Falcons win netball title
Warrandyte Falcons have won the Doncaster and District Netball Association Under-17 Spring Premiership.
The Falcons, coached by Teresa Knott, have now won the DDNA 2005 Winter and Spring competitions.
Players in the Falcons team include Erin Carroll, Hannah Cox, Amie Dusting, Ellie Freemantle, Stephanie Freemantle, Mandi Gammilonghi, Sophie Groth, Julia Knott, Lauren Reid, and Simone Reid.
The Falcons comfortably defeated Koonung Flames 49 to 30 in the Grand Final.
Teresa Knott congratulated her team that had finished top of the ladder.
“Each of the girls was asked to step up an extra five per cent for the game, which they did and neared their target score of 50,” Teresa said.
“The team was down two regular players because of the participation of others in the Great Victorian Bike Ride but the replacement players made a great contribution.”
Three Warrandyte teams were runners-up for the Spring season.
- Under-15/1 Magpies lost by one goal to longtime rivals DYC Jaguars.
- Under-15/3 Kookaburras lost to Burners Firestorm 15–24.
- Open A/B Woodies went down to DYC Plumes 31–50.
The previous week, 10 teams out of the 16 fielded from Warrandyte Netball Club reached the Spring season knockout semi-finals (Under-11 teams are not eligible to play in finals).
Teams reaching the Spring finals were:
- Under-13/1 Sparrows
- Under-13/2 Wallabies
- Under-13/4 Gumnuts
- Under-15/1 Magpies
- Under-15/2 Bellbirds
- Under-15/3 Kookaburras
- Under-17/1 Falcons
- Open A/B Woodies
- Open A/B Eagles
- Open C Hawks
Teams now have a break over the Christmas period, with games starting for the Winter 2006 season on March 4.
Enquiries for the 2006 season to president, Lesley Reid.
Warrandyte Diary, December 2005
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