Competitive contests and close results

A Grade by Cara Moody Bonnie Doon 51 defeated by Milawa 55 Best on Court: Annie Byrnes sponsored by Bowser Bean Coaches Award: Mia Tanner sponsored by Foodworks Fan Favourite: Annie Byrnes THE fog cleared and the court dried up just in time for A grade to give the crowd the show they’d been waiting for. Bonnie Doon set out with a goal to finally take down Milawa and though we didn’t get the win we wanted, we definitely showed them we will be their biggest competition come finals. Every time Milawa tried to pull away, we fought back, maintaining a tight score line throughout the entire game. Can’t help but thank Amy for this who dominated in the goal ring, not dropping a single shot the whole game. Supported by Portia who again showed off her height and skill catching every high ball and tricking the Milawa defence into leaving her solo under the goal post on more occasions than they’d like to admit. They’re so swift and fast that you probably didn’t notice the change of positions between Mia and Annie in wing attack and centre. They played their game, reading each other’s minds as all good mid counters that’ve played together for years can do. Her control and deliverance up the court earned Annie best on for yet another round. Come the last quarter it was goal for goal. Both teams fighting to break the other’s centre and just when Milawa thought they’d broken us, our defenders turned it right back around. B Grade by Jess Harris Bonnie Doon 55 defeated by Milawa 58 Best on Court: Chrissy Blunt sponsored by Bonnie Doon Pub Coaches Award: Heidi Summers sponsored by Advance Tree Care Players Player: Chrissy Blunt IN what was a real rollercoaster of a game Milawa managed to come away with the four points. The attack end played with flair and understanding. The highlight was Chloe Cash's defining coming of age game, marked by a dominating and influential performance. Our defenders grit and determination was evident in every play, showcasing their relentless will to win. A loss on multiple fronts-we will require both resilience and camaraderie in the coming weeks to come back bigger and stronger. B Reserve by Amy Clapham Bonnie Doon 39 defeated Milawa 32 Best on court: Charlotte Atherton sponsored by Bonnie Doon Pub Coaches Award: Hannah Sheahan sponsored by Alpine at Home ‘DING DING’ round 14, it was the second time for the season the Bonnie Doon B Reserve team had met Milawa for the grand final rematch, the first match up seeing Milawa take home the win. But every player on the Bonnie Doon team was determined, ready and prepared to even the score. The first quarter saw both teams scoring goal for goal with a good mixture of strong defence and attacking from both teams. The second quarter brought a lot of hard work and drive from Doon, with outstanding pressure by the dream defence team of Charlotte, Cass, Hannah and Ace, winning a number of tips and intercepts to quickly converted goals by the dynamic attacking end of Madi and Ace into our goalers, Michelle and Casey's, hardworking hands. Milawa came out strong in the third quarter, capitalising on a few errors by the Doon team leading to a few quick successive goals, decreasing the lead to four. Some mid quarter tactical changes for the GS & GA position between Michelle Tanner, Casey Hearmon and Sarah Ragg, leading to impressively accurate shooting stats by all three of the teams goalers. Fourth and final quarter was a hard slog with both teams tiring, goals hard to come by with the ball converting back and forth with lots of unforced errors by both teams. The Doon girls had to fight for every pass, with the goalers under immense defensive pressure inside the ring. But every player on the Doon team was determined to see this through. The final siren finally went with the scoreline Bonnie Doon 37 defeating Milawa 32, cementing Doon's place at the top of the ladder. Our best on court players Charlotte and Hannah were outstanding for the whole game. Under 17’s by Chloe Cash Bonnie Doon 43 defeated Milawa 13 Best on court: Amy Cash sponsored by Singe Plastering Coaches Award: Chelsea Neale sponsored by David Walsh Gas THE girls were in for a rough game this week against Milawa. With three of our girls away, we knew what we had to put out. We welcomed Chelsea back after 10 weeks out with injury, and she did not skip a beat, starting the game in WD and then making her way to the back in GK getting many tips and intercepts, earning herself coaches award. Emmeline had a ripping start in the first half, but unfortunately came off with an injury. Tilly covered her player both in and out of the ring, wearing her down throughout the game. Amy stepped up from U15’s for a full game and blended in with our team perfectly. Her feeds in attack and pressure in defensive got her best on court. Stella kept composure in what would’ve been one of the roughest games she’s played, while being heavily contacted all four quarters, she managed to put up her goals and also add three intercepts to her stats. Charli’s persistence at training paid off today shooting at above 80 per cent, holding strong and getting the rebounds (not that there was many). Maya came on into WA in the fourth quarter and stuck to our short, sharp game plan. Sadie came into WD in the second half and put on a show, three intercepts, three tips and a gain to her name. Chloe had direct drives in attack and kept the defensive pressure up throughout the midcourt. Under 15’s by Ange Desmond Bonnie Doon 21 defeated Milawa 11 Best on court: Maya Rhodes sponsored by Theresa Kirley Coaches Award: Erin Mahoney sponsored by Mansfield Holiday Letting DOON were at home up against Milawa on a cold and foggy Saturday morning. They started well with GS - Keira Thornton on fire with five goals on the board and working well with Lara Klingsporn as GA pegging another two in to keep the score ticking over, however Milawa were not letting them have it their own way and kept their score ticking over as well managing three goals. The girls work well with Bella Neale and Erin Mahoney working well in the defence some lovely intercepts saw the ball head down our end and the work of Sadie Brakels, Annie Armsden and Maya Rhodes working down the mid court into our goal end saw us four points ahead at the first break. The second quarter saw the girls continue to work well, but our girls were being well held by Milawa and our only two goals came through Lara and Milawa managed one for the quarter, and headed into half time five points up. After half time we had a few changes - Carly Desmond went into defence with Bella, Annie Armsden went into the goals and Lara went onto the wing. Carly and Bella were busy Bella intercepting and rebounding nicely from inaccuracy and Carly continually getting a tip to it, and Sadie feeding working hard to bring the ball out to Maya and Lara the girls were well and truly warmed up and getting their game on. They headed into the last 11 points up. The last quarter saw Carly head onto wing defence and Erin Mahoney into goal defence and Annie as wing attack. By the end of the game, they had won 21 to 11.

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