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Two Yea junior teams into the netball grand finals

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Aug 15, 2024

Under 15

Yea Tigers 29 defeated Broadford Roos 25

by Joanne Madden

THE under 15 Tigers headed into the first-round qualifying final having secured second spot on the ladder.

Unfortunately percentage prevented them from achieving the minor premiership. The Tigers had lost twice earlier in the year against the Roos but when the full team was available towards the end of the year they were able to get those two wins back against them.

Having most recently beaten the Roos, Yea knew that they would be coming in strong, hoping to get back a win against the Tigers. The Tigers were determined to show that their last two wins weren’t just luck.

The game was intense from start to finish. Jemma stepped up to start the game as centre. Maya and Sophie were again in the goals with Marley feeding as wing attack.

The Tigers broke the Roos centre and with accurate shooting took the lead. Elsie was strong in wing defence, providing a consistent option for Yea’s goal end defenders of Flynn and Sienna. At quarter time the Tigers had the lead seven to the Roos five.

Elsie and Jemma swapped positions in the second quarter with Ella stepping in as wing attack to assist Marley and Sophie who were now in shooting positions.

Lily took to the court as wing defence to support Sienna and Flynn in defence. The Roos came out stronger in this quarter but the Tigers managed to hold their nerve and it was goal for goal throughout this term.

The Tigers managed to preserve their lead going into half time with scores….

Under 13

Yea 29 defeated Alexandra 16

by Deb Schickerling

FINALS are a nervous time for the players and spectators alike and the team that settles the quickest usually comes away with the win and this was evident in the under 13 preliminary final of Yea versus Alexandra Black at Broadford.

Both teams were visibly nervous with basic errors and a lot of umpire whistle while a large vocal crowd watched on.

Alexandra Black are the only team that had beaten the Yea girls all season but the Tigers were instructed to play their game and just have fun and once the first couple of goals dropped the girls were away.

This team has been a strong united group all year with each player enthusiastically supporting each other on and off the court so weak links would have been…

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