EAST GAMBIER 40 d SOUTH GAMBIER 33
EAST Gambier claimed a seven-goal win at home against the Demons in Round 10 of Western Border netball on Saturday.
In the final wash up, South Gambier will be disappointed and see the weekend’s clash with East Gambier as the one that got away.
While barely a handful of goals ever separated the two sides who are in a battle for fourth place, South was well in the contest until the final quarter, where the 9-3 score-line in favour of the Bulldogs secured the victory.
South led by two goals at the first change, scores were even at the main break and by three quarter time, it was East by one.
However, the final quarter was riddled with errors from the young Demons and had the Bulldogs finished accurately, the margin may have been greater.
The final quarter, with so much on the line, saw East take control, generating 16 scoring shots to six and that was all she wrote.
The pressure from Morgan Amy and Bo Creek eventually took its toll, with the Bulldogs generating much of its turnover ball even before the ball reached South’s shooting circle.
Injecting the experience of Brooke Hicks into the contest and moving Chloe Perryman to the defensive wing paid dividends for the Bulldogs in that decisive final quarter.
The movement from Renee Henke and Casey Horrigan in the shooting circle tested the South defence all game.
Megan Reid ran hard all day in the centre for South and her delivery into Alyssa Duncan and Gracie Dalton was precise, while Sophie Wight got some important touches at the defensive end.
East was best served by its shooting combination.
