Kellie’s heart beats true for the red and the blue

NETBALL is a family affair at Calivil United.

Yet one could be forgiven for thinking that Saturday's Loddon Valley Football Netball League grand final day at Pyramid Hill will be something akin to a family reunion.

This especially holds true for the Demons's three Freemantle sisters, who will line up alongside each other in the B-grade netball premiership decider against Bridgewater.

Nicky Lawry, Erin Boyd and Lauren Rogers make up the Demons' defensive end.

The sisters have racked up more than 800 games for Calivil United between them, but despite playing in a combined eight premierships, the trio has not featured in one together.

All have previously played A-grade - Rogers as recently two seasons ago in a premiership - with the Freemantle name featuring on the club's best and fairest trophy five times.

That the siblings will get to share the court on grand final day is a remarkable story itself.

Boyd makes the roughly 400km round trip to Calivil from Melbourne to play each week and has done so for the past 13 years.

Lawry only returned to netball at the start of the season after a few years off, while Rogers joined her siblings in the line-up mid-season after the birth of her child Cooper.

There will be no shortage of support for the sisters when their match gets underway at 1.30pm, with their combined six children to be courtside.

In a special day for the family, Lawry will have her oldest daughter Jasmine lining up in the 15-and-under grand final.

The young Demons are attempting to go through the season undefeated when they clash with Bridgewater.

Eyeing her first premiership since 1993, Lawry will be joined on court by her niece Aryelle Winchomb, who is playing her first year in the seniors.

But the family connections do not end there for the Demons.

Karen Pascoe, who is joint coach of the Demons' A-grade team but plays B-grade, has played alongside her niece Paige Ryan on several occasions this season.

Jeannie Wagner, who is approaching 300 games, will be a part of the Demons C-grade grand final against Bridgewater, before taking a spot on the bench for the B-grade in a game involving her sister and club 400-gamer Kellie Anset.

C-grade's Georgie Ralphs has a niece playing in the 15-and-under team, which also contains sisters Rylee and Jasmin Gallagher.

The junior team is coached by the Gallagher girls mother Jackie.

Ralphs, a committee member and the Demons' umpires co-ordinator, said family ties were a source of pride at the club.

“It’s the kind of club that you think you will go there for a season but you end up staying,” she said.

“I followed my husband out there 10 years ago and I’m still there.

“It’s definitely a good family club - hopefully there'll be plenty of happy families Saturday night."