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10 Netball
Vengeance can
be oh so sweet
By BRIDGET SCOTT
Aisha Benjeman from ROC gives of a pass to team mate Sarah
Smith. ROC will face Beaconsfield this round. 123333
Picture: ROB CAREW
Demarcation lines are drawn
CASEY CARDINIA FOOTBALL NETBALL LEAGUE
PREVIEW – ROUND 13
By BRIDGET SCOTT
AFTER Hampton Park failed to
take it up to Beaconsfield last
week, ROC will face a similarly difficult task this round.
Beacy is a force to be reckoned
with and are edging for the top
spot.
However Doveton is unlikely
to surrender this position three
games clear on the ladder, and
clear favourites for the game this
week against Hampton Park.
After two week’s off Pakenham
will take the court again this week,
ready to face the camp at Tooradin
who are beaming with confidence
after a good win last round over
Cranbourne.
Despite the win for the
Seagulls last weekend, the Lions
would hope to take out their competition this week after improved
form in recent weeks.
Berwick will also hope for a
win as it gets set to face Cranbourne, while the strong side at
Narre Warren will step aside this
week for a rest.
Casey Cardinia
Netball Scoreboard
Round 12 (second half of split round)
A GRADE: Narre Warren 33 d Berwick
27. Beaconsfield 85 d Hampton Park 12.
Tooradin-Dalmore 34 d Cranbourne 24.
B GRADE: Narre Warren 42 d Berwick
38. Beaconsfield 57 d Hampton Park 15.
Tooradin-Dalmore 36 d Cranbourne 34.
C GRADE: Berwick 25 d Narre Warren
20. Beaconsfield 56 d Hampton Park 15.
Cranbourne 38 d Tooradin-Dalmore 13.
D GRADE: Berwick 26 d Narre Warren
23. Beaconsfield 42 d Hampton Park 21.
Cranbourne 38 d Tooradin-Dalmore 15.
UNDER 17 RED: Narre Warren 40 d
Berwick 20. Cranbourne 34 d TooradinDalmore 9. Beaconsfield bye.
UNDER 17 WHITE: Narre Warren 32 d
Berwick 19. Beaconsfield bye.
UNDER 15 RED: Narre Warren 27 d Berwick 13. Beaconsfield 33 d Hampton Park
3. Cranbourne 33 d Tooradin-Dalmore 4.
UNDER 15 WHITE: Narre Warren 19 d
Berwick 14. Beaconsfield bye. TooradinDalmore bye.
UNDER 13 RED: Narre Warren 30 d
Berwick 17. Cranbourne 18 d TooradinDalmore 7. Beaconsfield bye.
UNDER 13 WHITE: Narre Warren 15 d
Berwick 10. Beaconsfield bye. TooradinDalmore bye.
LADDERS
A GRADE
W L
%Pts
Doveton
10 0 177.2648
Beaconsfield 8 3 146.4836
Narre Warren 8 3 114.36 36
Berwick
7 4 113.4332
Pakenham
5 5 114.0128
Cranbourne
4 6 91.5024
Tooradin-Dalmore2 9 73.53 12
Hampton Park 2 9 62.53 12
ROC
2 9 61.0912
B GRADE
Narre Warren 10 1 142.52 42
Berwick
10 2 133.5140
Keysborough 10 2 125.0640
Tooradin-Dalmore7 5 101.18 28
Beaconsfield 5 6 121.3822
Doveton
5 7 84.1820
Pakenham
4 8 98.4816
Cranbourne
3 9 99.5512
ROC
3 9 79.5012
Hampton Park 2 10 55.47 8
C GRADE
Berwick
11 1 160.3244
Beaconsfield 10 2 191.1140
Narre Warren 9 3 167.30 36
Tooradin-Dalmore7 5 105.42 28
ROC
7 5 90.3828
Cranbourne
6 6 116.2224
Doveton
4 8 89.6816
Pakenham
3 8 71.6114
Keysborough 110 52.25 6
Hampton Park 1 11 49.53 4
D GRADE
Beaconsfield 10 1 168.0544
Berwick
9 2 149.1940
Cranbourne 7 2 157.2038
Pakenham
6 4 105.5632
Hampton Park 5 5 96.64 26
Narre Warren
5 6 105.66 24
ROC
3 8 73.8016
Tooradin-Dalmore2 9 49.54 12
Doveton
010 66.29 8
UNDER 17 RED
ROC
9 0 267.0548
Narre Warren 9 1 164.85 44
Cranbourne 6 3 123.8536
Pakenham
4 4 98.4130
Beaconsfield 3 5 88.3026
Doveton
2 5 60.7424
Berwick
2 8 73.0616
Tooradin-Dalmore0 9 33.93 12
UNDER 17 WHITE
Narre Warren 7 1 164.38 44
Beaconsfield 5 2 142.6540
ROC
3 2 150.7138
Pakenham
4 2 143.1438
Doveton
0 6 23.2724
Berwick
1 7 54.7316
UNDER 15 RED
ROC
9 2 206.9640
Narre Warren 8 2 180.98 38
Beaconsfield 8 2 170.6538
Cranbourne 6 3 172.4634
Pakenham
6 3 155.3234
Berwick
4 7 88.3320
Doveton
2 8 66.9416
Tooradin-Dalmore3 8 43.75 16
Hampton Park 0 11 15.30 4
UNDER 15 WHITE
Narre Warren 9 0 286.36 48
ROC
5 2 175.2740
Berwick
6 3 105.7036
Pakenham
4 4 127.7332
Beaconsfield 2 6 91.0824
Doveton
1 6 59.3122
Tooradin-Dalmore0 6 29.25 22
UNDER 13 RED
Narre Warren 9 1 228.57 44
Doveton
7 2 225.8940
Beaconsfield 7 2 189.2340
ROC
6 3 87.1136
Cranbourne 4 5 80.9828
Pakenham
2 7 76.3820
Berwick
2 8 68.3616
Tooradin-Dalmore0 9 24.50 12
UNDER 13 WHITE
Beaconsfield 8 0 464.1548
Doveton
7 1 231.1144
Pakenham
6 2 272.0640
ROC
3 4 118.1832
Narre Warren 3 6 67.21 24
Tooradin-Dalmore0 7 11.45 20
Berwick
1 8 23.7516
AFTER a devastating one goal loss to Narre
Warren in Round 3, Berwick came back with
a vengeance last weekend but proved still unable to overcome their rivals.
Berwick coach Melissa Ahearn was the first
to admit her team was seeking revenge.
“Our A-Grade girls came over to play their
arch nemesis Narre Warren with one goal in
mind,” she said.
It was a fight until the very last minute with
Berwick on the tails of their competitors all
game.
At both the quarter time and half time
breaks Berwick were only one goal behind, but
turned it around in the third quarter to lead by
one goal at three-quarter time.
However Berwick’s comeback in the third
term was enough to push Narre Warren back
into action and the Magpies managed to run
away with the game by six goals.
Ahearn said a few costly errors for her side
caused them to lose the game.
“Constant turnovers along with poor goal
conversion cost us in the end,” she said.
“Narre made the least amount of errors in
a high pressured tussle to win by six points.”
While Berwick was unable to redeem itself, one side which managed to do so was
Tooradin after a huge turn-up when it got over
Cranbourne.
Despite a 16-goal loss earlier in the season,
Tooradin proved the equal to Cranbourne this
time around with a 10-goal win.
Tooradin fired out of the blocks and led
from the first whistle to barely give Cranbourne a look in.
Unfortunately Hampton Park didn’t share
in the same success, going down to Beaconsfield by 73 goals, for a final score of 85-12.
CASEY CARDINIA FOOTBALL NETBALL LEAGUE
REVIEW – ROUND 12
Hampton
Park’s Chloey
Dodds reaches
for the ball just
behind
Beaconsfield
goal shooter
Courtney Davey
during the
C-Grade hit out
on Saturday.
123719 Picture:
STEWART
CHAMBERS
Beaconsfield wing attack Paris
Houeix held tight on to the ball.
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Kaela caught up in a perfect Storm
AS the seconds ticked down in the
Victorian Netball League (VNL) grand
final, Monash Storm under-19’s netballer Kaela Hughes felt one of the
purest joys in sport - captaining a premiership team.
Monash Storm’s VNL Under-19
side won the club’s first premiership
in that age group at the State Netball
and Hockey Centre.
The win had a certain MPNFL flavour to it with Hughes, from Beaconsfield, captaining the side to a two-goal
victory against City West Falcons.
In a huge turnaround from last season, Monash went from second bottom to front-runners all season and
eventual lifted the cup as premiers
last week at the State Netball Centre
in front of a predominately Monash
dominated crowd.
“The highlight of the night for me
was looking up at the clock with only
six seconds remaining after our goal
shooter Nat Billing had put us two
goals up,” Hughes said.
“Actually being overcome with
emotion knowing that at that moment
that all our hard work and sacrifice
had come to fruition.
“As captain looking into my team
mates’ eyes and being able to convey
to them how proud I was of every single one of them.”
Having time to reflect on a successful season for herself and her
teammates, Hughes praised not only
Monash Storm, but also her local
club Beaconsfield and also Gippsland
Storm Netball Club, which over the
last few years has helped Hughes develop her game to a level that allows
her to compete at the elite level.
“Beaconsfield Netball Club has
been absolutely outstanding with the
amount of support they have given
me,” Hughes said.
Hughes and her Monash Storm
team mates celebrate the VNL
premiership victory over City West
Falcons. 123803
From Storm junior to Monash Storm
VNL premiership captain, it’s been
a rapid rise through the ranks
for Beaconsfield netballer Kaela
Pictures:
Hughes.123803 GIPPSLAND STORM NETBALL CLUB
“They are like an extended family
to me, always offering me nothing but
encouragement when it comes to my
VNL commitments, and also to take
every opportunity that comes my way
with two hands.”
“Gippsland Storm gave me opportunities to develop my game to the
next level, and I was lucky enough
to be coached by three passionate
coaches - Simon O’Shanassy, Jodie
Hanssen and Brendan Murnane - who
were all there on the night.”
Getting the chance to represent
Monash Storm as one of the first
Gippsland Storm graduates was a
point of great pride for Hughes.
“Storm’s merger with Monash this
year has so many benefits to Netballers in our region,” Hughes said.
“It now provides a defined pathway
from your local club to VNL, and it’s
great to be part of such a fantastic club
environment.”
Monash under 19s won the VNL
grand final 41-39 over City West on 2
July.