Well what a great time of year, the sun was out and it was finals time and some excellent crowds turned out for the first week of the pointy end of the football season.
Saturday at Mooroopna saw the best gate of the weekend as the 1 versus 2 clash Benalla and Rochester had a very tight opening before the Saints eventually wore the Tigers down to win by about 5 goals .This followed
Echuca winning the Under 18s against Benalla and Mooroopna overcoming Benalla in the twos .
In a similar type of game at Echuca on Sunday it was a tussle early before Kyabram came away from Euroa to win by 28 points in the Seniors, with the Mansfield Eagles big winners in the twos over Kyabram by 133 points, and Ky having a 29 point win over Shepparton in the Thirds
The Senior game at Benalla was different with the Swans jumping out of the blocks and having a 20 point half time lead before the Seymour Lions turned it on in the second half to run away by 52 points. Seymour also racked up a win in the seconds by 46 over Echuca . The thirds saw a win to Euroa over United, a tight one by 7 points.
So what we have this weekend is 8 Clubs still with sides in contention, with Benalla having three, albeit two of them in Elimination games.
The games will be played at Euroa and Rochester. Other than the Prelim and Grand Final which are held at
Deakin Reserve, each year the finals are rotated around the Clubs giving them an opportunity to raise some cash.
In Week 1 of this year we had two grounds available due to other commitments which is why we have today’s venues.
You will have noticed different groups of people manning the gates. We utilize a number of service organisations, in return for a donation from the League to assist in the work of those organisations , so if you get an opportunity to a help them out please do.
This Monday night sees one of the League’s premier functions, the Morrison and Wellman Medal night, to be held at the McLennan Centre at Mooroopna. Not only will we recognize the Best and Fairest in each competition, together with other playing awards but we will also showcase Volunteers and Administrators, who do so much to make this great competition happen.
I wish all teams success on the weekend and look forward to a great night on Monday
Last Modified on 27/09/2016 17:41