Sport
22 July, 2026
Tigers look to finals
SIMPSON’S senior footballers have all but secured a Colac and District finals berth after a sixth consecutive win on Saturday.
Travelling to Apollo Bay, the Tigers registered a 10.8.68 to 5.9.39 win in the round 13 match.
Ryleigh McVilly, Gus Hawkes, Darcy Leishman and Tanner Fratantaro were best for Simpson in the win, in a week where the club announced the reappointment of coach Grady Rooke for the 2027 season.
Key forward Jarrod Garth bagged five goals.
This week the Tigers play Alvie at the Simpson Recreation Reserve.
The reserves match saw Simpson score a 9.7.61 to 6.7.43 win.
Jono Jennings and Shaun Guy were best for the Tigers, with Jennings kicking six goals.
The under 15 football saw Simpson have a strong 7.10.52 to 2.4.16 win.
Ben Vogels, Kaiden Teal and Harry Vogels were best for Simpson, with Harry Vogels and Cooper Beecher kicking two goals each.
Apollo Bay was too strong in the under 12 football with a 9.6.60 to 4.5.29 win.
The A grade netball saw Simpson win its fourth game of the season with a 35-33 win over the sixth placed Irrewarra-Beeac.
“It was nice to kind of solidify that lead at the end and really push it out a bit,” Simpson coach Eliza Duynhoven said.
The win sees the A grade Tigers four points out of the five.
Shelby Cameron was best for Simpson in the win.
“Shelby jumped into our defence and held herself really well in there.
“She came on at quarter time and really just changed the game up down that end, which was really good.”
Claire Blain was also in the best for the Tigers.
“Claire came into wing defence; she’s a beautiful defender and Shelby and Claire really complemented each other down that end.
“They’re both very fit players and they’ve got big hearts.”
Duynhoven and Holly Duynhoven combined for 30 and 28 goals respectively.
“We’ve put Holly in attack, we’ve hit a little bit of a point in the season where we decided to mix things up because we have nothing to lose.
“And it’s actually really worked well, her performances have been really good to see.”
This week’s game against Alvie shapes as a must win for Simpson.
“We only just lost to them last time, we came back from about 10 down.
“Hopefully we can have a bit of a better start, it would be nice to be able to come away with a win this weekend and keep pushing for a top five spot.”
The B grade game saw a 50-16 win to Simpson.
Kara Tyrer, Isabelle Robertson and Maddi Cunnington were best for Simpson, with Cunnington shooting 22 goals and Georgia Arndell 19.
Simpson took out the C grade game 41-31.
Kayla Hallyburton, Esha Crole and Chloe Cameron were best for Simpson, with Hallyburton shooting 24 goals.
Simpson had the bye in D grade.
The Tigers scored a commanding 40-18 win in the 17 and under netball.
Keisha McVilly, Tyra Sambell and Kustom Robertson were best for the Tigers in the win, with
Robertson shooting 24 goals.
Simpson also got the points in the 15 and under netball with a 30-20 win.
Halle Barake, River Rothery and Milah Crole were best for the Tigers, with Rothery shooting 18 goals.
The 13 and under netball saw Simpson score a 28-13 win.
Nyha Ford, Peyton Robertson and Alexis Barake were best for the junior Tigers in the win, with Ford shooting 19 goals.
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