15/09/2026
SHARKS ARE VJBL CHAMPIONS 🏆🦈
Three gold medals in one night. Friday September 11 is going into the history books at Southern Peninsula.
🏀 U12.1 GIRLS def. SANDRINGHAM 38-20
They trailed by three early in the second and then flipped a switch. From 10-7 down, the Sharks reeled off a 22-1 run that stretched across two quarters and broke the game wide open. Sandringham managed a single point for the entire third term. That is not a typo. A defensive performance for the ages.
🏀 U14.1 GIRLS def. BROADMEADOWS 27-22
Down 19-13 at the main break and staring at it. Then came the third quarter, and the Sharks held Broadmeadows to zero. Not a point. A three-pointer midway through the term gave us a lead we'd never fully surrender, and the girls iced it from the free throw line with the clock under a minute. Broadmeadows scored three points in the entire second half. Thirty seconds of scoreboard, twenty minutes of heart.
🏀 U12.3 GIRLS def. PAKENHAM 26-24
Five points at half time. Five. Down 10-5 and every reason to fold. Instead they outscored Pakenham 21-14 after the break, wrestled the lead back, lost it, and found it again. Scores locked at 24-24 with 49 seconds left. The winning bucket dropped with 27 on the clock. If you were in that gym, you'll never forget it.
Three teams. Three championships. Three groups of girls who refused to be beaten. 💛💙
AND OUR BOYS RAN THEM CLOSE.
Six Southern Peninsula teams made Grand Final day, and our three boys' sides brought home silver the hard way.
🏀 Our 12.2 Boys went down 8-0 before they'd found their feet against Pakenham, then spent the next three quarters hunting. They led by two in the third and were within a single point inside the last three minutes before Pakenham's late run settled it, 57-48.
🏀 Our 14.1 Boys clawed back to within three of Ballarat in the final term after a grinding third quarter, finishing 39-23.
🏀 Our 16.1 Boys went toe to toe with Frankston in an all-Peninsula decider, tied it up at 20-20 and were within three at the final change before falling 46-39.
Silver medals, but make no mistake. Six teams in Grand Finals says everything about where this club is going.
To every player, coach, team manager and parent who drove the kilometres, filled the stands and turned up week after week, this season belongs to you too.
Once a Shark, always a Shark. 🦈
Thank you to our VJBL sponsors for always having our backs
Mazda Mornington
Jetty's Pizza Pasta & Seafood Restaurant
Watkins Therapy Group
Basketball Victoria
