Wonthaggi misses finals

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Wonthaggi misses finals

WONTHAGGI’s hopes of having its Senior team contest finals failed on the weekend when results of other games didn’t go its way.
Despite a last round win at home over Bairnsdale, the shock win by Warragul over Maffra guaranteed both Wonthaggi and Sale would fall just short of the top five.
Wonthaggi needed a big win over Bairnsdale and despite a good four quarter performance, the Power won by a little over five goals, meaning its percentage wouldn’t have got over Sale’s anyway with the Magpies big winners over Moe.
The Power was well up early and in the first term it was 17 points in the lead although inaccuracy denied it of a bigger margin with a couple of gettable shots missed.
In term two the inaccuracy continued but the quarter was more even with Bairnsdale fighting back.
At half time Wonthaggi 5.9. 39 lead a determined Bairnsdale 4.4.28 by just 11 points.
In the third term the Power forged ahead and booted five goals to Bairnsdale’s two and now it was Power 10.12.72 to Bairnsdale 6.5.41
Troy Harley was having a great day up forward for the Power and he kicked four goals for the game.
Jack Blair, who was released from duties for Collingwood’s Reserves team, played a beauty and has been a real asset to the club in the last two weeks.
Wonthaggi got away to a 50 point lead in the last quarter with hopes the big win would be enough for finals. However Bairnsdale kicked three late ones to cut the margin back but it was all to no avail.
Eli Richards, the small forward who has missed most of the season, was a welcome addition with a fantastic game. Johnno Miles did a great job in the ruck and Kane McCarthy on a wing impressed.
The season is sill alive for a number of Power teams with the reserves still in the hunt and the club has four netball teams engaged so there’s plenty to look out for.
Stuart Gilmore has done an outstanding job for the senior side considering a different side has been picked almost every week with injuries proving costly.
The club is expected to announce coaching positions for 2017 soon with recruiting already underway.

Lucky break: Power’s Pat Ryan came in for a mighty bump which knocked the ball free and into the path of his opponents.

Lucky break: Power’s Pat Ryan came in for a mighty bump which knocked the ball free and into the path of his opponents.

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