Cable Beach women’s team book ticket to grand final after qualifying final win

The Cable Beach women’s team have booked a ticket to the WKFLW grand final after defeating the Broome Towns in the qualifying final at the weekend. It was neck and neck in the first term as the two teams clashed down on Haynes Oval on Saturday afternoon. Both teams collected a single goal over the term leaving them in a stalemate, 1.0 (6) to 1.0 (6). But the Towns started to gain momentum in the second, managing to kick a further three goals while the Greenbacks struggled to match them kicking just one, 4.0 (24) to 2.0 (12). The third term led to another goal for Cable Beach, inching them closer to the Towns scoreline as they failed to kick another goal, 2.1 (25) to 3.1 (19). The fourth term saw the Greenbacks pull out all the stops to take full control of the ground and surge on the scoreboard with Edith Boundry, Simone Narkle and Lyeesha Mongoo kicking three goals collectively to steal the win out from under the Towns in a sensational late game comeback, 6.4 (40) to 2.4 (26). Cable Beach’s Simone Narkle led the scoring on three goals. The Looma Eagles defeated the Peninsula Bombers in the elimination final down on Haynes Oval on Saturday afternoon. The Bombers jumped to the lead in the first term while the Eagles struggled to find their feet and get up on the board, 1.3 (9) to 0.3 (3). But in the second term the Eagles took the lead after three goals from Candice Skinner, Darliah Killer and Latifa Banjo, while the Bombers failed to make a single score, 3.5 (23) to 1.3 (9). The third was a complete stalemate with neither side able to make a score, 2.5 (23) to 1.3 (9). Then the Bombers made a late game comeback, kicking two goals to bring themselves in line with the Eagles but fell just two points shy of taking the lead and securing the win, 3.5 (23) to 3.4 (22). The Looma Eagles will now go on to face the Broome Towns in the second preliminary final with the winner set to go up against Cable Beach in the grand final set for August 17.