TORQUAY had their sights set on continuing their good form, unfortunately for Grove it was only D Grade that had Lady Luck on their side. Grove A Grade played a tightly contested game for the first half but Torquay’s third quarter set up their 13 goal win.
A Grade – Ocean Grove 37 v Torquay 50
Best Players: E Howard, A Badrock, K Ollis.
A Grade started slow off the blocks but then steadied in the second quarter with some clever goaling from Abbey Badrock and Kelsey Ollis. The second half saw Torquay’s pressure increase and had Grove playing catch up with Elyse Howard running on the wing.
B Grade – Ocean Grove 34 v Torquay 42
Best Players: K Boswell, A O’Keefe, E Mercer.
The battle of the top three sides occurs over the coming weeks, unfortunately this week it was Torquay who took the points. Krystal Boswell had a great first half until injury struck with the ever reliable Alyse O’Keefe battling it out in the centre and Erin Mercer standing tall in the goals.
C Grade – Ocean Grove 13 v Torquay 31
Best Players: P Birch, K Collett, K Geerings.
Tigers turned up to play and applied plenty of pressure to the Grove side. Defenders Paula Birch and Kylie Collett were getting plenty of the ball with attackers having a tough time getting to a goaling target, Katie Geerings.
D Grade – Ocean Grove 36 v Torquay 25
Best Players: N Maslen, F Needham, K Boswell.
Great consistent game from the D Grade team this week and Grove took the four points. Nikita Maslen dominated the centre space with assistance from Keely Boswell on the wing and Famie Needham’s accurate and consistent goaling.
19U Grade – Ocean Grove 18 v Torquay 27
Best Players: K Peatling, J Sutton, T Payne.
19s played a good first half but couldn’t stop the pressure from the Torquay side. All thirds had their stars with Keely Peatling in the centre, Jesse Sutton in goals and Taya Payne in defence.
Ocean Grove v Geelong Amateur
Ocean Grove was given a netball lesson from the Geelong Amateur this week. Ammos turned up the heat with fast turnovers and pressure all over the court to take the four points in all games except Under 19s.
A Grade Ocean Grove 23 v Geelong Amateurs 61
Best: A Badrock, C Parker, V Rischitelli.
B Grade Ocean Grove 35 v Geelong Amateurs 61
Best: C Britt, A O’Keefe, J Wood.
C Grade: Ocean Grove 15 v Geelong Amateurs 21
Best E Harmer, B Gavin, P Birch.
D grade: Ocean Grove 22 v Geelong Amateurs 35
Best T Splatt, A Smith, K Boswell.
19U Ocean Grove 25 v Geelong Amateurs 19
Best: A King, T Payne, K Peatling.
