By Geoff 'Joffa' Newstead
With Mooroolbark Seniors and Reserves having a bye and the Vets Men receiving a forfeit, all eyes were on the Senior Women and Vets Women over the Anzac Long Weekend.
The Senior Women took on Kilsyth at Pinks Reserve on the Friday, jumping to an early lead, and were never headed. The Mustangs had winners all over the ground and showed the benefits of a solid pre-season with great skills and strong tackling. Danielle Carrucan was dominant down forward with 5 goals and Ella Falzon chipped in with 3 majors but it was a great team effort overall. Jordy Forrest was awarded the Anzac Medal.
Final Score: Mooroolbark 15 – 8 – 98 d Kilsyth 2 – 2 – 14
Goals: Carrucan 5, Falzon 3, Vaughan 2, McMaster, Brown, S.Haberfield, Doevelaar, Trotter 1 each
Best Players: S.Haberfield, McMaster, Carrucan, Brown, Beer, R.Haberfield
The Vets Women hosted Gembrook-Cockatoo at Kiloran Park on the Saturday and also got away to a flyer with a 4 goal to nil first quarter and, while the scoring slowed during the middle part of the game, another 4 goals in the final term saw the girls record a comfortable win. With a bit more accuracy in front of goal the margin would have been even greater.
Final Score: Mooroolbark 9 – 16 – 70 d Gembrook-Cockatoo 2 – 0 – 12
Goals: Nguyen 2, Still 2, Taylor, Wilson, Kall, Mitchell 1 each
Best: Wilson, Henn, Hoare, Still, Nguyen, Hanna
