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10 - THE NORTH EASTERN ADVERTISER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009Under 16s move intopreliminary finalTHE Scottsdale MagpiesUnder 12s and Under 16stravelled to Longford fortheir semi- finals onSunday. Unfortunately theUnder 12s match wasabandoned due toelectrical storms and hasbeen rescheduled to beplayed during the week.Hopefully the youngMagpies will win thismatch to earn themselvesa spot in the preliminaryfinal to be played atScottsdale this Sunday.Although the stormhad subsided by the timethe Under 16s took to theground, the wet andextremely muddyconditions made itdifficult for the players totell each other apart afterthe first quarter.The Magpies werefortunate to win the toss,and with the aid of a stiffbreeze favouring one end,the boys kicked four goalsin the first term which setthem up for their 12 pointwin over the Longfordby Kevin WagnerAFTER last week's lossWinnaleah playedGladstone at home.They made a greatstart to the nightwinning the first fivegames with good winsfrom Lyndon Smithand Iaasac Rattray.The only winner forGladstone in thesingles was JohnRobertson who alsowon his doubles game.Winnaleah won 6/3.After their first upwin last week theRebels travelled toBranxholm, and it was1-1 after two games.But Branxholm ranaway winning the nextfive games with PatOldham, Ian Edwardsand Dennis SteersTigers.Tough and tirelessefforts from themidfielders DomKillworth, Josh Whelanand Ethan Petterwoodgave the Magpies plenty ofmomentum. Cale Bourkeplayed well withstanding alot of pressure across thebackline. Other solidperformers on thebackline were CoreyFennell, Keiren Mullins,Bradley Walters, AndrewWhitmore and Luke Gray.It was a fantastic effortby the whole team whonow get a well deservedchance in theirpreliminary final againstLaunceston at Scottsdaleon Sunday.The Primary SchoolCountry Gold Carnivalwill be held this Thursdayand Friday at AuroraStadium and theScottsdale Football Clubwould like to congratulatethe following players thatplay in our Under 12s whohave been selected by theirschools to participate inthe carnival.Grayson Lester,Lochlan Smith, DannyMartello, Ben Viney, TobyWilliams-Lade, HadynGoss, Adam Krushka,Bradley Whish-Wilson,Lachlan McDougall andJaidyn Harris willrepresent East North Eastwhile Logan Reynolds,Trent Griggs and CoreyLockett will play forTamar.SCORESScottsdale 5.3 (33) dLongford 2.9(21)Goals: Joby Reynolds2, Josh Whelan 1, KyleWilson 1, EthanPetterwood 1Best: Dominic Killworth,Ethan Petterwood,Josh Whelan, CaleBurke, Keiren Mullins,Corey FennellEightball up the coastTHE Scottsdale Under19s have missed theirchance to finish on top ofthe ladder after losing toLongford on Saturday.The Magpies beganwell with quick goalswith the wind to Dwyerand Taylor and hopeswere high for a goodwin. But Longfordrallied and went to thebreak with a one goallead.The next two quarterswere an even affair withBourke getting plenty ofthe action and Taylor themain avenue to goal atfull forward. Nichols andRainbow were playingthe big man rolessuccessfully in theabsence of number oneruckman Nettlefold.Moore created doubt inthe minds of theLongford team with hisusual hard at it efforts,playing well. Rebels Ringarooma werefinished off winning Craig Smith and Peterthe final two game.Branxholm won 6/3.Ringaroomatravelled to WinnaleahFogarty. Ringaroomawon 5/4.Federal went up toWeldborough in goodto play the Magpies form and Shaunafter their loss to Vandersluy andBranxholm last week.Both teams had goodwins in the singles to beall square at the break.Ringarooma won thefirst doubles throughChris Forsyth and CraigSmith. The Magpies'Kingsley Clarke wonthe first two gameswith. The home sidefought back and wonthe next three gameswith Nathan Singlineand Vahaun Oldhamboth winning easily.Roo Rainbow and But Federal steadiedPaddy Yaxley won thenext game to square itall up. Playing the lastthe ship and won allthree doubles to givethem a 6/3 win.game both teams hadchances to win but a This week's games:miss by the Magpies on Rebels v Winnaleah;the black gave Ringarooma vRingarooma an easyshot to win the game.Weldborough; Federal vMagpies; Gladstone vBetter player were Branxholm.Under 19 Magpies godown to LongfordKerrison was solid allday. Against the breezein the last quarter, theMagpies opened up a 14point lead when Mooremarked strongly overthe back of the pack andkicked a goal from thegrandstand flank.But the rest of thequarter belonged toLongford benefittingfrom Scottsdale errorsusing the scoring sideout of the back line.Three times in the lastquarter the onballersmarked and clearlyshould have played on tostrong leads to theirmarking forwards butelected to go back andtake their kicks givingthe Longford back mentime to man up and turnthe ball over.The Magpies lost byfour points and now themost likely scenario isthat they will playBridgenorth in thequalifying final.With one more rostergame to go the boysshould stop and realisethat they are in fact onthe edge of somethingnever before achieved bythe Scottsdale club inany grade - threesuccessive premierships.Regrettably there arestill some notableabsentees from training.With one more month ofdiscipline, hard workand the emphasis onteam play, most peopleinvolved in the clubthink that the ultimateprize can be theirs butthey must dedicatethemselves for one moremonth.After the last rostergame this week atScottsdale there will be ateam barbecue.Tigers clawtheir waybackby Ted WhelanTHE preliminary finalbetween the RSL Tigersand Ricketts was a long,drawn-out affair but thestandard of eightball waswoeful.Ted Mountney had hiswork cut out defeatingBennett, while AlanMountney was like afisherman with no hookand was lucky to beatMcDougall.Wiggins had been outthe back playing noughtsand crosses to calm hisnerves and despite somesloppy play he got overNorth East Sports ResultsScottsdaleGolfScottsdale GolfAugust 15: Mitsubishi DayStableford (CCR 37)A Grade: S.Krushka C/BE.Walker 37 ptsB Grade: D.Knight 38 ptsC Grade: P.Partridge C/BM.Mundy 38 ptsNearest the Pin: 1st & 10thR.Walker, 5th & 14th D.KnightBall Comp: S.Krushka,E.Walker & L.WiseNext Week - 1st RoundTurner Trophy StablefordScottsdaleLadies GolfScottsdale Ladies GolfPresident v Captains DayStroke: Winning Team -CaptainsOverall Winner: A. Barry71nett, R/up J. Collins 74nettTuesday August 25 - StrokeRingaroomaGolfRingarooma GolfFriday Squatters Day, 2person Ambrose 9 holesD. Hayward and K.Rowbottom 28 3/8, M. Johnsad B. Boatwright 28 1/2, D.Nichols and L. Thompson 301/4Sunday August 23, I. and D.Mountney Trophy Day, 18hole Pinehurst own partners,10.00am for 10.30.Committee meeting 9.00amBridportBridport Winter BowlsWinterBowlsThursday Mixed Fours on13th AugustBennett’s Lancers 23 dLethborg’s Pajeros 13; Dixon’sAspires 24 d Targett’s Tritons13; Shaw’s Grandis 20 dGlover’s Colts 15;Furlonge’s Express 31 dDavidson’s Outlanders 10.Ladder: Furlonge’s Express20, Bennett’s Lancers 19,Dixon’s Aspires 19, Glover’sColts 16, Shaw’s Grandis 14,Targett’s Tritons 9,Lethborg’s Pajeros 4,Hawksworth’s Outlanders 3.Draw for final round onThursday 20th August:Bennett’s Lancers vs Shaw’sGrandis (4), Dixon’s Aspiresvs Lethborg’s Pajeros (3),Glover’s Colts vs Furlonge’sExpress (2,) Hawksworth’sOutlanders vs Targett’sTritons (1).Saturday Open Fours on 15thWhen the kitchen crewbrought out supper, theyinformed the players thatthe next time they take solong to finish they will begiven egg sandwiches,yoke and all!The grand final will beheld on Thursday August20 at the RSL club, andwhile I don't always favourthe team which has hadthe week off, the Tigersgained nothing from lastweek and have lost theplot. Killers to win!The opinion ofeightball experts wasmixed: Sam Knight(Killers), Nev Wadley(Killers), Lionel Mountney(Tigers), Des Smith(Killers), Boss Hayes(Tigers), Peter Fenton(Tigers), Heather Reid(Killers), Tony Brooks(Tigers), Alan CassidyWilliams. Goughwent out to a big leadagainst Cassidy but thelatter bided his timeplaying position shotswhich had been as rare asa visit to town by theQueen, but he narrowlymissed his chance on theblack allowing Gough backinto the game. Scores:Tigers 5 d Ricketts 0.(Killers),Dinham(Killers),Austin (Killers).AugustLethborg’s Lancers 23 dFisher’s Colts 11; Probert’sPajeros 24 d Shaw’s Grandis13; Baker’s Magnas 21 dTargett’s Tritons 19;Hawksworth’s Outlanders 31d Dixon’s Aspires 18.Ladder: Probert’s Pajeros 18,Baker’s Magnas 16, Shaw’sGrandis 14, Dixon’s Aspires10, Lethborg’s Lancers 9,Targett’s Tritons 6, Glover’sColts 6, Hawksworth’sOutlanders 5.Indoor BowlsIndoor BowlsThursday 13th AugustScottsdale Green 45 dLegerwood 27G Shipton 31 d C Bennett 9; KGinn 14 l l Haywood 18Scottsdale Black 63 d BridportBlue 20S O’Toole 39 d J Targett 6; ABarrett 24 d T Targett 14Ringarooma 55 d BridportWhite 30L Burr 35 d B Glover 9; MBinns 20 l D Glover 21Ladder: Legerwood 61,Scottsdale Black 54,Scottsdale Green 46,Ringarooma 46, BridportWhite 25, Bridport Blue 20.Leitch FamilyAwardsBridport Under 16sv Branxholm3. M. Makitee2. W. Brown1. A. Barnettv St Helens3. J. Gillespie2. C. Barnes1. M. WattProgressive Scores18 - C. Barnes14 - J. Gillespie13 - A. Whitmore11 - W. Brown10 - K. Wilson7 - C. Burke6 - H. Tyson5 - S. McDougall3 - J. Andersch, M.Makitee, M. Watt1 - D. Olden, K. Weal,A. BarnettBrianBrianFrogs intohockeygrand finalby Cynthia SummersSATURDAY’S preliminaryfinal between Frogs andTigers was a closelycontested game. Both teamswere missing key players.Tigers had regained fullback Kate Templeton butwere without Linda Clowwhile the Frogs weremissing Jen Barron who isa pivotal part of theirdefensive line up.Weather conditions werefavourable and the crowd infull voice.The game started at afrenetic pace with Frogsdominant early. ValerieSaville was calling the shotsfor Froggies and the youngteam was respondingpositively. Tigers seemed tobe taking a while to adjust tothe pace and while theywere getting the ballforward the opportunitieswere wasted and loose ballswere being picked off by fullback Kaila Poole who wasagain in fine form.Letitia Johnson wascombining well with sisterCelina but Tigers werelacking the strength ofLinda Clow in the midfieldand could not penetrate theFrogs defence. Frogforwards Mikalea Savilleand Nicole Munro werelooking dangerous andTiger defenders wereworking hard but it wasValerie Saville who struckfirst for Frogs midwaythrough the first half.The Tigers tried in vainto even the score with LetitiaJohnson throwing her bodyon the line but to no avail.Frog defenders SheridanKerr, Emily Cox and KailaPoole were merciless indefence. Frogs werepersistent in attack anddefenders Anita Williams,Rachel Summers and KateTempleton were inoverdrive trying to turnback the tide for Tigers butValerie Saville struck againfor Frogs and at the halftime break Frogs were up 2-0.After half time theTigers were desperate toscore and Anita Williamsand Kate Templeton hadseveral forays out of defencein an attempt to create someforward movement forTigers. Several times Tigersgot into the circle only to befoiled by Frogs' goalieLauren Richards. ValerieSaville was everywhere andbrought the ball out ofdefence for Frogs wheredaughter Mikaela took overon the inner and carried theball into attack.Tigers goalie FionaSalter made some greatsaves in the second half andJodi Hopkins and SamSalter were also workingwell and never gave up allgame. Frogs youngstersSheena Jarvis, Elora Birdand Emily Cox showed someskill and were usefulcontributors for their team.Frogs could sensevictory and pushed harderto score once again but onlya valiant effort by Tigersdefence kept the score fromblowing out. The Frogs ranout winners 2-0 in a veryentertaining game andearned the right to meetRovers in the grand finalnext Saturday at 12.30pm.This will be a veryentertaining game betweenthe two most consistentteams of 2009. Frogs have avery strong premiershiprecord but the Rovers areunpredictable and anythingcould happen.Cheer squads are urged tobe early for the best seat. Theassociation thanks Roger,Ronald and Rodney for theprovision of the tent for thefinals – the shelter is muchappreciated.SCORESFrogs 2 d Tigers 0Goals: Frogs - V Saville2Best: Frogs - V Saville,M Saville and K Poole.Tigers - A Williams, RSummers and KTempletonThane Bardenhagenwins NEFU awardSEVENTEEN year old Lilydale midfielder ThaneBardenhagen has become one of the youngestplayers to win the NEFU best and fairest award.Bardenhagen polled 23 votes to edge outBranxholm's Nick Sutton (21 votes) and Ringaroomacoach Heath Fox (20 votes).Other vote winners were: Isaac Peters(Winnaleah) 12, Jade Child (Bridport) 12, BenWheeler (Lilydale) 11, Zeik Johnstone (Winnaleah)11, Lee Nichols (Branxholm) 10, Gary Knight(Ringarooma) 10, Nick Denholm (St Helens) 10,Andrew Frame (Winnaleah) 10.