Macedon is hoping to add a third women’s premiership trophy to the cabinet this Sunday in the Gisborne and District Cricket Association women’s league.
Having missed last season’s grand final after losing a preliminary final last season, the Cats are back in the biggest game of the season.
Cats’ Kym Riley said they were pumped to have made the grand final again.
“It is a great feeling,” she said. “We’ve had two years out of the grand final.
“We are really excited to make it again where we will face Bacchus Marsh.”
On Sunday, the Cats took on Gisborne, which was hoping to make its first grand final since returning to having a women’s side.
The Cats batted first and made 3-179 from their 30 overs.
“We batted well,” Riley said. “Caity made 70 [retired not out] and we all chipped in similar to last week.
“We have worked on our batting the last six games and we can see some really big improvements.”
It was all single wicket takers for the Dragons.
Riley said they felt they could defend that total with some really strong bowlers in the line up.
“We got some important wickets at important times,” she said.
“Hannah [Smajila] bowled Brianna [Woodburn] who has been amazing with the bat all season.
“It was the turning point of the match. We had tight fielding and were able to bowl them out for 106.”
Smajila and Amy Miles took two wickets each for the Cats.
Woodburn top scored with 29 for the Dragons.
The Cats will be aiming for their third women’s premiership. They won their first win in the 2021-22 season when they finished on top of the ladder and the grand final was then washed out.
They went back-to-back and won the 2023-24 premiership beating Lancefield Black.
Riley said it would be cool to have another premiership and would put them clear ahead with the most women’s premierships in the competition. She said about two-thirds of the squad had been around for the other premierships.
The Cats will face Bacchus Marsh in the grand final.
The minor premiers beat Darley in the other semi final.
Riley knows they will have to play well to beat the Bulls, who are aiming for their first premiership.
“Bacchus Marsh has been scoring over 200 regularly,” she said. “We’ll aim to bat as well as we can and anything can happen.
“It will be a tight match.”
