Played Saturday Night at Kambalda West Oval June 27th.
Railways 3.2 10.5 16.6 21.10 (136)
Kambalda 3.3 4.4 6.5 7.5 (47)
Goalscorers Railways: Aaron RYMER, Mick McLEAN & Sean O'KEEFFE 3, Dave HARRING & Troy ANDERSON 2, Brendan SACILOTTO, David STUBBS, Rhett FOSTER, Ryan BOOY, Josh RYMER, Justin GILES, Josh BROWN & Matt ARMSTRONG 1.
Goalscorers Kambalda: Blake PAPPS 2, Neil CHAMPION, Travis HART, Stephen FREEMANTLE, Steve SIMPSON & Michael RODNEY 1.
Best Players Railways: Sean O'Keefe, Alex Jones, Aaron Rymer, Rhett Foster, Ryan Booy & Mick McLean.
Best Players Kambalda: Daniel Milton, Tavis Hart, Michael Rodney, Blake Papps, Steve Simpson & Neil Champion.
Both teams were missing key personnel with leading goal kicker Kody Kelman, Carl Armstrong, Nafyn Pattiaratchi, Dave Serich and Meshek White all missing for Railways while Kambalda were hindered by the injury withdrawal of Troy Wilson, but despite this Kambalda started well with the aid of a howling breeze towards the Southern Police Station end but being a point up and allowing 3 goals into the breeze for Railways meant they'd have their work cut out for them in the second term, and this is how it unfolded with the Panthers pouncing kicking 7 goals to 1 and were 37 points up at the break. The second half saw the youthful Panthers take apart their tiring opponents as debut player Josh Rymer enjoyed his first senior game as all Panthers were amongst the action, while Kambalda despite the promising debut by forward Blake Papps were no match for the competition leaders. The Final margin of 89 points erased memories over Railways April 18th loss at the same venue, but will venture once more to the nickel town Saturday August 8th as part of the GFL deal for Kambalda to have an extra home game per year against the 4 other sides.
Played Sunday June 28th at Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre.
Kalgoorlie 2.2 8.8 10.14 13.17 (95)
Boulder 0.2 5.2 12.6 13.7 (85)
Goalscorers Kalgoorlie: Kurt Vossebelt & Andrew Cullen 3, Ryan Holman & Matt Farac 2, Rhys O'Loughlin, Chad McDonald & Shane Properjohn 1.
Goalscorers Boulder: James Murray 7, Scott Worthington 2, Steve Waddington, Daniel Coughlan, Brent Marra & Gary Warren 1.
Best Players Kalgoorlie: Rhys O'Loughlin, Andrew Cullen, Ryan Holman, Cameron Brown, Shane Properjohn & Kurt Vossebelt.
Best Players Boulder: Scott Worthington, James Murray, Henry Papertalk, Daniel Coughlan & Anthony Emsley.
Like the Saturday night game each club were missing some key personnel for Kalgoorlie Tom Betlehem & Matt Wellstead, their chief goal kickers this season while Boulder were without coach Adrian Hooks due to work commitments and the coaching role fell to assistant Simon Edwards, who would have enjoyed some ride in his senior coaching debut to eventually fall short by 10 points. Games are forever close between these two and whilst Kalgoorlie held a 24 point margin at the half, they fell asleep as the Tigers roared in the 3rd quarter where Scott Worthington who despite the result should have 5 votes next to his name come Mitchell Medal night led a charge which saw James Murray at his devastating best in a five (of his seven goals) blast which had the Tigers in front by 4 points at the final change and also then scoring the first goal of the final quarter. Wes Miller in his 150th game for the Roos lifted his side along with Andrew Cullen who was damaging at ground level and also nailed an important goal, with the talented Matt Farac sealed the game virtually on the siren with an opportunistic goal in the goal square. Kalgoorlie will be most pleased to salute a club hero like Miller who was chaired from the ground in victory and the contribution of seasoned reserves forward Kurt Vossebelt couldn't be understated in kicking 3 goals and contesting the forward line with the big names of Betlehem and Wellstead being out.
The Ladder
Railways 9 wins from 11 games 36 points.
Mines Rovers 7 wins from 10 games 28 points.
Kalgoorlie 6 wins 1 Draw from 11 games 26 points.
Boulder 2 wins 1 Draw from 10 games 10 points.
Kambalda 1 win from 10 games 4 points.
This Weekend Round 14 (July 4/5).
Kalgoorlie host Mines Rovers in what is sure to be a ripping contest Saturday Night under lights at Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre, with the day also providing a venue to celebrate Kalgoorlie last Premiership team of 1999, who defeated Mines Rovers that year. A Kalgoorlie victory will see them shoot into second spot though the Diorites do have a game in hand.
Boulder will host Kambalda in a near elimination final for Kambalda who have to win this game and a few more to have any chance in playing finals again this year after being beaten Grand Finalists in 2008.
Also of interest will be to see what last minute recruits come to the 5 GFL clubs before Tuesdays June 30 cut off.
