Grand final fever will be in the air this Saturday at the Pam Guyer Netball Centre as junior and senior teams search for premiership glory.
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The main event, the division one grand final, will be held at 3pm with the defending premiers and this year’s minor premiers the Saints Comets Hailey’s facing off with Natureland Force.
The Comets have set the benchmark over the past two seasons and led from the front this season.
“Our team has had a great season and we have been pretty consistent as we have been on top of the ladder for most of it,” Comets team representative Melissa Keast said.
“We have had a couple of tough games due to players being away, playing short and under strength but overall it has been very consistent year for us which shows as we get to defend our 2017 title.”
Meanwhile the Natureland Force, who finished the season in third position, have started to hit their straps at the right time of the year.
“The fact that we are a new team this year, with many new players who have come back after having a few years off,” Natureland team representative Lisa Daley said.
“It took a few weeks to gel as a team but overall we are more than happy with the season we have had and the hard work has paid off.”
The Comets got the better of the Force throughout the regular season, as they won both clashes.
In the first meeting, the Comets raced away to a large victory. However, the second contest was a close battle as the Force began to find their form.
“They have been a tough side to crack this year. When we played them in the second round we got within around six of them and that was playing short with just six players on the day, so we definitely have improved over the season and can hopefully make it third time lucky against them on Saturday,” Daley said.
The Comets are hopeful the stability within their side will be the difference maker.
“We have pretty much the same team as last year. It’s been great to stay together as we are all good friends, who enjoy playing as a team,” Keast said.
“It would mean a lot to us all to win another grand final, It’s the ultimate achievement and to go back-to-back would be even better.”
Before the division one battle, juniors and lower senior grades will take to the courts.
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While the Netta, Under-10’s and Under-11’s teams will continue to play normal games as usual due to them being a non-competitive age group, they will still have a presentation after their games at approximately 11.45am.
At 12pm the junior grand finals for the Under-12s, 13s, 15s and Division 2B will take place.
The 12 years division will be played between the Crescent Head Seabirds and the SWR Swordfish.
The 13 years division will be played between the SWR Pearls and the Fredo Devils.
The 15 years division will be played between the Crescent Head Manta Rays and Natureland Lightning.
The division 2B will be played between the Saints Comets Jupiter’s and the Saints Comets Crystals.
These games will all be close ones no doubt with so much talent from all ages on display. It’s great to see most clubs all being represented in the grand finals.
The presentations will take place after the games at approximately 1pm.
The senior teams grand finals will commence from 1.30pm.
The Division three decider will be played out between two very talented young sides being the 12 and the 13 years representative teams.
These two teams have some great strengths and this game will no doubt come down to the wire if both teams are on their games and can capitalise on their strengths.
The Division two grand final will be a great match up between the SWR Stingrays and the Saints Comets Swifts. Both sides bring strong games and it is surely going to be a tough and close grand final.
Then the main game commences at 3pm, with the talented Comets and Force playing for the prestigious title.
The presentation for all senior grand finals will follow the division one game at approximately 4pm.
There will also be some talented umpires officiating on the games which we are very grateful for and without them would be no games.
Get down to the courts this Saturday and watch some great netball from all ages and enjoy grand final day on the Macleay. Best of luck to all players, teams, coaches, clubs and officials.
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