A best-on-ground performance by Jordan Lampi was not enough to get the home side over the line, in a bruising encounter the visitors, Dookie, proved too good to win by 36 points.
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It was a much-improved effort by the Towners and despite Lampi collecting 41 possession, 16 of those contested, he tried to will the home team over the line.
Little patches of 10 minutes here and there hurt the home side, one patch yielded Dookie four goals, another patch three goals, in a close encounter these periods hurt.
As well as Lampi, youngster Charlie Thompson was simply brilliant, belieing his years, Riley Dowell is Riley Dowell, tough, uncompromising, 29 touches, 11 tackles he just doesn’t know how to give up.
Conor Daley was all class as we look to see how good he may get, Tom McKay made it three weeks in a row as Mr Consistent, and Jac Tempy was hard at winning many possessions.
Disappointing to be zero and three, but at club level a full complement of seniors, all netball sides fielded, an enormous crowd the club could not be in a better position to move forward for years ahead.
This week in doesn’t get any easier, a rebounding Tallygaroopna on their beautiful ground, credit to Shepparton Council for supporting small clubs, it’s a chance for the travellers to maybe sneak a win.
Violet Town: 9.7.61
Dookie: 14.13.97
Best: J.Lampi, T.McKay, R.Dowell, C.Daley, L.Greenwood and J.Temby
Goals: R Sutherland 3, J Temby 1, A Maclean 1, T Green 1, A Padbury 1, J Lampi 1, J Herring 1
Reserves
Another week with Good Numbers, yet another battle for the guys on field. This week we had a few players miss out on games in the Reserves which only a few weeks was hard to Fathom, although with a few pull out last minute a few of the thirds boys whom had a bye stepped up to have a Kick in the reserves to fill the full side.
Jesse Butterworth and Shannon Atkinson were the best for the town out on the Wings.
Hopefully with the influx of new players the boys stick together and can continue to improve with some regularity and familiarity of teammates.
Violet Town: 0.0.0
Dookie: 15.16.106
Best: J Butterworth, S Atkinson, J Lloyd, M Elliott, K Dunn, G Hutton
Under-14
Dookie made their way across to Violet Town on Saturday to face a keen and eager Towners’ side. With a couple of outs with sickness early Saturday morning we knew we had to work extra hard to cover the holes.
The kids fought hard with Parker doing a great job at centre half back. Ryder Loomes played his first game on a permit from Finley and it was to add his height to the side. Hopefully we see him a few more times through the year.
The small guys were working hard again, Jai put pressure on and go the ball forward on a number of occasions. Liam Antonis played his best game, he was like a new player chasing opposition players down and putting his body on line with a brilliant mark in the third quarter.
Unfortunately for the kids they had worn down and played the worst we had all year, which didn’t help the scoreboard.
The kids are keeping the heads high as the know we are younger and smaller than most, but our effort is still punching above our weight division.
We move on to our old rival Shepparton East this week.
Awards: Ryder Loomes and Liam Antonis
A great night had Saturday night, over 120 in attendance for trivia night, well done and pats on the back to Lou Abley and Matt Holmes who controlled the evening that all enjoyed.
Netball
Under-11
Dookie came out strong. The girls tried their very best throughout the whole game. Gypsy and Isla did well in defence getting a few intercepts. Sophie did well driving forward to the ball. Bella and Heidi worked well together to try and feed the ball into the shooters. All the girls showed amazing sportsmanship and team work for the whole four quarters!
Final Scores: Dookie 37 defeated Violet Town 0
Awards: Best On — Sophie Hokianga; 2nd Best — Gypsy Campbell
Under-15
After a week off Violet Town was hoping to get out to a good start, but Dookie got some early intercepts putting Violet Town on the back foot. Violet Town settled and got back into the game with some great passages of play, with everyone moving and working well together. Changes were made by both sides at three quarter time, and unfortunately Dookie push out the lead and took control of the game, not allowing Violet Town many opportunities to score in the last quarter. A great effort by all, with some fantastic netball played.
Final Scores: Dookie 43 defeated Violet Town 17
Awards: Best On — Elliette Jefferys; 2nd Best — Isabella Jones
C-Grade
It was a slow start for our C-Grade girls going down by 16 in the first quarter. The defenders worked tirelessly putting pressure over every pass and creating multiple turn overs, however, they struggled to convert these turn overs into goals. The second half of the game the girls were able to contain Thunders’ run, they lifted the defensive pressure across the court and were able to run out the with strong defence.
Final Scores: Dookie 46 defeated Violet Town 4
Awards: Best On — Kara-lee Mason; 2nd Best — Olivia Kloot
B-Grade
First quarter Towners had a slow start, but gained their footing towards the end with Lilly shooting well. First quarter scores 5 to 14, Dookie’s way. Second quarter Towners kept working steadily both in goals with Kat and Lilly, and in defence with Jayde, Bri and Emma, working hard to gain rebounds and apply pressure.
At half-time scores were 10 to 24, Dookie’s way. Third quarter, attackers struggled to keep it in play, with Kasey, Lil and Kat working hard, but Dookie’s defence managed to gain turnovers. Scores 13 to 36, Dookie’s way. Last quarter, Towners managed to steadily feed the ball back into the attack end with Sarah and Jayde creating opportunities down the court. In the end Dookie remained strong today with the final scores being 18 to 47.
Final Scores: Dookie 47 defeated Violet Town 18
Awards: Best On — Bri Cotchin; 2nd Best — Sarah Jacka
A-Grade
Coming out strong, our A Grade kept the game even, down by 1 goal at the end of the first quarter. A huge and tough second quarter saw Kolby and Kate working tirelessly in defence but unfortunately Thunder now had a nice little lead. Fighting hard throughout the third quarter saw Towners have an even quarter, with Macey and Jo fighting hard for the ball, however they were unable to reduce the gap. The fourth quarter saw Towners continue to fight hard and the loss a defender due to injury saw Thunder increase their margin but just a bit more. Today Thunder were too strong and came away with a win by 16 goals.
Final Scores: Dookie 55 defeated Violet Town 39
Awards: Best On — Kate Sloan; 2nd Best — Imy Law
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