North Gambier North Gambier

Under11's-North11vsSouth9

A fantastic start to season 2023 for the U11s. With only 7 players available, the girls displayed perseverance and determination as they played six strong 'quarters'.BestplayerswereIslaClarkand Demi Gabrielli. Isla showed her versatility, moving from attack to defence with ease. Demi in her very first netball game, applied strong defensive pressure and responded positively to all feedback. Well donegirls,itwasagreatwin.

Bestplayers:DemiGabrielli&IslaClark

Under13B's-North21vsSouth21

A great team effort to start the season. Defensively we were strong all over the court, with some good intercepts. Lots of positivity from all and great to come away withadraw

Best players: Addison Kamphius & AddisonSchloithe

Under13A's-North29vsSouth12

The girls commenced the match full of enthusiasm & displayed some terrific passages of play Everyone defended strongly & provided lots of extra scoring opportunities for our goalers. A positive andexcitingstarttotheseason.

Bestplayers:JennaBaron&LaceyHunter

Under15B's-North77vsSouth2

North Gambier took on South Gambier to secure an impressive 77-2 win

Throughout the game, Lily Brook proved to be a powerful presence on the court from centre. Claire and Mia also worked well together in the circle, displaying impeccable accuracy when shooting

No r t h G a m b ier ' s d efen s e wa s impenetrable, with Penny, Zoe and Lacey making some incredible intercepts that left South Gambier with very few opportunities to score. Raine, Ruby and Georgia also had some great intercepts and strong passes down the court Overall, it was a thoroughly deserved victory for North Gambier, who played with confidence and skill throughout the match. Congratulations to the 15Bs team onanoutstandingperformance.

Best players: Lily Brook and Claire Mitchell

Under15A's-North66vsSouth26

A great start to the season for the U15A girls, with a strong win against South. It was a whole team effort, with all the girls playing their role Elodie and Mischa worked amazing in goals together, with Georgia, Lily and Maggie working the ball onto the circle edge to feed beautifully into our shooters. Raine, Kelsie and Ruby indefencemadeitveryfordifficultforthe Southattackers,turnedoverplentyofball and drove strong out of defence. So many positives to take from our first game and exciting to see what the girls achieve this season. Well done to our best players, Maggie who worked overtime in attack and defence winning plenty of ball and Rubywhowaseverywhereindefenceand isanoutstandingleaderforourteam.Well donegirls!

Best players: Ruby Mitchell & Maggie Collins

Under17's-North77vsSouth21

The U17 team boosts a very versatile group of players this year, which was evident on Saturday The girls started off wellandhadacomfortableleadatthefirst break, providing the opportunity to explore our versatility We tried different combinations each quarter, experiencing

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Yellow & Black Blue & Red

positive outcomes. The communication on and off the court was excellent, providing a positive foundation for meeting the team goals set. All players worked hard to implement the strategies discussed, allowing the girls to build on their lead each quarter The final result was 76-21, an excellent beginning for our 2023campaign.Welldonegirls.

Best players: Sarah Brown and Tora Jones.

CGrade-North34vsSouth30

With some new faces to the team, round one saw us take on the challenge of last years grand finalists. After a nervous start the girls applied great defensive pressure throughout thegameand ran hard allday With our third quarter being the highest scoring, we led by 2 going into the last. Unfortunately, we were unable to finish with the win, going down 30-34. There were many positives to take from the game and equally as many aspects we will look to alter and improve. With a great bunch of girls, we're looking forward to theseasonahead.Abigcongratulationsto Milly Allen and Kahlia Prelc on their first seniorgame.

Bestplayers:MillyAllenandKahliaEgan.

Bgrade-North17vsSouth49

B grade 17 - 49 A warm day to start our season with the heat impacting on us in the end. We started off quite strong with the score see-sawing between us both. South seemed to catch a break and were able to capitalise and the score grew from there. Our defensive end worked hard all game with Katie Dyson leading the way and getting her hand to some good ball. Definitely some areas all over the court to work on but let'slook forward and pick up ourratethisweek.

Best players: Katie Dyson and Brianna Lush

AReserve-North50vsSouth29

In warm conditions it took us a little while to settle, however once we found our feet and started to play to the style, we have been training for we managed to come awaywithanicewin.Ourdefencelinewas solid all game, with Nat, Jessie and Riley combining well in the first half, and after an injury to Nat, Jessie continuing to get the job done with Ava and Stella in the second. Alycia had a very poised game through the attack line and was well supported by both Alisha and Riley in the circle, while Amanda and Cara ran hard and moved and fed the goalies well while also applying lots of defensive pressure when needed. Let's continue to train hard and see what results this can continue to bringoncourtthroughouttheseason.

Bestplayers:JessieLittleandAvaCollins

AGrade-North58vsSouth35

We settled into our structures and combinations slowly in the first quarter and our defensive pressure was excellent. Our defence and turnovers allowed the score line to eventually become comfortable. A change in the last quarter saw our mid court shuffle Grace and MikailahadtheirfirstgameforNorth,and we welcomed Noni back after 'maternity leave' last year A big congratulations to Mel Renko who won the Anzac medal, showing her fitness and commitment to hernetballandherteamasalways.Lotsto work on and polish up, but a good work out.Bestplayers

Bestplayers:MelRenkoandGracePotts

VOnce again we have been overwhelmed with the support from our local businesses who have supplied our ten netball teams with Game Day Awards. We thank the following businessforourRoundOneAwards

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, McDonald's, Kaboom Family Entertainment, Donut King, OK Pie Shop , Boost Juice Mount Gambier, A Wave From It All, Paradise Pizza, Sorrentos CAFÉ, Natalie Pearson - Finance BrokerMountGambier,TheHaven-Cafe&Takeaway, Lima&Co.,MGSTiltTrayandTowing,Makeup byKirralieJade,IntersportMountGambier Encouragement Award: Doug & Di Harding –awardedtoZoeBonney-Dowson

Under 11’s - Welcome to all the new families and players to our wonderful netball club. We got off to a terrific start with some accurate shooting from Phoebe supported by Eliza. Gracie and Mackenna chased up lots of loose balls and backed up the defenders. Sophie S and Kelsey improved as the game went on in thedefencewithAylainWDwhohelpedbring the ball down to the attackers. Sophie C was a great option in GS holding well in the circle. Emily in her first ever game of netball worked hard in WD Our little sprinter Isla ran hard in Centre and applied lots of pressure to the opposition. Another first gamer Zoe tried her best from start to finish and was awarded the encouragement award. All the girls improved as the game went on. Game day awards went to Phoebe Bonney-Dowson and Kelsey McKinnon.

13 A’s - Congratulations to Casterton on their win. For the first time the girls come together as a playing team myself and Kelly are extremely proud on how they performed all through the court. Best on court 1st: Claudia Vorwerkand2nd:ClaireHunter

Thank you to our sponsors to our game down vouchers Claire Hunter was first best and SammyFosterwiththesecondbest. Let’sgowest

13 B’s - the West 13 b had a tough fought BattleagainstCastertononSaturday

The young west team started out slowly againsttheexperiencedCastertonteam.

Ruby Lamb and Aggie Thomas had their work cut out for them in the defensive circle and was well supported by Mackenzie Fisher in WD

SavannahRiddochranhardatCandcombined well with Harper Lindner at WA. Both girls feeding the ball to Hannah Jackson at GA and MollyThomasatGS.

At half time Chaneil Cowland came on at WD and Isobel Richards at GA With Hannah moving to GD she made an instant impact in Defence. Combining with Aggie they gave West more opportunity to score Unfortunatelytheteamstruggledthroughthe midcourtandwereunabletoconvertasoften astheywouldhaveliked.

Going into the last quarter, Savannah went to WA,HarpertoC,MollytoGA,IsobeltoGSand HannahandAggieswappedindefencecircle.

The Westies fought to the end but were unabletoovercomeCastertonlosing46-6.

CaptainHannahJacksonleadfromthefrontin a best on court performance With Molly Thomasgettingthe2ndbestaward.

This very young team will learn from this experienceandwillbedeterminedtoimprove withtheirnextencounter

15 A’s - What a wonderful way to start the season. Each player played their part from start to finish of the game.The defenders held strong with our mid court giving the goalies plenty of opportunities to shoot which they did with high accuracy coaches award this weekwenttoLaraandMaggy

15 B’s - What a great team win to start of the season!

The U15B team came together and showed their strength in all aspects of the court MatildaBadenoch,HollyJacksonandAnaleigh Anderson were on point with their ability to readtheplayindefence,whichkeptCasterton scorelessallgame.

ThemidcourtattackersLibbyBuckandBrydee Starick were a stand out in working the ball into the shooters and being a great support aroundthering.

Amazing team work was shown in the ring with Ava Reid, Miley Vivian and Ella Jolly. This trio are developing into an exciting team backing each other constantly which resulted inourWestiescomingawaywith77-0score.

Well done team it was a great start to the season and makes us excited for what’s to come!!

17’s - Our first game on the new courts didn’t goourwaytoday Castertonstartedwellsowe playedcatch up from there. We kept with the opposition untilthelast¼whenCastertongotawayonus.

We played really well most of the time, but with a few unforced errors costing us we have lotsto work on at training Our goalies/attacks worked well together all game, there was somebrilliantpassesintothegoal circle.Atthesametimeourdefencetriedtheir hardest all game. So we can take something from that. I really believe that this team has what it takes to be playing finals at the end of the season,keep your head up girls. We can do this. Game day awards went to Charlotte Scott and Alex Hudson.

CGrade-Round1sawusonourbeautifulnew courts versing Casterton for the opener of the 2023 season. An amazing effort put forward from our girls, demonstrating great strength and cohesion in each domain, for all four quarters. Defenders Emily, Alana, and Zarah, all stood strong and clean whilst defending catsshooters.OurmidcourtOlivia,Teone,and Annabel, all worked incredibly well, feeding the ball into the goalies with great precision. And our beautiful goalies, Emily, Emma, and Lisa, all held their ground and shot brilliantly Couldn't have asked for a better round 1 result. West defeated Casterton 61-10. Best Players Emily Sutherland and Emma Pollock. Game Day Awards, Teone Brauer and Alana Koch.

B Grade - After a slightly slow start leaving us 11-16 down at quarter time, we had to play catchup.Thesecondquartersawussettleand start to play some quality netball. With a change of positions at half time we managed to gain some defensive intercepts and started attacking the ball with more confidence playing our best quarter winning 18-16 Fourth quarter the girls came out fighting which saw us finish off strong but unfortunately we couldn’t catch up. The final score being 54-60 but within this showed the talent,versatilityandpotentialthissquadhas. Looking forward to the next challenge. Game day awards went to Daena Wombwell and ElyshaGillies.

A-Res - Our first game on our new courts how greatarethey!

Whatanamazingefforttodaybytheteamcan really tell how hard everyone worked during preseason We had some very impressive passages of play with Carlee and Anna getting the ball to the goalies with style. Maddi and Chelsea worked hard all day in defence to get them the ball. There were so many positives fromtoday'sgamelet’skeepitup!

Also a big congratulations to Charlotte Scott onyour100gamestoday!!!

A Grade - What a great start to our 2023 season - everyone came out firing which was pleasing after a big preseason. It was nice to hitthecourtagainasateamandshowedsome slick passages of play Zoe showed some grace out on court with all defenders causing their fair share of turnovers which were converted in the attack end. Very happy to get the win in round one on our brand new courts which wereamazingtoplayon.