Ballarat NL: Sunbury Lions beat Melton to avenge grand final loss

The Sunbury Lions, including Ruth Smith, extracted some revenge on Saturday for last year’s grand final loss to Melton in Ballarat Netball League A grade.

Picture gallery: Sunbury Lions v Melton

The Lions got off to a slow start, with the Bloods leading 13-11 at quarter-time. That got the Lions going – they responded with a 26-5 goal second quarter.

After the main break, the Lions restricted the Bloods to just 10 goals while nailing 41 of their own for a final scoreline of 78-28.

Chloe Curran shot 44 goals for the Lions, with Lauren Gilchrist best-on-court at wing defence.