Minor premiers Flames notched a 6-3 win over Olympians while Services got over Tudor Wests 2-nil.

“I thought we played well,” Services captain-coach Kimmy McLean said.

“We were getting our passes together but we just couldn't score.”

“We had so many chances. Their goalie (Em Jarrett) had a blinder.”

Flames didn't have as much trouble finding the back of the net. They struck in the seventh minute off a cross to Naomi Spark in the circle, and then scored three goals in five minutes starting in the 19^th to jump out to a 4-nil lead.

The second of those was a highlight and a great team goal, coach Barrie Pritchard reported, with Julie Rodda making a pass to Kate Ferguson on the left at the 25yd line. Ferguson then ran in and passed to Ash Horniman on the right in the circle, Horniman then running across the back line and laying back a pass for Tegan Smith to score with a smart first time shot. 

Olympians pegged one back in the final minute of the half with a nice pass across keeper Tracey Freeman to make it 4-1 at the break.

Backing up from her ladies league tag semi, Kate Ferguson had an outstanding game, Pritchard said. She worked tirelessly to continually thwart the Olympians attack and also set up many of the Flames attacking raids. 

She was well supported at the back by Brydie Welham and Bek May, who both had strong games defensively. 

Rodda and Spark in the midfield also worked well with Ferguson, while Smith and Horniman provided good creative support up front and Jo Rust, Anita Dhiem, Robyn Mansfield, Georgia Horniman and Emma Marvel did a great job stepping up.

While it was the final round for the women, the men have another round to go. That will see rematches of the games played on Sunday.

Minor premiers Workies continued their charge towards the grand final with a 4-nil win over Souths United. They only had the bare 11 and several players backing up from second grade, but still controlled the game from the outset, coach Andrew Farmilo thought.

“I was really happy with our defence. I thought we defended well,” he said.

The personnel disruption they had meant that had to change their game plan around a bit so they didn't have to do as much running, and Farmilo was happy with the way they controlled the ball.

“I thought we really maintained possession and starved them of the ball,” Farmilo said.

Earlier Kiwis edged out Tudor Wests 3-2. Tudors scored the first but Kiwis hit back with three to lead 3-1 until around three minutes to go when Tudors slotted a corner.

“I think we started off pretty well. We had a short corner in the first 20 seconds, which we couldn't convert. But we were going a bit too direct again and we were turning over the ball too easily,” Kiwis captain-coach Josh Worpel said.

“When we actually held possession we looked good.

“One of our goals there we strung six or seven phases together.”