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Photo by Julie Dimmick
The race for State League 1 supremacy intensified over the weekend with round 13 shuffling things around at the top of the men’s and women’s competitions.
In the women’s side of things Doncaster is the big mover having won four and drawn one out of its last five matches. This week’s tight win against Altona pushes Doncaster into the fringes of the top four and puts the pressure on Mentone, which is Donny’s nearest rival. Meanwhile Altona remains planted at the foot of the table still winless after 13 rounds.
Despite Altona’s current predicament the Seagulls have been playing well and luck has favoured their opponents, which means that a strong run home could see them survive the drop.
At the other end of the spectrum, Greensborough continues to lead the competition with a six point buffer from nearest challenger the Essendon Ladies. This week the Burras disposed of MCC thanks to single goals from Riordan sisters Stephanie and Tegan who lead the charge on the weekend. The Ladies are not far off though and secured an important victory against Camberwell, which remains in the top four for the time being.
In the men’s competition Doncaster’s performance against Altona produced a spectacular result in which the Seagulls suffered a 7-0 loss. In one of their worst results this season Altona succumbed to Donny which had all its guns firing simultaneously. Up and coming youngster Jayshaan Randhawa also made the scoresheet and we can expect his name to be a common feature in weeks to come.
TEM topped Donny in the scoring department with an 8-1 win over Southern United which has boosted its goal advantage, which will come in handy when the relegation dogfight picks up momentum. Southern remains anchored at the bottom of the league table and are yet to relive the joy felt back in round 11.
The local derby between Hawthorn and Waverley produced the round’s only hat-trick with James Mulcair taking the individual honours. Despite Mulcair’s efforts the Panthers took the points on the day, bettering the reigning champs 5-4.
Hockey Victoria recently ran a poll asking the hockey public if they thought Hawthorn will compete in this year’s Grand Final and the results convincingly swayed to no. Out of 360 votes 33% could see the Hawks playing in defence of their title, while 66% were convinced of the contrary. There were also some undecided (6%) who are still watching results to see how things pan out at the business end of the season.
WSL1 – ROUND 13
Albury – Wodonga 3 Mentone 4
Goalscorers:
ALB - N Burkitt, N Latta 2.
MNT- T Boucher, C Mannix, M Tuhan 2.
Essendon Ladies 2 Camberwell 1
Goalscorers:
ESS – J Francis, D Munro.
CAM – J Monkivitch
MCC 1 Greensborough 4
Goalscorers:
MCC – C Bond.
GBH – S Riordan, T Riordan, L Brook, J Abbott.
Waverley 1 Hawthorn 4
Goalscorers:
WAV – T Cumpston.
HAW- M Berriman, K Chau, S Evans, C Messent.
Doncaster 3 Altona 2
Goalscorers:
DON – H Erasmus, E Pearce 2.
ALT- Unavailable
MSL1 – Round 13
Doncaster 7 Altona 0
Goalscorers:
DON – D Clancy, B Dempster 2, J Ellis 2, Z Filliponi, J Randhawa.
MCC 2 Greensborough 4
Goalscorers:
MCC – M Birch 2.
GBH – A Monte, D Van Meeuwen, G Zull 2.
Waverley 5 Hawthorn 4
Goalscorers:
WAV – D Brennan 2, N Dallimore, S Jarvis, L Young.
HAW – J Mulcair 3, J Stebbings.
Essendon 4 Camberwell 0
Goalscorers: P Brennan 2, M Cleur, A McLennan.
TEM 8 Southern United 2
Goalscorers:
TEM – A Gual, R Hatch 2, N James, S Macumber 2, A Seccull 2.
SUH – L Bahramis, T Florence.
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