DESPITE being unable to field a full quota of teams, Mitiamo has topped the Loddon Valley Football-Netball League club ladder for 2014.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
The Superoos didn’t have the numbers to field an under-17 football side this season, but in what’s their 125th anniversary year, they won the most games of any club across all grades of football and netball.
The success of the Superoos is largely due to strong performances on the netball court.
All six of the Superoos’ netball teams made the finals, with five of them finishing top three.
Mitiamo’s C grade and 17-under netball teams finished on top of the ladder, as did the Superoos’ reserves footballers - a year after they failed to win a game.
The Superoos’ elevation to the top of the ladder came after they finished sixth last year, with the club winning 31 more games than last season.
All clubs have at least three teams that have made the finals, which begin on Saturday with the qualifying finals at YCW’s Backhaus Oval.
Bridgewater and Marong are the only clubs that have all three of their football teams in the finals.
The only club not represented in the football finals is YCW.
However, the Eagles will be strongly represented on the netball court, with five of their teams making the finals - all of which finished top three.
The biggest slider on the club ladder has been Pyramid Hill. The Bulldogs were last year’s champion club, but won 43 fewer games to slide down to seventh.
• Who’s playing in this year’s finals series:
MITIAMO (7 teams) - Football: reserves (1st). Netball: A grade (3rd), B grade (4th), C grade (1st), C reserve (3rd), 17-under (1st), 15-under (2nd).
BRIDGEWATER (6 teams) - Football: seniors (1st), reserves (2nd), under-17s (3rd). Netball: A grade (5th), C reserve (5th), 17-under (5th).
CALIVIL UNITED (6 teams) - Football: under-17s (1st). Netball: A grade (1st), B grade (1st), C grade (3rd), C reserve (4th), 15-under (4th).
MARONG (6 teams) - Football: seniors (5th), reserves (3rd), under-17s (5th). Netball: C grade (4th), 17-under (4th), 15-under (5th).
YCW (5 teams) - Netball: A grade (2nd), B grade (3rd), C grade (2nd), C reserve (1st), 17-under (3rd).
INGLEWOOD (4 teams) - Football: under-17s (4th). Netball: B grade (5th), C grade (5th), C reserve (2nd).
NEWBRIDGE (4 teams) - Football: seniors (4th), reserves (4th). Netball: B grade (2nd), 15-under (3rd).
PYRAMID HILL (4 teams) - Football: seniors (2nd), under-17s (2nd). Netball: A grade (4th), 17-under (2nd).
BL-SERPENTINE (3 teams) - Football: seniors (3rd), reserves (5th). Netball: 15-under (1st).