Round 6, Pickering Brook V’s Mundaring
A small crowd attended this match expecting a predictable result between the league leaders and the Roo’s, who were sitting in 4th. position on the HFA ladder.
As expected, the Hawks won this match by the huge margin of 134 points.
The significance of this, is the disparity between the top and bottom teams in the ladder, who are being thrashed by well over 100 points in each round.
This situation has been developing for several years and has led to teams withdrawing from the competition, the latest being Warrick Greenwood who pulled out this season after struggling to have any success after joining the HFA in 2020.
The HFA was established in 1946 and has seen many changes with 11 teams participating over that period who are no longer in the current competition.
Over the time I have been involved in the Hills Football Association, the population in the Darling Range district has almost doubled, yet the decline in interest to establish teams in the suburbs and regions has diminished.
This is disappointing because travel in the Hills does not involve a lot of travel, with traffic lights and congestion found in football associations bound by the Perth metropolitan area. Sunday football in the Hills also gave families a chance to attend matches and players who were required to work on Saturdays.
The less said about this match the better other than Mick Brescacin kicked 8 goals, Cory Christensen playing back, stopped just about everything helped by Mitch Shilling and Steve Caccetta roving, was at his creative best.
Final score: Pickering Brook; 22.17 – 149, Mundaring; 2.3 – 15
Next week: Bye Next game: Round 8, Mt Helena V’s Pickering Brook at Elsie Austin Oval, Sunday 2nd June 2024.
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