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ADVOCATE $2 Find us at www.mcdfnl.com.au @MCDFNL OFFICIAL RECORD of the MARYBOROUGH CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT FOOTBALL NETBALL LEAGUE ROUND 8 SATURDAY 14TH AUGUST 2021 Dunolly v Maldon Lexton v Newstead Navarre v Talbot Maryborough Rovers v Natte Bealiba Royal Park v Trentham Carisbrook BYE Harcourt v Avoca FOOTBALL START TIMES NETBALL START TIMES Seniors: 2.35pm Under 14.5: 9.45am A-Grade: 2.35pm 15 & Under: 10.15am Reserves: 12.45pm Under 11.5: 8.30am B-Grade: 1.15pm 13 & Under: 9.20am Under 17.5: 11.15am C-Grade: 12.05am 11 & Under: 8.30am 17 & Under: 11.10am 0219 (11450) Ballarat MCDFNL Flyer - A4 PR.indd 1 15/04/2019 2:47:09 PM ACROSS MY DESK Mathew Begbie McDonald’s MCDFNL Operations Manager Welcome back to our senior footballers, netballers, umpires, coaches and essential volunteers throughout this round. There are to be no spectators at venues until further restrictions are lifted. In what has been a difficult little period, it was great for the executive and delegates to get together recently and reach a decision which provides us with a plan as a league moving forward for the remainder of the season. The fixture is now the following: - 14/8/21 round 8 is played - 21/8/21 round 12 is played - 28/8/21 round 13 is played - 4/9/21 & 5/9/21 qualifying finals - 11/9/21 & 12/9/21 preliminary finals - 18/9/21 Grand Final Face coverings: Must be carried at all times and must be worn indoors and outdoors. Please remember to check in to grounds. No more than the minimum number of people required to conduct the training or games and participate in the activity are permitted. Other members permitted at training or games include those who need to accompany children, such as parents, guardians, and carers, as well as teachers, instructors, trainers, coaches and umpires. Most of all, good luck for the remainder of the season!! CONTENTS Across My Desk .............................................1 Club Notes & Senior Teams.................... 14-37 Senior Football Reviews ............................. 2-5 Junior Team Lists ................................... 43-55 Senior Football Previews .......................... 7-10 Team Ladders ......................................... 59-63 Netball Report ..............................................11 1 ROUND 11 REVIEW Senior Football Carisbrook v Harcourt engine room in the final quarter where Tom Walters was giving them plenty of drive Carisbrook and Harcourt played a nail biter forward which resulted in a six-goal quarter at the Carisbrook Recreation Reserve on and it was only in the dying stages that Sam Saturday with the Lions staging a come Gale put the visitors in front at the 20-minute from behind eight-point victory. 11.10.(76) mark, which was the first time they had led to 9.14.(68) since the start of the second quarter. Harcourt jumped out of the blocks and in the A free kick goal to Walters from a desperate first foray forward the Lions leading forward tackle a couple of minutes later sealed the took a spectacular high mark, but his shot game for the Lions. on goal was wide. Inaccuracy may have played a part in the However, he made up for it just three Redbacks loss, but the big, bodied Lions minutes later when he goaled out of mid air were too good in the final quarter. from a Ben Leech pass. This was quickly followed by a Ben Leech goal and the Lions The Lions better players were, Kayne were up and about. Davidson, Paul Chaplin, Zac Denahy (4 goals). and Josh Hogg, while Tom Walters Carisbrook gathered themselves and and Brayden Frost were also key players in started about reducing the margin and the come from behind victory. actually controlled play for the second part of the first quarter and eventually goaled Carisbrook was well served by Anthony when Anthony Zelencich handballed to Zac Zelencich, Harry Butler, Jacob Dyer and Rinaldi and his long goal made it a one goal Adam Hurse while youngster Oscar Tatchell difference at quarter time. was very noticeable, particularly in the final quarter. A dominant second term from the Redbacks saw the Carisbrook defence led by Adam Carisbrook head to Lexton next round and Hurse keep the Lions to just one behind for Harcourt will host Trentham in the battle of the term and kicking four goals themselves the undefeated teams. including two to Anthony Zelencich who finished with four goals for the game. It was an even third quarter with the Lions Natte-Bealiba v Avoca reducing the margin to just seventeen points The battle between old Lexton League rivals at the final change and you could feel a Natte-Bealiba and Avoca was played in front change in the atmosphere as Harcourt were of a big crowd at Natte Yallock and it was starting to regain some composure. a hard-fought battle that saw the Swans The Lions started to gain control out of the come out victors by 14 points. 13.4.(82) to 10.8.(68) 2 It was goal for goal in the first half and the Newstead v Royal Park Swans took a four-point lead into half time. It was a long road home across the Moloort The premiership quarter was where the Plains for the Tigers on Saturday when Swans won the game kicking five goals and Newstead handed them an eighty-two-point holding the Bulldogs to just one goal for the thrashing. 21.13.(139) to 8.9.(57) quarter. It was a very fast-moving opening term The Bulldogs had a number of early which saw eight goals scored. The Home opportunities in the term, but couldn’t team kicked five goals to the Tigers three capitalize, and Natte then took control out of goals. the middle and their forwards finished it off. But from quarter time the Steaders changed The Bulldogs gave it their best shot in the to another gear and an eight goal second final quarter when they outscored the Swans term knocked the stuffing out of the Tigers by thirteen points which was a particularly and it was virtually game over at half time. good sign for the Bulldogs as they fought the game out to the end.. To Royal Park’s credit they did win the final quarter, but the game was well and truly But the Swans were too good and the over by that time and Newstead also pulled big forwards in Trent Mortlock and Mitch the foot off the accelerator to coast to the Olafsen were key in the victory as they eighty-two-point win. both finished with three goals apiece. Jye Mortlock added another best on ground to Brad Richardson (6 goals) and Tyler James his resume with three for the season, and (5 Goals) were on the end of some slick Coach Zeik Johnson, Keegan Ross and movement out of the middle, and it was Joel Josh Grant were others to perform well for Smith that was named the Steaders best the Swans. player with support from Jonathon Pollock, Mitch Sevens and Jedd Pedretti, as well as Avoca’s Jason Hunt produced his second Richardson and James. best on the ground for the Bulldogs in a row, and was well supported by Bryce Howell, Jay Anderson and Luke Parker both tried Shaun Cudmore and Hayden Talbett, with hard for the Tigers, as did Luke Relouw and Jack Duke and Anthony Bourke kicking Jacob Rollason kicked four goals in the loss. three goals each. Royal Park now have the week off next The Bulldogs now host Maldon next week round before facing Dunolly in Round 12, which is the start of a tough road home as while Newstead travel to Natte-Yallock to they face Maldon, Carisbrook, and Harcourt tackle the Swans next week. over the next three games. The Swans host Newstead next Saturday in Maryborough Rovers v Trentham a tough game with Newstead on a high after a big victory over Royal Park on Saturday. Maryborough Rovers made the trip out to Trentham on Saturday and weren’t even 3 rewarded with a single goal for their efforts, Lewis Bruton (2) and Josh Eastly (1). going down to the undefeated Saints by a whopping 301 points. As expected, Trentham now holds first place on the ladder, while Rovers are just safe The game was dampened before it even got from the bottom spot thanks to their single underway with the Magpies unable to get win earlier in the season. enough reserves players to play beforehand, with 22 lads pulling on the black and white Rovers are in for a big game this weekend, for the senior game against the best team in hosting Talbot at Princes Park while the league as judged by the ladder. Trentham has possibly its biggest game of the season up ahead against the now Trentham didn’t waste the opportunity for second-placed Harcourt. a big score, kicking 49.20 (314) to Rovers’ heartbreaking score of 0.3 (3). Starting out with a 11.3 (69) opener, Talbot v Dunolly Trentham stacked on with another 11-goal Talbot lavished in a 136-point victory over quarter in the second, leading 22.7 (139) to Dunolly on Saturday, its first back-to-back 0.2 (2) by half time. triple-figure feat this season. A 77-point third quarter from the home side After a big win over Newstead the week was the least of the Pies’ worries with a before, the B.A Road Services Hawks had massive 15.8 (98) to nil quarter finishing off no choice but to show up in a big way a very painful day at the office.