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UNICORNS RESPONSIBLE FOR BROKEN DUCK, BOMBERS GROUNDED
At the outset, I wish to send all of Premier B’s best wishes to a great Ammo Man, our favourite Umpires GM, Benny Goodman for a swift recovery following his “Cardio Carl-amity” on Wednesday evening. Good to hear a full recovery is expected, but from all of us, we say all the best and take care Brian. Speaking of recovery, the Rovers came bouncing back into the winners’ circle whilst SKOB did likewise at the expense of the Oakleigh Old Boys. However, the big upset was tipped, and came true as the Melbourne High Graduates tossed the spanner deep into the Bomber machine, and now look to claim another scalp this weekend. Onto the review people!....
The Blacks were comfortably outplayed but a slick Hoers side which, after an even 1st term, turned it up “to the Max”. Leader on the scoresheet was Adrian Delmonte with 4 sausage rolls, with 3 each to Weatherly and Jessop. The Blacks suffered a few injuries along the way and by ‘scone time’ on the Pavvy, the match was all but over. Eddie Greer and Chris Sutherland relished the conditions and were great OI players. To their credit, the Blacks kept plugging away, Levi Kalms put in his best for the season, but conceded they were a bit short of the mark for the day.
Down Hampton way, the old adage that “anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”, (otherwise known as Murphy’s Law) applied to the Bernies as the Rovers smashed them all over the park in the first term and established a match winning lead by quarter time. Tom Curry celebrating his inclusion in the State U21 squad, was terrific for the Rovers, who fed Daniel Corp regularly. Ryan Schroder tried hard all day for St Bernards but was a lone hand in an otherwise lacklustre performance. In such a tight competition, this one was a huge win for the Rovers, who now sit equal 4th, but 8th on percentage!
The OC trekked out to the Badlands and chalked up their first ever win at McKinnon Reserve thanks mainly to an improved second half after Tony Brown dominated to half time for the Bloods. Tom Chisholm’s awesome ‘speckie’ was probably the only third term highlight for OH as Carey turned the screws and hit the final huddle with all the momentum. With Chris Laidlaw immovable, Grant Baldwin on fire, and Cam Howat all class, the Carey supporters united and yelled “go you good thing’ as their charges surged to the line.
Many a VAFA eye was focused on the exciting game played at Woodful-Miller, when the students from South of the Yarra showed the northerners what local footy is all about. The Hamilton-Ho brothers united up forward and bagged 8 goals between them to finish off the great work of the 2 Lachlans, Messrs Hood and White. This long awaited win was set-up in the second term, with Tom Rendell and Heath Taylor hitting their straps. Not surprisingly, things were pretty quiet in the OEG rooms, despite plucky efforts from Mark Ravanello and Callum Glassford. Having made a rod for their own back, one hopes the Bombers can get over it quickly enough to regroup, lest their 2010 campaign start to resemble my beloved AFL Hawks (’09 and maybe ’10 version too).
As the SKOB crew trotted out of the home rooms for the 3rd term, club legend Luke Mahoney was heard to whisper “Tutto Pronto” (Italian for everything’s ready). Mahoney’s prediction came true as the tri-colours’ mid-field fired, but a few shots flew the wrong side of, or over, the post, resulting in 6 goals 11 for the term. A man in the outer urged the Krushers to respond, which they did through Mick Harold and Ash Kitts, but it was a little too late with the home team in cruise control. Tom Hickey was terrific throughout the day with 3 majors and celebrated strongly at the SKOB May Day Ball later that evening.
My great uncle Mick once said to me that by round 6 in most VAFA seasons, the final four is pretty much set. Clearly this isn’t the case in 2010 with Premier B the tightest of all competitions. Down the other end, the bottom 2 have plenty of work to bridge the gap between them and 8th! Quick tips – Carey over Rovers, Hoers over Bloods, SKOB to make the Bombers bob down, Bernies in a tight one over the Unicorns and finally....Oakleigh to upset the Blacks.
Cheers All.
