Things are starting to come together for Riddell in the Riddell District Netball League season.
While the Bombers have again proven to be one of the teams to beat, with just two losses for the season so far.
Bombers coach Emily Ktona said they were super happy with how they were going along.
“It’s looking good heading into finals that we will finish in the top three and finishing in the top three is the best place to finish,” she said.
“We’ve had a couple of injuries and VNL [Victorian Netball League] interruptions.
“What is good for us we have players that have been able to fill those roles.
“With the group we have, [player] points have never been an issue.
Fingers crossed looking like everyone will be back, but we’ve made sure we have other players up our sleeve come finals time.”
Ktona said things had started to click for the side the last few weeks. She said they wanted to continue to build as the season continues.
“The same thing happened last year as well,” she said. “We had an interesting middle part of the season and the second half of the season we clicked.
“We’ve had a big focus on the mid court and really showing how we can get some big score lines.
“That space is helped by having Bec [Colwell] there.
“There were games last year that we drew or probably should have won, so we are looking to put our foot down and score a lot.
“We want to play the full 60 minutes of the game trying to compete every week.”
Ktona said it didn’t matter what the margin was in games, they wanted to make sure they kept that same mentality throughout.
The Bombers have three games remaining and have a bye in the round before finals.
Ktona said she wasn’t sure whether the bye was a good or bad thing but said it would help them come into finals refreshed.
The Bombers faced Melton Centrals on Saturday, winning 42-41 in tough windy conditions at Arnolds Creek Recreation Reserve.
Centrals led by 10 goals at half time before the Bombers hit back in the second half.
Colwell shot 38 goals for the Bombers.
Colwell, Madison Brown and Georgia Shattock were named their best.
Pleasing for the Bombers, they are set to have several sides again playing finals.
“Everyone is sitting one or two except for D-grade side,” she said. “Hopefully they get a couple more wins and make finals.
“We’re pleased with this season. We had a lot of movement with retirements after last year.
“We have a young under-19s group and some junior players are playing up.
“We’re proud of what we have been able to achieve and want to go deep into finals.”
Other winners on Saturday were Lancefield, Woodend-Hesket, Wallan and Gisborne Giants.
