By Anne-Marie Ebbels
Round 13 was held with ideal conditions at the Don Road complex this week between Healesville and Belgrave.
It was another tough week for the netballers. A Grade led at quarter time by one goal, with Belgrave putting in a strong defence effort in the second quarter to lead by five goals at half time. Belgrave took their momentum into the second half and didn’t give Healesville a chance to claw back the deficit and were winners by 24 goals.
B Grade was challenged once again by an unsettled line-up with Belgrave taking charge of the game from the first centre pass. Belgrave were big winners by 35 goals.
In C Grade, Belgrave got the jump early and Healesville played catch-up for the rest of the game against a very strong Belgrave defence. Belgrave ran out winners by 29 goals.
The first quarter was a low-scoring affair for the D Grade game, Healesville managed to claw back the first-quarter deficit in the second quarter, then Belgrave put the foot down and had a run of eight goals to go into the half time break with an eight-goal lead. Healesville couldn’t capitalise on their turnovers and Belgrave ran out 11 goal winners.
The contest was tight in the senior game between Healesville and Belgrave with only six points between teams at half time. A nine-goal third quarter by Healesville put the game beyond doubt and broke Belgrave’s spirit. Sam Gebert was on the end of the forward entries kicking eight goals for the game. Healesville were big winners by 80 points.
The Reserves got out of the blocks early and went into the first break six points up. Belgrave narrowed the gap to two points by half-time. Healesville were unable to keep the momentum and Belgrave won the game by 23 points.
The Women’s team continued their winning streak with the demolition of Pakenham by 97 points.
With one round to go for the season before finals, Healesville sits on top of the ladder and will go into the finals series as the favourites.
This weekend the Veterans are playing their cut-throat semi-final on Sunday at the Don Road complex.
Football
Senior Men Healesville 115 defeated Belgrave 35 Best: M Jones, S Gebert, L Daly, D Senior, C Anderson, M Donegan
Reserves Healesville 56 defeated by Belgrave 79 Best: L English, R Hay, B Athanasopolous, J Tenace, C Boeder, B Mole
Senior Women Healesville 97 defeated Pakenham 0 Best: I Stock, A Bryan, M Wraith-Tenson, D Jones, S Frazzetto, S Morris
Netball
A Grade Healesville 30 defeated by Belgrave 54
B Grade Healesville 18 defeated by Belgrave 53 Best: H Condon, Z Boundy, M Dougherty
C Grade Healesville 13 defeated by Belgrave 42 Best: T Pinkster, G Young, S Maile
D Grade Healesville 16 defeated by Belgrave 27 Best: C Booker, R Beaumont, E Birch
