	{"id":100369,"date":"2025-07-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=100369"},"modified":"2025-07-23T22:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:38:18","slug":"blues-face-demons-fire-in-toolleen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/sport\/blues-face-demons-fire-in-toolleen\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues face Demons&#8217; fire in Toolleen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOUNT Pleasant will brace for the heat from the Winslow Constructors White Hills when they meet in Saturday&#8217;s 15th round of A-grade netball in the Bendigo Bank Heathcote DFNL season.<\/p>\n<p>The Anthea McCleary-coached Mount Pleasant has home-court advantage in Toolleen for the duel between second and third which starts at 2.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a likely qualifying final prelude as the Blues and Demons are locked on 40 points and two wins clear of the fourth-placed Harlowe Huntly Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>Back in round six the Elly Lawton-coached White Hills beat Mounts by 23 goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues won last Saturday&#8217;s match on North Bendigo&#8217;s court at Bendigo Club Oval by 12 goals.<\/p>\n<p>White Hills netted a 59-32 win against Huntly at home.<\/p>\n<p>First of Saturday&#8217;s matches in A-grade will be at 1.30pm when Lockington Bamawm United takes on Leitchville Gunbower from 1.30pm at Lockington&#8217;s Nichol Trading Oval.<\/p>\n<p>The Kerryn Giorgianni and Shelby Stone-coached LBU claimed its first win of the season at Heathcote&#8217;s Pigeon Park in round 13.<\/p>\n<p>It was a 14-goal win for the Grant Matthews-coached Leitchville Gunbower against the Cats earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Heathcote will be on its court in Pigeon Park to play Elmore from 1.45pm.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a big day for the Saints on what will be Memorial Day at Barrack Reserve and a fund-raiser for cancer research and support networks.<\/p>\n<p>Elmore won the round six match with the Anna Dundon-coached Saints by 32 goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloods are now coached by Cayde Hayes, playing, and Hayley Langdon, non-playing.<\/p>\n<p>Colbinabbin&#8217;s unbeaten streak should roll on as the Grasshoppers play North Bendigo at M.J. 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