Emus cap dominant season

Updated November 5 2012 - 12:34pm, first published September 18 2005 - 1:58pm

SKIPTON has finished the Lexton Plains Football League season as it started - in complete dominance of Carngham-Linton.
Skipton thrashed Carngham-Linton by 87 points in the grand final at Learmonth on Saturday, 22.18 (150) to 9.9 (63).
Way back in round one, the Emus comprehensively defeated the Saints by 89 points.
Skipton dominated all aspects of the grand final.
The Emus led Carngham-Linton to the ball and had winners all over the spacious Learmonth ground.
All 21 players contributed to Skipton's win, none better than Mark MacGowan, who was awarded the Merv Howard Medallion for best on ground, chosen by the three field umpires.
Carngham-Linton was forced to replace Ben Jochinke in the selected team with Dallas Doolan. Jochinke failed to come up from a hamstring injury.
The first term was even, Skipton leading by two goals at quarter-time.
Justin Porter kicked his only goal within two minutes of the start of the second quarter, but an errant handball, resulting in a goal to Darren Fletcher, got Skipton going, scoring five of the next six.
The Emus went into half-time 41 points up, with the writing well and truly on the wall.
As they have done on many occasions before, the Saints hit back in the third term, kicking the first two six-pointers and holding Skipton goalless for 15 minutes.
Going into the last change 35 points down, Carngham-Linton was not out of it on the scoreboard, but it was going to take an extraordinary effort to win.
And it did not take long for the red and blues to put the result beyond doubt.
Chris Jennings booted his first of three final term goals after only 43 seconds, followed by Nick Gouin and another to Jennings.
Duane Bodey booted the only Carngham-Linton final term goal, as the Skipton players knew victory was theirs, surging away with the final six goals.
Victorious coach Tim McKay said the emphasis of the day was to play in traditional positions on the big ground.
"You don't set yourselves for a big win like that, you set yourselves to play four consistent quarters, and to the players' credit they did it."
Carngham-Linton joint coach Shawne Dummett was naturally disappointed with the magnitude of the loss.
"(Skipton) was just too good for us. We got beaten in the stoppages, in the mid-field, across the back half, and in the forward half. We never had a clear winner," he said.
Skipton kept up its winning form in years of odd numbers with its LPFL third flag, but will be going all out to maintain its dominance, attempting the league's first back-to-back flags when it all happens again next season.
* Lexton Plains Football League president Graeme Layley was happy with grand final day.
"The gate was about $17,500. We were hoping for more but considering the weather, it was a credit to those here to show country footy is alive and well.
"The spread of winners was good today with four different clubs winning the football, and three the netball.
"The league needs to make sure the eight clubs we've got remain strong and viable leading into the new season," he said.

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