By Justin Flynn
Corio netball coach Shayna Brown wishes the season could just go for a few weeks longer given the form her side is in.
The Devils are only an outside chance at making the Geelong District Netball League finals, but are in red hot form and fresh from a win against seemingly finals bound Werribee Centrals.
Corio must win its remaining three games and hope either Bannockburn or Werribee Centrals lose all three to have any hope of an unlikely finals campaign.
Brown said had the season gone a few extra weeks, her side was primed to make a serious tilt at the flag, although she hasn’t given up all hope just yet.
“We’ve gone back to normality a little bit, I wish we had a longer season,” she said.
“With our performance being where it’s at now, I wish there were six or seven rounds to go instead of waiting half the season before we decided to get a couple of wins.
“It’s probably a bit too late unfortunately.”
Corio’s win on the weekend was achieved with the game in the balance at every change. Only a goal separated the Devils from Centrals at each of the first three breaks.
But Corio pulled away to win by four with Zoe Donne keeping star shooter Ellie Tubbs quiet, Molly Gribble creative through the centre and Ally Bamford brilliant at goal attack.
“It was a very good win especially in the wet,” Brown said.
“We’ve been building each week, we’ve finally got a full squad.
“It’s always a shock to beat Werribee because they are quite an intimidating club. They are tall and big and both ends.
“The girls had faith and I had faith and it was probably the first time we have played four solid quarters and the fact we did it in the wet was even better.”
With Werribee being a taller side, Brown said it was a tactic to keep the ball low.
“Werribee are a bit taller so we used the ground a bit more, especially at the circle edge,” she said.
“We just played to our strengths and realised they weren’t that great in the wet and kept building. In the end we had them with about five minutes to go.”
