Limestone Coast Football & Netball League Grand Final by Xpress Signs

*Image courtesy Frank Monger Photography

AWARD WINNERS LIMESTONE COAST FOOTBALL & NETBALL LEAGUE

Klas Bilt Backman of the Year Taylor Safﬁn - South Gambier

Redman (Football President) & Jill Paul (Netball President)

Klas Bilt Backman of the Year Taylor - South Gambier Best

PRESIDENTS REPORT KURT SLAVEN

Hello,andwelcometothe2024LimestoneCoast Football & Netball League, LCFNL, Grand Final, hereatCasterton.

Congratulaons to the Casterton Sandford Football Club for hosng the grand final and I hope that the day is a huge success, for both football and netball. All the best to Millicent and West Gambier playing off in the football grand final and for North Gambier and West Gambier in the netball. Further, all the best to all other teams represenng their clubs, in their respecvegrandfinals.

AsweareallawaretheintroduconoftheLCFNL came about because of a review between the old Western Boarder League Execuve and the South Australian Naonal Football League. The new name and brand change has been well accepted by all involved. The excing news is that Penola Football & Netball Club will be joining our league in 2025 making our compeon a 7-team comp The league execuvesandtheclubsarereallyexcitedabout Penola coming into the league next year and we lookforwardtothe2025season.

A big thanks to the Board of Management of the

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Bendigo Bank for being part of this excing change and for their connuing support of the new league. The naming rights of the league shows our connuing support and commitment tothisgreatbankinginstuonintheLimestone Coast. To all the other sponsors who commied tosupporngourleague,thankyouandwehope to have you on board for many years going forward.

Itisalsoimportanttothankandintroducetoyou thenewboardmembersoftheLCFNL,whohave worked hard in this inaugural year to connue and maintain the governance of the league. David Shipway AM, David Chant, Nick Zema, Tanya Coxon, Adam Salmon, Michael Summers, Di Gould, Adrian Flowers and Hayley Dunn. We should thank and acknowledge these individuals, for the work so far and their commitment to the League going forward. I am sureweareingoodhands.

One of the most important decisions was to make sure that the transion from the Western Board League, WBFL to the new LCFNL, was seamless and connued the history of the WBFL into the LCFNL. One decision the board adopted was to connue and acknowledge the history of

the WBFL into the LCFNL. We will connue to honour and acknowledge the names of Brian Hennessy and Mick Ryan when presenng their awards Life members will connue to be acknowledged as an important part of the Leaguegoingforward.

Congratulaons to joint Brian Hennessy Medallists, Harry Tunkin, Millicent FNC and to Emerson Marks, South Gambi

Congratulaons to Sarah Rier, West Gambier FNC on winning the A Grade Netball Best and Fairest. Finally, I hope you all have a great day at theCastertonSandfordFootballNetballClub,for a great day of acon in the Grand Finals of all grades. All the best to you all. See you next year along with everyone from Penola, supporng Penola Football & Netball Club in the Limestone Coast Football & Netball League. Have a great daysupporngyourteam.

Regards

KurtSlaven

President

FOOTBALL LADDERS LEADING GOAL KICKERS

BENDIGOBANKSENIORS

RESERVES

Back Row L-R: Craig Robinson (Team Manager) Blake Werchon, Ty Lang, Eli Redman, Zac McGuinness, Kalan Shanks, Caleb Williams,HarryGibbs,HamishMcRae,JaxonCushion

Middle Row L-R: Chris Denton (Runner), Billy Shanks, Dylan Tincknell, Aston Lindner, Jacob Carger, Jaden Grosser, Josh Werchon, NoahLang,HarryWillis,JamesFleming(Trainer)

FrontRowL-R:

KadeBradley(vc),ThomasRenzi(Coach),FinnGrimes(c),HarryTunkin, SamWillis,

WEST GAMBIER ROOS WEST GAMBIER ROOS

Andrew

Coach), Michael

Lawry Bradley, Daron McElroy

Jesse Pﬁtzner

LewisLean,BlakeOvermaat-Pohlner,CallumWagstaﬀe,BrooklynWinterﬁeldAbsent: James Aldridge, Joe Ferguson-Lane (Asst Coach),ToddMcPartlan,HarveyCroker

Front Row L-R:

Stone (Asst

Minuzzo,

(Coach),

(Captain),

Back Row L-R: Andrew Lockwood (Runner), Tom Holmes, Aden Pﬁtzner, Jordan Williams, Tate Hammond, Kyle Giddings, Charlie Carson, Mark Smith, Ra Hare (Trainer), Nick Smith (Team Manager) Middle Row L-R: Anthony Bull (Trainer), Nick Scanlon, Sam Casey,BrodyVirgo,BraidenOusey,MitchCornolo,EthanGiddings,BrandonNewton,AlexPearson,DylanGillies(BenchCoach)

BackRowL-R: CoryBillet,JoshuaChuck,LochlanThiele,SamDomaschenz,SamBradbrook,LukeGray,MaPra

Front Row L-R: Jamison Sneath, Connor O'Reilly, Luke Foran (Captain), Chris Williams (Coach), Jack Gazzard (Vice Captain), Riley Sturges(DeputyViceCaptain),BenMilstead

Middle RowL-R: Peter Harten (Assistant Coach), Ian Williams (Team Manager), Isaak Bourchier, Corey Barre, Mitchell Broome, BryceWhicker,DuncanReid,JackDomaschenz,MaxByﬁeldt,RyanKuhl,NickSeager,NickPatzel

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Front Row L-R: Jed Haines, Luke Ferguson, Kaden Thomas, Clay Reilly (vc), Dylan Shanks (c),Ma Withers, Fergus Calderwood, CraigGysbers(Coach)

BackRowL-R:JamesWas,TallanDunn,MitchellReilly,ThomasChant,TysonMcGrath,HamishReilly,AidenSchultz

Middle Row L-R: Nathanial Robbins, Patrick Jennings, Ma Varcoe, Brad Tilley, Will O’Connor, Corey Carlson, Jacob Todd, Blake Werchon

NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS

Ilsley(c),PeterCollins(Coach),IowaniColeman(c),JonCollins(c),InthaPhu FrontRowL-R:JamesButler,JacksonDriver,TaitSmith, MitchellChapman,ElmerBuckland,CooperTurner,SebDoody.Absent:NoahGlidden,EsaieKulimushi,CraigTurner(Runner)

BackRowL-R: AaronDally,JamesFle,JeHanne,BenAllsop,SamCrispino,KobiMarn,SethMichielan

ThirdRowL-R:AaronIlsley (Assistant Coach), Tim Driver (Assistant Coach), Hector Opie, Teangi Stephens, Jack Spark, Chad McLaughlin, Riley Ellis, Kade Allen, Alex Bruce, Kevin Bryan (President), Peter Allen (Team Manager) Second Row L-R: Darcy Arthuson (c), Ben Braithwaite (c), Deacon

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Absent:KobeBannon,JacobSalmon

Back Row L-R: Austen Fatchen, Lewis Sigley, Lachlan Cameron, Merlin Hopgood, Charlie Lockwood Middle Row L-R: Luke Bentley (Coach), Rheyn Paerson, Archer Grion, Archie Milich, Isaak Bouchier, Mason Bentley, Jack Walmsley, Dave Sigley (Runner) Front Row L-R: Sonia Cameron (Team Manager), Ollie McCracken, Jay Burns, Jake Richter, Cayde Watson, Kobe Cole, Josh Vause, Angus Urquhart

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Front Row L-R: Henry Damhuis, Vincent Hiro Scanlon, Scarle Zalme, Byron Noble, Cruz Gibson, Curs Shanks, Ryder Lindner, Ari Robbins,AxelJoyce,TylerRyan.

Back Row L-R: Brad Tilley (Runner), Adam Lindner (Team Manager), Jarvis Gronn, Isabelle Wilson, Klaye Kenny, Oakley Nicholls, LoganDouglas,LouisEasterby,LeviRobbins,FloydPacker,RyderStraord,MaxTilley,NatRobbins(coach)

NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS BLACK NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS BLACK

Front Row L-R: Mitchell Allen, Saxon Gabrielli, Will Mullens, Cody Blanck (VC), Ethan Brook (c), Jack Davison, Charlie Blanck

Second Row L-R: Belinda Bell (Team Manager), Ryan Hayden, James Bruan, Banjo Stephens, Fletcher Mobbs, Charles Waters (DVC), Alex Bell, Lincoln Holtham (DVC), Max Blanck (Coach).

Back Row L-R: Lyedidya Kahorao, Saw Gay Ler, Fin Brokensha, Jacob Vinko, Levi Staude, Edwin Buckland

M.HEIN SOUTH

E.MARKS SOUTH

H.TUNKIN MILLICENT

TEAMof YEARthe

T.DeWIT NORTH

C.CURRIE CAST-SAND

S.STAFFORD NORTH

A.DALLY NORTH

N.McINERNEY NORTH

B.NEWTON WEST

D.CLEARY CAST-SAND

M.SIMS SOUTH T.SAFFIN SOUTH B.SHANKS MILLICENT S.WILLIS MILLICENT

J.SCHUTZ NORTH

D.AYTON CAST-SAND

K.BRADLEY MILLICENT

P.DUNCAN SOUTH BENCH

F.BRADLEY MILLICENT A.STONE WEST

L.BRADLEY-BROWN WEST

F.GRIMES MILLICENT

R.LILLECRAPP EAST

J.CARGER MILLICENT

R.JONES SOUTH

PRESIDENTS FOOTBALL REPORT

MILLICENT

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WelcomeallLCFNLandinparcularMFNCsupporterstothe biggestdayonthecalendarfor2024.

With 10 out of a possible 13 of our teams in the GF again this year and the opportunieswehavetotakePremiershipcupshome,Iwouldliketowishallofour GrandFinalathletesandtheirfamiliesalltheverybestofluck!

Work hard, respect your opponents and yourselves, play fair and above all, enjoy everymoment!Celebrateyoursuccesswhatevertheresult.

Totheotherclubsintheleague,thanksforastable,compeveandgreatﬁrstyear as the Limestone Coast Football Netball League. While some onlookers may not have seen or understood all the changes, we are now in posion to lock in posive waysforwardtobeneﬁtusall.

I would very much like to thank the new and expanded execuve of the LCFNL, led by chair Kurt Slaven. With stability and shared goals in mind, and an eye on the future, we are very fortunate to be in the posion we find ourselves now With somemoreinnovaonanddrivetocomeIamconfidentwewillflourish.

Toallthedirectors,bothfootyandnetball,Thanksforalltheeﬀortsyouhavemade andwillconnuetoaswebuildabiggerbrandinto2025.

Special menon to Interim chair from late in 2023 and early 2024, Sco Duncan. Without his stewardship we would have found it more challenging to gain the tracontoaractthenewboardandgetupandrunning.

To our league naming rights partner BENDIGO BANK and the board, along with Emma Horrigan and her team. Thank you for sharing the vision of both the past league and recognising the future of the LCFNL with us... It is great to have the backingofleadingbusinessestohelpusdothebestwecanonandoﬀtheﬁeld.

To all other MFNC and LCFNL sponsors, thanks for the contribuons you make to sportinourregiongenerallyandtheassistanceyouprovideeachyear

To my commiees and volunteers, Thanks again for another year of hard work, laughs and making the Millicent Football Netball Club a great place to be involved inatalllevels.

We are certainly excited to be welcoming Penola into the new compeon next year, and look forward to opportunies to grow further as we lock in new and collaboraveideastodrivethebestcompeonwecangoingforward.

BestofluckandthankyoutoFozandtheCSFNConhosngtoday,Iamsureintrue fashionthey’llmakesurethedayistopnotch!!

GoodLucktoallteamscompengtoday

GoSaints!!

NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS

Welcome all families, sponsors and supporters to the ﬁrst LimestoneCoastFootballandNetballLeagueGrandFinalDay

We have a lot to look forward to with our Under 14.5 black and Under 17.5 footballers earning the right to play oﬀ and having strong representaon with the followingnetballteamsplayingUnder15A&B,Under17,CGrade,AReserveandA grade.

ThankstotheLCFNLExecuveandthe6other(soontobe7,maybe8??)Presidents for all your eﬀorts in making the refreshed and new league a success in 2023. We must persist with our enthusiasm and passion to connue to maximize parcipaon, development and focus on being a stable and resilient league for yearstocome.

Good luck to our Michael Blanck and his Under 14.5 team who come up against a talented Millicent side. The combined Under 14.5 coaches have le no stone unturnedtokeepgengthebestoutofthissuccessgroup.

Peter Collins has led the Under 17.5 with experience and professionalism. His squadputthemselvesinagreatspotandknowswhatneedstobedonetoachieve theulmatereward.

Our seniors and reserves ﬁnished a lot earlier than we hoped, but I know that will drivethesquadtocomebackpreparedandhungryoncepreseasonstarts.

Congratulaons to Fiona Young, our Senior female coach, who has been announced as the Female community coach of the year This is just deserts for Fi, she is an outstanding ambassador for women’s football not just at North Gambier butinthegreaterarea.HerpassiontoseeotherssucceedanddevelopisoneofFi’s greatest assets.Fi is determined to getbeer every day, she is always learning and going over and above to be the best Coach and leader that a female program can have.

Lastly, thank you to the football commiee, volunteers, team mangers, umpires and anyone else that helped during 2024. To our extremely LOYAL and long-term sponsors parcularly Stuckey Electrical Contractors, KFC and Fasta Pasta thank you.

GoTigers,

KevinBryan

JoelRedman

SOUTH GAMBIER DEMONS SOUTH GAMBIER DEMONS PRESIDENTS REPORT

ItsbeenagreatﬁrstseasonoftheLCFNLandwelookforwardto havingPenolaintheleaguenextyear

The development of players through the junior grades having two teamshas beengreat to see.Although nevereasywithlowernumbers some weeks it’s a been more beneﬁcial having kids geng to play full games and get more opportunies.Itsalwaysgoodtoseealloftheclubsworkingtogethertogetasmanykids ontheparkaspossibleeachweek.

It was great to see this ﬂow through to our Senior team running out with fourteen players ﬁrst year out of 18’s and below in one game and former South juniors Oscar Adams,JakeWalkerandToddReidmakingthereSANFLleaguedebutsforGlenelg.

The under 14’s had a really consistent year and coached by James McGregor and Adam Salmon played some really solid football throughout the season playing off in the eliminaon final. Nick Patzel and Luke Bentley took charge of the 17.5’s and the games between the two teams were excing to watch, with a lot of the boys playing Senior Footyalsomakingachallengingyear WelldonetoLukesSouthRedformakingtheGrand finaltoday

PeterDuncanandChrisWilliamshavedoneagreatjobwiththeSeniors&Reserves,The Ressie’s boys have played theirway into todays Grand Finalwith some great team footy TheSeniorsfellshortgoingdownlastweekbuthavetakenastepforwardthisyearwitha youngandexcingteamandarelookingforwardtonestyear

None of this happens with a lot of helpers on game day with assistants, managers, runners, scoreboard aendants and me keepers thankyou to everyone who helped out.

SpecialmenontoourtrainersGavinRiddle,ScoWhickerandShaunLockwoodahuge amountofhoursareputinontrainingnightsandgamedays.

Congratulaons to Elmo Marks for taking out the league B&F capping off a fantasc personal season for himself, also to Taylor Saffin being named Backman of the year and PeterDuncanbeingcoachoftheyear Wehadsixrepresentavesintheteamoftheyear with Elmo, Taylor Saffin, Mason Hein, Mitch Sims and Rex Jones in the team with Peter DuncanascoachandJaceMaxwellwinningtheUnder17.5’sgoalkicking.

Thanks to our major sponsors MG Plasterers, Mick Ryan Painng, Lennons on Lake Terrace, Dycer Construcons and Australian Gas Networks your connued support is invaluable.

Thankstoallinvolvedintheseasonandwelookforwardtoseeingyounextyear

Asanewfacetotherole,2024hasbeenbothrewardingandchallenging.

The club has worked hard to be successful on and oﬀ the court, while maintaining its commitmenttobeinginclusiveandfunandIthinkwehaveachievedthatperfectblend.

Tohavesevenofournineteamsinﬁnalsin2024hasbeenahugeachievementbyallour coaches and players and the ra of volunteers that have given their me to either do specialist coaching or the match day dues of scoring, ming and everything else that takesthepressureoﬀcoaches,allowingthemtojustworryaboutplayerdevelopment.

Wehavebloodednewcoaches,welcomednewplayersandtheirfamiliesandhavehada strong season on the fundraising front so we can do our best to limit the costs for being part of our club and also improve our facilies and other aspects of being part of the SouthGambierNetballClub.

Our home game soup stall has been a huge success and vising clubs appreciate our hospitality and we are so grateful to the Masterchefs that whip up a soup and love the compevenatureofthosecooks–alwayscheckingwhosesoupsellsoutﬁrst!! Our drinks and nibbles with vising clubs has again been a feature of the season – we love being combatants on the court but developing friendships oﬀ the court and what beerwaythanovercamembert,dipandsomebubbles.

I am also proud of our individual award winners – Mel Harvey, Kryse Reid & Courtney Sims–weareblessedtohavesuchtalentaspartoftheDemonsfamily

To the teams that have made the last day of the season – I will be there cheering louder than anyone and our enre club is behind you, looking to help carry you to the ulmate prize.

Tothosethatdidn’t–successismeasuredwithmanymetricsandmanyofourteamsand individualplayersshowedincredibleimprovementandthatisallwecanask.

Tomycommieeandallthevolunteersthathavehelpedensuretheclubrunssmoothly –Ithankyou–notthatIneedanyhelp…..butyoumakemelookgood.

Bringon2025.

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Hi all, and welcome to the Grand ﬁnal Day in the new Limestone Coast Football Netball League. What a year it hasbeen.It’sacredittoeveryclub,oﬃcialandsupporter asitsbeenaverycompevegreatyear

Our club has taken tremendous strides this year especially in the junior ranks with ﬁelding 2 sides in both 14s and 17.5s. The results might not have reﬂected that but as I said at the start of the year the development and exposurewillbegreatandtheimprovementinplayershasbeenastronomical with a lot more opportunies. Congratulaons to the Junior grades coaches and the teams of volunteers that kept them running each week and geng aroundallovertheplace.

Congratulaons to Harvey Croker for taking big strides towards achieving his dream and represenng himself and the club playing for SA in the AFL under 16snaonalchampionships.

Daron McElroy and Jordan Coombe coaching the seniors and reserves this year done a great job taking them to the prelim final and Grand Final respecvely Coomba has had to use a massive list of players due to injuries and has rallied the boys well every week to be compeve in every game. Daron has been cruelledbyinjury but has been posive and growingwith the supportofhisrighthandman,Dylan(pickles)Gillies.Theyhavehadadifficult me with injuries and availability of players but have stayed focussed on the end goal. Congratulaons to them on a great year and be great to finish it of withawin.

FootballclubsrequiregreattrainersandAnthonyBullandRaHarearethebest in the business. The work these two have put in covering most games is enormous and at every training and recovery The go above and beyond and constantlyworkingtohelpanyone,manymesyouseethemcrossinggrassto pick up the opposion players. They are just truly great people and great Weses.

Thankyoutoallourtremendoussponsorsforgivingallourplayersachanceto take the ﬁeld in every match from match day awards through to our major sponsorsinMGPlasterers,QuickmixConcrete&HudsonPlumbing.

Congratulaons toallintoday’sgrand ﬁnalsacross both Netballand Football. AHugecongratulaonsandgoodlucktoour3Westsidesplayingtoday,13B& AGradeNetballandSeniorFootballside.

Finally, to all the great West People and supporters get on board and make some noise for the 3 teams today and let them know how much we love this club.

SeeyoualltonightatWest

GOROOS!!

Fridge

DarrenSims

LarnkaForan

PRESIDENTS REPORT

Firstly,onbehalfofourtownandclub,welcometoIslandParkfor the inaugural Bendigo Bank Limestone Coast Football Netball League Grand Final and thankyou to Kurt Slaven and his LCFNL board for the work youhaveputintodevelopingournewleagueandgivingustheopportunitytohost today'sGrandﬁnal.

2024 started oﬀ full of full of ancipaon for the Cats with the signing of Jarrod O'Brien as senior coach and the return of local legend Callum Currie to the club as assistant coach. We were fortunate to have virtually our enre playing list re commit to the club, bar Ma Killey who moved with his family to Queensland through an employment opportunity and also added 3 more quality recruits in Ed Pritchard,HaroldPritchardandMaMutchtoourlist.

Unfortunately,despitehavingahandful of good wins,thereweretoo manygames where we worked hard to put ourselves into a winning posion, then failed to maintain the intensity and structures needed to achieve those victory's. We can assure Cats fans that we are already working intensely, geng all players signed and pung the processes in place, both on and oﬀ the ﬁeld to ensure that we harness the full potenal of our list to see us achieve success under the reappointedJarrodO'Brienin2025.

Much like our A grade side, our reserves led by Jusn Carlin and Mason Hunter, were a chance of making ﬁnals right up unl round 13, but again squandered opportuniesthatcostthemdearlyatthebusinessendoftheseason.

Although at junior level, we were not fortunate enough to make ﬁnals, a huge amountofcreditmustgotoourjuniorfootball&netballcoachesforthegrowthin parcipaonwehadinalljuniorgrades.Asaclubitissocricaltohavethisgrowth in junior numbers to ensure a strong future moving forward. Another posive was to see Archie Lane, Josh Jones, Ollie Foster and Jedd Rhook all get the opportunity to play senior footy and acquit themselves well. Special congratulaons goes to JeddonbeingselectedtoplaywithGlenelgonanumberofoccasions.

Off field has been a massive year for our 70 plus volunteers that make every Saturday happen and our commiee who manage the club and those volunteers. Director of netball Tori Broomby, myself and the club are extremely fortunate and proud of the fact that we are so unified as a football netball club. This has been further highlighted by the creaon of our 5 year strategic plan that the club will launch on September the 20th. A huge thanks goes to Peter Kelly and Phil Clohesy for the invaluable assistance they have given in helping us create this document andtemplateforourclubsfuture.

Good luck to all teams today in your quest for premiership success and may we all look forward to an excing 2025 for our league when we welcome in the Penola FootballNetballclub.

ShaneFoster-

Welcome to Island park and good luck to all teams playing today for the inaugural Limestone Coast Football Netball League premierships. We are very proud of our facilies and thank all of our wonderful Club volunteers for their hard work and supportinensuringthedayrunssmoothly.

From Net-Set-Go to A grade we have had over80 netballers represenng the blue, whiteandredin2024.Alongwithourwonderfulreturningplayersthisyearwehad severalexcingnewnetballershingthecourtsacrossallgradeswhichwelookto buildevenfurtherinseason2025.Ourteamshaveshowngreatdevelopmentover the year highlighted our 15B side progressing to play in the preliminary ﬁnal and our A grade team, lead by coach Jodie Humphies, achieving success on the scoreboard breaking a four year drought. We had some personal success from Marlee Robbins and Ylana Grigg represenng LCFNL at inter league and Ylana Grigg, Makayla Rees and Caeleigh Humphries being selected to play for Glenelg regionattheVictorianStateTitlescompeon.

Of course our games aren’t possible without our umpires every week. We are grateful and proud of all of our 20 umpires over the year both developing and experienced.

I would like to recognise all of our wonderful players, coaches, umpires and volunteers making each game possible, we appreciated your dedicaon and support.

Together with the Shane and the football department we are excited for what the futureholdersaroundIslandParkforbothnetballandfootballonandoﬀthecourt andﬁeld.

We hope everyone has a resul and safe oﬀ season and look forward to seeing everyoneinLCFNLseason2025andwelcomingPenolaFootballNetballClub.

Kindregards,

ToriBroombyCSFNCNetballDirector

In what has been the ﬁrst season of the Limestone CoastFootball&NetballLeague,Iwouldliketothank the board and especially Michael Summers and Mike Mourbey for answering any quesons and making the transion as smoothaspossible.

Congratulaons to all league medal winners especially Noah Gollan winning the 17.5 league best and fairest. Best of luck to all the sides playinginthegrandﬁnalenjoytheday

Next I would like to thank all our volunteers coaches and support staﬀ whomakeourclubwhatitisandstrivingtomakeussuccessful.

Thankyou to our major sponsors SE Pine, Bio Gro, Creek Livestock, Carlin &GazzardRAM,RayWhiteMountGambierandAustralianGasNetworks. Alsoallourothersponsorssopleasesupportthemwherepossible.

BestofluckAngusClarkeintheupcomingAFLdrahopefullyallyourhard workpaysoﬀ.

InﬁnishinglookingforwardtonextseasonwithJakealreadyworkinghard for us to improve in 2025 and with Penola joining next season there is alreadyalotofexcitementintheair

Seeyouallnextyear

GoDogs

PeteDwyer

Proud sponsor of the Limestone Coast Football and Netball League

CastertonSandfordFootballNetballClub

*Images courtesy Frank Monger Photography,Adam John Schultz

Photography, K8 Photographics

NETBALL LADDERS

A-GRADE

15&UNDERA

A-RESERVE

15&UNDERB

B-GRADE

13&UNDERA

13&UNDERB

C-GRADE

NETBALLGAMETIMES

SENIOR NETBALL TEAM OF THE YEAR

Back Row L-R: Edie Easterby, Ellie Bouchier, Macey Grifﬁth, Sarah Ritter,Amy Cram, Mel Renko

Front Row L-R: Brianna Walters, Demi Verbena, Kaitlin Egan, Lisa Duldig & Tara Bryant

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L-R: Coach: Maelee Dalton, Phoebe Bonney-Dawson, Isla Stuckey, Eliza Parham,KelseyMcKinnon,AggieThomas,FrankieDavey,AylaStubbings, MackennaPovey&MollyThomas

GAME PREVIEW

WestGambierentersthe 202413&UnderBgrand final having defeated their opponent Millicent twicecomfortably

But the last time they met–Round12–itwasa low scoring two goal win for Millicent and the Saintsareonaroll.

Both sides have key playersthatwillnodoubt shapethefinalresult.

West, who advanced with a strong win over

minor premiers South Gambier in the 2nd semi final, have the likes of Frankie Davey and Phoebe Bonney-Dawson in goals where Davey uses her height to great advantage and BonneyDawson is accurate from longrange.

D efen s ively Ag gie Thomas, who enjoyed a top five finish in the league medal count in this grade and Molly Thomas, had a great 2nd semi final, working hard o v e r t h e s h o t ,

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rebounding strongly and taking some critical interceptions.

Through the middle, MackennaPoveyandIsla Stuckey looms large in themidcourt,whileEliza Parham gives coach Maelee Dalton flexibility, using the youngster in goalsorthemidcourt.

Raven Johnson, who finished runner up in the league medal count, will be pivotal for Millicent andsheiscomingofftwo strong finals this season

already, winning the ball back timeand timeagain for her team, while the shooting combination of Brydie and Kirra Madden f o r M i l l i c e n t w a s d o m i n a n t i n t h e preliminary final and will be full of confidence h e a d i n g i n t o t h i s weekend.

Olivia Hales is also a key player, as are Lia Joyce and Zarla Thomson, and it looms as a nailbiting contest with the Roos getting the job done –just.

Back (L-R): Keelie Linder (coach), Lexie Gould, Maggie Buhlmann, Oliva Hales,BridieDouglas,PetaThomson(TeamManager) Front(L-R):RavenJohnson,KirraMadden,ZarlaThomson,LiaJoyce

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GAME PREVIEW

Millicententersthe2024 13 & Under A grand final undefeated and will be looking to maintain that record when they take on South Gambier this weekend.

Recentlycrownedleague best & fairest Indiana Coghlanloomslarge.She is a smart player who is composedinoffenceand tenacious in defence and she dominated the 2nd semifinal.

So did league runner up Lola Ferguson, who

intercepted any ball sent cross court, as well as rebounding strongly and the circle defender will be another of the player who has a big say in the finalresult.

Lacey Sunderland will also be a key with her hardrunningwhileLottie Matthews is always creative with ball in hand.

Zara Cole and Tegan Sims will be key in the mid court for the Demons, with Elsie Merchant

SOUTH GAMBIER DEMONS

coming off a strong

Annalie Peucker and LucyNoonanwillneedto work overtime in the defensive circle, doing their best to stay in play and make life tough for theSaintsfrontline.

Safe to say the Demons would have to be at their best to knock off the Saints and they will certainly need to get off to a better start than they did in the 2nd semi final, when they let the

a comfortable buffer that theycouldneverreelin.

M i l l i c e n t s h o u l d maintain their perfect 2024 record with the premiership.

Front (L-R): Loe Mahews, Olivia Hales, Lacey Sunderland, Raven Johnson

Back (L-R): Jackie Sunderland (coach), Indi Coghlan, Apsara Wright, Lola Ferguson,BrydieMadden,KrystalMadden(TeamManager)

Absent:LucyNoonan

Back (L-R): Ally Bowering (Coach), Tegan Sims, Annalie Peucker, Elsie Merchant, Krystal Merchant (Team Manger) Front (L-R): Adeline Green, ZaraHarten,ZaraCole,HarperBowering,EllieMcCracken

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Front(L-R):OliveThorne,AmarlieThomson,ScarleZalme,IndiCoghlan

GRAND FINAL GAME PREVIEW

Millicent has dominated this season in the 15 & Under B grade and n o t h i n g t h a t h a s happened in the 2024 final series suggests they won’t cap off their s e a s o n w i t h t h e premiership.

The Lillie Paul coached l i n e - u p h a s n o weaknesses.

Lola Ferguson and Audrey Galambos are a t o u g h d e f e n s i v e combination, Scarlett Zalme and Olive Thorne

bring speed to the mid court and Lindy Van

Eeden and Amarlie Thomson are a strong shooting combination t h a t h a v e p l a y e d together for a couple of seasons and have a great understanding and finish accurately

North will rely on league best & fairest lacey Hunter, who is a star at the shooting end of the court, and has formed a strong partnership with Carey Grivell, while league runner up Ava

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Front(L-R):LaceyHunter,TayahJones,LaceyAllen

Halloran will lead the defensive end for the Tigers with Amelie Adams her partner in crime and coming off a strongpreliminaryfinal.

Jenna Baron, Lacey Allen and Grace Collins will needtoworkovertimein the mid court to look after the ball and find a way through the tough Saintsdefence.

Millicent also has some strong 13 & Under players that can be brought into the line-up if required and that superior depth will see the Saints complete the perfectseason.

Back (L-R): Lillie Paul (coach), Lindy Van Eeden, lola Ferguson, Audrey Galambos,AnneZalme(teammanager)

Back (L-R): Ava Halloran (captain), Carey Grivell, Grace Collins (vice captain),AmelieAdam,JessieLile&babyJenner(coach)

GRAND FINAL

NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS

Back (L-R): Georgia Nulty, Mia Griﬃth, Mischa Human (captain), Lila Pearson,MonjaHuman(coach)

Front(L-R) RaineDarmaani,WinnieZadow,JennaBaron,LaceyHunter

GAME PREVIEW

The 15 & Under A grand final looms as one of the tightest, highest quality contest of the day with both Millicent and North Gambier chock full of talent.

Oneofthekeymatchups will be State team mates Mischa Human (North) a n d E m i l y D e nto n (Millicent) – Human so strong at the post and accurate on the finish and Denton an athletic defenderwhoisstrongin theair

And Jeda Hibberd’s battle with North goal attack Lila Pearson will also shape the final outcome.

At the other end of the court, Kalani Dunn is the focal point with her ability to hold strongly or get on the move, while the speed of Tahnee Grosser out the front is critical and the Saints goal attack is an accurate finisher

The battle between Grosser and the tight

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Back(L-R)MayaTarrant(AssistantCoach),JeddaHibberd,EmilyDenton, Kalani Dunn, Asha Gysbers, Pora McRae (coach), Hayley Dunn (team manager)

Front(L-R)TahneeGrosser,SebellaCoghlan,LucyCrowe,LainieRainsford

checking Winnie Zadow will go a long way to deciding the final result, while Millicent will be keen to make sure Raine Darimaani, who is so impressive in the air, doesn’t get a look at too manyloosefeeds.

The mid courts will see L u c y C ro w e , A s h a Gysbers and league best & fairest Bell Coghlan and that is a quality combination, meaning the likes of Jenna Baron, lacey Hunter and Mia Griffith will need to not

just attack strongly but beonsongdefensively

Itwasa10goalwintothe Saints in the 2nd semi final and while the margin might be tighter, Millicent look set to securethetitle.

GRAND FINAL

NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS

(L-R): Noni McConnell & baby McConnell

Ruby Mitchell, Macey Griﬃth (captain), Stella Mobbs, Ava Collins, Kelsie Anderson, Liz Beames(manageress)

Front(L-R):ToraJones,IsabellaStaﬀord,ElodieAdam,MaggieCollins

GAME PREVIEW

When it comes to quality contests, the 17 & Under finalwillbeoneofthebest of the day as undefeated North Gambier take on Millicent – the Saints gettingcloserandcloserto the Tigers with each outing.

The 2nd semi final was a tight contest for the first two and a half quarters before the Tigers were able to set up a small buffer and run out 11 goal winners but the Saints saw enough to know they are wellinthecontest.

One of the most exciting match ups on the day will be league best & fairest Macey Griffith taking on star Saints defender Edie Easterbyandwhoevergets on top ion that battle will go a long way to deciding thefinalresult.

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Front(L-R):EmilyWalker,EdieEasterby,PoppyVenn,PiperPaul

Griffith combines with both Elodie Adam and Stella Mobbs and it was the move of Mobbs to shooterthatsawthegame turn in the second half a fortnight ago but neither will get any easy ball with Mackinlee Alcock being one of those defenders whocontestseverything.

The speed of ball from the s u p e r q u i c k S a i n t s frontline will certainly challenge the North defensive unit as Poppy Venn, Piper Paul and Mylee Lynch will move the ball quickly to open up space and good shooting opportunities.

Accuracy will be a key for the Millicent shooters, given Mobbs, Kelsie Anderson and Ava Collins w i l l d o m i n a t e t h e reboundingduels.

Another critical match up will be Mia Gysbers on league runner up Maggie Collins.

Collinsisthekeyfeederfor the Tigers but Gysbers is a no-nonsense plyer who sticks to the task and thrives on being given a defensivetask.

It looms as a goal-for-goal contest with North just gettingovertheline.

Back

(coach),

Back (L-R): Shalene Venn (Team Manager), Mia Gysbers, Mackinlee Alcock,MyleeLynch,EvaCrowe,DonnaDenton(coach)

C-GRADE

SOUTH GAMBIER DEMONS SOUTH GAMBIER DEMONS

Back

Front (L-R): Kryse Reid, Kaitlyn Horrigan, Ella Egan, Misty Dalton (Coach),JadeJennings

GAME PREVIEW

So u th Gamb ier h as progressed through 2024 without dropping a game andtheyweredominantin the2ndsemifinalbuttheir grand final opponent, North Gambier, is the teamthathavepushedthe Demonsallyear

league best & fairest Krystie Reid will be pivotal and her battle with Milly Allen will be one of the key contestsontheday

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Front(L-R):KahliaEgan,SarahBrown,ToraJones,KirilyKramins

mid court but can go into the shooting circle if required.

thanthe2ndsemifinalbut the Demons should secure thewin.

Tigers goal shooter Jess

D e m p s t e r h a d a n outstanding preliminary final and she is not afraid of the long shot, while joint league runner up Sarah Brown is a key in the

Misty Dalton has returned to the defensive circle on the back of the injury to Kaitlyn Tucker and got the job done in the 2nd semi final. The shooting combination of Ella Egan and Sam Raedel is all class and they have developed a great understanding in the South shooting circle, and they get plenty of quality ball from the likes of Brooke Winterfield and Kaitlyn Horrigan, while

Defensively, North has the likes of Tara Fleming, Kahlia Egan and Rebecca

J o h n s o n w h o l o v e disrupting opposition offensive lines, while the Tigers mid court has the composure and work rate of Keeley Quinn, the experience and strength in theairofDebEdwardsand Kirrily Krammins brings versatilitytotheNorthmid court.

Expect a tighter contest

(L-R): Jess McGregor (Team Manager), Sam Raedel, Brooke Winterﬁeld,KaitlynTucker

Back (L-R): Georgia Younghusband (coach), Isabella Staﬀord, Deb Edwards, Tara Fleming, Rebecca Johnson, Milly Allen, Jess Dempster, KeeleyQuinn(captain)

Back (L-R) Kim McIntyre-Clarke (Coach), Kim Saﬃn, Emma Sturges, VeronikaDuncan

Front(L-R)HannahWitherow,MillaWalmsley,MelissaHarvey(Captain), ChelseaDunn,EllaJolley

GAME PREVIEW

The B Grade grand final sees South Gambier taking on Millicent with the current head-tohead in 2024 being two winsapiece.

The 2nd semi final saw a real arm wrestle in the first half and then it was only a few turnovers in each of the third and fourth quarters that saw South set up the narrow buffer and hold on to win.

Leaguebest&fairestMel

Harvey and runner up Krystal Coghlan would well line up on each other and that will be a battle for the ages if it comes to fruition, with Coghlan also having spent a fair bit of this season in the goal attack bibaswell.

Saints coach Michelle Fleming will take on Kim Saffin who is strong on the hold and creative with her feeding, while at the other end of the court, Chelsea Dunn and Kim McIntyre-Clarke will

be looking to limit the supply to Bek Millowick andNicoleDomaschenz.

The mid court battle also looms large with South’s Hannah Witherow and Milla Walmsley teaming with young talent Ruby Milich and Ella Jolley to take on Tiarna Verbena and Nicola Batten, who a r e e x p e r i e n c e d campaigners who run hardallday.

Getting the in the 2nd semi final will have

m e confidence into the Demons line-up and secureanarrowvictory

Back (L-R) Rebekah Millowick, Kalli Brown, Nicole Domaschenz, Kayla O’Loughlin,MichelleFleming

Front (L-R) Krystal Coghlan, Bonnie Ferguson, Tiarna Verbena, Nicola Baen

NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS

GAMBIER TIGERS

Front(L-R):AlyciaPitson,ElodieAdam,AmandaO’Shaughnessy,NatFox, MaggieCollins

GAME PREVIEW

The A Reserve grand final between North Gambier and Millicent is another of the games that is expected tobearealarmwrestle.

Allfourgamesin2024have been hard fought and close.North won Round 5 by two, Millicent won Round 10 by nine, North won Round 15 by six and the second semi final by eight.

North has Alycia Pitson controlling the attack end, combining with youngster Lila Pearson in goals, with league runner up Mikaila

Pitt also often taking a role in the shooting circle, with Amanda O’Shaughnessy, Cara Nulty and Maggie Collins rounding out a qualitymidcourt.

In the defensive circle, Grace Potts anchors the back third, using her height togreateffect,withNatFox and Ruby Mitchell taking the roles out front, using their speed onto the ball and ability to read the play tocreateturnoverball.

That defensive line will be taking on Abby Denton and Mylee Lynch – Denton

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bringing the smarts and long range accuracy, and Lynch using her speed on the drive to great effect, while the Saints mid court, led by back-to-back league best & fairest Jackie Sunderland, includes Piper Paul and Poppy Venn, with AlanaCraiglockingdownat wing defence and always making life tough for her opponent.

Defensively, Georgia Clarke brings athleticism, Alice Pratt brings the tenacity and Emily Denton can dominate the air and they will need to be at their best

to restrict the Tigers scoringability.

The Saints also often make use of juniors Bell Coghlan and Kalani Dunn so they have some tricks up their sleeveifrequired.

Much will come down to the accuracy of the feeding and shooting with the Tigers just having the edge inthefinalwashup.

Back (L-R): Alisha Bryan (Captain), Cara Nulty, Mikaila Pi, Grace Pos, LilaPearson,RubyMitchell,RaineDarmaani,LisaIlsley(Coach)

Back (L-R): Heather Douglas (manager), Georgia Clarke, Kalani Dunn, EmilyDenton,AbbyDenton,MyleeLynch,LisaDuldig(coach)

Front (L-R): Sebella Coghlan, Alice Pra, Alana Craig, Jackie Sunderland, PiperPaul,PoppyVenn

A-GRADE

WEST GAMBIER ROOS WEST GAMBIER ROOS NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS NORTH GAMBIER TIGERS

Back (L-R) Lauran Norman, Ava Collins, Stella Mobbs, Mischa Human, KellyLockwood,LizBeames(manageress)

Front (L-R) Brianna Walters, Mel Renko (captain), Kaitlin Egan (coach), MaceyGriﬃth

GAME PREVIEW

If the 2nd semi final was anything to go by, the A Grade grand final looms as an epic content.

North Gambier and West Gambier are set to go head to head again after the Tigers won that match a fortnight ago by onegoal.

In that match, both sides held sway at different times and runs of four and five goals were not unusual.

Both sides would have been disappointedthatwhentheygot that five or six goal buffer that they couldn’t consolidate and will be looking for a more consistent performance in the titledecider

Newly awarded league best & fairest Sarah Ritter, who was the 2022 best on court, is obviously a key and her battle with Stella Mobbswillbematchdefining.

Thentwoyounggunshavehada couple of really great finals battles over the past couple of seasons and whoever ends up on top in this contest will go a long way to deciding the final result.

Of course Ritter’s ability to dominate happens in no small part to the precise delivery of Lisa McGregor, Jess Holmes and Tara Bryant and that means the Tigers defence will need to be relentlesswithitspressure.

That task falls to Mel Renko, Lauran Norman, Ava Collins and

Absent:GraciePeterson

Kaitlin Egan and they cannot afford for the West mid courters to have too much time and space.

It was an intriguing battle in the 2ndsemifinalandloomsasakey match up again with Brianna Walters on North’s attacking wing up against Chelsea Tremelling.

Tremelling has been a revelation in her first full season of A Grade and her ability to get deflections and interceptions to win the ball back has been uncanny all season, while Walters is all class and she worked through a tough first half in the 2nd semi to be the key link player in North’s victory

Macey Griffith, who earned her

first Team of the Year nod this season, is the architect of the North frontline and her battle withWestdefenderAmyCramis another of those match ups that will be pivotal in the final wash up.

Griffith is always composed, creative with ball in hand and an accurate finisher and whether she combines with Kelly Lockwood, Mischa Human or even Mobbs, she is a key to this grandfinal.

Human was impressive when entering the clash in the 2nd semi final and no doubt, whoever West keeper Mikaela Horriganhastotakeon,theywill needtoplaythefrontpositionas Horrigan loves nothing more thantheballintheair

L-R: Aleisha Pearson, Zoe Malseed, Tara Bryant, Lisa McGregor (coach), Mikaela Horrigan, Sarah Rier (coach), Amy Cram, Jess Holmes, Chelsea Tremelling,TahliaBradley

PRESIDENTS REPORT JILL PAUL

We might have had the same six parcipang clubs to go with our new name and brand but it has been a promising start tothisnewadventureandwecannotwaitto welcome Penola and subsequently other clubsas we look to build a vibrant and, most importantly,sustainable,newcompeon.

We unveiled our new look at the 2024 SA Country Championships and thankfully we sll brought the Western Border success with three teams winning tles and another team losing at the quarter ﬁnal to the eventualchampions.

The17&Underteam,undertheguidanceof Michelle Skeer, went through undefeated in Division1,asdidtheDonnaDentoncoached 15 & Under team, also in the top division, while Jackie Sunderland made an impressive debut as a representave coach, guiding the 13 & under development team totheDivision3tle.

Larnka Foran’s 13 & Under Championship team lost in the ﬁnal to the eventual

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champions, while ﬁrst me coach Lillie Paul did an exceponal job with the 15 & Under Developmentteam.

Ournewplayinguniformsandapparelmade a splash and we look forward to only being stronger in 2025 when Penola, who have a proud history of represenng the KNTNA, areaddedtoourrepresentavemix.

On a domesc front we saw some great results, none more so than Casterton Sandford breaking through in A Grade for a handful of wins, aer three seasons in the wilderness, and that kind of improvement canonlybeneﬁtourcompeon.

While we have sll had some grades dominated by one or two clubs, there has also been some really ght compeons andgrandﬁnaldayloomsasacrackeracross allninegrades.

We introduced an 11 & Under Carnival to coincidewiththeUnder12Footballcarnival and it was a fun day and early feedback suggest it will be a permanent ﬁxture on the

calendar

I want to thank all the volunteers at every clubbecausewithoutthemourcompeon just doesn’t exist – the coaches, umpires, scorers, mers, canteen aendants, scoreboard operators, primary carers, gate aendants, players, parents and everyone inbetween.

Thanks also to the hard working netball operaonsexecuvewhoarealotlikeducks – look unruﬄed on the surface but are paddlingfuriouslyunderneath.

Bestoflucktoeveryonecompengtoday.

Our clubs have also embraced Net Set Go programs with great numbers but we certainly know that umpire and coach developmentwillneedtobeaprioritygoing forward so we can connue to be a premier compeon and connue to aract not just newplayersbutnewclubs. Bringon2025.