Monbulk faced the winless Gembrook side in A Grade to try and stay in touch with the top five. Star goal shooter Peri Reid was unavailable although this was offset by the return of defender Paige Whitworth. The Hawks put up a dominant performance from start to finish to run out 39 goal winners. They are sixth on the ladder and sit two games behind Olinda and two games ahead of Berwick, Upwey-Tecoma and Pakenham.
Monbulk 62 def Gembrook-Cockatoo 23
Best: Nicole Macdowell, Sophie Stubbs, Paige Whitworth
Goals: Nicole Macdowell 32, Sophie Stubbs 30
The Monbulk B Grade team are similarly situated to A Grade, sitting in sixth spot on the ladder and also having a win while scoring 62 goals. Apart from the second quarter, which was tied, the Hawks were in control of proceedings for the rest of the match and won comfortably by 25 goals in the end.
Monbulk 62 def Gembrook-Cockatoo 37
Best: Lisa Boyle, Paige Rondinella, Siobhan Munday
Goals: Paige Rondinella 50, Chloe Schmidtke 12
The C Grade match was brought forward and played as the first match for the day. This was to allow the team, and in particular their goal shooter, Jamie Sands, to attend the Life Members and Hall Of Fame luncheon as she was to receive a Life Membership for her long service to the club. The changed time didn’t affect the Hawks as they delivered their third win of the season.
Monbulk 37 def Gembrook-Cockatoo 22
Best: Tara Donald, Jamie Sands, Cody Sharp
Goals: Jamie Sands 26, Sammi Kelly 9, Laura Del Biondo 2
D Grade
Unfortunately the Hawks were not able to make it a straight sweep on the court as the D Grade team played a valiant game but too often lost possession in their travels towards goal.
Monbulk 15 def by Gembrook-Cockatoo 37
Best: Brooke O’Loughlin, Jessica Steele, Bronte Passingham
Goals: Eireann Lawson 10, Hannah Dickason 5
