Miners 1 is through to the grand final after a dominant victory over the Green Devils on Friday night.
In recent years Green Devils has completed the minor competition successfully and has faced Miners in the second semi final.
This final proving to be the Devils’ nemesis has once again claimed its victim with what would be described as a shock display of netball.
Miners was obviously focused on the win from the first whistle and scored five unanswered goals.
Meaghan Kiely again a strong contender for Miners 1 was inspirational in her shooting efforts, rarely missing a goal opportunity.
The Devils, out of sorts, was outplayed all over the court and was down by nine goals at the first break.
Miners were relentless in its attack in the second and third quarters dominating the game, and were out rebounding at both ends of the court.
The Devils managed a minor improvement during the third quarter but still went down, Miners increasing the margin to 20 goals at the final break.
Pressure aside, the Devils looked like the team of old ,attacking and defending, turned the ball over on several occasions.
The final term was in favour of the Devils by nine goals, reducing the margin to 11, the final result Miners 1, 53 to Green Devils 42.
Devils is now faced with the task of taking on Hornridge 1 this Friday, a battle surely to be hard won.
Hornridge 1 and Green Devils have played off on three occasions throughout the season and the result has been two games to one in favour of the Devils.
The margins of these games however have all been under seven goals; this game could go either way.
Miners brimming with confidence can momentarily relax while they enjoy a week’s break prior to the grand final on August 29.
Hornridge 2 set itself up for a premiership opportunity after defeating Yellow Devils by 15 goals in the A2 competition.
Hornridge strong throughout the court dominated the game from start to finish.
Yellow Devils with moments of success, continued working tirelessly but were unable to match the ability of the opposition.
Sophie Wissell was strong in defence for the Hornridge side, competing against the height of Libby Steer from Yellow Devils.
Wissell defending within the goal circle intercepted the feed on several occasions. Hornridge looking unbeatable was up by a 15-goal margin at the final break when Yellow Devils finished evening the final term with seven goals apiece.
Final result in favour of Hornridge 42 goals to Yellow Devils 27.
Yellow Devils will take on Miners 2 this week, while Hornridge 2 sits the week out in preparation for the grand final.
Our B grade competition produced a sizzler when OD Devils drew with Andamooka 32 goals apiece at full time.
OD Devils were the initial leaders in the game outscoring the opposition 12 goals to eight in the first quarter.
Andamooka not outdone evened the second quarter and managed to win the third term by one goal.
The third quarter margin reduced to three goals, the game was still up for grabs.
Andamooka with support on its side started to hit its target at the required time, Tegan Kelly for the Andamooka Roos shooting well for her team, supported by playing partner and mother Jen Kelly who combined had the team on a winning role, until at the final whistle the score revealed a draw.
At this point the teams were required to play time on.
Unfortunately for the Roos this overtime was all that was needed for the Devils to take home the win.
The Devils outscored their opposition again seven goals to one in the overtime period.
OD Devils celebrated their successful passage through to the grand final, while the Andamooka Roos are now to play Miners 3 in the preliminary final this Friday.
Final result OD Devils 39 goals defeated Andamooka 33.
Miners 3 had a solid victory over Hornridge 3 in the elimination final.
Hornridge 3, affected considerably by injury and illness, was only able to scrape a team of seven together.
Injury it seemed was destined to upset the Hornridge balance and be a deciding factor in the game when goal shooter Mel Dunn suffered injury to her hand in the first quarter, it was thought that Dunn's injury severe enough to withdraw from the game, however the gutsy player continued the game through to the final whistle.
Hornridges woes were Miners successes the young team held a positive lead from the first quarter and maintained throughout the remaining three terms.
Miners maintaining a consistent line-up provided good competition for the more experienced Hornridge team, to its credit the young side has worked its way through to the preliminary final to oppose Andamooka, Miners victorious 29 goals to Hornridge 20.
Hornridge, now eliminated, will have to regroup and look forward to 2009.