HAWKESDALE-MACARTHUR will have the entire off-season to think about what might have been after being defeated in a shock loss to Woorndoo-Mortlake in the Mininera and District Netball Association A grade elimination final at Derrinallum Recreation Reserve on Sunday, 31-35.

Despite finishing two wins higher on the ladder in third place than Woorndoo-Mortlake, Hawkesdale-Macarthur didn’t play its best netball, as the Eagles failed to fire a shot in the finals series after losing last week to Ararat.