By Marcus Uhe
Months of planning, meetings and organisation behind the scenes finally materialised into on-court netball action for all involved in the creation of the South East Netball League on Saturday as the competition’s first ever round was played.
There were smiles all round, both on the courts and off, as the project finally came to life.
League President Lani Mannays was delighted to see the action on the court, and a bounty of hard work finally come to fruition, as Berwick and Beaconsfield went toe-to-toe in a ‘Battle of the Creek’ in one of the contests.
“We (Berwick) played Beaconsfield on the weekend and to see Dean (Ziesler), that we worked really closely with, he and I were smiling ear to ear because we actually did it, and so many said we wouldn’t get it done, and we did,” Mannays said.
“I’m just so rapt that it’s actually happened.
“We haven’t got heaps of teams but the teams we have got have really enjoyed having home-and-away netball with their footy, and having our own competition the way we wanted to have it run, which is phenomenal.
“Everyone had an absolute ball and it was so good.”
