By Sarah Morton
Healesville U8 White Tigers 0-4 Mooroolbark Baptist SC: A loss for the White Tigers but they played really well, and did Healesville proud. Better luck next week Tigers.
Healesville U9 Lions 8-3 Gideons Warriors.
Healesville U9 Redbacks 0-1 Rising Tekkers: Great team effort against tough opponents, with Healesville kicking an unfortunate late own goal.
Healesville U10 Girls 2-1 Berwick Churches SC United Healesville U10 Ninjas 5-0 Blackburn New Hope FC.
Healesville U10 Goats 7-2 Mooroolbark Panthers: Healesville U10sstarted the season strong with a solid win against the Panthers. The entire team took ownership of their positions and played some wonderful football together. Lots of fun and smiles all round.
Healesville Boys Under 11 White Wolves 3-3 Croydon Ranges FC: After a great outing at the recent Maccas Cup we had to adjust to some personnel changes.
Despite setting a conservative field of 4-3-1 to start the game Croydon managed to break the lines and score first. Some individual brilliance from the captain saw Ardi C bring the score back to level.
Late in the first half Healesville had their lines broken again by Croydon’s nifty ball users to allow another penetrating forward charge to result in another goal for the visitors. Half time break and a restructure saw us take advantage of a penalty awarded for a hand ball.
Robbie K took the shot on goal and made it past the wall and hit the keeper who failed to stop the ball and allowed Healesville’s second goal.
Scores level, Croydon’s ball users managed another goal.
Being 1 goal down for some time, Healesville withstood plenty of Croydon’s forward momentum to hold the visitors at bay.
Not much left on the clock Healesville ran hard and held the ball in Croydon’s half which resulted in a corner.
Robbie lifted the ball perfectly towards the box and Arthur was the player in waiting who kicked the ball with some authority over the keeper’s head and beneath the Crossbar.
Healesville Under 12’s Raptors 1-4 Lilydale Eagles.
A good game while the team gets used to the big field and massive goals, cracking effort and some wicked goal keeping from Jono and Monti.
Healesville Heelers U12 5-1 Falcons FC Lysterfield boys: Healesville held strong team formation, which supported some exceptional play.
Healesville U13 Mixed 3-3 Maroondah United FC U13s: First game of the season saw the spoils shared.
Healesville will feel the more disappointed of the two sides letting a 3 – 1 lead slip but a draw was probably a fair reflection of the game.
Two goals came from the boot of Julian Bloink and one from Adam Heywood.
Healesville Hearts U13 6-1 Mooroolbark Phoenix U13 Girls: Healesville Hearts had a commanding win to start the season.
Going into half time with a one goal lead thanks to Ava H.
They conceded an early equaliser in the first minute of the second half but from then on they put their foot down and never looked like losing. It was an excellent all round team performance but notable mentions to Georgia C in midfield who didn’t stop running all day and Isla H was rock solid at the back. Saskia S scored a brace as well as Ava H. Georgia C and Henrietta I-M also got on the scoresheet.
Healesville U15 Mixed 6-2 Yarra Valley: The U15s went into round 1 as the hunted but showed from the start great team play and composure, playing out from the back consistently with great passing.
After just a couple of minutes Healesville put their first in followed up at regular intervals to go into half-time 5-0 up.
A resurgent Yarra Valley saw a much tougher second half, but Healesville hung on to a 6-2 win, with goals going to Will W, Asha S and Gordon K. While brilliance was shown across the squad, special mention to Pip M, Sam K and Max J across the middle who stood out with individual and team brilliance.
Healesville U15 Girls Flames 13-0 Berwick Churches FC Blues: The Flames had an amazing ten individual goal scorers including two girls scoring for the first time.
Healesville Reserves 1-3 One FC Reserves: A spirited performance from Healesville had a younger and fitter One FC worried.
A great left footed goal from Josh B saw Healesville take the lead but a penalty on the stroke of half time after an earlier strike had the visitors go into the half time break with a 2-1 lead.
A fortunate deflected shot went into the corner of the Healesville goal instead of straight to Goalkeeper Nick Caloutas to put One FC into a 3-1 lead which is how the game ended.
A great overall performance from Healesville with Declan Clinton best on ground for the home team.
Healesville Seniors 0-2 One FC: A goal on the stroke of half time saw a younger and stronger One FC take a 1-0 lead at the break.
The second half played out the same as the first with the away side having the better of the game but with chances at a premium any result was possible.
With a minute to go Healesville had a corner and sent everyone forward.
An unfortunate bounce of the ball and a long clearance saw One FC break away and seal the victory with a well taken goal. Stuart Proud and Josh Langrish were the standouts for the home side.
