Woorndoo-mortlake claims outright honours as minor premier

After Saturday’s top-of-the-table clash in Mininera and District Football League, Woorndoo-mortlake claimed outright honours for the minor premiership.

The team finished the home-andaway season without losing a game and has earnt a week off while the rest of the top-five teams battle in a qualifying final on Saturday and an elimination final on Sunday.

Great Western, which will take on Tatyoon in the qualifying final, finished its season with a four-goal win over Lismore-derrinallum. The Lions led from the start and did not waver for all four quarters.

Damon Folkes kicked seven goals in the win, to add to his yearly total of 70 and seal his number-one spot in the league goal-kicking.

And with players such as Jeremy Cronin, Andrew Cameron and Jesse Bennett on fire, the team will go into Saturday’s game confident it can put itself in the hunt for another premiership.

Tatyoon, however, will be going into the game looking to redeem itself after a loss to Woorndoo-mortlake on Saturday.

The Hawks kicked a lot of behinds in their 50-point loss and they will look to William Henderson, Andrew Maconachie and Steven Butler to lift their team to get another shot against the Tigers the following week.

Sunday’s match will feature Glenthompson-dunkeld against Ararat Eagles.

After being beaten by large margins in 2019 every week, Ararat Eagles’ effort to rally to get a successful team on the park has come to fruition – they get to play their first final in a long time.

The Eagles finished off the homeand-away season with an 11-goal win over SMW Rovers, which saw Adrian Reid, Harrison Ennis and Aaron Byron named best players on the day.

The Rams also had an easy win, against Wickliffe-lake Bolac, with Chris Mcleod kicking seven goals in the victory, while Matthew Fry and Mick Mcmeel added nine more between them. Lachlan Seed and Tyler Fehsler were high-performing players on the day and they will be hoping to open their finals campaign this weekend.

In the reserves, Great Western plays Woorndoo-mortlake on Saturday, while SMW Rovers will play Glenthompson-dunkeld on Sunday.

Unbeaten Lismore-derrinallum finished the reserves season on top of the ladder.