MAJOR RAFFLE A FANTASTIC SUCCESS

 Last Saturday night’s Major Raffle Draw was a fantastic night for the club. The big crowd in attendance enjoyed themselves in fine style. Well done to Luke Sharry and the organizing committee on a great job. Thank you to Wally Simons, Rod Young and John Toner  for their sterling efforts behind the bar, Beth Bauer for the food, Budget, Ben Lowery and Laura Hannan for the massive cleanup job on Sunday morning.

NETBALL: 7 OUT OF 7 AIN’T BAD
by Claire Brushfield

What a sensational week it was for the Geelong West St Peters Netballers! Playing Bell Park at Bell Park in what was always going to be windy weather, all girls took the court in a cautious manner.

 Under 13’s came out firing with a win over Bell Park by a comfortable 12 goals. Bianca Caferella, Georgia Caruana and Stephanie Boyce were among the best on the court.

 Under 15’s was also impressive winning their match 41goals to 10. Well done to Katrina Biscan, Holly Speirs and Claire Kenneally for their efforts on the day.

 Under 17’s looked unstoppable taking their win by 38 goals. Jess Denny, Aleisha Hook and Zoe Tompkins were dominant in the match. Well done ladies!

 In a scrappy match, GWSP D graders took the win by 11 points. Leanne Welsh was strong in GS, with Ashton Jerinic and Kathleen Rix proving to continue their strong form in defence.

 The weather started to get windier but it didn’t stop the C grade ladies from winning by 18 goals – 34 to 16. Hayley Wood and Gen Scott provided speed in the mid-court, with Stacey Whiteford using her height in defence.

 B grade came out to show they belong at number 1 on the ladder, making their point known by 26 goals. Brilliant game by Michelle King, Hannah Miller and Jess Callaghan.

 A grade had a strong win, GWSP racking up an impressive 55 goals to Bell Park’s 10. The ladies in the ring stole the show with Kathy Mallon playing her 50th senior game, Bree Cail and Prue Kenney taking best on court honours.

 No games were played this week by our Friday night juniors due to Anzac Day. No doubt they are ready and raring to go this Friday! Make sure you get down to watch your buddy play this week. Their support was sensational during our matches on Saturday – time to pay the juniors back by cheering them on!

 Congratulations to all our netballers for their efforts this week. All senior teams are still in the top 5 on the ladder, with B Grade sitting on top. Great start to the season ladies! Let’s keep our winning form going this week! We are playing Lara, at Lara. We look forward to seeing all the netballers, scorers, coaches, parents, friends and supporters there for another fine round of netball!


FOOTBALL: SET GET BACK ON TRACK AT LARA

 The Roosters football sides have set themselves to recapture that winning feeling out at the Snakepit tomorrow after a disappointing day at Bell Park last week.

Co-captain Russell Whiteford is a big inclusion for us this week along with Jay Cheep from the Geelong VFL side. Ben Toner, in his second year out of Under 18s, has been selected for his senior debut after some great work so far this season.

 This week’s senior side (as submitted to the Geelong Advertiser – so you know the real team possibly won’t line up like this or even contain the same players):
B  Adam Morrow  Mark Flanders  Josh Sells
HB  Shane Jack  Luke Sharry  Paul Carson
C  Brad Shannon  Scott Faulkner  Chris Urie
HF  Adam Jago  Nathan Saunders  Jay Cheep
F  Peter Riccardi  Dale Carson  Luke Parker
R  Paul Chambers  Russell Whiteford  Tyson Stott
Int (from)  Rick Wilde, Ben Toner, Angelo Marcantonio, Brad Morrow, Ben Stornebrink, Josh Young

Check the Football Geelong website http://www.footballgeelong.com.au for full results, goal scorers and best players in both football and netball competitions.

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