In the South West Netball Grand Final the Magpies 18 & Under team came up against last year's Premiers the Blackwood Ravens and it was a fiercely contested game.
Goal for goal before the Ravens stepped up the intensity and started to pull away.
The Magpies Coach Nicky Harcombe made changes each quarter rotating all her players on as they tried to shut down the feed into the Raven's shooters.
The Ravens were a well drilled unit and were simply too good on the day taking the match 54-36.
To the young Magpies credit all the players clearly relished the opportunity to be in the Grand Final and gave 100 per cent until the final whistle.
The SWNFL League Grand Final between the Busselton Magpies and Bunbury Bulldogs at the Eaton Recreation Centre on Saturday night was a heart-stopping, roller coaster ride of emotions.
The game started with hard defence from both teams, neither team able to pull away on the score board.
Phoebe Pethybridge in Wing Attack was able to pull off classy feeds into her goalies, while Ritson's tenacious defending at the other end in Wing Defence was impressive enough to almost pull off a few steals around the circle edge.
The physicality of the game was enough to draw blood from the toughest of Maggies, as Thornley took a blow to the schnozz, coming off with a blood nose towards the end of the first quarter.
The Magpies went into the first quarter break with just a two goal lead and started the second with multiple changes to their line up.
Millman coming in to Goal Attack shook up the Bulldogs defensive line, working brilliantly with Bratton in Goal Shooter.
The shooter to shooter connections was an excellent show of skill and netball wisdom, that the young Bulldog defenders battled with all night.
Meadmore's presence in the second quarter was enough to give the umpire a good whistle workout, being awarded a caution for her first contact of the game.
A few erratic passes from The Magpies' attackers gave the Bulldogs the opportunity to punish the Magpies for their mistakes, with the Bulldogs pulling away to a five goal lead at half time.
Bratton gave her girls a rev up at half time and the Magpies responded hard in the third term.
With Mia Pethybridge in at Wing Attack, her speed and hunger for the ball lifted the Magpies spirits, while Webb's defensive efforts at Wing Defence was the final piece to the puzzle to shut down the Bulldogs attack line.
Handley's effort through every quarter was an impressive show of relentless pressure, smart feeds to her goalies and the ability to change the pace through the mid court to The Magpies advantage, earning her the prestigious Myfanwy Evans MVP award for the grand final.
With an 11-0 goal run in the premiership quarter, the Magpies turned the game around and pulled away to a four goal lead at three quarter time.
Borinelli, who had been fingertips away from intercepts throughout the game, was now feasting on a smorgasbord of incoming passes.
As the Bulldogs frustration started to show, the defence and hunger to win for The Magpies only improved with time.
The final score, a ripping 61-49 win to the Magpies, their fifth premiership, leading the tally of most premierships by any club in the South West Netball League since it's introduction in 2007.