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Three games in a row at home Cat fans, we sure have been spoilt, and the Seniors havegivenus2winsathome, again making Island Park a fortress. What a great night was had last week, football under lights again, that will be making any old Saints fans shudderatthethoughtasthe Cats dominated the night games in the 90's, the lights were a little less reliable back in those days and may have gone off once or twice, but gee the Cats, and the Cat Fans, were a force to be reckonedwith.

South Gambier came to play and gave a good account but they certainly could not find an answer for the McCrae and Schembri brothers, thoseladsarenotgettingany shorter Captain Diarmid Cleary led the Cats well, as did El Presidente Dylan Ayton, the two of them would have had to get the Epsom Salts out Sunday morning, they didn't stop all night.

We have some great young talent at the club and Adam McKinnon and Elwood Geary werebothdeservedlynamed in the better players for their runandcarryefforts.

The two new blokes in Jarrod O'Brien and Michael Krieger have slotted in to the team perfectly, adding that extra bit of something, its not salt, its not pepper, but mmmmm it'stasty

TheRessieshadafaircrackat a very good Demons magoos but were a few goals short in the end. Four of the Cats that ran out for the twos were Darren Murrell, Josh Searle, Matthew Kurzman and Andrew Russell, these mates had not had a kick together for 10 years so it was great to see them on the Park, Kurzo got a couple of goals, Sticks was flying and punching the sherrin clear out of defence, Dags didn't lose a ruck contest and had sore feet at the end of the game from all the kicks he got and Searlo ranasbesthecould.

I was really impressed with the way the Under 16 Cats played, Coach Fidler will see his lads playing finals this year Two of the Cats, Elwood Geary and Bay McKinnon, also played seniors and earned many applauds during that night match. It was a great team effort but somewhowerepraisedwere Blake Kurzman, Jedd Rhook, Archie Lane, Oliver Foster, Riley Hutchins and Reghan Parsons.

The Under 14's are going to be a few players short each week but you can guarentee theonesontheparkwillhave a crack, better players were Billy Rhook, Jett Lykke, Kirby Vise, Toby Auld and Ayden Nolte.

This week we welcome the Millicent Saints to Island Park, they love coming to Casterton so they can get a feed similar to what they are used to at McLaughlin Park butwithabetterview

So lets help our friends from Millicent enjoy the rolling hills, Cows, sheep and greener than green grass while our Cats give their lads a proper shellacking, Carn theCats!

Thank-you to all our valued s p o n s o r s i n c l u d i n g Boonaroo, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Bendigo Bank, and CastertonSecondaryCollege

Upcoming Events : 1st of July Comedy night bythe one and only Ethan Hocking, he gives good banter but his brother playedforEssendon.

VThe Rezzies posted a magnificent scoreline to celebrate Clay's 150th, with the man of the moment even venturingintotheforward50 toclaimhisownsausageroll.

Aussie Fuller tapped to advantage allowing the ball to be shared fairly cleanly (given the conditions) to players like Gizzy, Ferg, Reills (Hamish variety) and Shooter Josh Peters finished with 6 majors, Digga 5, Hamish Reilly with 3 and MitchReillywith2.

The Seniors played in the t w i l i g h t fe a t u r e a n d benefited from North being unable to convert their forward 50 entries into goals, due partly to inaccurate kicking and partly to sound defence. The back six were supported and assisted by the mids pushing back to get the numbers in the right spaces to move the ball fairly freelythroughhalfforwardin cold and often slippery conditions.

The goal kicking sensation, Gene version 2.0 (the footballer formerly known as Cargs), finished with another 6 snags, Cream with 4 (and got a bit of it up the ground too)andNoahwith2.

Clint got plenty of it in close and found it in space too, thriving in the conditions Big Bill found some touch in the ruck in his first game for

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the season. Plenty of players contributed and played their role in what was a good four quarterteameffort.

With the Senior twilight fixture,itwasgreattohaveall of the junior football played on the main oval. The U12's can sometimes get forgotten about on the back ovals, so it was a great experience for them to show their skills in frontofabiggercrowd.

MFNC Sports Day coming up on the 3rd of June, message Nicola or Kade Bradley to be allocatedtoateam.

Finally,theclubisproudtobe a part of the Red Cross Lifeblood blood donation drive, aimed at football and netball clubs. Jump on the club's socials to find more information about how to join the MFNC team and book in to make a donation. Every drop counts and together we can make a real difference.