchell Denning Benjamin Ellis Ewan Ellis

Elijah Finnegan Alexander Hill Blake Janeway Jackson Janeway Jackson Jones Beau Maxwell Sebas an Radlmair Liam Salmon

Coach: Mark Paech Nate Winterfield Max Yates Thomas Pedler

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Parker Lamont 40 Blake Cooper 41 42 Will Hosking Zach Paech 57 Tyler Mariano 58 77 Oliver Devlin William Richardson 78 Elijah Dickson

Connor Lynn Chase Buckingham Noah Griffin Bentley Ward Louis Prosperi Porta William Leitch Tahj Pitkin

Under 12 D’s Coaches: Mark Winterfield & Chris Patzel Team Mangers: Joel & Tarsh Davis

Coaches: Nick Anderson

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Alfie Merchant Jack Rees Hudson O'Connell Chase Noonan Fletcher Walker Lachie Crouch Rhe Wozniak Rowan Patzel

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Charlie Winterfield Harry Sneath Levi Tull Jordan Collins Parker Davis Casey Peterse Tate Anderson Hudson Cook

Hugh Clark Hudson Farmilo Asher Anderson Campbell Best Benji Carter Tyler Cox Judd Creek Baden Dihm

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Na on Hedwards Blake Humphries Kade Jakutavicius Maxx Keenan Tayte McGrath Sebas an Grubb Tom Gale Harrison Cram

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Aarow Hedwards Ted Kerr Tyler McPherson Logan Murray Rayan Singh Braxton Morris

Under 12 E’s Coaches: Jono Kilsby & Shannon Wilson

Coaches: Cole Hedwards

Lachlan Abbo Tate Ashby Archer Croser Beau Cu ng Essie Hill Oliver Howes Tyler Kilsby

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Hunter Livingston Kobe Vivian Fletcher Wilson Lukas Yeates

Dominic Albanese Braxton Bowyer Nicholas Brooks Van Byron Jenson Davey Maton Finck Brayse Gifford

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Nick McInereny (c) Dale Bachman Toby McAllistar Tim McInerney Bre Kennedy Ma hew Hensel Mitchell Kelton Joel Griffith Ma hew Chapman Cameron Ortlepp Aus n Kitschke Jay Turner Sam Shepherd Hamish Telford Jordan Holli Declan Kenny Tim Young Sam Stafford Tom Fle Jordan Mansell Elijah Firth Jacob Athurson Nick Mark Dylan Munn Will Thompson Patrick Wildonja Nick Brown Jus n McConnell Sam Egan Jake Schutz Danny Poyner Adam Prosperi-Porta

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Senior Coach: Daron McElroy Senior Assistant Coach: Nathan Lewis Reserves Coach: Nathan Lewis

Senior Coach: Ben Hardy Senior Assistant Coach: Reserves Coach: Tim Young

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Toby DeWi Kyle Kuhn Tim Scarth Tyler Harris Bre Shepherdson Brodie Allen Ciaran Buckley Nick Blachu

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Aden Pfitzner Will Crook Michael Minnuzzo taylor redden Kyle Giddings Todd Mac Ethan Giddings Jordan Williams Trey Davies Joe Judd Abdullah Kamara Nathan Lewis Brodie Parsons Nathan Taylor Jesse Pfitzner Dale Robbins Lawrey Bradley Brown Jack Carsons Riley Wilson Tom Cleveland Alex Pearson Reece Cowling Jordi Coombe James Waugh Mitch Cornollo Ben Papps Roo McElroy Bradyn Olds Trueman Schrader Cooper Sanderson Brady Cook Joshua Schapel

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Callum Hein William Mckinnon Sam Von Duve Max Crook Jessie Hewi Bailey Symonds Darren Smith Joel Bull Ben Loef Dylan Gillies Tom Dolan

North Gambier Yellow & Black After a fair bit of discussion during the week between the two presidents, it was a credit to both clubs to put on a full days football due to unavailability, Covid/protocols and injuries.

Neither club could afford to hand out jumpers for all the new players, some of which we may never see again. Thanks to all on both sides that help out through the day, on and off the field.

After getting coach Hardy out of covid protocols on Friday I am sure his pre-season team looked different to what we ended up putting on the park, including the shortest retirement since John Farnham, by Declan Kenny.

Congratulations to debutants, Dale Bachmann, Mitch Kelton, Cam Ortlepp & Jacob Arthurson and 2nd gamer Brodie Allen who lasted a lot longer than his 1st game last year and was very happy with his goal. With both teams missing some of their best 22, as expected it was a hard fought game, with East’s injuries having a bearing on our positive result.

Despite playing more than 150 games it was the first time our ex coach was named best, with best players being Justin McConnell, Sam Stafford, Tim McInerney, Nick McInerney, Jordan Hollitt & Joel Griffith.

Our reserves coach Youngy has quickly found out about why this job is one of the hardest in football. It is a credit to him to get a team on the park, which ended up being a bit of an all club effort and included some guys that were lucky? enough to be in town for the races. We had plenty of experience with a sprinkling of youth. Ciaran Buckley (4 goals and who has now played more games than trained in 2022), Mitch Harris, Matthew Chapman (6g) Ethan Norman & Danny Poyner were best players.

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With plenty of discussion during the week whether we could put a team on the table in the U18's, coach Bryan and the boys themselves gathered a talented squad.

The senior coach was very excited to see the future of the club on show during this game and we ran out convincing winners.

Best players were named as Reece McLaughlin (5g), Aaron Dally, Joel Griffith, Brodie Allen, Jamie Williamson and Jay Turner.

With coach Shepherdson down with Covid, Peter Allen and Ryan Roulstone took over coaching duties for the U16's.

After getting off to a quick start, East gradually took over and despite their best efforts in the last quarter, the boys just fell short. Best players were Darcy Arthurson, Brodie Anderson, Josh Glidden, Aaron Dally and Zac Cordell.

The under 14's got off to a rough start but coach Baron was nothing but positive after the game. These guys & girls have a h u ge u p s i d e a n d we l o o k forward to seeing their improvements throughout the season. Best players were named as Sam Baron, James Flett, Jackson Driver & Sam Crispino.

Today we host West with the Tom Hall trophy up for grabs. For those that don’t know this trophy is played for the first time each season that North and West play at Vansittart Park, with b o t h c l u b s h av i n g s h a re d Vansittart Park until West moved to Malseed Park. This explains SOME of the rivalry between the two clubs and makes me wonder how it worked then, as I can’t see how it would work now.

Rosters are out, so please help out.

We did have a couple of injuries, but I’m told Patty made a Memberships are due, so please r e m a r k a b l e r e c o v e r y o n renew.

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West Gambier Blue & Red

Welcome to the 2022 season This week we take on the old WBFL foes of North Gambier at the park and it surely to be an Last round the Casterton entertaining game.

Football club ventured to Malseed park to take on the Shuffle night is coming and will mighty roos, with both clubs be held on the 30th of April so sharing the spoils for the day. get your song in for what will Under /14 went the Cats way be a sensational night. with the under/16 and reserves taking the boiled See ya at the footy. lollies for the roos, but alas the cat prevailed in the Seniors and running out winners for the day. Covid has struck with all clubs having players unavailable to play.

Round one saw Darren McElroy coach his first game for west and the debut of 6 juniors and new players was also a welcome addition.

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Under 18’s Coach: Kevin Bryan Assistant Coach:

Coach: Rowan Fox Assistant Coach:

Brodie Allen Brad Braithwaite Zach Clark Iowani Coleman Brady Dethmore Joel Griffith Tyler Harris Reece McLaughlin Connor Millhouse Zach Nulty Shaun Richards Jay Turner Ethan Williamson Jamie Williamson Zayne Young

Robert Case Toby Stutley Landon Lefever Koby Stratman Bronson Boult Charlie Carson Anton Circelli Nate Davey Joel Day Brandon Horrigan Luke King Koan Vanderheyden Landon Lefever Thomas Smith Brooklyn Winterfield

Under 16’s Coach: Bre Shepherdson Assistant Coach: 2 11 12 13 15 16 21 22 23 25 36 45 47 48 50

Aaron Dally Jonty Collins Alexander Bruce Gavin Joseph Lapatha Cooper Turner Darcy Arthurson Bowen Rogers Iowani Coleman Je Davis Zadkiel Cordell Ben Braithwaite Vincent Dellorefice Sebas an Doody Hector Opie Drae Maple

Coach: Michael Minuzzo Assistant Coach: 52 Chad McLaughlin Brodie Anderson Joshuah Glidden Trae Hamilton Deacon Ilsley Teangi Stephens

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Brooklyn Winterfield 17 Finn Kenseley 19 20 Levi Loring 21 Will Johnston 23 Bryce Cowland Rafael Rigopoulis 24 Henry James 25 Noah Pearce 27 Riley Ellis 28 Robbie Case 30 Shar Say Blake Overmaat-Pohlner Toby Stutley Keoni Curnow Seth Fraser

Talon Johnson Jess Thomas Brad Cowling Zac Pearce Tate Hammond Jayden Prior Kade Turnbull Will Pearson Koby Stratman Addison Noble

Under 14’s Coach: Jason Baron Assistant Coach: Sco Fle Cooper Harris Sam Baron Mitchell Chapman Penny Coleman Tyson Cooley Levi Creek Dean Crute Jackson Driver James Fle Reid Hamilton Ryder Lomas Connor Lunnay Aden Minge Eadie Mustart Harrison Pearce

Mason Rogers Luca Roulstone Samuel Swiggs Charlie Waters Hayden Wren Charlie Wurst

Coach: Jamie Croker Assistant Coach: Chris Milich 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18

Naite Fox Tyler Pigno Alex Cram Ryan Pearson Josh Witney Harry O'Loughlin Johee Joyce Liam Johnson Harvey Croker Brodie Szopory Logan Sco Jasper Sugden Kane Gilbert Deacon Gilbert Dexter O’Dine

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Jacob Sim Bailey Noble Ethan McKenny Jack Milich Harry Mobbs Reece Barre Sam Pearce Bradlei Witney Ben Harful Jaxon Hewle

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Blue & Red

Under 12 A’s Coach: Adrian Flowers Assistant Coach: Ryan Creek 3 7 8 9 11 17 18 25

Ethan Fle Brock McEachern Kobe Roulstone Ethan Brook Eddie Kahorao Jake Cooley James Bryan Jenna Baron

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Jacob Vinko Kane Harris Kobi Long Izobella Lorigan Lincoln Holtham Jack Dyson Banjo Stephens Tyrece Porter

Coach: Ma hew Fox Charlie Waters Hayden Wren

Tage Curnow Lily Kradolfer Jack Flier William Judd Parker Pigno Zavier Ryan Rhys Thiele Leni Clifford

Oliver Fox Jasper Coe Tyler West-Jelleff Mitchell Day

Under 12 B’s Coach: John Stafford Team Manager: Sco Montgomery 2 3 4 6 7 13 16 18 19

Thomas Norman Mason Rogers Alex Bell Finnegan Brokensha Jobe Lynagh Jake Cary Hardie Stafford Harris Mustart Henry Montgomery

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Coach: Shane Sugden, Damian Hudson & Ma Vivian Chayce Van Vuuren Jack Fenton Nash Hammond Xavier Hunter Malik Schultze Toshiaki Owen Kade Rainey Ben Reichelt

Ronnie Coleman Riley Chapman Jobe Creek Jacob Cox Tyler Norton Owen Flowers Kye Wren-Mitchell Edwin Buckland Levi Jenson

Braxton Reid Kalan Schultze Tristyn Sugden Harry Taylor Logan Vivian William Shaughnessy Elijah Loef Bradley Hudson

Lincoln Beggs Cody Lardner Hunter Wya Dylan Aitchison Dylan Bowering Jacob Edwards

Under 12 C’s Coach: Stacey Mullans Team Manager: Michael Durbridge 3 4 11 24 46 66 68 69

Moonshine Win Digby Stephens Jenny Bigirimana Will Mullens Mitchell Allen Cooper Stephen LakynCorcoran Banks Stephen

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Abel McIntosh Jarrah Durbidge Levi Hunter Claire Fle Kobe Hamilton Jack Davison

Coach: Ben Clark &Luke Rainey Blake Brooks Eddie Cram Ryan Eas ck Maximus Harris Mason Jackson Jayden Maloney Henry Milne Archie Murdoch Oliver Nemes

Kobe Rainey Oliver Flier Ayden Campbell Archa Fitzpatrick Riley Clark Brody Cooper Vivian Keenan Palmerino Timms Reilan Hancock

Under 12 D’s Coaches: Danny Vinko Team Managers: Stephen Kamphius & Brad Lucas

Coaches: Troy Noonan & Logan Gleed

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Arthur Badenoch Blake Boguta Brayden Eas ck Oliver Flier Bohdi Gleed Oakley Hammond Graham Henare Lucas Kenne

Harry Lucas RyleyJudd Lukas Vinko Ned Kamphius David Kulimushi Will Gannon Ted Lucas Cohen Minter

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Thomas Bryan Maison Roscow

Jaxson Povey Kobe Rainey Andrew Williamson Rowan Cram

Under 12 E’s Coaches: Ciaran Buckley & Sam Whelan Team Managers: Joe Renko, Joe Liddle Coaches: 7 14 22 44 52 55 58

Oliver Liddle Fergus Brokensha Ryan Davison Flynn Buckley Beau Whelan Taylor Morris Xavier Wurst

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Eden Stephenson Richard Greco Morgan Renko Brax Edwards Jimmy Crozier Ryder Sealey Corey Phillips

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Noah Banks Rowan Cram Harry Gordon Zaid Kenny Jimmy McElroy Samuel Nemes Jack Perryman

Harry Phillips Grady Reid Jaxon Sims Jack Taylor Peter Bolte

North Gambier Yellow & Black Under 12E What a great start to the 2022 season with North Gambier U12 E’s having an opportunity to play East Gambier at McDonald Park. Speedster Oliver Liddle was displaying magic on the field with his twisting and turning, whilst the likes of Flynn Buckley found himself in the elite category of ‘first kick first goal’ to the season. North Gambier players illustrated their passion of ‘want’ and kept the ball moving in any direction possible. With Eden Stephenson’s courage and Xavier Wurst’s elite kicking, it was a great day seeing smiles all round. Awards on the day were handed to Morgan Renko, Xavier Wurst, Eden Stephenson and Oliver Liddle.

Go Tiges!

Coaches: Ciaran Buckley, Joe Renko, Sam Whelan & Joe Liddle North Gambier Yellow & Black

With plenty of discussion during After a fair bit of discussion the week whether we could put during the week between the team on the table in the U18's, two presidents, it was a creditato coach Bryan and the boys both clubs to put on a full days themselves gathered a talented football due to unavailability, squad.

Covid/protocols and injuries.

Neither club could afford to hand out jumpers for all the new The senior coach was very players, some of which we may excited to see the future of the never see again. Thanks to all on club on show during this game both sides that help out through and we ran out convincing the day, on and off the field. winners.

After getting coach Hardy out ofBest players were named as covid protocols on Friday I amReece McLaughlin (5g), Aaron sure his pre-season team lookedDally, Joel Griffith, Brodie Allen, different to what we ended upJamie Williamson and Jay Turner. putting on the park, including With coach Shepherdson down the shortest retirement since with Covid, Peter Allen and Ryan John Farnham, by Declan Kenny. Roulstone took over coaching Congratulations to debutants, duties for the U16's.

Dale Bachmann, Mitch Kelton, Cam Ortlepp & Jacob Arthurson After getting off to a quick start, and 2nd gamer Brodie Allen who East gradually took over and lasted a lot longer than his 1st despite their best efforts in the game last year and was very last quarter, the boys just fell happy with his goal. With both short. Best players were Darcy teams missing some of their best Arthurson, Brodie Anderson, 22, as expected it was a hard Josh Glidden, Aaron Dally and fought game, with East’s injuries Zac Cordell. having a bearing on our positive result.

The under 14's got off to a rough start but coach Baron was Despite playing more than 150 nothing but positive after the games it was the first time our ex game. These guys & girls have a coach was named best, with best h u ge u p s i d e a n d we l o o k players being Justin McConnell, forward to seeing their Sam Stafford, Tim McInerney, improvements throughout the Nick McInerney, Jordan Hollitt & season. Best players were Joel Griffith. named as Sam Baron, James Flett, Jackson Driver & Sam Our reserves coach Youngy has Crispino. quickly found out about why this job is one of the hardest in Today we host West with the football. It is a credit to him to Tom Hall trophy up for grabs. For get a team on the park, which those that don’t know this ended up being a bit of an all club trophy is played for the first time effort and included some guys each season that North and that were lucky? enough to be in West play at Vansittart Park, with town for the races. We had b o t h c l u bs h av i n g s h a re d plenty of experience with a Vansittart Park until West moved sprinkling of youth. Ciaran to Malseed Park. This explains Buckley (4 goals and who has SOME of the rivalry between the now played more games than two clubs and makes me wonder trained in 2022), Mitch Harris, how it worked then, as I can’t see Matthew Chapman (6g) Ethan how it would work now.

Norman & Danny Poyner were best players.

Rosters are out, so please help out.

We did have a couple of injuries, but I’m told Patty made a Memberships are due, so please r e m a r k a b l e r e c o v e r y o n renew.

Saturday night. Unfortunately, it may be some weeks before Thanks to our major sponsors, Mason Engel can continue his Stuckey Electrical Contractors and KFC. comeback.

Under 12D Welcome back all returning players and new players to the club for season 2022.

I have once again been asked to coach the U12D’s for the upcoming season, a role which I feel honoured to do.

The U12D’s are a team made up of few numbers, but what we lack in numbers we more than make up with enthusiasm and skill.

It's an exciting time of the year with the weeks of training behind us and the first game for the year being played, to kick off this season we came up against East Gambier on a perfect day for football. The boys were all fired up and couldn’t be held back, from the first whistle they were super enthusiastic, and all wanted to get a touch of the football. It was exciting to watch them take what we had been practicing at training and put into a game situation.

A special mention goes to the following boys who stood out on the day.

Rylee Judd, Ryder Sealey, Harry Lucas and Will. It was hard to separate these boys out of a team that played so well together, and all of the boys contributed to a great game. They should all feel really proud of their efforts.

I am looking forward to the year ahead, as should all the parents, as we have a fantastic group of boys. I am looking forward to seeing you all this weekend, when we take on West Gambier at home on Sunday.

Go Tiges!!

Coach: Danny Vinko

Under 12C After a month or so of training and a few new faces in the team Round one was here and had us taking on East Gambier at MacDonald park, there was a lot of excitement with the kids all keen to get the season underway. After a slow scrappy first quarter from both sides our kids hit the ground running in the second quarter and showed what they’re capable of playing some excellent football and playing very well as a team. It was fantastic to watch! The last two quarters were played in the same fashion with some great passages of play and more great teamwork on display with all players getting involved and contributing in a great team effort. Goal kickers on the day were Levi Hunter, Kobe Hamilton, Maison Roscow, Jarrah Durbridge, Lakyn Corcoran and Able McIntosh. Player awards went to Claire Flett, Jenny Bigirimana, Able McIntosh and Lakyn Corcoran. Thanks to East Gambier for a good hitout first up and bring on West this week, Go Tigers!

Coaches: Stacey Mullens & Michael Durbidge, Team Manager: Anthony Davison Under 12B Welcome back everyone.

Firstly I would like to extend my sincere condolences to the entire Norman family over the passing of Will late last year.

It's great to have footy back and can possibly say I'm not sure who was more excited the kids or me..

So round 1 saw the tigers travel down the road to the old foes at the kennel. In perfect conditions for football we saw a fantastic game of football played in amazing spirit. Our lads were ferocious at the football and took control early and played exceptional team football. With many passages of play where east didn't touch the football.

Best players for the day, which to be honest could have been any of them, were Ronnie Coleman, Thomas Norman, Jacob cox and Riley Chapman.

Coach: John Stafford & Team Manager: Scott 'monty' Montgomery

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ROUND RESULTS A GRADE West Gambier 87 (L. McGregor, S. Ri er) d Casterton Sandford 24 (S. Jarrad, C. Rice) North Gambier 59 (C. Wakefield, M. Renko) d East Gambier 44 (A. Bosko, E. Hunter) Millicent 91 (T. Sanderson, D. Verbena) d South Gambier 39 (A. Duncan, L. Munro) A RESERVE West Gambier 45 (J. Davey. B. Kuller) d Casterton Sandford 41 (C. Humphries, C. Foster) North Gambier 49 (A. O’Shaughnessy, A. Pitson) d East Gambier 46 (S. McKinnon, R. Henke) Millicent 69 (A. Janssen, K. Taylor) d South Gambier 43 (T. McShane, J, O’Neil) B GRADE Casterton Sandford 38 (M. Pa on, K. Harvey) d West Gambier 29 (N. Jackway, M. Milich) North Gambier 46 (H. Fox, A. Ashby) d East Gambier 27 (N. Smith, S. McLean) Millicent 66 (T. Verbena, K. Coghlan) d South Gambier 29 (N. Aston, K. McIntyre-Clark) C GRADE Casterton Sandford 41 (C. Johnston, K. Hutchins) d West Gambier 34 (K. Earle, E. Pollock) East Gambier 46 (J. Clark, D. Waters) d North Gambier 22 (Z. Jones, J. Forrest) Millicent 53 (C. Pra , K. Brown) d South Gambier 33 (B. Winterfield, E. Egan) 17 & UNDER Casterton Sandford 49 (E. Jarrad, M. Hutchins) d West Gambier 42 (J. Heraper, S. Clayton) North Gambier 58 (L. Norman, C. Mackereth) d East Gambier 28 (J; Davis, M. Lamb) Millicent 65 (L. Paul, L. Van Eeden) d South Gambier 42 (A. Duncan, L. Munro) 15 & UNDER A West Gambier 52 (E. Xanthopoulos, I. McGregor) d Casterton Sandford 31 (I. Longhurst, C. Hulm) North Gambier 64 (M. Griffith, C. Nulty) d East Gambier 16 (S, Clark, A. Lines) Millicent 61 (P. Paul, M. Cushion) d South Gambier 18 (M. Harrold, S. Bartle ) 15 & UNDER B West Gambier 41 (M. Vivian, A. Judd) d Casterton Sandford 26 (C. Hulm, H. Nash) North Gambier 34 (M. Allen, T. Jones) d East Gambier 22 (T. Geraghty, E. Chi leborough) Millicent 37 (P. Thorne, S. Sigston) d South Gambier 17 (R. Milich, C. A will) 13 & UNDER A West Gambier 70 (L. Pearson, S. Lindner) d Casterton Sandford 3 (R. Forbes, P. Rhook) North Gambier 63 (M. Wells, R. Darimaani) d East Gambier 1 (L. Foster, T. Kemp) Millicent 62 (L. Crowe, B. Coghlan) d South Gambier 6 (K. Cole, H. Harvey)) 13 & UNDER B Casterton Sandford 17 (M. Robbins, R. Forbes) d West Gambier 9 (E. McKenny, C. Hunter) North Gambier 22 (C. Grivell, L. Hunter) d East Gambier 15 (A. Olsen, O. Hosking) Millicent 45 (A. Thomson, I. Wilson) d South Gambier 1 (L. Dening, E. Merchant)) 11 & UNDER West Gambier 21 (R. Lamb, P. Bonney-Dawson) d Casterton Sandford 6 (I. Luhrs, B. Dorahey) East Gambier 16 (I. Neilson, H. Coote) d North Gambier 6 Millicent 29 (O. Hales, H. Wilson) d South Gambier 8 (E. McCracken, Z. Harten)

2022 LADDERS 15 & UNDER A

A-GRADE P West Gambier 1 North Gambier 1 East Gambier 1 Casterton Sandford 1 Millicent 0 South Gambier 0

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

% 362.50 134.09 74.58 27.59 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

North Gambier East Gambier West Gambier Casterton Sandford Millicent South Gambier

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

% 109.76 106.52 93.88 91.11 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

West Gambier North Gambier East Gambier Casterton Sandford Millicent South Gambier

B-GRADE North Gambier Casterton Sandford West Gambier East Gambier Millicent South Gambier

P 1 1 1 1 0 0

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

% 170.37 131.03 76.32 58.70 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

P 1 1 1 1 0 0

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

% 209.09 120.59 82.93 47.83 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

% 207.14 116.67 85.71 48.28 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

P 1 1 1 1 0 0

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

% 157.69 154.55 64.71 63.41 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

North Gambier West Gambier Casterton Sandford East Gambier Millicent South Gambier

P 1 1 1 1 0 0

PTS % W 2 6300.00 1 2 2333.33 1 0 4.29 0 0 1.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 & UNDER B L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0

BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0

17 & UNDER P North Gambier 1 Casterton Sandford 1 West Gambier 1 East Gambier 1 Millicent 0 South Gambier 0

% 400.00 167.74 59.62 25.00 0 0

13 & UNDER A

C-GRADE East Gambier Casterton Sandford West Gambier North Gambier Millicent South Gambier

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

15 & UNDER B

A-RESERVE P West Gambier 1 North Gambier 1 East Gambier 1 Casterton Sandford 1 Millicent 0 South Gambier 0

P 1 1 1 1 0 0

Casterton Sandford North Gambier East Gambier West Gambier Millicent South Gambier

P 1 1 1 1 0 0

PTS 2 2 0 0 0 0

% 188.89 146.67 68.18 52.94 0 0

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

NETBALL GAME TIMES 9am & 8.45am - 13 & Under A & 11 & Under 10.15am - 15 & Under A & 13 & Under B 11.30am -17 & Under & 15 & Under B 1.00pm - A Reserve & C Grade 2.30pm - A Grade & B Grade *All mes are in South Australian me zones

MATCH REPORTS MILLICENT V SOUTH GAMBIER South Gambier entered the round one clash with Millicent missing two key talls and having to u lise a ra of players backing up for their second game of the day as the Demons became the first club to have significant numbers across all senior and junior grades unavailable due to COVID. In contrast to the unse led South line-up, the Saints looked as well drilled as ever, with six of the 2021 grand final line-up on court and newcomer Georgia Clarke slo ng in nicely on the defensive wing.

The shoo ng combina on of Tabatha Sanderson and Demi Verbena were on fire from the first whistle, ne ng 25 from 28 as the slick ball movement of the Saints via the mid court of Paige Nitschke and Lisa Duldig gave the Demons hard working defenders, Mykaela Thiele and Ruby Richter, who was celebra ng her 150th appearance for the club, li le chance to deny the Millicent shooters plenty of scoring opportuni es.

The deficit was 17 at the first break and it blew out to 26 by the half as both teams made changes.

For the Demons, Charlene Riley made her A Grade debut, as one of the doubling up players for South and took on the daun ng task of denying Sanderson the ball, while Richter moved into the centre and Thiele ventured out to goal defence.

For the Saints, Daisy Tunkin took the centre bib, bringing fresh legs to the role as the Saints con nued to score at will, pu ng another 24 goals on the board for the quarter.

And not only was Sanderson shoo ng with her usual accuracy but Verbena shot eight from eight in the first, second and last quarters, missing only one a empt for the game when she ne ed seven from eight in the third.

At the other end of the court, the Saints defenders were also making life tough for the South a ack line which was well led by Alyssa Duncan, whose combina on with Lara Munro showed promise against the ght checking of Por a McRae and Hannah Nitschke.

But in the end, weight of supply, and the clinical and quick ball movement of the Saints was overwhelming and they powered to a 52 goal victory.

WEST GAMBIER V CASTERTON SANDFORD West Gambier is looking to break its premiership drought and its 2022 campaign started in style with a 53 goal victory over Casterton Sandford, who were missing some of their key players and will be keen to have a full squad to choose from, sooner rather than later.

West unveiled a new look mid court with young guns Zoe Malseed and Mikaela Horrigan joining Tara Bryant, ensuring there was plenty of speed and athle cism through the centre of the court.

And the speed of ball and sure hands on the feed meant West goalers Sarah Ri er and Lisa McGregor had plenty of supply, with the star shoo ng duo, not unsurprisingly, being named West’s best.

Rigger ne ed 16 from 18 in the opening quarter, 24 from 27 in a huge second quarter and 15 from 20 in the third, before Claire Hunter entered the game at shooter and didn’t miss a beat with 11 from 12.

Hunter will be the Roos replacement shooter when Ri er is away on State du es and it was a great way to introduce the talented goaler to the A Grade court.

It was a tough day out for the Cats, with so many first choice players missing, and the Roos defenders, Amy Cram and Jade Ri er, denied the makeshi Casterton Sandford forward set up me and space and any chance to se le, keeping them to limited scoring opportuni es.

Scarle Jarrad was easily the Cats best as she con nued her hard running through the centre as well as showing great leadership for her younger team mates, while Charlo e Rice made good space in the shoo ng circle.

New coach Jodie Humphries swung the changes throughout the match to try and find the right mix and she would certainly have been pleased with the effort of her new look round one team.

EAST GAMBIER V NORTH GAMBIER The Bulldogs premiership defence got off to a shaky start as North Gambier showed despite losing a number of key players in the off season, they intend to be contenders again in 2022.

DENTON’S

The return of Ash Kalantarian provided some wonderful experience and skill to the a acking end of the court, while Libby Morgan’s eleva on to the top grade on the defensive wing also added tenacity and speed to the defensive end of the court.

New defender Zahra Crough teamed up well with captain Mel Renko, who returned to circle defence a er a few seasons in the mid court, and got plenty of touches and created turnover ball to ensure North had enough possession to post a winning score.

Teenage goaler Macey Gri h also had a strong debut in A Grade company, ne ng 17 out of 21 and feeding her experienced shoo ng partner Caroline Wakefield (Davey) with precision as the star shooter put in a best on court performance as she converted 42 from 45 in a now expected quality performances.

East not only started life without premiership players Tenille Gray and Lisa Fyfe but had Bo Creek and Tyne Bosko unavailable as well and were forced into using some players who had already played A Reserve.

Returning East defender Morgan Amy started at goal defence and then at half me went back to resume her many ba les with Wakefield to try and quell the Tigers spearhead, while at the other end it will no doubt take me for Sarah Lock and Amryn Bosko to find their mojo as a shoo ng combina on.

Emily Hunter was again impressive through the middle and her ba le with Brianna Walters was one of the match ups of the day as the two hard running centres got the job done both offensively and applying defensive pressure.

North’s strong start which saw them seven goals clear at quarter me, courtesy of a stunning opening quarter of shoo ng from Griffith and Wakefield, and the Tigers went on to win every quarter.

It was 10 goals at the main break, 13 at three quarter me and then a final margin of 15 as North enjoyed a confident start to the 2022 season and East will head back to the training court and also look to welcome back their missing defenders.

ROUND PREVIEWS CASTERTON SANDFORD v MILLICENT It doesn’t get any easier for Casterton Sandford this weekend when they host 2021 runners up Millicent at Island Park.

T h e S a i nt s l o o ke d s l i c k i n t h e i r comprehensive win over South Gambier in the opening round with their trademark ball movement and relentless defence on show.

Por a McRae and Hannah Nitschke con nue to be a strong defensive combina on, and new face Georgia Clarke applied typical Saints pressure on the defensive wing, while at the other end of the court Tabatha Sanderson and Demi Verbena showed their chemistry as a shoo ng duo has done nothing if not improve and with the likes of Lisa Duldig, Daisy Tunkin and Paige Nitschke delivering the ball, it will be a tough day out for the Cats defenders.

The biggest challenge for the Cats in the early going of 2022 is player unavailability and as they look to built a new look A Grade line-up, it is going to take me.

Scarle Jarrad is the lynchpin of the team in centre and Charlo e Rice looms as a great target for the Cats offensive line with her well med moves and strength on the hold.

At the other end, new recruit Tessa Marra will quickly find her feet in the Western Border compe on and along with the likes of hard working junior Ebany Jarrad, will have their work cut out as they take on Sanderson and Verbena, who are the equal of the West line-up the Cats defenders took on in round one.

Makayla Hutchins brings speed to the mid court and Gaby Tomkins will be be er for the run a er a season on the sidelines, while Caeleigh Humphries is the X factor, who can be called on to fill any spot on court, depending on player

availability.

NORTH GAMBIER v WEST GAMBIER Looms as the match of the round as the new look Tigers take on a se led West Gambier line-up in the ba le to go two zip in 2022.

The shoo ng combina ons of both teams are strong and will do serious scoreboard damage if the defenders are not at the top of their game.

North’s Caroline Wakefield has been a regular team of the year member for many seasons and her new combina on with teenager Macey Griffith looked seamless in round one and Griffith was happy to take the shots and not just feed her more experienced shoo ng partner.

For West, Sarah Ri er con nues to loom as a serious threat, not just under the post but from long range, while the smarts of Lisa McGregor ensures the West a acking end runs like a well oiled machine and she is an accurate finisher herself.

McGregor’s ba le with Mel Renko will be arguably the most pivotal of the match and while Renko will make McGregor earn every possession, McGregor herself will have to turn defender without the ball as Renko is a key link player through the mid court.

The other key match up is Brianna Walters and Tara Bryant in the centre.

Both have speed to burn and both are safe with ball in hand, and watching the two hard runners work up and down the court for 60 minutes will be a treat for spectators.

On paper a high scoring affair would be expected given the quality of the two shoo ng combina ons and in what should be a ght scoreline, the Roos should remain undefeated.

SOUTH GAMBIER v EAST GAMBIER East Gambier will be looking to get its premiership defence back on track as the Bulldogs head to Blue Lake Sports Park this weekend.

The return of premiership players Bo C re e k a n d Ty n e B o s ko c e r ta i n l y strengthens the East defensive line, while Sarah Lock and Amryn Bosko will only improve as a shoo ng combina on as the weeks go on.

Any team with Tarsh McCallum, Emily Hunter and Kate Dempsey running through the mid court will provide plenty of quality ball to their shooters and if South cannot slow the Bulldogs ball movement it will be a long day in the defensive circle.

South’s round one shoo ng combina on of Lara Munro and Alyssa Duncan looks set to be a tough one for defensive units to stop with their speed on the drive and good understanding as they play a moving goal circle, while young mid courters Tully McShane and Megan Reid have played a lot of netball with Duncan and Munro, meaning the South frontline should have good chemistry going forward.

Ruby Richter showed good form in the mid court as well in round one and could also fill a defensive post if required and she is another of the players who have come through the junior ranks together.

Both these sides look like they will take a li le while to se le and find their best form and given the experience and quality of the on court leaders for East, the Bulldogs should get their first win of 2022.

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Casterton-Sandford Blue, White & Red First week back on the courts for the Cats girls, and they couldn’t have been more excited with the c ra c k i n g w e a t h e r a t We s t Gambier. Some of the teams hit the ground running and started the season off with a bang, while others had a few first game nerves to put aside in Round 1.

JUNIORS: The Under 11 team played brilliantly, with Isabella & Bridget being key players in passages of play down the court, but despite the effort of all the girls they unfortunately couldn’t come home with the win losing 6-21.

A terrific game was seen played by the Under 13B team, with a great bit of teamwork from the girls to win 17-9, with Marlee, Rachel, Phoebe and Georgia, playing outstandingly.

We saw many of these players step up into the Under 13A’s but despite their strong presence on the court in the B’s, the West Gambier girls precision & accuracy down the court was unbeatable for our girls and they unfortunately lost 3-70.

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pressure of the West girls and had a well-played & tough fought game, but couldn’t grasp the win this week, losing 31-52.

SENIORS: Under 17 players Ebony & Makayla fought hard alongside teammates to bring home the first seniors win of the day 49-42 triumphing over the West girls.

What a defeat by the C Grade team triumphing West 41-34. The West girls didn’t give up easily, but the Cats girls dug deep, and saw Chantelle & Kim play critical roles throughout the game.

B Grade ran away with the win 3829. The passages of play were fantastic & what a way to finish off the game with plays from Madeline, Kerri & Ebony.

The girls had spectators on their seats in a nail-biting game as it flicked backwards and forwards between the leading team in the A Reserves. Claire & Sharna in defense worked incredibly well, but despite the attacking efforts of Caeleigh, West ran away with a close win 41-45.

A Grade tried a few new combos We saw the incredible skill of our this week, but the experienced juniors in the Under 15 A’s & B’s. and highly skilled west ladies, triumphed 24-87. The girls look B’s made great plays throughout promising however for the the entire game and fought hard season & should put up a great to the end, but unfortunately fight at the next meeting against couldn’t take home the win, West, with Scarlett, Charlotte, l o s i n g 2 6 - 4 1 . S h o u t o u t t o Gaby & Tessa bringing strength to Chelsea, Hannah & Matilda for the team this week. refusing to give up despite the score-line.

Goodluck Cats Girls for Round 2 against Millicent on home turf.

A’s had key players in Indi, Have fun & lets see if we can get a Chelsea & Charlotte rise to the few more wins on the board.

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15As Millicent 62 def South 18 Best Players - Piper Paul & Molly Cushion Fasta pasta- poppy venn Denton’s - Edie Easterby 13As Millicent 62 def South 6 Best Players- Lucy Crowe & Bell Coghlan A Reserve Fa sta p a sta - B e l l C o g h l a n Millicent 69 def South 43 Best Players- Annelise Janssen & Denton’s- Lucy Crowe Kayleigh Taylor S A S S I - A n n a l i s e J a n s s e n 13Bs Mccourts- Kayleigh Taylor Millicent 45 def South 1 Best Players - Amarlie Thomson & Isabel Wilson B Grade B o o st- A u d rey G a l a m b o s Millicent 66 def South 29 Best Players- Tiarna Verbena & S h e a r e r ’s C o o k - A m a r l i e Thomson Krystal Coghlan Alternate Life- Tiarna Verbena 11s Since 56- Krystal Coghlan Millicent 28 def South 8 Best Players- Olivia Hales & Hope C Grade Wilson Millicent 63 def South 33 Best Players - Claudia Pratt & Kalli Brown Denton’s- Claudia Pratt New Heaven- Kalli Brown A Grade Millicent 91 def South 39 Best Players- Tabatha Sanderson & Demi Verbena L a u r a & V i c k i - Ta b a t h a S a n d e rs o n Pe r i n a ’s - D e m i Verbena

17s Millicent 65 def South 42 Best Players - Lily Paul & Lauren van Eeden Ducky’s surf- Lauren van Eeden Pierna’s- Ella Easterby 15Bs Millicent 37 def South 17 Best Players - Poppy Thorne & Sarah S Ducky’s surf- Poppy Thorne Boost- Sarah S

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South Gambier Red & White It was a tough way to starts 2022 as it always is when we take on Millicent that has been the benchmark of the competition for so long but then to have players, coaches and umpires d ro p l i ke f l i e s to COV I D a n d associated isolation rules, it really was a tough round one.

The club is so grateful for everyone who stepped up and played extra quarters, coached extra games and umpired extra matches so we could make sure we got the job done on Saturday and for the parents and senior players who made sure all the other jobs associated with a round of netball, including scoring, got filled and we were able to focus on what went on, on court.

Maelee Dalton was a superstar for making the trek to Millicent to fill the umpiring void, while Larnka took on 13 13 & Under A team as well as her 13 & Under B line-up and was courtside for a match at every other timeslot as well in case anyone needed a hand or some advice.

It was also a full on day for Tash, who when she wasn’t coaching – she took on the C Grade and 15 & Under A team as well as her usual role as B Grade coach – was being her usual vocal and encouraging self on the sidelines of the remaining junior matches.

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defenders coming through our junior ranks and has the premiership and individual silverware to show for her efforts.

So consistent, willing to play any role asked of her by her coach, and with the ability to play a tight checking style of defence as well as come up with the most impressive interceptions courtesy of her ability to read the play, and Ruby has already made her mark at South Gambier.

In her first year as a full fledged senior player, Ruby was one of the many players at the weekend who took up the challenge of playing multiple grades so we could get seven out on court for very quarter.

Speaking of seven on court, our 11 & Under girls, many who were playing their first game of netball EVER finished out the last quarter and a half of their match with only six players but just did a great job against a much more experienced Millicent line-up.

Ellie McCracken and Zara led the way as the most experience on court for four quarters and they just kept winning the ball back. First gamer Chloe pressured every pass and found good space when we were looking to move the ball down court and Lacey was a star in her debut Rachel was also a star as she took on game, especially when she moved coaching both the A and A Reserve into goal attack, shooting a few great and the challenge of rotating a small goals to get us on the scoreboard. amount of players across the two grades to try and get the bet result Courtney was on fire through the but also ensure we didn’t run players mid court before an ankle injury into the ground in relatively warm sidelined her, while Myla’s second c o n d i t i o n s a ga i n s t t h e m o s t half was outstanding as she just kept successful club in the competition finding space, making good leads over the past decade and then some. and always finding a team mate with her passes.

A shout out to Deb Redman, as well from Millicent, who put her hand up Paegan was just looking like a world to cover an umpiring slot to help us beater at goal keeper as she got her out. hands to a number of balls when she, too, went down with an ankle In the midst of all that chaos, you and a big thanks to Elsie Merchant have all been working hard to sell who helped out before taking to the hot cross buns as well and it is great court for the 13 & Under B team, to see people supporting our first scoring the team’s first goal for the (and probably most delicious!!) season. fundraiser for the year and a huge thanks to Mel Milich who has taken Final thanks goes to our president this on and will be on hand at the Matho, who was there from dawn ‘til clubrooms on Tuesday from 4pm to dusk and kept a close eye on every hand out the goodies. court and every game and was ready to roll up his sleeves and help.

Not to get lost in the wash either was the 150th milestone for Ruby Richter Saturday might have ended up ugly on a weekend where she also made on the scoreboard but it brought out her A Grade debut and did a great the best in our club and what it job running centre. means to be part of a club.

Ruby has long been one of the most talented and hard working

A Grade East 44 lost to North 59 We’re all excited to be back for the 2022 season especially with the return of Sarah Lock and Morgan Amy, but unfortunately didn’t have the start we were hoping for. We look forward to the return of Bo Creek and Tyne Bosko this week to take on South.

Best players – Amryn Bosko & Emily Hunter. Award winners – Amryn Bosko (Gym Challenge Meals) & Emily Hunter (Fasta Pasta).

A Reserve East 46 lost to North 49 With a team of all new combo’s, we played some beautiful passages of play. Our intensity has been great so working out how to control that and improving the consistency to our defence, will only help us to bring home some good wins throughout the season. I’m excited!

Best players – Sharna McKinnon & Renee Henke - sponsored by Red Swamp Holdings. Award winners – Sharna McKinnon (Creek Livestock) & Chloe Perryman (San Piero).

B Grade East 27 lost to North 46 A strong, consistent North side took advantage of our nerves. Good passages of play but we need to remember the basics and drive to the ball. Keep training hard and let’s look towards next game.

Best players – Nicola Smith & Sophie Mclean. Award winners – Nicola Smith (The Nourish Nook) & Amy Feast (Club Tea).

C Grade East 46 won against North 22 Amazing start to the season, we welcomed Jacinta and Abby back in the dress. Strong shooting from Katie and Dan getting a 17-4 lead in the first.

Defensive pressure from Lucy & Alex caused crucial turnovers. Young gun Ruby Jacobs made a strong impact in the middle and we congratulate Lilli Spooner on her first senior appearance.

Best players – Jacinta Clark & Daniela Waters. Award winners – Ruby Jacobs (Jen’s Hotel) & Daniela Waters (Natural Born Grillers).

17 & Under East 28 lost to North 58 First run for the season and whilst we had some great passages of play, our passing was what let us down. We allowed our opponent to put us in a position that favoured them. We need to play front and have a stronger hold towards the ball. Something for us to work on.

Best players - Jordan Davis & Matilda Lamb. Award winners – Jordan Davis (25 Acres) & Raine Scott (Bakers Delight).

15 & Under A East 16 lost to North 64 Was a very tough game to start the

East Gambier Red & Black 2022 season. Hopefully we have gotten over the nerves and we can focus on our next game. There were some beautiful passages of play and lovely turnovers but with confidence and some more together, the rest will all improve. Chins up, stay safe and let’s look forward to next week.

Best players – Sharni Clark & Abby Lines. Award winners – Sharni Clark (OK Pie Shop) & Abby Lines (McDonalds).

15 & Under B East 22 lost to North 34 The girls started off guns blazing. With a completely new team, it was great to see the defensive pressure take place down the court. Sharni & Ellie worked the goal circle, creating space and executing shots with the help of Lillie and Mia feeding. Whilst Cedar, Skye and Tahlia held up the defensive end. It was the pressure throughout the mid court which saw quite a few turnovers in our favour. The effort from the tea, was fantastic across 4 quarters, At no point did we give up and I can’t wait to show them what we have next week.

Best players – Tahlia Geraghty & Ellie Chittleborough. Award winners – Tahlia Geraghty (Fasta Pasta) & Ellie Chittleborough (Scroll Queen).

13 & Under A East 1 lost to North 63 Well done on your efforts today girls.

We had a tough game against a very strong North side. You all did a wonderful job and did not stop all game. With half of our team missing, you all did a great job adapting and worked well as a team. We are excited for next week and look forward to a wonderful season.

Best players – Lily Foster & Tahni Kemp. Award winners – Lily Foster (Boost Juice) & Tahni Kemp (Wendy’s) 13 & Under B East 15 lost to North 22 Fantastic effort today girls. You all put in 110% effort which was great considering you had already played a game beforehand. You had some beautiful plays and worked really well together as a team, great job girls! We look forward to seeing what this 2022 season brings.

Best players – Ava Olsen & Olivia Hosking. Award winners – Ava Olsen (Kaboom) & Olivia Hosking (KFC) 11 & Under East 16 won against North 6 Excellent game girls, you all played really well together and had fun! Some amazing plays and teamwork showed on the court. Looking forward to the season ahead. Good job!

Best players – Izabella Neilson & Havannah Coote. Award winners – Izabella Neilson (Bakers Delight) & Havannah Coote (Copenhagen)

North Gambier Yellow & Black Under 11 North lost to East Great first game everyone. We did not come away with a win but our voices on the court and our no stepping skills were very good.

Congratulations. Fantastic job today!

Best players: Addison Kamphius and Frankie Wakefield.

Under 13B North 22 def East 15 Our girls did an excellent job. The 4 under 11 players in this team stepped up and adjusted well to a faster and physical game. We are going to work hard to get our shoulder passes to be more consistent for the full duration of the game.

B e st p l aye rs : C a re y G r i v e l l (sponsored by3MP) and Lacey Hunter.

Under 13A North 63 def East 1 Amazing start to the season. We worked well together as a team.

Both our attacking and defensive sides displayed great commitment.

Best players: Meghan Wells and Mia Griffith.

Under 15B North 34 def East 22 Great first game girls. A win win on the board is always the best way to start. Some great passages of play from all on court. Our switch from attack to defence was great. Let's keep this up an continue it this week.

Best players: Tora Jones and Lily Brook (sponsored by Squashbrook) Under 15A North 64 def East 16 A great start to the season by the girls, from start to finish the girls set the standard they wish to play. Our attacking end were strong in set plays, goaling and rebounding.

Defence dictated play at times and had plenty of hands over balls, which is pleasing. The girls enjoyed their first game as a new team and look forward to the challenges that l a y a h e a d .

Best players: Macey Griffith and Cara Nulty

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and supported each other throughout the whole game. There were many great passages of play in both attack and defense, providing a strong foundation for the start of our season. An outstanding team effort.

Best players: Alysha Coon and Ava Norman.

C Grade North 22 def by East 46 A fairly new C Grade team at North Gambier this year with a number of new faces to the club! The team found their groove as the game progressed, with some excellent plays in both attack and defence even though it wasn't quite our day on the score board.

Best Players: Zarly Jones and Justine Forrest B grade North 46 def East 27 A nice win notched up for the first game. All girls played great. Each did their part with some great plays and drives. The defence was tough and measured and the finishing off

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Best players: Georgia McInerney and Brianna Fuller A reserve North 49 def East 46 After a successful 2021 and only having 2 premiership players left in the side for 2022 our A reserve team is a new bunch of girls this year - including some talented juniors. We had a fantastic first game with each individual playing their role and a great team effort against a strong East side.

Best players: Riley Mitchell and Elyse Willoughby (sponsored by Halloran Diesel)

A grade North 59 def East 44 The A grade girls had a number of new players taking the court for them this week. Macey Griffith made her A grade debut and played very well in GA. With only 3 remaining players in the team from last year, the girls took on the premiership winning team and was able to win by a comfortable margin. Some good connections were evident already both in attack and defence. Accurate shooting Under 17's and pressured defence saw North North 58 def East 28 run away with a purposeful win.

What a great start to the season! Best players: Caroline Wakefield Despite the first games nerves felt (sponsored for by Solly) and Mel by the majority of the girls, they Renko (sponsored by Treehouse). started the game strongly. All 9 players worked hard to achieve what they had been asked to do

West Gambier

It was a perfect Autumn day, netball was back and we were pumped! We welcomed the Casterton cats to Malseed Park for round one, and there was a feeling of excitement. Our grounds were looking great, a big thank you to all of our working bee volunteers, and the signage on our fence line looks amazing, thank you to all of our major sponsors! A big happy birthday to our president Kate, who spent her day running around after everyone as always, and snapping some terrific action shots of the girls. Round one saw Sarah Ritter reach her 150 game milestone, congratulations Sarah! Our club would also like to wish Sarah all the very best in her upcoming U19 state netball, what an achievement!

U/11s - The under 11s were out bright and early to start the day in what was some of the girls very first ever game of netball, which is always so exciting!

What a great start to our season. Some excellent passages of play resulting in a great win. We played a well controlled game and made the most of the turnovers. Super proud of the girls first game.

West 21 - Casterton 6 - Best players Ruby Lamb, Phoebe Bonney-Dawson U/13B - With all new girls in the 13bs coming up from 11s except for one, these girls worked brilliantly as a team.

Great start to the game, we kept up with Casterton-Sanford for the first 3/4 and they got away in the last 1/4. Experience, age and height did play a part in the end results. Good work across the court with everybody putting in 100% With lots of potential for an amazing season we are looking forward to an exciting season ahead.

Let’s go West!!

West 9 - Casterton 17 Best players Ella McKenny, Claire Hunter Game day awards Claire Hunter, Isla Lynch U/13A - We welcomed two new players to West in the 13A team, in Alice and Kara, but all of these girls definitely made it look like they had played together before. It was an exciting feel watching this team and we look forward to getting a few more games under our belt to get a good gauge on where they are at and what areas they need to work on. This was a massive team effort, where all girls put in a solid four quarters. Defence read the ball superbly, making it hard for Casterton to score, and the mid court swiftly moved the ball down, with the accuracy of the goalies finishing off to reward all efforts.

West 70 – Casterton 3 Best players Lila Pearson, Swaye Lindner Game day awards Alice Allen, Swaye Lindner U/15B - Saturday saw our under 15b team take the court against Casterton/Sandford for the very first game of the year. Our girls haven’t all played together before but you wouldn’t know it watching them on the court together. We got to welcome Demi Jennings to the West family for her first year of netball and she played a ripper 3 quarters in the mid court doing a stellar job. Our defensive girls had their work cut out for them with Macy & Zarah working cohesively resulting in multiple turn overs gaining West some extra goals.

Miley and Holly were paired up in the goals, and together are working on their confidence within their own amazing abilities. The special handshake after each goal was a highlight for spectators. A small injury for Holly saw Ava make the smooth transition from defensive mid-court into the goals for the last quarter, where she added a few to Wests total. Our mid-court team of Demi, Maya and Annabel did a fantastic job where they were always being an option for the pass and gained many turn overs. Casterton gave our girls a great first game where they were able to try out their positions for the season to come, all whilst having some fun. Well done girls, bring on round 2.

West 41 – Casterton 26 Best players Miley Vivian, Annabel Judd U/15A - In perfect conditions, our girls got some invaluable court time against a quality opposition.

We had some really great passages of play across the court, which is pleasing to see the girls putting into practice what we are doing at training. We wish our Co-coach, Sarah Ritter all the best at U19 State Netball, we are so proud of you! Game day awards: 1st best Ella Jolley - well done to adapting to feedback and your defensive efforts, 2nd best Imogen McGregor - Amazing shooting accuracy and connections with Lucy!

West 52 – Casterton 31 Best players Ellie Xanthopoulous, Imogen McGregor Game day awards Ella Jolley, Imogen McGregor

Blue & Red U/17 - Our first game started off with CastertonSandford putting us under pressure straight away.

We were down by 9 at ¼ time, which put us on the back foot. Our girls didn’t drop their heads, and to their fantastic efforts we were down by only 2 at half time. Our defence in Maddie Milich and Kirra McKenny worked hard to make their goalies earn every goal. Stevi Clayton played a brilliant game at WD and Centre, her pressure all game was exactly what our team needed. Charlotte Scott, Amity Sheedy and Halle Boult fed the ball well into our goalies. Our court work at times was brilliant but we have a few areas we need work on. Jordy Heraper and Aleisha Pearson worked well together and their accuracy under the ring was great. At the end of the game we went down by 7, the match was very even for the last ¾. I’m sure with the return of Hannah Seidel and a few more games under our belts things will come together for the West Under 17 girls.

West 42 – Casterton 49 Best players Jordy Heraper, Stevi Clayton C grade - After welcoming lots of fresh faces to our club this year, our team of 10 started off with lots of team work building and training sessions, consisting of taco nights and group fitness prior to the season commencing. The C grade girls hit the court trialling lots of familiar but also new positions, which saw Karli swapping out her shooting abilities for the opposite end of the court at GK. Karli worked alongside Emily and Madelyn which saw lots of intercepts, rebounds and turnovers throughout the game. With a strong defence followed through a great mid court consisting of Olivia, Alyssa, Bella, and Emma who all brought strong attacking and use of ball skills throughout the game. It was exciting to use the game as an opportunity to put into play all the practice we had done at trainings, and trial lots of position sequences to find what works best for all of us! The three new shooters, Lisa, Mikaela, and Emma all worked so well together, communicating and working the ring to score for our team! The score remained a draw throughout the whole game until the last quarter when the west girls fell through and were defeated 34-41. Amity was the best bench for our team, providing court side feedback and game plays where possible. We look forward to working on our skills to compete against North this week!

West 34 – Casterton 41 Best players Karli Earle, Emma Pollock B grade - Saturdays game was a great effort from everyone. The first 3 quarters were pretty close with only 2 goals in it, but we backed off a little bit in the last quarter. With covid, we were faced with multiple key players out, Bianca Jackway stepped up and played GK, with not much experience she nailed it, Ra Hare stepping up and shooting with a close to 85% shooting average which is amazing for someone who doesn’t really play this position. It’s exciting to see what the rest of our season looks like when we have our full side in. We look forward to having everyone back on track this week against North.

West 29 - Casterton 38 Best players Bianca Jackway, Maddie Millich A Reserve - It was great to come away with a win for the first game of the season. After a slow start, the girls settled, dug deep, and clawed back Casterton's six goal lead. Rach and Tayla worked hard in defence and turned the ball over to create attacking opportunities. The mid court ran hard all game, with juniors Ellie and Charlotte stepping up when required. Claire and Jasmine overcame some tough opposition, positioning well to score consistently. A hard fought win. Great job team!

West 45 – Casterton 41 Best players Jasmine Davey, Bryna Kuller A grade - A solid preseason has paid dividends for the girls with a solid first hit out against an undermanned Casterton side. Lisa and Sarah were impressive in goals, ensuring the defencive efforts of the team were rewarded. Well done to Zoe and Mik for their first outing in the As and also to Claire for hitting the court in the last quarter. Best of luck to Sarah for the next couple of weeks!

West 87 – Casterton 24 Best players Lisa McGregor, Sarah Ritter This week we take on North at Vansittart Park, who always provide strong competition, so we are looking forward to hopefully coming away with some good wins.

Good luck to all our netball and footy teams today.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE RED AND THE BLUE! GO WEST!!

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*Images courtesy Thomas Miles - SE Voice

*Images courtesy Frank Monger Photography

SEASON FIXTURE

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GATE TIMES: U/12's - Various Times - U/14 - 8.30am - U/16 - 9.50am - U/18 - 11.10am - Reserves - 12.40pm - Seniors - 2.30pm Adults $10 - Concession $5 (Pension Card Only) - U18 - Free U/12 - $5 per adult - Kids Free