Championships

The three Limestone Coast based netball associations that attend the SA Country Championships have made a habit of dominating the annual title race and the 2023 event was no different.

Western Border Netball Association fielded six teams and all made the semi final stage; the Mid South East Netball Association fielded four teams and they all competed at the quarter final stage at a minimum and the Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Association’s four team all competed at least in quarter finals.

Western Border Netball Association brought home one Division 1 Championship – taking out the 13 & Under Division 1 title, with the other 13 & Under team bowing out at the semi final stage of the Division 2 finals. The two 15 & Under teams fielded by Western Border both made grand finals in Division 1 and 2 respectively. The 17 & Under Western Border team bowed out at semi final stage in a final marred by a timing error, while the senior team’s championship campaign ended at the semi final stage, competing in Division 2 finals.

Better news for the Mid South East Netball Association’s senior team that took out that Division 2 final, with the 17 & Under Mid South East team finishing runner up in Division 2 of that age group. The Mid South East’s 15 & under and 13 & Under teams bowed out at quarter final stage.

The Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Netball Association took out the 17 & Under Division 2 final with the 13 & Under team bowing out in the quarter finals and the 15 & Under losing a tight clash in the semi finals – both competing in Division 1. The senior team’s run ended in the Division 2 semi finals.

On an individual note, Western Border goal shooter Sarah Ritter and Mid South East goal attack Abbey Duncan were named in the Top 10 of the Championships. Western Border umpire Emma Grigg also had a good championships securing her national C Grade badge.

1. WBNA 13 & Under Division 1 Champions

2. MSENA Senior Division 2 Champions

3. KNTNA 17 & Under Division 2 Champions

4. MSENA 17 & Under Division 2 Runners Up

5. WBNA 15 & Under Division 1 Runners Up

6. WBNA 15 & Under Division 2 Runners Up

Keith 49 (P Pado, P Jones) d Penola 45 (K Honner, H Klemm)

Bordertown 56 (T Rattus, S Diment) d Padthaway 36 (A Hoyle, L Mathews)

Mundulla 50 (A Croser, S Excell) d Kybybolite 42 (C Woodard, T Hartmann)

B GRADE

Lucindale 48 (E McWaters, K Edmonds) d Kingston 28 (H Pass, M Armfield)

Border Districts 44 (M Jordan, M Kester) d Naracoorte 30 (L Williams, B Waihape)

Penola 72 (L Moore, S Eustace) d Keith 42 (D Jones, S Pese)

Bordertown 68 (K Murch, A Knauerhase) d Padthaway 19 (J Fretwell, K Brown)

Mundulla 38 (A Grosser, A Young) d Kybybolite 34 (L Sandercock, A Harris))

C GRADE

Kingston 27 (S Miller, N Pink) d Lucindale 19 (T Ryan, A Romer)

Naracoorte 32 (M Hanlon, H Sambell) d Border Districts 30 (R Pomery, L Matter)

Penola 57 (E Manarangi, S Gartner) d Keith 36 (M Richman, C Nicolai)

Padthaway 34 (M Maynard, E Ward) d Bordertown 32 (S Hinge, T Nixon)

Mundulla 33 (T Schmidt, E House) d Kybybolite 26 (L Palmer, S Brownrigg)

DIVISION ONE

Naracoorte 42 (L Pretlove, A Anderson) d Border Districts 33 (K Rata, D

Rata)

Penola 57 (S O’Brien, T Porter) d Keith 34 (T Dick, K Lepley)

Bordertown 56 (E Orrock, C Twigden) d Padthaway 32 (L Mathews, A Frick)

DIVISION TWO

Lucindale 41 (P Pinchbeck, H Reed) d Kingston 26 (A Mattner, G Miller)

Naracoorte 30 (T Maresch, C Stewart) d Border Districts 29 (G Oster, G Mahney)

Keith 50 (M Peek, E Willis) d Penola 27 (A Morton, M O’Brien)

Bordertown 34 (E Jozeps, T Hampel) d Padthaway 21 (H Edwards, E Ward)

Kybybolite 38 (C Copping, I Watson) d Mundulla 19 (E Colwill, L Morris)

DIVISION THREE

Naracoorte 39 (H Meynell, T Maresch) d Border Districts 16 (I Mahney, M Mueller)

13 & UNDER A

Kingston 33 (C Pink, E Scaefer) d Lucindale 13 (S Kiefel, B Blower)

Naracoorte 46 (E Mott, Z Moritz) d Border Districts 32 (I Mahney, S Koch)

Penola 35 (L Hackwill, W Zadow) d Keith 23 (K Evans, I Zacker)

Kybybolite 20 (A Rasheed, M Brewin) d Mundulla 17 (W Durbridge, O Excell)

13 & UNDER B

Naracoorte 28 (B Hutchens, E Watson) d Border Districts 8 (S Venables, S Hanker)

Padthaway 13 (G Moore, M McGregor) d Bordertown 9 (P Blackwell, S Akurangi)

Mundulla 8 (L Wiese, A Weckert) d Kybybolite 1 (M Ottoson-Crossling, E Kay)

Western Border Netball

ROUND NINE

A GRADE • West Gambier 64 (S. Ritter, T. Bryant) d South Gambier 46 (G. Dalton, A. Duncan); North Gambier 40 (M. Renko, M.Griffith) d East Gambier 30 (M. Amy, R. Henke); Millicent 78 (L. Duldig, T. Sanderson) d Casterton Sandford 33 (C. Humphries, M. Cleary)

A RESERVE • West Gambier 47 (C. Ransom, M. Milich) d South Gambier 36 (G. Ryan, C. Muller); North Gambier 48 (A.O’Shaughnessy, N. Fox) d East Gambier 31 (T. Gray, B. Hicks); Millicent 67 (J. Sunderland, K. Stuart) d Casterton Sandford 41 (S. Fidler, T, Broomby)

B GRADE • South Gambier 49 (K. McIntyre-Clarke, M. Glynn) d West Gambier 37 (K. Heaver, C. Carraill); North Gambier 33 (K. Dyson, A. Redman) d East Gambier 23 (S. James, J. Clark); Millicent 40 (V. Duncan, K. Brown) d Casterton Sandford 36 (A. Balzan, K. Harvey)

C GRADE • South Gambier 39 (C. Dunn, J. Jennings) d West Gambier 29 (E. Sutherland, A. Judd); East Gambier 33 (E. Caruso, T. Jackway) d North Gambier 31 (M. Allen, K. Quinn); Millicent 35 (E. Bonde, K. Lindner) d Casterton Sandford 31 (A. Spratling, K. Gill-Killey)

17 & UNDER • West Gambier 60 (A. Pearson, T. Lindner) d South Gambier 39 (S. Wight, M. Walmsley); North Gambier 50 (A. Collins, T. Jones) d east Gambier 21 (A. Beveridge, A. Lines); Millicent 54 (E. Easterby, L. Paul) d Casterton Sandford 29 (I. Longhurst, M. Patton)

15 & UNDER A • West Gambier 49 (S. Lindner, L. Pearson) d South Gambier 46 (K. Sims, G. Dalton); North Gambier

70 (K. Anderson, R. Darimaani) d East Gambier 11 (T. Kemp, L. Hannaford); Millicent 74 (T. Grosser, M. Gysbers) d Casterton Sandford 9 (O. Nolte, A. Crawford)

15 & UNDER B • West Gambier 50 (M. Lynch, M. Vivian) d South Gambier 8 (G. Peucker, T. Allen); Millicent 50 (E. Crowe, E. Matthews) d Casterton Sandford 4 (C. Corman, K. Vise))

13 & UNDER A • West Gambier 27 (C. Hunter, S. Richards) d South Gambier 16 9L. Jones, S. Ryan); North Gambier 50 (L. Hunter, C. Grivell) d East Gambier 23 (I. Mee, I. Cook); Millicent 26 (L. Crowe, I. Coghlan) d Casterton Sandford

14 (Y. Grigg, M. Robbins)

13 & UNDER B • West Gambier 19 (H. Lindner, H. Jackson) d South Gambier 9 (M. Fullerton, A. Green); East Gambier 38 (I. Cook, S. McCracken) d North Gambier 9 (P. Lucas, A. Schloithe); Millicent 43 (S. Walker, P. Johnson)

11 & UNDER • West Gambier 13 (P. Bonney-Dawson) d South Gambier 10 9C. Sims, E. Scotland); North Gambier 20 (I. Levine, P. Mulraney) d East Gambier 18 (S. Creek, C. Hosking); Millicent 14 (L. Joyce, H. Stratford) d Casterton Sandford 3 (B. Green, M. Carter)

Table tennis finals on the horizon

The penultimate round of the Mount Gambier Table Tennis Autumn season served up plenty of outstanding and heartbreaking results this week, with spots in the season finals on the line. Both A Grade matches were won convincingly, Scott Davies’ Gunners overpowering Ben Newman’s Rovers while Chandler Jantosh and Robin Pellen combined majestically to power Trotters to a strong win over Sirinat Sweet’s Toffees. Rovers players Newman and Will Newlyn won their respective opening singles rubbers to see their team start strongly, but Ward Freeman’s hard fought win over Katrina McPhee sparked a run of victories for the Gunners, winning 7 of the remaining 9 rubbers to claim a 7-4 victory. Similarly, Sweet’s initial victory over her Trotters opponent Felix Owusu provided short-lived joy for the Toffees, Trotters going on to claim 7 of the last 10 rubbers for a 7-4 victory.

B Grade saw much closer affairs, 2 out of the 3 encounters being decided by the last rubber of the night. Mark Bachmann produced an undefeated singles night for the Potters against Alex McGregor’s Seasiders, as did Cottagers player Rayelene Hutchesson against Cameron Beal’s Hammers. After claiming 3 of the first 4 rubbers, the Potters dropped 4 of the next 6, setting up a tense battle between Bachmann and McGregor. Ultimately Bachmann proved to be far superior, overwhelming McGregor with a perfect blend of power and spin to claim the rubber in 3 games and give Potters the 6-5 victory. The Hammers too skipped out to a 2-0 lead before the Cottagers hit back with victories in 4 of the next 5 rubbers. When Hutchesson overcame Schubert in arguably one of the encounters of the season, prevailing by 16 points to 14 in the deciding 5th game, the stage was set for an all-or-nothing battle between Beal and Cottagers player Rob Halleday. After Beal claimed the first game and Halleday the second, onlookers excitedly anticipated this one may be going down to the wire. Unfortunately Halleday wasn’t able to match Beal’s youth and speed, the Hammers player regaining ascendancy in the third game and running away with the contest in the fourth, giving Hammers the 6-5 overall victory. The third B Grade match was considerably more one-sided, Gary Hocking and Youssef Malicdem both recording clean sheets for the Spurs who clinically disposed of Gui Ros-Smith and his Red Devils by 7 rubbers to 4.

After beginning their Autumn season campaign full of promise, Chris McGregor’s Clarets will go into their bye this week having to sit back and sweat on other C Grade results, after succumbing to a heavy 9-2 defeat at the hands of the Canaries who this week welcomed back star player Deakin Lofthouse. The Canaries number 1 hardly missed a beat, posting a clean singles record. A modified 2-on-2 C Grade matchup between Tracey Rawlings’ Wolves and Ezekiel Coutts’ Blades saw a landslide victory for the latter. After Rawlings overcame Mark Devaney to give Wolves a 1-0 lead, Coutts and Devaney teamed up to claim the remaining rubbers of the match, Blades ultimately cruising to a 4-1 victory. A dangerously improving Coutts kept his singles sheet clean on the night, including victories over seasoned veterans in Rawlings and Lorraine Halleday.

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