Magpies early leader in Mininera district league

Some big wins in the opening round of Mininera and District Football League saw Wickliffe-lake Bolac secure an early place on top of the ladder.

At the same time, Lismore-Derrinallum managed to get on top of last year’s minor premier Woorndoo-Mortlake.

It was a close game between Lismore-Derrinallum and the Tigers with only two points separating the two at three quarter time.

However, it was the Demons who were able to run away with the contest in the final quarter, kicking six goals to one.

Liam Rigby was the best for the Demons while Charlie Brett and Brodie Doolan also had good games.

The team will want these players to stand up again this weekend when it plays Moyston-willaura.

Moyston-willaura had a tough start to its 2022 season with a 12-goal loss to Hawkesdale-macarthur.

The Pumas trailed from the start and despite the efforts of Ned Bohner, Luke Walker and Patrick Frawley they were unable to prevail. They will be in for another big game this week but will hope to get off to a better start.

With both coming off similar 13goal wins last week, Ararat Eagles will host SMW Rovers.

The Eagles started off their season with a convincing win over Penshurst with Ben Robertson, Jaydo Wright, Jackson Taurau and Naish Mcroberts all contributing to the victory.

They will be keen to keep the momentum rolling this week in their first home game against the Bulldogs.

Rovers came out firing on all cylinders right from the start in their match against Great Western and a 10-goalto-one second half that put the game beyond doubt.

David Box did his job up forward booting four goals for the winners, while Matthew Mulcahy and Shane Lench kept the team steady in the back line.

Saturday’s match will be important for both the Eagles and Bulldogs to secure early points.

In other games for round two, Caramut hosts Woorndoo-mortlake, where both teams will be keen to get their first win of the season, Wickliffe-lake Bolac travels to Dunkeld to take on Glenthompson-dunkeld, Great Western plays Tatyoon, and after both scored wins in round one, Hawkesdale Macarthur and Penshurst will battle at Hawkesdale. This week: Ararat Eagles v SMW Rovers, Caramut v Woorndoo-mortlake, Lismore-derrinallum v Moyston-willaura, Glenthompson-dunkeld v Wickliffe-lake Bolac, Great Western v Tatyoon, Hawkesdale-macarthur v Penshurst. Last week: SMW Rovers 17-14 (116) d Great Western 4.8 (32), Wickliffe-lake Bolac 26.17 (173) d Caramut 7.5 (47), Ararat Eagles 17.18 (120) d Penshurst 4.12 (36), Tatyoon 12.14 (86) d Glenthompson-dunkeld, Hawkesdale-macarthur 19.18 (132) d Moyston-willaura 7.8 (50), Lismore-derrinallum 14.7 (91) d Woorndoo-mortlake 8.10 (58). Ladder: Wickliffe-lake Bolac 4 points, 368.09 percent; SMW Rovers 4, 362.5; Ararat Eagles 4, 333.33; Hawkesdale-macarthur 4, 264.0; Tatyoon 4, 204.76; Lismore-derrinallum 4, 156.90; Woorndoo-mortlake 0, 63.74; Glenthompson-dunkeld 0, 48.84; Moyston-willaura 0, 37.88; Penshurst 0, 30.0; Great Western 0, 27.59; Caramut 0, 27.17. Netball: A Grade, last week, Tatyoon d Glenthompson-dunkeld 73-4, Hawkesdale-macarthur d Moyston-willaura 82-28, Penshurst d Ararat Eagles 41-35, SMW Rovers d Great Western 40-33, Lismore-derinnallum d Woorndoo-mortlake 43-43.