Warrandyte Netball Club’s Under 17/1 Eagles defeated arch-rivals OYC Lions to win the Doncaster and District Netball Association’s Winter Season 2007 premiership.
After losing the first semifinal to OYC, Warrandyte Eagles fought courageously to win the Grand Final by the narrowest of margins with the final score being 30-29.
Throughout the winter season, Warrandyte Eagles and OYC each had a win over each other and OYC finished above Warrandyte on the ladder on percentage only.
It was not until the Grand Final that Warrandyte secured the hard-fought supremacy over the competition.
The Eagles team comprises Brittany Duncan, Jess Lindner, Georgia Nichol, Jenny Parkes, Simone Reid, Emma Rhode, Emma Stanley, Amy Taip, Georgia Walker, and Cass Wilson.
Excited and proud coach Peta Walker said: “They did so well, so well! Every player was 100 percent committed, and everyone gave everything they had to the game.
We played a very talented opposition, but we played as a team and not individuals and won the game. I could not have asked anymore.”
Other Grand Final matches, played at Templestowe Leisure Centre on Saturday 11 August 2007:
- Warrandyte Open A Falcons went down 32-41. Led by Tania Puglia, players were Rachel Crawley, Amie and Nat Dusting, Ellie and Stephanie Fremantle, Bonnie Jones, Julia Knott, Tania Puglia, and Kate Sundberg.
- Warrandyte Open C Hawks were defeated 24-27 in a close game. Coached by Lyn Dyason, the team was Cherise Angelotti-Casey, Erika Oyason, Amelia Fraser-McKelvie, Jacinta Kemm, Alice Sanders, Kristle Turner, Jennifer Barrett, and Carly Sayer.
Warrandyte Diary, September 2007
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