By Anne-Marie Ebbels
A strong northerly wind made conditions challenging both football and netball at Don Road despite the dry weather.
In the top of the table clash, it was a 14 a-side game this week with Upwey-Tecoma missing a number of players.
The big ground took its toll on the visitors with Healesville having an extended bench which allowed the rotations to run the legs off the opposition.
Healesville were winners by 23 points, keeping their unbeaten run intact.
In the Seniors, Seville were out of the block quickly kicking with the wind and kept Healesville scoreless.
In the second quarter Healesville couldn’t make the most of kicking with the wind and Seville extended their lead to 24 points at half time.
The third quarter saw Seville kicking with the wind and extending their lead even further to 41 points.
In the final quarter Healesville were kicking with the wind and scored six quick goals to get themselves back into the game.
Seville then locked the ball in and made it difficult for Healesville break loose and score.
Healesville went down by 15 points.
The Reserves played well with the windy, but struggled to score into the wind which was the difference between the two sides.
Seville made the most of the scoring opportunities into the wind and ran out winners by 38 points.
The veterans won on forfeit from Tooradin Dalmore which unfortunately meant they missed out on playing in front of the parochial home crowd.
The A Grade netballer started strong in the first quarter, but after that Seville turned it on and made it difficult for Healesville to transition down the court to generate scoring opportunities and the blustery conditions made it hard to take advantage of the limited scoring opportunities.
Seville were winners by 57 goals.
A strong second quarter by Seville by B Grade team put Seville in an unassailable position, Healesville put in a strong defensive second half to limit the Seville scoring opportunities, but the damage had been done and Seville ran out winner by 59 goals.
Seville led from start to finish in the C Grade netball game.
Healesville couldn’t get into the game and struggled to make use of the scoring opportunities generated in the windy conditions.
Seville were winners by 44 goals.
In D Grade, Healesville finished the game well with the limiting Seville to their lowest scoring quarter for the game.
Seville ran out winners by 44 goals.
This week’s games are away against Berwick Springs.
Results
Football
Veterans Healesville defeated Tooradin Dalmore on forfeit
Men Reserves Healesville 6.4 defeated by 12.6 Seville Best: L English, C Boeder, K Jones, J Draper, R Hargreaves, C McInnes
Men Seniors Healesville 7.14 defeated by Seville 11.5 Best: C Warren, L Oliver, B Murphy, D Sissins, S Gebert, W Kristelly-Kelety
Women Seniors Healesville 6.7 defeated Upwey-Tecoma 3.2
Netball
A Grade Healesville 14 defeated by Seville 71 Best: A White, J Milne, J Agnew
B Grade Healesville 10 defeated by Seville 69 Best: H Blackney, C Bouma, Z Boundy
C Grade Healesville 8 defeated by Seville 52 Best: M Dougherty, T Pinkster
D Grade Healesville defeated by Seville Best: R Beaumont
