The under 15 boys team earned the opportunity to celebrate its first win at this tournament in a number of years when they defeated Ballarat by two goals.

A converted short corner by Jason Reichelt and a tomahawk hit into the top right corner of the goals by Oskar Bennett gave the Wimmera side two goals.

They followed this up with a one-goal victory over the Warrnambool District Hockey Association team. 

A scoreless draw with East Gippsland in their last game allowed them to finish the weekend in sixth place in the under 15 boys age group out of 10 teams.

The under 17 girls team opened its tournament with a one all draw with Hockey Albury Wodonga, and earned another draw against the same opponent when they next met on Sunday morning.

Their biggest defeat came in their second game, but they were not disgraced when they went down to North Central by only two goals.

Two single goal losses to East Gippsland and one to Warrnambool rounded out their tournament.

The under 17 boys did not enjoy much success, going down in all of their preliminary games, but they did experience victory in the playoff game for fifth and sixth positions.  In this game, Wimmera defeated East Gippsland by two goals, having lost to this opponent by two goals to one in their meeting earlier in the tournament.

Results

Under 15 Boys

Day One: 1-2 loss to West Gippsland, 0-1 loss to North Central, 0-6 loss to Hockey Albury Wodonga, 2-0 win over Hockey Ballarat.

Day Two: 1-0 win over Warrnambool District, 0-0 drew with East Gippsland.

Final: Hockey Albury Wodonga 4 defeated North Central 3.

Under 17 Girls

Day One: 1-1 draw with Hockey Albury Wodonga, 0-2 loss to North Central, 0-1 loss to Warrnambool District, 0-1 Loss to East Gippsland.

Day Two: 0-0 drew with Hockey Albury Wodonga, 1-2 loss to East Gippsland.

Final: Warrnambool District 1 defeated North Central 0.

Under 17 Boys

Day One: 1-5 loss to Hockey Albury Wodonga, 1-2 lost to East Gippsland, 0-1 loss to Hockey Ballarat, 1-3 loss to North Central.

Day Two: 2-6 loss to Hockey Central Victoria.  

Final (5-6 playoff): 2-0 defeat of East Gippsland.

Final: Hockey Albury Wodonga 1 defeated North Central 0.

Open

The open division ladder has taken on a predictable look, with the Yanac Tigers, Warrack Hoops, Kaniva Cobras and Dimboola Burras currently making up the top four. The challenge is there for the Nhill Rangers and Horsham Hurricanes to break up this group over the next 10 rounds.

The closest game should be between the Warrack Hoops and Dimboola Burras. 

In the other games, the top-placed Tigers should not have too much trouble defeating the bottom- placed Rangers and the Cobras have the chance to return to the winner’s list when they take on the Hurricanes.

Women

The feature game of the women’s competition will give the Kaniva women the chance to prove that they deserve to hold second place on the ladder when they take on the more consistent Jets.

Another top versus bottom game will see the Dimboola Roos take on the Warrack Women and it is likely that the final result will reflect their relative ladder positions.

The Yanac Women have not replicated their ladder leading form from 2016 yet this year but have the chance to do so against the Nhill Thunderbirds who are struggling for players this season, but when they have their top team available they are capable of matching the top teams.

Under 16

The Warrack Revengers and the Dimboola Kangaroos will play for outright second place on the under 16 ladder.

The Yanac Warriors will be the last team to have the opportunity to take on the undefeated reigning premiers, the Nhill Leopards, but even with the home ground advantage, it is hard to see them finish ahead of the Leopards.

The winner of the game between the Horsham Bombers and the Kaniva Raiders should claim a place in the top four and both are capable of a win.

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