Netball: Hornets put sting on rivals
Hornets made it back-to-back Kununurra Netball Association A-grade premierships last week when they defeated Grasshoppers by 14 goals.
Grasshoppers finished the season on top of the ladder, but struggled to fill a team during the finals and were no match for the rampant Hornets, going down 52-38.
In the B-grade final, the match went down to the wire, with Kunna Bulls pulling off a remarkable one goal win after almost being overrun by the fast-finishing What Now!.
Kunna Bulls prevailed 20-19 to cap off a dominant season, but it was the late run of form to the grand final by What Now! that impressed many this season.
The C-grade grand final saw Fruit Bats defeat Hot Shots 60-42 in an entertaining match.
Championship winning teams and runners-up were presented with plates at the association wind-up and trophy presentation night on Friday.
The event also saw each team's fairest and best player awarded, as well as the association fairest and best across each grade.
In A-grade, Hornets' Kerri Leeder and Galahs' Ange Lovelock couldn't be split for the top prize, taking home the joint fairest and best awards, while Grasshoppers' Katie McAllister was runner-up.
Robyn Wilson was judged the best player in the B-grade competition, edging out Geckos' Jodie Byrne in another tight count.
Youth dominated the C-grade ranks with Quincy Gore-Birch Gault topping the count ahead of Chantelle Barnett.
Gore-Birch Gault was also named the competition's rising star with teammate Charlee Iles named the runner-up.
Both girls were also part of the junior team sent to the Northern Territory Championships in Darwin last month.
Meanwhile, association president Janelle Atwell announced she would step down from the role ahead of next season.
The presentation night marked the official end of women's netball for 2013. The wet-season competition begin laters this month.
