Ballarat dominated the Bendigo Junior Football League in the annual junior football Goldfields Challenge in Ballarat on the weekend.
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Ballarat won six of the seven matches, with Bendigo’s only victory coming in the under-15 clash.
The Bendigo under-15s led at every change before holding off Ballarat by nine points, 11.6 (72) to 9.9 (63).
Jack Ginnivan kicked four goals for Bendigo, while Jack Hickman, Riley Bouwmeester and Noah Walsh, Ginnivan, Sam Conforti and Hamish Wild were Bendigo’s best players.
Ballarat’s 101-point thumping of Bendigo in the under-16.5 match led the home side to a 230-point aggregate victory across the day.
The two youth girls matches were dominated by AFL Goldfields, with Bendigo Youth Girls kicking a combined score of 1.4 across the under-15 and under-18 games.
Goldfields Challenge results:
Under-16.5
Ballarat FNL 4.4, 8.7, 13.10, 19.16 (130) d Bendigo JFL 1.2, 1.4, 3.4, 4.5 (29).
GOALS – Bendigo JFL: Z. Bulger 2, J. Rodda, W. Tobin.
BEST – Bendigo JFL: A. Jenkyn, M. Johnson, E. Roberts, W. Tobin, B. Cass, Z. Charles.
Under-15
Bendigo JFL 3.3, 5.4, 9.4, 11.6 (72) d Ballarat FNL 1.2, 3.5, 8.7, 9.9 (63).
GOALS – Bendigo JFL: Jack Ginnivan 4, Ben Xiriha 1, Riley Bouwmeester 1, Mason Wakefield 1 (only names supplied).
BEST – Bendigo JFL: Jack Hickman, Riley Bouwmeester, Noah Walsh, Jack Ginnivan, Samuel Conforti, Hamish Wild.
Under-14
Ballarat FNL 1.2, 2.6, 3.7, 6.8 (44) d Bendigo JFL 2.0, 3.1, 3.1, 3.4 (22).
GOALS – Bendigo JFL: Jack Keating 1, Jack Stewart 1, Jake Gamble 1.
BEST – Bendigo JFL: Jordan Hynes, Harvey Gallagher, Dominic Bennington, Campbell Smith, Jack Keating, Harry Law.
Under-13
Ballarat FNL 1.1, 3.4, 4.6, 6.9 (45) d Bendigo JFL 0.0, 1.0, 2.2, 2.4 (16).
GOALS – Bendigo JFL: Bailey Morton 1, Kaleb Crothers 1.
BEST – Bendigo JFL: Kaleb Crothers, Blake McGregor, Ben Cameron, Luke Salvador, Patrick Murphy, Jack O'Sullivan.
Under-12
Ballarat FNL 3.3, 4.4, 6.5, 6.6 (42) d Bendigo JFL 1.0, 2.1, 3.2, 3.4 (22).
GOALS – Bendigo JFL: Alex Carr 1, Dayten Uerata 1, Malik Gordon 1.
BEST – Bendigo JFL: Dayten Uerata, Noah Warfe, Zackery Tickell, Malik Gordon, Tobie Travaglia, Tait Poyser.
Youth girls under-18
AFL Goldfields 2.2, 3.3, 3.6, 5.7 (37) d Bendigo Youth Girls 0.0, 0.1, 1.1, 1.1 (7).
GOALS – Bendigo: E. Snell.
BEST – Bendigo: J. Jolliffe, J. Finning, M. Williamson, D. Kelly-Guthrie, E. Snell, B. Kelly-Guthrie.
Youth girls under-15
AFL Goldfields 5.10 (40) d Bendigo Youth Girls 0.3 (3).
BEST – Bendigo: K. Hazlett, C. Roy, G. Murley, M. Ward.
The Bendigo under-15s led at every change before holding off Ballarat by nine points.