Sport

Extra-time thriller puts Coly C-grade into grand final

By Carl Chirgwin

Sep 3, 2025

(Back from left) Playing coach Lauren Pound, Tess Mader, Ashley Robertson, Chloe Clark, Meg Lesslie, Elizabeth Caine and team manager Tess Reilly; (front) Demi Olrick, Amber McGown, Emily Wells and Lily Painting.

Two Colembally teams have won their way through to the Farrer League grand final at Robertson Oval in Wagga this Saturday.

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The C-grade netballers earned their spot after playing in horrendous conditions in Wagga last Saturday.

The C-grade girls withstood a 31-all full time score, and won in extra time 42-35 against the more fancied opponents in East Wagga.

All players have the belief that they can win against Barellan this Saturday in the grand final, after knocking them off in the last round of the home and away season.

The match up between the league’s Best and Fairest Danae Conlan from Barellan and the ever experienced Lauren Pound from Coly will be a mouth watering affair in itself.

The game starts at 10.10am sharp at Robertson Oval, with a big contingent of supporters expected to cheer the Navy Blue girls to their second premiership glory since 2014.

The under-18s footballers had the weekend off after earning their grand final sport a week earlier with a hard fought 20 point win, 14.8 (92) to 11.6 (72) against North Wagga.

The boys had not played any footy after a two week bye period heading into the game, but overcame the physical roughness of their opposition to have players winning on every line.

• For player profiles, turn to the two-page feature on 18 and 19.