By Anne-Marie Ebbels
Once again, the A Grade netball game was a nail biter against Belgrave.
The first quarter was goal for goal with Belgrave going into the first break with a slight lead.
The second quarter was much the same with the half time lead the same as the first break with Belgrave leading by two goals.
Belgrave played a tough quarter in the third to extend their lead by to 10 goals at three quarter time.
Healesville came charging home in the final quarter but had given Belgrave a too big a lead and the final score had Belgrave victorious by one goal.
In the B Grade game, Belgrave got out to a fast start heading into the first break with an eight-goal lead.
Healesville continued to work hard, but Belgrave proved much stronger and outscored Healesville in each quarter to be big winners by 33 goals.
C Grade started slowly and never really got into the game against Belgrave struggling to convert their opportunities in the goal third.
Belgrave continued to extend their lead at each break running out final winners by 43 goals.
The Senior women took on Belgrave in a one-sided affair. Healesville kept Belgrave scoreless for the game, but Healesville didn’t have it all their own way with the Belgrave defence making scoring difficult.
Healesville were ultimate winners by 49 points.
The Men Reserves took on the undefeated Belgrave side.
The first quarter was an arm-wrestle with Healesville heading into the first break with a one-point lead.
Healesville extended that lead to nine points at half time.
The game continued to see-saw in the second half with neither team able to make a definitive break in the third quarter.
A hard-fought final quarter saw Healesville hand Belgrave their first defeat for the season by 17 points.
In the Senior Men football, Healesville got out to a fast start against Belgrave to go into the quarter time huddle with a 15-point lead.
In a defining second quarter Healesville kept Belgrave scoreless to extend their lead to 43 points at half time.
Healesville continued to dominate play in the second half to win the game by 85 points and maintain their spot at the top of the ladder.
Next week Healesville senior football and netball head to Alexandra while the women head south to Berwick Springs and the U18s play on Friday night at Don Rd Complex.
Football
Senior Women Healesville 49 defeated Belgrave 0 Best: I Renouf, D Jones, I Watson, A Bryan, L Mathieson, B Anderson
Senior Men Healesville 115 defeated Belgrave 30 Best: L Greenwood, L Potts, J Bates, N Mende, J Newsome, T Barclay
Reserves Men Healesville 43 defeated Belgrave 26 Best: J Methven, B Rutley, C Boeder, K Jones, D Ebbels, T Campbell
Netball
A Grade Healesville 53 defeated by Belgrave 54 Best: M Erickson, B Erickson, J Harris
B Grade Healesville 28 defeated by Belgrave 61 Best: C Bouma, A Stanley, G Milgate
C Grade Healesville 10 defeated by Belgrave 53 Best: E Birch
