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Netball Match Reports from 13 July

Posted on 17 July, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

HAWKS – Premier Division

Boronia Hawks v Wantirna South Devils Round 11 A little bit of pre-game stress as my team dropped to 6 players 1 hour before the game… Lucky for us, Kasey Lee was able to chuck on her dress and runners, drive all the way from Frankston and play an absolute ripper of a game for us! Thanks Kasey for coming to our rescue.

We knew tonight was going to be a tough game against 2nd seated Wantirna South Devils (we are currently sitting 4th). As usual our first quarter was our biggest loss: 5-13 (maybe we need to start warming up better ladies!!!!); but as usual we picked up our game and showed them we weren’t losing without a fight. In the 3rd quarter we got to within 3 goals but we just couldn’t keep up the fight and ended up losing 41-53.

Tonight’s score really doesn’t represent the quality of Netball we played. It really was a great game of Netball with lots of positive play. I’d say Wantirna beat us with their full court defence, defensive turnovers and their fitness tonight. Amy Hazard was a stand out for us in GD; Amy – you played a very classy and skilful game against some questionable play. You had countless turnovers, deflections and drive down the court. Awesome game tonight, super happy to have you playing with us! Mel Hutton proved her versatility and showed us she’s got the skills to step out of goals and run the Centre and, despite injury, Ally had a great 2nd half in WA. Both our goalers; Emily Barrie and Sharmini-Jane Philp had to work very hard for each and every goal scored tonight! I t took a little while for our goalers to settle into their groove against some tough defenders, but once our mid-courters started feeding into the front positions both girls started to score well. A pretty damn good effort against a very good team. Well done Hawks! Next week we play Wantirna South Reserves at Knox at 8pm.

WS Devils 53 d Boronia Hawks 41 E.Barrie 22, S.Philp 19, M.Hutton, M.Barrie, A.Bell, K. Fredericks, A. Forest, A.Whittle.

GOLD – Division 3

Round 11 Boronia Gold v Upper Ferntree Gully The first half of our games are definitely or strongest. Our defence was tight with many turnovers by Inga and Ti, and plenty of options to pass down the court with mid court re-offering. As always Jess giving the wings easy passing into the ring, Jess and Sarah not giving their defence the opportunity to rebound with their accuracy. Our passes were settled and strong. Third quarter is where we seem to lose our drive. We started to play Upper FTG’s game. Forcing long passes which saw many turnovers by the opposition. An awesome goal just inside the ring by Casey at the end of the quarter kept us in front by a goal. We held onto our lead and won by 3. We are on track for finals! Well done Gold!

Boronia Gold 24 d UFTG Blue 21 J.Hall 14, S. Grigg 9, C. Hahn 1, D. Reynolds, I. Baselier, T. Parker, J. Griffin, S.Shillingford.

BROWN – Division 4

Round 11 Boronia Brown 29 defeated Nunawading Lions 10 – Special mention to Alex on her 54th game for Boronia! This is an enormous achievement which shows your growth in the club and your loyalty.

What a great game by every player on the court! We all got to the game early and ready for a pre-game training session with Bec for defensive throw ins. Just 5 minutes practicing these throw ins made such a difference on our flow down the court. Huge congratulations to Chelsea, Alex, Amanda and Courtney for your willingness to learn and take the coaching on board. The result was so rewarding.

This week’s game again was very physical. And again we were the best and fairest team on court. Unfortunately Amanda went down with an ankle injury in the 3rd quarter and we wish her a speedy recovery. Our attacking end received some valuable feedback from Bec during the game. Lauren leading the whole way down the court was a definite highlight of the game as well as the attacking end putting together some killer combinations. Caitlin has settled well into GA with Dani in GS. The combination of accuracy, height and rebounds we cannot fault! Sherridan, Mollie and Bec brought control and accuracy of assists into the goal circle as well as movement down the court. Everyone supported each other which got us the lead and brought home the win!

We are creeping into finals and this win has now moved us up a spot to third on the ladder! As we are looking strong for finals we will be trialling combinations and using that warm up type to really define and broaden our skills. Great game girls! Looking forward to hopefully another win next week!

Boronia Brown 29 d Nunawading Maroon 10 D.Kemp 21, C.Yann 8, A.Cellante, S.Martin, R.McMahon, A.McKaige, L.Bevan, M.Mcsahon, C.Krenn, C.Dynan.

Team Selections for 13th to 15th July

Posted on 13 July, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

Netball Team Selections for Round 11 – presented by Knox Club

HAWKS Squad to play Wantirna South Devils at 8:00pm Friday at Knox Regional 1.
Julia Rush, Sharmini Philp, Mel Hutton, Ellie Ingwersen, Emily Barrie, Mandy Bell, Madison Barrie, Amy Hazard.

GOLD Squad to play Upper Gully Blue at 8:45pm Friday at Gloria Pyke 2, Dandenong.
Casey Hahn, Sarah Grigg, Inga Baselier, Dani Webb, Janae Griffin, Jess Hall, Stacey Shillingford, Ti Parker.

BROWN Squad to play Nunawading Maroon at 9:45pm Friday at Oxley 1.
Courtney Krenn, Alex McKaige, Chelsea Dynan, Lauren Bevan, Mollie McMahon, Cailtlin Yann, Dani Kemp, Sherridan Martin, Amanda Cellante, Bec Allen. #getaroundthebrown

Seniors Squad to play The Basin at 2:10pm at Batterham Reserve – presented by http://www.allstaterefrigeration.com.au

5 S. Bell 14 J. Bolton 25 B. Bowes 45 H. Burgess 16 M. Buzinskas 15 H. Chinn 23 J. Collins 51 Z. Dower 12 D. Fairchild 29 J. Godwin 8 J. Hannon 2 L. Hannon 1 R. Henderson 11 J. Lake 19 B. McAlpine 17 L. McKernan 6 A. Phillips 42 B. Rapisarda 52 B. Robertson 39 Z. Robinson-Summerfield 47 T. Steele 37 R. White.

Development Squad to play The Basin at Batterham Reserve at 12:05pm – presented by http://www.dysoncurrie.com.au

81 A. Biddau 60 M. Bruce 7 C. Burgess 70 N. Carrodus 4 B. Castersen 64 D. Dower 80 T. Dower 43 C. Flanagan 49 M. Goldsack 9 J. Granland 10 C. McDonald 73 R. Migues 2 T. Murphy 35 C. Murrihy 30 J. Paterson 58 J. Purdon 28 J. Rambaldo 31 D. Romano 15 D. Ruff 75 J. Stamatakos 25 N. Stamatakos 24 R. Warren 77 J. Whitmore 40 B. Wright.

U19’s Squad to play The Basin at 10:00am at Batterham Reserve – presented by http://www.barkking.com.au

13 B. Anderson L. Armstrong 3 B. Aughterson 22 J. Baker 4 B. Campbell C. Dunkinson 27 H. Emslie 5 H. Fewson 29 L. Fletcher 14 J. Gardiner-Hoffman 7 T. Griffiths N. Hare 10 J. Lech 19 J. McDonald 9 J. Mellis 4 T. Mellis 23 H. Mountain 26 J. Mueller 17 J. O’Neill 21 L. Slater M. Storr 8 S. Tunstall 2 R. Williams.

Veterans Squad to play South Belgrave at 2:30pm on SUNDAY at Tormore Reserve – presented by GK Travel & Cruise

70 C. Aaltonen 6 S. Beaton 88 L. Burnett 86 S. Butler 41 M. Chawulak C. Cincotta M. Clinton 24 L. Cook J. Cranfield 52 B. Dahan 11 J. Davis M. Dyson 10 D. Fitzgerald 17 G. Hall 46 D. Hansby 35 M. James 36 S. Kavanagh 21 C. Krenn 94 S. Lehman 26 S. Little B. Notley 28 S. O’Reilly 43 C. Reid 42 M. Ryan B. Stewart 4 T. Vining 27 R. Weisz 13 B. Wiesner R. Witte 18 A. Wright.

Our Women’s Football Team have a bye, returning on Saturday 21 July to play Donvale at Tormore Reserve at 1:00pm.

Under 19’s Match Report: Round 12 Boronia v Scoresby

Posted on 2 July, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

In cold, wet and slippery conditions, the 19s came up against a determined Scoresby outfit. The first quarter was a scrappy affair. We controlled the majority of the play but couldn’t make the most of the opportunities, kicking four wasteful behinds. Jake Mellis was everywhere and had some good support through the likes of Harry, Will and Trent. Scoresby managed to move the ball forward towards the end of the quarter and snuck in a goal to take the lead at quarter time.

The second continued to be ugly footy and it didn’t help that Jake was now being tagged by one of their best players. Muells made the move into the ruck to reduce the influence of the opposition’s big unit in the middle, ensuring that the mids had a chance to have more affect on clearances. Despite some sloppy defensive work, we managed to attack enough to get some majors. Hard work from Bakes, Slats and Jacko up forward ensured the hard work up the ground was being rewarded.

The boys came out firing in the third and despite an early goal to Scoresby, we fought back to bang on a couple of our own. Hoff and Fletch had moved into the midfield and the dynamics were starting to go in our favour. To Scoresby’s credit, they held strong and played a disciplined wet weather game. With the great work and run by Jimmy, Dos and Ryan on the wings, we moved the ball better and ensured the deficit at 3 quarter time was minimal.

We fired up after the final break and played a more disciplined game. The game was certainly not a spectacle, but if you looked closely you would have seen some really hard and courageous efforts from players willing to put their body on the line, such as Lee, Nots, Milky and Johnny Mac, who played an outstanding final term. Although behind for a short while, we bounced back and managed to pull off a grinding 4 point victory. Whilst it is important to celebrate these wins, we need to ensure that we put our best foot forward against The Basin in our next clash.

@boroniahawks U19’s Scoreboard – presented by Lipari Pizza & TJ’s on Main

Boronia 4.9 33 d Scoresby 4.5 29
Goal Kickers: J. Baker 3, J. Lech
Best Players: J. Mueller, J. Gardiner-Hoffman, J. McDonald, H. Fewson, J. Baker, L. Fletcher

A HUGE THANK YOU to VicHealth

Posted on 29 June, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

Boronia Hawks are absolutely delighted to announce that the Club successfully applied for an Active Club Grant from Vic Health to assist in the launch of our Women’s Football Team in 2018.

The Active Club Grant has assisted the Club to start our team from scratch by advertising for players and then equipping the girls with jumpers, footballs, training tops and so on.

As you all know, our team is now competing in Division 2 of the Eastern Region Womens Football League, a competition that is absolutely booming with new teams. The Hawks have a core team of 26 girls, with only a couple having played footy before. Some well known Hawka families are represented in the team, emphasising how the team is already embraced as part of the Boronia football community.

Success is not always measured by the scoreboard, as the girls are loving their footy and the Club could not be prouder of their team spirit and determination to learn, play and develop. We are very lucky to have Ray Lacey and Scott Nicholas, two Hawks greats in their own right, providing their wealth of experience as Co-Coaches for our inaugural team.

The Active Club Grant was made available to support clubs to implement initiatives that will engage more women and girls in sport. Almost half as many women take part in organised sport compared to men, and women are most likely to stop playing sport as teenagers. There is more momentum in female sport than ever before, but Vic Health recognised the need to offer more opportunities for women and girls to get involved in sport at the community level.

Congratulations to Scott Nicholas for his successful grant application. Once again, many thanks to Vic Health for their support of the Boronia Hawks Women’s Football Program.

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/funding/active-club-grants

Team Selections for 28th, 29th & 30th June

Posted on 29 June, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

Boronia Hawks Netball Squad for Round 10 v Mulgrave Yellow at 8:00pm at Knox Regional – presented by Knox Club

Carla Alexander, Mandy Bell, Natalie Craven, Allie Forest, Mel Hutton, Ellie Ingwersen, Sharmini Philp, Julia Rush.

Boronia Gold Netball Squad for Round 10 v Heathmont Blue at 6:45pm at Oxley College – presented by Knox Club

Chanelle Barnard, Inge Baselier, Janae Griffin, Sarah Grigg, Casey Hahan, Jess Hall, Ti Parker, Danielle Reynolds, Stacey Shillingford.

Boronia Brown Netball Squad for Round 10 v Lilydale Blue at 7:45pm at Gloria Pyke Court, Dandenong – presented by Knox Club

Lauren Bevan, Amanda Cellante, Chelsea Dynan, Dani Kemp, Courtney Krenn, Sherridan Martin, Alex McKaige, Mollie McMahon.

Seniors Squad for Round 12 v Scoresby at 2:10pm at Tormore Reserve – presented by http://www.allstaterefrigeration.com.au

5 S. Bell 14 J. Bolton 25 B. Bowes 45 H. Burgess 16 M. Buzinskas 51 Z. Dower 12 D. Fairchild 29 J. Godwin 2 L. Hannon 1 R. Henderson 21 N. Heuston 32 L. Johnson 11 J. Lake 19 B. McAlpine 17 L. McKernan 30 J. Paterson 6 A. Phillips 42 B. Rapisarda 52 B. Robertson 36 J. Rutherford 47 T. Steele 37 R. White.

Development Squad for Round 12 v Scoresby at 12:05pm at Tormore Reserve – presented by http://www.dysoncurrie.com.au

81 A. Biddau 60 M. Bruce 7 C. Burgess 4 B. Castersen 64 D. Dower 80 T. Dower 43 C. Flanagan 49 M. Goldsack 9 J. Granland 10 C. McDonald 73 R. Migues 41 K. Milde 33 R. Miller 35 C. Murrihy 58 J. Purdon 28 J. Rambaldo 31 D. Romano 15 D. Ruff 67 M. Smith 75 J. Stamatakos 25 N. Stamatakos 24 R. Warren 77 J. Whitmore 40 B. Wright.

U19’s Squad for Round 12 v Scoresby at 10:00am at Tormore Reserve – presented by http://www.barkking.com.au

13 B. Anderson 3 B. Aughterson 22 J. Baker 4 B. Campbell 28 C. De Boer 1 F. Duke 27 H. Emslie 5 H. Fewson 29 L. Fletcher 14 J. Gardiner-Hoffman 7 T. Griffiths 10 J. Lech 19 J. McDonald 9 J. Mellis 12 T. Mellis 16 W. Morrison 23 H. Mountain 26 J. Mueller 76 K. Notley 17 J. O’Neill 21 L. Slater 8 S. Tunstall 2 R. Williams.

Women’s Squad for Round 9 v Blackburn at 2:45pm on SUNDAY at Morton Park – presented by Knox Leisureworks YMCA

2 A Cellante 3 B Allen 4 B Forrer-Lacey 5 B Kinniff 6 P Lacey 7 A Penny 8 D Thomas 9 J Lacey 10 D Langford 11 C Wright 15 K Buzinskas 16 S Peril 18 L Kabris 20 S Mellis 21 S Singh 22 C Timms 23 A Davidson 24 C Storen 25 K Little 26 R Smith.

@boroniahawks Veterans Squad for Round 6 v Wantirna South at 2:30pm at Walker Reserve – presented by GK Travel & Cruise

1 B. Mills 4 T. Vining 6 S. Beaton 8 C. Burgess 10 D. Fitzgerald 11 J. Davis 13 B. Wiesner 17 G. Hall 18 A. Wright 21 C. Krenn 24 L. Cook 25 G. Krenn 27 R. Weisz 28 S. O’Reilly 36 S. Kavanagh 41 M. Chawulak 42 M. Ryan 43 C. Reid 45 J. Cranfield 46 D. Hansby 52 B. Dahan 57 M. Clinton 86 S. Butler 88 L. Burnett 94 S. Lehman.

U19’s Match Report: Round 11 Boronia v South Belgrave

Posted on 28 June, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

The U19’s headed up the mountain for the early game to take on a competitive South Belgrave with Robbo taking the coaching reins and giving Fletch a well-deserved week off. We also welcomed Luke Slater to the club for his first game.

Based on their results this year, South Belgrave had been competitive in every game and the boys knew that South needed to take a scalp to push their claims for a finals spot. A fast start was stressed to the team pre game but unfortunately we conceded three goals, all from free kicks, and went into the ¼ time break down by 4 points. Two goals to Josh Baker showed that if we moved the ball quickly on the small ground we would have plenty of opportunities to score.

The second quarter was a high scoring affair with both teams playing free flowing football which resulted in both teams kicking four goals apiece. After a slow start, Trent Mellis & Harry Fewson started to get on top in the midfield, thanks to the tireless work of Ben Anderson & Jack Mueller in the ruck. Tuna & Luke Slater both kicked 2 for the quarter, with the latter being mobbed by his team mates after kicking his first goal for the club. The half time score saw the Hawker ahead by a solitary point.

The coaches made some moves at half time in an effort to get the game going our way. Jake Mellis was moved to CHB and Hoff was thrown into the midfield along with the big body of Will Morrison to try and assert some dominance around the stoppages. South Belgrave managed to get on top in the first part of the third quarter through the dominance of their #12 on the wing so Bailey Campbell was sent to him with the simple task of following him everywhere and shutting him down. Cambo did a great job, sacrificing his own game, and from this point on #12 only had 2 possessions and the game started to turn the Hawker’s way. We clawed our way back from being down and led by 2 points at ¾ time.

The last quarter was a see-sawing affair with huge desperation being shown by both sides. We managed to keep our noises in front for the entire quarter and maintained our composure in the final few minutes to control the game and at the final siren we were ahead by 4 points. It was a huge team effort from everyone playing their role and digging deep, especially considering we were down two players going into the final quarter. Bakes ended up with 3 goals for the game, Hoff was everywhere & Jake Mellis was a rock at CHB in the 2^ndhalf.

After the game, Robbo happily handed the coaching gig back to Fletch with a perfect record intact and the young Hawks look forward to another tough challenge against Scoresby this week.

@boroniahawks D Squad Scoreboard – presented by Alchester IGA

Boronia 16.15 111 d South Belgrave 1.6 12

Goal Kickers: J. Stamatakos 3, K. Milde 2, J. Whitmore 2, J. Rambaldo 2, M. Goldsack 2, T. Dower 2, J. Purdon, R. Migues, B. Wright
Best Players: M. Smith, B. Castersen, B. Wright, D. Dower, K. Milde, J. Rambaldo.

Netball Match Reports

Posted on 28 June, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

BORONIA HAWKS

Tonight was always going to be a tough game against top seated Fairpark Yellow, who came runners up to our Hawks premier team in the 2017 GF. As usual Hawks started a little slow but settled into their groove 10 minutes into the game. I think we surprised Fairpark by getting to within 3 goals and showing them some tough competition. Fairpark were a team of 9 tonight and they are a very competitive and experienced team who have been playing together for years. In the last quarter they blew out the scores to take the win by 20! Hawks lost 40-60

Unfortunately with us only having 7 players and an hour long game, Hawks had no fresh legs to push through in the last quarter. However I don’t think the scores reflected how good we played tonight.

Fill in Amy Hazard was a fantastic pick up for us in defence and played a great game with countless turn overs. Julia, Ann-Maree and Mel Hutton played hard and strong in goals together and Emily Barrie had a great game, working her arse off through the mid court. Carla Alexander, Ally Victoria and Mandy Bell all had very good games but unfortunately we just couldn’t pull it together enough to keep the scores tighter. I hope we get another chance to play Fairpark with our full team available, as I truly believe we could get close to them!! Not a bad effort tonight Go smash it next week against Mulgrave ladies!

Premier Division: Fairpark Yellow 60 d Boronia Hawks 40
Goals: Julia Rush 30, Mel Hutton 10, Carla Alexander, Emily Barrie, Mandy Bell, Ally Forrest, Kasey Fredericks.

BORONIA GOLD

This week we welcomed back Ti. We came out strong leading the first 1/4 by a couple of goals and kept the lead into half time. We had 9 players so with fresh legs in the third quarter we pushed the lead out to 6 goals. Defenders working hard with many rebounds and Stacey strong down the court in centre. Goalers once again making great position in the ring.

With a change from us in the last quarter Whitehorse took the opportunity and managed to take the lead by 1 goal. We weren’t going to let the win go without a fight and everyone stepped up to get back in front. We were able to hold on and take the win by one goal.

Div. 3: Boronia Gold 33 d Whitehorse Pioneers 31
Goals: Jess Hall, Sarah Grigg 13, Casey Hahn 4, Danielle Reynolds, Chanelle Barnard, Inge Baselier, Ti Parker, Janae Griffin, Stacey Shillingford.

BORONIA BROWN

After a rough start with 6 players, we ended the first quarter with 8! Unfortunately we didn’t play the best game and were defeated. Caitlin made her debut in GA which was great for height and rebounds, whilst our defence grows stronger with Alex and Courtney. Great effort for the girls for sticking the game out and at the end of the day we still had a fun time!

Div. 4: Glen Waverley Hawks Blue 32 d Boronia Brown 19
Goals: Dani Kemp 15, Caitlin Yann 2, M.McMahon 2, Amanda Cellante, Alex McKaige, Lauren Bevan, Courtney Krenn, Chelsea Dynan.

Seniors Match Report: Boronia v South Belgrave

Posted on 28 June, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

Winning Ugly – by “The Voice in the Outer”

There was a great atmosphere around the ground as all supporters were invested in each contest and each umpiring decision. In what was an epic last quarter, the heart rate was high and the banter between both supporter groups was at fever pitch. A great reminder why local footy is such a great game.

The rain had held off and the game started in dry cold conditions, with the ground in great nick. From the first bounce we saw that SB had come to play. After being smashed the week before by over 100 points, they targeted a couple of Hawker players off the ball and showed they would not take a backward step. The Hawker was up to the physical challenge but was wasteful in front of goal, kicking 3.6 to 3.1 to win a highly contested first quarter by 5 points.

The Hawker started the second in complete control kicking the first 3 goals. We out played SB on their short ground and 15 minutes into the quarter we held a 4 goal lead. SB made a couple of changes to their on-field setup which clogged up our forward line. This tactic, the wet weather closing in, and the Hawker taking the foot off the pedal, left the door ajar for SB to kick a late goal and give them the incentive to crack in hard in the second half. The Hawker leading by 18 points at the long break.

The rain had set in for the afternoon as we started the third. The lights were turned on and it looked more like dusk than the middle of the afternoon. The Hawker was slow to adjust to the conditions and were second to the ball, with too much sloppy hand ball instead of playing wet weather footy. SB showed us why they are a dangerous side on their own deck and if it was not for a couple undisciplined acts by SB individual players, the damage on the scoreboard would have been greater. SB hit the lead kicking 5.2 to the Hawkers miserable 4 points to take a 10 point lead into the last quarter. As the siren sounded for 3/4 time there was plenty of verbal between the two sides with SB echoing from their huddle “we’re coming for you”. The challenge was put to the Hawker.

At the 3/4 time huddle there was no panic from the coaches: they made their moves and were in complete control. For the players, they had been challenged both on the score board and shown how to play good, tough wet weather footy. It was their turn to respond, put there head over the ball & win ugly.

The last quarter was played in wet slippery conditions. It was a physical affair: hard tough contested footy; not many marks were taken by either side; with a huge amount of stoppages. The backline held strong under extreme pressure and the midfield stepped up to even the contested ball at the stoppages. Both sides were on the wrong end of free kicks & 15 meter penalties. The Hawker kicked poorly and dropped a couple of tough marks inside 30 metres from goal, but ground out an ugly win kicking 1.6 to 1 point to take a 1 point victory over a side that played extremely well on the day.

Five things:

The last 1/4 was not pretty but a fantastic contest.
The LAKESHOW’S last quarter goal under extreme pressure. (Should have kicked 4),
The Hawker took up the challenged at 3/4 time to grind out the win. (Team Effort).
17 behinds for the day needs to be addressed.
Are the bumps & big tackles being umpired out of local footy?

@boroniahawks Senior Scoreboard – presented by Knox Club

Boronia 7.17 59 d South Belgrave 9.4 58
Goal Kickers: D. Fairchild, M. Buzinskas, B. Rapisarda, J. Paterson, L. Hannon, J. Lake, A. Phillips
Best Players: R. Henderson, J. Lake, L. McKernan, A. Phillips, J. Bolton, B. Robertson.

Development Squad Match Report – Boronia v South Belgrave

Posted on 26 June, 2018 by BoroniaHawks_Dave

We finally got the weather that reminds us of how footy was played in the past, and our opposition were struggling each week to put a full team on the ground. These are games where the under dog can be more desperate and surprise their opponents, and in the first 5 minutes that’s exactly what happened.

Today we were excited to have a long awaited look at Rhys Migues after 11 weeks on the injury list, also Tyler Dower at full forward was another selection that was well deserved. With some of our regulars elevated to the senior squad, doors opened for a few positional changes. Shagga in the middle for the second week with Smithy, Castersen and Wrighty in the ruck we would have what we presumed would be first touch of the ball, and they didn’t disappoint.

With Ruffy, Romano and Bruce giving us plenty of run off the half back line and the mids delivering to the forwards with much better disposals, we looked more like the team of earlier in the season. Our tackling was much better than in previous weeks and we forced plenty of turnovers. We kept our forward line open with plenty of space for the two talls to work in, even on a small ground. Perhaps the other forwards were a little to high, something to work on by the coaches. Everyone was contributing and goals were coming from all forwards: Goldy, Migues, Stamma to name a few.

We held a commanding lead at the long break. Any opponent will dig deep to gain respect after a spray from their coach and to South Belgrave’s credit they did just that. The third quarter was not pretty and stoppages dominated this term. Still we kept the pressure on. The final term was played on our terms and we scored more regulary and with better link up footy. With an all round team effort this week and a large winning margin we now look forward to a huge match next week.

@boroniahawks D Squad Scoreboard – presented by Alchester IGA

Boronia 16.15 111 d South Belgrave 1.6 12