By Anne-Marie Ebbels
The Anzac round kicked off with netball taking centre stage at home against Yea with some exciting results.
Yea got the jump on C grade early and Healesville couldn’t pull back the lead in the following quarters to steal the win ultimately going down by 5 goals in a low scoring affair.
In the B Grade action, it was another tight contestant, Healesville took the early lead, but Yea kept coming and it went down to the final quarter with the teams going goal for goal, Healesville ran out the eventual winners by 6 goals.
The A grade game was no less exciting than the first two netball games.
The Anzac ceremony was held first providing some inspiration for the teams and lots of local support.
Yea went into the first break with 2 goal lead and quickly extended the lead to 5 goals by half time.
An improved shooting performance in the second half in a blistering third quarter saw Healesville go into the final break one goal in front.
In a nail-biting final quarter, Healesville held onto the lead won by 2 goals.
After not having won a game in 2022, wins for both B Grade and A Grade was an exciting outcome for the club given the hard work in the off-season to re-invigorate the netball at Healesville.
The Women’s football also played their first home game against Pakenham.
Healesville dominated the game from start to finish keeping Pakenham goalless for the entire game. Most of the action was in the Healesville forward half with 7 different goal scorers for the game.
The final game of the day was the Veterans who unveiled their 2022 Premiership flag before their game which inspired the team to a resounding win against Mt Evelyn.
Healesville set-up the win in the first quarter and Mt Evelyn were left chasing jumpers for the rest of the game while Healesville continued to dominate on the scoreboard.
The second half was a tighter contestant after the six-day break for the veterans started to take its toll.
Healesville were winners by 45 points.
A Grade Healesville 36 defeated Yea 34, Best B Erickson, A White, R Thompson
B Grade Healesville 33 defeated Yea 27, Best Z Boundy, C Bouma, H Blackney
C Grade Healesville 16 defeated by Yea 21, Best T Pinkster, C Haywood, K Deuart
Women Healesville 10.12 defeated Pakenham 0.2 Best S Potter, A Frazzetto, S Frazzetto, C Wilsmore, P Pavic, A Bryan
Veteran Healesville 10.13 defeated Mt Evelyn 4.4 Best B Bell, C Adams, R Emmett, H Lamaro, A Peters, B Boote
