Angaston 32

A fully-focused Gawler Central came away with a 13-goal victory over an unsettled Angaston at Gawler Central.

After an 8-all first quarter Gawler Central won each of the last three quarters confirming they are again going to be a force in the race to the 2008 premiership.

Coach Graham Fischer was pleased with the continued work ethic of the group.

“All the girls are enjoying their netball and working together to produce quality netball,” Graham said. “The defensive pressure created the turnovers and we were able to capitalise and come away with a strong win.”

Captain Leanne Wagener at wing attack was back to her scintillating best with her son Daniel in attendance. Goal keeper Stephanie Noack and midcourter Kate Woodlands with her fiancé Hugh over from Sydney also played superbly.

Angaston, who were forced to cover Kath Teakle (overseas) and Tamara Holliday (work) from last week’s team, fought hard but found the Tigers too strong. Heidi Dunn moved from wing attack into goal attack while Ange Moulds came up from the 2s into wing attack.

Tobi Jackson-Miles replaced Holliday at goal keeper.

“Our decision making wasn’t the best,” said acting coach Anita Bone. “Considering the changes and with the new attack line, the girls did pretty well.”

Angaston’s best was centre Carly Clarke while goal shooter Shelly Cox was her influential self.

Willaston 55

Tanunda 32

Willaston came off the bye with a comfortable 23-goal win over Tanunda.

“It was a great team performance by all the girls,” Willaston coach Sue Brown said. “We made a few positional changes to look at some new options.

“Midcourter Nicole Russell sustained an ankle injury in the third quarter which forced us to reshuffle again. All things considered it was a fairly comprehensive win.”

Sue said Willaston’s best were Liesel Dunstan and Stacey Brouwers who combined well in goals and Leah Torzyn and Nicole Lemke who were very tight in defence.

Tanunda coach Liz Smith noted the improvement again of her group.

“We had three good quarters and one poor one which cost us dearly,” Liz said.

“It was the third quarter but we also had injury problems with Toni Martin (ankle) and Jess Smith (finger). But we can see some signs of improvement.”

Liz said her best players had been Jess Smith (centre), goalies Alicia Renshaw and Megan Hoklas as well as defender Linda Tscharke.

Nuriootpa 42

South Gawler 38

After trailing early, Nuriootpa finished strongly to grab a four-goal win over South Gawler.

On their home court, South took a lead in the first quarter but Nuriootpa fought back for an even tussle over the last three quarters.

Nuriootpa coach Heather Vogt paid tribute to her side’s renowned defensive pressure.

“The girls’ persistent defence across the court was rewarded,” Heather said. “It was also supported by accurate shooting by Bec Galler.”

Nuriootpa’s Vine Inn award went to Abby Asplin while the Angas Park Hotel award went to Bec Galler.

South coach Di Malbut was very disappointed.

“It was close all game but we made a couple of errors in the last two minutes of the last quarter which cost us the game,” Di said.

“Overall I was happy with the way the girls played.

“Nuriootpa do a midcourt block and last year we couldn’t break it very well but this time we used patience and it paid off.”

Di said new recruit Alicia Mackenzie played the whole game and had combined very well in the goal circle with Vanessa Kirby.

“I was impressed with the feeding of Tracey Sheridan and Tara Gallarello while Kara Tunbridge was very hard at the ball and shut down their wing attack.”

South’s best were goal attack Vanessa Kirby with 98 per cent accuracy and Kara Tunbridge at wing defence.

Kapunda 48

Freeling 40

As usual, Light Council rivals Kapunda and Freeling had an exciting tussle with only one goal separating the sides at the final change.

But it was the experience of Kapunda which came to the fore on the back of the shooting hand of Tab Mackenzie during the final 15 minutes for an eight-goal win.

Playing coach Penny Ryan said Freeling had applied excellent defensive pressure and had made her side work hard for the win.

“I made a few positional changes for the start of the match and had the first half off myself to watch the game from the sidelines,” Penny said.

Kapunda’s best were Mackenzie who shot 35 goals and midcourter Stacey Burgess.

Penny said goal shooter Janelle Sheehan had again popped a shoulder which had meant Tab had gone to goal shooter in the last quarter and Lana Farley had moved from wing defence to goal attack.

“We will have to assess the injury this week to see if she can take the court against Angaston.”

Freeling coach Deb Meaney was upset with the loss.

“The game was there to be won and after three good quarters we just dropped the pressure,” Deb said.

“I have seen a lot of positive signs over the last three weeks but it was disappointing not to be able to go on after being in a winning position.

“We have to eliminate the silly errors and play possession netball.”

Goalie Kirsten Muster, who spent time at both goal attack and goal shooter was Freeling’s best shooting 26 goals.

Barossa, Light and Gawler Netball Association results from Round 3, May 3,

Senior One: Kapunda 48 d Freeling 40; Nuriootpa 42 d South Gawler 38; Gawler Central 45 d Angaston 32; Willaston 55 d Tanunda 32.

Senior Two: Kapunda 42 d Freeling 37; Nuriootpa 48 d South Gawler 21; Angaston 56 d Gawler Central 43; Willaston 56 d Tanunda 30.

Senior Three: Freeling 50 d Kapunda 30; South Gawler 33 d Nuriootpa 24; Angaston 41 d Gawler Central 33; Tanunda 45 d Willaston 43.

Senior Four: Freeling 49 d Kapunda 38; South Gawler 50 d Nuriootpa 33; Gawler Central 47 d Angaston 33; Willaston 68 d Tanunda 43.

Senior Five: Freeling 35 d Kapunda 34; South Gawler 68 d Nuriootpa 32; Gawler Central 50 d Angaston 42; Willaston 52 d Tanunda 11.

Senior Six: Freeling 52 d Kapunda 22; South Gawler 52 d Nuriootpa 23; Gawler Central 42 d Angaston 41; Willaston 49 d Tanunda 38.

Intermediate: Kapunda 38 d Freeling 34; South Gawler 47 d Nuriootpa 32; Gawler Central 53 d Angaston 15; Willaston 42 d Tanunda 40.

Junior One: Freeling 48 d Kapunda 18; South Gawler 31 drew with Nuriootpa 31; Gawler Central 53 d Angaston 14; Tanunda 46 d Willaston 27.

Junior Two: Freeling 45 d Kapunda 9; Nuriootpa 33 d South Gawler 26; Gawler Central 64 d Angaston 15; Tanunda 46 d Willaston 27.

Sub Junior One: Freeling 35 d Kapunda 6; South Gawler 39 d Nuriootpa 12; Gawler Central 37 d Angaston 22; Tanunda 34 d Willaston 29.

Sub Junior Two: Freeling 20 d Kapunda 12; South Gawler 18 d Nuriootpa 7; Gawler Central 23 d Angaston 11; Tanunda 19 d Willaston 14.

Sub Junior Three: Freeling 11 drew with Kapunda 11; Nuriootpa 23 d South Gawler 11; Gawler Central 13 d Angaston 5.

Premiership tables

Senior One Pts For Agst %

Gawler Central 6 164 71 69.79

Willaston 4 100 70 58.82

Kapunda 4 149 112 57.09

Nuriootpa 4 113 107 51.36

Angaston 4 114 111 50.67

Barossa 2 91 83 52.30

South Gawler 0 76 99 43.43

Freeling 0 94 139 40.34

Tanunda 0 76 185 29.12

Senior Two Pts For Agst %

Nuriootpa 6 120 76 61.22

Willaston 4 111 57 66.07

Angaston 4 124 108 53.45

Gawler Central 4 146 133 52.33

Kapunda 4 115 117 49.57

South Gawler 2 61 80 43.26

Freeling 0 106 125 45.89

Barossa 0 63 81 43.75

Tanunda 0 91 160 36.25

Senior Three Pts For Agst %

Freeling 6 133 78 63.03

Angaston 6 112 100 52.83

South Gawler 4 71 57 55.47

Willaston 2 70 70 50.00

Kapunda 2 105 107 49.53

Gawler Central 2 106 110 49.07

Tanunda 2 108 138 43.90

Barossa 0 66 74 47.14

Nuriootpa 0 78 115 40.41

Senior Four Pts For Agst %

Freeling 6 150 103 59.29

South Gawler 4 99 53 65.13

Willaston 4 115 82 58.38

Gawler Central 4 125 111 52.97

Nuriootpa 2 119 121 49.58

Kapunda 2 125 136 47.89

Angaston 2 88 128 40.74

Tanunda 0 109 164 39.93

Barossa 0 50 82 37.88

Senior Five Pts For Agst %

Freeling 6 121 108 52.84

Willaston 4 98 27 78.40

South Gawler 4 127 46 73.41

Angaston 4 135 105 56.25

Gawler Central 4 138 125 52.47

Kapunda 2 102 107 48.80

Nuriootpa 0 96 144 40.00

Tanunda 0 73 147 33.18

Barossa 0 34 115 22.82

Senior Six Pts For Agst %

Freeling 6 141 67 67.79

Willaston 4 108 63 63.16

Tanunda 4 112 108 50.91

South Gawler 2 52 23 69.33

Gawler Central 2 94 123 43.32

Angaston 1 66 67 49.62

Nuriootpa 1 66 117 36.07

Kapunda 0 81 152 34.76

Intermediate Pts For Agst %

Gawler Central 4 128 78 62.14

Willaston 4 94 60 61.04

Tanunda 4 126 82 60.58

Nuriootpa 4 111 99 52.86

Barossa 2 77 59 56.62

South Gawler 2 73 80 47.71

Angaston 2 74 128 36.63

Kapunda 2 74 133 35.75

Freeling 0 84 122 40.78

Junior One Pts For Agst %

Gawler Central 6 161 43 78.92

Barossa 4 97 42 69.78

Tanunda 4 100 82 54.95

Freeling 4 88 102 46.32

Nuriootpa 3 79 78 50.32

Willaston 2 54 62 46.55

South Gawler 1 45 78 36.59

Angaston 0 64 128 33.33

Kapunda 0 42 115 26.75

Junior Two Pts For Agst %

Gawler Central 6 154 56 73.33

Nuriootpa 6 84 45 65.12

Tanunda 4 86 92 48.31

Willaston 2 63 49 56.25

South Gawler 2 50 48 51.02

Freeling 2 78 76 50.65

Barossa 2 28 36 43.75

Kapunda 0 41 111 26.97

Angaston 0 34 105 24.46

Sub Junior One Pts For Agst %

Freeling 6 110 24 82.09

South Gawler 4 70 34 67.31

Gawler Central 4 76 67 53.15

Kapunda 4 56 71 44.09

Barossa 2 52 45 53.61

Tanunda 2 41 66 38.32

Nuriootpa 2 45 85 34.62

Willaston 0 29 39 42.65

Angaston 0 45 93 32.61

Sub Junior Two Pts For Agst %

Freeling 6 69 20 77.53

South Gawler 4 33 12 73.33

Kapunda 4 48 38 55.81

Gawler Central 4 45 48 48.39

Barossa 2 24 15 61.54

Tanunda 2 43 50 46.24

Nuriootpa 2 23 49 31.94

Willaston 0 17 37 31.48

Angaston 0 21 54 28.00

Sub Junior Three Pts For Agst %

Nuriootpa 6 65 22 74.71

Barossa 4 44 11 80.00

Tanunda 3 29 17 63.04

Freeling 3 34 36 48.57

Kapunda 2 21 21 50.00

Gawler Central 2 23 38 37.70

South Gawler 0 20 40 33.33

Angaston 0 9 60 13.04