FOURTH FLAG FOR OUR MIGHTY WOMEN'S

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There might have been the odd anxious moment, but the Moonee Valley Women's team in the end won its fourth premiership in five seasons.
We had good support from the wider club for the March 9 home game, as Pascoe Vale Hadfield Panthers won the toss and elected to bowl.
Our girls were on the scoreboard quickly, with opening bats Fiona Bathie and Yasmin King scoring freely off the opening bowlers before Fiona was caught near the boundary.
Yasmin came back in for the last few overs and finished on 26 not out - her same score from the semi final - and we ended our innings on 2/148.
Pascoe Vale Hadfield also started brightly, and we were concerned that after their best bat retired, she would come back in early and up the ante with the run rate.
We bowled tightly to restrict them, and when their best bat did come back in our bowlers doubled down with their line and length. Although she scored an unbeaten 40, her innings when she came back in consisted of singles - not enough to push on towards our total.
We held them to 2/102, to continue our remarkable run in the women's game.
Yasmin King has played in all four of the Premierships. Katherine Baker, captain Sarah Fenn and Sandra Verschoor have played in three - and Darren "Spud" Nagle has coached three of them.
Above: Our all-conquering team: L-R. Back - coach Darren Nagle, Sandra Verschoor, Fiona Bathie, Abby Pruijmboom, Siobhan Donohoe, Katherine Baker and electronic scorer David Baker. Front - Sarah Fenn, Maddie Dutton Johnson, Yasmin King, Sarah Pamment and Mackayla Coote.