Millicent Millicent

Last weekend we played at Casterton; it wasagreatdayforallteamswithminimal rain!ThisweekweplayWestathome.

U11s-19to6

Playing their best 6 quarter effort to date thegirlsstartedoffstronglyfromdefence through mid to attack! Their solid defensive efforts kept Casterton to a low scoring game! The second half saw some fantastic attacking plays and great connections between the mid court and goalies! Another strong win, keep up the great work girls. Best players were Emily Millard (Sportspower/Subway), Kirra Madden (Fasta Pasta) and Maggie Buhlman(BakersDelight).

U13As-45to12

An awesome full game for the girls! The girls went out firing at the start and proved why they are sitting top of the ladder, the goalies worked well together and the midcourters fed in with patience and precision Our defenders worked hard all game with second efforts all over the court. Our transition improved down the court and less errors occurred. Keep listening and working hard at training girls! Best players were Indi Coghlan and Lucy Crowe, and the JM Incentive awards went to Olive for her listening at training andLindyforherstrongdrivesinattack.

U13Bs-39to25

Well done today girls. Everyone played super and gave their all. With a bit of a change with a few girls away it allowed thegirlsthatwereheretoplaywithsome of the A’s. A massive thank you to the A’s that helped us out this week. There were some great passages of play throughout the game. Everyone was coming in front andtotheball.Thefrontcutsworkedwell allowingtheballtoflowaloteasierdown the court. Best players were Prudence and Brydie and JM Incentive went to Prudence.

U15As-68to11

Today we welcomed Tahnee & Eva into ourteam,andbothplayedextremelywell at each end of the court. Tahnee shot accurately and Eva got some important tips in defence. Matti had a great game in defence covering the court collecting intercepts everywhere Bell & Mia worked well together in the midcourt switching and making it difficult for the Catstogettocircleedge.Pipercontrolled theattacklinewithhersmartsandMylee and Em combined well in goals in the second half using theirholds to gaingood positioning. Great win girls. Best players were Bell Coghlan and Piper Paul. JM Incentive awards went to Bell, Piper, and Matti.

U15Bs -74to6

The girls got a chance to play out of their usualpositionsandwerestillabletoform great connections and some good passagesofplay Wasgoodtoseesomeof the attacking work we’ve been working on at training being put into the game. Best players were Emily Walker & Eva Crowe. JM incentive award went to Lexi Nicholls.

U17s-49to47

In great netball conditions we played a tough Casterton. We started a bit slow with errors creeping into our game and not protecting the ball. As we moved throughthegame,wecleanedourpasses

West Gambier West Gambier

Red, Black & White Blue & Red

up and started to play like a team. We need to work hard at training this week and back each other to improve as a team.Thereweresomegreatpassagesof play in the third quarter with some fantastic end to end timing and finishing off by the goalies. Let’s keep building this week. Zambreros award went to Jaimie for some excellent feeding into the circle. BestplayerswereLillieandAbby

CGrade-45to46

After a huge few weeks scraping a side togetherdue to players being away it was great to have a full team hit the court.

Naomi Winter had an awesome game in WD really continued to put the pressure ondownthewholecourt,andwehadour young gun Keelie Linder have an awesome game in GA. Unfortunately, we went downby1 goal after the timer! Was a very disappointing loss but will give us moreofareasontofighthardforanother win in the next 2 games of the season. BestplayerswereNaomiandKeelie.

BGrade-40to43

We knew today would be a challenge for us - we started very well, and the game was a fierce contest from the get-go! The game was continually changing leads for all four quarters. We worked hard across the court and had some fantastic passages of play bringing the ball down into attack. Our defenders always have a tough game against the tall and versatile shootersfromtheCats!Agamethatwent down to the wire and unfortunately, we lost by 3. Let’s regroup and focus on the next challenge next week. Best players were Nicole Domaschenz and Krystal Coghlan.

AReserve-75to47

Congratulations to our Co-Captain Alana on reaching her 100 Senior game milestone!Alanaisnotonlyagreatplayer who has won multiple premierships and individual awards, but she is one of the nicestgirlsandbestteammatesyoucould ever have! We hope you continue to play manymoregamesfortheSaints!Thegirls stepped up for Alana from the first whistle in a game that was our best team effort for the year! Alice, Keish & Keels shut down the attacking end with their teamworkandgreatdriveoutofdefence. Jackie was in everything as she dominatedthemidcourtandteamedwell withAlanatohitcircleedge.Rylee&Abby had their best games for the season as they combined beautifully in goals and finished accurately Bell hit the court at halftimeandherfootworkandspeedwas impressive as she gained intercepts and drovehardoutofdefence.Fantasticteam effort and thanks to Em for being a backup on the bench. Best players were JackieandAlice.

AGrade-77to34

Awesome 4 quarter dominance with our attacking game steady and consistent. Defensive work spread amongst the whole7playersresultingin turnovers in all areas of the court. Demi and Tabatha kept the scoreboard ticking over with clever use of height and speed. Our mids Lisa, Lillie and Daisy gave us cleartargetsandtimingtocircleedgewas smart and well positioned. Portia and Lauren battled hard from 1st whistle to last centre pass Pressure over shot providing some timely turnovers. Best named were Daisy and Lauren. Thanks to JackieandKeishforsittingbench.

VRound 14 had us hosting the Demons at Malseed Park. Another successful day on the courts, with some close games played. Great to see all of the teamscurrentlysittinginthetop4,howamazing! Well done coaches and players. Thank you to the following sponsors for supplying Game Day Awardstoour10NetballTeamslastweek,weare extremely grateful to you: Daryl & Megan Starick, Awatuna Pty Ltd, OK Pie Shop, Boost Juice Mount Gambier, Natalie Pearson - Finance BrokerMount Gambier, Sorrentos CAFÉ, Paradise PIZZA, Lima&Co.,WashDayLaundry TheHaven-Cafe& Takeaway, Vanity Makeup Bar and Body Lounge, MGS Tilt Tray and Towing, Makeup by Kirralie Jade, A Wave From It All. Doug & Di Harding Encouragement Award awarded to Hannah Jackson13Bs.

A GRADE: West defeated South 55-39. 1st Best Player:TaraBryant.2ndBestPlayer:SarahRitter once again did an amazing job, slotting in with Macy, I can put Tully anywhere and she will give it her all. Imogen went on at GA and Aleisha moved to the Centre spot. From there we went on with our game, Imogen and Lucy have played together for most of the past few years and know each other well and again both girls shooting with accuracy, holding and leading for the ball. A win by39goalsforus.

I thought we all took responsibility for our own positions today and had a solid game. Aleisha slotted in brilliantly at GA and our defence end worked tirelessly causing many turnovers. Sarah was a strong target under the post and Mik had her best game for the season. Tara was strong in bothattackanddefence.ThankstoAnnaandLucy forbenchingforus,wereallyappreciateit!!

Thank you to our Under 11 girls who came out and supported the Under 17 girls. It was great to seeyouallsittingtherecheeringuson.

I would like to say well done to Aleisha Pearson whotodayplayedherfirstfullgameintheAgrade side. I was so proud of how she played, she held her own throughout the game. Thanks to Lisa for giving these young girls opportunities like this today

15A's: West defeated South 47-43 1st Best Player: Alice Allen. 2nd Best Player: Lila Pearson. Game Day Award Vouchers: Lila Pearson & Swaye Lindner

A RESERVE: West defeated South 64-43. 1st Best Player:CarlyRansom.2ndBestPlayer:TahliaEarl.

15B's:WestdefeatedSouth49-8.1stBestPlayer: LibbyBuck.2ndBestPlayer:AvaReid.

Another pleasing defensive effort from all the girls causing plenty of turnovers. Lila was a big target for us all day, finishing off accurately Lara and Miley played the perfect role at GA with Ella, Swaye and Lara creating space in attack and feeding our goalies beautifully Maggy, Alice and Mikayla applied pressure all game and really limited South's attack. Let's bring the form we have had in the last couple of games into this week. We played a dominate first quarter This really stamped our authority and intention for the game! Tahlia was holding brilliantly all day and our transitions were very impressive with Gracie and Carlee finding great space and providing amazing feeds Anna ran hard all day and provided some great pressure in defence! Chelsea works tirelessly in defence every game and today was another great display by her Maddie managed to get so many touches and is reading the play beautifully! Let's keep working everyone and continually improving

Congratulations to Aleisha and her brilliant effort intheA'stoday!!!

B GRADE: West defeated bySouth 44-47. 1st Best Player: Caitlin Carraill. 2nd Best Player: Kirby Hunter Game Day Award Vouchers: Maelee Dalton&KylieHeaver

This week saw us take on top of the table South. Withonlythebare7thisweekweknewgoinginto thisweeksgameitwasgoingtobetough.Thegirls played a fantastic first half with some great full court pressure and some great interceptions and goal scoring with saw us up by 2 at half time. The 3rd quarter wasn’t the best but we still managed tokeepourcomposureandplayourgamebutwe just made some silly little errors. Going into the final quarter we were down by 2 which we know wasnothingbutSouthgotsometimelyintercepts in which they converted however we did claw back some of the score difference and we ended upgoingdownby3goals.

C GRADE: West defeated South 45-43. 1st Best Player: Emily Phillips 2nd Best Player: Emily Sutherland. Game Day Award Vouchers: Zarah Sudgen&EmilySutherland.

Agreatgameforthegirlstakingthewintothetop team 45-43 Putting in everything learnt at trainings the girls really improved this week taking the time to slow in down and play our own game. Theykeptup the fight the whole game and fought very hard for each turnover Very strong defensive pressure seen the whole way up and down the court Defenders worked well and provided our attackers with numerous turnovers and shots on goal. Amazing efforts by our mid courters who were able to feed the ball to our endlessly working goalies, moving around the ring to create the opportunities for goals. The team celebrated well back at the club placing theirbetsatCasinonight!

17/UNDER: West defeated South 67-28. 1st Best Player: Lucy Simpson. 2nd Best Player: Aleisha Pearson Game Day Award Vouchers: Aleisha Pearson&ImogenMcGregor

This weekend we came up against South who have put up the good fight all year We started withLucyandAleishaingoalswithAlexatWAand Charlotte at the centre position backing the goalies up. Some brilliant passes into our girls with Lucy holding her player and pulling in some fantastic high balls. Both girls shooting with great accuracy The defence group of Macy – GK, Ellie –GD and Halle at WD put pressure on the South girls, all girls intercepting balls and bringing it back down to the attack end, both Halle and Ellie supportingattheattackingthirdline.Byhalftime we were up by 17. Charlotte and Ellie came off at half time, Tully going into the GD position and

The u15 girls took the first two quarter to get their feet and settle in. By the third and fourth quarter the girls had found their grove and we’re playing their game their way with a strong defence game by Holly, Matilda and Analeigh it wasgreattoseethemworkingwellalongwithour mid courters Libby and Maya. With another great team effort by the shooters Lila ,Miley and Ava these three did extremely well in the wind and rain to come away with the win 49 to 8 against South.

13A's: West defeated South 34-20 1st Best Player: Ella McKenny 2nd Best Player: Sara Richards. Game Day Award Vouchers: Matilda Neale&SaraRichards.

The13Agirlsweredowntothebare7playersthis week. This didn’t deter them as theyhit the court determined and focused to perform well, and they did. There were many great passages of play bytheWestgirls,astheycontrolledeveryquarter building on their score. In the last quarter the south girls were really starting to connect and impact the score board. The West girls fought back control of the game, going on to win every quarter Finalscorewas34-20.

13B's: West defeated South 29-18 1st Best Player: Hannah Jackson. 2nd Best Player: Isobel Richards Game Day Award Vouchers: Aggie Thomas, Chaneil Cowland Doug & Di EncouragementAward:HannahJackson.

Comingintothe14thround,the13Bgirlscameup against South West started the game off strong—withHannahJacksonandIsobelRichards workingintheshootingcircle,HarperLindnerand Mackenzie Fisher in the wings and Chaniel Cowland, Molly Thomas, and Aggie Thomas on the defensive side—leading the first quarter by four The West girls extended their lead in the second half to ten goals. Halftime changes saw Savannah Riddoch at C and Ruby Lamb at GD South also made some positional changes, which sparked the team, and they started to pull back the score, but this was not enough to deter the West girls. Eventually winning by eleven goals. Aggie Thomas and Chaniel Cowland were selected for best on court, and Hannah Jackson receivedtheencouragementaward.

Under11's:WestdefeatedbySouth9-23.1stBest Player: Sophie Carruthers. 2nd Best Player: Ayla Stubbings.

Another great start to our game on Saturday It wasaveryevengameforthemostpartbutSouth came out in the last couple of quarters firing and took the win. The girls though showed great determination and played right till the final whistle. We had some super impressive passages of play from defence into attack. Our defensive pressure in our attacking end caused South to turntheballoverbutwejustcouldn’tfinishwitha goal.ThanksU17sforyoursupportagainstSouth. We could certainly hear you! With only 2 more gamesleftletsgiveitourall.

North Gambier North Gambier

Yellow & Black

Under11’s:

Welldonetothegirlstoday,itwasavery close game!!! Unfortunately, we were unable to match East as they scored a fewlast-minute goals. It was fantastic to watch the immense improvement each girl has had over the season. The girls played as a team, successfully linking the ball down the court, making some seamless passages of play Our defensive pressure was strong, and the girlsallworkedharduntiltheend.

Best players: Demi Gabrielli and Isla Clark.

Under13B’s:

Thegirlsnevergaveupandcontinuedto tryallgame.Ourdefensivepressuresaw us make turnover ball and transitioning intoattack,wewerelookingandwaiting for the best pass option. Each week we are making little improvements as a team, which is promising. Today saw Piper play her 50th junior game. Like usual,thelittlepocketrocketranhardall game, getting touches in defense and being a leader for our attack end CongratulationsPiper!

Bestplayers:PiperLucasandIndiRenko

Under13A’s:

From training drills our game focus was constant ball pressure, blocking initial drives & forcing the opposition to play wide. This defensive pressure created moreopportunitiesforourdefendersto challenge and achieve important deflections & interceptions. Everyone played a confident attacking game displaying good decision making & timing. There were numerous passages of play where the ball flowed freely into ourgoalers.

Best players: Carey Grivell & Jenna Barron

Under15Bs: Nogame

Under15A’s:

The girls had another good win this week.Itwasimportantforustocarryon how hard work from the last few weeks and focus on four consistent quarters. We had a really strong first quarter which set up the rest of the game. We were able to make a few changes which showcased the girl’s versatility Raine had an outstanding game in defence, applying constant pressure and taking some amazing intercepts Looking forwardtobuildingintofinalsnow

Best players: Raine Darimaani and Ruby Mitchell

Under17’s:

This week we again took the court without our full team Luckily our versatility allowed us to still fill each position with a strong option Unfortunately, an injury in the first 10 minutesrattledthegirlsalittle,meaning for an inconsistent start The girls regrouped at half time, playing a strong secondhalfwithsomesmoothpassages ofplay Althoughnotourbestgame,the girlscameawaywithastrongwin.

Best players: Jayme Young and Macey Griffith

CGrade:

A slow start yesterday which ended up costing us, going down to East 35-31. The pressure and physicality from the first centre pass had us trying to force plays, challenged our decision making and impacted our accuracy on the scoreboard. To the girl’s credit, we were able to settle and close the gap from quarter time with some great passages of play which we will look to build from. Asolideffortfromthegirlsyesterdayled by our captains Keeley Quinn and Hannah Fox who showed great leadership and set the standards on court. We’ve been playing some great netball in the past few weeks, and we look to continue this into the final two rounds.

Best players: Hannah Fox and Sarah Brown

BGrade:

We came out of the blocks strong and in control of the game. We all played our parts and kept that up for most of the game. A few lapses did see East creep back in, but we were composed and took the W Ruby Mitchel filled in once again and did amazingly in defence with great combination with Kaite. Zarly was strong on the defence wing and got her hands to some great ball. Amelia and Maddyfedthegoalieswelland thatwas finished off with some nice shots. Two more games and if we play like that againhopefullysomegoodresults.

Best players: Katie Dyson and Amelia Redman

AReserve:

This week we could see the results of our focused training coming through. The patients and moving around the attack line looked great, the full court defence was causing lots of turnovers andthedefencelineweresolidasarock with Nat and Riley reading the play well and helping ensure the transition out of defence was straight down the line and linking well with the attack line. We needtocontinuetoworkonourtalkand intensity of game play going forward as it was improved however still more room to grow so let’s continue to focus onthisoverthecomingweeks.

Bestplayers:NatFoxandRileyMitchell

AGrade:

Awinisawin,andwepulledawayatthe last quarter right when we needed it. East were playing some good netball and shot with accuracy, and we were waiting for the moment where we gained the momentum, however it didn’t really come as easily as we were hoping. We had many opportunities to put some scoreboard pressure on but didn’tcapitaliseinthegoalcircle.Lauran drove the ball out of defence all game with strength and Mikaila took some good interceptions when we needed it the most. Time to regroup and look to thenextfewweeks.

Best players: Mikaila Pitt and Lauran Norman

AGrade

It is always a tough day coming up against the polished Millicent side. We started well and it’s nice to see the team settling into their positions and playing as a team, backing each other up. Chelsey Galpin and Chloe Fosterhavebeenmovingtheballwell through the middle of the court and their cut and drive movements have been working well, opening up space for each other. The second quarter was a tough one but Madeline Patton’s defensive pressure slowed down the Millicent WA, allowing our defenderstogethandstoalotofball. ThegoaliesofIvy LaneandMadalene Cleary hit their stride in the second half with perfect movement and teamwork That coupled with the defensive pressure and turnovers coming from Caeleigh Humphries and Ebany Jarrad made for a strong finishthatwewerehappywith.

FinalScore:34-77

Best Players: Caeleigh Humphries & MadaleneCleary

Vouchers: Caeleigh Humphries & MadaleneCleary

AReserve:

FinalScore:47-75

Best Players: Paige Murrell & Kerri Harvey

Vouchers: Kerri Harvey & Phoebe Carlin

BGrade:

FinalScore:43-40

Best Players: Trictia Cleary & Sarah Richardson

Vouchers: Kerri Harvey & Amber Balzan

Blue, White & Red

CGrade:

FinalScore46-45

Best Players: Ebony Mutch & Amber Spratling

Vouchers: Sophie Hart & Janine Parsons

Under17’s:

FinalScore:47-49

Best Players: Phoebe Carlin & Ivy Lane

Vouchers: Ivy Lane, Madeline Patton &PhoebeCarlin

Under15A’s:

FinalScore:11-68

Best Players: Brydie Carlin & Makayla Rees

Vouchers: Brydie Carlin, Makayla Rees&AmyCrauford

Under15B’s:

FinalScore:6-74

Best Players: Kirby Vise & Mylie Ireland

Vouchers: Amelia Bailey, Mylie Ireland&SophiaCorrigan

Under13A’s:

FinalScore:12-45

BestPlayers:MarleeRobbins&Chloe Kurzman

Vouchers: Isabella Luers & Brooklyn Mutch

Under13B’s:

FinalScore:25-39

Best Players: Ylana Grigg & Brooklyn Mutch

Vouchers: Georgia Bailey, Zoya Syed &ReneeGorman

Under11’s:

FinalScore:2-11

Vouchers: Abbey Fidler, Mia Carter, SiennaWinchester&CleoLonghurst