A mere year after claiming their maiden O&K A grade flag, Bonnie Doon have done it once again, summitting the mountain to be named premiers.

After finishing the home and away season in fifth, the Bombers produced a stunning finals campaign, securing their second title in a row with a 53-50 win over Whorouly.

With the calibre of players on court, it would come down to error mitigation, and poise, in deciding which team would emerge triumphant.

It was the Bombers who would take the early lead, capitalising on their rebounds and putting the goals through to take a narrow lead at quarter time.

Whorouly continued to have trouble penetrating Bonnie Doon’s defensive structure, with the Bombers not allowing any quick balls through.

The margin was out to five goals at the major break, the Bombers leading the Lions 29-24.

Whorouly kept fighting hard, and produced some consistent runs of goals to eat into the margin, but Bonnie Doon would always find away to keep them at a manageable distance.

As time ticked down, Whorouly made some brilliant attempts to tie the game up, but Bonnie Doon’s defensive pressure and calm-headedness under the post was too much to overcome, with the Bombers’ dynamic Arianna Hearst named best on court.

Bonnie Doon coach Michelle Tanner said her team’s composure held them in good stead.

“The girls and the team we’ve built this year, they’re pretty good,” he said.

“I was very confident coming into it, I did think we would be okay and I don’t normally say that, but I was confident.

“I’d say there are a couple who had real steady heads – Annie Byrnes is our centre and Amy Starzer down there, they’re just very calm and they control the game.

“I think putting Arianna [Hearst] out into wing attack for a little bit brought a bit of speed that we needed, so that was good.

“Amy’s just so good, she’s rock solid under the post, nothing fazes her, she just pops them in.

“I wouldn’t say it was finals experience, because the rest of them don’t have a lot, so it was the steady heads who helped a lot.”

Whorouly coach Kelly Cousins said while the end result was unfortunate, the season the Lions had put together was incredible.

“I’m absolutely proud of them, they didn’t give up - we had quite a few surges in that last quarter, we just weren’t able to convert on those ones,” she said.

“We probably didn’t have the start we wanted to, that first half, we were off the mark a little bit, but we managed to reel that in.

“I’m really proud of how our program’s running, and the culture we’re developing among the group.”