Melton’s season is over as is Aaron Tymms time as coach of the Ballarat Football League club.
The Bloods season came to an end on Sunday, with a heartbreaking loss to East Point in the knockout semi final.
Having finished on top of the ladder, the Bloods couldn’t recapture their early season form when it mattered.
On Sunday, its season came to an end against East Point, which finished in sixth spot.
The Bloods led by 12 points at quarter time, before trailing by four points at the main break.
A two goal to one third quarter gave the Bloods a six point lead heading into the final quarter.
The game opened up a little bit in the final term, with East Point doing enough to win, 13.8 (86)-13.7 (85).
Tymms was pretty honest after the game about where they were at.
“That is us done, we’ve gone out in straight sets which is unlucky,” he said. “To lose like that it’s not easy to take.
“We haven’t been playing good footy for a few weeks now. We needed to play it on the weekend, it was a flip of the coin.”
Tymms said the third quarter was where the game was lost for them. He said they had a lot of inside 50s but they weren’t able to get bang for their buck, which really hurt them.
In the last quarter the game could have gone either way.
The Bloods had the last two scoring shots.
“Ben Archard kicked one off the ground and it was touched and Braedan Kight snapped one and it was touched as well,” Tymms said.
“It was a grey hair moment for a couple of minutes.”
Ryan Carter kicked three goals for the Bloods, while Jordan and Braedan Kight kicked two goals each, as did Lachlan Watkins.
Adrian Monitto, Tom Button and Liam Carter were named their best.
The fourth placed finish is the lowest finish for the Bloods under Tymms, who had already announced that he was standing down at the end of the season.
He said it was disappointing to end that way.
“There were a lot of sore boys after a long year,” he said. “There wasn’t enough firing.
“The boys will reset under a new coach next year.”
All the Bloods football teams are done for the season.
The club’s E-grade netball remains in contention and will play in a preliminary final on Saturday.
Tara Murray
