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Christies at Christies in the first final on a wet windy day with a couple of very handy additions to what is an already solid performing team. The lads were focused and quietly confident, I wasn’t feeling the same way, I was nervous as hell.
Christies shot themselves in the foot a little by not kicking straight with a strong 4 goal breeze and although we had our chances against it, we just didn’t capitalise.  
Christies bought the physical pressure and at times I believe crossed the line in what is reasonable in a game of footy. Our boys stood up for themselves and kept their head over the ball to run out winners 9.8 to Christies 2.7.
A good win gives us momentum into next week’s game against Reynella.
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After a great week on the track the boys were extremely excited to take on Reynella in the qualifying final.
Arriving at Christies Beach on Saturday the conditions were quite windy. We knew we had to play the conditions well. It was about a 3-4 goal breeze to the Southern end.
Kicking into the breeze in the first quarter we knew that holding onto the footy was going to be crucial to setting up the game for us. To the boys credit we had equal scoring shots to Reynella but were unable to kick majors.
Second quarter we wanted to take advantage of the breeze but to Reynellas credit they controlled the footy with slow play. We got trapped on the Eastern side  wing for long periods of the quarter which affected our quality of inside 50 entries. Reynella took a 3 point lead into the main break.
The Premiership quarter is where we knew we had to make a stand and to the boys credit they worked extremely hard into the breeze kicking 2.1 to Reynella 3.1. Kicking these 2 valuable goals were vital to setting up the fourth quarter for us.
Reynella took a 9 point lead into the final change.
We started the fourth quarter well but weren’t able to get a score on the board early. Some individual brilliance from Matt Caire kicking a goal on the run through 50 really ignited the boys. The whole group lifted as we put on 3 goals to zip to run away with a 2 goal victory.
The most pleasing aspect of the day was the continuous fight and resilience shown by the whole team, never dropping their heads and working hard for the 4 quarters.
Dec Tomkins was BOG. After a couple weeks off with Injury it was good to have the big fella back. He gave us the target we needed up forward and in the last quarter he really lifted in the ruck and gave us some good first use around the ground.
Our two wingmen in Daniel Nash and Declan Henty-Smith rounded out the top 3 players for the game. Dec worked extremely hard up and down the ground all day and set us up by foot. Nashy was pivotal with his run and carry on the wing and was swung forward in the last quarter where he hit the scoreboard and gave us some good lead up options.
To round out the top 5 were Casie Davies and Chris Buersch. Both boys had great games on the day. Caseys work around the footy and across half back were exceptional. His relentless attack on the footy and ball use were awesome. Big Rig Buerschy like always was awesome in the ruck giving us a good first look at it. His work around the ground to put himself where we needed a bigger body was important.
Overall a fantastic win by the boys.
We are looking forward to another good week on the track as we prepare to take on Noarlunga for a spot in the GF. The challenge is there in front of us and we look forward to the contest next weekend.

Andrew Brockhurst  

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 Wade Stone.

Sunday, saw us face Christies Beach in the Semi Final at home. After a good win last week against them and a spot in the GF on the line we knew they would come out firing and they did. We managed to gain some momentum in the later stages of the first to go in a point down. In the second they were more desperate at the contest than us and took their chances to extend the gap to 14 points at the half. In the third we had control for much of the quarter but were unable to get the ball into good positions to have quality scoring opportunities. In the last we halved the deficit off the back from some Brooke Kleinig brilliance. To give ourselves a chance, unfortunately they hit straight back with a goal of their own to hold us at bay and get themselves into the GF. Ebony Scanlan was again outstanding, Brooke Kleinig and Jasmin Partridge were also excellent. Fortunately we have a second chance this week when we take on Happy Valley at home at 10:30. Hopefully we can get a big crowd to help the team get into the GF.
Well done to all other teams on their results too