THE unbeaten Colbinabbin will face Harlowe Huntly Hawks in Saturday’s 17th round of Bendigo Bank Heathcote DFNL A-grade netball action.
The Grasshoppers will be on their court at M.J. Morgan Oval to take on the brown and gold.
It’s a showdown between first and fifth.
A Huntly team coached by Ashlea Sherlock and Kym Bell will be determined to build confidence leading into the finals series.
When these clubs met in round eight it was the Jen McIntyre-coached Colbinabbin which won at Huntly’s Strauch Reserve by 33 goals.
The green and gold is in hot form.
Latest hit-out for Colbinabbin was in the Scott Street den where it beat the Winslow Constructors White Hills Demons by 49 goals.
It was another superb performance as the Grasshoppers scored 86 goals.
Huntly is on the rebound from a 64-40 loss at home to Mount Pleasant.
Heathcote takes on White Hills in the clash of the Saints and Demons at Pigeon Park in Heathcote’s Barrack Reserve.
Will be a huge challenge for the Anna Dundon-coached Heathcote.
In round eight the Demons beat the Saints by 31 goals.
The Elly Lawton-coached White Hills will be striving for a confidence-lifting win leading into a qualifying final showdown with Mount Pleasant.
Lockington Bamawm United meets North Bendigo in the battle of the Cats and Bulldogs at Lockington’s Nichol Trading Oval.
When they met in round eight the Kiralee Kinder-coached North Bendigo scored a 57-24 win against LBU at Bendigo Club Oval in Atkins Street.
The Kerryn Giorgianni and Shelby Stone-coached LBU has improved significantly since then.
As North Bendigo won last Saturday’s match with Heathcote by 26 goals the LBU Cats finished within 14 goals of Elmore on the Bloods’ court.
Leitchville Gunbower will face Elmore at Gunbower.
It was a 20-goal margin when Elmore took the points at home against the Bombers in the eighth round.
A Bloods’ line-up coached by Cayde Hayes, playing, and Hayley Langdon, non-playing, will be striving for its ninth win of the season.
Another big test for the Grant Matthews-coached Bombers which will be back on court after a bye.
Mount Pleasant has the bye.
Standings in the Heathcote DFNL A-grade netball competition after 16 rounds:
Colbinabbin 250 per cent, 56 points; Mount Pleasant 129, 44; White Hills 115, 44; Elmore 94, 34; Huntly 95, 32; North Bendigo 96, 22; Leitchville Gunbower 70, 12; Lockington Bamawm United 68, 8; Heathcote 57, 4.
Heathcote DFNL netball ladders after 16 rounds:
A-reserve:
Huntly 154 per cent 48 points; Mount Pleasant 153, 44; Colbinabbin 122, 36; North Bendigo 109, 28; White Hills 108, 20; Lockington Bamawm United 99, 20; Elmore 51, 4; Leitchville Gunbower 52, 0.
B-grade:
White Hills 153 per cent, 52 points; Huntly 148, 48; Mount Pleasant 111, 34; Lockington Bamawm United 101, 34; Heathcote 111, 32; North Bendigo 94, 24; Colbinabbin 89, 16; Elmore 79, 12; Leitchville Gunbower 47, 4.
B-reserve:
Huntly 162 per cent, 56 points; Mount Pleasant 136, 42; White Hills 131, 42; North Bendigo 116, 32; Heathcote 97, 30; Lockington Bamawm United 107, 28; Elmore 91, 16; Leitchville Gunbower 41, 6; Colbinabbin 67, 4.
17-and-under:
Mount Pleasant 157 per cent, 52 points; Huntly 200, 50; White Hills 147, 40; Elmore 95, 36; Leitchville Gunbower 100, 28; Lockington Bamawm United 129, 22; Heathcote 64, 12; North Bendigo 56, 8; Colbinabbin 42, 8.
15-and-under:
Lockington Bamawm United 379 per cent, 56 points; White Hills 178, 48; Elmore 139, 42; Colbinabbin 100, 32; Leitchville Gunbower 86, 26; Huntly 119, 24; Heathcote 49, 18; North Bendigo 46, 6; Mount Pleasant 37, 4.
13-and-under:
Lockington Bamawm United 334 per cent, 56 points; Colbinabbin 218, 48; Elmore 211, 44; Leitchville Gunbower 130, 32; Mount Pleasant 73, 24; Heathcote 81, 20; North Bendigo 73, 20; Huntly 34, 8; White Hills 25, 4.
The Avard Civil finals series starts on August 23 when qualifying finals will be played at Gunbower.
Elimination finals will be on August 24 at Bendigo Club Oval in North Bendigo’s Atkins Street.
Semi-final weekend will be on August 30 and 31.
Venues are to be confirmed, but it will be Huntly and Colbinabbin which host either a first or second semi.
Preliminary final day on September 6 will be at Elmore.
Grand finals on September 13 will be at Huntly’s Strauch Reserve.