Kalangadoo v Hatherleigh

Kalangadoo celebrated Australian Indigenous Round with both clubs joining the football teams to participate in a pre-game smoking ceremony performed by Tim Brennan.

The match started at a quick pace with both respective goal circles finding space with ease and converting accurately.

Hatherleigh’s Maddie Pulmer and Demi Vanderhorst worked overtime to unsettle the Kalangadoo defence of Lara Munro and Reanna Wetherall.

Erin Watson and Rosie Nettle worked hard to find the space in the mid court with Kalangadoo making them work hard for every ball.

Kalangadoo was the first team to settle and take a slight advantage going to the first break 19 to 15.

Both teams remained unchanged going into the second quarter, which was again an even contest.

Hatherleigh tightened up its full court defence and caused mid courts turnovers to give their goalies plenty of scoring opportunities.

The Eagles finished the quarter strong and able to reduce the margin to three goals at the main break.

Kalangadoo made just one change at the main break, bringing Georgia Duncan into Goal Defence and Lara Munro moving back to Goal Keeper.

Hatherleigh remained unchanged.

The new defensive combination had an immediate impact on the momentum of the game with Georgia Duncan settling quickly into the game to combine with Munro to turn the ball over for Kalangadoo and add scoreboard pressure to allow the Magpies to go to the final break 55 to 42.

Hatherleigh maintained their work rate for the final quarter but were unable to reduce the margin.

Lara MacGregor and Elly Redden contested every possession and got their hands to some rebounds to give their side some more scoring opportunities, but the Magpies forged ahead with the final margin of 22 goals, 71 – 49.

Nangwarry v Kongorong

Both teams started off strongly working ball around well.

Kongorong defence applied lots of pressure forcing Nangwarry to make numerous passing errors.

Kongorong’s Emily Lightbody really made it difficult to get ball to goalers with her tight defensive pressure.

Evie Sealey moving and shooting well for her team this quarter.

TThe Hawks led by nine goals at quarter time and continued to apply plenty of pressure, with some floating through the middle making it hard for Nangwarry to bring ball down the court to their goalers.

Rachel Perry ran well through the middle for her team, providing plenty of options and feeding well.

Kongorong goalers really started to move ball around this quarter well even with some great defence from Nangwarry’s Kayla Gray who was taking numerous intercepts.

Main break score was Nangwarry 8 to Kongorong 27, with the Saints then making changes putting Cassie Dinnison to Wing Attack, Tahlia Wilson to Goal Attack and Hayley Vanderhorst to Goal Shooter, which seemed to have a positive impact for the side.

Through Dinnison, the Saints were able to drive hard onto the ring with some patient feeding.

Wilson also stepped up providing plenty of options for the Nangwarry feeders and finishing off well.

Carly Ploenges and Gray continued to work hard with Gray still intercepting numerous balls even though Tilah Buckingham really moved and positioned well for her team.

Kongorong held a 26-goal lead going into the final quarter, again picking up its defence in the finaal term making Nangwarry’s goalers work hard.

The Saints started to make poor choices due to fitness in the attack end, with Lightbody and Riley Buckingham picking off numerous balls.

Nangwarry’s Alice Circelli picked up this quarter, running well for her team and picking off numerous balls and having a good tussle with Perry while Gray continued to get hands to many balls.

T. Buckingham came off with an injury with five minutes to go, meaning R. Buckingham went into goals and Jasmin McKinnon into defence.

This did not stop Kongorong at all, Nangwarry were rushing too much in attack with their passing and giving it straight to Kongorong.

The final score was Nangwarry 19 to Kongorong 51.

Mount Burr v Robe

An even start to the game with both teams driving the ball strongly in their attack line.

Mount Burr Wing Attack Ella Easterby driving strongly to the circle and feeding goalies with strength.

Laura Schultz (Mount Burr) and Annie Hunter (Robe) had a strong contesting game though the centre.

Robe goalies Demi Carter and Tori Gluyas worked the circle well, making space and creating opportunities for Wing Attack Lucy Perkins to feed with accuracy.

The defensive pressure from both sides forced errors which were capitalised on by the goalies.

Lauren Wheeler at Goal Attack for Mount Burr moved well to create space in the circle and finishing off shots accurately.

The scores were even at quarter time with 12 goals apiece.

Defensive pressure from Robe’s Goal Defence Emma Grant made the first few goals difficult for the Mozziess, with deflections meaning Clark and Wheeler had to present front to have scoring opportunities.

Easterby continued to be a driving force onto the ring, working patiently with Schultz to feed the goalies.

Gluyas continued to be a strong presence in the goal circle for Robe, making space and holding strongly to receive the ball.

Megan Thiele worked well defensively at Goal Keeper, however Mount Burr made passing errors meaning they were unable to convert from turnovers.

Hunter continued to combine well with Perkins, using angles around the circle to position effectively when feeding goalies.

Robe defensive structure forced errors and safely delivered the ball into goalies to create a handy 11-goal lead into the half time break.

Robe made changes, bringing Georgia Perkins into Goal Keeper to add more height to the defensive circle.

This paid off with Robe rebounding any missed shots, with transition down court through Hunter and Perkins ensuring shots were scored.

Gluyas and Carter continued to combine well in Robe’s goal circle presenting strongly to the ball and finishing off with accuracy.

Caitlyn Payne moved to Wing Attack for Mount Burr, combining well with Schultz to feed goalies.

Burr settled with passes, having patience to limit unforced errors.

Robe made the most of any turnovers extending their lead by a further three goals.

Mount Burr made more changes bringing youngster Ashlee Dean on for her second game of A Grade for the club.

Schultz moved into goals and Easterby to the Centre.

Gluyas for Robe went to the bench with Halle Carter coming on at Goal Attack.

Her drive and movement created space in the circle.

Easterby and Hunter had a close contest in the centre with both creating space and drive for their respective teams.

Any turnovers Mount Burr took in defence were closely contested by Robe, with pressure over passes causing passing errors.

The Carter sisters continued to score with accuracy, making it difficult for Mount Burr to stem scoring opportunities.

Schultz drove hard into the circle, creating space and a presence for Easterby and Payne to feed.

Robe continued to make the most of turnovers which ended up making a difference on the score board.

Hunter continued to feed the goalies with precision passes and Robe’s accuracy in goals helped them to a solid win.

Tantanoola v Glencoe

Glencoe was without Chantelle Cocks for the clash against Tantanoola but had the inclusion of last year premiership player Malinda Markiewicz (Foster) at Goal Shooter.

Tantanoola recorded the first goal through Keryl Ousey, with Glencoe missing the first, but was rebounded by Jenna Paproth to score.

Glencoe got off to a small lead with Tantanoola pegging it back as Emma Gould and Ousey’s height proved to be a problem for the Glencoe defenders with just the two goals separating the sides at the first break.

Tantanoola moved Kate Bromley to Goal Keeper and Tayla Rowe to Goal Defence at the start of the second quarter.

Tantanoola showed some good transition with Ousey shooting a long bomb to close the gap.

Glencoe stepped up their mid court pressure causing wayward passes by Tantanoola to go to the break three goals up.

Tantanoola changed of Casey Walker to Wing Attack and Jami Walker to Wing Defence at half time, whilst Glencoe remained unchanged for the game.

Glencoe started strongly with patience feeding from Donna Jaeschke and Alice Tentye.

Tantanoola pushed back with a number of intercepts from Tayla Rowe however Glencoe continued to have answers and took care of their possessions.

Passing turnover from Tantanoola were punished by Foster and Paproth who slotted back into a familiar combination from the 2022 season.

Chelsea Owen and Sarah Edwards created opportunities for their side with tight checking defence.

Going into the last quarter Glencoe held a lead 40-34 with Tantanoola scoring the first goal.

Casey Walker’s tight checking provided an early intercept along with another from Rowe as Tantanoola tried to push back the score line, however Glencoe had all the answers.

Glencoe’s Transition down court under the direction of Jaeschke was finished off with the experience, screens and accuracy from Foster and Paproth.

Foster finished with 40 of the 56 of Glencoe’s goals with high accuracy and was a focal point.

Finishing with a long shot with a second to go.