Latrobe Valley Express | It really has come to the ‘pointy’ end of the home-and-away season in Mid Gippsland football.

Very quickly, 13 teams will become six, and how that half-a-dozen might look is still to be determined. 

Thorpdale v Toora – Abandoned

THERE had been little margin for error at Thorpdale as finals approached.

The Blues, a game and percentage behind sixth-placed MDU, had to keep winning, hope for the Demons to drop a game and still cross their fingers to steal a spot in the post-regular season.

Finals, and possibly playing, are now the furthest thing from their mind, after Thorpdale’s match against Toora was abandoned before halftime at the weekend due to a significant injury to Thorpdale playing-coach Jason Winderlich.

At the time of the injury, the score was Toora 3.4 (22) to Thorpdale 2.3 (15) at Thorpdale.

The thoughts of all within the league are with Winderlich.

Toora coach Jack Weston noted that “life is bigger than football” in moments like this.

“My thoughts are with Jason, his family, and the wider Thorpdale Football Netball Club. As a club we all hope for a positive outcome and are sending all our love his way,” he said.

The abandonment of the match prior to half time meant the premiership points were shared, the result of which also meant the Blues would fall short of finals for season 2024.

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