Geelong District Football & Netball League
Corio under-19 captain Mitchell Grace believes it’s the case of third time lucky for his group as the club attempts to end an ongoing premiership drought. The last time the Colts held the premiership cup aloft was in 1995. “Personally I’m over the moon about this weekend...
Werribee Centrals 17&U coach Jenni Rothery admits she’s proud of just how far her fourth placed side has come on the eve of their grand final with Inverleigh. The powerhouse held off a fast finishing Winchelsea outfit (26 to 24) in the first week of finals...
Dave McLeish may not be a well known name in local footy. However he has slowly emerged as one of the GDFL’s most prominent taggers in recent months. The 28-year-old was given the task of nullifying Bell Post Hill’s Whitley medallist Matthew James on the weekend. And it...
If Thomson finds itself trailing by five points in the late stages of tomorrow’s GDFL grand final then there’s every chance Daniel Freeman will land the sealer. The 27-year-old goal-sneak, who booted 219 goals across his 97 games with Ocean Grove, has already found the winning...
Inverleigh has named its senior co-captain Justin DiBlasio as an emergency for this weekend's GDFL grand final against Thomson to make way for Bell Park recruit Mitchell Elford. Since crossing over from North Geelong at the end of the 2014 season DiBlasio has played 75 of...
A-Grade netball powerhouse Werribee Centrals will be hoping to welcome second year recruit Jacinta Savory to the club’s long list of premiership greats against Thomson this Saturday. Savory, 20, joined the club from the Melbourne University VNL side at the start of last year and looked...
There is every chance Thomson forward Jared Matheson may be in the running for the GDFL’s best finals player award as he prepares for this weekend’s grand final. But it is a situation that seemed at long odds only a fortnight ago after he hobbled off...
Bell Post Hill captain Cameron Addie believes his side must nullify Thomson forward Daniel Freeman in tomorrow’s preliminary final to then secure his club’s 11th straight grand final berth. While the Tigers have proven in recent weeks that they have a variety of forward targets Addie...
Thomson goal-scorer Errin Lang took out the Margaret Webb medal on last night by holding off Werribee captain Amanda O’Malley by a single vote (27 to 26). It proved an emotional win for Lang who finished runner up in the A-Grade count to her co-captain Shannyn...
Thomson mid-courter Imogen Bennett has capped off a stellar return to netball by taking out the B-Grade league best and fairest. Bennett, who took time away from the game last season, polled in all 13 of her games this season. Top ten: 32 – Imogen Bennett (Thomson) 22 –...