By Anne-Marie Ebbels
The first game of the season the senior mens football and A and B grade against Powelltown had all teams come away with good wins.
The Senior Men controlled the game from the first bounce and scored nine goals in the first quarter, followed by 11 goals in each of the remaining three quarters.
Both Aaron Edwards and Max Donegan scored 10 goals each being fed by a dominant mid-field and Charlie Warren also managed 8 goals for the game.
Healesville were big winner for their first game of the season by 280 points.
The Reserve also were in control of the game from the start with four quick goals at the start of the first quarter, followed by some wayward kicking before heading into the first break 26 points up.
A solid team effort for the next two quarters kept Powelltown goalless with Healesville going into the final break with an 84 point lead.
Shane Mansfield finished the game with six goals and Tyler Tweedie four goals.
Healesville won the game by 121 points.
In the U18s Mount Evelyn started the game strongly with four goals in the first quarter to Healesville’s one goal to go into quarter time with 17-point lead.
Mount Evelyn continued to control the possession in the second quarter to increase their lead to 29 points at half time.
Healesville dug deep with more scoring shots in the second half than Mount Evelyn, but couldn’t convert the opportunities into majors on the scoreboard.
Mount Evelyn ran out winners by 36 points.
Playing on Friday night at home under lights, Danielle Carrucan celebrate her 50-game milestone with the first goal of the game.
The game against Upwey-Tecoma was a tight battle with neither team being able to gain any ascendency throughout game.
Healesville managed to score the winning goal mid-way through the final quarter and hold Upwey-Tecoma out to win the game by 8 points.
A Grade netball kicked off their season this week with 49 goal win over Powelltown.
Healesville were consistent over the whole four quarters and increased their lead at every change.
A strong defensive effort ensured that the ball was turned over and the scoring opportunities were taken.
A strong start by the B Grade netball team kept Powelltown scoreless until the second half.
The mid court intercepts were finished off well in the goal circle with both shooters hitting a high conversion rate for the game.
Healesville had a big win by 62 goals.
This week is the first club home game on 25 April for Anzac Day.
There will be free entry to the venue on the day with football starting at 9am and netball from 11am.
Football
Senior Men Healesville 283 defeated Powelltown 3 Best: C Warren, A Edwards, M Donegan, M Jones, N Mende and J Newsome
Reserves Men Healesville 134 defeated Powelltown 13 Best: K Brown, S Mansfield, C Ballingal, T Tweedie, K Jones and C Boeder
U18s Healesville 65 defeated by Mt Evelyn 101 Best: O Moreton, R Brendish, D Sikorski, L Warner, R Cameron and G Hammond
Womens Healesville 16 defeated Upwey-Tecoma 8 Best: I Watson, C Wilsmore, M Schelfhout, D Carrucan, C McMurray and A Frazzetto
Netball
A Grade Healesville 79 defeated Powelltown 30 Best: A Stanley, H Blackney and K Farrow
B Grade Healesville 68 defeated Powelltown 6 Best: A Stanley, A McMaster and L Rogers
