The Outer East Football Netball League season wrapped up on Saturday at Healesville, with some of the Grand Finals delivering some unexpected results across the football and netball.
In the senior football contest it was the raging favourites Wandin taking on a battered and bruised Olinda-Ferny Creek. Although the Bloods had been very competitive their season came to an end with a 91 point loss to Wandin. Aaron Mullett kicked another 10 goals to be the best player on the ground while teammate Joel Garner chipped in with six of his own. Matt Scharenberg kicked 3 goals for Olinda in a brave performance on one leg.
In the Reserves it was Upwey-Tecoma who bounced back against Mt. Evelyn after having been undefeated in the home and away season but losing to the Rovers in the Second Semi Final.
The first major upset came in the Under 18s Grand Final. Mt. Evelyn, who had been undefeated all year and finished the season with a percentage of 559.4, went down by a point to Officer. The Kangaroos led at every change and hung on for a surprise result.
On the netball courts there were tight tussles between the best sides. Wandin and Mt. Evelyn were tied at the completion of time in A Grade and the Bulldogs got up in a close result in extra time to claim the senior football/netball double. Mt. Evelyn had been minor premiers and just suffered a single defeat prior to the Grand Final.
B Grade was another upset when Monbulk came from fifth to defeat ROC, another team that had been minor premiers and only lost once for the year. C Grade also went to extra time to separate an undefeated Mt. Evelyn team and Wandin, and it was Wandin who got up as the outsiders. It was not to be Mt. Evelyn’s day as they lost a fifth Grand Final in D Grade to Monbulk. The only premiership that headed back to the Rovers was the Under 17s who triumphed over ROC Blue. ROC picked up their only premiership from the netball courts in the Under 15s against Monbulk Gold, to go with the Under 18s football.
Outer East Football Netball League Results
Football
Premier Division (Grand Finals)
Seniors: Wandin 22.13.145 def Olinda-Ferny Creek 8.6.54
Reserves: Upwey-Tecoma 7.7.49 def Mt. Evelyn 4.2.26
Under 18: Officer 6.8.44 def Mt. Evelyn 6.7.43
Netball
Premier Division (Grand Finals)
A Grade: Wandin 55 def Mt. Evelyn 53
B Grade: Monbulk 61 def ROC 48
C Grade: Wandin 41 def Mt. Evelyn 38
D Grade: Monbulk 27 def Mt. Evelyn 23
Under 17: Mt. Evelyn 37 def ROC Blue 28
Under 15: ROC Blue 31 def Monbulk Gold 20
The League Gala Awards Night will take place on October 4th.
