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AT A GLANCE
- NETBALL: 15 & under – Colbinabbin d LBU, 32-31.
- NETBALL: 17 & under – Colbinabbin d Leitchville Gunbower, 51-38.
- NETBALL: B reserve – North Bendigo d White Hills, 46-35.
- NETBALL: B Grade – White Hills d North Bendigo, 47-29.
- NETBALL: A Reserve – White Hills d North Bendigo, 47-42.
- NETBALL: A Grade – Colbinabbin d White Hills, 57-39.
- FOOTBALL: Under 17s – Leitchville Gunbower d LBU, 90-30.
- FOOTBALL: Reserves – White Hills d Heathcote, 118-18.
- FOOTBALL: Seniors – North Bendigo d Leitchville Gunbower, 102-82.
PHOTO GALLERIES, STORIES, VIDEOS
- PHOTOS: HDFNL grand final 2016: The crowd
- PHOTOS: HDFNL grand final 2016: Football action
- PHOTOS: HDFNL grand final 2016: Netball action
- PHOTOS: HDNFL grand final 2016: The winners
- YOUR PHOTOS: Share your photos and you could win
- VIDEOS: HDFNL grand final 2016 | Videos
- VIDEOS: Relive North Bendigo’s HDFNL grand final win
- VIDEOS: Relive Colbinabbin’s HDFNL A-grade netball premiership
- SENIORS: Bulldogs celebrate back-to-back flags
- SENIORS: Dogs reign supreme
- SENIORS: Bulldogs revive golden ’70s era
- SENIORS: No silverware leaves bitter taste for beaten Bombers
- A-GRADE NETBALL: Grasshoppers claim back-to-back titles
- A-GRADE NETBALL: Colbinabbin hops to another premiership
- RESERVES/UNDER-17s: Demons cap unbeaten season; Bombers fly to flag
- A-RESERVE & B-GRADE NETBALL: Dual success for White Hills
***REFRESH YOUR BROWSER FOR THE LATEST UPDATES***
That concludes our live coverage of the 2016 Heathcote District Football Netball League grand final.
Thanks for sticking with us, and congratulations to all winners and everyone who took part it today’s games.
Keep an eye on this page for links to all the photo galleries and match reports still to come.
LIVE VIDEO STREAM – North Bendigo celebrates seniors win.
UPDATE 5.10pm: No surprise – Sam Barnes wins the best on ground medal.
LIVE VIDEO STREAM – Liz Cobbledick and Lou Dupuy post A-grade grand-final:
UPDATE 4.56pm: North Bendigo wins the HDFNL premiership cup!
FOOTBALL RESULTS:
Seniors – North Bendigo d Leitchville Gunbower, 102-82.
LIVE VIDEO STREAM – The final term in the seniors:
LIVE TWITTER COVERAGE – Scroll down for previous coverage of the football and netball. Follow here for Luke West’s live updates from the seniors game:
UPDATE 4.45pm: Adam Bourke will switch to a live Facebook stream, so we’ll now be bringing you updates from Luke West. We’ll post the live stream shortly, or head to our Bendigo Addy Sport Facebook page.
LIVE VIDEO STREAM – Watch as Colbo celebrates the A-grade premiership:
UPDATE 4.41pm: Seniors – Jordan Collins with a superb running goal for North. Steadier. Dogs by 9 pts, 15 mins.
UPDATE 4.38pm: Seniors – Another goal for LG. Perri soccers through his 4th. North by just 3 points.
UPDATE 4.37pm: Seniors – Game on. Sam Kennedy marks and goals for Bombers. Margin back to 9 points, 10 mins gone.
UPDATE 4.35pm: Colbinabbin has won the A-grade netball!
NETBALL RESULTS:
A Grade – Colbinabbin d White Hills, 57-39.
UPDATE 4.34pm: Seniors – LG get a crucial goal against run of play. Perri goals after great work from Couwenberg. Nth Bgo leads 85-70.
UPDATE 4.33pm: A-grade netball – Late in the last quarter scores are 55-39, Colbinabbin leading White Hills.
UPDATE 4.30pm: A-grade netball – The score is 52-37.
Seniors – No goals in first 5 mins of final term. North up 85-64.
UPDATE 4.28pm: A-grade netball – Colbo has hit 50 goals, still leading.
UPDATE 4.27pm: A-grade netball – A couple more quick goals for Colbo, 48-36.
UPDATE 4.25pm: Seniors – First goal of last year quarter crucial. North has been down a rotation since quarter time - do they have the legs to hang on?
A-grade netball – Colbo leads White Hills, 46-36.
UPDATE 4.20pm: A-grade netball – the final quarter is under way.
UPDATE 4.19pm: Seniors – 3/4 time - North Bendigo 12.12 (84) lead Leitchville-Gunbower 10.4 (64).
UPDATE 4.16pm: Seniors – Matt Perri's been quiet for LG but he bobs up with a timely goal. North up 82-64, 26 mins.
A-grade netball – Colbo still in front, finishing the third quarter with a ten-goal lead, 39-29. Re-watch the quarter here:
UPDATE 4.12pm: A-grade netball – Colbo is still leading, 35-24.
Seniors – Ayden Walton snaps North's 3-goal streak to cut margin to 23 points. 81-58.
UPDATE 4.09pm: Seniors – Storm Giri roves pack and kicks his 3rd for the quarter. Dogs out to 29 point lead. 20 mins gone in 3rd.
A-grade netball – Colbinabbin still up in the third quarter, 31-23.
UPDATE 4.08pm: Seniors – LG turn ball over in defence and North sweep ball to Barnes unmarked in goal square. He has 6 goals and the Dogs have the Bombers on the ropes.
UPDATE 4.07pm: Seniors – Teenager Storm Giri with a brilliant checkside goal. He has 2 this quarter. North up 69-52.
UPDATE 4.05pm: A-grade netball – Second half under way, first goal of the half goes to Colbinabbin.
UPDATE 4.03pm: Seniors – Sam Kennedy kicks his 2nd goal to give LG a spark. Nth Bgo 63 to LG 52. 14 mins.
UPDATE 4pm: A-grade netball – Colbinabbin leads White Hills, 25-18 at half time. Re-watch the quarter here:
Seniors – North Bgo out to biggest lead of the game after Aarryn Craig goals from set shot. 63-46, 11 mins gone.
UPDATE 3.58pm: Seniors – Sean Morris gets the quick reply for North Bgo after laying a great tackle. Dogs back out to 11 point lead.
UPDATE 3.56pm: Seniors – 3.56pm: LG needed a lift from midfielders and Tom German responds with a running goal. Nth Bgo up 51-46, 7 mins gone 3rd term.
UPDATE 3.51pm: Seniors – Perfect start to third term for Dogs. Storm Giri goals from 40m out. 51-40. Herdman done for the day.
UPDATE 3.45pm: Back to the netball and Colbinabbin leads White Hills in the A-grade grand final.
UPDATE 3.25pm: Seniors – Half time: North Bendigo 6.9 (45) lead Leitchville-Gunbower 6.4 (40). Barnes 5 goals for North.
UPDATE 3.22pm: Seniors – Riley Keath goals after a free kick. LG back within 4 points.
UPDATE 3.20pm: Seniors – Sam Barnes AGAIN. Uses his body superbly, marks, plays on and snaps his 5th. North by 10 points. 28 mins.
UPDATE 3.17pm: Seniors – It's the Sam Barnes show for North. He has 4 goals and North back in front 37-34.
UPDATE 3.15pm: Seniors – LG back in front after big ruckman Cam Ross snaps a goal. 34-31, 23 mins gone in 2nd term.
UPDATE 3.14pm: White Hills has won the A-reserve netball!
NETBALL RESULTS:
A Reserve – White Hills defeats North Bendigo, 47-42.
UPDATE 3.13pm: White Hills is still leading the A-reserve netball on 47 goals.
UPDATE 3.11pm: Seniors – Daniel Meroli kicks a much needed goal for LG. Margin back to 3 pts, 19 mins gone.
UPDATE 3.08pm: Seniors – Barnes adds his 3rd after great forward pressure by Dogs. North leads 31-22. North Star Brady Herdman off entire quarter so far injured. 15 mins gone.
UPDATE 3.06pm: Seniors – North finally break goal drought. Sam Barnes marks and goals. He has 2 and North leads 25-22.
UPDATE 3pm: Seniors – LG 3.4 (22) to North Bgo 2.6 (18). 9 mins gone second term.
Over to Kieran Iles at the netball and White Hills lead North Bendigo 41-29 at three quarter time of the A-reserve game.
Kieran spoke to Colbinabbin coach Liz Cobbledick earlier, ahead of this afternoon’s A-grade game. Watch the video here:
UPDATE 2.56pm: Seniors – no goals in first 5 mins of second term. LG 22 to North17.
UPDATE 2.45pm: Seniors – Quarter-time - Leitchville-Gunbower 3.4 (22) to North Bendigo 2.5 (17). Even contest as far as possession is concerned, but North wasting opportunities inside 50.
UPDATE 2.42pm: Seniors – Sam Kennedy slams home a goal from 50m out to give LG the lead 22-16.
UPDATE 2.40pm: Seniors – North level scores thanks to a Sean Morris goal. 16-16. 23 mins.
UPDATE 2.36pm: Seniors – 20 mins gone first term. North Bgo pressing but can't convert. LG leads 16-10.
UPDATE 2.28pm: Seniors – Sam Barnes slides through his first goal to cancel out Matt Perri's first goal for LG. LG leads 15-7 after 12 mins.
UPDATE 2.25pm: White Hills leads North Bendigo 14-10 at the first break in the A-reserve grand final.
Leitchville Gunbower leads the footy, 13 to North Bendigo 1.
UPDATE 2.23pm: The seniors football and A-reserve netball games are under way.
Follow on for live updates from the seniors by Adam Bourke as Leitchville Gunbower takes on North Bendigo.
UPDATE 2.20pm: Are you on Snapchat? Follow us at bgoaddy to see our snaps from the grand final.
UPDATE 2.15pm: Not long now before the seniors game starts.
A big thanks to Telstra for helping us out for internet coverage today.
UPDATE 2.10pm: White Hills’ Eddie Dickens has been named best on ground in the Reserves grand final.
UPDATE 2pm: Another victory for White Hills!
NETBALL RESULTS:
B Grade – White Hills defeats North Bendigo, 47-29.
UPDATE 1.50pm: White Hills has claimed victory in the reserves football!
FOOTBALL RESULTS:
Reserves – White Hills defeats Heathcote, 118-18.
UPDATE 1.40pm: White Hills is doing very well this afternoon, leading both the B-grade netball and reserves football as both games head into the final quarter.
White Hills leads Heathcote, 90-18, in the final quarter of the football and over at the netball White Hills is up by 12 goals against North Bendigo.
UPDATE 1.15pm: Over to the footy and Leitchville Gunbower is celebrating after winning the under 17s.
FOOTBALL RESULTS:
Under 17s – Leitchville Gunbower defeats LBU, 90-30.
UPDATE 1.10pm: It’s been a good morning for Colbinabbin over at the netball, with both junior teams claiming victory.
North Bendigo has taken out the premiership for the B-reserve match.
NETBALL RESULTS:
15 & under – Colbinabbin defeats LBU, 32-31.
17 & under – Colbinabbin defeats Leitchville Gunbower, 51-38.
B reserve – North Bendigo defeats White Hills, 46-35.
UPDATE 1pm: Welcome to our live coverage of the 2016 Heathcote District Football Netball League grand final.
Over the next few hours we’ll be bringing you live updates from Huntly as football and netball teams play for 2016 premiership glory.
Refresh this page throughout the afternoon for the latest updates, and check back later for links to all our coverage.
Scroll down for links to our pre-game coverage and for a live Twitter feed from our team at the ground.
EARLIER: Good luck to all teams playing in today’s Heathcote District Football Netball League grand final!
We’ll be bringing you all the colour and action from the Specialist Breeders Australia Oval in Huntly, so keep an eye on our Bendigo Addy Sport and Bendigo Advertiser Facebook pages from this morning for live video streams and this page for our live blog from lunchtime. Scroll down for our live coverage from Twitter.
Our photographers and sports team are also at the ground from this morning, so make sure you say hello.
Weather-wise, pack some warm clothes as we're in a top of 15 degrees today. Expect a partly cloudy day with a medium chance of showers.
PREVIEWS, TEAMS, FLASHBACKS AND MORE
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- The teams: Leitchville-Gunbower and North Bendigo
- Bombers, Bulldogs to battle for supremacy: Coaches, teams, tips and numbers
- Training photos: Leitchville-Gunbower and North Bendigo
- A-GRADE: White Hills stands in Colbinabbin's way of consecutive premierships
- Training photos: White Hills netball | Photos
- HDFNL grand final a family affair
- HDFNL flashbacks: Netball | Photos
- HDFNL flashbacks: The crowd | Photos
- HDFNL flashbacks: Football 2005-2008 | Photos
- HDFNL flashbacks: Football 2009-2012 | Photos
- HDFNL flashbacks: Football 2013-2015 | Photos
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GAME STARTING TIMES
Netball
- 8.45am: 15 & under – Colbinabbin v LBU
- 10am: 17 & under – Colbinabbin v Leitchville Gunbower
- 11.15am: B reserve – Nth Bendigo v White Hills
- 12.30pm: B Grade – Nth Bendigo v White Hills
- 1.45pm: A Reserve – White Hills v Nth Bendigo
- 3pm: A Grade – White Hills v Colbinabbin
Football
- 9.30am: Under 17s – Leitchville Gunbower v LBU
- 11:50am: Reserves – White Hills v Heathcote
- 2.30pm: Seniors – Leitchville Gunbower v Nth Bendigo
HDFNL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
The HDFNL's conditions of entry for Saturday's grand final at Huntly:
For the comfort, safety and enjoyment of all persons, the HDFNL board of management reserve the right to:
- Refuse entry to any person deemed to be intoxicated and/or disorderly or likely to cause a breech of the peace.
- Remove persons causing disturbances or refusing to comply with requests from representatives of the HDFNL
- Persons entering the venue must adhere to Occupational Health and Safety legislation.
NOTE: Persons entering the venue do so at their own risk. Persons entering the venue may also be photographed, filmed or taped and it is deemed that a person entering the venue consents to the HDFNL or parties appointed by the HDFNL to broadcast, publish and use any photographs, film, recording or images for promotional purposes. Persons must obey all signs, notices and directions given by the HDFNL whilst at the venue.
The following items are not permitted on site without prior written approval:
- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Vehicles, portable fridges, etc may be searched and the contents confiscated and not returned)
- Flares and/or fireworks
- Laser pointers
- Knives and other dangerous weapons
- Dogs (except assistance dogs)
By entering the venue allocated for the 2016 HDFNL Grand Final, a person agrees to abide by the above conditions of entry.