BOORT has tumbled to its first defeat for the season in North Central A Grade netball, losing narrowly to Calder United.
The Lions led by four goals at quarter-time and held onto a similar margin for the rest of the afternoon, eventually prevailing 42-38.
Magpies coach Carly Isaac said her side was “not all there … you have those weeks.
“We will learn from that and move on.”
Isaac said the Magpies “lost it on our terms, making a lot of mistakes and not being able to get our flow going.”
She said she made some positional changes during the match to try to combat Calder’s tactics, but nothing seemed to work on the day.
Second-placed Boort will spend the week off preparing for Birchip Watchem when the league resumes in two weeks’ time.
The Lions, now sitting sixth, will travel to winless St Arnaud.
Wedderburn remains undefeated in North Central A Grade netball after the Redbacks beat Birchip Watchem by six goals.
The result was another tick in the defensive box for Wedderburn, which has been winning but not necessarily dominating its opponents.
The reigning premiers were ahead throughout, but never stretched their lead into double figures, doing just enough to get over a strong opponent in the Bulls, who closed within a goal in the last quarter.
Wedderburn coach Susie Lockhart said Birchip shooter Zali Angel proved a handful for the Redback defenders with her pinpoint goaling highlighting her side’s lack of accuracy on the day.
“We weren’t connecting that well, and they were rebounding a lot of our misses.”
Still, Lockhart welcomed the tough hit-out as better for the team overall than a big win.
Olivia Lockhart, Maddi Postle, Alice Hubbard and Paige Ryan were best for the Redbacks.