For the second consecutive year the Maroochydore 3rd grade outfit has finished runners up, this time to a rejuvenated Gympie Cats outfit who took home the premiership with a 10 point victory at Pomona on Saturday.
Gympie got the early jump on the Roos kicking the first 3 goals of the match to take a handy lead. However, the Roos fought back with Jason Weckett - the league's leading goalkicker - banged two in quick succession before he went down for the match with a serious knee injury. Zac Epstein than kiccked a third for Maroochydore late in the term to take a 1 point lead into the first break.
The two teams exchanged a couple of goals each in the second stanza and went into the main break level pegged on 32 points each before an arm-wrestle of a 3rd quarter where both teams could only manage a goal each saw Gympie enter the final break with a 3 point advantage.
Gympie got the early jump at the 7 minute mark to open a 2 goal lead before Shannon Beavis pegged it back to four points 12 minutes in. Gympe then kicked consecutive goals at teh 13th and 20th minutes to open up a 16 point advantage. Beavis kicked anotehr late in the term to provide a feint glimmer of hope however the siren sounded not too long after that.
Congratulations to Gympie on a great season and commiserations to Matt Stanley and his troops who got so close to the flag they were so desperate for.
QAFA B North GF | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
Gympie |
3.0-18 |
5.2-32 |
6.7-43 |
9.9-63 |
Maroochydore |
3.2-20 |
5.2-32 |
6.4-40 |
8.5-53 |
Gympie
Goal Kickers: A. Hendry 4, M. Wardle, H. Stewart, J. Gorrie, D. Frost, B. Forsyth
Best Players: S. Porter, J. Tucker, Z. Willis, M. Wardle, B. Forsyth, C. Lee
Maroochydore
Goal Kickers: L. Wilson 2, J. Weckert 2, S. Beavis 2, S. Parker, Z. Epstein
Best Players: S. Parker, M. Toohey, M. Bird, G. Faure, M. Epstein, T. Lowes
Last Modified on 31/08/2015 10:08