By Tara Murray - Star Weekly
Macedon was just happy to put out a good performance and see what happened in the Riddell District Netball League preliminary final.
All season the Riddell and Rupertswood rivalry had been spoken about, and despite Macedon beating the Sharks late in the season, it was expected the Sharks would win and set up a grand final match with the Bombers.
Macedon though, had different ideas. Not only did they put out the performance they were after, they also secured a grand final spot.
They now face Riddell in a rematch of last year’s grand final.
It was the Cats who started the better of the two sides on Saturday, leading by four goals at quarter-time.
They doubled the lead at half-time and looked in control, but the Sharks hit back in the third to bring the margin back to five at the last break. Despite looking the fresher, the Sharks couldn’t close the gap, the Cats extending their lead to 53-44 to seal a grand final berth. Their coach, Ciara Stewart, in her first year at the helm, said the season had exceeded all expectations.
Despite reaching last year’s grand final, the Cats fielded an almost completely different line-up this year. Stewart said they had looked to use this year as the start of something to build on.
As for Saturday’s match, Stewart said the main aim was to not let Rupertswood have one big quarter, which they had let the top sides do during the season to get back into games.
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Last Modified on 13/09/2016 08:40