TORQUAY won the A Grade preliminary final on the weekend at Spring Creek Reserve to earn a place in next Saturday’s netball grand final.<\/p>\n
They defeated Modewarre 46-35 after an excellent second quarter gave them a nine goal lead at half-time.<\/p>\n
Torquay’s coach Courtney Cuolahan said she was delighted with her team’s performance.<\/p>\n
“We put out there the brand of netball we have been known for all year, it was a quality game from all of our players.<\/p>\n
“We’ll be looking to bring much the same on Saturday, it’ll be a fierce contest between us and Ammos.”<\/p>\n
Torquay finished top of the league, just two points above their grand final opposition Geelong Amateur.<\/p>\n
Torquay lost to Geelong Amateur in the semi-finals. That loss was Torquay’s first since the opening game of the season, a one-goal defeat also to Geelong Amateur.<\/p>\n
Geelong Amateur have similarly only lost twice in the season. Their first was the other game played between them and Torquay, which Torquay won 45-33, and the second a one-goal loss to Ocean Grove.<\/p>\n
Yet the last time Geelong Amateur and Torquay played each other in a grand final was in 2016, where Torquay won by a single goal.<\/p>\n
The sides will meet in the grand final again at 3pm this Saturday.<\/p>\n
Torquay also played in the preliminary finals in the B Grade, but were beaten by Barwon Heads 34-29.<\/p>\n
Barwon Heads will play Geelong Amateur in the B grade final before the A Grade game at 1.30pm.<\/p>\n
In C Grade, Geelong Amateur narrowly missed out on another grand final, as Drysdale took a 35-34 win to set up a grand final with Ocean Grove.<\/p>\n
But in D Grade Geelong Amateur overcame Torquay quite comfortably. Their 25-16 means they will also play in the grand final against Ocean Grove.<\/p>\n
Ocean Grove will also play in the E Grade grand final, as they defeated Torquay 24-18 to set up a meeting with Barwon Heads.<\/p>\n
All matches will played at Spring Creek Reserve in Torquay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TORQUAY won the A Grade preliminary final on the weekend at Spring Creek Reserve to earn a place in next Saturday’s netball grand final. They defeated Modewarre 46-35 after an excellent second quarter gave them a nine goal lead at half-time. Torquay’s coach Courtney Cuolahan said she was delighted with her team’s performance. “We put […]<\/p>\n