Amber Armstrong provided some strong defence for the GVHA open women’s team, running out of the circle to meet the opposition’s ball carrier as a full back and forcing multiple turnovers as a half back.
The team had two disappointing losses on Saturday, backed up by a win against Sunraysia on Sunday morning as the team began to really gel.
Another win Sunday evening led into finals, where it drew against friendly rival NE Lightning to land a late playoff against East Gippsland to draw again and finish fourth overall.
Lee Manning played for the GVHA Masters women’s team, running hard in defence as a half back, then transitioning into attack as a wing.
After a loss to top-of-the-ladder Ballarat, it notched a 2-0 win Saturday night then drew 0-0 in an even game against Geelong.
Sunday afternoon saw Lee take a huge run down half the field as right wing, dodging Central Vic’s defence to take a shot on goal, which deflected off the keeper for Lee to short-pass to her teammate who slotted it in between the keeper’s legs to score.
Central Vic scored late to tie 1-1, holding GVHA in third position leading into semi-finals.
Monday was a highly competitive rematch of Sunday evening’s tie in the rain, with Central Vic outpacing GVHA.
This landed it in the playoff for third, with a lovely even game against Geelong to finish the tournament in third place.
Andrew Glazzard scored as a striker for his old home team Latrobe Valley Masters men, whose initial early win was followed by two losses then a narrow win leading into finals.
Monday saw them unlucky to lose 1-0 against Ballarat, but still land a place in the grand final match.
North Central was too strong, however, leaving Andrew with a silver medal for the tournament.
