By GARY WALSH
SHOOTING accuracy will be the key to winning this Saturday’s A Grade netball grand final, according to Pyramid Hill coach Chelsea Emmerson.
The Bulldogs take on Mitiamo in a rematch of last year, when the Superoos won by six goals.
For a while last Saturday, it looked as if the Superoos – unbeaten through the home-and-away season – might miss the grand final.
However, they withstood a massive challenge from Bridgewater in the preliminary final to progress to the decider.
Emmerson said she was confident the Bulldogs could reverse last season’s defeat.
“We match up pretty well, but it’s always going to be a competitive game,” she said.
In the end, accuracy when shooting for goal would prove decisive, and with the two teams so evenly matched, Emmerson said her side also had to ensure it wasn’t jumped at the start of the game.
“When they have beaten us, we have not raised our level from the first ball.”
And while being happy that the Bulldogs went straight through to the grand final after a 17-goal win in the semi-final over Mitiamo, Emmerson was unsure whether having a week off would be beneficial to the Bulldog players.
Pyramid Hill had an intra-club practice match last Saturday after organising a game with another club proved logistically impossible. 
“We had a good hit out, and we’ve got no injuries,” 
Emmerson said, with a “big Thursday night to come”.
Mitiamo coach Abbey Battersby said two recent bereavements at the club had clearly impacted the playing group, but she believed the team would be at its best in the grand final. “The week off (for finishing on top of the ladder) didn’t help us,” she said.
“We’ve had basically the same team for the past three of four years, and the momentum we’ve gained in the last two weeks will help us.
“It worked for us last year, and we’re all fit and well.”
Battersby believed the Superoos’ “team dynamic” would get them over the line against the Bulldogs.
“Everybody plays their role, and if we can win two or three match-ups in each of thirds I think we can win.”