GEMBROOKCockatoo junior sides were in close matches for the last round and pulled off a good under13 win against Wandin.
UNDER 13
After a good start the Brookers sat back and watched, but in the last three quarters decided to play football. Wandin played a great game in the right spirit.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 5.9.39 d Wandin 5.6.36.
Best: Tom Faulkner, Brody Stephenson, Jake Morris, Dylan CharltonSmith.
Awards: Player of the match Thomas Faulkner, Senior encouragement award Connor Murphy, Hungry Jack’s Jake Morris, Loaded Pizza Dylan CharltonSmith, Cockatoo General Store John Murugan, McDonald’s Jarryd Hamilton.
UNDER 12
Gembrook played a good team game with plenty of endeavour but had a disappointing loss. The opposition was too strong but the Brookers never gave up.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 4.0.24 lost to Belgrave 6.11.47.
Best: Aaron Turner, Shaun Mills, Dave McPherson, Matt Dalgleish, Jake Mawson, Callum Sawyer.
Awards: Player of the match Aaron Turner and Sean Mills, Senior club achievement Matt McLennan, Daniel Welsh and Callum Sawyer, Hungry Jack’s Dave McPherson and Matt Dalgleish, Loaded Pizza Jake Mawson, Cockatoo General Store Matt Berrill.
UNDER 11
Gembrook put in a good performance with small improvements and played the game out to the end.
Scores: GembrookCockatoo 1.1.7 lost to Healesville 1.2.8.
Best: Ethan Appleby, David Toogood, James Ray, Danyon Wight, James Dalgleish, Cael Hannah.
Awards: Player of the match Ethan Appleby, Senior club achievement James Dalgleish, Hungry Jack’s David Toogood, Loaded Pizza James Ray, Cockatoo General Store Danyon Wight.
UNDER 10
In a tough game on a muddy Belgrave ground Gembrook was up against a strong opponent. The Brookers went in hard and were a quality opponent for one of the stronger teams, though there were a lot of stoppages in a scrappy game.
Awards: Player of the match Zac Epstein and Stephen Lopez, Senior club achievement Tomas Peachey and Jason Breakwell, Hungry Jack’s Joel Jensen, Loaded Pizza Dylan Asling, Cockatoo General Store Bradley Moore.
