Sports reports: Coach, players hit milestones in River Murray netball

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Sports reports: Coach, players hit milestones in River Murray netball

This post includes contributions from Daniel Irvine and Michael Potts.

Hats off to Leonne Capes, who has coached her 500th game for the Eagles. Photo: Tailem Bend Netball Club.

🏐 Coach, players hit milestones in River Murray netball

A long-time servant of Tailem Bend Netball Club has hit a milestone over the weekend.

Leonne Capes coached her 500th game for the club on Saturday.

She wasn’t the only one celebrating a milestone, either – Tailem’s Emily Edwards played her 200th senior game, while Jervois’ Jo Flett had her 250th.

Round 11 results

  • Tailem Bend defeated Southern Mallee 53-44
  • Mannum defeated Coorong 64-28
  • Mypolonga defeated Imperials 46-39
  • Mallee defeated Jervois 59-50
Gordon Harrison fires on his way to winning the F-standard category at Murray Bridge Rifle Club. Photo: Daniel Irvine.

🔫 Nobby nails it at Murray Bridge Rifle Club

Murray Bridge Rifle Club has kicked off its 2023-24 championship year with a shoot from 300 metres.

Fresh but relatively steady conditions, with a gentle wind from the right, allowed for some good scores to be shot, especially in F-class, where Ian “Nobby” Elston had a fantastic day out.

He scored a possible of 60.05 in his round, followed it up with a 59.03 in his second to top score for the day with 119.08, and was easily the top off-rifle in F-open.

Mitch Stansbury, left, will coach SA Country’s team at an under-16 national basketball championships this weekend. Photo: Murray Bridge Bullets/Facebook.

🏀 Murray Bridge basketball coach heads to Perth

When SA Country’s under-16 girls’ basketball team competes at the national championships this weekend, a Murray Bridge resident will guide them in their quest for glory.

Mitchell Stansbury was named coach of the side – the first local to reach that level since Paul Salter, according to the Murray Bridge Bullets.

The championships will be held at Warwick Stadium, in Perth’s northern suburbs.

The Blues show the Tigers who’s boss at Mypolonga on Saturday – just barely. Photo: Julie Wright/Photos by Jules.

🏉 River Murray Football League results

Coorong 10.10 (70) defeated Mannum 2.9 (21)

Coorong best: Hayden Schilling, Lachlan Richardson, Sam Ploenges, Patrick Barrett, Charlie Fisher. Mannum best: Mitchell Heward, Jake Keller, Dylan Ribbons, Michael OMalley, Aiden Holland.

Imperials 10.7 (67) defeated Mypolonga 8.14 (62)

Imperials best: Luke Harrowfield, Clint Diment, Harley Montgomery, Jack Penfold, Ben Gogel. Mypolonga best: Jack Kluske, Regan Gotch, Nick Hombsch, Charlie Kirchner, Joshua Hein.

Southern Mallee 19.11 (125) defeated Tailem Bend 6.6 (42)

Southern Mallee best: Lewis Young, Rory O’Driscoll, Brad Rosenzweig, Tommy Howard, Ben Moroney. Tailem Bend best: Aidan Coakley, Brodie Edwards, Daniel Perks, Kane Mason, Nathan Stark.

Jervois 21.21 (147) defeated Mallee 2.4 (16)

Jervois best: Mackenzie Hansen, Anthony Long, Joshua Scott, Lachlan Thomas, Luke Kluske. Mallee best: Riley Bowles, Andy Vines, Ben Pomery, Royce Cotter, Henry Olsson, Luke Sparks.

⛳️ Murray Bridge Golf Club results

Men’s stroke competition, July 1

  • Winner: Nicholas Stephenson, 66 nett
  • A grade: Tony Carter 66, Jeff Morgan 68
  • B grade: Lloyd Jackson 67, Jason Bormann 68
  • C grade: Jeff Reuter 66, Justin Martin 69
  • Ball winners: Grant Foster 68; Steven Koop, Maurice Wells, Aaron Zrim, Corey Dahlitz, George Langsford, Rob Magor 70; Michael Voigt, Damian Dolman, Nathan Litchfield, Peter Erickson, Michael Haslett, Lucas Merchant 71

Women’s stroke competition, July 1

  • Winner: Mary Langsford, 78 nett
  • Ball winners: Sue Antel 79, Cathy Thomas 85, Maureen Edwards 87

Men’s Stableford competition, June 28

  • Winner: Joe Marcus, 36 points
  • Runner-up: Rob Walters 36
  • Ball winners: Mark Bolton, Brett Altschwager, John Barwick, Brian Smyth, Martin Altmann 36; Wayne Duthie, Bob McCormick, Matt Kowald, Lloyd Jackson 35; Jeff Morgan 34

Women’s Stableford competition, June 27

  • Winner: Kathryn Pfeiffer, 33 points
  • Ball winners: Sue Antel, Lisa Hancock 32; Ellen Paech 30

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