WHOROULY kept up their winning ways in the A grade, christening their new netball courts with a 44-27 win over North Wangaratta, while Bonnie Doon handed Moyhu a 26-goal loss.

Played on the brand-new surface at the Whorouly Recreation Reserve, the Hawks were resolute in defence early, playing a very physical brand of netball to restrict the Lions’ free-flowing style.

Scores were practically deadlocked at half-time, but some positional changes and a mental reset allowed the Lions to break through the Hawks’ defensive set-up and start to pull away, leading by six with one quarter to play.

North Wangaratta struggled to respond, only managing two goals past the Lions’ iron-clad defence in the fourth term, with Whorouly running out 17 goal winners.

Over at Moyhu, Bonnie Doon firmed as premiership contenders with a clinical win over the Hoppers, 57-31.

The Bombers fired early, breaking out to a 12-goal lead by quarter time, a margin they were not only able to maintain, but extend as the match wore on.

Moyhu tried to pare down the deficit, but had no answers to the Bombers aggression in attack and defence.

Bonnie Doon captain Mia Tanner said the early advantage set the tone for the match.

“We just went out and did what we’ve been doing at training, and considering how hot it was I think we did pretty well,” she said.

“In our defence end, we went really hard for that first quarter so we could take it a little bit easier in the last three with the heat.

“I think our defence end was working really well together.

“We have a few different things we do, and changing up makes it hard for the other team to get a flow on.”

Elsewhere, the match between Benalla All Blacks and Bright came down to the wire, with the Panthers prevailing by the slimmest of margins 38-37.

The game was an arm wrestle for the full four quarters, with neither team able to break out to and sustain a meaningful lead for any significant period of time.

The match was decided in the final minute, after Benalla converted on a turnover to take the win by a single goal.

It was a battle of two titans at Tarrawingee, with Greta nine goals too good for the Bulldogs.

The teams could hardly be split through the first half, before Greta’s class began to shine through with the Blues up by 10 heading into the final quarter.

Greta’s Taylah Larkings was a standout, shooting 18 goals at 85.71 per cent accuracy for the match.

King Valley continued to impress after handing Goorambat a 41-25 loss at Goorambat.

The Roos led at each break, but really made their case after half-time, outscoring the Bats 11-8.

Milawa enjoyed their weekend on the sidelines with the bye, but will be back in action this weekend at home to Tarrawingee.