By Anne-Marie Ebbels
Round 1 kicked off this week with a tough assignment for both the Healesville Men’s football and the Netball teams taking on Division 1 powerhouse Seville.
The weather provided an extra challenge with the intermittent rain and wind.
The Seville Reserves team had a commanding lead by halftime.
Healesville came out firing in the third quarter kicking three goals to Seville two, but couldn’t keep up the momentum in the last quarter with Seville running out 55-point winners.
The senior game was a much closer game with Healesville going into the first break with a one-point lead.
Seville came out in the second quarter and dominated the scoring and kept Healesville goalless.
Healesville came out after halftime and won the third quarter, keeping Seville goalless, going into the final change 19 points behind.
Seville continued to be wasteful in front of the goal, but Healesville couldn’t peg back the lead. Seville ran out the eventual winners by 15 points.
In netball, the Healesville A grade faced last season’s premiers who showed why they were premiers.
Seville jumped out the blocks with a fast start in the first quarter and the Healesville team was left with an insurmountable task to reel the lead back in, they battled valiantly, but couldn’t peg back the dominant Seville team.
It was similar story for both the B and C grade teams with Seville being too strong.
Healesville plays its first home games for netball against Yea this weekend and new players are still welcome.
The Women’s football team travelled to Berwick Springs for their first game of the season.
Healesville showed why they have been grand finalists the last few seasons and controlled the game from start to finish, despite the physicality of the Berwick Springs.
Healesville finished the game with a 38-point win.
The Vets team had the best of the weekend’s conditions playing Devon Meadows on Sunday.
They showed why they were premiers in 2022 with a dominant display from the first bounce.
They went into the first break with a 29-point lead.
Devon Meadows hit back in the second quarter reducing the margin to 19 points at the main break.
Healesville dominated the third quarter once again kicking with the wind.
Devon Meadows couldn’t claw back the difference in the last quarter despite kicking with the wind with the final margin being 27 points.
Results
Netball
A Grade Healesville 17 defeated by Seville 95 Best B Erickson, J Milne, K Farrow
B Grade Healesville 8 defeated by Seville 69 Best H Blackney, C Bouma, A White
C Grade Healesville 9 defeated by Seville 60 Best N Kaal, C Haywood, Z Boundy
Football
Womens Healesville 8.5 defeated Berwick Springs 2.3 Best A Bryan, I Renouf, I Wraith-Tenson, P Pavic, I Stock, S Potter
Mens Snr Healesville 7.7 defeated by Seville 8.16, Best N Mende, D Plozza, C Frazzetto, C Warren, L Daly, W Kristelly-Kelety
Mens Reserve Healesville 6.5 defeated by Seville 14.12, Best D Ebbels, R Hargreaves, J Draper, B Mole, R Sanders
Veterans Healesville 9.9 defeated Devon Meadows 5.6
