EFL Media’s Jessie Hare dissects all the round’s action in the Netball EFL competition, all thanks to Eastland…
By: Jessie Hare
Twitter: @JessieHaree
With the first four rounds done and dusted, this made room for some grading changes to be able to make the divisions all as even as possible. Not too many changes were made, but for the ones that were, it just makes for an even better Netball EFL competition.
Over in Premier/Premier Reserve, they are really setting the pace for the other divisions. Thanks to the shooting of Gibbs and Hickey, Wantirna South Devils defeated Norwood, 49-31. Montrose were able to beat Mulgrave with Ellwood shooting 25 in the win of 44-33.
A closer one saw Blackburn take the four points against Heathmont. Scoresby swooped on Wantirna South Devils Reserve and took the win, 48-44. Fairpark cemented the top spot over Lilydale with a convincing win, 57-33 and McLellan shooting 34 for Fairpark and Luiyf 29 for Lilydale.
In Division 1, Knox got the win over Coldstream, 31-22. Solid shooting by Richmond and Chadwick gave Scoresby the win over Boronia, 42-21. Kilsyth and South Croydon keep their undefeated records going with easy wins over Blackburn and Wantirna Devils. Fairpark defeated Park Orchards, 42-19 and North Ringwood comfortably took the win over Forest Hill, 45-21.
Across to Division 2, The Basin had a 27-goal win over Ringwood. Scoresby was able to get their first win for the season against Waverley Blues, 39-19. Whitehorse came out after half time firing and took the win over Lilydale by one goal. Norwood comfortably kept their winning streak going against Forest Hill, 43-28. A steady game from Knox got them the win against the strong Kilsyth side, 51-41. To close the round out, Croydon defeated Park Orchards, 42-25.
In Division 3, Heathmont defeated Kilsyth, 22-16 and Knox stayed on top of Norwood for the whole game in a 24-17 win. A huge 15 goals to 0 in the first quarter saw Rowville defeat Coldstream, 46-12. With 23 goals each to Moxham and Morgan, Ferntree Gully had a strong win over Boronia, 46-14. Vermont keeping their strong start to the season going in 36-31 win over Mulgrave. To finish the round, a draw between Upper FTG and Ringwood on 25 goals each.
Division 4 saw Lilydale defeat North Ringwood 27-12 and Nunawading taking the four points against Forest Hill, 30-25. The work of E. Jakobs and M. Jakobs lead to a comfortable win for Coldstream over Ringwood, 42-25. Despite a strong come back, Ferntree Gully were able to take the win over Glen Waverley, 23-17. Heathmont defeated Mulgrave, 34-15 with Brodie Capron shooting 24 of the goals.
In Division 5, a strong shooting display from Hutchinson saw Upper FTG defeat Ferntree Gully, 48-17. The Basin were able to take a comfortable win against Wantirna South, 40-21 and Heathmont ran over the top of Lilydale, 32-18. A 10-goal win to Wantirna South Devils White over South Croydon kept their undefeated streak alive. 29 goals to Gray helped Norwood defeat Knox, 33-12 and in a tight game, South Belgrave defeated Mitcham, 16-13.
Due to venue reasons, across the board in Division 6 all had a bye round.
Looking ahead, with the grading finished and some changes across the divisions it will be an interesting round of netball that’s for sure.
A couple of games to be on watch for is the Premier/Premier Reserve match-up between Fairpark and Scoresby who are both undefeated. In Division 1, Scoresby will be looking to upset South Croydon who are sitting first and undefeated for the season and a good match-up between fourth-placed Heathmont and second-placed Glen Waverley Hawks in Division 4.
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