Tara Murray
Woodend-Hesket is confident it can stand up during the Riddell District Football League women’s finals.
With one round left in the regular season, the Hawks have already secured finals in their first season of having a senior women’s team.
With several players from the side’s under-18 premiership team from last year, the Hawks have had a solid base to build around.
Coach Colin Bromley said the side had gotten better as the year went on.
“It is really exciting,” he said. “We are quite confident, but we will take it one week at a time.
“If we get there to face Kyneton again we think we can take it to them. The first game they smashed us and the second one it was two-three goals from quick turnarounds.
“It’s been taking a long time as we’re only training once a week. We’ve started to get the game plan through as we’re getting to the pointy end.
“We are confident we can take it to Kyneton if we make it that far.”
On Saturday, it was a match against Melton that will soon be forgotten about as conditions dictated the match.
A strong wind made scoring hard with the match finishing in a 0.0 (2)- 0.0 (2).
Despite played in heavy fog earlier this season, Bromley said these were the hardest conditions they had played in this season.
“It was horrible,” he said. “It felt like the play was on the wing and made it almost impossible for people to kick goals.
“Kicks were going at right angles and you were almost kicking back to yourself. It wasn’t great to watch, it was a tough game.”
Mariam Habib and Maisy Crowther were named the Hawks best.
Bromley said the match didn’t reflect where the two teams are at, with both having played some strong football this season.
The result was enough for the Bloods to remain in second spot, two points ahead of the Hawks.
The Hawks this week face fourth placed Macedon, with the two teams a chance to face each other two weeks in a row. The Hawks would need to win and hope the Bloods lose for that not to happen.
Bromley said it will be a challenge.
“Macedon will come at us hard,” he said. “We’re pretty confident as we will get a few girls back from school holidays and Calder Cannons.
“We should have a full squad.”
Bromley said the group had been excited with how their first season had gone. He said that they had really been welcomed into the senior club and they feel accepted.
In the other match of the split round, Kyneton got the points against Macedon.
It took until the second half for the Tigers to take control, winning 5.6 (36)-0.1 (1).
Lulu Slater was named the Cats best, while Belinda Hateley was named the Tigers best.
