Castlemaine Football Netball Club sides made the trek to Dower Park last Saturday to take on Kangaroo Flat.
It was a big weekend for the Magpies with netballer Bri Pedretti and Women’s footballer Taylah Sartori each celebrating their 100th game milestones.
Bri returned to the club in 2022 and is making her mark in both the A Reserve and A Grade sides. Utterly focused, Bri has excellent court awareness and her consistency and reach are an asset for the Magpie squad. A true team player Bri is a great role model for our younger players. Well done Bri!
Unfortunately the A Grade side could not net a win going down 39 to 62 to Flat despite a top effort. A Reserve also found the going tough going down 42 to 93. B Grade lost 20-68. B Reserve also lost 26-76 despite some great passages of play. The 17 & Under side flew the flag for the Magpies winning their match 42-35.
On Friday evening Taylah Sartori made history as the first Senior Women’s Footballer in CFNC history to play her 100th club game!
‘Tooz’ as she is affectionately know to her teammates began her football career as a fifteen-year-old playing in the Youth Girls team for Castlemaine. Playing successive seasons between 2013-2017, she was also part of several premiership sides.
An early signing for our inaugural women’s football side in 2022, Tooz has made her mark as a pioneer player. As a backline player she has flown somewhat under the radar compared with other team mates, but is commonly described as reliable and someone the Magpie members want all of their young female players to look up to as they follow their pathway through the grades. Congratulations Tooz!
The Senior Women made it a night to remember recording a 68-point win over fifth-placed Bendigo Thunder at Epsom Huntly Reserve to maintain their unbeaten run.
Eloise Gretgrix was on fire kicking 5, Tiffany Bradley 3, Eve Sheehan 2, Meg Ginnivan, Tiahna Cochrane and Abbey Bertram 1.
Best were Emma Pedretti, Jemma Finning, Eloise Gretgrix, Ella Cochrane, Eve Sheehan and Aisling Tupper.
On Saturday the Magpie Seniors gave Flat a run for their money in their round 13 showdown.
Flat opened their account with five goals and kept the Magpies to two for the term to hold a 20-point lead at quarter-time.
But the Magpies bounced back in the second term kicking three goals and placing plenty of pressure on Flat holding them to 1.6.
At halftime just 12 points separated the sides.
The third term was a real battle royale with both sides smashing through four goals each and fighting hard to gain the upper hand.
The difference was still two straight kicks at three-quarter-time.
The Magpies dug deep in the final term kicking another two goals and trying hard to contain Flat which kicked 3.6 but in the end the Roos bounced away with a 23-point win.
Bailey Henderson played one of his best matches of the year booting 7, Ethan Maltby 2, Riley Pedretti and Bradley Keogh 1.
Best were Bailey Henderson, Callum McConachy, John Watson, Liam Wilkinson, Brodie Byrne and David Wilson.
The Reserves had a tougher day of it going down by 61 points.
The Roos got the jump on the Magpies early on and to their credit they did fight back in the latter stages of the game but they were unable to bridge the gap.
Goal kickers for the Magpies were Thomas Wilson, Ben Moran, Caleb Kuhle and Jay Hardman.
Best were Thomas Wilson, Jay Hardman, Asher Butcher, Kaine Fleeton, Malachi Coleman and Tyson Cochrane.
The Under 18s also had a challenging day against an in-form Kangaroo Flat.
Flat were quick out of the gates in the first term smashing on seven goals to the young Pies two.
The Magpies did their best to fight back against a dominant Flat but eventually went down by 124 points.
Ben McConachy kicked 2, Archie Rixon, Tate Whaley, Ethan Byrne and Oscar Giddings 1.
Best were Ben McConachy, Archie Rixon, Oscar Giddings, Zachary Lord, Ethan Byrne and Aidan Goddard.
This Friday night, August 4 the Magpie Women’s Footballers host Golden Square in the AFL Central Vic Pride Round at the Camp Reserve from 7.15pm.
On Saturday the football and netball action continues at the Camp with the Magpie BFNL sides playing host to Kyneton.
