All three Inverell Saints teams headed to Bellevue Oval, Armidale, on Saturday for some cracking games of footy.
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Men’s Footy
The first quarter was described as one of the best but toughest bits of footy the team had ever played. By the second quarter, the Saints put the pedal to the metal to go into half-time break with a 50-point lead. In a sporting move, the Saints agreed for New England Nomads to play with an extra player for the second half. But, this didn’t help the Nomads at all with the Saints getting better and better as the game went on. The Saints team put the final result beyond doubt with an 11-goal final quarter.
- Goal kickers - L Martin 5, M Gobbert 5, C Sparke-Gaukroger 5, J Desborough 4, W McLachlan 3, R Pentecost 2, B Cox 2, and X Gobbert 1.
- In the best were - Scott Thomas, Josh Desborough, Lachie Martin, River Pentecost, Cam Sparke-Gaukroger & Marli Gobbert.
- Final Score: Inverell Saints 28.22-190 def New England Nomads 3.3-21
Women’s Team
The Inverell Saints Women’s team made it four wins from four games. In a ripping game of footy, the hard work the Inverell Women have been putting in was evident. The game play and skill level has gone to a new level under the guidance of coach Dick Gleeson. Getting the scores on the board were one of the youngest players, 15yo Kayla Sims, supported by Sam Barber. Newcomer Courtney Whitton also impressed.
- Goal Kickers – Sam Barber 3, Kayla Sims 3, Jaimie Pay 1.
- Final Score – Inverell Saints 7.5-47 def New England Nomads 1.2-8
Seniors
The Inverell Saints seniors side showed true grit in trying circumstances to go down to the New England Nomads by 47 points at Bellevue Oval in Armidale on Saturday. Playing one man short for most of the game, the Saints fought hard but could not overcome the reigning premiers to lose 14.13.97 to 7.8.50.
The visitors had half forward Lachie McDonald red carded during the first half and then had Dallas Baldwin yellow carded for an incident in the second quarter. Umpires showed Baldwin the yellow card prior to the third term commencing, resulting in Baldwin spending the first 15 minutes of the third term off the ground, resulting in the Saints playing two men down.
The first half was tight apart from a brief momentum swing to the Nomads late in the second term to give the hosts an 18-point lead into the main break. When Saints forward Ryan Woolley kicked the first goal of the third term, many thought the visitors were pressing for an almighty upset. Unfortunately, this was the only goal for the term for the Saints while the Nomads consolidated, booting three goals.
The Nomads finished the better, booting three goals to one in the final term to run out victors by 47 points.