Played Saturday Night at Kambalda West Oval May 30th.

Boulder                               2.0                        5.3                        10.6                      12.13 (85)

Kambalda                           1.4                        8.4                        11.5                      12.7   (79)

Goalscorers Boulder: James Murray 4, Scott Walker & Chris Bowie 2, Gary Warren, Scott Worthington, Justin Langridge & Luke Ryan 1.

Goalscorers Kambalda: Troy Wilson 7, Damien Dunlea 3, Bruce Champion & Steve Simpson 1.

Best Players Boulder: Scott Worthington, James Murray, Daniel Coughlan, Justin Langridge, Hayden Jarvis and Henry Papertalk.

Best Players Kambalda: Troy Wilson……….others not available.

Further close results remained a feature of the GFL in 2009 and despite trailing for a bulk of the night Boulder came good at the right moments to record a narrow 6 point victory, though did score 2.7 to 1.2 in the final quarter.  James Murray against his old club kicked four goals, while for Kambalda Troy Wilson returning from injury was more than effective with Seven quality goals.  The result was not great for Kambalda as we close in on the seasons half way point who now find themselves virtually two games behind Boulder in fourth spot and last seasons cinderalla side are very much in danger of missing the finals after a Grand Final appearance in 2008.

Played Sunday at Digger Daws Oval Sunday May 31st.

Mines Rovers                     5.5                        10.6                      12.7                      17.9   (111)

Kalgoorlie                           2.2                        5.5                       12.9                      16.12 (108)

Goalscorers Mines Rovers: Jamie Bolt 5, Justin Doutch & Mitch Graham 4, Ben Barsanti 2, Alan Polak & Nick Willis 1.

Goalscorers Kalgoorlie: Tom Betlehem 7, Matt Wellstead 3, Ryan Holman & Jason Rowe 2, Matt Farac & Shane Properjohn 1.

Best Players Mines Rovers: Matt Power, Luke Nugent, Mitch Graham, Trent Moon & Jamie Bolt.

Best Players Kalgoorlie: Tom Betlehem, Wes Miller, Matt Farac, Ric Butterfield, Rhys O’Loughlin & Dale Beeson.

Keeping the heart specialists in gainful employment Mines and Kanga’s played a Digger Daws thriller which eventually saw Mines take the result but not before withstanding a powerful second half surge from the black and whites.  With the game looking beyond them and skill level terrible at the half, the Roos bound to make the game a contest on the back of Tom Betlehem 7 goals and the move of Jason Rowe to the half forward line and the exciting talents of youngster Matt Farac, only for 3 magic moments by Mines in the last quarter that gave them victory, including an Alan Polak 50 metre set shot bomb for full points, Mitch Graham in unfamiliar territory up forward taking clean possession from a Ruck knock to snap truly for his fourth (and possibly his biggest goal haul at league level) while deputy vice captain Jamie Bolt took a one hand mark in the goal square with the other arm restrained (Allah Gary Ablett’s party trick in the 89 Preliminary Final) and kicked his 5th goal.

Given Mines superior efforts in the first half where they led by 31 points at half time maybe that justified holding off the Roos for this important victory and join Railways at top of the ladder.  Mines Veteran Brett Turner will be monitored before playing again after suffering a solid knock that required a trip on the stretcher while devastatingly for the Roos young gun Nick Hay left Digger Daws in an ambulance with suspected knee and ankle injuries with occurred on the stroke of half time.

The Ladder

Railways              5 wins from 7 games 153.83% 20 points.

Mines Rovers      5 wins from 7 games 103.76% 20 points.

Kalgoorlie            4 wins 1 Draw from 8 games 98.19% 18 points.

Boulder                2 wins 1 Draw from 7 games 89.47% 10 points.

Kambalda            1 win from 7 games 72.86% 4 points.

Leading Goalscorers

Kody Kelman (R)                34

Matt Wellstead (K)           32

James Murray (B)              30

Tom Betlehem (K)             26

Troy Wilson (Kam)            21

This Weekend Sat Night June 6th and Sunday June 7th.

Pack the winter woollies for the clash of the Cats with the Boulder Tigers hosting at Digger Daws the Railways Panthers under lights from 6pm. Railways had the long weekend bye while the Tigers have yielded a win and a draw from their last two starts.  Sunday Mines hit the road for a Grand Final re-match against Kambalda, though fortunes for both sides have been vastly different so far to 2008, with Kambalda’s only win being April 18th, while the Diorites have won their last four matches after an indifferent start but new coach Sean Millane looks to be moulding a good outfit for this very proud club who a striving for 3 premierships in a row.