ACK just miss out
Ivanhoe came from behind in the final minutes to defeat Assumption by two points in a semi-final thriller on Saturday. Final scores were Ivanhoe 5.11 (41) defeated ACK 6.3 (39).
It was a fiercely-contested tussle marred somewhat by some early fog and a slippery surface.
In the other semi at Ringwood, a crowd of about 1500 saw home team Yarra Valley defeat Marcellin in a tight finish.
Jubilant scenes greeted the Valley’s win – it will be its first title win in 60 years, if they defeat Ivanhoe. Likewise, opponents Ivanhoe will be looking for its first premiership in 60 years.
ACK coach and players, while disappointed to just miss, can look back on another very good season.
Vale Paul Egan
Paul Egan, who passed from this life last week, was a very good man. He faced a tough health battle in his final months.
Well known to The Free Press, then Review readers for his informative weekly racing column, ‘Pegs’, as he was known, had a wide knowledge of many sports.
Early education was by the Marist Brothers of Preston. He always spoke highly of the brothers.
Sympathy of many will be with Sue, all family members and close friends.
SDCA
The Seymour and District Cricket Association has suffered major setbacks with the loss of strong clubs Kilmore – last season – and now Broadford.
Both clubs have transferred to the strong Gisborne District Cricket Association, which fields a massive 170 teams at senior and junior levels.
Hopefully the SDCA can survive, and I am sure it will, with a revamped A and B level competition.
Kilmore resident and association president Ben Trezise and others will be working hard to ensure the surviving eight clubs, from Pyalong in the west, to Alexandra in the east, are able to field multiple teams.
