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Lake Wendouree FNC

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    Another successful day on  Anzac day with 8 out of 9 wins. Very pleasing to see all netball and footballs under 19s and reserves all undefeated. Our senior boys will bounce.
     
    Thanks to Ballarat for hosting the ANZAC day game. There was a great atmosphere and a big crowd which made it a great experience for our club. It was pleasing to see our recruit Bailey McKimmie make his debut with the Lakers with a best-on-ground performance in the 2s. Look forward to seeing Bazz in the seniors very soon.
     
    After a 10-day break we head to the Northern Oval to take on North Ballarat today. We expect a very competitive performance from our teams to continue our promising start to the year.
     
    Tonight we head to the Red Lion after the game and don't forget our Mock Wedding next week after the East game. It is sure to be a fun night. Our major raffle day will also be happening on Sunday 17th August. Tickets will be released in May. This will be a huge day for our club and we urge everyone to buy a ticket to support your club
     
    Good luck to all teams.

Lake Wendouree FNC

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Melton South FNC

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    East Point vs Melton South - MATCH PREVIEW

    SATURDAY MAY 4TH - 2.15PM @ EASTERN OVAL

    Last time they met - East Point 192 def. Melton South 44 (Eastern Oval, Round 2 2023)

    It's back to the drawing board again for Travis Hodgson's Melton South following the surprise inclusion of four top end Ovens and Murray league players in last week’s 10 goal loss to Redan.

    Given the cameo nature of their selections last week we can hardly call them genuine 'outs' but I’m sure Kangas’ coach Joe Carmody is a little relieved his group has been spared the match up.

    In reality, it's a case of how far the Kangas on Saturday at Eastern Oval, a venue the Panthers have been on the wrong end of some big losses in recent years.

    Will we see the first big bag of 10 goals from one individual? Kangas’ trio Jordy Johnston, Bryson McDougall and Strahan Robinson are the obvious front runners and more than capable.

    Party stuff aside, Carmody will look to build on good habits. Sure, selflessness and pressure in the front half are on his radar but it’s the back six and their organisation that will be his biggest (season long) project.

    Carmody led the Swans into a Preliminary Final in 2022 on the back of sound, organised defence and will replicate some of those traits at his new club.

    For Hodgson, another 100 minutes of senior experience into his young group will aid the rebuild theme as the struggling club aims for a 'mini win' even if that be a quarter of football.

    The Panthers won 1/64 quarters in 2023 and are 0/12 for the new season.

    The challenge continues.

    PLAYER WATCH
    Jackson Merrett (East Point #1)
    Relinquished of coaching duties, injury free and returned with 38 disposals last week in tough conditions.

    Darby Schilder (Melton South #14)
    Geelong VFL listed made solid impression first up with 20 disposals @75% including 8 marks (3 contested). Plays key back, plenty will be asked of him on Saturday.

    SCOOP’S TIP
    East Point

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North Ballarat FNC

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    Round 4: 

    This week we welcome Lake Wendouree to Mars Stadium where we hope to get back on the winners list. It’s a big weekend for the club with our Past Players & Officials Reunion on today where we are celebrating the Seniors, Reserves & Under 18 Football premierships.

    Seniors: 1984, 1994 & 2014

    Reserves: 1994

    U18: 1974, 1994 & 2014

    It will be wonderful to see a lot of old faces around the club and we look forward to catching up and celebrating our great history.

    Last week we made the trip to Melton where we had a mixed bag of results.

    The Under 19’s started off the day with a 6-point win, best on ground was Harvey Lewis, Lucius White & George Huf.

    The Reserves were up next and needed a couple of boys to come out of retirement for week, special mention to Reggie Palmer getting to play with is Dad Cam!! Hope the old bodies weren’t too sore on Sunday.

    The Reserves had a great win beating Melton by 18 points with best on ground going to Reggie Palmer, Will Quinlan & Olie Huf.

    The Seniors went down to Melton, always a tough gig trying to beat them at home, by 6 points. The best players were Brock Leonard, Ryan Polkinghorne & Isaac Carey.

    Congratulations to Clay Jenkins on his 200th Senior game. Overall, he has played 380 junior/senior games for NBFNC, starting when he was just 9 years old. It was great to see Clay Jenkins chaired off the ground in his 200th Senior game for the club.

    At the netball courts we had 4 wins out of 6 so a pretty good day by the girls! Let’s keep that momentum up for today.

     

    Results: 

    A Grade: Won 61 to 44 Best on Court: Maddy Selmon

    B Grade: Won 59 to 39 Best on Court: Bridget Casey

    C Grade: Lost 35 to 47 Best on Court: Myah Grylewicz

    D Grade: Won 39 to 28 Best on Court: Daneeka Pljakic

    E Grade: Lost 22 to 30 Best on Court: Amy Fortescue

    19&Under: Won 64 to 8 Best on Court: Georgia Bodey

    Congratulation to Elly Polkinghorne who played her 50th Senior netball game in Round 2 against Darley.

    On Sunday the junior footballers and netballers were away at Mt Clear for the day and had a fantastic day with 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses between them.

     

    Football Results:

    U17 Seniors: Won 95 to 27

    U17 Reserves: Won 93 to 49

    U15 Seniors: Lost 21 to 46

    U15 Reserves: Won 88 to 18

    U13 Seniors: Won 53 to 11

    U13 Reserves: Lost 0 to 76

    U11 Seniors: Won 54 to 37

    Netball Results:

    17&U Seniors: Won 74 to 13

    17&U Reserves: Won 27 to 26

    15&U Seniors: Draw 24 to 24

    15&U Reserves: Won 31 to 10

    13&U Seniors: Won 40 to 9

    13&U Reserves: Won 21 to 5

    11&U Seniors: Won 14 to 5

    11&U Reserves: Lost 12 to 16

    Also on Sunday the girls’ footy took a clean sweep of their matches with a couple of convincing wins, well done!!

     

    Results: 

    Under 19: Won 53 to 49

    Under 16: Won 70 to 0

    Under 14: Won 59 to 6

    Last Saturday night we had our first function, iPod shuffle night, thank you to everyone that came it was a lot of fun and congratulations to Daisy Darbin on taking home the win!

    If anyone is interested/available to help volunteer at our home games, we would love you to get in touch. If you have 1 hour to spare, we would love to hear from you. There are a variety of things that we need help with; canteen, umpire escort & scoreboard to name a few. Every bit of help makes it much easier overall.

    Many hands make light work. If you can help contact Katrina at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

     

    Goodluck to everyone on the weekend and Go North! 

North Ballarat FNC

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Redan FNC

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    Redan vs Sebastopol - MATCH PREVIEW

    SATURDAY MAY 4TH - 2.15PM @ CITY OVAL

    Last time they met - Sebastopol 59 def. by Redan 79 (Marty Busch Reserve, Round 18 2023)

    The Lions host Sebastopol at City Oval in one of the more evenly weighted games in Ballarat for the round.

    While I’m prepared to afford Sebastopol a 'mulligan' for their disappointing loss to East Point under the lights at Eastern Oval last week I won't be going as far as tipping them.

    With a kind draw this season I still expect the Burra to feature at the business end.

    They're not in the Melton conversation we know that, but not many are so let's temper expectations a bit.

    This match will tell us even more about where the Burra are at. Sure, personnel reads well on paper but what is their ceiling? Can the 30-50 game players get any better, it's not a given.

    Footy is a hard game to play let alone developing into an impact player week in week out after 38 hours on the tools.  

    Redan too have a promising group of progressive types with even less experience than their Burra counterparts and will again be asked for the 'impact' effort alongside senior bodies Lachie George, Grant Bell, Patrick Fitzgibbon and Daniel Bond.

    The Lions have been without star recruit Lachie Bond and dangerous forward Lachie McLean for their opening three games (W1L2) so now looms as good as time as any for Tony Locker's men to earn valuable premiership points.

    Easier said than done however as was proven the case at their last meeting at Marty Busch Reserve ahead of last year’s finals series when the Lions won by 20 points.

    PLAYER WATCH

    Rory Gunsser (Redan #8)
    L    eft foot distributer - comp rank #10 for disposals averaging 25.7 inc. 20 of those kicks.

    Lachlan Cassidy (Sebastopol #12)
    'Elite' numbers in most areas including comp rank #1 for tackles, #3 for handballs, #4 for pressure, #6 for score involvements, #7 for clearances.

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    Redan

Redan FNC

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