VICTORY POSE: The Ballarat under-16 team after its victory against Riddell District on Saturday at Northern Oval 2. The result helped the BFNL retain the shield.

BALLARAT Football Netball League has retained the shield from its annual battle with the Riddell District competition, but only just.

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Saturday’s representative encounters at Northern Oval 2 were locked at 4-4, with the BFNL crowned winners on aggregate by 53 points.

FOOTBALL

UNDER-12

Riddell District 3.6 3.6 5.11 5.11 (41) d Ballarat 0.1 1.6 2.7 4.10 (34)

GOALS – Riddell District: Hayden O'Sullivan 2, Jason Hibbert 1, Matthew Merrett 1, Max Dean 1. Ballarat: Aaron Cadman 1, Felix Fogaty 1, Aiden Brien 1, Jude McGuire 1

BEST – Riddell District: Matthew Merrett, Coby Hanlon, Conrad Farrugia, Hayden Moore, Joshua Blake. Ballarat: Keenan Chapman, Tristan Maple, Jake Ashmore, Joshua Sparkman, Felix Fogaty, Aaron Cadman

UNDER-13

Riddell District 0.1 5.1 5.2 10.3 (63) d Ballarat 2.2 2.2 6.4 6.5 (41)

GOALS – Riddell District: Josh Goater 3, Liam Goodfellow 2, Jack Newitt 2, Oscar Besanko 1, Joel Parsons 1, Bailey McGee 1. Ballarat: James Harrington 2, Lachie Constable 1, Charlie Molan 1, Jack Bambury 1, Jude McGuire 1

BEST – Riddell District: Jack Newitt, Paul Curtis, Mitchell McLean, Jesse Hanel, Cooper Shoebridge, Liam Goodfellow. Ballarat: Charlie Molan, Bailey Young, Jack Bambury, Jett Fuller, Patrick Tuddenham, Liam Howard

UNDER-14

Riddell District 3.3 5.3 6.5 6.7 (43) d Ballarat 0.1 1.4 2.5 3.6 (24)

GOALS – Riddell District: Mitchell Fino 2, Jackson Cardillo 1, Caden Fitzpatrick 1, Ethan Beer 1, Kyle Borg 1. Ballarat: Brock Noble 1, Matthew Schaper 1, Jamie Quick 1

BEST – Riddell District: Daniel Paulete, Brayden Metters, Jordan Flanigan, Mitchell Fino, Frank Schipano, Patrick Doyle. Ballarat: Ethan Appleton, Brock Noble, Liam Wood, Jamie Quick, Mitchell Nicholson, William Liston

UNDER-15

Ballarat 3.3 3.7 5.10 9.13 (67) d Riddell District 1.1 5.3 6.6 9.7 (61)

GOALS – Ballarat: Matthew Arnold 3, Mitchell Welsh 2, Darcy McEldrew 1, Patrick Glanford 1, Darcy Trethowan 1, Ben Dodd 1. Riddell District: Benjamin Eales 2, Riley Vernon 2, Tyson Kisler 1, Zachary Banitsiotis 1, Baxter Slater 1, Luke Heaney 1, Joshua Jenkins 1

BEST – Ballarat: Ned Nash, Ethan Tebble, Mitchell Phillips, Darcy McEldrew, Samuel Kyatt, Cooper Craig-Peters. Riddell District: Sam Ramsay, Sebastien Bell-Bartels, Brock Landt, Jacob Chahine, Luke Heaney, David Tyquin

UNDER-16

Ballarat 2.3 7.6 10.13 13.17 (95) d Riddell District 1.2 1.2 2.3 2.4 (16)

GOALS – Ballarat: Monty Judd 4, Jack Hehir 3, Samuel Hopper 2, Matthew Romeril 2, Wil McGannon 1, Callum McKay 1. Riddell District: Jeffrey Fox 1, Thomas Simpson 1

BEST – Ballarat: Jesse Marshall, Elliott Lamb, Blake Colley, Monty Judd, Callum McKay. Riddell District: James O'Connor, Luke Goater, Thomas Simpson, Jeffrey Fox, Braydon Cicero, Grant Paxton

BFNL keeps hold of shield