Sport
15 August, 2026
Elevation euphoria amid win
IT’S common parlance to talk about netball “girls” – they might be in the late 30s or early 40s, but the are still the girls.
IT’S common parlance to talk about netball “girls” – they might be in the late 30s or early 40s, but the are still the girls.
But for Boort’s A Grade coach Carly Isaac, the narrow win over Charlton last Saturday was really about the girls.
Five of the players in the two-goal victory over the winless Navy Blues were aged under 18, with one, Victoria Lanyon, elevated from the Under 14s to play three quarters of A Grade on debut. Fifteen-year-old goal shooter Indie Gooding changed the game when she stepped onto the court, Isaac said.
The Magpies were four goals down and staring at defeat but eventually won in a match that Isaac said was one of the most exciting she has played in.
She and Grace Hosking, both 25, are the veterans of the team.
“The girls call us ‘Unc’ – as in old,” Isaac said.
She will happily cop the ribbing knowing what is to come for the talented young group. “I was in the centre circle thinking, in a couple of years, these girls – good luck to anyone trying to beat them,” Isaac said.
“They are not small girls, they are very strong, and they just step up to the table.
“They are A Grade netballers, and there will be a day quite soon when I will find it hard to get a position out there.”
Boort remains in third spot with two games left, against Donald (sixth) and Sea Lake Nandaly (fourth).
It was a day of celebration for the Lanyon family, not only because of Victoria’s senior debut alongside sister Anna, 17.
Their mother, Kath, played her 350th senior game for the Magpies, running onto the court through a banner and a guard of honour of junior and senior players.
The Boort C Grade team duly saluted, 65-28, marking a big milestone for the family.
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