The winter touch finals have come and gone and with Vipers having 3 teams in this years fnals series andwith 2 of those team making it all the way to the Grand Final at their respective competitions.
Fawkner Men’s A & Albert Park Mixed A both progressing to the GF’s.
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The Vipers Men’s A at Fawkner Park have been strong performers in consecutive seasons at Fawkner Park on Tuesday nights with back to back titles. The team is choc full of talent, topped up with new and exciting players acquired through the club over the past 2 years.
The GF started a little shaky with the first TD scored by the opposition in the opening set of six to not only shock the Vipers team into gear but a wake up call that this was going to be no easy game. So back to half way they headed and straight away the reply was placed and a 1-1 scoreline. The match then took a turn with an intercept throw on the line and length of the field TD to send the Take up Dump boys into cheers and excitement as they lead 2-1. That was the last bit of excitement for the Take a Dump crew as Vipers placed a strangle hold on the match and ran in 5 unanswered TD’s to secure the title 6 -2 and back to back Summer and Winter titles in the division.
Stand out performers on the night for Vipers were Josh Chan, JK and Soly in attack with the level of talk and direction provided by Johnny Moore, Burky and Simon a major contributor to the win. Greg, Sanga’s and Zac all provided the rucking platform to enable the teams attackers to dominate in the 2nd half with Youngy hobbling around the field with knee injury to also provide a break for players when required. A well deserved win for the team.
Special mention to Zac Pain who incredibly picked up the Most Valuable PlayerAward in B grade after just 2 appearances in the division. Well done Zac.
The Albert Park Mixed A team on Wednesday night had some tough competition to overcome in the form of Touch Um who have only been beaten once in the regular season which was against Vipers. The Vipers team which would be more then competitive in the Senior Mixed division at the NTL’swould face team which would be more then competitive in the Mixed Open division at a NTL. The teams had to battle with the weather which decided to rain constantly throughout the game but this did not stop the match being one of great attack and defence. Neither team really showed an advantage over the other with the lead changing hands about 3-4 times throughout the match and with one ever 1 TD in it all the way to the end. Their were the standed long balls, desperate defence and missed opportunities for both sides andwhen Vipers scored with less then 60secs to go it looked like the match was over but Touch Um stuck after the hooter to send the match into a drop off. The drop off provided it’s own excitement and controversy but in the end the Touch Um team prevailed to record the win. Many of the Vipers players were left upset with some interesting decisions but that’s touch. The roving reporter can report that the match was one of great skill and desperation in the conditions and both teams played very well.
Stand out performers in the top grade in their first season Sam “Maverick” Cranage who saved the team with his desperate defence and great hole hitting on the night along with the entire female contingent in Jen, Mel, Suzy and Brooke who defended and rucked the ball for the boys to attack at the other end.
Congratulations to the Vipers team on their efforts over the season.
We look forward to seeing all players form the Winter season back in 2010/11 summer seasons.
